Videogame Showcase: Dracula

Bram Stoker's Dracula for Nintendo Gameboy

For the blog's 10 anniversary

Halloween Post : The Original Monster Mash (UK version)

The Original Monster Mash by Bobby " Boris" Pickett from London Records
Simulated Stereo (1973)

As far and wide as the internet is, I cannot find any good information on this LP.  As far as I can tell, it is a UK release from 1973.  I wonder if my readers can send any info/corrections.  But enough of that, here is the track listing:

side A

1. The Monster Mash
2. Graveyard Shift
3. Blood Bank Blues
4. Rabian- The Fiendage Idol
5. Monster's Holiday
6. Monster Minuet

side B

1. Transylvania Twist
2. Sinister Stomp
3. Me and My Mummy
4. Monster Mash Party
5. Bela's Bash  *
6. Let's Fly Away

(* #5 spelled as Bella's Bash)

Halloween Post: Not Retro, but Still Fun

In continuation of a mini Dracula theme, this next exhibit is a retro style face mask that I bought from Walgreens in 2005. The other styles were
*pumpkin
*witch
*skull
*Frankenstein's monster
*I think there also was a devil mask.
Though these masks are foam instead of PVC.
I also repainted this mask to my liking.

Halloween Post: Enter freely of your own will!

This exhibit is an American Greetings Count Dracula door poster from the mid 1980's. It appears to have been originally done in oil pastel.  It is large enough to fit on a door, but it is difficult to properly photograph. This poster used to greet trick-or-treaters for about 5 or 6 seasons. I had to do restoration on a small section near the cape.
I have found out it was painted by artist Pete Hawley in a newer post

Art Gallery: Hurrah for the next who dies

This is a heavily corrected picture that I hastily drew from a picture of "Bram Stoker's Dracula" in Starlog magazine. I originally intended to present this as a part of my November 13th post commemorating the release of the movie in 1992 :
http://mrfenwrightsmuseum.blogspot.com/2009/11/dracula-complete-vampire.html

And I almost forgot this was a homemade blacklight poster. I colored the background and Dracula's eyes with flourescent colored pencils, and with a blacklight on, it was an interesting effect.

Holy Magazine Collection!!!: Dracula, The Complete Vampire

Good afternoon, I have a special exhibition. Since many blogs have been wishing Irish author, Bram Stoker a happy birthday on November 8th, I have decided to contiue with that theme.

On this day, Friday the 13th, 1992, the movie "Bram Stoker's Dracula" was released (or some could say unleashed) into theaters. It was this movie that made me a fan of character actor, Gary Oldman. But on to the exhibit, "Dracula : The Complete Vampire" published by Starlog Movie magazines in 1992, which was out about the same time as the Dracula movie.



This magazine covers the history of Dracula movies from the 1920's (Nosferatu) up until the release of "Bram Stoker's Dracula". It also includes how Bram Stoker came to write the novel, "Dracula"and included the story of Vlad The Impaler.

Halloween Post: Monster Movies

Good evening, as this being October and there are many Halloween themed posts, I have decided to go with the flow. With that being said I would like to present Horror Movie books from the 70's

The first book in this Exhibit is "A Pictoral History of Horror Movies" by Denis Gifford

published by Hamlyn in 1973.

(The protective sleeve featured King Kong)

The front endpaper is " House of Wax" (1953) with Vincent Price

The title page features an image from "House of Dark Shadows" (1970)



The second book is The Movie Treasury "Horror Movies" by Alan G. Frank published by Octopus books in the 1974.
The protective sleeve features a scene from "Dr. Terror's House of Horrors" (1964) featuring Peter Cushing on the front and the backside features a scene from "The Satanic Rites of Dracula" (1973) with Christopher Lee.

The front endpaper features another scene from "The Satanic Rites Of Draclula"(1973)








The title page features a scene from "Captain Clegg" aka "Night Creatures"(1962) with Peter Cushing.






And now for a bonus: "The House of Horror : The Story Of Hammer Films" published by The Third Press in 1973


The cover features the "Twins of Evil"(1971) poster