My Heroes Have Always Been Monsters Part 12

The first thing that ever truly scared me so bad that I couldn't sleep for a week was an episode of George Romero's horror anthology tv series Tales From The Darkside featuring a little white monkey demon that lived in a little closet.

"Inside The Closet" was directed by FX master/gore guru Tom Savini-a name that didn't mean anything to me back in elementary school, but years later would be one that I sought out in my journey deeper into the world of horror.








Tales From The Darkside ran from '83 to '88, after the success of Romero's film Creepshow. That show haunted me as a kid, and I was one that would have nightmares if I saw a commercial for a Friday The 13th film. But the show never seemed quite as scary as the opening, until I saw "In The Closet". My heart was racing even before the reveal of the monster and when it was finally shown in all it's horrible glory, my mind shut down and I fled the room!
I'm not giving away any plot points, I'm just recommending you hunt down this episode. It's a fantastic series and has been collected on DVD. TV and horror have only been right together a few times, this is a shining example of a win.

Here's the opening...

Keep watching the sky, nerds!

King Vulture's Sound Attack

Kitty In A Casket's Bride of the Monster!

These guys are new to me, but so far I like what I hear!

King Vulture's Sound Attack

Thunderkiss '65 by White Zombie. I used to jam to this album on the back roads out in Hickville where I grew up. 

King Vulture's Sound Attack

The band is Plan 9, this is their video. I dig this, but I just found out the singer passed away back in September of '08. Really bums me out, I just found out about them recently. I guess there were two albums.

 Great Misfits legacy band here. 

Exploding Toy Box

OOO! Look what Diamond Select has coming..!

And a new Munsters tv show is in the works too. It's a good time to a fan!

Zombie Attack in Miami..?

CBS Miami has been reporting an incident about a naked cannibal found eating the face of another naked man. When told to stop by the police the man looked up, growled and returned to eating the victim's face. The cop had to shoot him, which had no effect, so the cop shot a few more times to finally take him down.

Now, the cops are blaming a new LSD for the incidents...In my youth, I had some experiences...Those experiences NEVER led me to being naked or eating my friend's face. And I've NEVER heard of such a thing occurring. For the sake of the world I hope the LSD angle is true and the cops get the drug off the street, because we know how the alternative ends...

My Heroes Have Always Been Monsters Part 11

Another pick from my kid, and one of my faves from childhood; The Wolfman! There hasn't been a glut of great werewolf films since Lon Chaney Jr-A few of note being Hammer's The Curse of The Werewolf, American Werewolf In London, Dog Soldiers, and I always enjoyed the Howling series and the tv show Werewolf. But Universal's The Wolfman will always take the top spot and I've got to give a thumbs up to Frankenstein Meets The Wolfman (with Bela Lugosi as the monster)

Here's the trailer for Frankenstein Meets The Wolfman...

Keep watching the sky, nerds!