SUPER7 CELEBRATES THE HALLOWEEN SEASON WITH NEW WAVE OF RETRO UNIVERSAL MONSTERS “SUPER SOAPIES” By JAMES BURRELL Like big bowls of popcorn and horror film marathons, Halloween and classic movie monsters go hand in hand. The folks at toy manufacturer Super7 must think...
SUPER7 RESURRECTS VINTAGE MR. BONES CANDY AS A RETRO-STYLED FIGURE LINE Text and photos by JAMES BURRELL Back in the 1970s and ‘80s, a trip to the local convenience store provided numerous possibilities to get your candy fix. Alongside the ubiquitous Popeye Tasty...
SUPER7 RELEASES CLASSIC ’60s-STYLED COLLECTIBLES WITH NEW UNIVERSAL MONSTERS “SUPER SOAPIES” By JAMES BURRELL In the early 1960s, North America saw its first “Monster Boom,” thanks to the phenomenal success of debut television broadcasts of classic Universal...
Interview: The Legend Of Harry Warden Lives On In Armando Muñoz’s New “MY BLOODY VALENTINE” Novelization By JAMES BURRELL Hitting theater and drive-in screens in February of 1981, the Canadian-made slasher classic MY BLOODY VALENTINE holds a special...
ALBUM REVIEW: CANADIAN CULT SLASHER “CURTAINS” GETS A SOUNDTRACK RELEASE FROM WAXWORK RECORDS! By JAMES BURRELL Released in the U.S. in 1983, the Canuck cult classic Curtains hit cinemas just as the first slasher film boom of the late 1970s to early ‘80s was coming to...
