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Cryptic Collectibles: NEW WALKING DEAD TV SERIES ACTION FIGURES!

With The Walking Dead‘s heart-rending mid-season finale having just aired Sunday night, I thought it the perfect time to let fans know (if they don’t already) about a fantastic line of TV...

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Wizard World Toronto Comic Con On This Weekend

If you’re in the Toronto area this weekend and want a chance to pick up a new (or vintage) horror collectible and see some of your favourite television, film, wrestling and comic book celebrities, you...

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R.I.P. JONATHAN FRID (December 2, 1924 – April 13, 2012)

Jonathan Frid, the actor known to millions of fans as reluctant vampire Barnabas Collins in the 1966-71 gothic daytime series Dark Shadows sadly passed away on April 13 at the age of 87. Born in...

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Cryptic Collectibles: New Edgar Allan Poe Bobblehead!

Okay, so you’ve seen The Raven when it opened this past weekend and were so impressed with John Cusack’s performance as Edgar Allan Poe that it made you feel like perhaps picking up a new item to add...

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Cryptic Collectibles: Five Decades of DARK SHADOWS Memorabilia!

Though it’s been 41 years since the cult daytime drama Dark Shadows originally left the airwaves, the coffin never really remained shut on vampire Barnabas Collins and the show’s cast of other creepy...

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Cryptic Collectibles: A Look at STRANGE PARADISE Memorabilia!

In addition to my Dark Shadows coverage for this month’s issue of Rue Morgue, I was fortunate enough to be able to write a piece on the obscure Canadian TV series Strange Paradise - a program which was...

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Cryptic Collectibles: New Night of the Living Dead Action Figures!

Back in 2008, Emce Toys released the first wave of retro-styled action figures based upon characters from George A. Romero’s immortal 1968 classic, Night of the Living Dead. Comprised of Ben and the...

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Cryptic Collectibles: New WALKING DEAD TV Series Action Figures!

With the third season of AMC’s The Walking Dead now upon us, there’s probably no better time to post a few images from the soon-to-be released second series of TWD action figures from McFarlane Toys....

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Cryptic Collectibles: Retro “Kenner-Styled” ALIEN Figures to be Released!

I’m a huge fan of the 1979′s Alien. To me, Ridley Scott’s classic shocker is the perfect marriage between sci-fi and horror and I still remember being memorized as a seven-year-old by the film’s pulse...

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Cryptic Collectibles: New Hammer Horror Figures Released!

If you’re a Hammer Horror fan, you’ll definitely want to take a look at a new series of custom-made collectible figures that are just being made available for sale. The figures – which are produced by...

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Cryptic Collectibles: General Mills Monsters Cereals Retro Packaging Now...

In this month’s issue of Rue Morgue, there’s a piece by yours truly on the resurrection of General Mills’ two long deceased Monster Cereals: Frute Brute and Fruity Yummy Mummy. In addition to the...

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Cinemacabre: The Phantom of the Opera: Unmasking the Masterpiece

A little while back, writer/director Cortlandt Hull (Aurora Monsters – The Model Craze That Gripped The World; RM #105) released a great new DVD documentary detailing the literary, stage and screen...

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Cryptic Collectibles: Full Moon’s PUPPET MASTER Bobblehead Figures!

First introduced to audiences in the 1989 direct-to-video hit Puppet Master, the film’s living, lethal marionettes – which includes the knife and hook-handed Blade, the drill for a head Tunneler, the...

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Cryptic Collectibles: Super7 & Funko’s ALIEN “ReAction” Figures!

A little over a year ago, I posted a piece here about an upcoming set of retro-styled Alien-themed action figures. Now, while Ridley Scott’s classic 1979 film has spawned numerous figures and other...

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Cryptic Collectibles: Retro-Styled Horror Film Figures from NECA!

Though it manufactures a variety of merchandise, including board games, masks, stationary, replica props items and “Head Knocker” bobblehead figures, the National Entertainment Collectibles Association...

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Cryptic Collectibles: AMT’s CHRISTINE Plastic Model Kit!

If you’re a Stephen King and John Carpenter fan (and who isn’t?), then there’s a recently-released model kit that will look great on your shelf beside those Michael Myers figures: the titular terror on...

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Cryptic Collectibles: HORROR MOVIE AND VAMPIRE PAPER DOLLS!

As a lifelong collector, I’ve come across some pretty nifty items over the years. Among the more unusual horror collectibles I’ve seen recently have been two books of paper dolls: Great Horror Movie...

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Interview with THE WICCA WOMAN author David Pinner

One of the most iconic of British horror films, 1973′s The Wicker Man tells of a police sergeant who travels to a remote community to probe the disappearance of a girl, but finds his investigation...

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