The action figures from the Second Season of TV series Ash vs Evil Dead have been unveiled by NECA and features three characters: Asylum Ash, Adult Demon Spawn and Henrietta. They are 7 inches tall and feature 25-30 points of articulation. Asylum… Read More ›
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Creatureplica – cryptoid action figures
Creatureplica is an American company that produces action figures based on cryptozoological creatures. They have issued four figures to date: Himalayan Yeti, HorrorHound, Louisiana Rougarou and North American Sasquatch (click on images to enlarge). Press blurb: “True dedication to native folklore,… Read More ›
Video Nasties Lurid Trumps – Series 3
Gods & Monsters Lurid Trumps are a card game based on the fondly remembered Top Trumps of the 1970’s and 1980’s, themselves based on an even older game called Quartets. The third in a series of four covering the so-called… Read More ›
Balzac – rock band
Balzac (typeset as BALZAC) is a Japanese punk band formed in 1992 in Kyoto. The band was founded by singer and songwriter Hirosuke Nishiyama, who has remained the only constant member of the band since its creation. Balzac was highly influenced… Read More ›
The Addams Family: The cartoons, TV series, movies, musical and merchandise – article
The Addams Family is a group of fictional characters created by American cartoonist Charles Addams. The Addams Family characters include Gomez, Morticia, Uncle Fester, Lurch, Grandmama, Wednesday, Pugsley, Pubert Addams, Cousin Itt and Thing. The Addamses are a satirical inversion of… Read More ›
Stretch Screamers – toys
Stretch Screamers is a series of electronic toys manufactured by Games Quest/Manley Toys Limited of Hong Kong. As their name implies, Stretch Screamers could be stretched, causing them to apparently scream (they were battery operated). The figures could also to be squeezed… Read More ›
H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos – article
Cthulhu is a fictional deity created by writer H. P. Lovecraft and first introduced in the short story “The Call of Cthulhu”, published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales in 1928. Considered a Great Old One within the pantheon of Lovecraftian… Read More ›