FRIGHTS FOR TYKES CHASES “THE HEADLESS BICYCLE RIDER”
THE HEADLESS BICYCLE RIDER is a nice ride… er, read.
FRIGHTS FOR TYKES MEETS MR. FRANK
FRANKENSTEIN MOVED IN ON THE FOURTH FLOOR is a perfect follow-up to DRACULA IS A PAIN IN THE NECK!
This week on FRIGHTS FOR TYKES: “DRACULA GO HOME!”
In DRACULA GO HOME! you will find some creepy illustrations courtesy of Frank Mayo and a familiar but fun story that’s sure to give young readers a few small chills and thrills.
God’s Madmen: 121 Years of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula”
This weekend marks the 121st anniversary of the publication of Bram Stoker’s seminal novel DRACULA. Stoker’s epistolary horror classic was neither the first nor last vampire tale to be written, but it succeeded in thrusting the vampire into mainstream consciousness and effectively demarcating a specific contemporary interpretation of the mythological figure for the next one-hundred years.
RETRO RECOMMENDATIONS: “ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN” (1948)
Universal’s mastery of the macabre was waning to a ridiculous degree in the mid-to-late 1940s. The sentiment seemed that the age of vampires, wolf men and phantoms was slipping away and being discarded to a bygone era. In 1948, Universal drastically shifted gears toward a more comedic approach when it came to create their once dark horror films.
