It is with a heavy heart and my head in my hand that I bring you this news: the next issue of LITTLE SHOPPE OF HORRORS (#53) due this June/July will be (BWAHHH!!) its last. I received the sad notification from editor/publisher Richard Klemensen a week or so ago:
Here we go. After 54 years (1972 to 2026), we are locking the doors on Little Shoppe of Horrors. This last issue will be filled with informative articles and interviews - Maybe not as many visuals, but they will be key and rare. The written contents are our focus, so we hope you join us on this last romp through some good, some bad, and some ? of Hammer and British fantasy films.
It has been a good run and so many thanks to all of you for supporting us. The key goes into the Shoppe door for the last time.
The first issue of LSoH was published way back in 1972 which means Mr. Klemensen has put out about one 'zine a year since then. I've been buying it regularly for about 20 years or so and I have always enjoyed the novel-length text in every single issue accompanied by scads of photos and other images that--guaranteed--you wouldn't see anywhere else. The most extreme example of this was his last issue entirely devoted to Gorgo. That's 270 pages full of giant sea monster, folks.
LSHoH was UK film-centric, and if you weren't particularly a fan of Hammer and other British horror films, you would be after reading a few issues. Klemensen always attracted some of the greatest genre writers and artists available which made each and every article special.
Order your copy HERE.
Little Shoppe of Horrors presents: Little Shoppe of Horrors #53
Front Cover By Steve Karchin (Who did our first painted cover back in 1990 and LSoH #10/11).
Back Cover By Paul Watts (text by Mark Maddox) Dick Klemensen (the famous Klem) and Nancy Emdia (the LSoHgirl) - Still Hammer dreaming after all these years.
Inside Front Cover By Mark Maddox.
Inside Back Cover By Lee Copeland.
FEATURING:
- 'The Legacy of Little Shoppe of Horrors' 17 key mentors, authors, artists and readers comment on the history and influence of LSoH
- 'There is No Yeti!' — The Making of The Abominable Snowman By Bruce G. Hallenbeck
- Interview with Clive Dawson on the Unfilmed Snowman
- A Chat with Forrest Tucker (Tom Friend himself) by David Aquino and George Stover
- 'Messing Around in the Laboratory' — The Making of The Horror of Frankenstein By John Hamilton
- 'Goon Squad' — The Unmaking and Making of The Gamma People By Stephen R. Bissette 'Desperate Joys' — Some 70s Hammer Favorites By John Logan
- 'My Hammer Hero' — In Praise of Martine Beswicke By John Logan
- Christopher Lee Interview By Denis Meikle
- Peter Cushing Interview By Denis Meikle
- 'Mister Hammer' — Anthony Hinds Interview By Denis Meikle
- 'Hammer Has Other Family Connections' — Roy Skeggs 1963-2000 By Gloria Skeggs
- Philip Martell — Hammer's Music Director By David Huckvale
- 'History of Horror Film Fanzines' — Cult Movies 1990-2005
PLUS:
- Letters to LSoH
- The Keith Dudley Report
- Hammer News
- Book Reviews.
- 8-Page Center Section of original color art.
- 148 pages - slick paper/perfect bound
- Lots of Original Artwork and Rare Photos!
