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  • Ghosts #62

    Ghosts #62

    Ghosts was a horror anthology that ran for 112 issues between Sept./Oct. 1971 and May 1982. It was one of several horror-mystery-suspense comics launched in 1971. In #62 from March, 1978, we’re treated to a spooky story from Vincent Price’s childhood… Visit countdowntohalloween.blogspot.comfor links to other great blogs celebrating!

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  • Cat Monster Ornaments

    Cat Monster Ornaments

    Look at these adorable cat monster ornaments! Visit countdowntohalloween.blogspot.comfor links to other great blogs celebrating!

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  • El vampiro Box Set

    El vampiro Box Set

    Welcome back to this year’s Countdown to Halloween. Last night I watched El ataud del vampiro (1958) from this fantastic box set from Indicator/Powerhouse Films: Visit countdowntohalloween.blogspot.comfor links to other great blogs celebrating!

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  • Ben Cooper Lives!

    Ben Cooper Lives!

    Welcome back to this year’s Countdown to Halloween. Who remembers Ben Cooper Halloween costumes: Visit countdowntohalloween.blogspot.comfor links to other great blogs celebrating!

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  • Halloween One-Sheets

    Halloween One-Sheets

    Welcome back to this year’s Countdown to Halloween. Yesterday I hung my three movie posters for the month of October: Visit countdowntohalloween.blogspot.comfor links to other great blogs celebrating!

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  • Limited Edition Fanta Collection

    Welcome back to this year’s Countdown to Halloween. Today’s video takes a quick look at the Fanta Limited Edition Collection: Visit countdowntohalloween.blogspot.comfor links to other great blogs celebrating!

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  • Universal Monsters Comic Books

    Welcome back to this year’s Countdown to Halloween. Today’s video takes a quick look at the Universal Monsters series of comic books from Skybound Entertainment, in association with Image Comics: Visit countdowntohalloween.blogspot.comfor links to other great blogs celebrating!

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  • When Life Gives You Tomatoes

    Welcome back to this year’s Countdown to Halloween. Today’s video… and the rest of the Countdown… is going to be a little different from what I anticipated… But it’s not going to end! Hear what I’m talking about in today’s video on @ClassicHorrorsTV: Visit countdowntohalloween.blogspot.comfor links to other great blogs celebrating!

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  • Birth of a Monster… & a Genre

    Welcome back to this year’s Countdown to Halloween. Remember, when we designate films before 1931 as horror, we are doing it retroactively. Before Frankenstein, horror was an ambiguous emotion or element, not a marketing category. Instead, at the time, these movies were referred to as, fantastic, mysterious, or weird. They relied on atmospheric terror and

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  • The First Horror Film

    The First Horror Film

    Welcome back to this year’s Countdown to Halloween. Many consider the first horror film to be the 1896 French short by Georges Melies, The House of the Devil, aka The Haunted Castle.) In its three-minute running time, Mephistopheles conjures a variety of supernatural characters from a magic cauldron. It features skeletons, ghosts, bats, and the

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