Summer Vacation is Upon Us......

Sorry folks ... but we are not real happy with they way that they are "handling New Aquisitions"....

remember to pack everything that you will need for your Vacation Trips.....

            Its that time of the year again.... when the Schools are out for the Summer....

               A lot of the places we went to as Family Vacation are sadly no longer there....

                                      A little clip tossed in to see if you are still awake.....
                            and many of you are planing Family Vacation "get-aways" ......

                                               That is camping in "comfort"....
                                      reminds us of a song (by the Go-Go's) .....

            Whatever you are planing for this Summer we wish you and yours a safe one.....

                                     Mickey prepares for this Summer's visitors....
                       and for those of you going to Disney.... beware of the "Mouse"....

Our Most Popular Monsters Here at the "Crypt"....

                      
                             We will Start off with the classic (1922) "Nosferatu"....
                     
This film was a basically a "Rip-off" of Stoker's popular novel of the day (which first appeared in book shops in England in May of 1897....) So the film-maker , Murnau changed the characters names and the settings....

So Stoker's Widow went to the "High Courts" and demanded that the film be removed and payments made to her for use of her husband's novel.......

Judges ordered the destruction of All copies of this film were to be destroyed..... Most were.... But a few people refused to burn their copies.... Thus this classic was saved from being Lost forever....
Added Soundtrack and re-released in the late 1920's...


the tale begins with the "hero" being sent to sell a piece of property to Count Dracula....(Graf Orlock)
              

 


                            
               
             
     
 
                      This creepy Count (Graf) Reads over the letter of strange markings.....


                                  Later the Vampire enters his room that night.....
                  This was one of the first really Scary scenes to appear in a film....!!!!
           
                                          Even his movements were "creepy"....

                            This little clip show a bit of "how" this Vampyre moved about....
                 

                   So the Vampyre makes his way to his new Home by way of Ship.....


                        
                           One of my favorite Monsters since early childhood...
The scenes of him walking the city streets carrying his casket....  They always kind of "creeped" me out as a kid....
 
 Leaving the wreck of the ship with his other "crates" of his native soil... and Plague of rats behind...

 
 
He sits in the courtyard of his new home (probably "tired" after carrying that crate of dirt....) 
                           There were many well filmed scenes to "creep" you out....

                                   And here he looks at the view from his new lair.....
 
 
 
                       Nosferatu was also the first vampire to be destroyed by Sunlight.....
 
 
 
 
 We will post more in a bit ... do not feel so well.. and have a few things that I must do as well...
 
                                        And a happy last day of May to you All....

After Midnight Here....

                                          That makes it the Last Day of May....
                                    and "May Monster Madness 2015".....!!!!!

We will begin with a couple of "Tribute Posts" to our most viewed "Monsters" here at our little Crypt..... Nosferatu (1922).... is the second most viewed Monster......

                                Creature from the Black Lagoon... is the most viewed of All...
                            This was the poster that we tried to get from a box of Post Cereal....
        
                           and this one from the "Horror Mood" comic book "Nightmare"...
              

                            We will do posts on them each later for May Monster Madness...

Tomorrow is May Monster Madness....

                 Hosted by Annie Walls, good Sir wicKED, and dear Lady Emma....

          And her blog "Little Gothic Horrors" just celebrated another year of up and running....
          Been trying to find out when this year's May Monster Madness was to be....
                                (see the "Annie Walls" link in the side-bar...)

    We shall have to come up with some posts for this special Day.... it has been a long Month....
Sorry folks .... been a bit "under the weather" for a couple of days..... (that and trying to get something done with my Sims world...... (Wish we had back "Spore"... "Game Stop", the only game store in this county.... does not even carry "Spore" game)

A Small Tribute to a Great Actor.....

                                             The Great Actor... Mr. Vincent Price....
                  

                   
                        He gained fame as a Horror Actor from the Roger Corman Movies....

                                The Haunted Palace from the year that I was born ...1963....
Here is this film while it lasts... enjoy this horror classic for your Saturday Morning Kiddies....

                                                  Dr. Phibes was My Favorite...!!!
                     
   Had this picture from my first Horror Book hanging on my wall for over forty years...

                                He killed his victims in the most "creative" ways....





                                    Like the death of the Nurse by Locusts.....

                 Or this poor doctor ... with a "Frog Mask"...!!!  and to this great old tune .....