HAUNTED THRILLS Pre-code HORROR Comic Book Documentary

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A new documentary on pre-code horror, science fiction, and crime comic books of the 1950s, HAUNTED THRILLS explores the lesser known publishers and titles of the era and spotlights the writers and artists who made it happen.
Haunted Thrills features exclusive interviews with pre-code artists Everett Raymond Kinstler, Joe Sinnott, and Victor Carrabotta. Sinnott and Carrabotta talk about working for Stan Lee and Atlas Comics in the Empire State Building with some great stories about Stan and Marvel comics legend Jack Kirby a decade before Spider-man and the Fantastic Four!
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Haunted Thrills is wrapping up its 16 month film festival run and is an official selection in 22 festivals, garnering 6 awards for Best Short Documentary Film. This doc is a companion piece to Mike Lyddon's previous feature film WITCH TALES, a horror anthology movie that adapts pre-code horror comic book stories to the screen.
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Haunted Thrills Copyright 2021 Mike T. Lyddon and RPLLC. All rights reserved.

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@horrormike 2 года назад

A reminder that WITCH TALES, the feature length horror anthology based upon pre-code horror comic book stories and the inspiration for HAUNTED THRILLS, is available for rent on Amazon and on Blu-ray. Please visit www.horroranthologymovies.com/ for more info, thank you!

@fazbell 2 года назад

The story about Jack Kirby shows what a great heart the man had. Very touching.

@horrormike 2 года назад

Agreed, Fred. Kirby was a heck of a mensch and I really love his pre-code horror comics art!

@grimlyfiendish5579 2 года назад

Great little documentary! It deserves more views.

@horrormike 2 года назад

Thank you, @Grimlyfiendish. Haunted Thrills has been seen at a dozen film festivals and picked up several awards so far, not bad for a no-budget pre-code horror comics doc. I am pleased with the results so far and hopefully it will continue to grow across the various video platforms.

@danielsweet858 2 года назад

Wonderful! I got to read a few pre-code horror comics in the 50's followed by the giant critter/monster ones produced by the pre Marvel creators. Once actual & (generally) done scary ones be became a available in the 70's I picked the newsstands clean. Now with seemingly everything being reprinted I am in hog heaven. Sure wish I could time travel & scoop up arms full of those original 50's creepy classics tho....🎃

@danielsweet858 2 года назад

Please forgive my typos. I have MS. 🎃

@ph5298 2 года назад

Amazing movie - I’ve been collecting horror comics for many years and this is spot on!

@horrormike 2 года назад

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it! Horror Comics are TIGHT!

@Tymbus 2 года назад

@@horrormike hahaha, barely an inconveniance

@horrormike 2 года назад

@@Tymbus LOL yes, love that show.

@valutaatoaofunknownelement197 2 года назад

Just the cover arts catches my eye. They're so imaginative and mysterious, always with a strong aura of danger, violence, horror, or suspense.

@horrormike 2 года назад

Agreed, Gonzalo, so many great artists in the pre-code horror comics era!

@magnoliamike Год назад

Hell yeah

@fazbell Год назад

I can't get over how unintentionally funny that many of the "horror" covers were.

@horrormike Год назад

and many of the pre-code horror covers were intentionally funny i.e. This Magazine is Haunted #10 etc.

@richardburt9812 8 месяцев назад

Excellent work. Very educational. And very entertaining,

@horrormike 8 месяцев назад

Thank you, Richard, I'm glad you enjoyed it.

@cultofj3777 2 года назад

Great video! I'm a fan of Ditko and Disbrow, but I haven't seen too many Matt Baker horror comics! and Raymond Kintzler .. wow!!! Incredible! Lots of stuff Ill have to seek out . Thanks.

@horrormike 2 года назад

Thank you, CultofJ. Kinstler was an amazing artist, the black and whites he did for Avon are as good as any pre-code horror comic artist in my opinion. Jay Disbrow also one of my favorites. All of the work he did for LB Cole (also fantastic) is great.

@DrVonChilla 2 года назад

Stunning video. EVERY COMIC COLLECTOR needs to see this...!!!

@horrormike 2 года назад

Thank you, DrVonChilla for marvelous quote! I am getting the word out as much as possible and the views have grown quickly over the past month which is great.

@ComicMagMusings 4 месяца назад

A fine documentary. Thank you for putting it together.

@horrormike 4 месяца назад

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

@rexsmith9074 2 года назад

Definitely enjoyed this as well. Congrats on the success, and I'm with others this deserves more views.

@horrormike 2 года назад

Thank you for the kind words, Rex. Views have been improving over the last few weeks, it has been steadily climbing. I'm very glad to see the interest for pre-code horror comics is still alive and well!

@4gedinsmoke723 2 года назад

Thank you for this - never heard \ knew of these comics..just mainly the EC horror comics. .gr8 stuff.

@horrormike 2 года назад

Thank you, 4ged in smoke. EC accounted for a small % of the pre-code horror and sci-fi comic books published. My next video will break down the exact number of issues published by all companies and the titles they produced.

@brychology 3 месяца назад

What a great video!! Thanks for your research and willingness to educate us!

@horrormike 3 месяца назад

Thanks for watching, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

@_The_Worst_ Год назад

Well, it's nice to finally be leaning and educating myself on pre-code comics...🤘🏼 Killing the industry with a comics code was one of the most horrific things that has ever happened to the comic community...💯✔️

@horrormike Год назад

It was possibly the biggest case of industrial censorship in the 20th century. Fortunately, 10 years later, Warren and Eerie Publications got around it by putting the comic art in magazines which was not under the comics code authority.

@montcomix8419 Год назад

Brilliant doc Mike, with so much eye melting eye candy. Great work brother. 😎👍❤️

@horrormike Год назад

Thank you, Mont Comix, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

@Comicbookyoutubersrock Год назад

How does this channel only have 457 subscribers???!! This doc is freaking awesome, great content!

@horrormike Год назад

Thank you, Ry, I appreciate it. Last January I had about 40 subscribers, so it's done alright this year and with luck we'll double the numbers next year!

@Comicbookyoutubersrock Год назад

@@horrormike I hope so! The comic book community needs stuff like this.

@pescado121 Год назад

So much greatness here! Well done Mike. I look forward to watching more of your films.

@horrormike Год назад

Thanks, Meyer, I appreciate it.

@razz5558 Год назад

Thanks SO much. Wonderful doc!

@horrormike Год назад

Thank you, Razz 555, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

@GilbertSyndrome 9 месяцев назад

Excellent documentary, cheers 🍻

@horrormike 9 месяцев назад

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it! I have a lot of videos on pre-code horror comics on the channel.

@GilbertSyndrome 9 месяцев назад

@@horrormike I intend to watch them! Ive got some good books on the topic, I'm sure you'll know them. I try and buy some old titles now and then but it's not easy, or cheap!

@cliffwoodbury5319 2 года назад

there are several similar titles so you could group all your videos so they can be separated to make it easier for those who want to watch this series alone - because id like to see them all

@horrormike 2 года назад

Hello Cliff, they are all in the horror comics playlist ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uG44Jtoobl8.html

@unperson5713 6 месяцев назад

Great video, thanks for sharing.

@horrormike 6 месяцев назад

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it. With luck I'll have another short documentary out in a few months.

@cosmoissleeping Год назад

Thumbs up because "Ten Cent Plague" is excellent

@russellpoland6637 Год назад

Absolutely Fantastic Mike! Entertaining and informative!

@horrormike Год назад

Thanks Russell, I'm glad you enjoyed it.

@gameofyou1 8 месяцев назад

These comics were a bit before my time, but I have the EC series (Tales From the Crypt, Vault of Horror, Haunt of Fear) collected in hardback volumes. I was amazed how great the artwork was, for being from the 50’s. I’ve always been curious about the output from other publishers from the time. I think Harvey has a large “best of” volume of their horror books.

@horrormike 8 месяцев назад

Yes, there is the Harvey Horrors series from PS Artbooks and they reprinted a ton of other publisher's stuff as well. Also YOE Books has some excellent pre-code horror comics reprints.

@Mr.Digit115 21 день назад

yep, harvey pch books are great too, lee elias or warren kremer both could have worked for ec i bet........

@flournoymason8961 2 года назад

I wish I could read every one of those comics.

@horrormike 2 года назад

Flournoy mason check out comicbookplus.com/ and just do a search for Voodoo #1 for example and you will see that they have the majority of the pre-code horror comics I talk about in the doc. If you want some physical reprints, search for PS Artbooks and IDW comics. Both do an excellent job of reprints.

@raleighcomicbookcollector 2 года назад

Outstanding content. Please make more.

@horrormike 2 года назад

Thank you for the kind words. I will be uploading the entire Everett Raymond Kinstler interview in the next few weeks!

@TheRmoroni 9 дней назад

loved this,thank you!

@derekseven1647 Год назад

Horror Mike thanks for posting this man I'm a fan and collector of a lot of these books and I am grateful for seeing this documentary.

@horrormike Год назад

Thank you, Derek, I'm glad you like my film. There are some other pre-code comics videos I made that are on my channel as well.

@nighttigercomics7323 Год назад

A thoroughly entertaining and highly informative. Top notch editing and script narration.

@horrormike Год назад

Thank you, Nighttiger, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I thought I subscribed to your channel before but I just re-subbed.

@otakuwon Год назад

The cover of Soldier #2 at around 2:56 is badass! It reminds me of that add for toy soldiers.

@stefanosprokopis6974 2 года назад

Go to zip comics and look up some of these titles and you can read some of these stories.

@horrormike 2 года назад

Hello Stefanos - a week from Saturday I will be posting a video on that very subject!

@mondomacabromajor5731 2 года назад

Brilliant doco...

@horrormike 2 года назад

Thank you, MondoMacabro. It is great to hear positive reviews from fans of pre-code horror comics!

@mondomacabromajor5731 2 года назад

@@horrormike I have a good collection of the pre-code horror comics ... as a kid i was lucky enough to live in Australia where we still got all those comics free from the banned censorship ... they always appealed to me - probably why i am a spfx artist...

@horrormike 2 года назад

@@mondomacabromajor5731 that's excellent. As you're well aware, many of those horror comics are worth $$$. I used to have a lot of original art from those comics which I have since sold, but they returned a nice profit. Better than gold!

@StratBurst92 Год назад

To me, it is funny that William Gaines was crucified the EC horror and crime comics that he published but in fact other titles published around that time were far gruesome than the ECs.

@horrormike Год назад

I completely agree. EC even censored some of their more gruesome covers pre-publication like the one with the guy walking in with the axe in his head. They just removed the axe and the image doesn't make a lot of sense the way it was published! Btw, thanks for subscribing.

@zombiefulci3301 Год назад

@@horrormike Sad that self righteous puritans mess everything up, they derailed Max Hardcore as well.

@fletchkeilman2205 2 года назад

Subscribed!!!

@horrormike 2 года назад

Thank you, Fletch Keilman!

@billcox8870 Год назад

I'm only partway through this but I love it

@horrormike Год назад

Hi Bill, glad you're enjoying it! Please subscribe if you haven't already.

@jennifersaylor6907 2 года назад

I met Shelly in the 90’s. Super nice guy. Thanks for sharing this.

@horrormike 2 года назад

You're welcome. Moldoff was a true giant in comics, and his pre-code horror comics contributions are unparalleled.

@jalenikezeue4114 2 года назад

I 💓 Steve Ditko Stan Lee and Jack Kirby 🤘🏿⭐🤘🏿⭐🤘🏿⭐🤘🏿

@horrormike 2 года назад

Three of the all time greats!

@wtrollkin 2 года назад

Thanks for the awesome documentary Mike. I knew casually about pre-code comics but am just discovering and diving into modern anthologies of these pre-code treasures. Woah my pocketbook. And oof where to even begin!

@horrormike 2 года назад

Thank you, wtrollkin! Yes, the originals can be a bit pricey, but at least there are some good reprints around including yoe books/IDW Haunted Horror series and PS artbooks reprints, both of which are awesome and not very painful to the pocketbook!

@wtrollkin 2 года назад

I found your part 6 and part 5 videos on those two companies and agree they look spectacular. I found one hardcover from each on eBay and have now begun my pre-code horror journey. (I’ve read some online but I want to see them cleaned up and on paper). Thank you again and keep up the awesome channel.

@horrormike 2 года назад

@@wtrollkin well done, you will not be disappointed. IMO they are the two best reprint companies in the biz.

@eprofengr6670 Год назад

Nice history on comics in the horror genre. Can you make some videos on comic books in the comedy genre, or funny weird genre?

@nil_blank Год назад

That was great, thanks!

@horrormike Год назад

Nil Blank thank you and thanks for watching!

@magnoliamike Год назад

Great video

@horrormike Год назад

Thank you and thanks for watching.

@thegurch7313 Год назад

OMG!!! That sequence where the three creeping dead stick the heads of the Brewster sister in the spikes is my first ever memory of comic books… I thought it was lost to time , when I spotted it here I was ecstatic!! Does anyone know the exact issues this demented strip is from?!?!? Big thanks in advance 👍🏼

@horrormike Год назад

Hi @thegurch7313 - it's from Mister Mystery #13, 1951 - "The Gossips." thanks for watching and please subscribe if you haven't already.

@thegurch7313 Год назад

@@horrormike thank you so so much for the title of the story , I spent so much of my life wondering what that page was and if I would ever see it again!!! i discovered you recently and just bought a copy of The horror the Horror and Four Color Horror. Love this old horror stuff. I subscribed straight away and on two of my youtube accounts 👍🏼 enjoying what you do.

@horrormike Год назад

@@thegurch7313 thank you, I appreciate it!

@mochaforever7955 2 года назад

thanks for sharing valuable knowledge

@horrormike 2 года назад

MOCHA thank you for watching!

@TheAnubis57 2 года назад

I wish I had be born in the late 1930's not 1957 to have access to these comics. Now even the recent compilations in book form are not cheap not to mention you don't have the ads; letters to editor, etc that came with those comics..

@horrormike 2 года назад

TheAnubis57 you and me both! Or just a time machine would do. I've bought a few exact reprint issues on ebay for about 10 to 15 bucks each that have the ads, letters to the editor, but they're aren't many. There was a guy who sold a few dozen different titles like that, I will try to find his name and reply again.

@jaxflfreebird Год назад

I'm just realizing that STAN LEE WORE A HAIR PIECE, a TOUPEE. This is why I couldn't recognize him in the 70's with all of that hair as compared to other pictures I had seen of him. Stan went from receding hairline to big hair in his prime comic creating years.

@horrormike Год назад

Stan Lee's ATLAS days with pre-code horror comics is quite impressive, more titles published than any other company including EC.

@ygorxaviermayorcasants4363 2 года назад

Fantastic Terror ,Mike great story greetins of Mexico .

@horrormike 2 года назад

thank you, Ygor!

@rickytoddbotelho9555 Год назад

Absolutely excellent job. U got my sub!!!🎃😛🪭💪🍿🍿🍿🍿♥️⚡⭐

@horrormike Год назад

Thank you, I appreciate it! I have some more videos on pre-code horror comics in the videos section you might enjoy.

@rickytoddbotelho9555 Год назад

@horrormike like to see a retrospective of the marvel, dc ,EC, and other companies up to the eighties. U know how much house of secrets is going for nowadays. Jeez I could have bought those all day in the seventies. I was hunting John Byrne's x-men, fantastic four, golden age batman and superman back then as well as keeping up with spiderman and the avengers. Star wars... etc. Basically I'm a nut🤪🙃😀

@horrormike Год назад

@@rickytoddbotelho9555 I recall seeing a copy of Action Comics #1 selling for 500 bucks at Larry Edmunds in L.A. circa 1976. As a broke teenager, that was way over my price range! I should have tried taking out a loan lol.

@fazbell 2 года назад

Trash can be FUN!!!! I learned that early on.

@erikmejia3947 7 месяцев назад

Great video, by the way, where do you find the clean cover of black cat #37 from Warren kremer, that appears in the minute 20:25. Thanks

@horrormike 7 месяцев назад

There are several on the internet, just look up Black Cat Mystery 37.

@thecomickeeper5127 2 года назад

This is so good . thank you!

@horrormike 2 года назад

Thank you @TheComicKeeper I really appreciate it!

@thecomickeeper5127 2 года назад

@@horrormike No doubt. If you have any more vids about Golden Age Horror or know of any others let me know! :)

@horrormike 2 года назад

@@thecomickeeper5127 I have some more on my channel like these - Every precode horror comic ever published part 1 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kebdcBIep_Y.html Raw interview video with Raymond Kinstler ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pvW5cyQ_Q60.html Raw interview video with Joe Sinnott ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--5Udb1pcFzY.html

@robertmiles1603 9 месяцев назад

i always thought the cca was created bc lee did that spiderman issue with the junkies (even though it was anti drug)

@horrormike 9 месяцев назад

Hi Robert. Stan Lee wrote that story in 1970 and the comics code authority which had already been in effect for 15 years, turned him down.

@zombiefulci3301 Год назад

2:42 The fetid Nathan Grantham on the prowl for his cake

@RainbowLegion 2 года назад

I never knew Stan Lee did horror

@horrormike 2 года назад

Yes indeed, he published pre-code horror comics before Bill "EC" Gaines!

@gaminawulfsdottir3253 2 года назад

Good survey. My only complaint is that, for a video that claims to appreciate the medium and the artwork, you flash it past far too quickly to give it the look that it deserves. I know I have a pause button, but I can't use it without interrupting the commentary, which is also very good compared to most of what's on RU-vid.

@horrormike 2 года назад

Thank you, Gamina. I know some of the art goes by rather quickly but it was a practical decision on my part. I wanted to keep the doc on the short end to get into more festivals and be seen by more people, which it has. If i'd expanded it to 30 or 35 minutes it would have lost it's "short doc" status and far less people would see it. Of course, I could have gone feature length but I simply didn't have the budget.

@gaminawulfsdottir3253 2 года назад

@@horrormike Understandable. You do good work.

@horrormike 2 года назад

@@gaminawulfsdottir3253 thank you.

@JBSpookyReview Год назад

Fantastic documentary. I love these old horror comics. I was definitely born in the wrong generation.

@horrormike Год назад

thanks JBCultReview!

@flournoymason8961 2 года назад

Its tragic the prudes won over the public and stopped the printing of these great comics art and stories.

@horrormike 2 года назад

That's true but at least pre-code sci-fi and horror comics are still being enjoyed today, and more popular than ever!

@tb1263 6 месяцев назад

Great video...Anybody knows who made DC Unexpected 1971: "The deadly widows web"

@horrormike 6 месяцев назад

Thank you @tb1263, I'm glad you enjoyed the doc. The cover for Unexpected #129 is credited to Nick Cardy and interior art on the story is by George Tuska for Deadly Widows Web.

@tb1263 6 месяцев назад

@@horrormike Thanks.. Tssue, and DC Unexpected 127 is absolutely works of art. in the 127 issue "Follow the piber to your grave" that story is also amazing, but also in that issue it does not say who made it.

@horrormike 6 месяцев назад

@@tb1263 the best place for info is comics.org - here is the specific page for issue 129 of the Unexpected - www.comics.org/issue/24621/

@tb1263 6 месяцев назад

@@horrormike Thanks a lot.. I did not know that page

@evescidery7720 2 года назад

wow cool

@horrormike 2 года назад

Thank you, Eve's Cidery. We should have the "un-edited" interview with pre-code horror comic book artist extraordinaire, Everett Raymond Kinstler.

@wtrollkin Год назад

Rip victor carrabotta

@horrormike Год назад

Sadly, all three of the artists I interviewed have passed now but they were all in their 90's so at least they had long lives.

@wtrollkin Год назад

Great interviews for a great documentary

@CiaoHandy 2 года назад

👏👏👏

@danielsweet858 2 года назад

Sorry to be such a pain in the ass but does anybody out there remember a comics story where a creep commits murder by plunging a hat pin into the base of the victim's brain? Seems like this story was in an issue of The Purple Claw but it was a hundred years ago. I am positively ancient 😭 figure I better share these memories before I lose them.🎃

@horrormike 2 года назад

Hello Daniel, that method sounds familiar and may have been used in a few comics. If I find something I will post it here. Thanks for watching!

@anthonyt1t5 8 месяцев назад

Recently, with all this ai voice craze. I couldn't help but wonder your voice is ai too lmao But then later in the video, your voice sounded more natural so nvm

@horrormike 8 месяцев назад

Hello, fellow human, I can assure you that my voice is natural;)

@nathanwilson6183 8 месяцев назад

Can anyone give me a list of African American comic book artists that specialize in Dark Horror and Gory drawings? I was wondering if there are any with a similar style as Bernie Wrightson or Graham Ingels. Thanks in advance.

@horrormike 8 месяцев назад

Hi Nathan, I spotlight two black american artists in the doc - Matt Baker and A.C. Hollingsworth. Cal Massey did some great work for Atlas comics in the 1950s and Ezra Jackson was artist/art editor for Eerie publications in the 60s/70s.

@nathanwilson6183 8 месяцев назад

@@horrormike , thank you.

@nathanwilson6183 8 месяцев назад

@@horrormike , thanks

@nathanwilson6183 8 месяцев назад

@@horrormike , could you please put up the link to the doc on Matt Baker and A.C. Hollingsworth and Cal Massey ? thanks