2008 HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN 30: Phantom of The Paradise

The trailer for what is my favorite film by Brian DePalma. This link is to a fan edit/reconstruction of the movie restoring a LOT of amazing footage and changes before the infamous Led Zepplin lawsuit against the film.....you'll be amazed at what was put back into the movie and how well thought-out the fan's DVD was constructed (there is also a link there to the most amazing Phantom site loaded will all sorts of stuff relating to the film and the rescuing/restoration of footage from this movie, which DePalma has disowned over the years).

http://fanedit.org/1554/

Halloween Countdown Bonus: Animated ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET THE MONSTERS

This looks GREAT! Can't wait for the full-length movie!

2008 HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN 29: This Is Halloween - in Russian

From Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas.....a spooky song made even more spooky being in Russian!

FAMOUS MONSTERS SPEAK (1963)

Updated and revised download of this classic in high-quality 320k rip from CD, with J-Stereo enhancement...you'l never hear it better than this! Variations of the front and back covers are included in the download. This was reissued on CD two years ago with the cover seen below. Note to the curious: There is NO difference between the material in the rip presented here and rips posted elsewhere, except for the fact of the source material here being from a commercially-available CD, and other rips being from the old original 60's vinyl LP....the recordings are IDENTICAL (I have rips of the old LP for comparison, and they're the same as this)....the difference here is that my rip is from a CD (further comments below the CD cover image).
There's a normal amount of analog hiss due to the age of the recording, but this sounds so crisp and clear, although it was likely mastered from a very clean vinyl LP, it really sounds as though it was remastered from the original studio tape recordings! Another classic 60's album (although not specifically Universal-related, but the cover images are all the Universal monsters). Link is in the comments area.

2008 HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN 26: a music video for Vampyr

The classic early 30's horror film turned into a cool, haunting music video.

2008 HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN 24: Two tributes to Dwight Frye

This fan's videos are wonderful....here's two tributes to Dwight Frye from Frankenstein and Dracula, using the songs "Irresistible Igor" by Bobby Pickett, and that other novelty classic "They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Ha!"

Halloween Countdown Bonus: Trailer for FRANKENSTEIN 1970

Fun movie, campiness with Boris Karloff from 1958.

2008 HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN 23: Asylum Of The Insane in 3D

Odd homemovie-type short in 3D, mostly showing kids wearing Halloween masks!

2008 HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN 22: Carol Burnett meets Boris Karloff

Clips from the 1964 show "The Entertainers".

Universal Horror: A Tale Of Terror.....

Terrific fan tribute to the classic Universal monsters!

2008 HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN 21: Carol Burnett, Chita Rivera, Caterina Valente, and Boris Karloff

Carol, Chita and Caterina perform "I Enjoy Being A Girl" (dressed as a trio of Morticias!) with Boris as a gravedigger, from 1964.

2008 HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN 19: Ronson Lighter commercial with Boris Karloff

Halloween Countdown Bonus: Yorga sells cigarettes!

Robert Quarry (Count Yorga) in a vintage Lucky Strike cigarettes commercial.

Original 1931 Trailers for DRACULA and FRANKENSTEIN

These are the rarer, original 1931 trailers for both Universal classics, not the more commonly-seen Realart reissue trailers. The DRACULA trailer has footage of Edward Van Sloan's screen test (the mirror-smashing scene, which is quite different from the final film), and the FRANKENSTEIN trailer has two shots not seen in the final film (the monster getting up off the lab floor after strangling Dr. Waldman, and a shot of the monster strangling Henry on the mountainside).

2008 HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN 17: The Three Stooges in CREEPS

Another fun one, with Shemp.

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2008 HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN 16: The Three Stooges in SPOOKS in 3D!

Haven't seen this in 3D in many years, and found it on YouTube (and a couple of other places)! One of only two 3D shorts the Stooges made.

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Halloween Countdown Bonus: Bela Lugosi meets Milton Berle

2008 HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN 14: Bela Lugosi on "You Asked For It"

Classic bit of rare live television with Bela.

2008 HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN 11: The Halloween That Almost Wasn't

....aka The Night That Dracula Saved The World. Rare 1979 tv special with Judd Hirsch, Mariette Hartley, Henry Gibson, and John Shuck. Fun special! (NOTE: This video has been incorrectly squeezed into widescreen....it shouldn't be)

2008 HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN 10: Head Of The Class

The show does "Little Shop of Horrors"....here's the entire episode (this was actually the second part of a two-parter...the first part dealt with the planning and lead-in to this episode, the actual show). A VHS rip of the entire soundtrack in MP3 form....dialogue and all the songs (songs separated into files by themselves)....can be downloaded here. (Originally ripped and
posted by the late Soundtrack Rarities blog)

2008 HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN 9: The Midnight Hour

The funky ghoul tune "Get Dead", performed by Shari Belafonte.



And from last year's countdown, here's my post of the
unofficial soundtrack album, plus a rare promo spot for The Midnight Hour.

2008 HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN 8: Two songs from "Mad Monster Party"

Here's a double dose of songs from the animated classic "Mad Monster Party": the opening credits song "Mad Monster Party", and the cutest tune in the film "Stay One Step Ahead", with a bunch of little dancing lab creatures....and Boris Karloff singing!

2008 HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN 7: Addams Family Halloween Song

The delightful Halloween song from the 1978 reunion special of The Addams Family.

2008 HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN 6: Third Dimensional Murder....in 3D!

Been waiting for TCM to rerun this and they never have....and then I found it on YouTube! Get out those 3D glasses, and watch out for Frankenstein!

2008 HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN 5: Gilligan becomes Mr. Hyde

The entire dream sequence from the episode where Gilligan thinks he has become a Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde....because the other castaways have been disappearing one by one. Great jokes and laughs in this one (see elsewhere on this blog for the vampire dream episode).

2008 HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN 4: The Groovie Goolies

Classic 70's monster stuff! (In case you haven't figured out, I'm probably sticking with videos for this year's Halloween Countdown)

2008 HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN 3: Scooby-Doo Meets Jason

Great Scooby spoof featuring the voices of all the actors from the live-action Scooby movies. NOTE: Not recommended for viewing by very young kids because of the violence....Send them into the other room while you watch this!

The Simpsons Addams Family

Just saw this for the first time and loved it...had to put it up.

2008 HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN 1: Monster Mash

Kicking off this year's Halloween Countdown with THE all-time Halloween song hit, performed by the late Bobby "Boris" Pickett in "Monster Mash: The Movie"(...in Stereo!.....or SCAREY-O!)