The Monster Story
This pot begins: Originally I was going to start this with “The Monster Story begins with Frankenstein” but with a little more thought I realized Read More
Tag: King Kong
Pulps & Movies & Comics, Oh My!
Pulp magazines and movies were big at the same time making the crossover a logical idea. The consumer in the 1930s and 40s had a Read More
A Science Fiction Double Feature
The iconic lyrics to the opening song of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, “Science Fiction Double Feature” does a great job of summarizing the favorite Read More
Giants of Science Fiction
Giants of Science Fiction can mean either the greats who wrote SF, or as in this case, the giants that appear in Science Fiction tales. Read More
The Day of the Animals: Nature Horror of the 1970s
I’d love to tell you that Arthur Machen’s horror classic, The Terror (1917) was responsible for all those “Killer” movies of the 1970s. I’d love Read More
Dinosaurs in the Pulps
Dinosaurs belong to the Pulps. If you’re like me you grew up with dinosaurs. Any show, any cartoon, any comic, any book with a dino Read More
Jungle Jimmy Olsen
The first Tarzan film, starring Elmo Lincoln, was 1918, a silent movie. By 1956, Gordon Scott had replaced Johnny Weissmuller and Lex Barker. The average Read More
King Kong: Three Movies
I stumbled upon a copy of the 1976 King Kong and realized, since I had the original and the 2005 Peter Jackson films, that a Read More
The Eighth Wonder of the World
I stumbled upon a copy of the 1976 King Kong and realized, since I had the original and the 2005 Peter Jackson films, that a Read More