I have always strived to include as many guest hosts on The

Bloody Pit as possible and this time I'm finally joined by a friend with whom

I've planned to record for over a year. It should never have taken so long but

we only see each other every May so a missed opportunity means twelve months slip by before we can make another try. Luckily this year we made the time and ended up talking about FRANKENSTEIN CONQUERS THE WORLD at length. Of course,

talking monster movies is second nature for Mark and myself so the subject

matter isn't all that odd, but let me introduce my esteemed co-host for Bloody

Pit #24.

 

Mark Maddox is a fantastic painter and illustrator whose

work has appeared on the covers of most of my favorite monster magazines.

Chances are good that if you read Little Shop of Horrors, Screem, Mad

Scientist, HorrorHound or Monsters From Hell you have seen his artwork and been

impressed by it. Besides being an award winning creator of visual excellence he

shares a love for classic horror movies that rivals my own and he is more than

willing to debate, discuss and even argue over the merits of his favorites. (And if

I'm lucky one day I'll get him on the record about our mutual love of

Spaghetti Westerns as well!)  If you

haven't seen his work you are in for a treat and I suggest a quick trip over to

his website HERE for a peek. I'm thrilled to have a print of his beautiful

piece inspired by John Carpenter's THE THING hanging in my bedroom, creeping me

out each night before I go to sleep.

Since it's in each of our natures to start talking about

horror films and never shut up we tried to limit the scope of our conversation

to the film at hand but we do start off establishing a baseline. By that I mean

that we talk about Lugosi in THE BLACK CAT and MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE and

then about Cushing in BRIDES OF DRACULA before we finally get to Toho's

brilliant riff on The Frankenstein Monster. If you wish to comment on the show

or any previous episode you can email me at [email protected] where I am

sure to reply.