HOUSE OF HAMMER NO. 13 (PART 1)

THE HOUSE OF HAMMER

Vol. 1 No. 13

October 1977

Top Sellers Ltd. (Warner House)

Editor: Dez Skinn

Art editor: Nigel Money

Cover: Brian Lewis 

Pages: 52

Cover price: 35p (About 50 cents)

CONTENTS

"Plague of the Zombies"

Adaptation by Steve Moore

Art: Trevor Goring; Brian Bolland

"The Curse of Cormac" (Dr. Van Helsing's Terror Tales)

Script: Steve Parkhouse

Art: Brian Lewis

KING OF THE ZOMBIES!

Released by Monogram Pictures on May 14, 1941, KING OF THE ZOMBIES was a horror/comedy directed by Jean Yarbrough who had completed DEVIL BAT the year before.

The film was originally intended to star Bela Lugosi, but he was busy elsewhere. Peter Lorre was then considered, but the producers couldn't sign him, likely because of the salary Lorre demanded. They finally cast Henry Victor who'd been in pictures since 1914.

A tepid monster movie, but the addition of Mantan Moreland made plenty of room for his usual style of comic relief. Not generally considered PC these days, but an entertaining old flick if you can get past that.

Following is the pressbook for the film.

King of the Zombies Trailer

THERE'S A GHOST IN THE LADY'S BOUDOIR!

 

Here are a few excerpts from a decidedly "quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore", a joke book about ghosts hanging around a lady's bedroom and other places. The digest-sized, 52-page book was published in 1945 by Consolidated Book Publishers and contains light-hearted stories and cartoons with a faintly sexy ghostly theme. The text story shown below is by humorist Robert Benchley, Peter "Jaws" Benchley's grandfather. The book appears to be of the vintage collectible kind and sells for upwards of $100 online. And check out that original cover price -- a spooky 13-cents!