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Universal Studios Monsters
Universal Studios Monsters: A Legacy of Horror | Michael Mallory
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Pays homage to golden-era horror films, including features on famous characters, behind-the-scenes photographs, and coverage of the sequels to classics such as "Dracula" and "Creature from the Black Lagoon."
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TieDyeDude
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#hhs #hhs24 #hauntedhallowswap

I'm not sure how I'd describe my aesthetic, so here are some images I like?
-Watching scary movies; anything from silly scares to slashers. Same for reads
-Visually/decor, I like sheeted ghosts, cute bats, and pumpkins more than fangs and blood
-I like stories based on mythology
-My cat is gone, but I still love this image. A dusty library with a hint of magic
-The classic monsters have endured for a reason 🙂

Texreader Other than scary movies and mythology we are a lot alike!! 2mo
wanderinglynn Awesome! 🖤💀 2mo
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BookishMadHatter
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BOOK MAIL!!!!
A book filled with so many of my loves was too hard to resist 🖤

SRWCF How cool!!! 3y
Bookwomble I love this book! 🧟‍♂️🧛🏼‍♂️🐺🦇 3y
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LauraJ
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Universal monster movies are the first thing I think of when I hear the word “horror”.
#teamstoker #chillingphotochallenge

AmyG I grew up watching these....Creature Feature was on Sat nights. (edited) 5y
LauraJ @AmyG they were Saturday mornings for me. And I was obsessed! 5y
AmyG Was it Sat morning? Maybe I am thinking of Chiller Theater...where in the opening the hand comes up from the dirt- out of the grave. GOOD TIMES 5y
AmyG Ha...I just googled. Creature feature had the hand. Chiller Theater was Sat night. I was obsessed, too. Those were the days. 5y
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Bookwomble
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My favourite photo in the Spotlight section is of Boris Karloff in full Monster make-up genteely sipping his four o'clock tea from a china cup and saucer. Quintessentially English 😀

saresmoore Perfect! 6y
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Bookwomble
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A bit fuzzy as I couldn't get a good angle on it, but this is the portrait of Elsa Lanchester - The Bride of Frankenstein - in the National Portrait Gallery. In the same room are portraits of Conan Doyle, Aldous Huxley and (my favourite and profile pic!) Mervyn Peake.

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This isn't an encyclopedic, in-depth history of the studio and films: it's not for scholars. It *is* a fun overview, delightful and entertaining and has sent me back, with a renewed interest and appreciation, for the films which as a kid I used to stay up late to watch on TV, lights out, tucked under a blanket on the sofa, wondering if I, though pure of heart, might turn into a wolf when the wolfbane bloomed when the autumn moon was bright! 🐺🌚

Leftcoastzen Did you read Fangoria magazine? 6y
TrishB @Leftcoastzen Fangoria 😁💕 6y
Bookwomble @Leftcoastzen I think I read a few - I didn't regularly get it, though. I think there was a slightly earlier UK published horror mag I used to read more often as one of my friend's older brother used to get it 6y
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Bookwomble @Leftcoastzen Quick internet search - it was probably The House of Hammer magazine. 6y
saresmoore Ahh! I love it! 6y
Leftcoastzen @Bookwomble I will have to look that one up. I had a friend when I was young who collected Fangoria ,horror comics,and I think the other one was Famous Monsters. I‘d get my fix when I visited their house. 6y
Leftcoastzen @Bookwomble @TrishB House of Hammer looks very similar!👹🙀 6y
Bookwomble @saresmoore It's a lovely big format book with lots of cool pictures! 6y
Bookwomble @Leftcoastzen Famous Monsters of Filmland, I think. Another was just called Hammer Horror, which appears to be the film mag I was thinking of, whereas House of Hammer looks like it might have been a comic with new stories in based on the movie properties. 6y
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