A Creature's Queen: Countdown to Halloween (Day 17)

Didn't think I'd go a Halloween without doing a post about the Creature from the Black Lagoon, did you?

Just like every hero needs a compelling villain,

every horror movie needs a scream queen.

Every monster needs his maiden.

Every vampire needs his vamp.

Every creature needs his queen.

And if the Gill-Man is the King of the Black Lagoon, then  Julie Adams is surely the Queen.

October 17th is actress Julie Adams' birthday.  She's a spry 90 years old and still gets out to conventions now and again.  She's had a long career in acting, working regularly from 1949 until 2010 on everything from numerous westerns to thrillers, to mysteries on shows such as The Jimmy Stewart Show, The Andy Griffith Show, Mannix, The Mod Squad, The Virginian, The Girl From Uncle, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, etc.

Nonetheless, she will be forever known as beautiful researcher Kay Lawrence, the young lady who took a dip in the Black Lagoon and seduced the poor Gill-Man however inadvertently.

More on Julie can be found here:

Julie Adams

And now a nice article about the original film that you might find interesting and informative:

10 Facts about The Creature From the Black Lagoon

COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN (Day 30): MONSTER CARRY-ON

From old movies, comics and television, we all know that the monsters, mutants, monkeys and missing links are easily obsessed with our women.  They like 'em, they like 'em a lot!  Maybe even as much as we seem to like them--or more!

This usually ends up with at least a scene  or two in which a menace has seized ahold of a gal and walked off with her in his arms or over his shoulder...

But there is one character, one monster who out-carries them all!  Dracula from Marvel's macabre and moody classic "TOMB OF DRACULA"!

Just check out the greatest creature of the night in action:

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That''s all for now, folks, but stay tuned tomorrow--Halloween itself, for my wee little tribute to the Creature who hails from the Black Lagoon!

COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN (Day 23): STATION IDENTIFICATION

Now we've come to the part of our show where we take a break from all of the Horror Hosting to focus more on the imagery that one can find.

Remember kids, this slideshow may be eerie and strange and it may tickle parts of your brain that you don't even know you have, but don't worry, that just means it's working!

And remember, chances are you can click on one of these images to make it 'spode to full size for a better look--that is, if you dare!

Here we go:

  

Stay tuned tomorrow night for another exciting chapter of

COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN's

Horror Host Tribute!

COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN (Day 9): AND NOW A BRIEF WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR...

You know how, when on a Halloween of trick-or-treating, you'd come across the house that had left the porch light on even though they weren't home at the time?

How they'd leave a bowl of candy out for the taking by any group of kids who would come by?  How they may have left a note reading something to the effect of how the reader should only take one piece of candy?

Well, I'm doing that tonight.

I'm going to trust you rambunctious kids to do the right thing.

Leave some for the next kid...

HULK SMASH CANDY HOG!!!

I'll be back tomorrow night with more in my

Countdown of Horror Hosts as my part of the

COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN!

For now I leave you with this series

of images to haunt your nightmares

and confound your dreams: