1960s Archives - MOVIES and MANIA

Frankenstein Monster Speaker – novelty item

‘Great for ghoulish fun… anywhere!’ The Frankenstein Monster Speaker is a 1960s novelty horror-themed item. There’s no mention of Universal on the packaging so perhaps these were swiftly withdrawn and …

Famous Monsters Speak – spoken word album

Famous Monsters Speak was a 1960s album written by Cherney Berg and voiced by Gabriel Dell. Sold via the ads in the back pages of Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine, the …

Monster Briefs and Monster T-Shirts – merchandise

In the late 1960s/early 1970s, ads appeared in American comics and magazines for “Monster Briefs in Color!” for the “guy who has everything!” Everything but a girlfriend, perhaps? The lurid men’s …

Brian Clemens – screenwriter and producer

Brian Clemens (1931 – 2015) was a noted British screenwriter and producer. Clemens is best known for his TV work, often in fantasy-based action series. His most famous creation is TV series The Avengers, …

Aurora Movie Monsters – Model kits

The Aurora Plastics Corporation is an American toy and hobby manufacturing and marketing company founded in 1950. It is known primarily for its production of plastic model kits in the …