Kitley's Krypt MYSTERY PHOTO #78

Another week, another MYSTERY PHOTO!

Jon Kitley, pillar of the Chicago Horror Community and head honcho over at KITLEY'S KRYPT, wants to challenge your horror knowledge. Week in, week out, he posts a Mystery Photo - sometimes from an obscure horror title, sometimes just an unusual shot from a well-known classic. We figured our faithful Claw readers would enjoy the challenge!

Our last photo was from William R. Stromberg's THE CRATER LAKE MONSTER, a little known '70s flick featuring impressive stop motion dinosaur work from special f/x whiz David Allen. (Allen's resume includes a wealth of titles from Charles Band's Full Moon, including Dolls, Subspecies, and Puppetmaster, as well as studio as well as studio films like Caveman, Willow, Honey I Shrunk the Kids and Twilight Zone: The Movie.) In this enjoyably low budget effort, a meteor splashdown into Oregon's Crater Lake unearths a dinosaur egg, which soon hatches whereupon the emerging dinosaur takes to snacking on the locals. Good times!


Let's see how you fare with this week's selection:



Send your guesses, with the subject line "MYSTERY PHOTO", to jon@kitleyskrypt.com

If you provide the correct answer, your name will be announced next week on the Kitley's Krypt website (http://www.kitleyskrypt.com), along with a new photo. Even if you don't know the answer, we welcome any sorta-kinda educated guess! So, send in your emails today and good luck!

Kitley's Krypt MYSTERY PHOTO #45

Another week, another MYSTERY PHOTO!

Jon Kitley, pillar of the Chicago Horror Community and head honcho over at KITLEY'S KRYPT, wants to challenge your horror knowledge. Week in, week out, he posts a Mystery Photo - sometimes from an obscure horror title, sometimes just an unusual shot from a well-known classic. We figured our faithful Claw readers would enjoy the challenge!

Our last photo was from I BURY THE LIVING (1958), starring Richard Boone as a new caretaker who discovers that he may hold the secrets of life and death, depending on where he sticks the gravemarkers on his cemetery plot chart. It's a black-and-white thriller directed by Albert Band (father to Full Moon/Dark Castle head honcho Charles Band) that manages to generate a substantial amount of tension despite its low budget. Widely available on myriad "public domain" box sets, this is one well worth checking out.


**ONCE AGAIN, DUE TO INTERNET ISSUES BEYOND OUR CONTROL, LAST WEEK'S MYSTERY PHOTO COULD NOT BE POSTED. IN ORDER TO KEEP ON THE KRYPTIC SCHEDULE, WE WILL DISPLAY SAID PHOTO FOR OUR VIEWERS' ENTERTAINMENT, AS WELL AS THE CURRENT WEEK'S OFFERING. TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE, AS THEY SAY. WE APOLOGIZE FOR THIS INCONVENIENCE AND HOPEFULLY THINGS WILL BE BACK TO NORMAL FROM HERE ON OUT**

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Send your guesses to: jon@kitleyskrypt.com

If you provide the correct answer, your name will be announced next week on the Kitley's Krypt website (http://www.kitleyskrypt.com), along with a new photo. Even if you don't know the answer, we welcome any sorta-kinda educated guess! So, send in your emails today and good luck!

RE-ANIMATOR original concept artwork

Always fun to see the promotional origins of classic flicks. Recently up for grabs on Ebay:

Announcing!!! The Amazing Year Long, Ultimate Auction! 1000 Original Pieces from the depths of Charles Band's Vault! Get your hands on the items that are part of the movies you love from Full Moon, Empire, and even pieces from Charles Band's personal collection. Once they are gone, they are gone forever. Each week, 20 unique items will go up for public online auction. Bid now before they are gone forever!

Each piece will come with a Certificate of Authenticity, signed by Charles Band. Each item itself will be signed on the back by Charles Band!

15x20 Color Poster of the 1985 Sci Fi Horror Film The Re-Animator

Based on a H.P Lovecraft Story

Poster shows Character Megan which is played by Barbara Crampton screaming in terror with a Hand Protruding out of her head.

Bidding is complete on the above poster, but to stay in the loop for other Band originals, visit: http://cgi.ebay.com/Reanimator-orig-concept-color-art-Mid-80-s-1-of-a-kind_W0QQitemZ250564219489QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3a56ca9261#ht_1109wt_732