Creepy Classics & Monster Bash News
It's our latest offerings, and a look ahead at cool classic monster, horror, & science fiction releases & MONSTER BASH events!
Friday December 6 - Monday December 9, 2024
TODAY'S MONSTER BASH PHAN FOTO: Who is that bearded St. Nick? Why it's Boris Karloff! Or, maybe The Grinch?
New! High Gloss Photo of KING KONG's Fay Wray and Her Daughter
What a nice family photo of Fay Wray with her daughter, Victoria! This unique collectible would be great for any "Fay Fan!"
Here are the details:
FAY WRAY FAMILY PHOTO (Fay & daughter) - Glossy Card Stock Photo
A family photo that Fay Wray's daughter, Victoria, had at her table during a MONSTER BASH CONFERENCE. The photo is of Fay Wray (KING KONG) and her daughter Victoria. Its a "widescreen" photo measuring 4x11 inches. It's a glossy photo on card stock paper. A cool collectible for all Fay Wray fans!
Go ape over this, it's in our Collectible Department at Creepy Classics.
New! THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (2004 film) Original Movie Poster
For the PHANTOM fans...an original movie poster:
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (2004) - Original Theater Movie Poster
A 27 inch by 40 inch original movie theater poster for THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (2004). Rolled in excellent condition EXCEPT about a 3 inch tear on the top left of the poster. Would be fabulous framed for a PHANTOM fan! Only one available.
Land this from our Original Movie Posters Department here at Creepy Classics.
Holiday Music While You Work!
Looking for a soundtrack while you work this holiday season? Why not check out the nostalgic, retro radio station that is run by the MONSTER BASH team. It's vintage traditional Christmas songs and packed with Pop Rock Christmas songs too, 24/7.
Maybe you didn't realize that Ron & Ursula Adams head-up an AM community radio station. Not only will you hear hosts Ron Adams, Ursula Adams, but also Bashers Ted St. James, Brian Nichols, Scott Goettel, Kevin Slick, and others. Plus, non-stop, fun Christmas tunes.
LIsten, and minimize to keep it playing while you work.
Check it out:
Web site: www.LigonierRadio.com
Listen: CLICK HERE
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:
DRIVE-IN SUPER MONSTER RAMA - April 25-26, 2025: Riverside Drive-In, Vandergrift, PA.
All the details: CLICK HERE.
MONSTER BASH CONFERENCE, Marriott Pittsburgh, North, Cranberry Township (Mars), PA. June 20-21, 2025.
More details: CLICK HERE.
THE MID-ATLANTIC NOSTALGIA CONVENTION, The APG Arena, 401 Thomas Run Road, Bel Air, MD. June 26-28, 2025.
More details: CLICK HERE.
MONSTER BASH FILM FESTIVAL The Canton Palace Theatre, Canton, Ohio.
August 15-16, 2025.
More details: CLICK HERE.
DRIVE-IN SUPER MONSTER RAMA - September, 2025: Riverside Drive-In, Vandergrift, PA.
All the details: CLICK HERE.
MONSTER BASH CONFERENCE, Marriott Pittsburgh, North, Cranberry Township (Mars), PA. October 10-12, 2025.
More details coming soon! CLICK HERE.
New! A Science Fiction 3-Disc Blu-Ray Set
Who knows what the future may hold?...here's three chilling versions:
SCIENCE FICTION TRIPLE FEATURE (LOGAN'S RUN, OMEGA MAN, SOYLENT GREEN) - Blu-Ray Set
A science fiction triple feature set that includes three discs and is packed with special features. Movies include LOGAN'S RUN, THE OMEGA MAN, and SOYLENT GREEN. Over five hours of future shock!
Get this new Blu-Ray set in our Recent Blu-Ray Additions Department here today...and tomorrow, at Creepy Classics.
New! More Science Fiction Digest Magazines
Here they come! More sci-fi digests for reading over the holidays:
ANALOG (July 1995) - Digest Magazine
Special double issue! Over 300 pages of science fiction and science fact! Authors include G. David Nordley, Ben Bova, Brian Stableford, and more! A packed issue!
ANALOG (December 2010) - Digest Magazine
The digest magazine of science fiction and science fact! Authors in this issue include Shane Tourtelotte, Carl Frederick, and H.G. Stratmann. Includes illustrations.
Get these, or check out the other available issues in our Vintage Digest Department here at Creepy Classics.
Now Available! Just a Few MONSTER BASH Program Guides From Autumn 2024
Did you miss the fall show this year? Get this souvenier program guide, only a few available:
MONSTER BASH PROGRAM GUIDE (November 2024) - Collectible
A simple fold over 4 page program guide for the November 2024 MONSTER BASH CONFERENCE. Lists guests and programming. Full color, glossy.
Scoop one up at our Monster Bash Store on-line here at Creepy Classics.
Sign-Up Now! The 2025 MONSTER BASH FILM FEST at Canton's grand Palace Theatre
The movies, the vendor tables, the beautiful historic, restored theatre!
It will be a ghostly time for all! The beautiful theatre, itself, is said to be haunted.
See the details and schedule of events, CLICK HERE.
Reserve your complete film fest VIP admission, CLICK HERE.
If you're a vendor, tables are 50% off for a limited time, reserve yours, CLICK HERE.
A ghostly good time to be had! The spirits are waiting...for you.
Looking for a place to stay during the festival? The Canton Double Tree is five blocks away. CLICK HERE to secure a room.
Back in Shock Stock! The FLASHBACK Hardback Book For the Christmas Season
It's here! A 250 page book, packed with the images that take up back to childhood and growing up with monster movies, music, comic books and just loving this life. Get yours now:
FLASHBACK: MONSTERS, MUSIC & COMIC BOOKS - Large Illustrated Hardback Book
By Ron Adams, editor of MONSTER BASH magazine This is the first edition, special hardback!
Growing up with pop culture in the 20th century. One kid's journey of imagination and pop culture that touched the lives of thousands. Relatable, touching, and memory jogging tales of life, family, and insight into the journey of kids. Monster movies, comic books, music, and the adventures of childhood.
Packed with historical images of toys, models, candy, movies, records, and everything we all grew up with in the 1960s through the 1980s.
250 pages that are a time machine for all of us that never let go, and never really grew up. Welcome home.
Get your very own copy of this hardback now in our Creepy Bookstore...at Creepy Classics.
Here are some peeks inside:
Let's FLASHBACK together! Get your book now, CLICK HERE!
New! Vintage Fan Poster From the 1960s
A super creepy cool, large poster. A vintage poster suitable for framing:
RETURN OF THE MONSTER (Mock Movie Poster/Wes Shank Collection) - Collectible Poster
A mock movie poster with fabulous retro art. This retro styled poster was issued and personalized sometime in the 1960s. It was customized for a young Walter Shank (Wes Shank). Wes was one of the most respected of the "super collectors" and film historians. 20 x 27 inches on heavy stock poster paper. Comes rolled.
Add this to your vintage collectibles! It's in our Posters Department at Creepy Classics.
New! Vinyl LP of the Original TWILIGHT ZONE Music Scores
Man, how gorgeous was the music themes found in the original TWILIGHT ZONE TV series? Here's a full LP record of them:
TWILIGHT ZONE ORIGINAL TELEVISION SCORES Volume 1 - Vinyl Record Album
This is like new...appears to have never been played, just no shrink wrap. On the high quality Varese Sarabandr record label. Clean and beautiful record album. Features the music composed by Marius Constant, Jerry Goldsmith, Bernard Herrmann, Franz Waxman, and others. Includes The Main Theme, The Invaders, Perchance To Dream, Walking Distance, The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine. Glossy laminate cover with photos from the TV show on the back cover.
Select this great record album in our Vinyl Department at Creepy Classics.
New! First Special Issue of LAST DAYS OF THE JUSTICE SOCIETY Comic Book from 1986
I hesitate to call anything "mint" condition, but I think this is pretty close if its not...like new:
LAST DAYS OF THE JUSTICE SOCIETY SPECIAL #1 - Comic Book
Writers include Roy Thomas. JSA to Ragnarok after Crisis; Includes a page of the unpublished story "The Impossible Crimes"; Unpublished story page circa. 1946; One-shot; Back cover reprints All Star Comics #12; 68 pages. Excellent, like new condition! Published in 1986 by DC.
Slingshot over to our Comic Book Department to locate this (and many others) here at Creepy Classics.
New! GHOST OF SLUMBER MOUNTAIN Glossy Post Card
Dinosaur fans, here's a cool piece! Check out this glossy dinosaur post card:
GHOST OF SLUMBER MOUNTAIN - Dinosaur Post Card
A 4x6 inch glossy post card issued by The Dinosaur Museum in North Dakota. Features the silent film THE GHOST OF SLUMBER MOUNTAIN ad art on the front. Vintage postcard look on the back. Unused and new.
Get this in our Collectibles Department...just start excavating at Creepy Classics.
Video! DARK RIDE DRACULA at MONSTER BASH November 2024
I can't thank Andy and Amy of DARK RIDE DRACULA enough for presenting MONSTER BASH on YouTube. They really show the fun and love of Monster Kids gathering from all over the country to Cranberry Township (Mars, PA) for BASH.
CLICK HERE now to see their tour through MONSTER BASH.
And, get ready to MONSTER BASH in June 2025!
It's The Latest Monster Kid Fad!
Kicked off by Heather and Abby Ross, it's the latest Monster Kid Christmas fad. Pajamas and a Christmas Frankenstein t-shirt. HA! That's awesome.
You can get you Christmas Frankie t-shirt by CLICKING HERE. Men's sizes from SMALL - 3X.
*Sorry, Kermit not included.
New! Vintage Gold Key Horror Comic Book
Time to latch onto some reading material for the holiday journeys. You always need some spare reading material for the holidays:
SPINE-TINGLING TALES #4 - Comic Book
A 1976 Gold Key comic book of horror stories. Really excellent art in this issue of mystery, ghost stories, and tales of the macabre. Used with some light shelf wear, but no pen marks or cut-outs. One of the rarer Gold Key horror comics.
Select this one or one of many others in our Comic Book Spin-around Rack on -line here at Creepy Classics.
New! A 1964 Paperback From "The Zone"
You've seen the TV show, read the original short stories by Rod Serling, himself, in this vintage paperback collection that came out while the original series was still on the air:
NEW STORIES FROM THE TWILIGHT ZONE (Rod Serling) - Vintage Paperback Book
By Rod Serling. A vintage 1964 paperback book of Twilight Zone stories. Includes The Whole Truth, The Shelter, Showdown with Rance McGraw, The Night of the Meek, The Midnight Sun, and more. Book is in excellent condition with a tight spine. Like new except for typical age tanning and a name written on the inside front page...but appears tight and unread! A 1964 vintage book.
Quick! Grab this for your collection in our Creepy Bookstore here at...well, Creepy Classics!
New! Now Available on the DVD Format Too....For You
Time to shimmy under that circus tent and sneak in to see all the freaky stuff at a circus of horrors:
CIRCUS OF HORRORS (1960) - DVD
Stars Anton Diffring, Erika Remberg and Yvonne Monlaur. What happens when an insane plastic surgeon takes of a circus....horrors! Anton Differening is excellent as the crazed surgeon, uglifying people to make then do his bidding and deceiving others. Nutty and fun in a creepy circus atmsphere.
This is available now in our New DVD Addition Department at Creepy Classics.
Rondo Remembers: Emergency Room Monster Kids
You're likely to find fellow monster movie fans in the most unlikely places.
I usually reach back to my teenage years or before to relate some cool monster throwback thoughts. But, this time I'm only going back a week in 2024. From my bleary sedated eyes, I met another Monster Kid.
I was working here at my computer at the Creepy Classics/Monster Bash HQ when I suddenly got extreme pain launched upon me from some netherworld. I was sweating and faint. This ol' Monster Kid is 65 now and I never have really had any super serious health issues. This was no fun.
I called my wife, Ursula, who left her job teaching right away. But she was 30 minutes away and I knew I couldn't drive. Luckily, I had a couple options of local Monster Bash friends. I called Basher Joe Russell who was at my door in five minutes to rush me to the hospital.
Walking was an issue, but Joe got me to the local hospital. Now, everything is fine, I just had to tell you all that to led up to a real monster movie fan encounter of the third kind. I was attended by a doctor and a variety of nurses, but one medical assistant named Jeff hung with me through nine hours of procedures.
Through my sedated haze (and believe me that sedation didn't cut much of the pain) Jeff talked to me a lot. More about monster movies than anything that was going on. He had seen Joe Russell's shirt (my ride) which had the Creature From the Black Lagoon on it. Then, Joe and Ursula had told him I was into that stuff.
So as I lie with an IV in my arm, the medic Jeff, regaled me with how he grew up loving monster movies and still did. He was a year younger than me. From Aurora model kits, to his favorite science fiction films...which matched up with mine: THE THING (1951) and IT! THE TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE (1958). He had grown up watching Pittsburgh's CHILLER THEATER with Bill "Chilly Billy" Cardille.
Jeff spoke of watching THE LAST MAN ON EARTH with Bela Lugosi....slowly from my haze I said the name "Vincent Price." He immediately snapped up, "Yes, you're right that was Price!" Then he went on about Bela Lugosi's appearance in PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE. My wife mentioned about the conference (MONSTER BASH) and how we had met a lot of folks including some of her favorites like the cast from THE LAND OF THE LOST television series. Jeff was a huge Kathy Coleman fan and got to see photos of us with them at BASH.
Jeff and I talked (when I could) through my nine hours at the hospital. Bottom line is I'm fine now (well, as fine as an ol' obsessive monster movie fan can be) and meeting a new Monster Kid made everything just a little easier. Jeff said he now plans on heading BASH in June! He didn't realize we were out there, other fans of these films, just like him.
I sent a "thank you" postcard a couple days ago to the emergency room at the hospital addressed to Jeff and staff. It pictured the Frankenstein Monster ripping through a crowd. I wrote "Thanks so much for putting me back together."
I hope you had a wonderful and peaceful Thanksgiving.
Ron Adams
Ligonier, PA
November 2024
New! REVENGE OF THE ZOMBIES Now on Blu-Ray
What more 1940s fun could you ask for? John Carradine, espionage, and a boatload of zombies...
REVENGE OF THE ZOMBIES (1943) - Blu-Ray
John Carradine is creating a race of zombies to do his bidding in a "conquer the world" idea. Mantan Moreland, as usual, steals the show with one liners!Also stars western super star Bob Steele. Commentary by Tom Weaver and Gary Don Rhodes.
Get this new Blu-Ray in our Recent Additions Department at Creepy Classics.
Get Set Now! VIP Admission Memberships For MONSTER BASH June 2025 Now Available
Get you discounted 3-Day VIP Membership admission now for next summer's blast! The Universal Monsters Tribute with original Monster Kids, plus, DARK SHADOWS casts it's shadow on this fun-filled event. Get your admission now:
MONSTER BASH JUNE 20-22, 2025 - 3-Day VIP Membership Admission
All three days! June 20-22, 2025 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. The multi-Rondo award winning best convention. Discounted for a limited time. Admission is non-refundable, non-transferable.
Secure your on-site hotel room with the Pittsburgh Marriott North, or the sister hotel, just a 400 foot walk across the parking lot at The Courtyard Pittsburgh North...CLICK HERE now! Please note: The hotel has said that the June weekend is VERY busy with requests and their cancellation policy is in effect. If you reserve a room you will be charged for it.
Hop on board the Bash. See the details that are just beginning HERE. From your horror home, MONSTER BASH and CREEPY CLASSICS.
Vendor tables are sold out. We will have a packed, packed ballroom of vendors for our June 2025 show!
New! MONSTER BASH MAGAZINE #55 is Here
Peter Lorre, The Mummy, and all your ghoulish friends are here in this latest issue of MONSTER BASH:
MONSTER BASH MAGAZINE #55 - Magazine
The all-glossy classic monster movie magazine! In this issue: the high minister of sinister cinema...actor Peter Lorre. Find out all about the man and his creepy films. Plus, be a fly-on-the-wall with David Hedison in an interview, he talks THE FLY and VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA. Was Alfred Hitchcock a monster movie fan?, well...maybe! Check out the possible Hitch Snitch. Fans talk and beautiful photo reproductions from classic films live inside these pages. The home of classic monsters! Writers: Frank Dello Stritto, Tom Weaver, Ted Bohus, Leonard Hayhurst, and Ron Adams. Cover by Micah Carey.
Snare your copy from our MONSTER BASH MAGAZINE Department here at Creepy Classics.
MONSTER BASH Magazine is for Monster Kids of All Ages! So says the "Mystic Seer."
Make Sure You're Caught Up On Your MONSTER BASH Magazine Collection!
Everyone's talking about MONSTER BASH! The ultimate classic monster movie magazine! Frankenstein, Dracula, The Wolf Man, The Mummy, Creature From the Black Lagoon, King Kong, The Phantom of the Opera, Mr. Hyde...they're all here, at home in MONSTER BASH MAGAZINE.
Collect them all (or, subscribe here too)....CLICK HERE to get them right from the publisher (us!), new glossy mags shipped bagged and boarded for protection to you!
All at Creepy Classics, right now!