Promotional image for "GORGO" (1961). #kaiju #giantmonster #horrorfam #Sizesky #horror #scifi #1960s

Promotional image for "PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES" (1965). #sciencefiction #horrorfam #horror #scifi #1960s #vampires

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Art c/o "TERRY NATION'S DALEK ANNUAL 1978". #DoctorWho

Philippe Curval sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/curval... died on this day; so here are the covers to some magazines/anthologies his work appeared in (Artist: 1-3 Jean-Claude Forest, 4 Dobrosav Bob Živković):

Share a horror movie title that begins with the letter P 🎥🖤

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now THIS WAS TV!!! & #LandOfTheGiants & #DarkShadows #AddamsFamily...

Share a horror movie title that begins with the letter P 🎥🖤

"THEN, THE NIGHTMARISH THING FROM LONG AGO BURSTS FREE INTO THE SEAVIEW..." "VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA" No.8 (1967). #giantmonster #dinosaur #horrorfam #sciencefiction #horror #scifi

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"From the frozen wastes of time, a million-year-old beast comes to life aboard the Seaview!" Cover for "VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA" No.8 (1967). #giantmonster #dinosaur #horrorfam #sciencefiction #horror #scifi

"Daleks!" "Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D." (1966). #DoctorWho

Artist Larry Elmore sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/elmore... was born on this day, so here are some of his covers from 1983-1986:

The War of the Worlds owes its greatest debt to producer George Pal. He knew how to put films like this together and was a driving force in the film's innovative and unique special effects. Who could forget those bright green Martian ships? It won an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.

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For generations of kids in the twentieth century, few pleasures were as intoxicating as a trip to the comic-book shop with the week's allowance fresh in hand.

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Darren McGavin is so great as Kolchak - The Night Stalker!

A classic 1973 Bruce Pennington cover to ‘Children of Tomorrow,’ by A. E. van Vogt.

Bernard Cribbins on the set of "Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D." (1966). #DoctorWho

5th August, 1966: "Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D." premieres in the UK. #DoctorWho

Promotional image for "GORGO" (1961). #kaiju #giantmonster #horrorfam #Sizesky #horror #scifi #1960s

"THEN, THE NIGHTMARISH THING FROM LONG AGO BURSTS FREE INTO THE SEAVIEW..." "VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA" No.8 (1967). #giantmonster #dinosaur #horrorfam #sciencefiction #horror #scifi

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"From the frozen wastes of time, a million-year-old beast comes to life aboard the Seaview!" Cover for "VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA" No.8 (1967). #giantmonster #dinosaur #horrorfam #sciencefiction #horror #scifi

Walter Emanuel sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/emanue... died, whilst Percy Bysshe Shelley sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/shelle... and Tim Winton sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/winton... were born on this day, so here is some related artwork (Artist: 1 John Hassall, 2&3 Cecil Keeling, 4 [couldn't identify]):

"So what the hell is a Dalek?" Two-page promotion for "Dr. Who and the Daleks" c/o "Variety" (04/08/65). #DoctorWho

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Lobby card for "THE PURPLE MONSTER STRIKES: THE MAN IN THE METEOR" (released 03/08/45). #sciencefiction #horrorfam #horror #scifi

"THE PURPLE MONSTER STRIKES" (released 03/08/45) Chapter 1: "THE MAN IN THE METEOR" Craig Foster and Sheila Layton must foil the invasion plans of a Martian and his gangster allies... The serial was later edited into a movie: "D-DAY ON MARS" (1966). #sciencefiction #horrorfam #horror #scifi

The Bat (1959) 🎥 Directed by Crane Wilbur #FilmSky

The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) 🎥 Directed by Robert Fuest #FilmSky

Luigi Serafini sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/serafi... was born on this day; he's the creator of 'The Codex Seraphinianus', a "heavily illustrated pseudo-encyclopedia of an apparent Alternate World" that's written in an imaginary language. Here are some pages from it:

Tim Kirk’s 1978 cover to "Heroes and Horrors," by Fritz Leiber