Have a Pleasant Friday...

                     
                                             One of my favorite Monsters... !!
                   
Really like the 1925 version (Lon Chaney) his "dead grey flesh" appearance was much like described in the Novel...
              
                    
                          
Yesterday was the Birthday of the French author ... He would insist up till his death that Erik was indeed a Real person... often proclaiming "Poor Erik"
                     
                  

No Images at Our Blog ?????????

       Removed All Lon Chaney images... and Many other pictures... !!! WTF  ???????????????
 
                          Found a few ... is this from Universal ????????????????
          
        almost Every other image of Lon Chaney has been "Censored" (Thanks CAS)
                  the same with All images of Nosferatu... What Happened ????

A bit with the Phantom...

                   

                              
Been trying Walking about a bit more... Mental Health "follow-up" meeting this day.... Still no word on Any "Help"... They were polite and "pleasant"
                    
                                                         Phantom (Basil Gogos)
            
              
               Ate Honeycomb cereal (as a kid) trying to get this Poster... (got two Frankenstein)
                            Great rendition by make-up Artist, Rick Baker !!!!
     
                                     By Pablo Marcos ( Skywald "Horror-Mood" comics)

                       And a nice pic of the Phantom for you to print and color....!!
          

Really Miss Saturday Morning Cartoons....

                   
                    
a favorite monster of our since early childhood... (even read the English version of this Classic 3 times by 8th grade.... Lon Chaney's  (1925) performance is the Best version... !!!

  One that we do not remember ever viewing... about to sit back and watch this animated version....
                   

Lon Chaney's "Phantom".....

            
He was known as the Man of a Thousand Faces.... He really went "all-out" in designing these "character" make-ups ... below is (from Horror-Mood by Skywald) it shows the "pains" that he endured to give viewers this frightening visage..

   He really scared movie-goers... many screamed and women fainted at the "un-masking" scene
                 
                     
                       

More on the Great Lon Chaney...

          
                     This "iconic" Movie Monster was Stacey's Favorite as a small child...
            
                         the tragic tale of poor Erik, far beneath the Paris Opera House...
          
                                                 A great rendition by Rick Baker....
          
                          But the "Phantom" was his most famous character....
          

Well... Poor Blog Turns 5 Years Today....

                           A set of  these "Logos" was a Gift from "Papermau"...
                    
Yes... we began posting a bit on Classic Monsters... (Lon Chaney's "Phantom"... Nosferatu (1922)) and on my Pumpkin Patch... as well as many growing tips ... as well as the approach of Halloween...
               
Come a ways since back then... Thanks to the Great Alex, for showing how to "blog".... and such wonderful viewers as well... Thank you All for your support...
 (well over 900,000 views thus far .... !!! )  Never expected that much of a response....
               
                                 My favorite "Classic Monster" as a kid...!!!

More withToday's May Monster...

          
              The Phantom of the Opera, Far below the Paris Opera House...

                     There he plays his mad tunes to the  damp darkness....
              
                          Having fallen for the lovely young opera singer....
                    
                      So he abducts her and takes her to his underground lair....
          
                                      She, in turn, rejects him....
             

           
                      So he takes his anger and frustrations out on the Opera patrons...
    
                A well done creation from Rick Baker. (Art at top by Basil Gogos)...

More with Today's May Monster.....

                 
                              One of my favorites since early childhood...
                
                  Even have my (silver screen edition) Phantom at my side....
                

                Such an "iconic" character.... we have been a fan since first sight.,,!!

                Lon Chaney, often called, "the Man of a Thousand Faces"...
           
               
He had made and pieced together his "Make-up kit" himself.... did his own character design.