Halloween

ShockTober: Horrible Rubber Masks

ShockTober: Horrible Rubber Masks Today’s ShockTober subject is this beautiful Hong Kong Trade ad from 1983 for the Mei Bong Latex Co. I’m positive the company didn’t want to suggest their product was Horrible but likely meant “Horrifying,” but well, here we are. I also need to track down that green Dracula mask, as it’s […]

PlaidStallions ShockTober: Ben Cooper King King Jiggler

It’s October, and that means it’s “ShockTober” at Plaid Stallions. We’ll be posting Halloween and monster-related items all month, including toys, rare advertisements, videos, and, of course, two horror-themed episodes of Pod Stallions.   To kick things off, I present my latest pick, the King Kong Jiggler by Ben Cooper. I don’t know what it […]

70s Karloff Frankenstein Poster Promotion

What I love about Matt’s contributions every Halloween is stuff like this. I’ve never heard of this Frankenstein Poster promotion from the early 1970s and well, it’s awesome. Take it away Matt! “Large 1970s cardboard Newspaper Advertising Sign for Boris Karloff poster” “This cardboard advertising sign was created to be displayed on the side of […]