Creepy Classics & Monster Bash News

Thursday February 12 - Friday February 13, 2026

MONSTER BASH PHAN PHOTO: The lead zombie, in creepy color, from Hammer Studio's PLAGUE OF THE ZOMBIES (1966).

Re-Stocked! Every Volume of CANDID MONSTERS

Is it a magazine, or is it a book? It's both! Every volume is big and detailed like a book. In-depth coverage of the behind-the-scenes of our favorite movies: horror, science fiction, and fantasy. These are here now for you:

CANDID MONSTERS #15 Magazine Book

The magazine that's more like a book...perfect bound 140 pages! Behind-the-scenes and interviews from your favorite monster movies. In this jammed issue: THE THIEF OF BAGDAD, LOST HORIZON and SHE. Spectacular fantasy films. Inside: Frank Capra, Jane Wyatt, James Hilton and more. Super rare photos!

CANDID MONSTERS #16 - Magazine Book

The magazine so thick, it's a book! Published by Ted Bohus. It's full of rare photos and goes behind-the-scenes with articles and interviews of actors and tech staff on the films we love. In this issue: THINGS TO COME, HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES, THE MAD GHOUL, JUST IMAGINE. Many interviews and photos!

Besides those listed here, we have every volume in stock, right back to #1. See them all, available at Creepy Classics, in our CANDID MONSTERS Department.

New! The Great Movie Memorabilia Auction II Book...

Above is a peek inside...photos of item that will blow your Monster Kid mind. Get this catalog book now (only one available):

GREAT MOVIE MEMORABILIA AUCTION II (Forrest J Ackerman) - Catalog Book

Wow! A huge catalog book of movie posters, comic books, monster magazines, movie props, and movie costumes. These items were auctioned in 1980 and are pictured within. Hundreds of cool items to peruse. Edited and compiled by Charles Band, prologue by Forrest J Ackerman. Interior is black and white. Such cool items included that will stun you: Captain Marvel costume worn by Tom Tyler in 1941, proto-type model for SON OF KONG (1933), CLOSE ENCOUNTERS Devil's Tower prop, KING KONG lobby cards, Hammer Horror lobby cards, vintage comic books, vintage pulps, storyboard art, on and on.

Locate this item in our Creepy Bookstore, where else?, but Creepy Classics.

Just Added To the Stacks! SHOW Magazine From May of 1970

An article on Roger Corman lurks inside this vintage magazine:

SHOW (May 1970/Roger Corman) - Magazine

A big magazine (LIFE magazine size) from May 1970. That's why the cover is partially unseen -- too big for the scanner. Beautiful, big glossy magazine that sends you right back to 1970. It includes an article on director Roger Corman with photos from PIT AND THE PENDULUM, IT CONQUERED THE WORLD, TOMB OF LIGEIA, TALES OF TERROR, THE RAVEN and more. Plus, articles on actress Maud Adams, Inside BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS and more. Great retro ads. Like new. Does have a subscription sticker and pen marking on cover. Beautiful magazine that takes you back.

Snag this to slide into your collection of cool reading from our Miscellanious Magazine Department deep in the vaults at Creepy Classics.

Unearthed! A Super Rare Universal Collectible

Check this out if you're an original poster/lobby card collector:

MAN MADE MONSTER (1941 Lobby Card Theater Envelope) - Original Theater Collectible

This is the original envelope that MAN MADE MONSTER lobby cards were issued in to theaters back in 1941. There can't be many of these that survived, this may be the only one still in existence. Most theaters would have taken the lobby cards out and thrown this away. If you are a lobby card collector and have a MAN MADE MONSTER lobby card, you probably would love to add this to your collection. A super, super rarity for Universal Monster collectors, lobby card collectors, Lon Chaney, Jr. collectors. A little bigger than 11x14 inches. Original envelope!

This is resting peacefully in our Original Posters & Lobby Cards Department, waiting for you, at Creepy Classics.

Dig Deep! How About This Awesome Book?

This is a BIG book, just like dinosaurs...over 500 pages:

PREHISTORIC MONSTER MASH (Autographed) - Softcover Book

A massive 535 page book on dinosaurs...both in real-life, books, movies and pop culture by Allen A. Debus. Pop culture meets the dinosaurs! Includes illustrations from advertising, comics, classic books, and more. Autographed by the author and inscribed to Ron Adams (of MONSTER BASH), for assistance on cover design. Huge, cool book!

Get this in our Creepy Bookstore, right here at Creepy Classics.

MONSTER BASH Magazine Is For All Classic Monster Movie Fans od All Ages!

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.

New! From 1948, An Original Tod Slaughter Theater Lobby Card

This is an original, not a copy, Tod Slaughter horror movie double feature lobby card from 1948:

HORROR MANIACS/STRANGLER'S MORGUE (1948 Double Feature/Screaming woman!) - Original Theatrical Lobby Card

A horror rarity! Displayed at a theater back in 1948, it's a horror double feature of two Tod Slaughter films: HORROR MANIACS (1948) paired with STRANGLER'S MORGUE (1946). An unusual 11x14 lobby card that is thicker than most cards. Produced and distributed by the low budget Exclusive Films. Other than age tanning, it's in excellent condition. Own an original Tod Slaughter theater piece!

This is available, while it lasts, in our Original Posters & Lobby Cards Department at Creepy Classics.

New! The Four VIGILANTE Comics From DC

From 1995 and 1996, issues 1-4 of VIGILANTE:

VIGILANTE #1 (Direct Sales Edition, 1995) - Comic Book

City Lights, prairie justice! By James Robinson and Tony Salmons. Like new, excellent condition. Comes bagged and boarded for protection.

VIGILANTE #2 (DC Comic 1995, Direct Sales Edition) - Comic Book

City Lights, prairie justice! By James Robinson and Tony Salmons. Like new, excellent condition. Comes bagged and boarded for protection.

VIGILANTE #3 (DC Comic 1996/Direct Sales Edition) - Comic Book

City Lights, prairie justice! By James Robinson, Bret Blevins, and Tony Salmons. Like new, excellent condition. Comes bagged and boarded for protection.

VIGILANTE #4 (DC Comic 1996/Direct Sales Edition) - Comic Book

City Lights, prairie justice! By James Robinson, Bret Blevins, and Tony Salmons. Like new, excellent condition. Comes bagged and boarded for protection.

Spin the rack and pick these up in our Comic Book Department 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.

Details:

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! Now Available...An Original Horror Theatrical Lobby Card

It's an original lobby card for the Mexican movie THE RESURRECTED MONSTER from 1953, available now:

THE RESURRECTED MONSTER (1953) - Original Theatrical Mexican Lobby Card

An original lobby card that was displayed in a Mexico theater back in 1953 for this landmark horror film. This helped re-ignite horror-monster movies produced in Mexico. It translates to THE RESURRECTED MONSTER. The make-up looks very similar to Lon Chaney's Phantom of the Opera. A great card, no pinholes, super monster images.

Scoop up this original Mexi-Monster movie collectible in our Mexican Monsters Department at Creepy Classics.

New! More Vintage Used Books at Creepy Classics

Only one each available of these books, grab the ones you want:

TUT'S MUMMY LOST...AND FOUND - Used Soft Cover Book

By Judy Donnelly. Illustrated by James Watling. A young reader book with beautiful color illustrations and photos. Hidden treasure, secret tombs, and a mummy! The story of Tut and the discovery of his tomb. Tomb diagrams and great illustrations. Very good to excellent condition. Published in 1976.

THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP (Conan Doyle) - Used Paperback Book

By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A Penguin Book classics paperback. A mini-book that includes two great Sherlock Holmes thrillers: The Man With the Twisted Lip and The Adventure of the Devil's Foot. Used, but in very good condition.

NEW ENGLAND'S MARVELOUS MONSTERS - Softcover Book

A thin softcover that is packed with amazing, creepy photos of sea creatures...some mythical, some perhaps not! Tales collected by writer Robert Cahill. Reports and illustrations...reports over the years of The Plum Island Monster, strange, sea creatures, whales, giant sharks, and things unknown from New England and around the world.

THE LOST WORLD (Conan Doyle) - Softcover Book

By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Professor Challenger's claims of dinosaurs living in South America come to life in this 1912 novel! Part adventure story, part science fiction, The Lost World inspired movies and imaginations around the world! The classic novel in this softcover book.

IMPS, DEMONS, HOBGOBLINS, WITCHES, FARIES & ELVES - Used Hardback Book

Written and illustrated by Leonard Baskin. From the timeless literature of Shakespeare, Goethe, Brothers Grimm, and from favorite folk traditional stories...comes this rouge's gallery of weird creatures and beings. Descriptions and awesome illustrations. A former library book, clothbound and in very good condition, with usual library makings.

ESSENTIAL CREATURES - Soft Cover Book

The unique performing troupe of storytellers, The Patient Creatures, presents this collection of their best fiction, essays, poetry, and more! Stories to chill and thrill. New book.

CONSTRUCTING SCIENTIFICTION & FANTASY - Used Instructional Booklet

By John Ashmead, Darrell Schweitzer, and George Scithers. A guide booklet on how to write and submit science fiction stories to magazines. Mechanics and submission instructions from AMAZING SCIENCE FICTION magazine. Issued in 1982. Some age tanning and a few pinholes at the top of the booklet.

NEW ENGLAND'S GHOSTLY HAUNTS - Used Soft Cover Book

Thin 48 page softcover book, but pretty cool! Tales of real-life haunts from the New England states. Detailed accounts of oddities, strange stories, and chilling hauntings. Plus, it has very engaging, creepy photos. From boat wrecks to bizarre photos of hauntings. In "like new" condition.

BARE BONES (CONVERSATIONS WITH STEPHEN KING) - Used Soft Cover Book

In depth personal interviews with horror writer Stephen King. His writing, his beliefs, his professional career. A long informal discussions with the King of horror. Conversations about King's life and the seeds of creating horror stories. Condition: like new, except name written on the inside front page.

Get the above books, and see more details by clicking on the titles. Or, you can order them direct from our Creepy Bookstore here in the horror halls 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:

MONSTER BASH "BRITISH INVASION HORROR" FILM FEST OCT. 23-24, 2026 - Full 2-Day Film Fest Admission Membership

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.

Rondo Remembers: Snow Days of Yesteryear For A Monster Kid

My wife's a middle school teacher of history and English. In today's world when there's a lot of snow and extreme cold here in the northeast of the country they switch to a "remote learning day." Teaching and instruction are given electronically through on-line devices. My wife is not totally happy with this method because the immediate person-to-person questioning or feeling of assurance that the kids "get it" is not always strong. The same lessons will have to be reviewed when in-person instruction resumes. It's a double-edged sword as, at least, "snow days" will not have to be made-up during holiday breaks or summer vacation. But, perhaps some education suffers.

This was not the world I lived in back in the 1970s when I was in middle school. Us kids wanted that immediate gratification of a day totally off! We never thought ahead of "make good" days that may have to come later. We wanted a day off. A day of Mom and Dad at work and a pile of comic books by my side. A mid-day vintage movie on TV...maybe an old horror movie or adventure film? I do remember one day off where I got to see The Marx Brothers for the first time in THE COCONUTS. Funny and crazy.

But the potential for a day off started with calls of over six inches of snow for our area on the news the night before. If it wasn't at least that much snow, there wasn't too much hope of a day off. The school buses just put chains on their tires. But, if a big snow was called for...that meant the tense waiting on the next morning in the kitchen.

While Mom made the hot chocolate, and I had cereal, Pop Tarts, or graham crackers (that I would dip in the hot chocolate, hoping a chunk wouldn't fall off into the hot drink)...we listened to the radio. I always loved listening to the sardonic and humorous local morning radio team. But, on these particular potential snow days, I listened ever more keenly. That's where we got the verdict! Our local radio station. School districts would be called in groupings. If I was lucky, "bingo!," there was mine! A day off from school!

The radio continued on with the latest Elton John, Rod Stewart, or David Bowie song. And me? I was on Cloud 9 with plans for the day being calculated in my partially formed brain. Dad had already left for work and Mom was prepping. I was prepping too. I was selecting magazines like the FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND 1971 Fearbook to re-read, the last four INCREDIBLE HULK comic books, an older FANTASTIC FOUR annual, all as my day's entertainment. I'd head for the TV GUIDE (which I had dutifully already circled every horror and science fiction movie). Would there, by any chance, be an old horror movie? Usually just game shows and soap operas.

My mom would head out the door to cashier at the local grocery store, leaving me with an edict. "Don't get into any trouble and watch after your sister too." She well knew that it was like letting the prisoners run the prison. But, what could she do?...it was a glorious snow day!

Ron Adams
Ligonier, PA
February 2026

New To Creepy Classics! An Original Universal Monster Lobby Card from 1941

It's Lon Chaney, Jr. and Lionel Atwill pictured on this original Universal lobby card...available for purchase now:

MAN MADE MONSTER (1941) - Original 11x14 Theatrical Lobby Card

The real deal! An original 11x14 inch lobby card that was displayed at a theater in 1941. MAN MADE MONSTER featured Lon Chaney, Jr's first "monster" movie just before he did THE WOLF MAN. A great card with Chaney on the lab table getting charged up, and the diabolical Lionel Atwill at the controls. Card has some small pinholes from theater used for posting. Color is still rich!

Get this before some other original poster collector does. It's now posted in our Original Posters and Lobby Cards Department on the slab at Creepy Classics.

Make MONSTER BASH Plans Now! Get Your October 2026 MONSTER BASH Admission Memberships Now...

Pictured above: Glenn Strange's daughter, on the right Glenn Strange (Frankenstein's Monster), and in the middle....Monster Bash Guest of Honor, Glenn's grandson, Michael Glenn Nix!

Don't wait, get your plans for this year 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! The back-up hotel is the sister hotel, The Courtyard, only a short walk across the parking lot.

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!

New! The Latest...MONSTER BASH MAGAZINE #58

Above: A peek inside the front cover of this issue!

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.