I was thinking how fabulous those old B-movies were advertised at the back of American monster comics like Creepy and Eerie.
The man with the X-ray Eyes, the Incredible Shrinking Man, Horror at Party Beach, The Mole People and so many more brilliant titles.
So many come flooding back: Tarantula, Them, The Black Scorpion, Frankenstein Conquers the World, the Black Sleep and Plan 9 from Outer Space.
I stared at them all and wondered if I would ever see any of them. My favourite titles were the She Creature and War of the Colossal Beast, the latter being one the best film titles ever in my opinion.
Like the comics they were in these old films now seem like portals to another time and place and I often think fondly of those happy times I spent browsing those pages and saying those amazing film titles out loud so long ago.
Did you look at those movie ads at the back of comics readers? Have you got a favourite?
it was always interesting to see still from the films peddled as other films, such as the meteor bombing ships from This Island Earth, being shown as a completely different film, 'War of the Planets'. I always loved the look of the alien from 'I Married a Monster from Outer Space' and 'The Creature from Piedras Blancas'. Films may have been rubbish, bu the marketing was spot on!
ReplyDeleteI agree, those images and posters were just fantastic!
DeleteBlack Scorpion - despite a crap poster was actually quite good, with some excellent stop motion FX
ReplyDeleteI may not have seen it. The FX in Them! were good too!
DeleteVaran The Unbelieveable.One of Toho's least seen monsters.I didn't actually get to see it until 2002.Worth the wait.
ReplyDeleteDeffo not seen it Brian. I remember the ad in the comics. Well done catching up with it, always a great feeling!
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