Top 13 The Munsters posts in 2022
Monster Complex talks about The Munsters a lot. Take a look at the list of our most-read articles from the past year that referenced the famed monster family.
Vincent Price: Essential Facts About The Horror Legend
A class-act movie star with an engaging voice, actor Vincent Price quickly became an actor whose career focused on horror films. Highlights included The Fly (1958) and The Raven (1963).
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: 13 Facts About One Of the Most Influential Books in Literature
The novel Frankenstein represents so much to so many. As we celebrate the anniversary, we look back at a number of facts about the author and her novel…
Wait—The Munsters theme had LYRICS?
Who wrote the theme to The Munsters? We answer that plus offer multiple official versions of the song—including two official versions with different lyrics!
Stan Lee: 13 Notable Cameo Appearances
Without Stan Lee, there would be no Marvel Comics. Part of his impact included dozens of appearances in related movies, TV shows, comics and games. Here is a list of our favorite cameos.
Peter Straub: ‘Ghost Story’ offers a haunted Christmas season
What was the worst thing you’ve ever done? In a sleepy town about to be engulfed by a Christmas blizzard, four old men are about to learn that no one can bury the past forever...
Gremlins: Merry Christmas to all those creatures…
A man is given a strange creature—which generates other creatures that unleash chaos over a whole town Christmas Eve. Watch interviews on set during the making of Gremlins…
Addams Family’s Christmas rituals
It might seem more normal to see the Addams Family celebrate Halloween, but the original series did have a Christmas episode. Watch clips from “Christmas with the Addams Family”…
Nightmare Abbey 2 Scares Up More Great Terror Tales
The second issue of magazine Nightmare Abbey offers terror tales by writers like Steve Duffy, Helen Grant and David Surface, plus explores the impact of Theodore Sturgeon’s “It.”
Anne Rice wrote about Christmas with the werewolf
It is winter at Nideck Point and for Reuben Golding, now infused with the Wolf Gift, this promises to be a season like no other. “It was meant to be a Christmas book,” Rice said. “I thought, 'I want to do Christmas with the werewolf.'“
Top 31 Vampire Comedy Movies (1-10)—including What We Do in the Shadows
Find out more of our big list of 31 of the best vampire comedy movies! This section includes Mad Monster Party (1967), Monster Squad (1987), What We Do in the Shadows (2014), and more!
Top 31 Vampire Comedy Movies (11-20)—including Love at First Bite and Day Shift
Continuing our list of fun vampire comedy movies! This section includes details from Love at First Bite (1979), Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire (2003), Day Shift (2022), and more.
27 Monster Musicals (Pt 3): From Young Frankenstein and Monster High to Xena: Warrior Princess and more
Continuing our “monster musicals” series with details about the staging of Shrek, a Scooby-Doo vampire musical, the stage transformation of Toxic Avenger, and more!
27 Monster Musicals (Pt 2): From King Kong and the rock band KISS to Beauty and the Beast and more
Continuing our series celebrating musicals that celebrate monsters, we’ve got more titles for the list—including Little Shop of Horrors, plus musicals from Stephen King and Batman!
27 Monster Musicals: From Addams Family and Spirited to Wicked and beyond
Many monster movies mix together elements from multiple genres. While Phantom of the Opera is a super famous example, we’ve got more to add to the list…
The Mummy: 15 Versions from Movies
“Death is only the beginning…” The legends of the mummy have inspired more than a few stories in movies. Check out our list of mummy movies from the 1930s to the present day…
Haruki Murakami: The Strange Library [Spotlight]
Entering the strange world of best-selling Haruki Murakami’s wild imagination, The Strange Library is a fantastical illustrated short novel about a boy imprisoned in a nightmarish library.
The Munsters on Thanksgiving in 1964
Thanksgiving in 1964 was a big deal for The Munsters. First, the family celebrated the U.S. holiday on the show. Then on Thanksgiving Day itself, Herman and Grandpa appeared at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. We've got videos from both…
These alien wisemen made Christmas cosmic: Watch it now…
This animated TV special revolved around three aliens from an unknown planet visiting Earth to learn the purpose of the Star of Bethlehem. Watch the whole special here.
Mummy Fiction Books by Anne Rice, Bram Stoker, R.L. Stine, more
The legends of the mummy have inspired stories from lots of surprising authors! Check our list of novels and short stories that unwrap ancient horror..