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Gamula (Kerry Gammill) has been working hard on his cartombs
in order to scare up more 3-D monsters in the latest issue
of Monster Kid Online Magazine.
Monster Kid 3-Dmentia features many excellent 2-D to 3-D
conversions of famous monster scenes. Our favorite 3-D monster
photo this time around features Godzilla in a scene from
1962's King Kong vs. Godzilla. The giant lizard
is shown towering above the ocean after recently awakening
from frozen sleep inside an iceberg. The 3-D work on the
water aspect of this image is superb. Kudos to Kerry for
outstanding work.
Another highlight is a stereoview converted to an anaglyph
from the 1923 Lon Chaney classic, The Hunchback of Notre
Dame. Universal Pictures sold sets of stereoviews for
both The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Phantom
of the Opera. These stereocards are highly sought after
collector's items today. This genuine 3-D photograph shows
the great Lon Chaney as Quasimodo and Patsy Ruth Miller
as Esmeralda.
Other 3-D monster images include
- It Came from Outer Space one-sheet movie poster
- Son of Frankenstein
- Son of Kong
- War of the Worlds
- Metropolis (Grim Reaper)
- Bela Lugosi at home
Final Destination
3-D
 The
third installment of the Final Destination movies
is going to be filmed in 3-D according to director David
Ellis. Kelly Osbourne, daughter of rock star Ozzy Osbourne,
has been mentioned as possibly being one of the stars of
Final Destination 3.
The Final Destination movies follow a group of
people who nearly miss being killed in a freak accident,
such as an airplane blowing up in the first movie. One of
the people has a premonition and gets their friends to leave
the plane, but the survivors find out that Death does not
like being cheated. Nearly each one is picked off in a usually
gruesome manner until the end of the film when only one
or two of them makes it to the end credits alive.
The third movie will be set in an amusement park, which
should allow a lot of things to be thrown toward the audience.
Tony Todd will return in the role as the macabre morgue
attendant, Mr. Bludworth.
Final Destination 3 is slated for release in 2006.
Harrison
Ford Set to Star in 3-D Sci-Fi Movie Godspeed
 Movie
star Harrison Ford is in talks to star in James Cameron's
new epic Godspeed to be filmed in 3-D. Harrison
Ford is set to star in Godspeed, an outer space-set thriller
that is being put together by James Cameron's Lightstorm
Entertainment, reports Variety. Cameron won't direct,
but will produce. He is currently working on a full-length
dramatic feature using the 3-D technology he developed for
the 2003 IMAX film Ghosts of the Abyss.
Written by Ryne Douglas Pearson, Godspeed takes
place on an international space station, where a life-threatening
situation develops that could kill all the inhabitants on
the station.
The film will begin production in the fall with plans to
secure a director and studio quickly so that Ford can start
filming early next year. Ford has already committed to star
this fall in the Warner Bros. drama The Wrong Element.
Ford is reportedly slimming down for the film, because
he fears 3-D cameras will make him look fat.
According to sources, a technical expert warned him, "If
the normal camera adds 10 pounds, think how a 3-D camera
can blob you up."
Creature
from the Black Lagoon: The Legacy Collection DVD
 On
Oct. 19, 2004, Universal Studios is releasing The Creature
from the Black Lagoon: The Legacy Collection on DVD.
Unfortunately, the first two films will not be in their
original 3-D format for this DVD release.
The Creature from the Black Lagoon: The Legacy Collection
joins other Universal monster movies including Frankenstein,
Dracula, The Wolfman, The Mummy and The Invisible Man in
special legacy packaging.
The Creature collection DVD suggested price is $29.98,
but most likely will sell for $19.98 at discount stores.
All three black and white movies feature a Dolby Digital
2.0 mono soundtrack, English captions, French and Spanish
subtitles and full frame (1:33.1) picture.
Disc 1
Creature From the Black Lagoon
Run Time: 1 Hour 20 Minutes
Bonus Materials:
Back to the Black Lagoon
Feature Commentary with Film Historian Tom Weaver
Production Photographs
Theatrical Trailers
Disc 2
Revenge of the Creature
Run Time: 1 Hour 22 Minutes
Bonus Materials:
Feature Commentary with Actress Lori Nelson and Film Historians
Tom Weaver and Bob Burns
Theatrical Trailer
The Creature Walks Among Us
Run Time: 1 Hour 19 Minutes
Bonus Materials:
Feature Commentary with Film Historians Tom Weaver and Bob
Burns
Theatrical Trailer
Monster World
#4 (1965)
 The
June, 1965, issue of Monster World magazine features
cover art by Vic Prezio painting of showing The Creature
from the Black Lagoon baring fangs. It is one of the
few times the Gill Man is shown with teeth.
It was issue number four of Monster World, published
by Warren Publishing Company. Today, issues number 1 through
10 of Monster World magazine are considered to
be issues number 70 through 79 of Famous Monsters of
Filmland, since Famous Monsters of Filmland
skipped from issue number 69 to start numbering again at
80. Monster World was published from November 1964
through September 1966.
The same image appeared on Ackermonster's Classicards
Vol. 2 trading card set as card number 73. Published
by Dynacomm in 1992, the series features the covers of Famous
Monsters of Filmland, Monster World and other
magazines by Forrest J. Ackerman. The entire five series
of 45 cards each makes a total of 225 cards.
Famous
Monsters of Filmland #64 (1970)
 The
April, 1970, issue of Famous Monsters of Filmland
magazine featured an article titled Terrors of the 3rd
Dimension - 3-D Movies.
The cover art featured a Basil Gogos painting of showing
the melted face of the monster from House of Wax
as portrayed by famous horror actor Vincent Price.
It was issue number 64 of Famous Monsters of Filmand,
published by Warren Publishing Company.
The same image appeared on Ackermonster's Classicards
Vol. 1 trading card set as card number 64. Published
by Dynacomm in 1992, the series features the covers of Famous
Monsters of Filmland and other magazines by Forrest
J. Ackerman. The entire five series of 45 cards each makes
a total of 225 cards.
Famous Monsters
of Filmland #120 (1975)
 The
October, 1975, issue of Famous Monsters of Filmland
magazine featured cover art of the Gill Man from The Creature
from the Black Lagoon.
The cover art featured a Harry Roland painting showing
the Creature swimming underwater.
It was issue number 120 of Famous Monsters of Filmland,
published by Warren Publishing Company.
The same image appeared on Ackermonster's Classicards
Vol. 5 trading card set as card number 120. Published
by Dynacomm in 1992, the series features the covers of Famous
Monsters of Filmland and other magazines by Forrest
J. Ackerman. The entire five series of 45 cards each makes
a total of 225 cards.
Creature
from the Black Lagoon Trading Cards
Ackermonster's Cardiacards Vol. 3 (1991)
Published in 1991 by Dynacomm, The Creature from the
Black Lagoon appears on card number 14.
Trading Card Treats (1991)
Published in 1991, these cards were originally distributed
in bags holding 24 three-card cello packs. Each
pack was half of one of the "theme" sets. There
is one Creature from the Black Lagoon card in the set.
Movie Poster Cards - Series One (1994)
Issued in Italy in 1994, these cards show classic movie
posters. This was the first of two sets issued by PMC Publishing
with basically the same card design and the same theme.
Card number 67 is The Creature Walks Among Us.
Card number 68 is The Creature from the Black Lagoon.
There are 144 cards in the set.
Movies Monsters - Series One and Two (1961)
This might be some of the hardest to find of the 1960's
monster trading cards featuring a who's who of classic monsters
photos from the 1920's through the early 60's. The two sets
were manufactured by the Nu Card Company of Seaford, New
York.
Cards number 26 and 40 show images from The Creature
from the Black Lagoon. Cards number 46 is from The
Revenge of the Creature. Card number 133 is from The
Creature Walks Among Us.
Series one consists of 66 cards. Series Two consists of
80 cards. Both sets can sell for $300 to $350 apeice.
House of Wax DVD
 On
August 5, 2003, Warner Home Video released House of
Wax on DVD. House of Wax was Warner Brothers'
first 3-D film. Unfortunately, the DVD is not in its original
3-D format. The film on this DVD realease is the original
1953 running version starring Vincent Price. House of
Wax is the film that launched his horror career.
Price stars as Professor Henry Jarrod, the wheelchair-bound
sculptor of wax figures. There is something sinister behind
the scenes in the House of Wax because Jarrod uses his victims
bodies, covered in wax, to depict lifelike re-creations
of famous figures from history.
The film is a remake of the 1933 film Mystery of the
Wax Museum. The 1933 film, starring Lionel Atwill,
was shot in an early trial version of Technicolor, which
is also included on the DVD release.
House of Wax
Trading Cards
Movie Poster Cards - Series One (1994)
Issued in Italy in 1994, these cards show classic movie
posters. This was the first of two sets issued by PMC Publishing.
Card number 76 is House of Wax.
Movies Monsters - Series Two (1961)
This might be some of the hardest to find of the 1960's
monster trading cards featuring a who's who of classic monsters
photos from the 1920's through the early 60's. Card number
112 is House of Wax.
Spider-Man
2 Lenticular Poster
 Spider-Man
2 hit movie theatre screens in May 2004. To promote
the film, Columbia Pictures issued a 3-D movie poster that
theatres could use in their lobbies.
The Spider-Man 2 lenticular poster features a view of Spider-Man
crawling on a Web high over a city street. The Spider-Man
2 logo is printed at the top of the poster.
There were only 1,000 of these high quality lenticular
posters made. Most often, posters that were actually issued
to movie theatres are two-sided, meaning that the image
is printed on the front and in reverse on the back. That
way, the image has more effect and brighter colors when
the poster is used in a back-lighted display.
A single-sided version of this 3-D poster also exists.
The poster measures 26" x 37", which is slightly
smaller than a normal one-sheet movie poster.
Friday
the 13th Part 3 in 3-D One-Sheet Movie Poster 3-D Version
(1982)
 In
1982, 3-D Video licensed the artwork from the film Friday
the 13th Part 3 in 3-D to distribute an anaglyphic
3-D one-sheet movie poster. The poster features a large
anaglyph showing Jason swinging an axe through a glass window.
It is the same anaglyphic artwork featured on the Friday
the 13th 3-D soundtrack album also released in 1982
by Grammavision Records.
The
poster was published by 3-D Cosmic Publications, a division
of 3-D Video Corporation in Hollywood, California. Technical
staff who worked on the poster include Editor-in-Chief Susan
Pinsky, artist Berry Jackson, the 3-D art was converted
by the late Tony Alderson and the many layers of painted
cells were photographed by John Rupkalvis. Barry Jackson
also did the movie poster art for the John Carpenter film
Escape from New York.
In
mint, rolled condition, the posters sell on auction sites
like eBay for around $70 each.
In the
images below you can launch a large version of the 3-D poster
and some behind the scenes images of the poster being created.
Photos provided by Susan Pinsky.
Friday
the 13th 3-D Soundtrack Album (1982)
 In
1982, Grammavision Records released the soundtrack to Friday
the 13th 3-D. The cover art of the soundtrack album is a
large anaglyph showing Jason swinging an axe through a glass
window. The back side of the album jacket is the same anaglyph
from the cover, but is a close up of Jason's mask. The album
comes with its own pair of red/blue glasses, which are printed
with spattered blood and Jason Voorhees characters. Catalog
number of the album is GR1030.
The
music on the vinyl album is actually from the first three
Friday the 13th movies featuring the scary themes written
by Harry Manfredini. The sound so many people hear as "Ch,
Ch, Ch," or "Sh, Sh, Sh" is actually "Ki,
Ki, Ki, Ma, Ma, Ma." Manfredini created it after he
knew about the scene where Mrs. Voorhees is saying, "Kill
her Mommy," according to the official Camp Blood home
page on the Jason Voorhees Web site.
Friday
the 13th Part 3 in 3-D 45 rpm Single (1982)
 In
1982, Grammavision Records released a 45 rpm single of the
theme from Friday the 13th Part 3.
The disco-tinged theme song was written by Harry Manfredini
and Michael Zager. Manfredini composed the signature music
for the Friday the 13th films.
The
title theme is performed by an act named Hot Ice.
The
single is Grammavision catalog number GR 4501. The song
is length is 3:17.
Creature
from the Black Lagoon 3-D TV Glasses
In Atlanta, Georgia, over 750,000 3-D glasses were distributed
for a 3-D TV promotion of The Creature from the Black
Lagoon.
The glasses were produced by American Paper Optics, Inc.
3080 Bartlett Corporate Drive, Bartlett, Tennessee 38133.
Freddy's
Dead 3-D Glasses (1991)
Over 11 million glasses were distributed for the 3-D movie,
Freddy's Dead, The Final Nightmare. Tear-off coupons
for savings on soft drinks and sweepstakes details created
lasting advertising impact for the movie promotion.
The glasses were produced by American Paper Optics, Inc.
3080 Bartlett Corporate Drive, Bartlett, Tennessee 38133.
Bally® Creature from the Black Lagoon
3-D Pinball Machine (1992)
 In
1992, Midway Manufacturing Company, a subsidiary of Williams
Electronics Games Inc., now known as WMS Industries Inc.,
released a Creature from the Black Lagoon pinball machine
in 3-D under the Bally® label. The playfield featured
a 3-D
holographic picture of the Creature surfacing when a
pinball player achieves a successful combination of plays
on the machine. It is the first time a 3-D hologram was
used on a pinball machine. The pinball machine is considered
a classic among pinball collectors. A used machine can sell
for $2,000 or more depending on condition.
Several
items were produced for the release of the Creature from
the Black Lagoon pinball machine including a special plastic
3-D promo display stand showing a pinball art cartoon
version of the Creature reaching toward a beautiful blonde
wearing a white swimsuit. A small
keychain and large
plastic keychain with the Creature logo was also released
as well as a plastic
Universal Monsters keychain. A VHS videotape was also
produced and sent to vendors to entice them into ordering
the machine. The videotape includes a few quick shots of
the 3-D hologram coming to the surface. A Creature
pinball machine audio promo was produced, too.
A one-page
flyer was issued showing the Creature reaching toward the
machine with a headline stating "Claws
for Applause" across the top. Details of the game,
including a photo of the Creature
3-D hologram, was printed on the back. A 132-page owner's
manual was also produced. Contents of the manual include
- Game
Rules and Playfield Shots
- Game
Operation and Test Information
- Bookeeping
Menu
- Test
Menu
- Utilities
Menu
- Adjustment
Menu
- Error
Messages
- Maintenance
Information
- Game
Parts Information
- Wiring
Diagrams and Schematics
- ROM
Summary
- Assembly
Instructions
- Sound
Board Beep Codes
- LED
List
- Fuse
List
- Hologram
Assembly
- Ball
Popper Assembly
- Circuit
Theory
- and
more.
Years
ago, pinball machines used painted artwork on the back of
a huge, heavy peice of glass, known as a backglass. Pinball
technology advanced to the point that painted backglasses
are a mostly thing of the past. The replacement is called
a translite, which is a mylar sheet printed with high quality
and detailed color graphics. The superb artwork for the
Creature from the Black Lagoon translite was created by
Kevin O'Connor.
The
translite makes great artwork for a game room. A person
might build a lightbox to backlight and display the translite.
A fresh translite can be used to replace an old and scratched
translite to make your Creature from the Black Lagoon pinball
machine look new once more. Original and reproduction translites
are available and have showed up on various Web auctions.
The
Creature's arm is featured on the backbox of the pinball
machine.
The
Creature from the Black Lagoon was also featured on the
1998 Williams'
Monster Bash pinball machine. The
Creature is shown carrying a bikini clad girl in one
claw and a saxaphone in the other.
On Monday,
Oct. 25, 1999, WMS Industries Inc. announced that it will
discontinue its pinball production and cabinets manufacturing
operations after the completion of the game currently in
production as a result of a prolonged period of weak demand
and ongoing losses. WMS Industries currently makes gaming
machines used in casinos.
Visit
the Pinside Web site for more excellent images of the Creature
from the Black Lagoon pinball machine and Monster
Bash pinball machine and the associated promotional
items.
The
Polar Express in IMAX 3-D
 The
Polar Express: An IMAX 3-D Experience is the first full-length
feature ever converted into IMAX® 3-D. Experience the
magic beginning November 10 in select IMAX, IMAX Dome and
IMAX 3-D Theatres on screens up to eight stories tall with
12,000 watts of digital surround sound.
This holiday themed film, based on the classic Caldecott
medal-winning children's book written by Chris Van Allsburg,
is directed by Oscar® winner Robert Zemeckis and stars
two-time Academy Award® winner Tom Hanks. Using state-of-the-art
CGI and performance capture technology to create a unique
blend of realism and fantasy, it tells of a doubting young
boy who takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole
and embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him
that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.
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Once
again, as a special Halloween treat, the October issue of
3-D Review Online Magazine presents some classic 3-D monster
information as well as the latest 3-D items. 
