The Ballad of Doc Satan

Last day of January and I reckon we’ll wrap it up with a Flash Forward Time Machine trip to the 70’s (via covered wagon) with a Satanic bonanza from the Dec-Jan ‘72/73 issue of Weird Western Tales #15 featuring art by the always great Bill Draut. Lots of excellent moments here, it’s just too bad ‘ol smilin' Doc Satan didn’t pay any return visits or get his own comic series, I sho’ do love him and his no nonsense ways of unflinchin' evil.

See ya’lls in February, got lotsa good’uns lined up fer yew (including more trips in the Time Machine!) Ya’ll come back now, ya hear…

TOMORROW: Matt Fox! Larry Woromay! AND Al Luster??!!

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Vintage Ads

Who wants to see the giant Moon Monster take on Doc Satan's giant flaming skeleton?

Mom, I iz scared of the dark... can I get a life sized Raquel Welch pillow to sleep with?

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Awww, My First Swipe

Yesterday you saw an incredible illustration by Mr. C; now today you get to see one by me! Okay, mine is not so incredible, and I was probably only 8 or 9 years old when I drew this sometime in the 70’s, but if you’ve already read The Ballad of Doc Satan post today you’ll see just how inspired I was by one of the demons in that tale (see page 4,bottom panel.) Kinda cute don’tcha thinks?

AIEEEEE! The Teeth!

Last week I received an incredible donation from Mr. Cavin in the form of American dollars and Vietnamese dong (thank you again!) ...it was his jaw dropping way of saying thanks for all the free daily horror. And so Mr. C, since you are also a collector of "scream dialogue" in comics, I dedicate this appropriately titled shrieking classic especially to you.

From the August 1952 issue of Strange Suspense Stories #2

TOMORROW: We end January with another Flash Forward to the 70’s, (or is it actually a flash backwards to the Old West?) Whatever… it’s got demons, melting people, and a giant flaming skeleton so don’t miss it.

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And who knew that Mr. Cavin is also a top notch doodler?! Included with his generous donation was this stunning pen illustration he created for me--- on the back of a Korean Airlines cocktail napkin! How fantastic! We surely learn something new about people everyday.

Thanks again Mr. C, you are once again further proof that THOIA has the greatest readership in all of the blogosfear.

The Castle of Fear / The Disbeliever

Today we have two seriously messed-up Monster-Ramas from the February 1953 issue of Weird Mysteries #3 …both of which can be suitably filed away in the old banged up "WTF Cabinet." And FYI: for the 5th and final tale from this issue you’ll need to head over to Chuck’s Comic Book Catacombs sometime today by clicking HERE. Thanky Chucky!

TOMORROW: A Killer Set of Choppers!

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Two-Page Text Story

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The Disbeliever

We haven't seen killer ants around here at THOIA since World War III With the Ants. No wait, actually it was the last time the Orkin guy came by (dude's a bad ass with the bug drugs.) Anyway, I think in February I may try to cook up an "All Insect Week" or something. Anyone got any ideas or recomendations?

Nice ending, eh? Huh??!

While the Iron Was Hot / Hand of Fate

Okay, first I need to apologize… I promised you 3 days of Voodoo, but then yesterday I got the February 1953 issue of Weird Mysteries #3 in the mail and man oh man, I just couldn’t wait to post this notoriously icky stuff instead. And each hair brained tale is sort of short too so today and tomorrow will be double posts, (plus the 5th and final story can be viewed over at Chuck’s Comic Book Catacombs on Thursday.)

And yeah I know, I also said no more full issue presentations this month too, didn’t I? I’m a liar!!

Plus, the insanely spooky cover of this issue featuring a very bloody beheading!

TOMORROW: Bugs. Monsters. And a Tigerman.

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Hand of Fate

And here's the second story from Weird Mysteries #3--- and WOW, check out that splash! Does it look familiar? If you recognized it as a swipe from the cover of the September 1951 issue of Mister Mystery #1 then you are definitely a true blue, 100% Pre-Coder!

(For the uninitiated, check the very bottom of today’s post for the Mister Mystery #1 cover and compare.)

FYI: if you want to read the “Hand” story from that issue of Mister Mystery #1 (chock full of an astounding amount of swiped panels too!) then check the THOIA Archives HERE!

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The September 1951 issue of Mister Mystery #1

Horribly Beautiful

Of all the bat shit crazy stories about sister rivalries, this one is the bat shit craziest. Seriously, this one has it all: extreme acne, acid in the face, Satanism and occult vengeance… but my favorite line comes “many soft murmurs and sighs later… " ?!! Jesus, why not just say he got a BJ already!! He sure does beg for it.

From the September 1953 issue of Voodoo #11

TOMORROW: Something weird, and extra mysterious!

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The She-Beast (DVD NEWS)

It’s not my favorite Barbara Steele fright flick, but here comes La Sorella di Satana (aka The She-Beast ’66) on DVD April 28th from Dark Sky Films. Featuring an “all new audio commentary” (with who?) but more importantly a sparkling new 16x9 'Scope transfer taken from “extremely rare vault materials,” this is the perfect opportunity to throw out that crummy old public domain print and upgrade!

For more info check out DVD Drive-In by clicking HERE.

Skulls of Doom

The bad news is it's Monday mourn… but the good news is you’re about to get 3 days of vicious Voodoo madness from Farrell Publications! Fans of Pappy’s Golden Age Comics blog might remember this crazy story that he posted back in October HERE. His version is the black and white reprint from the March 1969 issue of Eerie Publication’s Terror Tales #7. It also features some slight, additional gore and other art adjustment / upgrades.

The original color version presented here today comes from the November 1953 issue of Voodoo #12.

TOMORROW: Time for some head…

The Horrors of the 13th Stroke

We’re terrifying you to death all this weekend with stories about creepy clocks! That’s right, will you ever be able to tell time the same again? Only time will, um, tell...

From the January 1953 issue of Beware! Terror Tales #5

ALL THIS WEEK AT THOIA: Zombie head games, acid in the face, satanic difficulites, and more!

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Vintage Ad that has nothing to do with clocks

The Devil’s Clock

For the rest of the month let's just ditch the full issue presentation theme, I think we kicked off January AND 2009 big enough at this point, don’t you? But this weekend there is still a theme, and that theme is--- clocks! Evil clocks. Haunted clocks. Clocks of Doom! If you keep saying the word “clocks” enough it totally sounds like the least scary thing on the planet. That is of course unless it’s --- The Devil’s Clock! AIEEEE!!

From the November 1952 issue of Tales of Horror #3

And for more pre-code terror from Brown & Gantz, check out the expertly illustrated, but superbly stupid Purple Claw adventures located in the THOIA Archives HERE!

TOMORROW: The ULTIMATE Clock in Horror!

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If somehow a clock is not terrifying enough for you, then how about Junior's Television? Apparently it works just fine without being plugged in (look closely.) And dear lard, please tell me that's not supposed to be a projection of Popeye?!!

Even scarier is an ad promising you "popularity" by simply sticking a harmonica into your pie hole for 15 minutes. I suppose if that actually worked you really would have to be marvelous...

Devil Will Get You if You Don’t Watch Out

Bernard Baily sells his soul for rock ‘n roll with today’s Time Machine Flash Forward tale, from the March 1974 issue of Witching Hour #40. Plus, the usual assortment of 70’s ads as well as a silly one-pager gag from the always great Manak.

THIS WEEKEND: Time for Death!

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Vintage Ads

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Abel's Fables by Manak

The Pit and the Pendulum

We wrap up our Poe Fest this week with the second THOIA appearance of The Pit and Pendulum (the first time was last May with the Beware #10 version HERE.) Today’s story though comes from the Fall 1952 issue of Nightmare #2, and is illustrated by the truly great Everett Raymond Kinstler. (NOTE: take a look at page two, panel three--- it's Vincent Price appearing a full 9 years BEFORE starring in Roger Corman's film of the same name!)

I hope everyone enjoyed this admiration filled glimpse into the mind of the original Master of Horror, Mr. Edgar Allan Poe. Happy 200th Birthday Day old boy!

And once again I want to thank Todd Hunter for all the great Classics Illustrated issue scans this week... and another round of applause to my gracious fellow bloggers: Admiral David Tackett at Quasar Dragon, Princess Kitty LeClaw at Killer Kittens from Beyond the Grave, and Sir Chuck Wells at The Comic Book Catacombs for hosting THOIA story submissions for our Poe Week (plus an additional set of Devil Horns to Kitty for her sweet as Hell tribute to THOIA yesterday too.)

And before I forget, there's a couple pulse-pounding versions of The Tell-Tale Heart in the THOIA Archives for you to also check-out. Click HERE!

TOMORROW: The 70’s Time Machine Returns!

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Edgar Allan Poe Stamp: for Now, Not Nevermore

Poe gets commemorated on his 200th Birthday with a stamp! Click HERE for more info and start putting a little EAP on your mournful death notes!

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Tagged!

Amazing Alan over at the endlessly fun Robot Nine blog “tagged” me recently, and the game goes down like this: Enter your hard drive - go to the fourth folder - pull out the fourth image file - post it. Lucky for me the fourth folder on my C Drive is reserved for my client Big Dumb Rock Productions who I create concert posters for occasionally, and the fourth file was a 45 Grave design I created for them a few years back (featuring art I lifted from the cover of the July 1952 issue of Black Cat Mystery #37!)

FYI: I’ve been thinking about printing these up and selling them, if anyone is interested just drop me a line at karswell@hotmail.com for info.

And as most tagging games require, I must now pick 4 lucky souls to enter their own hard drives and go fourth folder - fourth file - post image. But! I hate having to choose (and I love breaking rules) so I leave it wide open for anyone who wants to play… just be sure to drop me and Alan a line so we can check it out on your own blog. Have fun!

The Fall of the House of Usher

Well, my inability to add numbers correctly has suddenly come to light (again), and it turns out that YESTERDAY was THOIA’s 1000th post. Guess I need a vacation or something. But no biggie really, maybe I’ll get it right on the 2000th post... and instead of dwelling on it, how about another Poe tale?

From the melancholy August 1947 issue of Classics Illustrated #40

TOMORROW: Our final day of Edgar Allan Poe classics!

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And as our current theme has proven, one Poe tale a day is never enough! So head on over to the Comic Book Catacombs today where Chuck is waiting for you with open coffins, and--- The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar!

Thanks again for hosting Chuck!

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And hey, Bell, Book, and Candle (’59) is on TCM tonight too!

The Cask of Amontillado ***1000th POST!***

We’re celebrating Edgar Allan Poe’s 200th birthday (Jan 19th) all this week, and here’s another cryptacular classic from the June 1951 issue of Classics Illustrated #84. And not only that, but in my backwards ass ways of addition I thought tomorrow was the 1000th THOIA post, when actually TODAY is! So where's my cake? Don't tell me I gotta rip off someone's head and make my own?

(Thanks again to Todd Hunter for the CI scans.)

TOMORROW: The Poe Celebration Continues, and Ho. ly. Shit. If I'm counting correctly, THOIA reaches a Milestone…

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Don't leave just yet--- there's more Poe clawing at your door today (or is that sound coming from behind a wall?) From the February 1963 issue of Dell Movie Classic #793 (aka Roger Corman’s Tales of Terror) it's The Black Cat! at Killer Kittens From Beyond the Grave, creeping up on you today...

Thanks for hosting Kitty... mew!

And for a Pre-Code adaptation of The Black Cat check the THOIA Archive HERE!

The Murders in the Rue Morgue / Morella

Happy 200th Birthday to Edgar Allan Poe!

And we’ll be celebrating for most of this week with some of Poe’s most memorable horror hits. Today we begin the festivities with The Murders in the Rue Morgue, from the July 1944 issue of Classics Illustrated #21… followed by a bonus story!



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Thanks again to Todd Hunter, who sent me these scans waaay back in May of 2008… I was saving them for this most special occasion!

TOMORROW: More Poe! Lots more…

Can’t wait until tomorrow for more Poe? Then check out David Tackett’s new Quasar Dragon II blog for The Curse of Metzengerstein, a THOIA submitted tale of terror from the June 1953 issue of Chilling Tales #16.

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Morella

And from the February 1963 issue of Dell Movie Classic #793 (aka Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales of Terror) and based on the motion picture “Tales of Terror” directed by Roger Corman and starring Vincent Price, Basil Rathbone, Peter Lorre, and Debra Paget.

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More from this issue tomorrow too!

Black Death

One final, tragic tale from the January 1954 issue of Beware #7… and please, try not to let this one get you down. Just keep repeating to yourself “It’s only a comic book story… it’s only a comic book story…” Or is it?

TOMORROW: THOIA celebrates Edgar Allan Poe’s 200th birthday with three days of murders, curses, casks, and more!

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Vintage Ads for Better Bodies (but not dead ones)

Heads of the Dead

Big Game Hunters in pre-code horror stories. Can anyone think of a more doomed character?

From the January 1954 issue of Beware #7

TOMORROW: "Make way for the dead!"

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Vintage Ads

Guest of the Ghouls

Shambling your way from beyond the grave today is Tale #2 from the January 1954 issue of Beware #7. This Sid Check classic was posted online last year at Mr. Doortree's blog but now I can't find it... so here it is again in all of its spooky, undead glory (we are looking at the entire issue this week afterall anyway.)

TOMORROW: Bungle in the Jungle!

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And late tonight on TCM Underground, catch three classics from the Golden Era of early Hollywood: The Unholy Three (’30) starring Lon Chaney in his final film role (his only talkie too!) plus, Todd Browning’s "banned" cult fave Freaks (’32), and the not even remotely terrifying Terror of Tiny Town (’38) starring a full cast of small people, or is that a half cast of… oh never mind. Check TCM for more info and show times in your area.

The Life of Riley vs. Swamp Monsters

As we begin a 4-day look at the January 1954 issue of Beware #7 in it’s entirety, Keith Smith returns to the horrifying halls of THOIA with a kick-off comparison of what happens to a pre-code Myron Fass cannibal cooker when it gets re-made 16 years later (see below) by Dick Ayers for Eerie Publishing.

*Also, be sure to check out Keith’s Index / Collector’s Guide for Eerie Publishing, now online! (More information after our first story.)

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*Keith Smith says: “I have created an index / collector's guide for Eerie Publications that may be of interest to pre-code horror fans. The guide can be viewed at: http://www.enjolrasworld.com/

For those who don't know, Eerie Publications produced black and white horror comics from 1966 to 1982. Their stories consisted almost entirely of reprinted or redrawn pre-code horror stories from a number of publishers. The index identifies the original source for the stories (where I know it) and has a cross-index that lists them by the original pre-code publisher and title. The index also has background info on the company, art credits, background info on the company, golden-age and silver-age artists and publishers, etc...”

---Keith

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Swamp Monsters

And now, from the April 1970 issue of Tales from the Tomb Vol. 2 #2, here’s the obnoxiously over-the-top, ultra violent remake of Life of Riley from Dick Ayers.

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A big thanks to Keith Smith today for putting together both sets of scans and letting us know about his great new site. I’ll be back tomorrow with the next story from Beware #7! AIEEE!
---Karswell

The Loathsome Lodgers of Nightmare Inn

Time again to “Flash Forward” 20 years in our THOIA Time Machine for more groovy ghoulishness from the 70’s featuring stories created by some of your favorite 50’s pre-code Masters (who were obviously inspired enough to keep at it for a couple more decades!) Today we feature a typically fun Jerry Grandenetti spooker, followed by a haunted 3-page Don Perlin quickie, plus a couple classic horror ads.

From the July-August 1977 issue of The Unexpected #180

Want more Jerry Grandenetti? Click HERE for a creepy pre-code Dr. Drew story from the THOIA archives! And over the next few days you can expect: cannibals, curses, more zombies, plague, and tomorrow Keith Smith returns with an ultra-violent Silver Age Dick Ayers remake vs. the original 50’s version!

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Classic Horror Ads!

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Dark Was the Pit
From the March 1974 issue of Ghosts #24

The Death Statue

The last story from the October 1953 issue of Mysterious Adventures #16… hope everyone enjoys it, or that you are at least as equally revolted by it as I am (maybe you’ll identify the panel in question too when you get to it.)

TOMORROW: We jump on the Time Machine again and head 20 years into the future with some scary 70’s fun from Jerry Grandenetti and Don Perlin... plus more ads too!

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Vintage Ads

Death’s Revenge! / Shot By a Corpse

Tale #3 from the October 1953 issue of Mysterious Adventures #16 is a seriously demented piece of unstoppable violence, punctuated with some really great sound FX--- “Hack! Chop! Rip! Crack! Slash! Crunch! Snap! AGHHHHH!”

This is the stuff that defined the Comics Code.

TOMORROW: Lock up the children because no one is safe...

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PLUS: Two-Page Text Story

A Pound of Flesh

Man, this week we had fem-bots rampaging all over the place! Today’s tale is a bit different than Tryst with Terror and Death Kiss though, as you soon shall see… and what say we play the "Casting Call Game" too, cuz yeah, it’s been a while. My picks: Shelly Winters as Hilda, Don Knotts as Herbert, and Barbara Payton as the “new” Hilda.

From the October 1953 issue of Mysterious Adventures #16

Plus! Kitty’s got a neat peek at The Devil’s Daughter, don’t miss it--- click HERE!

TOMORROW: Zombie Time!

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Vintage Ads

The Ice Man Cometh

DAY ONE of the October 1953 issue of Mysterious Adventures #16, in its entirety. I think I’ll skip the introductions for the next four posts and just let these stories speak for themselves, or maybe for today I’ll let the final panel of this one speak for them all. Like. Whoa.

TOMORROW: Another revolting tale of murder and-- robotics!

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PLUS: A Bonus Quickie (same issue)

Death Kiss

For anyone that thrilled to the "lost" story last Thursday (Tryst with Terror) I’ve got two more mind boggling pre-code fem-bot tales for you, one today and the other on Sunday. I also apologize to you Rudy Palais fans as this is the first story I’ve posted from him in nearly a year (last Palais post: The Crypt of Death, Jan 12th, 2008.) His truly weird, sweaty, drippy style is so wonderfully grotesque and repulsive, but at the same time look how fantastic he illustrates the female form too! Hang onto your lips--- this is a crazy one!

From the May 1953 issue of Horrific #5

COMING UP NEXT: 4 Days of hacked limbs, knives, buckets of blood, more knives, brutal zombie massacre, strangulation, busted bones, (did I mention knives?) it’s the perfect example of Wertham’s SOTI furor-- it’s the jaw dropping 16th issue of Mysterious Adventures in its entirety starting tomorrow!

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A spook house double header tonight on TCM Underground! First, The Amityville Horror (’79) starring James Brolin and Margot Kidder, followed by the 1932 Karloff / Laughton classic, The Old Dark House!

Check TCM for more info and show times in your area!

The Mark of the Witch

One day a week this month will be designated “Time Machine Day”, and what I mean by that is once a week throughout January we’ll propel ourselves from the Golden Age Era right into the funky future, 20+ years, to see how our favorite 50’s pre-code “Horror Masters” are making out in the Silver Age 70’s (and beyond.) Sound fun? And who is more worthy to kick off this exciting expedition than Alex Toth with a superbly Satanic, moody offering from the Oct-Nov 1970 issue of DC’s Witching Hour #11.

And of course for pre-code terrors by Alex Toth, check the THOIA archives by using the handy search engine at the top of the page.

TOMORROW: Back to the 50's!

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(*NOTE: All ads and bonus materials on Time Machine Days will also be from the future!)

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Plus! A cool Sid Greene quickie from the winter 1969-’70 issue of Witching Hour #6

Other Masters to be featured this month: Jerry Grandenetti, Bernard Baily, Bill Draut, and more! If this THOIA concept proves popular enough maybe we’ll do it every month. Or not, it’s up to you guys really. I just thought it’d be fun to mix things up a little around here occasionally… there's definitely some good horror from the Silver Age too.

Have some suggestions? Faves to feature? Scans of your own to share? Drop us a line, THOIA is YOUR blog too!

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Also, thanks to Yasser at World 4 Blogs yesterday for featuring THOIA. Other bloggers interested in getting on his ever growing list of “must see” blogs can drop him a line HERE!

Tryst with Terror

This is it, the final tale from the “lost” issue of Adventures into Darkness #15, plus a two page bonus filler tale. So, is anyone aware of other “lost” issues that aren’t actually lost? Let me know and I’ll try my damnedest to get them up here for you.

If you enjoyed today’s robotic tale of terror be here this Friday and Saturday for more rollicking Robot Girl action… also, a totally separate NEW-style theme cooked up for tomorrow, but you’ll just have to wait and see what it is.

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Also, if anyone had trouble enlarging the first page of That Stray Cat over at Killer Kittens please know that it has been fixed. And thanks again Kitty for hosting! *smooch!*

Harvest of Death

The Dynamic Duo of Mort Meskin and George Roussos come together for our next violently bizarre tale, from the “lost” issue of Adventures into Darkness #15.

One more "lost" story to go tomorrow…

TOMORROW: More Meskin and Roussos!

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PLUS: A 1 page bonus filler and a 2 page text story

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And in stores today, two obscure Mexican genre classics on one DVD from Navarre! El Hombre Que Logro Ser Invisible (’58) is basically a spanish cast remake of Universal’s The Invisible Man Returns with supposedly pretty good FX, while La Isla De Los Dinosaurios (’67) finds an exploration team trapped (where else?) on a forgotten island and battling all kinds of prehistoric dangers.

Not sure if this DVD is dubbed or if it even has English subs, but you can hardly beat the $6.99 price tag for two alarmantes peliculas! Click HERE for more info and to order!

Death Dives Deep

The rarities continue, (and no, you're not color blind!) In 1954, Standard Comics had the entire 15th issue of Adventures into Darkness practically completed, but with the Comics Code snarling down their backs they apparently felt the need to cease production of their fab line of horror titles, (including The Unseen, Out of the Shadows etc...) The stories you’ll read this week starting today remained surpressed for 30+ years until October 1985, when Eclipse Comics bought the rights to reprint them in their cool Three-Dimensional Seduction of the Innocent #1 issue.

BELOW: the intended cover for Adventures into Darkness #15.



So, for the next 3 days you’ll be seeing the entire “lost” issue of Adventures into Darkness #15 here at THOIA (minus color and the distracting 3-D process), plus one very appropriate tale called "That Stray Cat" hosted by the ever gracious Princess Kitty at her Killer Kittens blog HERE. (Special mention goes to Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and his original summery about this issue in SOTI 3-D #1.)

I hope you enjoy this stuff!

TOMORROW: More Adventures into Darkness #15!

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BONUS Filler

Also, does anyone know if these pages were ever colored? I’ve only seen them in the 3-D format. And speaking of Princesses, visit the Comic Book Catacombs today for a THOIA submitted tale from Weird Thrillers #3 featuring a mermaid, a monster, and lots of undersea action! It’s--- Princess of the Sea!

Death Has Many Tongues / Curse of the Satania

Wrapping up Avon’s City of the Living Dead one-shot today with the final tale, and this one is from ACG staple Harry Lazarus. I also included this issue's text story afterwards since a few of you have emailed asking me to post them when I do full issues presentations. (You completists can be so demanding!)

Thanks for sticking with me all this week and weekend, and for all the great comments… it’s important here at THOIA to get feedback and to know what you guys like, and/or don’t like.

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Terror of the Skeleton Men (text story)

TOMORROW: Another full issue begins, but this time it’s one that the Comics Code killed back in the 50’s before it ever even had a chance to be published! It’s Adventures into Darkness #15 (and it's not in 3-D either!)

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Curse of the Satania
Don’t run off screaming just yet, here’s a bonus 3-page quickie from ACG to round out your "Evil White Slave Trader Sunday."

From the Sept '52 issue of Adventures into the Unknown #35

The Witches Come at Midnight!

Someone commented about yesterday’s Nodel and Alascia story by saying it was like something from Black Magic, and today’s story is no exception… featuring a smattering of Kirby influence in the splash, as well as the demented creature design, most notably the thick, shadow-filled inking style that is frightening, yet playful.

From City of the Living Dead! (Avon Periodicals one-shot / 1952)

TOMORROW: Two Severed Heads are Better Than One...

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Vintage ADs

The Glistening Death

Moving right along with our look at the 1952 Avon Periodical one-shot “City of the Living Dead”, today is the first of two very weird and wild Nodel / Alascia tales from this issue… see the other tomorrow—if you dare!

TOMORROW: The Tale of a Boy--- and His Pet Rooster!

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Vintage ADs

City of the Living Dead!

One year ago today we kicked off January 2008 with “The Dead Who Walk” comic, now bare witness as we unearth another one-shot rarity to help usher in 2009. Today’s 1952 issue of City of the Living Dead from Avon Periodicals isn’t a full length single tale like The Dead Who Walk, but instead the usual collection of individual tales in classic pre-code terror tale mode, highlighted by today’s title story from A.C. Hollingsworth.

Enjoy! More details follow today's tale... and Happy New Year too!



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And all this week (and weekend) you can expect: zombies, blobs, skeleton men, witches, severed heads and voodoo… and of course lots more THOIA surprises are in store for 2009--- seriously, we’re just getting warmed up!

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