R.I.P. ELKE SOMMER

Sometimes described as the "Teutonic temptress, on October 28, we lost another popular actress from the 1960s. The lovely German-born Elke Sommer passed away at the age of 86 just a few months after her husband of 32 years, hotelier Wolf Walther.

While better known for films such as THE PRIZE (1963), A SHOT IN THE DARK (1964), DEADLIER THAN THE MALE (1967), and THE WRECKING CREW (1968), she also played in a few horror films: BARON BLOOD (1972), LISA AND THE DEVIL (1973), and THE HOUSE OF EXORCISM (1975)

ELKE SOMMER GALLERY

A TRIBUTE TO FORREST J ACKERMAN (PART 2)

Title art by Bill Nelson.

A TRIBUTE TO FORREST J ACKERMAN (PART 1)

With possible exception of the Shock Theater TV package we may not have had the monster craze of the 60s without James Warren and Forrest J Ackerman's FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND. Along with a few other notables this magazine defined the era.

Forry passed away on December 4, 2008 at the age of 92. This tribute to him was published by Alan White in 1988 while FJA was still with us.