Creepy Classics & Monster Bash News
It's our latest offerings, a look at the newest cool classic monster, horror, & science fiction releases & MONSTER BASH events!
Friday August 1 - Monday August 4, 2025
32 Creepy Years in Business!
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TODAY'S MONSTER BASH PHAN FOTO: A great publicity photo of Rod Serling for the NIGHT GALLERY series.
Re-Shocked! The REVENGE OF THE CREATURE and DRACULA Model Kits
Two dynamic deluxe, big model kits are back in stock:
REVENGE OF THE CREATURE - Model Kit
The Creature is breakin' loose! It's the super cool, all plastic model kit in 1/8th scale. A big model kit with base and accessories. Licensed through Universal Studios. Paint and glue are not included.
DRACULA (Bela Lugosi) - Model Kit
Bela Lugosi as Dracula! Large X-Plus stunning model kit, licensed by Lugosi Entertainment. The atmospheric diorama base, depicting the haunting ruins of Dracula's castle, sets the stage for this chilling scene, complete with bats and rats that enhance the eerie ambiance. This kit includes two sets of Dracula's iconic vest costumes and rings from the movies, allowing for customizable assembly to suit your preference. Paint and glue not included. Assembly required.
Get set, get ready, go-go model kits...get the ones you want from our large selection in our Models, Toys & Action Figures Department at Creepy Classics.
New! Bizarre TV Station Collectible
This is a bizarre piece of KING KONG legend and lore:
CARMEN NIGRO (KING KONG?) TV STATION CUE BOARD - Super Collectible
A bizarre, historical collectible. It shows you just how far an alleged hoax can go! This is a cue card used on the air at a Philadelphia area TV station in 1976. The Dino De Laurentiis KING KONG was all the rage and out of the woodwork came this guy (Carmen Nigro) saying he was in the suit for the original KING KONG from 1933. A collectible oddity on a bizarre claim and story. This board is about 12 inches by 16 inches. Photo on the front was used on camera for the news story, the back script was for the anchor host to read.
On-line back story: "In the 1970's a man named Carmen Nigro came forward with a widely-publicized story that he had been a professional "ape-suit" actor in Hollywood in the 1930s-50s, and that he had actually played Kong in certain scenes where stop-motion models weren't used. He was denounced as an attention-seeking fraud by film historians and the surviving cast/crew of KING KONG."
You can locate this piece in our Creepy Collectibles Department at Creepy Classics.
New! Cowboy Movie Poster Book in Our Creepy Bookstore
A side interest to many classic horror fans...is classic cowboy westerns. Here's an awesome glossy book of vintage movie poster reproductions:
60 GREAT COWBOY MOVIE POSTERS - Full Color Glossy Book
A glossy soft cover book full of large, full color, movie poster reproductions. From Tom Mix to Tim McCoy to John Wayne to Clint Eastwood movies. Beautiful full page, large poster reproductions.
Climb the virtual stairs up to our....Creepy Bookstore now and find this book...and hundreds of others!
SIGN-UP NOW! MONSTER BASH CONFERENCE Autumn 2025...It's October 10-12
MAKE YOUR PLANS NOW, DON'T MISS OUT ON THE AUTUMN GATHERING OF CLASSIC MONSTER FANS FROM ACROSS THE NATION!
The MONSTER BASH for this Autumn 2025 is now in place. Vendors are coming in, guest stars are being announced...we're building another big BASH for classic monster movie fans.
Guest stars that will be appearing are Gary Clarke (the teenage werewolf from HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER), Kathryn Leigh Scott (DARK SHADOWS), Barbara Wilson (TERROR IN THE MIDNIGHT SUN, THE FLESH EATERS, BLOOD OF DRACULA, THE MAN WHO TURNED TO STONE, and more!), Sharon Smyth (the original DARK SHADOWS ghost, Sarah)...plus, our BASH FAMILY regulars like legendary TV horror host SON OF GHOUL, Mark Statler, Zach Zito, and more.
Stay tuned for more updates!
And, for a limited time...deep discounts on both 3-Day VIP membership admission (CLICK HERE). Vendor tables are sold out...there will be wall-to-wall cool monster movie collectibles everywhere!
On-sight hotel rooms are selling now, jump on board! The host hotel is the Pittsburgh Marriott North and it's sister hotel (right next door), The Courtyard Pittsburgh North. Get a discounted room reserved, CLICK HERE.
Let's BASH when the autumn moon is full and bright.
All the growing details are HERE!
MONSTER BASH This Past June's Show!
The above photo is from this past June's MONSTER BASH. It's long-time attendee (since he was a little kid) Dalton Smoot. Behind him is just a small part of the great Mazurczak Monsters display. It's a reproduction of the canvas banner seen in 1932's MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE. Erik, the human-like ape! Photo by Phil Smoot.
New! MONSTER BASH CONFERENCE Collectible Glossy Promo Card
A memento from the MONSTER BASH CONFERENCE in June of 2025:
MONSTER BASH JUNE 2025 PROMO CARD - Collectible
4 x 6 inch glossy promo postcard for the June 2025 MONSTER BASH CONFERENCE. The back includes information on the show, guest stars, etc. A great keepsake.
Get yours in our Monster Bash Store, housed within Creepy Classics.
MONSTER BASH MAGAZINE Is For Monster Kids of All Ages! Have an extra copy?...pass it along to a friend
If you love classic monster movies...you'll love MONSTER BASH MAGAZINE!
Make Sure You're Caught Up On Your MONSTER BASH Magazine Collection!
The ultimate classic monster movie magazine! They're all here, at home in MONSTER BASH MAGAZINE.
Collect them all (or, subscribe here too)....CLICK HERE to see all the issues, new glossy mags shipped bagged and boarded for protection to you!
All at Creepy Classics, right now!
Creepy Classics/Monster Bash Back on the Road...To Visit You
We're already packing and getting ready to head south! Creepy Classics/Monster Bash will be on the road to Anthony Taylor's great MONSTERAMA show just north of Atlanta. We hope you'll join us...the Creepy Classics team there will be Dan Weber, Bernie Sherry, and Ron Adams. It's August 8-10, 2025. Details, CLICK HERE.
Only A Few Left! The Out-of-Print GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN Book
This one is out-of-print now, but we still have just a few copies left, hurry:
SCRIPTS FROM THE CRYPT: THE GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN - Big Soft Cover Book
Now out-of-print, only a few left! Tom Weaver presents SCRIPTS FROM THE CRYPT: THE GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN! In 1941, as Universal prepared to make THE GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN. Fortunately for 21st-century Monster Kids, a copy of the original script still exists; and now it rises from the ashes to become the centerpiece in this “Scripts from the Crypt” volume. Extras include a deluxe new GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN production history by Gregory W. Mank, Fun Facts, bonus essays and a trove of vintage photos. Contribution by MONSTER BASH MAGAZINE writer Frank Dello Stritto too!
Get one of the last remaining copies of this massive, big soft cover book now from our Creepy Bookstore...at Creepy Classics!
MONSTER BASH THIS PAST JUNE: The Free Prize Toss
In the photo above, attendees at the MONSTER BASH CONFERENCE prepare for a free prize toss on Saturday night at Bash. The next free prize toss will take place at our MONSTER BASH FILM FESTIVAL. It's at the grand PALACE THEATRE in Canton, Ohio.
We'll be tossing free DVDs, Blu-Rays, model kits, t-shirts all from the stage on Saturday night at the film fest. Details on the MONSTER BASH FILM FESTIVAL....CLICK HERE!
Above photo courtesy of Dave Heywood.
New! ROCKETEER Trading Card
From the movie THE ROCKETEER, Rondo Hatton look-alike (the made-up "Ting Ron") on a trading card:
1991 trading card for THE ROCKETEER movie produced by Disney Studios. Feature a close-up face of actor "Tiny Ron" Taylor, the Rondo Hatton look-alike in the movie. It's "Lothar" This card in like new condition and was issued by the Topps Company.
Find this lurking in our Trading Card Department at Creepy Classics.
New! Vintage Dinosaur Post Card
Excavated from the Creepy Classics museum, and available now:
DINOSAUR PARK (Brontosaurus) - Vintage Post Card
A vintage postcard probably from the 1960s-1970s from Dinosaur Park in South Dakota. Unused in great condition. Silhouette of Brontosaurus on hilltop.
Get this in our Creepy Collectibles Department today at Creepy Classics.
It's Coming Soon! The MONSTER BASH FILM FESTIVAL at a Grand Historic Theatre
Ever wanted to experience the majesty of a grand movie palace? Your chance comes in just a few weeks. Classic ghost-horror movies and the gigantic screen in a restored 1920s theatre. This will be an event that you'll remember.
A two day movie marathon. You can get admission at the door either for the entire weekend, or for individual movies if you can't stay the whole time.
Besides the classic movies, there will be vendors in the lobby, and many more on the second floor (be aware there is no elevator, just steps). Plus, here will be a fee prize toss after the last film on Saturday night. Free DVDs, Blu-Rays, Monster T-Shirts, Monster Magazines...all tossed out into the audience or free.
TV Horror Host Son of Ghoul will be there to meet fans and so will co-writer and zombie from the original NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD film.
Plus, for the one screening of a silent film, THE CAT AND THE CANARY, organist Jay Spencer will accompany with live music.
Don't scare miss the MONSTER BASH FILM FESTIVAL at The Palace Theatre in Canton, Ohio August 15-16, 2025.
You can order advance three day membership admission for a limited time now:
MONSTER BASH Film Fest August 15-16, 2025 - VIP Membership
JOIN US at the grand Canton Palace Theatre in Ohio. $40 for all 8 movies over two days! VIP membership, $40. August 15-16, 2025 at The Palace Theatre, Canton, Ohio. The classic monster marathon and film festival features the greatest haunting and ghost movies of all-time! 8 movies on the giant screen in a golden age movie palace. Vendors, screenings, free prize toss. NON-REFUNDABLE OR TRANSFERABLE. You will be sent a hard copy confirmation.
For more details you can call Creepy Classics at (724) 238-4317 or The Palace Theatre at (330) 454-8172.
Visit the web site, CLICK HERE!
And here's the theatre web site, CLICK HERE!
Looking for a place to stay during the festival? The Canton Double Tree is five blocks away. CLICK HERE to secure a room.
New! Vinyl Creature Figure For Monster Kids of All Ages
This Universal Creature has a knit-look, but it's actually vinyl and licensed by Universal Studios:
CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON - Vinyl Figure
A great gift for a young Monster Kid in your life, or for your own computer desk or shelf! A knit look, but it's actually vinyl and licensed by Universal Studios. Approximately five inches tall. The Creature lives! Comes in a custom box.
Get yours in our Universal Monsters Department where the globe is always spinning at Creepy Classics.
New! A Book on The Life and Films of Claude Rains
Round up the usual suspects and get this new book:
CLAUDE RAINS: AN INVISIBLE MAN - Large Soft Cover Book
Over 350 pages on the life and professional life of Claude Rains. In depth look at the man who graced movie screens in THE INVISIBLE MAN, CASABLANCA, THE LOST WORLD, THE MAN WHO RECLAIMED HIS HEAD, and so much more! From actor to his private life as a farmer. It's packed with rare photos from the movies and candid photos taken through his life.
Now available in our Creepy Bookstore...where else? but, at Creepy Classics.
New! A Trick-Or-Treating Creature
How cool is this? An action figure of a trick-or-treater dressed up as the Creature From the Black Lagoon:
HALLOWEEN KIDS: CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON - Mini Action Figure
The creature walks among us! This 3.75” scale, articulated Creature From The Black Lagoon Halloween Kids ReAction figure features a young trick-or-treater outfitted in a costume inspired by the classic Universal Monster and the vintage Halloween costumes from the ‘60s through the ‘80s, and includes a jack-o-lantern candy bucket action figure accessory.
Add this to your Universal Monsters collection from our Models, Toys & Action Figures Department at Creepy Classics!
Update on Hotel Rooms For MONSTER BASH October 2025!
MONSTER BASH CONFERENCE OCTOBER 2025 double bed rooms are sold out at the Marriott (host hotel), but there are still Kings and Kings with a pull out sofa bed. Plus, there are rooms at The Courtyard (the sister hotel only about 400 feet away from the host Marriott hotel).
Need a room, CLICK HERE now (there is a Monster Bash discount too).
New! Vintage Trading Card Wrapper Autographed
Yep, it's autographed by the guy who played the Creature From the Black Lagoon in all the underwater scenes, in all three Universal classic films:
RICOU BROWNING AUTOGRAPH (on 1980 Trading Card Wrapper) - Autographed Collectible
A wrapper from the 1980 CREATURE FEATURE trading card set of Universal Monsters. This wrapper is autographed by Ricou Browning, the man who played the Creature in all three Universal movies. He was the last living man to play a classic Universal Monster. Obtained at the MONSTER BASH CONFERENCE in Pittsburgh from Ricou. Suitable for framing!
Dive in and get this in our Creepy Autograph Department at Creepy Classics.
New! A 2009 Unused DARK SHADOWS Calendar
A DARK SHADOWS collectible out of the shadows and just for you:
DARK SHADOWS 2009 CALENDAR (Unused, new!) - Collectible
An unused 2009 DARK SHADOWS Calendar! Full of glossy photos of the cast as their respective characters. Beautiful condition with striking photos. A must for all DARK SHADOWS fans.
Only one here, scoop it up now in our Collectibles Department at Creepy Classics.
New! 1972 Issue of VAMPIRELLA Magazine
One of the magazines that a lot of our mother's wouldn't let us buy! Warren's VAMPIRELLA magazine...this issue is from 1972 and is available, while it lasts:
A 1972 issue of the classic Warren Publications magazine VAMPIRELLA. Illustrated horror stories hosted by female vamp, Vampirella. Illustrated tales to bewitch and bedevil you! Note this issue is well read, has some cover chipping and clear tape on spine. Reader copy.
Get this in our Magazine Department here at Creepy Classics. Don't tell Mom.
CREEPY CLASSICS On the Road - Upcoming Conventions
Here a listing of shows that Creepy Classics will be setting up at, we hope to see you down that dusty trail:
MONSTERAMA, Marriott Atlanta North East, GA. August 8-10, 2025.
More details: CLICK HERE.
MONSTER BASH FILM FESTIVAL, The Canton Palace Theatre, Canton, Ohio.
August 15-16, 2025.
More details: CLICK HERE.
THE MID-ATLANTIC NOSTALGIA CONVENTION, Sheraton Baltimore North, MD. September 18-20, 2025.
More details: CLICK HERE.
DRIVE-IN SUPER MONSTER-RAMA, The Riverside Drive-In, Vandergrift, PA. September 19-20, 2025.
More details: CLICK HERE.
MONSTER BASH CONFERENCE, Marriott Pittsburgh, North, Cranberry Township (Mars), PA. October 10-12, 2025.
More details! CLICK HERE.
MONSTER BASH CONFERENCE, Marriott Pittsburgh, North, Cranberry Township (Mars), PA. June 12-14, 2026.
More details: CLICK HERE.
Custom Builds & Paints For Model Kits
Creepy Classics does offer custom building and painting on monster models that you buy here. Don't want to deal with the glue and paint? We have two pro artists that can do that for you.
Above is a sample of a recent one - KONGA!
You can find the custom build and paint add-on in our Models, Toys & Action Figures Department at Creepy Classics. Just search for "Custom Build" using our search engine up top at the home page.
Rondo Remembers: Summer Daydreamin'
It was a spring some 50+ years ago. Spring and the weather about to get warmer. I thought and dreamed of summer vacation.
I was sitting there in school at my Formika ivory colored, fake wood grain, school desk. I twiddled my Ticonderoga yellow pencil, looked at my vinyl green 3-ring notebook. I had drawn a combination of Frankenstein's lab and Jack Kirby (Marvel Comics artist) styled equipment on it. Tubes, electric panels all connecting to a monster on a lab table. I was thinking about what kind of power surge would be necessary to bring a Frankenstein monster to life.
Only a couple of weeks and we'd be out for summer vacation. I pined for those golden summer days. I could fly my balsa wood airplanes, look over FAMOUS MONSTERS magazines on the concrete slab porch at my friend Brett's place with other neighborhood kids. Wait at the mailbox for a back issue to arrive.
We would spend our days going to the "clay field." That was a large field dug up for future home sites. It was muddy orange clay. Summers it would turn into ancient Egypt, as we would search for the lost tomb of some two thousand year old princess...protected by a living mummy.
We stocked our ramshackle clubhouse with comics and monster magazines. It was actually a pretty pathetic clubhouse when compared to what we aspired to...the construction genius of "Our Gang" in the Little Rascal shorts.
I was looking forward to all this, and paper sack lunches on walking adventures with the neighborhood kids...talking of the cool monster movies we had seen on Chiller Theater or Creature Feature....when all of a sudden:
"Ronald Adams! Pay attention young man...what were we just discussing???" It was the cutting voice of my 5th grade teacher, Mrs. Whitney. My reverie of the forthcoming summer shattered. I was looking out the classroom window too long. Busted.
-Ron Adams
Ligonier, PA
The Latest! It's MONSTER BASH MAGAZINE #56
Here's a peek inside:
You don't have the latest issue of MONSTER BASH yet? What are you waiting for?
Get yours now:
MONSTER BASH MAGAZINE #56 - Magazine
The magazine of creepy classic movies for fans of all ages! The pages of this issue are filled with fearsome photos! An in-depth short circuit with MAN MADE MONSTER, the Lon Chaney Jr. shockbuster. Plus, a stroll down the Rue Morgue: A look at the Bela Lugosi film MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE and its side streets. The fangs all here with the history of fanged vampires of filmland. Monster fan letters, great actors that have gone but not forgotten, "Reel Reviews" of the latest physical media that features classic monsters on Blu-Ray and DVD. An all glossy, retro rockin' monster magazine!
Writers include Frank Dello Stritto, Bob Pellegrino, Thom Shubilla, Ron Adams, Leonard Hayhurst! Cover art by Kerry Gammill.
Want to see it at your local comic store or magazine rack? Tell the manager to get it wholesale by emailing creepyclassics@creepyclassics.com.
Don't miss out! Get the latest issue now, it's here and in stock at Creepy Classics in our MONSTER BASH Magazine Department.