Hellboy: Fight Scene
In 2008’s Hellboy II: The Golden Army, the fate of mankind hangs in the balance when a prince awakens an unstoppable army of creatures. In this Troll Market battle, Hellboy fights Mr. Wink…
Top 22 Monster Complex Music Posts of 2022
Last year, Monster Complex began to explore the songs and the music that that celebrates monsters—whether we’re talking about the scores for a monster movie, a stage show with songs or just the lyrics of a song that make you want to sing along. Here are 22 of our top “monster music” posts from the past year.
Why were these ‘Twilight Zone’ episodes banned from reruns?
“The Twilight Zone” has lasted in our collective memories for decades. But what few know is that four episodes of the show were withheld from syndication…
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.
 
                         
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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