CASTLE OF FRANKENSTEIN
Vol. 5 No. 4 (Whole #20)
Summer 1973
Gothic Castle Publishing Company
Created, Edited and Published by Calvin T. Beck
Associate Editor: Helen Beck
Assistant Editors: Marion Fox; Joe Dante
Contributing Editors: Ken Beale; George Stover; Steve Vertlieb; Harry Nadler; Buddy Weiss; Philip B. Moshkovitz; Nicholas Morgan; Orson Kane; Baron Victor von Frankenstein III
Cover: Maelo Cintron
Pages: 68
Cover price: 75 cents
After a stunning Virgil Finlay illustration on the inside front cover, a less elaborate "Operating Table of Contents" this time. Also, a bump in cover price from 60 cents to 75 cents. A lead article on Ray Harryhausen, (who was very popular at the time) is followed by coverage of VAULT OF HORROR, and reviewer John Benson says it beats THE DEADLY BEES as Amicus' worst film. Following is coverage of THEATRE OF BLOOD, AND NOW THE SCREAMING STARTS, WICKED WICKED and GRAVE OF THE VAMPIRE. The dystopian cautionary tale of SOYLENT GREEN is reviewed and the long-running features, "Frankenstein's TV Movie Guide" and "Movie Noose Reel" are given most of the rest of the issue.
Nice post... loved the Theater of Blood article !!
ReplyDeleteI WONDER IF THE LETTER FROM ROBT.W MARTIN OF NEW YORK WAS BY THE FUTURE UNCLE BOB MARTIN EDITOR OF FANGORIA ?
ReplyDeleteRe: Letter -- a pretty common name, but considering the magazine, it could very well have been from Uncle Bob.
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