Ryo Ikebe R.I.P.

So weird, I just got through watching a mash-up of Meteor Man Zone and War In Space on Internet Archive (here) and went to do a little more research on Ryo Ikebe online, only to find out that he died today! He was in Battle In Outer Space, Gorath and lots and lots of great yakuza films and military dramas as well...

Thanx for saving the Earth for us, Ikebe-san, three times!

(Especially from ol' Bat-Caeser, or whoever the hell that was...)

Dracula's Deuce (Mono), Famous Monsters #89 & #91

From my Vunderful Vinyl Vault comes Gary Usher's Dracula's Deuce in Monsterous Mono- 'Nuff Said! (Now Available!)

"He wears black shoes when it's time for braking 'cause every race is a grave undertaking..."

As a special bonus, today's post brings on the Dracularious in the form of excerpts from Famous Monsters Of Filmland #89 and #91...

From the 60s we slide into the 70s. Posting that Count Dragula comic got me all hot for vampires so that's what I'm going to focus on this veek, i mean week...

Wait for it...

More Vampires on Vinyl(I hope)und Visuals...Vednesday!

Things To Come...For Mon(o)day

For Monsters Only #7 - Vampire Hunt '69 Part II (Jerry Grandenetti), John Severin Vs. Tiny Tim

I decided I liked the tint job they did on this story so here it is as it originally was, now I'm off to fix the previous post too(and add a little bonus)!...

For more Grandenetti ala Eisner, check out The Horrors Of It All's latest post- here!

They didn't even know back then how much scarier Tiny Tim would become!...

For Monsters Only #7 - Jerry Grandenetti's Vampire Hunt '69 (Count Dragula, I Presume)

I know I said I wouldn't be posting every single day but I didn't mean to skip out for this long! Here's another issue of For Monsters Only, this time featuring Part One of an unusual tale of hippies 'n' hemoglobin featuring fantastic Jerry Grandenetti art!

Anyone correctly identifying the movie the above image is promoting will WIN...my undying admiration!

Weeny Witch Halloween Party Book

This item was just a little too large for my scanner so I had to do some creative(pffft!)cropping to get everything in. Weeny Witch? Halloween in Canada...

This guy looks really hungry for a "weeny"! I don't like the way he's looking at mine! YOU CAN'T HAVE IT!!!...

It would appear the Wendigo has disdain for your "weeny"...

I should probably mention that I won't be able to post every single day this month but will do my best to keep you entertained for what will most probably be my last Halloween Countdown...

Monster Rally In Living Stereo - Hans Conried & Alice Pearce

Oops, well I didn't mean to skip October 1st without starting my Official Halloween Countdown(such as it is)but I did, go tell Hans about it! This is a remarkably clean version of Monster Rally from my own collection, an LP that's been shared umpteen-bazillion times already but now you can hear it with the faint whisper of my fingerprints on it. Four songs with Hans Conried(I love Hans but, eh...), four with "The Creatures"(who were probably used to backing whatever TV star was making a vanity record that week)and four with Alice Pearce, who sings two of the most frightening songs from my childhood, "Close The Door", about an overwhelming invasion of...(?), and "The Thing", which is no less than a tale of a demon riding your back to Hell and beyond. Listen to "The Invisible Man" and you tell me the woman in the lyric isn't completely insane and imagining imaginary boyfriends. This is a deeply disturbing record that should only be listened to for "Mostly Ghostly" and "The Dracula Trot", but you're not afraid, are you...?

"Get Out Of Here With That(!-!-!)And Take It Down Below!..."