Although many monster movie fans know his work well, few know much about the man behind so many of the memorable creatures from the low-budget flicks of the 50's and 60's... Paul Blaisdell. I have scanned and am posting (in two parts) this extensive series of articles from the May 1990 issue of the best genre mag ever made, in my opinion; Cinefantastique. We Monster Kids grew up on the movies, and the images of these monsters in various magazines, but never hearing much about their creator. Find out the whole story now!
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Come back for Part Two very soon!
Awesome article, thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteGeez, I spent a long time trying to track down a copy of this magazine to read about Mr. Blaisdell (I'm a big cheapskate). Guess I could have just waited and read it on your blog! ...Not that I knew it would BE on your blog or anything of course. Oh well. Thanks for sharing this great article!
ReplyDeletePaul was definitely an under-appreciated legend of early horror. His creations certainly populated a lot of my nightmares as a kid! It's sad that I wasn't able to even find out about him and his story until a few short years ago. A real shame...
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