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REVIEWS
Sci Fi, Horror, Cult! Everything that didn't fit in the B Monster Newsletter!



DESIGNER, EDITOR:
Marty Baumann

MANAGING EDITOR:
P.L. Joy

SENIOR CORRESPONDENT:
Tom Weaver

CENTRAL BUREAU CHIEF:
Leonard Hughes

THANKS TO:

John Babb
Michael Blake
David Colton
Joe Dante
Vincent Di Fate
Charles Kilgore
Harris Lentz
Bob Madison
Bryan Senn

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PERSONALITIES WE'VE PROFILED

James Arness
Charlotte Austin
Pat Boyette
Lloyd Bridges
Bob Burns
Susan Cabot
Bruce Campbell
Anthony Cardoza
Ben Chapman
Robert Clarke
Herman Cohen
Dick Contino
Mara Corday
Richard Cunha
Pamela Duncan
Gene Evans

Anne Francis
Robert Fuller
Beverly Garland
Alex Gordon
Leo Gordon
Richard Gordon
David Hedison
Jack Hill
Candace Hilligoss
Michael Hoey
Jimmy Hunt
Jackie Joseph
Ed Kemmer
Phyllis Kirk
John Kerr
Nancy Kovack
Janet Leigh
Marian Marsh
Sid Melton
Denny Miller
Marilyn Nash
Lori Nelson
Michael Pate

Ingrid Pitt
Victoria Price
Rex Reason
Kasey Rogers
Ann Robinson
Herb Strock
Del Tenney
Darlene Tompkins
Mamie Van Doren
Yvette Vickers
Joan Weldon
Mel Welles
Marie Windsor

MONSTERS FOR SALE

DRACULA: Vincent Di Fate on the Dracula "Legacy "
FRANKENSTEIN: Bob Madison on the Frankenstein set
THE WOLF MAN: Robert Tinnell on the Wolf Man "Legacy"
THE LEGACY: The B Monster on your "Horror Heritage"

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COHEN: MY WAY! A TRIBUTE TO HERMAN

PROFILE: Cohen's early years with Realart Pictures
MORE: Chaney, Jack Broder and the Sioux Indians
SPECIAL: Cohen's niece, Gail, recalls her Uncle Herman
EXTRA: Cohen's Cobra Media partner Didier Chatelain
CULT: The Cohen Top 10

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VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF A JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE LAND UNKNOWN ON THE LOST CONTINENT THAT TIME FORGOT, OR GET LOST!

PROFILE: Sid Melton on the makin gof 'Lost Continent'
SCI FI: A study of science fiction's superships
HORROR: A loving look at 10 lost worlds
CULT: What a dive! Alex Gordon's 'Underwater City'
MORE: Marilyn Nash in the 'Unknown World'

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THE GRAND TOR

PROFILE: Anthony Cardoza's Tor of the Desert
SCI FI: The Fallout from Yucca Flats
HORROR: Tor and Bela: Good, Bad, The Point is Mute
CULT: The Tor Johnson Top Ten

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OUR FAVORITE THINGS

PROFILE: James Arness meets the B Monster
SCI FI : Jim Arness on "How Things Change"
CULT: Propmaster General Bob Burns
HORROR: David Hedison talks on The Fly

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BABES FROM BEYOND

PROFILE: Anne Francis: Sci Fi's "Forbidden" love
SCI FI : "The Id Girl": Anne Francis
CULT: A trip "Beyond" with Darlene Tompkins
BONUS: A loving look back at The Time Machine
ESSAY: Just how much is "This Island" worth?
EXTRA: Kasey Rogers takes a turn at bat
MORE: The top 10 "Babes From Beyond"

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PROBLEM CHILDREN

PROFILE: Dick Cunha: Father of Frankenstein's Daughter
ESSAY: Bloodsucking siblings: Dracula's Son and Daughter
HORROR: Heir-raising tales: Fiendish families, awful offspring
CULT: Producer Richard Gordon on My Son, The Vampire
MORE: Send in the clones! A double take on doppelgangers

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THE VINCENT PRICE GUIDE

PROFILE: Victoria Price recalls a fun-loving father
ESSENTIAL: "The Desert Island Price" list
HORROR: House of Wax heroine Phyllis Kirk
CULT: Pit and the Pendulum star John Kerr
MORE: Victoria Price picks her Vincent Top 10

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SIMIAN CINEMA

PROFILE: Charlott Austin: The Beast and Beyond
SCI FI: Producer Herman Cohen's Konga line
HORROR: Simian Sampler: 10 ape films not to be missed!
CULT: CharlottAustin recalls her furry fiance
MORE: The Great Ex-Ape: Former Tarzan Denny Miller

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B MOVIE STARTER KIT

PROFILE: The films of Richard Cunha
SCI FI: The Astounding She Monster
HORROR: AIP's turgid teen creatures
CULT: Ormond's Mesa of Lost Women
MORE: Onibaba, a Japanese fright masterpiece

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DRIVE-IN DOUBLE BILL

PROFILE: Herb Strock interview, part one
SCI FI: Terror From The Year 5000
HORROR: Marla English horror double bill
CULT: Obscure auteur Harold Daniels
MORE: What's your favorite 'head' film?

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HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER

PROFILE: Herb Strock interview, part two
SCI FI: The Beach Girls and the Monster
HORROR: From Hell It Came
CULT: The two faces of Arch Hall Jr.
PLUS: Filmographies, reviews and more!

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BRAIN RAVES

PROFILE: Robert Fuller: From alien brains to wagon trains
SCI FI: Bob Fuller meets The Brain From Planet Arous
HORROR: Gene Evans meets Donovan's Brain head on
CULT:History's Top-10 Brain movies
PLUS: Filmographies and more!

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REMAKE MY DAY

SCI FI: Mel Welles, proprietor of he original'Little Shop
HORROR: Candace Hilligoss on the Carnival of Souls remake
CULT: Better or Worse? 10 remakes for your perusal

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SCI FI SIRENS

PROFILE: The B Monster meets Yvette Vickers
SCI FI: Lust Among the Leeches: Yvette Vickers on the "Attack"
HORROR: Claws in Her Contract: The monsters meet Mara Corday
CULT: Sirens Fiction: The 10 most formidable cult-film femmes

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ROCKET JOCKS

PROFILE: This Island Earth star Rex Reason
SCI FI: Rocketship X-M's late, great Lloyd Bridges
SURVEY: Critics pick their five favorite Rocket Jocks
CULT: The B Monster musters his Space Men Top Ten

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MONSTERS AT LARGE

PROFILE: Big-time monster masher Ed Kemmer
SCI FI: Joan Weldon on the making of Them!
HORROR: Ed Kemmer: Space Patrol to Spider stomper
CULT: Top-ten giant monsters in horror film history

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HYPNOTIC SUGGESTIONS

PROFILE: Pamela Duncan entranced by Crab Monsters
SURVEY: Cinema's top hypnotists
HORROR: Pamela Duncan among The Undead
CULT: Marian Marsh on the making of Svengali
PLUS: Filmographies and more!

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B MONSTER CONFIDENTIAL

PROFILE: The first sex kitten in cyberspace
SCI FI: The real-life inspiration for Psycho's slayer
HORROR: Who was the real Norman Bates?
CULT: One-on-one with Mamie Van Doren
PLUS: Filmographies and more!

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HOT ROD RUMBLE

PROFILE: The all-time top 10 hot rod films
SCI FI: Invasion of the Saucer-Men
HORROR: The Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow
CULT: Leigh Snowden stars in Hot Rod Rumble
MORE: Gene Vincent's Hot Rod Gang
PLUS: Reviews and more!

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FABULOUS 3-D Bs

PROFILE: Marie Windsor encounters the Cat-Women
SCI FI: 3-D pioneer Arch Oboler
HORROR: W. C. Menzies, dean of film design
CULT: Producer Al Zimbalist's 3-D lunar tunes
MORE: Bram Stoker's darned-near 3-D Dracula
PLUS: Filmographies, reviews and more!

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B FILM NOIR

PROFILE: Marie Windsor interview, part two
SCI FI: Godard's comic book, sci fi-noir, Alphaville
HORROR: Lewton and Robson's classic Seventh Victim
CULT: Actor Tom Neal's tragic Detour
MORE: Alton and Mann's exemplary Raw Deal
PLUS: Reviews and more!

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VINTAGE INVADERS

PROFILE: Robert Clarke interview, part one
SCI FI: The man who met The Man From Planet X
HORROR: The Thing: The fifties' finest thriller?
CULT: Ann Robinson on War of the Worlds
PLUS: Filmographies, reviews and more!

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TOXIC MONSTERS

PROFILE: Robert Clarke interview, part two
SCI FI: Behind the scenes with the Sun Demon
HORROR: The Werewolf: A lost lycanthrope
CULT: Herman Cohen's cautionary Target Earth
PLUS: Filmographies, reviews and more!

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BEACH CREATURES

PROFILE: Director Del Tenney's Shore Thing
SCI FI: Behind the Horror of Party Beach
HORROR: The Gill Man's greatest at-a-glance
CULT: Those man-munching microbes: Flesh Eaters
PLUS: Filmographies, reviews and more!

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SCIENCE VIXENS

PROFILE: Beverly Garland meets The B Monster
SCI FI: Ms. Garland recalls It Conquered the World
HORROR: Ode to a 50-foot Woman
CULT: The Life and Tragic Death of Susan Cabot
PLUS: Filmographies, reviews and more!

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CONTROL FREAKS

PROFILE: Pint-size Martian fighter Jimmy Hunt
SCI FI: The making of Invaders From Mars
HORROR: Look into The Hypnotic Eye
CULT: Agar and The Brain From Planet Arous
PLUS: Filmographies, reviews and more!

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DEAD ON THEIR FEET

PROFILE: Evil Dead star Bruce Campbell
SCI FI: John Agar battles Invisible Invaders
HORROR: Campbell recalls Army of Darkness
CULT: Lugosi and Zucco: True voodoo men
PLUS: Filmographies, reviews and more!

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HEAVY DUTY

PROFILE: Top-notch tough guy Leo Gordon
SCI FI: Leo Gordon: The screenwriter
HORROR: The Bad Guy Poll
CULT: Stars who started as bad guys
PLUS: Filmographies and more!

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THE BEAT GENERATION

PROFILE: Interview with Dick Daddy-O Contino
SCI FI: Personal tribute to John Ashley
HORROR: Little Shop of Horrors' Jackie Joseph
CULT: Behind the scenes: The making of Daddy-O
PLUS: Filmographies and more!

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BITING COMMENTARY

PROFILE: Ingrid Pitt meets The B Monster
SCI FI: Vampire films get a space age transfusion
HORROR: Range-ridin' blood sucker Michael Pate
CULT: Ingrid Pitt's bloody B-movie beginnings
PLUS: Filmographies and more!

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CULT MOVIE CARNIVAL

PROFILE: Carnival of Souls star Candace Hilligoss
SCI FI: Robert Clarke on Jerry Warren's Petrified World
HORROR: Hilligoss on the Carnival of Souls remake
CULT: Home Groaners: The top 10 backyard B movies
PLUS: Filmographies and more!

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PADDED CELLULOID

PROFILE: Director Jack Hill meets The B Monster
SCI FI: The 10 sickest sawbones in celluloid history
HORROR: Janet Leigh, remembers her finest shower
CULT: Jack Hill on the making of his cult classic Spider Baby
PLUS: Filmographies and more!

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B-MOVIE RENAISSANCE MEN

PROFILE: Director, producer, writer, artist Pat Boyette
SCI FI: Actors who delved into low-budget, sci fi production
HORROR: A guided tour through The Dungeon of Harrow
CULT: Richard Cunha: Unknown Giants and Missiles to the Moon

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DEAD IN THE WATER

PROFILE: The "Reel" Gill Man, Ben Chapman
SCI FI: Michael Hoey, directs Navy vs. the Night Monsters
HORROR: How Ben Chapman became the Creature
CULT: The top-ten aquatic monsters

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CREATURE CRUSHES

PROFILE: Lori Nelson: Confessions of a Hot Rod Girl
SCI FI: How the Creature finally caught up to Lori Nelson
HORROR: Nancy Kovack on Argonauts and madmen
CULT: Shrieking Violets: Filmdom's fleeing females
PLUS: Filmographies and more!

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BEHIND THE SCREAMS

PROFILE: Producer Alex Gordon meets the B Monster
SCI FI: She-Creatures and Voodoo Women
HORROR: The man behind The Hypnotic Eye
CULT: Horror Honchos: Ten underrated B-movie producers
PLUS: Filmographies and more!

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OUR BEST & WORST LISTS

PROFILE: 10 B movie figures you ought to know
SCI FI: Alien Assessment: Ten memorable alien invaders
HORROR: Werewolf Redux: Ten most likable lycanthropes
CULT: The B Monster's unimpeachable best and worst lists

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PROS PICK THEIR TOP 10s

PROFILE: Ten B-movie names you should know
SCI FI: Authors and film makers choose the best of all time
HORROR: Genre authorities select the ten best ever
CULT: The ten worst sequels, remakes, cliches and much more

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