Postcards from Shadowland no. 16 Halloween edition –

The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) Directed by Jack Arnold adapted by Richard Matheson and starring Grant Williams

Five Million Years to Earth (1967) Directed by Roy Ward Baker, written by Nigel Kneale starring Barbara Shelley and Andrew Keir

The Manster (1959) Directed by George P. Breakston starring Peter Dyneley, Jane Hylton and Tetsu Nakamura

The Twilight People (1972) Directed by Eddie Romero

Bluebeard (1972) Directed by Edward Dmytryk. Starring Richard Burton, Raquel Welch, Virna Lisi, Natalie Delon, Agostina Belli, Karen Schubert, Sybil Danning, Joey Heatherton and MarilÃ¹ Tolo

The Beast with Five Fingers (1946) Directed by Robert Florey with a screenplay by Curt Siodmak. Starring Robert Alda, Peter Lorre, Andrea King and J. Carrol Naish

Carnival of Souls (1962) Directed by Herk Harvey starring Candace Hilligoss

The Beast with Five Fingers (1946) Directed by Robert Florey Starring Robert Alda, Peter Lorre, Andrea King and J. Carrol Naish

Bedlam (1946) Directed by Mark Robson Starring Boris Karloff, Anna Lee, Ian Wolfe,Billy House, Richard Fraser, Glen Vernon and Elizabeth Russell. Produced by Val Lewton

Dracula (1931) Directed by Tod Browning adapted from the novel by Bram Stoker-Starring Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, David Manners, Dwight Frye, Frances Dade and Edward Van Sloane

Blood and Roses (1960) Directed by Roger Vadim. Adapted from the novel by Sheridan Le Fanu- Starring Mel Ferrer, Elsa Martinelli, Annette Stroyberg

Black Sunday (1960) La maschera del demonio-Directed by Mario Bava Starring Barbara Steele, John Richardson and Andrea Checci

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) Directed by William Dieterle Starring Charles Laughton, Maureen O’Hara and Cedric Hardwicke adapted from the novel by Victor Hugo

War of the Colossal Beast (1958) Directed by Bert I. Gordon Starring Sally Fraser and Roger Pace

It Conquered the World (1956) Directed by Roger Corman- Starring Beverly Garland, Peter Graves Lee Van Cleef and The Cucumber Monster

Curse of the Faceless Man (1958) Directed by Edward L. Cahn–Starring Richard Anderson, Elaine Edwards, Adele Mara and Luis Van Rooten

The Old Dark House 1932 directed by James Whale-Gloria Stuart and Boris Karloff

Dead of Night (1945) Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, and Robert Hamer.–Starring Michael Redgrave, Mervyn Johns, Roland Culver, Googie Withers, Mary Merrall, Sally Ann Howes, Frederick Valk, Anthony Baird

Die! Die! My Darling! (1965) directed by Silvio Narizzano with a screenplay by Richard Matheson adapted from a novel by Anne Blaisdell–Starring Tallulah Bankhead, Stephanie Powers, Peter Vaughan, Donald Sutherland and Yootha Joyce

The Tenant (1976) Directed by Roman Polanski–Starring Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas, Jo Van Fleet, Bernard Fresson, Lila Kedrova, Claude Dauphin and Shelley Winters

House of Horrors (1946) Directed by Jean Yarborough starring “The Creeper” Rondo Hatton, Martin Kosleck and Virginia Gray

Spirits of the Dead (Italy/France 1968) aka Histoires extraordinaires
Segment: “William Wilson” Directed by Louis Malle
Shown from left: Brigitte Bardot, Alain Delon

Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (1965) Directed by Freddie Francis–Screenplay by Milton Subotsky–Starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Neil McCallum, Ursula Howells, Peter Madden, Katy Wild, Alan Freeman, Ann Bell, Phoebe Nichols, Bernard Lee, Jeremy Kemp

Doctor X (1932) Directed by Michael Curtiz-Starring Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Lee Tracy, Preston Foster, John Wray, Harry Beresford

Frankenstein (1910) Produced by Thomas Edison Directed by J. Searle Dawley

Horror Hotel aka The City of the Dead (1960) Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey Starring Christopher Lee, Patricia Jessel, Dennis Lotis, Tom Naylor and Betta St. John. From a story by Milton Subotsky

House of Frankenstein (1944) Directed by Erle C. Kenton from a story by Curt Siodmak. Starring Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr. J.Carrol Naish, John Carradine, Anne Gwynne, Peter Coe, Lionel Atwill and George Zucco

Island of Lost Souls (1932) Directed by Erle C. Kenton Starring Charles Laughton, Bela Lugosi, Richard Arlen, Leila Hyams and Kathleen Burke based on a story by H.G.Wells

Isle of the Dead (1945) directed by Mark Robson written by Ardel Wray-Starring Boris Karloff, Ellen Drew, Marc Cramer, Katherine Emery, Helene Thimig, Alan Napier, Jason Robards Sr.

Carl Theodor Dreyer Leaves from Satan’s Book (1921) starring Helge Nissen

Diabolique (1955) Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot adapted by Pierre Boileau Starring Simone Signoret, VÃ©ra Clouzot and Paul Meurisse

The Wolf Man (1941) Directed by George Waggner Starring Lon Chaney Jr. Claude Rains, Warren William, Ralph Bellamy, Patric Knowles, Bela Lugosi, Maria Ouspenskaya, Evelyn Ankers and Fay Helm original screenplay by Curt Siodmak

Night Must Fall (1937)
Directed by Richard Thorpe
Shown from left: Robert Montgomery, Dame May Whitty

Phantom of the Opera (1925) Directed by Rupert Julian and Lon Chaney. Starring Lon Chaney and Mary Philbin story by Gaston Leroux

Strangler of the Swamp (1946) directed by Frank Wisbar-starring Rosemary La Planche, Robert Barrat with an original story by Leo J. McCarthy

Nosferatu (1922) directed by F.W.Murnau Starring Max Schreck

The Abominable Snowman (1957) Directed by Val Guest starring Forrest Tucker, Peter Cushing and Maureen Connell written by Nigel Kneale

The Bat Whispers (1930) Directed by Roland West-starring Chance Ward, Richard Tucker, Wilson Benge, DeWitt Jennings, Una Merkel Grace Hamptom, and Chester Morris

The Curse of the Cat People (1944) directed by Gunther von Fritsch- Starring Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph, Ann Carter, and Elizabeth Russell. Screenplay by DeWitt Bodeen

Mighty Joe Young (1949) Directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack

Young Frankenstein (1974) Directed by Mel Brooks Starring Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Teri Garr, Kenneth Mars and Liam Dunn.

The Devil Bat (1940) directed by Jean Yarborough Starring Bela Lugosi

The Fly (1958) directed by Kurt Neumann screenplay by James Clavell, Starring David Hedison, Patricia Owens and Vincent Price

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) directed by Tobe Hooper. Starring Marilyn Burns, Edwin Neal, Allen Danziger and Gunnar Hansen as Leatherface

The Undead (1957) Directed by Roger Corman written by Charles B. Griffith and Mark Hanna Starring Pamela Duncan, Richard Garland, Allison Hayes, Val Dufour, Bruno VeSota, Mel Welles, Dorothy Neumann and Billy Barty

The Witches (1966) directed by Cyril Frankel Written by Nigel Kneale Starring Joan Fontaine, Kay Walsh and Alec McCowen

The Uninvited (1944) directed by Lewis Allen Starring Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, Donald Crisp, Cornelia Otis Skinner and Gail Russell

THE NIGHT CALLER [BR 1965] aka BLOOD BEAST FROM OUTER SPACE MAURICE DENHAM, JOHN SAXON, JOHN CARSON Date: 1965

Poltergeist (1982) directed by Tobe Hooper written by Steven Spielberg. Starring JoBeth Williams, Beatrice Straight, Craig T. Nelson, Dominique Dunne Heather O’Rourke

Postcards From Shadowland: Huge Halloween Edition! 2013

09_metropolis_workers — Metropolis 1927

earth vs the flying saucers — Earth vs the Flying Saucers 1956

uninvited_610 — The Uninvited 1944

Bedlam — Bedlam 1946

103-MadMonster4 — The Mad Monster 1942

masque-du-demon-1960-15-g — Black Sunday 1960

Annex - Veidt, Conrad (Cabinet of Dr. Caligari)_01 — The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 1920

Tales From the Crypt — Tales from the Crypt 1972

1941_Wolfman_img5 — The Wolf Man 1941

a NightMonster2 — Night Monster 1942

Bela Island of Lost Souls — Island of Lost Souls 1932

carnival-of-souls — Carnival of Souls 1962

Annex - Chaney Jr., Lon (Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man)_05 — Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man 1943

Annex - Chaney Sr., Lon (Hunchback of Notre Dame, The)_01 — The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1939

Annex - Chaney Sr., Lon (London After Midnight)_05 — London After MidnightÂ 1927

Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein — Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein 1948

Annex - Chaney Sr., Lon (West of Zanzibar)_02 — West of Zanzibar 1928

una O'Connor — The Invisible Man 1933

Annex - Cushing, Peter (Daleks' Invasion Earth - 2150 A.D.)_02 — Daleks’ Invasion Earth -2150 A.D. (1966)

The Man from Planet X — The Man from Planet X (1951)

Annex - Karloff, Boris (Bride of Frankenstein, The)_05 2 — The Bride of Frankenstein 1935

Chaney in the unknown — The Unknown 1927

amityville_horror — The Amityville Horror 1979

Annex - Karloff, Boris (Man They Could Not Hang, The)_NRFPT_03 — The Man They Could Not Hang 1939

Corridors of Blood — Corridors of Blood 1958

Annex - Krauss, Werner (Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The)_01 — The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 1920

Annex - Lugosi, Bela (Ape Man, The)_01 — The Ape Man 1943

Annex - Lugosi, Bela (Chandu the Magician)_01 — Chandu the Magician 1932

time-of-their-lives — The Time of Their Lives 1946

Annex - Lugosi, Bela (Ghost of Frankenstein, The)_01 — The Ghost of Frankenstein 1942

Invisible-Man — The Invisible Man 1933

Annex - Lugosi, Bela (Raven, The)_03 — The Raven 1935

Annex - Churchill, Marguerite (Dracula's Daughter)_02 — Dracula’s Daughter 1936

bloody-mama — Bloody Mama 1970

Annex - Lugosi, Bela (Son of Frankenstein)_02 — Son of Frankenstein 1939

Annex - Lugosi, Bela (White Zombie)_01 — White Zombie 1932

Annex - Marshall, Tully (Cat and the Canary, The)_01 — The Cat and the Canary 1927

Annex - Naish, J. Carrol (Dr. Renault's Secret)_NRFPT_02 — Dr. Renault’s Secret 1942

black sunday — Black Sunday 1960

Kill Baby Kill — Kill Baby Kill 1966

Annex - Price, Vincent (Abominable Dr. Phibes, The)_01 — The Abominable Dr. Phibes 1971

Bela-Dracula_04 — Dracula 1931

Annex - Price, Vincent (Dragonwyck)_01 — Dragonwyck 1946

Annex - Price, Vincent (House of Wax)_01 — House of Wax 1953

Annex - Price, Vincent (Raven, The)_01 — The Raven 1963

Dracula's+Daughter — Dracula’s Daughter 1936

Annex - Rathbone, Basil (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The)_01 — The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1939

annex-karloffborisbrideoffrankensteinthe_03 — the Bride of Frankenstein 1935

Beauty and Beast — Beauty and the Beast 1946

shrinking man — The Incredible Shrinking Man 1957

32093_Invasion-of-the-body-Snatchers-1 — Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956

tarantula — Tarantula 1955

village-of-the-damned-original — Village of the Damned 1960

catandcarary2 — Cat and the Canary 1927

silent-night-bloody-night — Silent Night, Bloody Night 1972

Freaks wedding-feast — Freaks 1932

west-of-zanzibar — West of Zanzibar

Chaney He Who Gets Slapped — He Who Gets Slapped 1924

Family Plot Karen Black RIP — Family Plot 1976Â (rip Karen Black)

Curse-of-the-Demon-5 — Curse of the Demon 1957

Devil_Girl_From_Mars03 — Devil Girl From Mars 1954

Doctor Cyclops still — Dr Cyclops 1940

evelyn-venable-doubleWeb — Double Door 1934

rosemarys-baby-1968- — Rosemary’s Baby 1968

barbara-steele-and-vincent-price-pit-and-pendulum — Pit and the Pendulum 1961

experiment-in-terror — Experiment in Terror 1962

eyeswoaface — Eyes Without a Face 1960

demon fireball its in the trees — Curse of the Demon 1957

a behemoth PDVD_000 — The Giant Behemoth 1959

frankenstein bride Mae Clarke — The Bride of Frankenstein 1935

ghost-of-frankenstein — The Ghost of Frankenstein 1942

haunted_palace_23 — The Haunted Palace 1963

night of the demon true believers — Curse of the Demon 1957

he_who_gets_slapped — He Who Gets Slapped 1924

Hitchcock's Blackmail — Blackmail 1929

House on Haunted HIll -Nora-Mrs.Slydes — House on Haunted Hill 1959

house — House of Frankenstein 1944

images — The Haunting 1963

Night of the Living Dead — Night of the Living Dead 1968

Island of Lost Souls — Island of Lost Souls 1932

MetroÌpolis — MetroÌpolis 1927

it-came-from-beneath-the-sea — It Came From Beneath the Sea 1955

The-Crawling-Eye — The Crawling Eye 1958

itcamealien2 — It Came from Outer Space 1953

it-came-from-outer-space-07 — It Came from Outer Space 1953

Lifeboat — Lifeboat 1944

lionelatwill8 — Man Made Monster 1941

Lon Chaney in The Monster — The Monster 1925

Murnau's Faust 3 — Faust 1926

night-demon-macginnis — Curse of the Demon 1957

NightMonster1 — Night Monster 1942

Poster - Day the Earth Stood Still, The_30 — The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951

r2 d2 4The Thing-0 — The Thing from Another World 1951

The Devil Commands — The Devil Commands 1941

stepford wives — The Stepford Wives 1975

screaming-skull2 — The Screaming Skull 1958

Smoking Frankenstein friends are good — the Bride of Frankenstein 1935

Swimming with Julie — The Creature from the Black Lagoon 1954

The Black Cat Karloff and dead wife — The Black Cat 1934

The Black Cat Ulmer Karloff & Lugosi — The Black Cat 1934

fly — The Fly 1958

The Ghost Ship Lewton — The Ghost Ship 1943

The Invisible Ray — The Invisible Ray 1936

the leopard man — The Leopard Man 1943

freaks — Freaks 1932

The Man They Could Not Hang Karloff in Lab — The Man They Could Not Hang 1939

The Man They Could Not Hang — The Man They Could Not Hang 1939

The Mummy Karloff — The Mummy 1932

psycho — Psycho 1960

The Thing From Another World — The Thing from Another World 1951

The-Mummys-Ghost — The Mummy’s’ Ghost 1944

the undying monster — The Undying Monster 1942

jane_eyre- — Jane Eyre 1943

The Woman Who Came Back — The Woman Who Came Back 1945

the-amazing-colossal-man-pic-4 — the Amazing Colossal Man 1957

the-incredible-shrinking-man — The Incredible Shrinking Man 1957

the-seventh-seal- — The Seventh Seal 1957

The+Haunting — The Haunting 1963

The Devil Commands — The Devil Commands

thing-from-another-world-pic-3 — The Thing From Another World 1951

UndyingMonster+%2836%29 — The Undying Monster 1942

Unholy 3 Lon Chaney — The Unholy 3 (1925)

Vampyr — Vampyr 1932

I walk with a zombie — I Walked with a Zombie 1943

the exorcist — The Exorcist 1973

carnival-of-souls- — Carnival of Souls 1962

White Zombie — White Zombie 1932

Zita JohannIsland-of-Lost-Souls-3 — Island of Lost Souls 1932

Zounds-Herman Munster — Munster, Go Home! 1966

Special appreciation for several of the fabulous images courtesy of Dr. Macros High Quality photos!

HAVE A VERY SAFE & HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM YOUR EVERLOVIN’ MONSTERGIRL!!!!!!

Postcards From Shadowland’s Big Fat No.10

Alexandra Schmidt in Mother Kraus' jounrey to happiness mutter-krausens-fahrt-ins-gluck-schmidt — Alexandra Schmidt in ‘Mother Krause’s Journey to Happiness’ (1929)

all-about-eve-anne-baxter-bette-davis-marilyn-monroe-richard carlson-george sanders-celeste holm — Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s brilliant satire- All About Eve (1950) starring the inimitable Bette Davis as Margo Channing and Ann Baxter as the cunning Eve Harrington.

All's Quet on the Western Front — Director Lewis Milestone’s All’s Quiet on the Western Front-(1930) starring Lew Ayres

anatomy of murder scene — Otto Preminger’s riveting court room noir Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

battleship-potemkin-odessa-steps-sergei-eisenstein — Battleship Potemkin (1925) Sergei Eisenstein’s masterpiece about the great Russian naval mutiny.

Brute Force — Jule’s Dassin’s brutal noir masterpiece Brute Force (1947)

Cat-on-a-Hot-Tin-Roof-elizabeth-taylor-scene — Richard Brooks adaptation of Tennessee William’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

DameJudith:MrsDanvers — Alfred Hitchcock’s adaptation of Daphne Du Maurier’s Rebecca 1940

janet-leigh-touch-of-evil-charlton-heston — Orson Welles’ film classic Touch of Evil (1958)

notre-dame-hunchbackLaughton — William Dieterle’s adaptation of Victor Hugo’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1939

kiss of death — Henry Hathaway’s disturbing noir classic Kiss of Death 1947

Laura — Otto Preminger’s quintessential noir Laura (1944)

Lee Remick in Experiment in Terror 1960 — Blake Edwards Experiment in Terror 1960

Earth Vs The Spider — Bert I. Gordon’s Earth Vs The Spider 1958

Dracula's Daughter — Lambert Hillyer’s understated yet powerfully erotic horror classic Dracula’s Daughter 1936

Linda darnell no way out — Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s taut and thought provoking social noir No Way Out 1950

little-caesar-edward-g-robinson — Mervyn LeRoy’s gangster odyssey Little Caesar 1931

Day the earth stood still robert wise — Robert Wise’s Science Fiction masterpiece The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

long dark hall — Reginald Beck and Anthony Bushell’s suspenseful The Long Dark Hall 1951

loretta-young-lon-chaney-laugh-clown-laugh — Herbert Brenon’s beautiful Laugh, Clown, Laugh 1928

m-peter-lorre- — Fritz Lang’s notorious psychological thriller M (1931)

Monday Nights with Oscar — Otto Preminger’s noir masterpiece about addiction The Man with the Golden Arm 1955

allison hayes Attack of the 50 foot woman — Nathan Juran’s iconic 50s campy sci-fi romp Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)

marsha-hunt-actress-raw-deal-john-ireland — Anthony Mann’s noir classic Raw Deal (1948)

Mother Joan of the Angels — Jerzy Kawalerowicz’s surreal and transcendent Mother Joan of the Angels 1961

Nancy Kelly in The Bad Seed — Mervyn LeRoy’s naughty tale about a child psychopath. The Bad Seed (1956)

naked kiss2 — Samuel Fuller’s irreverent noir gem The Naked Kiss (1964)

odd+man+out+1947 — Carol Reed’s intense noir thriller Odd Man Out (1947)

Norma Desmond — Billy Wilder’s iconic film noir masterwork of grand proportions Sunset Blvd (1950)

orphee-jean-marais — Jean Cocteau’s stunning Orpheus (1950) OrphÃ©e

outofthepas — Jacques Tourneur’s hauntingly mesmerizing noir Out of the Past (1947)

Peggy Cummings Gun Crazy — Joseph E. Lewis Gun Crazy or Deadly is the Female (1950)

penny_serenade — George Steven’s sadness and joyful Penny Serenade (1941)

frankenstein — James Whale’s campy take on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein 1931

the+black+cat — Edgar G. Ulmer’s sadistic and transgressive journey into horror The Black Cat 1934

vampyr — Carl Theodor Dreyer’s masterful vision of quiet uncanny horror Vampyr (1932)

prowler-tale — Joseph Losey’s titillating noir The Prowler ((1951)

photo-Les-Diaboliques-1954-3 — Henri-Georges Clouzot’s brilliantly chilling Les-Diaboliques-1955

Seance — Bryan Forbes’ compelling suspense thriller Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)

Seven Chances — Buster Keaton’s fantastic Seven Chances (1925)

SCARFACE (1932) — Howard Hawks and Richard Rosson’s SCARFACE (1932)

sparrows-mary-pickford — William Beaudine’s haunting Sparrows (1926)

Bride of Frankestein — James Whales even campier and finest work The Bride of Frankenstein 1935

streetcar-named-desire-leigh-brando — Elia Kazan’s volatile theme of desolation and passion based on Tennessee William’s play A Streetcar Named Desire 1951

SUNSET BOULEVARD — some more divine SUNSET BOULEVARD 1950

the nymph ward shock corridor — Samuel Fuller’s edgy Shock Corridor (1963)

old-dark-house-karloff-stuart — Jame’s Whale’s The Old Dark House 1932

They-Live-By-Night — Nicholas Ray’s incredibly beautiful film noir journey They Live By Night (1948)

Theo and Eleanor — Robert Wise’s uncompromising ghost story adapted from Shirley Jackson’s novel The Haunting (1963)

white-heat-james-cagney-600x450 — Raoul Walsh’s iconic crime thriller White Heat (1949)

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