CRYPTIC COLLECTIBLES: FUNKO KICKS OFF ‘FUNKOWEEN’ WITH NEW POP! VINYL FIGURES FOR “ALIEN: ROMULUS,” “TERRIFIER,” “INSIDIOUS” AND MORE By JAMES BURRELL With Halloween slowly creeping up on us, Funko has kicked off the season with an assortment of new horror film and...
CRYPTIC COLLECTIBLES: SUPER7’S “THE WORST” TOY LINE RECEIVES TWO NEW WAVES OF COLLECTIBLE ACTION FIGURES By JAMES BURRELL Nowadays, it’s difficult to find an action figure line that isn’t based on a well-known film, TV show, comic book or video game property. So, it’s...
CRYPTIC COLLECTIBLES: YOU’RE INVITED TO THE PARTY WITH STOP THE KILLER’S NEW “HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME” NOVELIZATION AND CARD GAME By JAMES BURRELL Released in May of 1981, Happy Birthday to Me is one of the most offbeat horror flicks to come out of Canada during the...
CRYPTIC COLLECTIBLES: NECA PAYS TRIBUTE TO LOST LON CHANEY CLASSIC “LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT” WITH ITS ULTIMATE PROFESSOR BURKE FIGURE By JAMES BURRELL With his striking performances and remarkable use of makeup, Lon Chaney gave us some of horror’s most iconic and tragic...
NECA CONTINUES ITS RETRO GLOW UNIVERSAL MONSTERS LINE WITH MORE FIGURES AND NEW BATTERY-OPERATED “MONSTERIZER” PLAYSET By James Burrell I’ve written before about my love for a fondly remembered line of classic movie monster toys from the early 1980s called...
