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Remington Typewriter Ad (1953) Boy howdy, look at that! She's a beaut ain't she? For just $9.99 down and a monthly payment as low as  $7.44 you can own this fine typewriter and carrying case! Or, if you prefer the Quiet-riter model, payments are $8.32. You can earn money at home in your spare time! How? I'm not sure, you'd have to read the included book "How To Earn Money at Home in Your Spare

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Comic crossovers are nothing new. I remember the 70s when DC and Marvel had crossovers. I mainly remember the oversized comics because they were freakin huge! And then there were oddball things like Superman vs Muhammad Ali. There's a pretty hefty list of inter-company crossover comics on Wikipedia. Back in July 2003, WildStorm/Top Cow released a one-shot crossover kids may never have considered

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Here we are at the end of another month, let's see what I've forced on my eyeballs.You can click on the bold titles to go to the film's Amazon page. Mercury Men (20??)   Shot for under $10,000, this is a pulp sci-fi adventure in the tradition of ole timey serial pictures. There are 10 episodes and each is around 7 minutes. In 1975, the Mercury Men take over an office building and attempt to

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We've got a triple shot of weight loss products from the 50's to start off your week. Weight Loss Chewing Gum (1953) What's funny about this is I saw a chewing gum at the checkout yesterday that's supposed to help with weight loss by increasing your metabolism and suppressing your appetite. Don't remember what it's called though. Spot Reducer Weight Reducer (1952) This one is a little...odd.

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From Tales of Horror #3, Nov. 1952 It's a great use of coloring, don't you think? You can read the whole story here if you like. Here's the cover to that issue And the intro panel to the other cover story, "The Big Snake"I love me some giant animal on the rampage!

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The latest League of Extraordinary Bloggers challenge poses the following The 80′s and 90′s were filled with kids and teens in the movies. Which movie would you like to see a sequel made in 2012 with the original cast members, who have aged the same as you and me. To be honest, I was planning on sitting this one out. I was going over the list of movies that I enjoy with young leads and so many

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My dream adoptive family came in to town this weekend, so of course I had to see them! Let me tackle the controversial question up front: I'm an Addams man, through and through. To be honest, I've never watched an entire episode of The Munsters start to finish. The parts I have seen, I enjoy but if I have to choose in a gang war, color me Addams! A couple of guys sitting behind me were talking

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From DC Comic's Ghost #25, 1974 Nothing really snarky or funny to contribute to this comic excerpt. I just love that last panel. It's the kind of thing that will haunt your nightmares. You're welcome! Actually, the guy in the second panel reminds me of Han Solo from the early Marvel comics. He may not look like Harrison Ford, but he does look like the comic version of Han.

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Cool and Collected strikes again with a new League of Extraordinary Bloggers assignment. In case you're not familiar with this weekly blog-fest, check out the details. This week's topic: You have an unlimited budget and space is not a problem. What piece of Hollywood memorabilia would you want hanging around in your batcave?Wow, that is a tough one! Would I go all out and have my house be the

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I was lucky enough to be near one of the 10 theaters around the country that was hosting special events from 11am-6pm this past Saturday for the re-release. There was never a question of attending or not, but this was an extra bonus. We had tickets to the 1pm show but got there around 11 so we could check out the goings on.  The first thing we did was go to the ticket taker and ask if we could

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The blog Cool and Collected has an open invite for bloggers to participate in a weekly "assignment." You can participate as often as you want. Every Monday, they'll hand out an assignment and you let them know when you're done with a link to your post. The following Monday C&C publishes their post with a link to all the participants blogs as well. Something to get your creative juices flowing

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This is the box art for the version I had Originally released by TSR in 1975, Dungeon may be the original hack-n-loot dungeon crawling board game. If you're familiar with TSR in the 70s, it will come as no surprise that game design legend Gary Gygax was on the development team. If you're not, Gygax is one of the co-creators of the original Dungeons & Dragons RPG. Dungeon enjoyed an unusual

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This 1986 ad promises a pretty sweet deal. For just $4, you get three 11'x14' posters that glow in the dark AND a package of glow in the dark shoe lace. Now the ad does say Neon Lace is a Glow-in-the-Dark shoe lace. Singular. Does that mean you only get one lace? It was the 80s so I guess you could get away with two different shoe laces. It would probably also be incentive enough to nag your

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I first met Liō a couple years ago and instantly became good friends with him. He was originally created in 2006 by Mark Tatulli, who also does the strip Heart of the City. Liō combines the magic of Calvin and Hobbes with Addams Family values. However, unlike Calvin, Liō is never imagining his adventures, which makes them all the more interesting! The most amazing, and clever, thing about Liō

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I realized at the end of last year that I watch a good amount of movies. I'll be doing monthly posts to keep track of what I've seen and to give a micro-review. Then at the end of the year, we can all laugh at how much of my life I've wasted. All movies are first time viewings unless the title is preceded by an asterisk. Understand that I purposely seek out bad and/or cheesy movies and I rate

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This particular toy was offered by Honor House, a big name in the comic ad mail order business. Although this 1956 ad mentions this is a new scientific toy, the "science rocket" has stood the test of time and is still being made today. I can vividly remember one of these rockets I had which had a red plastic dome and white lower body to it. The white plastic was opaque and made the fins a

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Today's Funnies come courtesy of Space Adventures from Charlton Comics and we're checking out some funky sci-fi headgear! I don't recall if both images are from the same comic but I do know the first one is from 1952. I thought this was pretty cool because it reminds me of the original Tron helmets. This next one...I'm starting to wonder if this is the reason behind why every plastic bag says

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From Famous Monsters of Filmland #135, 1977 Inspired by Monsterfink's recent post on Sid and Marty Krofft's Bigfoot and Wildboy, today I bring you another 70s Saturday morning show: Doctor Shrinker! I say inspired by but I was having trouble coming up with something to post about today and I can always find something to talk about from childhood. One of the great things about episodic TV is

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Click to enlarge I found this ad thanks to Gilligan, webmaster over at Retrospace, which is a great portal into our past. He recently posted a couple of magazine scans, one of which was a random scifi zine called Space Wars from December 1978. This is typical of the strange non-licensed stuff you'd find in the back pages of magazines at the time. The knockoff merchandise has always interested

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Today you get not one, but three panels of wacky alien antics. Enjoy! Did people still believe there was a permanent dark side of the moon in the 50's? Ahhh, the 50's... If you've ever seen Japanese anime (hentai), you know where this is going... If you haven't, you have only yourself to blame if you Google it. Make your own caption. It's probably funnier than anything I've got.

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Take Pussy Galore's all female Flying Circus from Bond's Goldfinger and add a bit of Charlie's Angels (the original, not the bland reboot) and you've got Jet Dream and Her Stunt Girl Counterspies. Whew, what a mouthful! I guess people hadn't gone acronym crazy in the late 60s yet. Jet and her gals first appeared as a backup story in an issue of The Man from U.N.C.L.E (Hey Jet, that's how you

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Hover over for more info This past holiday season I participated in an online Secret Santa for movie lovers. The always entertaining folks at Now Playing podcast arranged everything through their forums. You sign up, tell them what kind of movies you might want to get and your name is handed over to another random member. I was lucky enough to be the Santa for someone that likes Stallone and

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Click for larger view Hey, this is an ad from a comic book, it's not that kind of doll! But it does make you wonder what the marketing people were thinking placing a mail order ad for an inflatable doll in a comic book. I don't recall the particular book this ad came from but I know the books I cull from are horror or sci-fi comics which I would presume were mainly read by young teenage boys.

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You may have heard of Rafflecopter. It's a new free app that makes running and entering contests a breeze. Starting today, and going for the next 30 days, they're having a contest. The prizes include a 16GB iPad 2 with Wi-Fi and a Kindle Fire. Click on to enter! Use the form below to enter the iPad 2 drawing and if you win, I win a Kindle Fire for referring you. How cool is that? Be sure to

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What a wonderful surprise to wake up to this morning! The Google Doodle today is honoring the 100th birthday of cartoonist Charles Addams, creator of my favorite TV family. Google Doodle Jan. 7, 2012 While mostly remembered as the creator of the Addams Family, Chas also had a number of his illustrations printed in The New Yorker. He always had a dark sense of humor and delighted in the macabre

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Hey, what do you know? It's the first Friday Funny of 2012.Okay lady, you killed your husband and now he's risen from the grave as some kind of zombie abomination and he wants to eat you.No problem...But you're offended by the way he smells? Not his skin color, not the fact that he's a zombie trying to eat you?I can't imagine how much dirt he must have tracked in the house!Who's going to clean up

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I don't remember how I first heard about the Spook Show poster trading cards from Monsterwax but I do remember ordering them as soon as I found out about them. Spook Shows are something that have fascinated me for many years. The closest I got was a showing of Monsters Crash the Pajama Party where they had "monsters" come out of the screen, run around the theater and grab a girl out of the

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You may remember almost exactly a month ago I posted about some very cool vinyl figures I got from Dead Bear Studios aka @motorbot on Twitter. Ever since I received Pumpkin and Batty they just weren't as happy as I thought they would be. They've been moping around the play room while all the other toys were playing well together. And then the psychic messages started. It took me awhile to figure

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Click to enlarge From our crazy, creepy family to yours, have a fang-tastic holiday season!

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ROM and I go way back so I'll be referring to him by first name only and not by his full title: ROM, the Space Knight. When I started to pile together subjects for these Toys of Christmas posts, I never intended to focus on such a small time frame (very late 70s/early 80s) or electronic toys only. I took a leisurely stroll down memory lane and captured the most memorable things. It just so

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MB electronics strikes again with a futuristic, programmable tank!Big Trak originally rolled out in 1979 in two color schemes: grey (US) and white (UK). Even though I grew up with the grey version, the white version look like it belongs in the same universe as Star Bird. By using the built in keypad, you could program Big Trak to perform a series of actions that include moving forward or backward

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Just around the late 70s/early 80s electronics started making their mark on board games. In 1981, Milton Bradley released probably the most ambitious and impressive electronic board game to date: Dark Tower. The object of the game was to travel to from your home kingdom to each of the three surrounding kingdoms and locate each of the three Magic Keys that would allow you and your army to enter

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When I sat down to plan out the posts for a trip down Christmas memory lane I was surprised to find MB (Milton Bradley) Electronics was behind a few of the items I wanted to talk about. They were doing something right! First up is the spaceship Star Bird. You'll have to crank the volume for this ad. Don't forget to turn your volume back down! This was one of the few spaceship toys that came out

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Since it's a week away, I guess I can shift into proper holiday mode and start posting some non-creepy stuff for you. Erehay areway away ouplecay odditiesway Iway ickedpay upway onway ethay internetway earsyay agoway. That is: Here are a couple oddities I picked up on the internet years ago. I've been trying to track down the album they came from because I'd love to have a whole album like this

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You think the guys in The Hangover had it bad? How would you like to wake up to this in the morning?Drink responsibly this holiday season.

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I can't believe I forgot to post this during Creepmas! It's great, isn't it? I found it a few years ago on Isabel Samara's site. CAUTION: Some art depicts beloved pop culture icons in adult situations and is NSFW!! In other news, I got a Creepmas postcard from artist Mister Reusch who I posted about earlier this month. It's Uncle Deadly approved! Click to enlarge

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Well, it's finally here, the last day of Creepmas!First, I want to thank some people:Chad Savage/Cult of the Great Pumpkin for being the black powder to my spark, creating the Creepmas site and getting the word out that this was a thing. Tom Krohne, who immediately starting whipping up Creepmas badges the moment he heard of it. He has the heart of a monster. Whether it's in his chest or a jar of

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If you were a kid in the 70s, you may be familiar with Peter Pan Records. They produced a lot of children's novelty albums as well as some ever popular read-along book sets. In 1974 they released Monster Christmas Mash. This album of skits and songs tells a story of various monsters trying to cheer up a sad Frankenstein. Although it's called Monster Christmas Mash, it's in no way related to

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Let's face it, the holiday season can be hectic. You might be just this close to losing your mind. Here's the albums that can help! Help you finishing losing your mind! If you feel you just don't have enough Cthulhu in your Cthristmas (and who doesn't?), you'll want to head over to the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society's Solstice page. There you can order their cds: A Very Scary Solstice and

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It's time to open some presents!  I grabbed this a couple years ago from a site called Angrychairs. Unfortunately I don't have any additional information about the art or the artist. Be sure to click for a larger version so you can enjoy the detail such as the other "presents" under the tree and the "stockings" over the chimney.

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What would Creepmas be without a mention of The Grinch?  If you're a regular reader of my blog, you probably know that the voices of The Grinch and the announcer for this holiday treat were done by none other than the legendary Boris Karloff. What you may not know is the voice behind the title song is another legendary man, Thurl Ravenscroft. Ravenscroft's biggest claim to fame is the original

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Today we swing the blood red and gory green spotlight on George Van Orsdel's Monster Spookshow Radio. Whew, that's a mouthful! GVO puts out shows/podcasts/digital mix tapes,call it what you will, all year round that are horror or sci-fi related. But for this time of year, he always puts together something special. I don't know if there will be a 2011 Cryptmas special but you can click the image

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Originally released in 2000, Robert Devereaux's Santa Steps Out is most certainly a book you'll never forget reading. Whether it's throwing it down in disgust, needing to bleach your brain after reading it or because you're a twisted individual, like myself, that really enjoys such things. This is one seriously twisted tale! It's like Clive Barker writing a Dear Penthouse letter. I couldn't

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If you visit DisneyLand between the end of September and January, you may be lucky enough to experience the Haunted Mansion Holiday where Jack Skellington and crew take over the Haunted Mansion. This is one of those bucket list things that I really want to see someday. Favorite Disney ride + Favorite non-sci-fi Disney movie = awesome!   I've been to Disney World many times during the holiday

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In Alline countries, December 5th is Saint Nicholas Eve and also Krampus Eve. Krampus is a mythical, devilish creature that is a companion/servant of Santa Claus. It is he, not Santa, that you have to worry about if you've not been good throughout the year. For whatever reason, Krampus never made his way into our Santa/Christmas mythos, where the worst threat kids hear is that Santa won't bring

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The Island of Zombie Misfit Toys Another random find over the years. Thanks internet!

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Mister Reusch is a local artist and all around cool dude. Not only is he an illustration teacher at the Massachusetts College of Art, he co-founded Black Cat Burlesque, a Boston area horror burlesque troupe that I've seen on numerous occasions. He's got a unique, instantly identifiable art style. Even if I haven't met him at unusual events, I'd be pimping his art. It's just that good. Head

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Hold on to your scarves and mittens, kids! We're setting the Wayback Machine to 1986! For a short time back then, the deed to DC Comics House of Mystery passed to the one and only Elvira, Mistress of the Dark for 11 issues and one Christmas special. In the opening story, she has her own Christmas Carol experience with her usual brand of humor. Following that are three holiday tales sure to warm

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Merry Creepmas one and all! Frosty the Gourdman is a twist on the familiar tale we all know. In this story, Frosty is made from pumpkins and comes to life in a pumpkin patch on Halloween night. The book was released in October 2010 and as soon as I found out about it, I had to own it. I don't want to spoil the story but it's a heartwarming tale of a young girl and the monster she befriends.

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It may be Creepmas eve, but I'm still stuck in Halloween mode! Ah, who am I kidding? I'm always in Halloween mode... Back in October, I discovered Dead Bear Studios through someone sharing his link in my Twitter feed. He has some cuddly and creepy vinyl figures for sale on his site. I finally broke down and bought a couple when they went on sale and they arrived recently. I really liked what I

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This 1984 ad is obviously trying to cash in on Star Wars. The spaceships are generic enough, but there's no mistaking that "small moon" in the upper left. I've had this ad for awhile and just now figured out it's one of those fiber optic wand things and not a flashlight that looks like a blue "personal massager" with a red tip. In site news, this is my 101st post since starting the blog in

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Turns out, it was just a Baby Ruth candy bar....

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Gives a whole new meaning to light side and dark side Just wanted to take a quick moment and wish my US followers a happy and safe Thanksgiving. Don't dwell on what you don't have but celebrate the things you do! Also, Playmobil is having a 50% Holiday sale on select items now through Nov 28th. Included in the sale are 4 of their Halloween figures that come in a plastic pumpkin. These are a

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Muppet Domination starts today! With all the glowing reviews I've read about the Muppet Movie I'm about as excited as could be to hopefully see it this weekend. To continue on with our Muppetational posts this week, here's a few of my favorite Muppets. I can't bring myself to do something so callous as rank them in any kind of order. Favorite Non-English Speaking: Swedish Chef This is also one

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You may have heard it's time to play the music.You may have heard it's time to light the lights.Are you putting on make up?Are you dressing up right? It's probably pretty safe to say you know there's a new Muppet Movie coming out. Well, allow me to let you in on a little secret: I love the Muppets. So what better time to do a few posts on the most influential pop culture characters to come out of

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From DC Comics Ghosts #24, 1974 It's really amazing just how much fighting knowledge was available to comic book readers over the years. You'd think with a few decades behind us that comic geeks would have evolved into lethal, jock-crushing, self-defense machines by now. With "no dull study or training" how could anyone pass up learning these secrets? And seriously, dude in the ad, if you have

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If you watched Bugs Bunny a lot you may recall the episode "Hare Brush." Well, maybe not by name...You have to be pretty hardcore to remember the names of the episodes! But in this short, Elmer, due to "a clear case of rabbitschenia," takes on Bugs' personality and Bugs, due to hypnosis, takes on Elmer's personality. This is the short that gave us the memorable line "I am Elmer J. Fudd,

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Last week, io9 posted a cool article about My Robot Nation, a company that makes ceramic toy robots along the same lines as the blind-boxed vinyl art toys you may have seen. You may be wondering what sets them apart from all the other companies. Well, you get to design your own robot! You read that correctly! You design your very own robot! In a process that will be familiar to any MMORPG

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Click to enlarge Ah, nothing says late 60s/early 70s like peace blacklight posters and incense. It also says, I enjoy smoking things that are not cigarettes or cigars...It doesn't help their case that the company is named after a fictional wizard that enjoyed a good pipe now and then.. It states the 88 posters are miniatures, but how small are they that you get 88 for 65 cents?  "They're

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I'm just changing things up here left and right, don't mind me. Famous Last Words Friday are now Friday Funnies. There will still be some Famous Last Words posted, in case anyone misses them. Truth is, I don't have a whole lot of them left right now so I figured I'd throw some random comic panels into the Friday mix too. Is he wearing pants? No really, that's acid dripping off his face.

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Well, it may be a little over a week after Halloween, but I'm still feeling the spirit (could be the candy corn talking). Especially with Creepmas to look forward to! If you want to participate, head over there and sign up to get on the blogger list. Even though I managed to pretty much continue Star Wars Wednesdays through the Countdown to Halloween, I'm going to be changing things up so that

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First off, let me welcome all the new folks that found us during the Countdown to Halloween! Things will be getting back to "normal" now...at least for the next few weeks until Creepmas gets here. Click to enlarge Count Dante? The only time I've ever heard the title Count used is when talking about European royalty or vampires. And it sure doesn't seem like a title you'd want to use if you're

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UPDATEChad Savage has started a website for the cause: Creepmas: A Celebration of the Hallowdays So stay tuned there for all your Creepmas news and updates! ---------------------------------------------------------------- Hey there, Halloween fiends.  Are you horrified by seeing Christmas lights in stores weeks before Halloween?  Are you disturbed when the Halloween merchandise is removed from

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A big thanks to Marilyn of Life Art Collide for dropping by to give us our first blog award! Liebster ("Dearest" in German) Blog AwardThe Rules1. Thank the person who gave you the award and link to their blog. 2. Pass the award on to 5 blogs with less than 200 followers Here are my recommends...hmm I see a theme here. Monsterfink's Midnight Monster Spookshow Home of creepy good artist

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That's right, kids. We are an entire year away from Halloween thanks to a leap year next year...stupid extra day keeping the calendar straight. I got to see a few Trick or Treaters last night. Our street is off of a street that is off of the main street so we don't get much traffic. While driving into Salem, I did see groups of kids along the way and that was great. I'm never sure how to judge

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Happy Halloween!! I hope everyone has a happy and safe Halloween! I'd like to thank each and every one of you that's stopped by this month, linked to my blog, left comments and/or tweeted with me. When I started this blog a few months ago I felt like I was Trick or Treating in a neighborhood with no lights on. Now, lights are on, the houses are decked out and people are waiting on the porch for

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For the past several years Wal-Mart and Target have each had their own exclusive Halloween themed Hot Wheels. I have to give a slight edge to Target because they always package their cars in a 5-pack which makes it easy to get all the cars at once. If you want to see what's come before, our pal Monsterfink did a great two part history with photos over on his blog: Part 1 & Part 2 Since he did

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Originally, I was going to do an entire week of Vincent Price related posts but things got in the way. Instead, here's one semi-lengthy post, my contribution to the Vincentennial. Our first stop is Rue Morgue Radio Podcast where Feedback recently interviewed Vincent's daughter, Victoria, at this year's Festival of Fear. This interview makes me just a bit sadder that I'll never have the chance to

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The usual blog features have kinda been on hold whilst the Halloween Countdown is underway. But I'm happy to present a special Halloween edition of Famous Last Words Friday. I've been saving it for a few months now! I hope for little Timmy's sake his dad didn't get that skull from an Indian burial ground...

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You may want to go grab a snack and get comfy before proceeding... If you're looking for new Halloween music to go with your weekend activities, you came to the right place! No matter who you are or your taste in music, at least one of these should appeal to you. They're listed in no particular order of favoritism but instead I'll start with the "lighter" sounds and move onto heavier ones.

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Today was supposed to be another day of Halloween toys but I'm missing a couple things to round out the photos. So for now, grab your flashlight, turn out the lights and get under the covers...It's time for some Scary Stories! Somehow in my childhood, I missed out on these books. I know there's a lot of people out there who are big fans of them. The books are remembered just as much for their

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I don't remember what these things are called. I've seen them in the toy aisles before and they look a bit perverse all puckered up as they are. Needless to say, when I saw one that looked like a ghost and had Halloween sounds, I had to play with it.I can just imagine it intoning Trick or Treat in its sing-song voice repeatedly... as it comes out of the closet... to kill you... I laughed it off

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Continuing with a look at some of my Halloween toys, here's a few Tech Deck Dudes I've picked up over the years. I know there's more monster ones out there but these guys just scream Halloween at me. I think the one on the right is a nod to Elm Street. I mean, how often do you come across a green and red striped sweater? And as you can see...his head comes off! I guess that makes him the Headless

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Over the years Playmobil has released, and re-released, a variety of Halloween themed figures. Some releases are in a regular Playmobil box and other times they've been in plastic pumpkins (see mummy photo below). A few Octobers ago, I found out about these figures and decided I had to get them all for my Halloween collection...and a few others that fit in well with the Halloween theme.

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Have you ever wanted to hold a séance in your very own home? Doctor Druid is here to guide you in communicating with the spirit world! Click to purchase mp3 download on Amazon Originally released on vinyl on 1973, Doctor Druid's Haunted Séance makes full use of stereophonic sound. To get the full experience, you'll need to have left and right channel external speakers. Of course, you can always

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Got my Mars Attack cards from Brad McGinty with some original art! You can order some cards for just $2 at this link

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Order Kindle e-book e-Book Review: Real Family Halloween Fun by Maggie da Silva I knew from the second sentence in the introduction that I was going to really enjoy this book. How? Because she mentions "the olden days of the 70's." The 70's were my prime Trick or Treating years and those childhood Halloweens are what started my lifelong love affair with this oddball holiday. For some people,

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Today, we wind up the (almost) week-long Haunted Mansion madness.Here's a deck of Haunted Mansion playing cards. Madame Leota is the Joker and the four portraits from the stretch room are the face cards. The logo on the card back is treated to glow in the dark. However, the glowy stuff the card is coated with makes the backs grainy and hard to shuffle. Our final foray into the boundless realm of

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Swinging Wake by Shag If you're not familiar with Shag's art, you really should be! He's got a fun, unique 50's retro style. The ballroom in the Haunted Mansion is probably my favorite part of the ride. There's just so much going on there you really have to go through a few times to see take it all in. The dueling portraits and the organist are my favorite gags. If you've ever wondered how this

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As part of the celebration of the Haunted Mansion's 30th Anniversary, a cd was released in 1999. The first 999 pressings were done with a special green image of the 13 hour clock face found in the Mansion. They also included a bonus 13th track and were signed by Disney composer Buddy Baker and Disney lyricist "X" Atencio, both of whom are responsible for the attraction's "Grim Grinning Ghosts"

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Wow, I can't believe it's less than two weeks to Halloween! While the weather in New England has cooled to autumn average, the leaves haven't starting changing color much. For me, having dead leaves underfoot is to Halloween what snow is to Christmas Day. Today's venture into the Mansion is a bit of a rerun, but updated and improved! One of the tracks in Monday's post featured The Song and Story

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Today, the Haunted Mansion comes to you! That is, if you are currently sitting in a school classroom in the late '70s. The Hitchhiking Ghosts are here to welcome you on your trip through the Mansion with...Tinker Bell? Boy she sure got around the Disney audio studios back in the day. There are three audio tracks along with a booklet. The pages were all individually separated images when I found

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Welcome, foolish mortals! If you're not a fan of Disney's Haunted Mansion, then you may want to steer clear of AEIOU for the next few days. It's about to get Disney up in here. I could probably run the entire month of October talking about all sorts of things pertaining to the Haunted Mansion. If you're looking for some like minded spooks, head over to Doombuggies.com. They have a great forum

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Today I offer up a couple of sites where you can grab some free Halloween tunes. If you looking for something new and different for your Halloween playlist, head over to Monster Mash-up for some free downloads. They have been putting out Halloween themed mash-up albums since 2004. In case you don't know, a mash-up is a similar to a remix but it's more of a Frankenstein-ing of multiple songs.

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Remember that post about soil from Dracula's Castle where I said it was probably the one of the odder things I would post about this month? Well, this ad from Famous Monsters of Filmland #132 (1977) is the one that takes the cake... Click for a larger version...if you dare! There's nothing the ladies love more than a man in nylon bikini briefs...unless those briefs say Eerie or Creepy on them

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...And speaking of Jason from Scar Stuff, a few years ago he put together some wonderful custom compilations. You can view the original post and download these compilations here. He even made some great spook show inspired covers for them. Sadly, Jason only updates Scar Stuff once a year around this time. But before that, he shared a haunted house full of classic Halloween music and sound

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There will not be a list of winners and their prizes posted so that everyone can be experience the thrill of emptying a full Trick or Treat bag at the end of the night and be surprised by what they got. Messenger imps (what? owls are too expensive!) have been sent to the winners. Please check your spam folder for mail from AEIOUwhy13...you get what you pay for with imps! If you do not respond by

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I have a large digital collection of old Halloween records that I've amassed over the years. And while it's nigh impossible to remember what I got from where, I'm pretty sure this one came from Scar Stuff. This was a fantastic resource for Halloween audiophiles for quite some time. And for that, I say the Halloween community as a whole owes a debt of gratitude to its keeper, Jason. Anyone

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Similar to last week's post, I dug out a few more Halloween goodies that were recently lost during the StarWars.com remodel. Here are some print and cut-out masks for your little Jedi to be, or you if you want to use them. I won't judge! DOWNLOAD If you're looking for more Tricks n Treats, be sure to visit the main list of bloggers over at Countdown to Halloween by clicking on the good doctor

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Click to enlarge There's not much that makes this stand out among the dozens of Halloween sound albums I have. In fact, what it lacks in quality it more than makes up for in its shortness. Wait..what? I'm presenting this not because it's a grand masterpiece but because if you're around my age you probably saw the ads in comics for this album and never got to hear it. There's also a couple of

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It's almost a given that everyone has at least a passing familiarity with Edgar Allan Poe's poetic tale of a scholar descending into madness, The Raven. There's no arguing it has made its mark in pop culture. Quoth the Raven, "Eat my shorts!" Despite Poe having invented the detective story and his great contributions to science-fiction, most people's first thought when you mention Poe is

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Every Halloween in Salem there are a group of religious extremists (or what we affectionately refer to as Jesus Freaks) who are out in the streets with their sandwich boards, bullhorns and pamphlets that no one seems to want. In particular, the gentleman below, who's been around the Boston area for at least 12 years. You can generally find him at any major event where there may be sinners.

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Another annual favorite, Oculus Infernum: A Halloween Tale, is what I imagine a Halloween album by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra would sound like. If anyone from TSO is reading this, that's an open invitation on behalf of the entire Halloween community. This a uniquely crafted concept album melding melodic metal with dark classical pieces. Dee Snider (Twisted Sister) provides the narration for

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Click for larger view One of the odder items I'll be posting about this coming month is this offer from Famous Monsters of Filmland #159, 1979. For just a shade under $20 you could own one of 5000 coffin-shaped necklaces with soil from the real Castle Dracula entombed within. It's one thing to wear something Dracula or vampire inspired that is movie related, something fictional. But this is

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Click for Treat! Where the previously posted albums were more on the heavy/rock side, Mr Snail's Halloween Party is a bit more diverse and eclectic in its styles. Our third Halloween album has got some fantastic covers on it including This is Halloween, Mad Monster Party, Weird Al's Nature Trail to Hell, The Blob, Boris the Spider, and of course the Monster Mash. As overplayed as the Mash is

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So far, we've got around 50 entries from 30 different entities out there. Not bad at all and there's still a whole week to enter! Remember, you can enter a few times a day by 1 - Tweeting the link http://bit.ly/tot2011 and including #TrickOrTweetGiveaway 2 - Leave a comment on any Countdown post up to October 12th. 3 - Mention the contest on your social media platform of choice with a link to the

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For most people, the obvious association between Star Wars and Halloween would be costumes. I did, in fact, make a related post last week featuring some vintage Halloween photos. A few years ago, the sound wizards at LucasFilm produced an 18 minute Halloween audio track. Recently starwars.com has decided to dumb-down..., er, revamp their website and they removed a lot of the cool original

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Click for Treat As much as I love Halloween Hootenanny, this is probably my favorite Halloween compilation album. Being a 2-CD set, you get more variety with 30 bands. The "bad" thing about this set is that the bands are from Detroit area locals. No, I don't have anything against Detroit. What I mean is that because these are mostly "local" bands, you can't find much else by them, but it looks

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Most people probably don't associate Halloween and gambling (unless it's for souls). Never one to miss out on making money on any holiday, our state lottery has had Halloween scratch tickets over the past few years. 2011 MA lottery ticket I've found out from other Halloween fiends around the country this is be a pretty common occurrence. Unfortunately, I can't remember the blog where a

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