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Little Shop Of Horrors The Journal of Classic British Horror Films Issue #52, Celebrating 53 Years With Gorgo
In 1961, mama Gorgo (Orga) tore London apart while going to save Gorgo Junior. For film goers of that period, it was a gorgeous, colorful, knockout. For M-G-M, and particularly the King brothers, (or as they were originally known – the Kozinsky brothers) Maury, Frank and Hymie, it was a successful trip into the ‘man-in-a-suit-asaurus’ realm that Toho had instigated with their original Godzilla.
In our massive (270 full size pages/over 625 rare high quality black & white and color images) study of the film, you’ll learn all the inside info on how it came to be. Not just from the previous Eugene Lourie articles with Paul Mandell, or Lourie’s auto-bio, but lots of never seen or read production information and comments/stories from crew members.
AND, you’ll have the fascinating, full story of the King/Kozinsky Bros., from their early ‘slightly’ gangster- like businesses, to very successful independent movie producers (Dillinger. Gun Crazy. The Brave One (Academy Award © winner). In the movie Trumbo, John Goodman plays Frank King to perfection.
Stephen R. Bissette on the Gorgo (Konga & Reptilicus) Charlton comic books. Lee Kaplan writes about the models and toys based on Gorgo.
In 1961, mama Gorgo (Orga) tore London apart while going to save Gorgo Junior. For film goers of that period, it was a gorgeous, colorful, knockout. For M-G-M, and particularly the King brothers, (or as they were originally known – the Kozinsky brothers) Maury, Frank and Hymie, it was a successful trip into the ‘man-in-a-suit-asaurus’ realm that Toho had instigated with their original Godzilla.
In our massive (270 full size pages/over 625 rare high quality black & white and color images) study of the film, you’ll learn all the inside info on how it came to be. Not just from the previous Eugene Lourie articles with Paul Mandell, or Lourie’s auto-bio, but lots of never seen or read production information and comments/stories from crew members.
AND, you’ll have the fascinating, full story of the King/Kozinsky Bros., from their early ‘slightly’ gangster- like businesses, to very successful independent movie producers (Dillinger. Gun Crazy. The Brave One (Academy Award © winner). In the movie Trumbo, John Goodman plays Frank King to perfection.
Stephen R. Bissette on the Gorgo (Konga & Reptilicus) Charlton comic books. Lee Kaplan writes about the models and toys based on Gorgo.
- Covers by Mark Maddox and Neil Vokes
- Hundreds of Behind-the-scenes Photos, NEVER SEEN before, showing how all the monster and effects scenes were filmed and achieved by Academy Award © winning SPFX director Tom Howard, and photographed by another award winner – Freddie Young.
- 11 Full Page Color Paintings including Basis Gogo’s Famous Monsters of Filmland #11. BRUX(David Brooks). Bob Eggleton. The Gurch. Tim Hammell. Alistair Hughes. Ron Lizorty. Stewart McKissick. Adrian Salmon. Mike Schneider. William Stout.
- 270 Pages As Joe Dante says in his introduction – ‘Like Nothing You’ve Ever Seen Before.’
- Price $39 plus $6 shipping, early November 2025, https://www.littleshoppeofhorrors.com/, Amazon
UK readers should order through Hemlock Books. There will be a short delay before the magazine is available through their site - but you will probably get a better deal.
https://www.hemlockbooks.co.uk/Shop/category/4
What happened this year:
Best Cover – WINNER: LSoH #52, Mark Maddox art. It beat Classic Monsters #34, Fangoria #26 and Cryptology #6
Best Magazine (Classic) – Runner-up: LSoH finished second to Classic Monsters of the Movies, ahead of Scary Monsters, Castle of Frankenstein, Dark Side etc.
Best Article – Runner-up: "Gorgo: Monster of the Kings" by Anthony McKay — the 270-page centerpiece of issue #52
David J. Skal Research Award – WINNER: Anthony McKay, specifically for "years uncovering hidden truths about... GORGO" resulting in that book-length report published in LSoH #52
Artist of the Year – WINNER: Mark Maddox (the #52 cover artist)