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Power Records' Other Horror Book/Record Sets

There are a number of things that influenced me as a child to be an avid reader and one of the biggest influences were the classic book and record sets Power Records produced in 1974 and re-issued in 1981-1982, the time period in which I listened to them.

A week ago I mentioned (well, actually, I wrote a LONG entry) on the comic series WEREWOLF BY NIGHT and mentioned the classic Power Records' CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF book and record version. There were 3 other Book and Record sets Power Records released that were also adaptations of Marvel Horror Comics. Curiously, despite the fact that Power Records had a number of DC Comics' Superhero B/R sets, there were no DC horror titles along th lines of HOUSE OF MYSTERY, HOUSE OF SECRETS, etc.

The three remaining Power Records that dealt with Marvel Monsters were Dracula: Terror in the Snow; Man Thing: Night of the Laughing Dead; and The Monster of Frankenstein. On a side note: all of these book and records were released as record sets without the book. Power Record also released an excellent ORIGINAL (non-reprint) 33 1/2 (the titles mentiond here were all 45's) that featured Dracula, Frankenstin's Monster and The Wolfman and this will be the subject in the near future.

I'll mention Dracula first: I never read it nor heard it! t wasn't a title that I owned when I was a little kid and I never purchased a copy from any collectors. Oh well. Considering that it is an adaptation from a time period when the monthly series TOMB OF DRACULA was one of the best horror comics on the market, it would be a safe bet to say this would end up being a good story.



The Monster of Frankenstein cut and pieced together a narrative from several different issues of the 1973 shortlived Marvel Comic. The series has been reprinted in the Marvel Essentials series and it was a brilliant series that ended up becoming a flat out ROTTEN series. Originally, the series was set in the early 19th century and when sales started to slack, the creature was transported to the "modern" era of 1973. It was a terrible decision that ruined the series and sped it up even further towards cancellation.

The book and record set - despite patch working several bits and pieces of different issues - ends up becoming a coherent narrative with new dialogue added to allow the proceeding to make sense. Of course, this is a book and record set and that means that is a combination comic book and old time radio theater. I am not sure who the actors were that originally recorded the audio for this combo when it was first released in 1974, but whoever they were they did a TREMENDOUS job. The tag line to the B/R series is true: "The action comes alive as you read!" It was wonderful to listen to and it the actors who played the Monster and Victor Frankenstein are great in their role. They really do make the action come alive.


This is the issue that would be used for the cover of the book and record

The Man-Thing B/R is somewhat interesting as well. It is a dark, grim and ominous story that is seemingly based on the old Tod Browning film FREAKS as it features a sad, diminuitive clown who is suicidal and eventually shoots himself. (He has been mourning over losing the girl he believed loved him in another FREAKS derivative moment) The circus strongman and foreman are both in pursuit and eventually come across the ghost of the clown who torments them. Eventually, they run afoul of the Man-Thing for a strongman vs. Swamp Monster confrontation. (The Man-Thing is really not the central focus of this story as the comic series was much closer to an anthology as the mute creature was really limited in terms of what you could do with him)

What is interesting here is that the BR set is a re-edit of a two part story in Man Thing comics that was quite poorly written. By hacking out half of the story and many of the useless elements (the two part series involved all the characters facing a lame trial by a jury of celestial entities). By re-editing and re-writing the series, it became an incredibly creepy narrative that was quite shocking. Such a grim and dark story would NEVER be released as a children's product in this day and age. The actor playing the Clown is incredibly effective in capturing the suicidal lonliness of the character, a character that gels well with the pathetic outcast known as the Man Thing.

Yes, this was heavy stuff.

Home Theater

A short while back I purchased a number of classic television programs on DVD. What was immediately noticeable was the fact that the sound quality of the programs was lacking. This is not that these programs were not recorded in stereo as they were. The problem was that I did not have a stereo home theatersystem. Needless to say, it was pretty important to get a quality home stereo system that had an affordable price. If you are an avid television watcher (or even one who simply likes to enjoy TV sporadically) then you will want an excellent home theater system along the lines of the Formula Electronics system (as pictured below) as it is a fair priced and high quality system. If you wish to find a distributor for the product, you would be well advised to check out Gallery Furniture. Located at GalleryFurniture.com, this is a fine site that has a great deal of quality products available for purchase. With great prices combined with great products, what more could you ask for? How about great customer service? Yes, this is a site that provides excellent delivery and customer service. You just can’t go wrong! Please check out the site!

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (2003)

Although I purchased the DVD a month ago, I didn't get around to watching it until last night. I'm really sorry to report it wasn't worth the wait.

This is a shame because Mechagodzilla was always my favorite Godzilla 'villian' and has remained so since I first saw him on a Friday night viewing of TERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA on Philly's Channel 48 in 1979. This was, BTW, the UNCUT version of the film that was heavily edited for its VHS release and subsequent syndicated TV airings. (The bumper to the movie was cool as the announcer would drone in a monotone "Now, we return to.....The.....Terror....of Mechagodzilla" and he would drone this over a BW still photo of the robot)



Terror of Mechagodzilla was a cool film and a sequel to the incredibly awful Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla which was originally released in theaters as Godzilla vs the Bionic Monster. Then, the folks at the Six Million Dollar Man threatened a lawsuit and the Bionic Monster became The Cosmic Monster. (In addition to ripping of the Six Million Dollar Man, the film also ripped off their villians from The Planet of the Apes series) As bad as the first film was, the sequel was awesome, but it also did the WORST box office attendance of the Godzilla franchise effectively killing it after a 20 year run. (several AWFUL Godzilla movies in a row such as Godzilla on Monster Island, Cosmic/Bionic Monster and their ilk essentially wrecked the series)

The series did eventually return in the late 1980's and early 1990's and, lo and behold, a remake of Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla appeared and it was a great film. Then, the renwed Godzilla series ended with Godzilla vs. The Destroyah in 1994.
In this film....Godzilla was killed FOREVER.



Godzilla vs The Destroyah

Then, the merchandise figures for dolls, models, and toys added up to $100 million and Godzilla...well...returned.

Godzilla 2000 was the first film in the series and it was dumped into American theaters for one weekend. I saw it. I dug it. It was ok. It didn't blow me away.

It was followed up with a cool film with a cool new villian named Megaguiras and then another REALLY cool film with Mothera and Godzilla fighting King Ghidorah. For whatever reason, I stopped following the series even though three new films were eventually released.



Picking up 2003's Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla was something I was looking forward to. But, other than a brief high point where the film acknowledges some of the 1960's Toho Films as actually happened (The events of all films between the 1954 Godzilla and the 1985 Godzilla had previously been wiped from history)including the acknowledgement of the COOL film War of the Gargantuas, this is a DULL DULL DULL affair. The plot basically involves a woman army officer who froze at a critical point during maneuvers which led to Godzilla killing her troop now has a chance to redeem herself by joining a team that will operate Mechagodzilla to clobber Godzilla. Sorry. It is dull and the fight scenes are listless. A real disappointment folks...sorry to say.

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Tod Browning's Freaks

Freaks went too far.

That was the intro to the film on the local PBS station that aired Freaks late into New Year's Eve many years ago when I first viewed this brilliant and haunting film. Did Freaks really go too far? It is frightening and unnerving. It is a film that leaves an image in your mind that is next to impossible to shake. It is a film that is still incredibly powerful today as it was when it was first released in 1932. So shocking was Freaks that it ended the career of director Tod Browning, the brilliant auteur behind Universal's Dracula. Universal was so appalled with the film, they dumped it into third run dive theaters where it played on and off up until the 1950's. When the horror craze of the 1950 - 1970's saw the release of all the Universal Classics, Freaks was a film that was noticeably absent. Well, it was noticeable if you had heard of the film.



What is it about Freaks that is so disturbing? Is it shocking violence? No, Freaks is not a violent film per se. Is it a film in bad taste? Some may say so since it featured many people who suffered from diabilities in real life. However, these people - these "freaks" - are not mocked. They are presented with great sympathy.

No, what makes Freaks so disturbing is the fact that Freaks forces people to confront their own prejudices and their own self-aggrandized granduer about themselves. You are no better than a "freak." You have no right to impose yourself upon anyone whom you arbitrarily deem to be superior to. You have no right to be a bigot and you have no right to ignore the pain of people who may be suffering because of your sensitivity. You have no right to call people FREAKS.



This is what makes the film so disturbing. It forces people to look at themselves in the mirror and realize that being malformed exists in the heart and it exists in the actions of a person. A freak is not someone who may be physically different than others. A true "freak" is one who is so self-centered and morally debased that he or she cares for no one but him/herself. This is the point Freaks was trying to make and this is the subject matter that Freaks was trying to cast light upon. And Tod Browning paid for it with his career.

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WEREWOLF BY NIGHT - IN RETROSPECT

In an earlier post this week, I made brief mention of the old Marvel Horror series WEREWOLF BY NIGHT. The series dealt with Jack Russell, a boy who starts to turn into a werewolf when he is 18 and now must find a cure before his beloved sister turns 18. Of course, Russell's journey to find a cure proves difficult when he must contend with other monsters of varying (and similar) backgrounds.

I first discovered the horrors of Jack Russell in the old Power Records Presents: Curse of the Werewolf! This book and record set featured parts of The Werewolf's first appearance in MARVEL SPOTLIGHT and various piece of his appearances in his own title. The audio dramatization (recorded in 1974 and sold as a book and record until roughly 1981)was really creepy and had me enthralled as a little kid. The book and record sets featured miniature reproductions of other records in the collection and my first actual expierence was trying to decipher the little images and little word balloons of the tiny reproduction of the cover of the set. I eventually ended up buying the set from a local Kiddie City toy store and ended up eventually purchasing a copy from there. (Well, dad made th actual purchase. Bless him and thank him much)


Let's jump ahead quite a few years. I am in th old Comics Vault shop in Philadelphia circa 1983 and I discover a 1972 back issue of WEREWOLF BY NIGHT featuring the extremely sinister and creepy vigilante villian The Hangman.
Werewolf by Night #11 The debut of the Hangman

This was an EXTREMELY disturbing story that debuted the brilliant Marv Wolfman as the series best writer. (Gerry Conway wrote the Werewolf's debut stories)His writing made a great combination with the fantastic artist Mike Ploog. Despite being enthralled with the story when I read it, I never purchased the CONCLUSION to the two-parter this years....24 years later. Strange, eh? And by the way, I won't describe it, but the cover for issue 12, the conclusion, is one of GREATEST COMIC COVERS EVER.

The Hangman returns in WBN #26

Let's actual hop around to the late 1970's when I was reading a comic book that my mom bought and it had a section on other titles in print one of which intrigud me. It was called WEREWOLF BY NIGHT. I wanted to read it alot. Mainly because I was curious about something: did the werewolf not die at the end? Don't werewolves die at the end of movies? They should die at the end of the comic? This was not issue one of the book though. The Werewold had lived quite a number of issues. Surely this was his last appearance. Eventually, all would be revealed when I did actually see a copy of WEREWOLF BY NIGHT or maybe I had read an appearance of the werewolf in a barber shop edition of Spiderwoman - they both lived in SF BTW. Oh, I call it a barber shop edition because I used to frequent a barber shop that had comics for the kids to read.

Anyways....

I eventually realized the werewolf was not a bad guy. He was a good guy. Sort of. Jack Russell was a good guy and a poor misunderstood kid. he was cursed to be a werewolf. The Werewolf was seeminly only venting his ferocity at villians...as if Jack was secretly able to control the beast. (Although the debut issue clearly detailed that Jack has killed a (presumably) innocent man. Then again, the creature was more malevolent in the early issues. Later, the character of Jack Russell went to hell when roughly at the 3 1/2 mark of the series, Jack Russell gained control of his werewolf powers and could keep his human intellect in werewold form. Soon he was teaming against villains such as Iron Man. The issue was cancelled almost immediately thereafter. Deservedly.



Then again, ales were probably slipping and the new hero angle was probably a desperation move that only delayed in inevitable.

I didn't read about the adventures of Jack Russell until college when I purchased a bunch of back issues one summer. (When I really should have been saving money) I ended up purchasing the first issue of the comic on Ebay 5 years ago. Then, this year I did pick up the reprint series MARVEL ESSENTIALS WEREWOLF BY NIGHT and ended up re-reading some old issues I hadn't read in years and discovering some new ones.


Oh...did I mention....in the winter of 2001, I discovered Ebay and ended up purchasing the book and record and listening to it for the first time in 20 years. It was a fun experience. I even remembered exactly how they said it word for word.

It was great to read. As was the return of the Werewolf in the new Marvel Essentials Volume this year.

Reptile Fans

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Marvel Horror Comics - The Comeback?

Those collecting Marvel Horror Comics will probably note that the 1970's were the classic era of horror in the mighty Marvel tradition. Monthly comics and adult themed magazines delivered some of the best writing of the era. Sadly, the quality of the writing and the artwork simply did not connect well with sales figures and a number of these titles were cancelled after relatively short runs.


Werewold By Night Old School

Not to call it quits, Marvel attempted to bring back its monsters many times in the 1990's and the early part of this decade, but they were dazzling failures. The much hyped Rise of the Midnight Sons was a bomb and later incarnations of Man-Thing and Werewolf By Night were even bigger failures.

Recently, Marvel has released a series of one shots under the title Legion of Monsters which have brought back The Man Thing, Dracula and Werewolf By Night in a series of short stories that have been incredibly well written and also have been selling quite well. Does this mean a comeback for Marvel Horror is around the corner? We hope so.

Werewolf By Night - Modern Era

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TV Movies of the 1970's

A while back I made a mention of a cool new book coming out called HORROR MOVIES OF THE 1970's...Well, lo and behold, I have discovered there is also another cool book out there called TV MOVIES OF THE 1970's and it has a really cool section on horror movies produced for TV. This includes such classics as TRILOGY OF TERROR (which adorned the cover) and CURSE OF THE BLACK WIDOW as well as TV embarrassments such as DEATHMOON and THE MIDNIGHT HOUR, the latter of which was an atrocity from 1985 that I am still trying to forget. More on this book when it arrives as I just sent out my order for it today.

BTW...Speaking of 1979's DEATHMOON (the best werewolf on the loose on in Hawaii movie ever ade, here is a rare reproduction of a foreign VHS release.

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Some Better News on The Rob Zombie Halloween Front

For those who read my previous entry on the subject of the reshoots on Rob Zombie's remake of the classic John Carpenter film HALLOWEEN knows that my nerves were somewhat frayed at the notion that reshoots were necessary. History has shown that films hat requird reshoots are often rotten films and the reshoots usually never salvage the film. This cast a rather dark cloud over the film's impnding release.

Now, there is a bright spot on the horizon. A preview screening of the film was held this week and a review has been published (its reprinted over at the Halloween Myspace page) and it RAVES about the film. This is a good sign for the film. I would be shocked to see Rob deliver a dud, but stranger things have happened with movies that were supremely hyped....and by the way....look for a future angry blog entry on the disappointing online community for the HALLOWEEN re-make. This is a far cry from the awesome THE DEVIL'S REJECTS online community of two years ago...but that is another story for another time.

Boat Insurance

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What Makes The Witchfinder General So Frightening

Michael Reeves' The Witchfinder General is as shocking today as it was when it was first released in 1968. While the explicit violence present in the film is definitely a factor in making th film perversely compelling, it is not the main factor. Yes, Vincent Price's performance is phenomenal and he is incredibly believable in the role. This is definitely a factor in the film being memorable and it would be impossible to see anyone else in the role of Matthew Hopkins, the titular Witchfinder, but it is not the main reason the film endures.

The reason the film remains so popular today among horror fans as it was many years ago is the fact that the film is so unbelievably real. Is this film really a horror film or is is it a period piece drama? What fantasy element exists in this film? What atrocities that occur in this film did NOT occur in the England during the era of Cromwell?

The Witchfinder General is a horror film, but it is not a fantasy film. That is why it endures so strongly to this very day.

Monovision

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The Witchfinder General - The Director's Cut

This is huge news. Coming in September is the Director's Cut of Micheal Reeves' The Witchfinder General. Legend has it, when Reeves screened the film for the British censors, six minutes were removed from the film due to violent content. Could this version return that lost footage.

Whether it does or not the footage still exists remains to b seen. In its current form this 1968 Vincent Price classic remains one of the most powerfully disturbing horror films ever made - a brutal indictment of poltical abuses and corruption in a lawless land.

The experience I felt when I first saw the film was overwhelming. The raw power and energu of the film is nothing short of remarkable. I am looking forward to this DVD.

More on this when the film is released.

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War of the Colossal Beast

I was in the mood for some old, classic American International Pictures (AIP - More on AIP in the future on this blog) so I rented the DVD release of WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST the inferior (but entertaining) sequel to the absolute cult classic masterpiece THE AMAZING, COLOSSAL MAN. In the sequel, we get a grunting and facially scared (apparently this was done to hide a different actor in the title role)who causes great mayhem until the puny humans get FED UP!

The original AMAZING film was one more film in a long line of atomic bomb/cold war paranoia films that were all the rage in the 1950's. The theme was a fairly common one: exposure to atomic radiation causes things to grow really big. This started with THEM! where giant ants beseiged humans in a truly frightening and brilliant film. AMAZING was one of the sillier B-Movies that saw a normal army officer turn into a 60 foot tall man who rampages across Las Vegas in his underwear. (No, they don't make movies like they used to) In WAR, we get the mayhem, but none of the pathos. I guess that is what happens when a company is cranking out a sequel in order to make extra money. Regardless, WAR is still an enjoyable film because of how unbelievably creepy "The Beast" looks. (I remember seeing a photo of it in a 1979 issue of CRACKED! MONSTERS - remember those? - and it freaked me out. While AMAZING aired on Saturday Afternoon TV through the late 1970's and the Early 1980's, WAR was pretty much absent and I did not first see it until it debuted on cable TV in the 1990's. Pop it in your netflix queue when you get a chance.

Gothic Personals

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Joe Bob Brigg's Profoundly Disturbing Films

Oh, Joe Bob Briggs, where have you gone? I really, really do miss those awesome late saturday nights when you hosted MonsterVision on TNT. Your quips and trivia in between the commercial breaks of the film were quite entertaining and it was obvious you were having a blast hosting cool airings of THE MONSTER CLUB and BILLY JACK. You were ripped off when TNT dumpd you for no apparent reason and dumb decisions like that are a major reason why TNT is a mere shell of itself.

Joe Bob has been around quite a while. I even remember when his newsletter THE JOE BOB REPORT was named WE ARE THE WEIRD.

I also remember purchasing a phenomenal book you wrote in 2004 entitled PROFOUNDLY DISTURBING films that changed history. This was a great look at some real cutting edge films such as TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE and DEEP THROAT that provided placing these films in their proper historical context. I remember the content of the book not so much endorsing the films, but rather looking at them and pointing out the incredible impact that they have had on cinema history...even though their profound impact has often been ignored by cinema historians. So, Joe Bob, I am going to recommend your film to all my readers because it is that great of a read and one of my fav cinema books. I have to apologize for not knowing that you released a sequel entitled PROFOUNDLY EROTIC films. I really need to pick that one up.

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Possible Unsettling News on the Halloween Front

I don't want to read to much into this than I should, but there is somewhat distressing news circulating in regards to Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN re-make. It has been reported that a marathon session of scene reshoots have taken place in a one week period resulting in a completely new "more graphic" ending and the addition of 6(!) new murder scenes. NOT GOOD NEWS. In fact, the addition of death scenes was performed in 1981 when HALLOWEEN II was deemed a rotten film. Usually, such reshoots are acts of desperation. The new ending and reshoots are ironic considering that this is exactly what happened to Zombie's HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES (a completely different version of the film was screened in SOuth America a couple years prior to the US release of the film...it is humorous to note that there was no freaky Dr. Satan creature in the first version of th film)

I am by no means abandoning hope for the HALLOWEEN re-make as Rob can really create amazing material when given the chance. I am somewhat disappointed at the lack of grass roots fan support for the film that THE DEVIL'S REJECTS had. The (now defunct) official site for TDR was pretty amazing for fan interation. With HALLOWEEN, we get a no frills myspace page and a generic studio style (dull) official website.

Like I said, I am looking forward to the film, but me thinks the problem may lie in the fact that this project was 'fast tracked' and Rob Seems to work better in a less restricted, more indie styled production schedule.

Keep you fingers crossed.

Hotel Reservations

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Haven't Checked Out Anything New Lately

This has been a weird last couple of months for me. Usually, when a new horror movie comes out, I generally will check it out the Sunday of the opening weekend. (I live in walking distance from a movie theater so it is pretty easy for me) For some reason, I have not been all that motivated to chack out any of the new releases. After getting burned on Hills Have Eyes II in the theater and getting burned with The Big Bad Wolf on DVD, I have somewhat lost my faith in new horror...well, Rob Zombie's Halloween remake debuts next month so I am going to gt suped hyped for that one...maybe all hope is not lost.