Cyborg, Muton and Android – 1970s sci-fi toys
Back in a pre-Star Wars mid-1970s, there were a mere handful of science-fiction toys on the market, and the most exciting was the duo of Cyborg and Muton. A pair …
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Life-size animatronic Pennywise the Dancing Clown unveiled
The Spirit Halloween company has revealed their life-size animatronic Pennywise novelty decoration, which is based on actor Bill Skarsgard’s appearance as the creepy clown from the IT and IT: Chapter …
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Universal Monsters Mystery Minis by Funko
Universal Monsters Mystery Minis are the latest Funko range and will be available later this year. The Universal tie-in classic monsters line includes Frankenstein (two versions), Bride of Frankenstein, Dracula …
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Friday the 13th Jason Voorhees with Sound Mega-Scale Doll – merchandise
Friday the 13th Jason Voorhees with Sound Mega-Scale Doll “He’s terrorized Camp Crystal Lake, the Big Apple and even the far reaches of space. Now Mezco lets you take the …
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Coffin-shaped horror clocks – merchandise
Coffin-shaped horror wall clocks are currently being sold by Spanish company Villaoscura. Most are horror movie-themed but a few have creepy images from horror fiction, such as Cthulhu, or legends. The …
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Leatherface Premium Format Figure – Sideshow Collectibles figure
The Leatherface Premium Format Figure is bing issued in Fall 2016 by Sideshow Collectibles. Here is their press release: “He’s got some family issues. The meat business is pretty good, unless you’re …
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The Monsters Chess Set – game
The Monsters Chess Set featuring Universal Studios monsters was a limited edition chess set issued in 1999 by a company named Spencer. The King and Queens of both pieces are 3″ …
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A Nightmare on Elm Street – merchandise
A Nightmare on Elm Street toaster is the latest – and perhaps oddest? – merchandise to be sold as a tie-in to the slasher series. Press release: “He terrorized your …
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Genuine Soil from Dracula’s Castle – novelty item
Soil from Dracula’s Castle was a novelty sold by Warren Publishing, through ads in their magazines such as Famous Monsters of Filmland, Eerie and Creepy. Launched to coincide with the ‘year …
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Vampire Hunting Kit
Vampire hunting kits first appeared in the mid-Victorian era, around the year 1840. They became even more common post-1897 with the publication of Bram Stoker‘s novel Dracula, appealing to both …
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Mars Attacks trading cards – merchandise
The Mars Attacks trading card series was created by Topps in 1962. Product developer Len Brown, inspired by Wally Wood’s cover for EC Comics Weird Science #16, pitched the idea to Woody Gelman. Gelman and Brown created the story …
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The Munsters: TV series, movies, spin-offs and merchandise – article
The 1960s was a boom period in the United States for fantasy-themed situation comedies. For a while, it seemed that the standard domestic comedy show was a thing of the …
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The Game of Jaws – board game, 1975
The Game of Jaws is a 1975 board game by Ideal. The game is based on the blockbuster film of the same name. Similar in many ways to the game Buckaroo, this was a …
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Don Post Studios’ The Facehugger
Don Post Studios were known in the 1970s and 80s as the manufacturers of top quality masks. Not your cheap and nasty latex (or plastic!) novelty items that you would …
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Shock Theatre Hammer Horror Trading Cards
Shock Theatre was a collection of trading cards based around Hammer Films productions that was produced by Topps for distribution in the UK in 1976. The cards have become extremely …
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