Scary Monsters Magazine - The Real Monster Magazine

07/28/2024

07/15/2024

Our Scary Monsters 137th “Mammoth to Miniature Movie Monsters” Issue puts the scary spotlight on classic monster, sci-fi, and fantasy films featuring humans and creatures big and small that haunted Monster Kids’ nightmares and daydreams in the 1950s and ’60s and still thrill us today — sometimes with practical effects that trump today’s mega-budget CGI monster epics. Plus, popular columns Trilogy of Terror, Kaiju Korner, Strange Days, and comic strip Roomies from the Tomb on 128 square-bound retro pulp pages loaded with photos. Besides Santa GORGO, this issue will be knocking down your chimney December 2024 SUBSCRIBE or preorder at scarymonstersmagazine.com

07/15/2024

The Lost "Dracula" Curtain Speech - The following is a reconstruction of the epilogue to the 1931 film, "Dracula," in which Edward van Sloan in his character of Professor van Helsing "helpfully" warns the audience that vampires do indeed exist.

This reconstruction was made possible thanks to an AI software program by Hedra.com where a photo is animated and is synchronized with a spoken audio track. The voice of "Prof. Van Helsing" was cloned with Eleven Labs software.

The Lost "Dracula" Curtain Speech - The following is a reconstructionof the epilogue to the 1931 film, "Dracula," in which Edward van Sloanin his character o...

07/07/2024

RONDOs IN THE HOUSE! So thrilled and grateful to have finally received our The Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards. We can't thank you all enough! I already have their space reserved for display in our office. They'll serve as daily reminders of how and WHY we got started with Scary Monsters (and Castle of Frankenstein) in the first place, and what happens when you do what you love together with passion and a goal to become the best classic monster magazine ever published. We hear time and time again from so many of you, our readers, how much Scary Monsters means to you and how the magazine makes you feel, and getting the Rondo affirmation validates your love and shared-ownership in our publishing efforts, as YOU are why we do what we do and are an integral part of the Scary Monster Kid Family.

07/06/2024

Our sons are dreading the day they will have to deal with the monstrosity their parents have left them ... muhahhaha! When we're not designing Scary Monsters and Castle of Frankenstein magazines we're out filling orders in the Scary Monster's "Sweat" Shop, MyMovieMonsters.com going on 33 years!

07/01/2024

On the first 3 Wednesdays of July (3, 10, 17), TCM will host "Directed by Roger Corman" 3-part series. Over these three days, experience 18 total films directed or produced by Corman, including The Wasp Woman (1959), Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961), The Wild Angels (1966) and Bloody Mama (1970). Their final night of programming on July 17 features a number of films produced by Corman and with direction by notable filmmakers in the early stages of their careers: Francis Ford Coppola's Dementia 13 (1963), Peter Bogdanovich’s Targets (1968), Martin Scorsese with Boxcar Bertha (1972), Jonathan Demme’s Caged Heat (1974) and Piranha (1978) directed by Joe Dante. These films are just a fraction of the extensive projects Corman worked on, yet they can serve as your own personal course on one of the masters of filmmaking.

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07/01/2024

Salutations, Comedy Creatures! Sam Scare here with the skinny on Scary #136. It's the horror-comedy issue! This is one of my favorite subgenres. There are SO many good ones, we could easily do a second issue. But I'm getting ahead of myself! THIS issue's side-splitters include "Young Frankenstein," "Killer Klowns from Outer Space," "Beetlejuice," and "Eating Raoul." Plus, some classics that will really slay you like "Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein," "Abbott & Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," and "Laurel & Hardy in The Live Ghost and Habeas Corpus." And we bust-a-gut with some '80s rib-ticklers like "Saturday the 14th," "Hysterical," "Transylvania 6-5000," and "Transylvania Twist." Now I know what you are thinking, but Elvira's films aren't covered in this issue. As you can see, she'll be beside herself with laughter after this issue hits the stands! Finally, we'll take a look at John Carpenter's "They Live," plus the return of our regular columns Trilogy of Terror, Kaiju Korner, Strange Days, and Roomies from the Tomb! You get all that and more for some pocket change! In fact, you may laugh so hard you'll die! So preorder your copy today! (art by Lou Russo)

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06/07/2024

WATCH OUT FOR YOUR MAILBOX! Issue #135 subscriber mailing is on the way and will be completed by the end of next week...Let the Summer Attack of the Menacing Manic Inanimates BEGIN...

06/06/2024

ATTENTION SCARY SUBSCRIBERS! In honor of the 50th Anniversary of Mel Brooks' 1974 hit film Young Frankenstein, subscribers whose subscription is active this fall will receive our special alternate cover of Scary Monsters #136 shown here in draft form! Retail locations (bookstores and newsstands) will have the cover featuring the cult film Killer Klowns from Outer Space.

06/05/2024

135 will be here any day now! Imagine that it's 2024 and there's still A REAL Monster Magazine printed on pulp paper on a REAL printing press and still distributed at the newsstands!

06/01/2024

Our Scary Monsters 136th “Creepy Comedies & Supernatural Spoofs” Issue puts the scary spotlight on classic and not-so-classic movies and comedy duos that hauntingly and amusingly mix horror and hilarity, including films of Abbott & Costello and Laurel & Hardy, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Young Frankenstein, They Live, Eating Raoul, Saturday the 14th, and more! Plus, popular columns Trilogy of Terror, Kaiju Korner, Strange Days, and comic strip Roomies from the Tomb on square-bound retro pulp pages loaded with photos.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR SUBSCRIBERS: Scott Jackson Monsterman Graphic is designing a special limited edition alternate cover featuring the 50th Anniversary of one our favorite horror comedies (art coming soon)! This alternate cover will only be available directly from scarymonstersmagazine.com!

SUBSCRIBERS WILL AUTOMATICALLY GET THE LIMITED EDITION ALTERNATE COVER! If you want to purchase a second copy with the Killer Klowns newsstand cover, it will be available through Diamond Comics, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, or through your local comic/book store.

05/27/2024

GRATITUDE FROM THE CRYPT... My horror heart gives big thanks to you Rondo fans, thrilled to win Best Cover in this years awards alongside so many greats! Thank you everyone who voted, ever committed to knocking it out of the ballpark for you guys in 2024! Scary good things to come from

05/13/2024

... and sadly Corman's colleague, Mark Damon, has also passed away. RIP.

Mark Damon, actor turned independent sales executive who produced 'Monster,' died Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 91.

05/12/2024

Roger Corman, who directed and produced hundreds of B movies and discovered Jack Nicholson, Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, has died. He was 98.

05/12/2024

RIP ... He has more than 400 credits as a producer and more than 50 as a director. He's truly the Master of Genre Films. In Scary Monsters #109 we paid tribute to the (then) living legend Roger Corman, whose films from Day the World Ended and Attack of the Crab Monsters to Pit and the Pendulum and X: The Man With the X-Ray Eyes have thrilled Monster Kids for generations. Mr. Corman's influence on the motion picture industry and the movie-going public is everlasting.

05/11/2024

05/07/2024

135th Menacing Manic Inanimates Issue COMING IN JUNE: We put the scary spotlight on classic and not-so-classic films featuring unfeeling, unthinking, and unstoppable monsters gone rogue, such as The Monolith Monsters, Christine, Duel, Killdozer, and many more! Plus, the return of our regular columns Trilogy of Terror, Kaiju Korner, Strange Days, and comic strip Roomies from the Tomb on square-bound retro pulp pages loaded with photos. GRAB A COPY https://www.mymoviemonsters.com/store.php/mymoviemonsters/pd10808738/scary-monsters-135-menacing-manic-inanimates-issue-preorder THEN RUN FOR YOUR LIFE !

05/04/2024

We ran out of room for this illustration by Phil (Fancypants) Guinozzo in issue #134, but we featured Phil's article, "The Haunting of Katrina," instead! Could not let this one go into the apocalyptic wasteland unseen!

And speaking of Issue #134, how's everybody liking the "It's the End of the World as We Know It Issue?" Leave your comments below about #134, and let us know what monster movies you'd like to see in an upcoming issue of Scary Monsters!

We've been busy working on the next issue of THE ONLY REAL MONSTER MAGAZINE, and we're on the way to the printer this week with sub and preorder copies coming mid-to-late June.

Stay tuned for our RONDO AWARD WINNING COVER ARTIST Scott Jackson Monsterman Graphic 's cover reveal of Issue #135 coming to this page shortly!

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04/29/2024

Back in the 80s preparing pumpkins for the Halloween extravaganza we used to put on each year on Minot Street in Dorchester, Mass. I don't remember if this was the year I carved 17 or 21 pumpkins, but my brother Frank (who accidentally had one of his fingers cut-off by my dad with a chainsaw!) was ironically there to supervise the carving ....

I started the Trick-or-Treat tradition when I was in high school (when I myself became too "old" to go trick-or-treating) and each year I would contrap more and more hand made props and elements to add to the Halloween festivities including; a coffin my nephew Anthony (who was probably in 7th or 8th grade at the time) built out of pressed wood so he could dress as Dracula, hide inside and slowly open the coffin lid (which was eerily lit from the inside) and jump out to scare the kids; an amazing cape my sister Linda crafted for Dracula to wear; a gate rigged with fishing wire so when the witches would beckon a child in their best witch voices to, "Come in! Come-in!" the gate would mysteriously open by itself as the children approached; scary sound effects blaring from those huge 1980s speakers that you could hear all the way down the street; strobe lights; a haunted graveyard, a cauldron filled with dry ice for the witches brew, and plenty of creature "friends" that would jump out wearing the latest scary monster masks from Spencer's Gifts. It grew so popular through the years and the kids would come in droves. Many would just stand across the street on the Galvin's sidewalk and watch as they were too afraid to cross the street for candy, or if they had the guts to try to approach they usually chickened out and would run quickly by as the gate was opening.

The Halloween hauntings grew too big for me to handle on my own so family and friends would help me each year. I remember one year Halloween fell on a Friday night and I thought I had enough candy, I think I spent nearly $500, but still ran out! My mom sent someone down to Walgreens to go buy some more candy as it was only like 8 o'clock and the kids kept coming and we didn't want to close the show too early and disappoint them.

I moved to D.C. in 1991 for work and did manage to fly back a couple of years to continue the Minot Street Scares (though the long flight on a broomstick from DC to Dorchester got to be a real chore, and I finally had to give it up!) As the years passed, my mom would call me to tell me she had kids ring the doorbell in July asking if the "witches" were going to be back to give out candy this Halloween!

As I grew older I got to the point where I felt really bad about scaring the little crying children, but I am sure we created a lasting Halloween memory they will never forget.

Now, all these years later I find myself still hanging out with Monster-Kids of all ages. I'm married to by best fiend, who like me, enjoyed the Creature Double Features, monster movies and magazines of our youth! With each issue we publish we love stirring up nostalgia and hope to conjure up Monster Memories for YOU to share like mine!

Put your Halloween memories to pen and send them to: [email protected], so they too can live on, through the glorious putrid pulp pages of THE ONLY REAL MONSTER MAGAZINE.

04/24/2024

🚨 Fouke Monster Festival This Weekend! (April 26 & 27th)
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The Boggy Creek Monster of Fouke is Arkansas' version of Sasquatch. He's commonly reported to be around 7 to 8 feet tall, weighing upwards of 300lbs, and covered with thick reddish-brown, long hair, and three-toed feet.

Legend says that he roams the creeks of rural Arkansas and that Fouke is the first place that this Sasquatch was spotted in 1834, when people reported seeing a "wild man."

In the 1900s, sightings around Fouke became more frequent. This bigfoot-type creature was sighted in and around Fouke, Arkansas, in the 1950s and people still claim to spot the Boggy Creek Monster today. Residents spotted the monster more than 40 times in 1997 alone and in one of the latest sightings, a hunter reported seeing it in broad daylight in the Sulfur River Wildlife Area near Fouke.

Many have argued the reported sightings of the Boggy Creek Monster are actually sightings of black bears, misidentified. In the early 1970s a resident of Texarkana reported being attacked by this mysterious creature. A reporter for the Texarkana Gazette wrote an article about the events, and from that small publication, a legend was born. Fouke and its Boggy Creek monster became famous!

The Boggy Creek Monster has been the subject of five feature length films including 1972's "The Legend of Boggy Creek." This movie, centered on Bobby Ford’s supposed encounter with the beast, played in drive-in theaters around the country and introduced millions to the legend. The film went on to become a cult horror classic.

Mostly shot on location in Fouke, but with additional scenes filmed in Texarkana and Shreveport, Louisiana, the film also served as a major economic boost to the region. Many cast members were locals and nearby college students.

Peavy's Monster Mart is a tourist attraction in Fouke that originally started as a convenience store but has now mutated to become the Fouke Monster Museum.

If you happen to be in this neck of the woods, make sure to stop by Peavy’s Monster Mart and pick up some souvenirs and trinkets based on the beast. There's even a large wooden cutout outside of the store where visitors and tourists can take pictures of themselves as the Boggy Creek Monster.

Peavy's Monster Mart
104 Highway 71
Fouke, Arkansas, 71837

I BELIEVE! For more on Sasquatch movies of the 70s, check out David Goldweber's article in Issue #117 of Scary Monsters available here! https://www.mymoviemonsters.com/store.php?seller=mymoviemonsters&Tsearch=117&per=25&pd=9808514

04/14/2024

Dear Scary Readers, THIS IS IT! Your last chance to cast your votes in the 22nd ANNUAL The Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards is fast upon us and it's the final countdown (CUE THE "Europe" SONG) to not only get your taxes done but to more importantly get out and cast your VOTE for Scary Monsters Magazine - The Real Monster Magazine ! (In case you missed our acceptance video from last year's Rondos, you can tell Vicki really gets hyped up about the Rondos! She loves our readers and everything about working on SCARY MONSTERS and is ALL IN and hoping to RALLY YOU to UNITE and VOTE so (she) we can once again bring home to cherish and love a highly COVETED Rondo Award for BEST MAGAZINE!) Please email your vote for BEST MAGAZINE (including your name, city, and state) to [email protected] by MIDNIGHT April 16.

03/29/2024

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03/20/2024

What? Huh? Clara Bow, The Pill Pounder 1923?

A 100-year-old silent film that was believed to be lost forever turned up in an Omaha parking lot. For more Local News from WOWT: https://www.wowt.com/ Fo...

03/17/2024

Actress Irish McCalla — who portrayed television’s Sheena, Queen of the Jungle from 1955 to 1956 — may have been born in Nebraska, but for this photo she lived up to her name to proclaim “Erin Go Bragh” (“Ireland Forever”) in commemoration of the coming St. Patrick’s Day holiday on March 15, 1956.

03/03/2024

02/26/2024

Eight years ago this spring we took over the helm from our founding father and Scary Monsters Magazine - The Real Monster Magazine is now entering its 33rd consecutive year in print! Don't you NEED to subscribe to THE ONLY REAL MONSTERS MAGAZINE already? scarymonstersmagazine.com