by Captain Hollywood When I was about ten, comic books called to me. I was a big reader of comics and I absorbed every single word of comic scripture; every superhero, every arch-villain, every explosion, every battle between good and evil. …
We’ve all been transfixed by the wonder of the eternal heavens. We look to a starry sky in awe and often wonder, “Should I really have another beer?” The cosmos seem to call to us as we contemplate eternity, and…
Thus began one of the creepiest science fiction shows ever to bombard the tube, “The Outer Limits.” I dig this show big time, and it horrified me as a kid. . . which was a good thing. The intro to the show…
When I went to the horror movies as a little kid, they always had this little lobby inside the theater where they’d have the posters and lobby cards of the featured movie posted behind glass windows. I’d go in the theater, pick up…
I met Ben Chapman at one of those monster conventions in Pasadena, maybe ten years ago. Like millions of folks I’ve been a fan of the film “Creature from the Black Lagoon” ever since I was a little kid, and Ben…
Man, when I was a kid I loved movie monsters. Still do. Not so much the new monsters like Freddy and Jason, not the gore fests of today, but the old school monsters like Frankenstein, Dracula, the Mummy, Dr. Jekyll…
One of my favorite TV shows of all time is “The Twilight Zone”, and maybe it’s one of yours too. It’s always a blast to catch up with Rod Serling, the host and more often than not, the writer of the show. He had a…
Burning Godzilla!Eeeeeeeeeee! He’s the King of the Monsters, and the Lord of the toybox! Godzilla has always been a perennial favorite ever since he stomped Tokyo to bits. Captain Hollywood’s (almost famous) Curiosity Shop has always been a big big fan of…
Nightmare B4 Christmas In an effort to preserve the legacy of the 35mm film process, Captain Hollywood’s Curiosity Shop presents one of the most comprehensive collections of 35mm film cell displays available anywhere, featuring rare film cells hand-selected from actual…
Watching it nowadays, the 1931 film Dracula seems pretty tame. But in its time, the vampire film was a groundbreaker and a cultural phenomenon, as well as the savior of Universal Studios and a catalyst for the sensational career of a young & exotic…
