Creepy Classics & Monster Bash News
Thursday January 15 - Friday January 16, 2026
MONSTER BASH PHAN PHOTO: Hammer Studios was re-imagining the Universal classics through the 1950s-60s...and they didn't forget THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1962). Available on DVD here at Creepy Classics.
New! Original 1941 Lobby Card for SPOOKS RUN WILD
Displayed at a theater in 1941, this is an original theatrical lobby card for SPOOKS RUN WILD where the East Side Kids met Bela "Dracula" Lugosi:
SPOOKS RUN WILD (1941 Original Theatrical Title Card) - Original Lobby Card
An original 1941 theatrical lobby card for SPOOKS RUN WILD starring Bela Lugosi and The East Side Kids (The Bowery Boys). Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan all pictured as Bela Lugosi looks sinister! The title card for this film. Used in a theater back in 1941. No pin holes or damage, GREAT card. An original, not a reproduction.
This original Lugosi collectible is here now. Pass the info along to all the original movie poster collectors you know! It's in our Original Posters Department at Creepy Classics.
New! KING KONG Original Novelization is Back
This packed softcover book is here now:
KING KONG (THE ANNOTATED NOVELIZATION) - Softcover Book
Written by Delos W. Lovelace, edited by Micah Harris. The first annotated edition of the Delos W/ Lovelace novelization since its original publication almost a century ago. Also, the complete story behind the writing of the greatest monster adventure ever conceived. Includes photos of the people behind the story and 1933 film, plus gorgeous production art from before the film was started. A big 362 pages for all fans of KING KONG (1933)!
Find this and hundreds of other cool books in our Creepy Bookstore on-line at Creepy Classics.
New! An Unused 1983 Calendar For E.T.
Issued in 1982 to promote the release of E.T., still in it's original envelope:
E.T. - THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL CALENDAR 1983 - Unused Original Calendar
Issued in 1982, the year of the film's release. This high-gloss calendar is in "like new" condition and comes in its original mailer. A super cool collectible for E.T., the Spielberg film. Each month has a large color photo image from the movie.
Get this now in our Creepy Collectibles Department....where else? Of course, right here at Creepy Classics!
New! HOLLYWOOD AUCTION 20 Glossy Catalog Book
A book packed with color images of rare Hollwood collectibles:
HOLLYWOOD AUCTION 20 - Full Color Glossy Book
A beautiful book with hundreds of full color glossy images of Hollywood memorabilia! You can peruse page-after-page of items like: personal signed photos of Bela Lugosi, KING KONG lobby cards, costumes like the original Tom Tyler Captain Marvel suit, and just so much! You'll see PLANET OF THE APES costumes, scripts for REVENGE OF THE COLOSSAL MAN (before it became WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST), material and props from I DREAM OF JEANNIE, STAR TREK, WAR OF THE WORLDS, BATMAN (1960s), and hundreds of items more.
You'll want this to drool over in your collection. Find it now in our Creepy Bookstore, here on-line at Creepy Classics.
MONSTER BASH Retro Summer 2026, You Can Sign-Up Now (Limited time on-line discount price)
It's next summer's MONSTER BASH CONFERENCE JUNE 2026! Join the fun!
Sign-Up now for the classic monster fest, CLICK HERE:
MONSTER BASH JUNE 12-14, 2026 - 3-Day VIP Membership Admission
All three days! June 12-14, 2026 at the Pittsburgh Marriott North, (Cranberry Township-Mars, PA). The classic monster movie conference and festival! Three days of monster fan fun. Movie and TV stars appearing, wall-to-wall monster merchandise, special events, special screenings. Discounted for a limited time. Admission is non-refundable, non-transferable. You will be mailed a hard copy confirmation.
Updated details are here now:
The growing guest list includes Gary Conway (I WAS A TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN), Jack Hill (Director of the last four Boris Karloff movies, and SPIDER BABY), Butch Patrick (THE MUNSTERS), Daniel Roebuck (THE MUNSTERS movie), Beverly Washburn (SPIDER BABY), Bill Diamond (Basil Gogos Museum/Muppet Museum), and more! Plus, Marian McKnight (Miss America 1957), film historians and writers Frank Dello Stritto, Tom Weaver, Greg Mank, Lucy Chase Williams, Stan Gordon (UAP-UFO researcher), and the magic and monster movie making of the one-and-only David "The Rock" Nelson.
Wall-to-wall collectible vendor tables: vintage monster magazines, monster toys, comic books, Blu-Rays, rare DVDs, original movie poster room, t-shirts, monster gear...your head will spin seeing all the creepy cool ghoulish goodies.
Plus, all the fun monster bash events: the free prize toss at midnight on Saturday, Friday night Mexican Monster Night, Thursday Night Mystery Movies for the pre-Bash fun with Geoffrey Curtis (film collector), Zach Zito's live theater, a weekend film fest, Tom Weaver's Forgotten Horror rare films, Leonard Hayhurst with game shows and prizes...it's an almost non-stop three days of classic monster celebration and fun.
Discounted hotel rooms, get your reservations now before they sell out, CLICK HERE.
Check it all out, CLICK HERE!
Get your advance, discounted VIP full 3-Day Membership Admission: CLICK HERE.
New! Vintage 1940 Original Theater Lobby Card - Karloff!
Own a piece of movie theater and classic horror history:
THE APE (1940/Karloff-Wheelchair) - 11x14 Original Theatrical Lobby Card
This is an original theatrical lobby card from 1940. Not a reproduction. It's THE APE (1940) starring Boris Karloff. Pictured it's Karloff on the left and girl in wheelchair. Monster-ape is in the right sidebar. A Monogram release in 1940. Card has no pinholes. Very tiny chip out of the border. Image is clean and nice. Classic horror movie history waiting to be framed.
Scoop this up before another collector does! It's in our Original Movie Posters Department here at Creepy Classics.
New! You'll Die Laughing Trading Cards
Here are some cards to help fill in your collection of Universal Monsters:
YOU'LL DIE LAUGHING #50 (1980 Series/Creature) - Trading Card
The 1980 YOU'LL DIE LAUGHING series of trading cards features The Creature from CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON on this card #50 in the series. Funny saying on the front, and joke on the back. In excellent, like new condition.
YOU'LL DIE LAUGHING #51 (1980 Series/Wolf Man) - Trading Card
The 1980 YOU'LL DIE LAUGHING series of trading cards features The Wolf Man on this card #51 in the series. Funny saying on the front, and joke on the back.
Get either of these above, or see many more in our Trading Card Department at Creepy Classics.
New! June 1983 Issue of PEOPLE Magazine
The life and family of PSYCHO's Tony Perkins:
PEOPLE (June 13, 1983/Psycho) - Magazine
The June 13, 1983 issue. Feature the cover story on the life of PSYCHO actor Tony Perkins. candid photos of his family and in-depth look at his life. Also a look at rock stars Stevie Nicks and David Bowie. Packed with 1980s entertainment news. Excellent condition, no stickers, pen marks or tears.
Click through to our Miscellaneous Magazine Department and find this vintage PEOPLE Magazine, and see other rare zines here at Creepy Classics.
Re-Shocked! It's Christopher Lee in HORROR CASTLE on DVD
This creepy horror used to play on TV back in the early 1970s, but has since become rather obscure. Get it now on DVD:
Stars Christopher Lee. A castle owner's ancestor seems to have returned from the dead to lurk about passage ways and commit hideous murders. The owner's wife begins seeing the black-hooded and cloaked figure as the corpses pile up. This phantom is thought to be a human monster of the past. This phantom was known as "The Punisher" when he was alive hundreds of years ago, and had a reputation for torturing and killing all around the European countryside. Christopher Lee portrays a curator of a museum in the castle that preserves the original torture chamber, complete with Iron Maiden. Great photography and Old World atmosphere make this a real chiller!
Also available on DVD, another rarity:
Famed film historian Peter Cowie once called it "quite one of the oddest films I have ever seen." TWO BEFORE ZERO is a truly bizarre docudrama that could have only been made during the height of the Cold War. On a darkened stage, two figures – one an intimidating black-robed demagogue portrayed by Basil Rathbone, the other an innocent beauty in a diaphanous gown played by Mary Murphy.
Get these in our Complete DVD Catalog on-line, or use the search bar with the titles on the front page of Creepy Classics.
Coming October 23-24, 2026! A MONSTER BASH British Invasion at the Grand Palace Theatre
Thrill and chill to these on the big screen:
It's Hammer and Amicus time with great British horror films on the giant screen at a real 1920's movie palace.
This next autumn's MONSTER BASH FILM FESTIVAL at the majestic Palace Theatre in Canton, Ohio....is October 23-24, 2026! We'll be the week BEFORE Halloween in 2026 with the creepy coolest British classic horror films. The change from August to October for the Monster Bash is due to renovations that will be happening at The Palace in August-September 2026.
ADVANCE MEMBERSHIP ADMISSION available now:
Full Festival Membership Admission...it's the BRITISH Horror Movie INVASION! Two days, Eight feature films. Plus, vendors with collectible monster movie merchandise. It's all October 23-24, 2026 at the grand Palace Theatre in Canton, Ohio. A restored 1920s movie palace! Get your full festival admission membership now. Full membership also includes a free prize toss at the end of the night on Saturday! Single feature admissions will be available at the door as well. Films and events subject to change. Admission is NON-REFUNDABLE, non-transferable.
ADMISSION WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR for all 8 movie two-day passes or individual movie admission as well. Address: The Palace Theatre, 605 Market Ave N, Canton, OH 44702-1016.
Call for information at: (330) 454-8172.
Reserve your Double Tree hotel room (closest hotel, just 5 blocks away) call (330) 471-8000 (ask for the MONSTER BASH special rate discount)....or, do it on-line easily, just CLICK HERE!
Other hotel and motel options in Canton, CLICK HERE.
Vendors in the lobby and on the second floor mezzanine level too!
All the details, CLICK HERE.
MONSTER BASH October 2025 Flashback
Attendees at the October 2025 MONSTER BASH check out the fine pumpkin carving by artist Nicholas Danish. Nicholas will return to MONSTER BASH for our upcoming June show. Don't miss out on the big gathering of classic monster movie fans from across the country! Details, CLICK HERE!
Photo by Kevin Slick.
Rondo Remembers - Dinosaurs Still Live!
When I was very young, we're talking three to five-years-old, I became fascinated by dinosaurs. What were these strange looking creatures that were very big, huge, powerful? I had dinosaur coloring books, my mom took out books from the library on them, at my pleadings. Soon came little plastic figures that my relatives gave me. One Christmas I got the Marx Toys Prehistoric Animals playset!
I got to know their names. While still well under ten, I knew many names of the dinosaurs (and prehistoric reptiles like Dimetrodon). Those guys weren't technically dinosaurs, but I still lumped those ancient reptiles in.
Dinosaurs were still everywhere I looked. My imagination turned heavy earth moving equipment like large backhoes into long-necked sauropods. I saw steam shovels as meat-eaters like Tyrannosaurus and Allosaurus. Bulldozers were Triceratops. Large farm machinery lumbered like Stegosaurus and VW Beetles were Ankylosaurs. Fields with dozens of large rolled hay bundles...wasn't that a heard of dinosaurs? And, weren't alligators and crocodiles actual hold-overs from those creatures?
This early study of prehistoric monsters led me to things I saw on TV and Saturday Kiddie Matinees at the theater. Movies like GORGO, KING KONG, DINOSAURUS, and JOURNEY TO THE BEGINNING OF TIME wowed me. Cartoons like JONNY QUEST and even THE FLINTSTONES fed the fire. Even TV shows like IT'S ABOUT TIME (remember that one?). Of course, it was an obvious jump to the monster movies I love. FRANKENSTEIN and CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON were not far off the track.
Let's skim time ahead to a Christmas that just has passed. My daughter unknowingly, replicated a moment in time that I had forgotten about over the decades. I opened a Christmas gift from her. There was this little box. It was very old and pictured a Dimetrodon on it. It simply said "Prehistoric Monsters." Inside was a little plastic Dimetrodon. This was very similar to the original Matchbox cars that came in small boxes too. My brain sped through the years and zoomed in and stopped. This was a gift I had been given to me by my grandfather when I was perhaps five-years-old.
I hadn't thought about this particular gift, or these little dinosaurs that I loved, for so many years. I had first seen them at the local Mom & Pop toy store in the early 1960s. They had fleeted from my memory, but now came rushing back after laying dormant for sixty years! Somehow, without direct knowledge, my daughter had gifted me something near and dear that my grandfather had also...so many years ago. In addition to the gift, she gave me back the memory.
It was a Merry Christmas.
Ron Adams
Ligonier, PA
January 2026
New! THE CURSED MANSION on DVD
Filmed at and near a real ancient European castle:
THE CURSED MANSION (1963) - DVD
Stars Elizabeth Queen, Annie Albert, and Mark Marion. A young woman is under the spell of a dead countess. Nightmares terrorize her. Her father takes her to a remote village where a reported haunted castle sits. That doesn't seem like a good idea. Deaths begin occurring in the village and are being attributed to the haunted castle. Also known as TOMB OF TORTURE and imported to America by producer Richard Gordon.
Get this factory sealed DVD in our New Releases Department at Creepy Classics.
Re-Shocked at Creepy Classics! A 50 Movie Box Set
New and factory sealed...over 62 hours of horror film viewing:
HORROR CLASSICS - 50 MOVIE DVD COLLECTION!
A complete horror movie collection in one big box. 50 films:
CARNIVAL OF SOULS (1962), ATOM AGE VAMPIRE, CREATURE FROM THE HAUNTED SEA, NIGHTMARE CASTLE, BLACK DRAGONS, INVISIBLE GHOST, ONE BODY TOO MANY, WHITE ZOMBIE, ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES, THE SCREAMING SKULL, BEAST OF YUCCA FLATS, THE TERROR (1963), REVOLT OFT HE ZOMBIES, THE GIANT GILA MONSTER, THE FATAL HOUR, DEAD MEN WALK, THE MAD MONSTER, MANIAC, METROPOLIS, THE VAMPIRE BAT, THE APE, THE MONSTER MAKER, THE KILLER SHREWS, THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE, KING OF THE ZOMBIES, DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE, BLUEBEARD (1944), THE CORPSE VANISHES, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968), DOOMED TO DIE, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925), INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN, THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1923), NOSFERATU (1922), SWAMP WOMEN, THE WORLD GONE MAD, THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, TORMENTED, THE MONSTER WALKS, MONSTER FROM A PREHISTORIC PLANET, THE GORILLA, A SHRIEK IN THE NIGHT, BLOODLUST, THE AMAZING MR. X, LAST WOMAN ON EARTH, THE BAT (1959), HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL, THE LAST MAN ON EARTH, DEMENTIA 13 and PHANTOM FROM 10,000 LEAGUES.
Get this DVD box set in our Complete DVD Catalog on-line at Creepy Classics.
You've Been Screaming For It! Get Your October 2026 MONSTER BASH Admission Memberships Now...
Don't wait, get your plans for 2026 lined up!
Besides a packed wall-to-wall vendor displays, talks, monster game shows, live theater, film fest, and entertainment...here are the guests so far: Glenn Strange's grandson Michael Glenn Nix, Lynne Lugosi-Sparks (Bela Lugosi's granddaughter), Victoria Price (Vincent Price's daughter), Renee Browning (The Creature Kid, Ricou Browning's daughter), and more to come.
Plus, TV Horror Host Legend "Son of Ghoul," Bill Diamond's Basil Gogos & Muppet Museum, Live Theatre with Zach Zito, Leonard Hayhurst's monster game shows, Mexican Monster night, Saturday Night Free Cake in the Lobby, the Midnight Free Prize Toss...and so much more. So much Bash...almost three non-stop days.
Get your admission membership locked in now, the discount price won't last long:
MONSTER BASH EXPO OCTOBER 16-18, 2026 - 3-Day VIP Membership Admission
Admission membership for all three days! October 16-18, 2026 at the Pittsburgh Marriott North, (Cranberry Township-Mars, PA). The classic monster movie conference and festival! Three days of monster fan fun. Movie and TV stars appearing, wall-to-wall monster merchandise, special events, special screenings. Discounted for a limited time. Admission is non-refundable, non-transferable. You will be mailed a hard copy confirmation.
Here's the link for discounted on-site hotel rooms at the Pittsburgh Marriott North, get yours before they sell out, CLICK HERE!
Check out the growing details by CLICKING HERE. The MONSTER BASH CONVENTION is produced by Creepy Classics.
Vendor table space will now go on-sale following our June show. Keep checking back!
You Say What? Why It's BELL, BOOK & CANDLE Back In Stock - The Official Columbia Studios Blu-Ray...
Right up there as one of the best horror-comedies ever! Jimmy Stewart meets witches Elsa Lanchester, Jack Lemon, and Kim Novak:
BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE (1958) - Blu-Ray
A beautiful witch (Kim Novak) sets her broomstick on Jimmy Stewart. She casts a spell on him and he falls for her. Wonderful classic comedy-fantasy-romance. The cast includes Elsa Lanchester, Jack Lemon, Ernie Kovacs and Hermione Gingold. Extras: Featurette, At Home with Kim Novak, trailer.
This Columbia Studios official version sports great special features! Get it in our Blu-Ray Department at Creepy Classics...in-stock now!
New! HORROR CLASSICS 4 Film DVD
Here's a set of four films that would be great for a weekend marathon of creaky horror flicks:
HORROR CLASSICS - 4 MOVIES (Collection) - DVD
A four film collection from Echo Bridge. Feature films include: THE BEAST OF YUCCA FLATS (1961), THE CORPSE VANISHES with Bela Lugosi (1942), GIANT FROM THE UNKNOWN (1958), and THE MONSTER MAKER (1944).
Get this in our DVD Department, where else, but at Creepy Classics. We're your corner creepy store on the Internet!
New! Still Hot Off the Slab...MONSTER BASH MAGAZINE #58
Look at that cover by the great artist Basil Gogos! It's looking at YOU! Subscriber copies are in the mail, now you too can get your very own issue:
MONSTER BASH MAGAZINE #58 - Magazine
Wild-eyed wonder with classic monster movies! In this all-glossy movie monster magazine we celebrate 100 years of Lon Chaney's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. It's a deep dive into "The Curious Case of the Opera House Ghost!" Rare photos of Chaney's horrific make-up. Plus, secrets revealed about GODZILLA VS. THE THING (what is "The Thing?!"). Plus a tour of the wax museum...film and TV horrors in wax. Your letters, Blu-Ray and DVD reviews, and....and Basil Gogos is back in a documentary and his art graces the cover of this heart-pounding issue!
Get this and pick up any back issues you might have missed in our MONSTER BASH MAGAZINE Department at Creepy Classics, your classic horror movie home.
Flashback! MONSTER BASH CONVENTION October 2025
Hundreds of happy monster movie fans find their treasures at the MONSTER BASH CONVENTIONS! This photo from out last show in October 2025. It's the vendor ballroom. Photo by Kevin Slick.
Don't miss the next MONSTER BASH, CLICK HERE!
Interview! MONSTER BASH October 2025 Guest Interviewed By Steven Turek
Just in case you missed meeting and hearing Gary Clarke interviewed at MONSTER BASH October 2025, Steven Turek and his DieCast movie podcast has you covered...with hair and fangs! Check it out, CLICK HERE!
And...the next MONSTER BASH upcoming in June will feature Gary Clarke's co-star from HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER, Gary Conway (Teenage Frankenstein).
Creepy Classics May Be Coming To Your Neighborhood
Here's a listing of planned shows, expos, festivals, conventions that we will be at:
The Super Drive-In Monster-Rama
April 24-25, 2026
The Riverside Drive-In, Vandergrift, PA
Details, CLICK HERE.
Monster Bash Convention
June 12-14, 2026
Marriott Pittsburgh North, Cranberry Township/Mars, PA
Details, CLICK HERE.
Monsterama Convention
August 7-9, 2026
Atlanta Marriott Northeast/Emory Area, Atlanta, GA
Details, CLICK HERE.
The Super Drive-In Monster-Rama
September 2026
The Riverside Drive-In, Vandergrift, PA
Details, CLICK HERE.
Monster Bash Convention Autumn
October 16-18, 2026
Pittsburgh Marriott North, Cranberry Township/Mars, PA
Details, CLICK HERE.
Monster Bash Film Festival
October 23-24, 2026
The grand Palace Theatre, Canton, OH
Details, CLICK HERE.
New! DRACULA - PRINCE OF DARKNESS on DVD
His BITE is worse than his bark! Christopher Lee's 1966 Dracula film is back on DVD:
DRACULA - PRINCE OF DARKNESS (1966) - DVD
Stars Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Andrew Keir. Christopher Lee as the vicious blood-sucker in this long sought after Hammer flick. This version is in widescreen and digitally remastered. The Count gets visitors at the castle and he serves them well (in every sense of the phrase). All region DVD.
Get this in our Hammer Horror Department here at Creepy Classics.
MONSTER BASH Magazine Is For All Classic Monster Movie Fans!
Did you grow up watching classic monster movies on TV? Love those horror and science fiction classics? Well, THIS is the magazine for you!
It's packed with rare photos and articles by the best film historians and writers in the field. From Frankenstein to King Kong to Creature From the Black Lagoon, and all the obscure films...we got you covered!
See all the issues and select the ones you would like from our MONSTER BASH MAGAZINE Department at home here at Creepy Classics.