The third tale is a top notch story starring the late, great Peter Cushing as a widowed garbage collector who restores toys for local kids and tends for stray cats and dogs. Fifty years on and in today’s world the character would definitely be perceived as “creepy”, at best. The movie follows the comic strip very closely…
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
art by "Ghastly" Graham Ingels, my favourite of the EC horror artists. He always drew the stories narrated by The Old Witch.
one of his signature touches was his characters always seemed to have a stream of saliva dripping inside their mouths, they all looked like disreputable excuses for human beings obviously destined for a nasty end.
in real life Ingels was a religious man and in later years regretted his comic book past, even as the legend of EC horror comics grew over the decades and fans would trek to his house to meet the great "Ghastly", only to get the door slammed in their face
Andrew Keir played Father Shandor (misspelled Sandor in the credits) in the movie Dracula - Prince Of Darkness, he replaced Peter Cushing’s Van Helsing due to unavailability apparently, and Hammer screenwriter Christopher Wicking and House of Hammer editor Dez Skinn joined with Steve Moore to continue his adventures with artwork by John Bolton.
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
This was the final segment of the movie and very good it is too. They toned down the evil director of the Home, the comic strip version is far more sadistic.
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
Artwork by Trevor Goring and Manuel Cuyas, scripted by Scott Goodall. Goodall is best known for the comic strip scripts Captain Hurricane in Valiant and Thunderbirds in TVCentury21.
To be continued…not next month, but tomorrow 😁
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
It was in the first Hammer Horror Omnibus book by John Burke - these are excellent renditions in novella form and highly prized today. I was getting £50+ per book twenty years ago!
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
I’m just adding this post that is on the Pulp thread as it is more relevant here…talking about whether to begin a weekly post of a long comic strip story…in this case The Creature From The Black Lagoon.
There is indeed a very good extensive comic adaption from Dark Horse - it’s rather long and would take a lot of parts to post but if there is interest then I would certainly consider it, I would maybe post one segment per week which would take a few months to complete but would hopefully be a successful way of doing it.
There are several other movies which would be ripe for this sort of once a week format - if anyone is interested in this let me know - either on here or by PM.
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
Adaption of the movie Creature From The Black Lagoon will begin on Saturday and run weekly on that day thereafter, and the movie adaption of Dr.No will begin on Sunday with the same weekly format. Weekdays will progress as usual with stories in short runs of 1-3 days each. This thread is evolving nicely.
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
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Tales From The Crypt (1972) Segment 3:
The third tale is a top notch story starring the late, great Peter Cushing as a widowed garbage collector who restores toys for local kids and tends for stray cats and dogs. Fifty years on and in today’s world the character would definitely be perceived as “creepy”, at best. The movie follows the comic strip very closely…
art by "Ghastly" Graham Ingels, my favourite of the EC horror artists. He always drew the stories narrated by The Old Witch.
one of his signature touches was his characters always seemed to have a stream of saliva dripping inside their mouths, they all looked like disreputable excuses for human beings obviously destined for a nasty end.
in real life Ingels was a religious man and in later years regretted his comic book past, even as the legend of EC horror comics grew over the decades and fans would trek to his house to meet the great "Ghastly", only to get the door slammed in their face
@caractacus potts Thank you for the information on Graham Ingels, some excellent insight into his work.
Van Helsing’s Terror Tales #8:
Captain Kronos - Vamplre Hunter - The Sequel: Part One.
If the 1974 movie had been a success this is how the sequel would have been…artwork by Ian Gibson who sadly passed away in December 2023.
Captain Kronos - Vamplre Hunter - The Sequel: Part Two.
That would have made a good film, pity it didn't happen.
Captain Kronos - Vamplre Hunter - The Sequel: Part Three.
Tales From The Crypt (1972) Segment 4:
Another which followed the comic strip very closely - a Monkey’s Paw variation…
Thanks, CHB! Yes, I remember the film but here somehow it's scarier
Father Shandor #1
Andrew Keir played Father Shandor (misspelled Sandor in the credits) in the movie Dracula - Prince Of Darkness, he replaced Peter Cushing’s Van Helsing due to unavailability apparently, and Hammer screenwriter Christopher Wicking and House of Hammer editor Dez Skinn joined with Steve Moore to continue his adventures with artwork by John Bolton.
The Curse Of The Werewolf (1961) Part One
Superb John Bolton artwork from a Steve Moore script. It’s a great Hammer film, one of my favourites.
To be concluded…
Agreed, that's a good version of a good film.
I liked the Father Shandor story. He was an intriguing character who deserved more than one film.
The Curse Of The Werewolf (1961) Part Two:
Tales From The Crypt (1972) Segment 5:
This was the final segment of the movie and very good it is too. They toned down the evil director of the Home, the comic strip version is far more sadistic.
Van Helsing’s Terror Tales #9:
I think this may be the weakest entry in this series…
This is stupendous work @CoolHandBond but it is too much for me to catch up on at the moment.
Thank you @chrisno1 and when the time comes I hope you enjoy the stories.
THE GORGON (1964) Part One:
Artwork by Trevor Goring and Manuel Cuyas, scripted by Scott Goodall. Goodall is best known for the comic strip scripts Captain Hurricane in Valiant and Thunderbirds in TV Century 21.
To be continued…not next month, but tomorrow 😁
Thank you! One of my favourite Hammers, and this is a nice version.
A small sidetrack - I have a memory of reading this story as a novel or novella. Would that be in one of the Pan Hammer collections or something else?
It was in the first Hammer Horror Omnibus book by John Burke - these are excellent renditions in novella form and highly prized today. I was getting £50+ per book twenty years ago!
Thanks, CHB. I used to have those, many years ago. Lost in the mists of divorce... 🙁
@Barbel all those £50 notes you could have had ...
😁😁😁😁
I’m just adding this post that is on the Pulp thread as it is more relevant here…talking about whether to begin a weekly post of a long comic strip story…in this case The Creature From The Black Lagoon.
There is indeed a very good extensive comic adaption from Dark Horse - it’s rather long and would take a lot of parts to post but if there is interest then I would certainly consider it, I would maybe post one segment per week which would take a few months to complete but would hopefully be a successful way of doing it.
There are several other movies which would be ripe for this sort of once a week format - if anyone is interested in this let me know - either on here or by PM.
Count me in, CHB (as if you didn't know!).
Adaption of the movie Creature From The Black Lagoon will begin on Saturday and run weekly on that day thereafter, and the movie adaption of Dr.No will begin on Sunday with the same weekly format. Weekdays will progress as usual with stories in short runs of 1-3 days each. This thread is evolving nicely.
THE GORGON (1964) Part Two:
The Vault Of Horror (1973) movie adaption begins tomorrow with the comic strip from segment #1…
This is a lot of work @CoolHandBond many thanks
Yes, very true, and much appreciated.