It Knows what scares you.

Zelda Rubinstein to me was the scariest person ever. I'm pretty sure if I would have met her on the street as a little child I would have run screaming all the way. It was not that she was evil, but Poltergeist was and still is one of the scariest movies I have ever seen.

Yet we had to have watched it 100 times as kids. And Rubinstein's voice will always haunt me in a good way. I just felt compelled to include her during this look back from the past month.

If you have liked anything I have posted please follow me. A few other blog-a-thons I will take part of will be May Monster Madness and, of course, my person favorites Count Down To Halloween and Creepmas.

I know that I mainly write about Horror, but I promise that is not everything I will write about. I do thank you all from the bottom of my heart for stopping by it has been fun.

Yogi!

 

Yogi and Boo Boo will always be child hood hero's of mine. I had it at when it came to these two. Board Games, comci books, colorforms, and of course coloring books. I loved every special that was on and I still have Christmas and Easter VHS Tapes of this dynamic duo.

And I made mention the other day on how bad the Underdog movie was well I liked the Yogi movie. In fact I felt it was very well done and could easly watch it again.

I can not thank you enough for stopping by during the month of April for the A to Z Challenge. I can not beleive that I have made it this far. One more day to go! I sure hope you have enjoyed your time looking back with me.

X is for Xenomorph!

Xenomorph aka Alien. And growing up in the late 70's early 80's all the older kids would brag about the chest bursting scene from Alien. Man I could not wait to see this movie. 

Finally one late night mom and dad where sleeping and this bad boy was on HBO. You know  HBO when it was really just a box that you had to flip the brown switch on. Well any way it was late it was dark I was young and this movie scared to poop out of me! Boy did I learn my lesson to listen to mom and dad. But yet I could not stop talking about it and the next time it was on my parents wanted to watch it. Guess what I watched it for a second time and many more after. What a great movie. What a great childhood. 

Thanks Mom and Dad.

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Wonder Twin Powers Activate!

Ah back to Saturday morning cartoons and Zan and Jayna as the Wonder Twins. The super friends where a big part of my life growing up. And I seemed to like the underdog superheroes the best.

The Wonder Twins were two alien siblings from the planet Exxor. Arriving on Earth, they soon endeared themselves to the heroic team, the Super Friends and acted as the team's official sidekick/mascots for a brief duration. Originally, the Wonder Twins were exclusive to the continuity of theSuper Friends animated series and the Super Friends comic book adaptation, but they were later re-imagined for the modern Post-Crisis environment and introduced in the pages of Extreme Justice.

The most Kick ASS Villain ever.

Back in 1988 I was pretty much over the comic book thing and had moved on to more important things like...girls. I was a huge Spiderman fan growing up so when all the buzz came about with the Venom character my curiosity was peaked. So without telling my buddies I snuck down to the comic book store to pick up my copy! I was hooked right away.

I would buy them from time to time but it was not until I was working at a production studio that I found myself reading comic books again. All the guy's I worked with helped me get caught up in the Marvel Universe.

And who could forget those hard Venom video games on the NES or Saga that took many hours of my day. Still to this day Venom has to be one of the coolest villains ever!

The A to Z Challenge is almost over I can not believe I have made it this far. If you like what you have seen please feel free to follow me. I'm not always posting about Horror movies I promise.

Underdog is here!

There's no need to fear! Underdog is here!

when criminals in this world appear
and break the laws that they should fear
and frighten all who see or hear
the cry goes up both far and near
for Underdog! Underdog! Underdog! Underdog!

speed of lightning, roar of thunder
fighting all who rob or plunder
Underdog. Underdog!

when in this world the headlines read
of those whose hearts are filled with greed
who rob and steal from those who need
to right this wrong with blinding speed
goes Underdog! Underdog! Underdog! Underdog!

speed of lightning, roar of thunder
fighting all who rob or plunder
Underdog. Underdog!

Know try and get that theme song out of your head. Loved watching Underdog as a child. Was not a fan of the live action movie tho. That was kind of lame. 

T for Tick. Spoon!!!!

Next to Aquaman there is one more superhero that takes up some space in the Man Cave. That would be the crazy and quotable Tick. Not sure why I love this character but I do.

It's easy to say the Cave has Comic Books, TV Shows, Cartoons and even a few Action figure's laying around.

Crazy to think an 18-year-old kid started this hero back in 1986 as a mascot for a comic book store.

If you are interested in reading the adventures of The Tick and his sidekick Arthur Free Comic Book Day is coming May 2nd where you can pick up an issue for yourself. Or just head HERE for a free download preview.

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S is for Sven...Goolie that is.

It should not come as a surprise for those of you that lurk around my blog that Sven would show up in this countdown. My fascination with Horror Host's will go all the way back to Yellow Screaming Theatre hosted by Gerry G Bishop. And then followed by current host Rich Koz.

In this day and age, I wish everybody still had a Horror Host to call they're own. Even when Sven was not on TV we still had Up all night and Billy Bob but nothing is better than Chicago's very own Ghoul.

If Horror Host's ever went away it will be a sad, sad day. This year is something special on the show as they plan on not showing any reruns. And they still have a ton of Universal Horror to show. My girls new his name when they were baby's and know it is on TV just by hearing the theme song. Sadly tho today Rich tweeted that his dad has passed so I send out my thoughts and prayers to his family. I invite you all to check out his website for more details. www.svengoolie.com  and always stop by on Saturdays as I gladly post what is on that night.

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Beep Beep!

Beep Beep or was it Meep Meep? Well According to animation historian Michael Barrier, Paul Julian's preferred spelling of the sound effect was "hmeep hmeep".

Who did not love the road runner and Wile E. Coyote? I could not wait for this part of the Bug's Bunny show. I would sit and wait and wait for that 7 minutes of violence. Growing up we were not allowed to watch shows like Tom and Jerry, Speed Racer or the 3 Stooges due to the violent content. But somehow we could sneak this show past mom.

This dynamic duo have teamed up for 48 wonderful cartoons.

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Q*Bert I miss you!

I try to explain to my kids that at one-time cartoons were only on in the early morning during the week and for a few hours after school. And the only day you really had to look forward to was Saturday morning's. Not this 24-hour junk that is on today.

And back in the video boom days we had a solid block devoted to our favorite charters. In fact, nothing was better than the Pac-Man hour. And at the same time I was playing a ton of Q*Bert. I loved watching his show and was always a fan, more so than Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, or even Pole Position. Q was the man... or alien or whatever he was! Someday I would love for these shows to come out on DVD. In the meantime, we have youtube!

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P is for the Penguin

The Penguin aka Burgess Meredith

Was there any other Penguin? I know I'm not the only one who read the comics in Meredith's voice? And let's be real the 1960's Batman is the only Batman worth watching.

Did you know, that Meredith developed his grunting "Penguin" laugh out of necessity. Meredith had given up smoking some twenty-odd years earlier, but his character was required to smoke with a cigarette holder. The smoke would get caught in his throat and he would start coughing. Rather than constantly ruin takes in this matter, he developed the laugh to cover it up. "Actually, it was a pretty funny noise for a penguin to make," said Meredith. "I sounded more like a duck." Needless to say, Meredith gave up smoking again immediately after the series ended.

O is for Outrun

I was never much of a gamer, but I could sit and play Outrun for hours on end.

I had a better post done but blogger somehow ate it and posted P a day early. So sorry about the short post I will be back tomorrow.

Norman

M is for Michael!

Nothing and I mean nothing gets me in the Halloween spirit like Michael Myers! As soon as the cool chill hits the air and the leaves start to change I know it's the happiness time on earth! And let's face it for any Horrorhound Michael Myers is Halloween! The song, the look, it is all per magic to me.

Hi-yo, Silver away!

Remember when I posted about Gigglesnort and how it was part of our Sunday morning ritual? When Sunday morning with dad also meant watching Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels beat up the bad guys. Nothing got my day started with the sound of the Willaim Tell Overture. And who could forget...

Narrator: The Lone Ranger!

[gunshots are fired]

The Lone Ranger: Hi-yo, Silver!

Narrator: A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty "Hi-yo Silver" - the Lone Ranger!

The Lone Ranger: Hi-yo, Silver, away!

Narrator: With his faithful Indian companion, Tonto, the daring and resourceful masked rider of the plains led the fight for law and order in the early West. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. The Lone Ranger rides again!

My love for Cowboys would stay with forever I still love watching them today.

Hail to the King!

Why King Kong well let me tell you a fun little story. Kong was a theatre hit in the winter of 1976. I was all about the king that year. In the spring of 1977 we bought our first Betamax player. To celebrate my family had a movie watching party.

Tikki torches, fresh live lobster and the neibors all came over for what was to be a fantastic time.

I remember everything about that night, in fact it was the first nightmare I can remember. We had the windows open that night and a cool wind started to blow in. As a storm fast approached thoughts of King Kong coming raced through my six-year-old head. I remember taking my sleeping 1-year-old sister out of her crib to protect her from the great ape! So while she was crying of course that woke my parents that where not every happy with me. After getting everybody to bed, I know I had some of the most fantastic nightmares that night  one I could not get myself up out of bed it was like I was trapped!

I could not get enough of King Kong after that. From backpacks to the coolest lunch box I had ever owned. And I can not get those dreams from that night out of my head.

J is for Jason

It would be a little hard pressed not to include Jason as one of my all time favorite Villain!

I have so many childhood memories of the hockey mask killer. One of the best was the night I had to babysit my younger brother and sister. Friday the 13th was on cable tv so without thinking we watched it. Sure I thought it would be fun. My six-year-old brother may have felt otherwise.

I had no clue how he felt until it was over and he just sat there staring at the TV...and staring...and staring. Never crying but boy I knew my ass was in a sling when mom and dad got home! To this day, he blames me for his fascination with horror movies. So in the end I guess it was a good thing. A few years later we would be in our basement with a stack of VHS horror flicks ready for the night! We still head out to convention's together, discuss the latest horror flick and reminisces about the good old days of horror movies. A bond that will last a lifetime thanks to a madman wielding a machete killing for mommy!

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Sorry, this was a day late.

I is for Impossible Mission

Now I'm really going off the deep end on this one. But yep a video game is going to make the countdown. I don't play many games and I would say I'm a casual gamer. When all the neighborhood kids had cloeco vision's and atari's we had a vic 20 and a commodore 64.

The one game that got me through a long cold Illinois winter was Impossible Mission. The game had speech for crying out loud! Insane robots and death rays. The action never stopped and you could play this game over and over.

I really spent a lot of time playing this game. Destroy him my robots!

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H is for a true Hero!

Talk about Heros was there one any bigger than this guy? He oozed coolness and I wanted to drink from that cup! He has swagger, charm, and an edge if you ask me. He also had the coolest sidekick and the greatest ship in the universe.

He was everything that as a 7 year old boy I wanted to be! Really who didn't? I remeber that Halloween mom made customes for the 3 of us. My sister was princess Lea my brother was R2-D2 and me well *gasp* I was stuck being Luke Skywalker. Why, Mom why? Was I a whiny kid like he was? I just want to be cool dang it!

That did not stop my that year I still had those blue pants with the red stripe up the seem. The white button up shirt and a black vest. For that moment in time I was cool I had swagger and I had the edge. Well I thought so anyway. Thanks Han Solo for teaching me how to be cool.

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G is for Gigglesnort Hotel

Sunday mornings growing up where some of the best days of my life. Dad being a photographer worked every Saturday. In fact, he would leave early in the morning and get home pretty late that night.

So Sunday was family day to him. He would get up early make us a huge breakfest. We would go to church in the morning but first up we would watch a little Gigglesnort Hotel (Or as some know it as B.J. and the dirty Dragon.). Amongst others that I will get to later in the countdown.

The biggest thing I remember about this show was the Blob! In fact, I still quote him today. No, really I will post a youtube video so you can too. The show was not great, but it was fun and started off our Sunday with a bang.

I don't remember a whole lot about this show mainly the smoke coming out of the dragon the odd looking charters that lived in the hotel but I will always remember the blob. This show was a big part of my childhood so I felt it fun to include it today.

 Maybe I should not have made the banner super hero's and more about how great Chicago TV was in the 70's.

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