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Of the Monsters, for the Monsters, by the Monsters. Going behind the scenes of the best in horror, sci-fi, and fantasy and uniting Monster Kids since 1958.

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Book Cover for: Young Frankenstein: A Mel Brooks Book: The Story of the Making of the Film, Mel Brooks

Young Frankenstein: A Mel Brooks Book: The Story of the Making of the Film

Mel Brooks
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Roll the Thunder… Let’s hear the Wolves… Turn on the Bats… Drac is Back! Shown as a double bill with Young Frankenstein in a lot of places, capitalizing on the success of the Mel Brooks comedy. Old Dracula (1974) https://t.co/TXco7W4Zxt

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Masks

Ray D. Bradbury
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Forry Friday. Ray Bradbury (Left) and Forrest J Ackerman (Right) wearing masks created by Ray Harryhausen. https://t.co/S2D1CrrMGh

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Book Cover for: The Witches, Roald Dahl

The Witches

Roald Dahl
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Angelica Huston was Author Roald Dahl’s favorite choice for the role of Grand High Witch in The Witches (1990). She would spend upwards of eight hours a day having the prosthetics applied and removed and was incredibly uncomfortable under the hot studio lights. The result… https://t.co/B6TLIFwYJL

Paperback, 2007

$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Something Wicked This Way Comes, Ray Bradbury

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Ray Bradbury
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Ray Bradbury wrote Something Wicked This Way Comes out of a desire to work with Gene Kelly, Kelly (a personal friend ) loved the original script but was unable to secure financing. Bradbury went back to the drawing board and rewrote the story as a novel, published in 1962…. https://t.co/LaygJg1kgR

Paperback, 2017

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Psycho

Robert Bloch
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With a first draft of the script written by Robert Bloch (who also wrote Psycho). Director Freddie Francis replaced Bloch and always regretted it. The movie originally written to star Christopher Lee and Boris Karloff. Unfortunately doesn’t live up to its rather awesome poster. https://t.co/VFyfNuT0te

Paperback, 2010

$15.00$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Interview with the Vampire

Anne Rice
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Tom Cruise as Lestat, behind the scenes Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994). An extremely controversial casting choice, placed Cruise in the firing line of Anne Rice, the novels author. After seeing the finished movie Rice agreed that Cruise became Lestat. https://t.co/Vgoq7Ymnvp

Paperback, 1997

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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