Time-trip back to the frightening era of 1957-1972, when monsters stomped
into the American mainstream! Once Frankenstein and fiends infiltrated TV in
1957, an avalanche of monster magazines, toys, games, trading cards, and comic
books crashed upon an unsuspecting public. This profusely illustrated,
full-color hardcover covers that creepy, kooky Monster Craze through features on
Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine, the #1 hit "Monster Mash," Aurora's
model kits, TV shows (Shock Theatre, The Addams Family, The
Munsters, and Dark Shadows), Mars Attacks trading cards, Eerie
Publications, Planet of the Apes, and more!
It features interviews with James Warren (Creepy, Eerie, and
Vampirella magazines), Forrest J Ackerman (Famous Monsters of
Filmland), John Astin (The Addams Family), Al Lewis (The
Munsters), Jonathan Frid (Dark Shadows), George Barris (monster car
customizer), Ed "Big Daddy" Roth (Rat Fink), Bobby (Boris) Pickett ("Monster
Mash" singer/songwriter) and others, with a Foreword by TV horror host
Zacherley, the "Cool Ghoul."
