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Mystery Photo 7-18

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Due to us recovering from the Monster Bash Conference last weekend, we didn’t get a photo posted. But this is a new week, a new Monday, and so a new Mystery Photo. But first, let us go back to the last one we posted. It was from the 2004 film Rottweiler, directed by Brian Yuzna, that even had Paul Naschy co-starring! A special congrats goes out to the following that sent in the correct answer: Brian Fukala, Doug Lamoreus, Dustin Moravick, and William Wilson. Well done!

Okay, on to this week’s photo. A little dark, a little messy, but I think you might recognize where this picture is from. Or maybe not. Take a good look and see what you can come up with.

As always, please don’t post your answers here, but send them to us at jon@kitleyskrypt.com. Good luck!

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Monster Bash 2016 Report…Part 1: What’s That Light Mean?

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Thursday, July 7th

I’d been looking forward to this year’s Monster Bash for quite some time. The fact that they were going to have guests from the film Robot Monster actually had me excited for a show. That doesn’t happen often these days. Plus, I just love the feel of this show, not to mention the killer dealer room.

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Re-Mastered Phantasm Screening

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Next month, at the annual Flashback Weekend will be taking place at the Crown Plaza, in Rosemont, IL., one of the many guests that will be attending is legendary director Don Coscarelli, the man who gave us the highly memorable film Phantasm. Phans had been hearing that the original film was getting the remastered treatment for an upcoming release, but now you can have the chance to see this new print screened at a theater!

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New Werewolf Filmography Book

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For those fans of lycanthropic cinema, ones that like their monsters a little bit on the hairy side, author Bryan Senn has written a new book to give us werewolf fans a checklist to start marking off. Coming from McFarland sometime at the end of this year, or early 2017, this book will feature more than 300 reviews of werewolf cinema, from the classicas like The Wolf Man (1941) to modern day films, covering all the usual suspects, like The Howling (1981), plus many more. Each review has information on the production, the cast and crew, along with a critical look at the title. I’m sure we’ll see just a few titles from Paul Naschy in here…..

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Emma Cohen – Rest in Peace

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Emma Cohen - RIP.jpgThe Spanish Horror Genre has lost another face that fans remember from the few films that she appeared in, actress Emma Cohen. While she didn’t appear in a ton of horror films, the ones that she did, she made an impact. At least she did to me. My very first Paul Naschy film was Horror Rises from the Tomb and featured the beautiful Cohen. With her innocent and sad eyes, she made a perfect person to do battle with the dreaded Armand de Marnac, played devilishly by Naschy.

She would also appear in genre films such as Jess Franco’s Count Dracula (1970), Cut-Throats Nine (1972), Horror Rises from the Tomb & The Cannibal Man (both 1973), Cross of the Devil & Night of the Walking Dead (both 1975). Because of these films, we will always get to remember Cohen whenever we bust out one and get to see her perform. Our thoughts go out to her friends and family.

The Green Slime on the Big Screen!

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Chicago area fans of this 1968 Toho film will have the chance to see this amazing film (yes, I did say amazing) on the big screen this Thursday evening at the Pickwick Theatre in Park Ridge. It is screening as part of a double feature, along with Yongary: Monster from the Deep (1967). There are other kaiju films being screened there in part of the G-Fest that is going on this coming weekend at the Crown Plaza Hotel O’Hare.

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I’m not sure if I’m going to be able to make it out to the Fest this year (once again), but I do know that I will be doing my best to make it to the Green Slime screening. I mean, how could I pass up one of my favorite Toho monster flicks! Hope to see you there!

 

 

 

 

Horror History: Jack Arnold

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JackArnoldJack Arnold
Born Oct. 14th, 1916 – Died March 17th, 1992

Arnold is another unsung hero in the horror and sci-fi film genre. He started his movie career as a documentary filmmaker, even being nominated for an Oscar for his work. After a couple of feature films, he directed the one that would start his rise as a great sci-fi / horror film director, It Came From Outer Space  (1953). While very creepy, this alien invasion was much different than the other films at the time since this wasn’t really an “invasion” film at all. His next film would make him an even bigger name, creating another classic Universal Classic Monster, Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954). He would later go one to direct its sequel Revnge of the Creature (1955), Tarantula (1955), The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957), and a couple other minor titles.

With his films, Arnold tried to show audiences that maybe these aliens, creatures, and strange people were not as threatening as we’d like to think. And that message can still be seen and felt even today, all those years later. That shows just how good of a filmmaker Arnold was.