Beverly Hills, CA: N.p., N.p. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A monster comedy in which a life insurance salesman stumbles upon a welcoming subdivision of undead monsters. Set in the suburbs of Los Angeles. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter Bob Kaufman. 16 leaves, mimeograph. Pages Fine, wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads..... (read more)
![House of the Black Death [The Widderburn Horror] (Original screenplay for the 1965 film). Harold Daniels, Reginald Le Borg Jerry Warren, Richard Mahoney, Lora Crozetti, Lon Chaney John Carradine, Andrea King, Jr., director, directors, screenwriter, novel, starring.](/pictures/thumb/140926.jpg?v=1492980634)
Los Angeles: Medallion Pictures, circa 1965. Draft script for the 1965 film "House of the Black Death," seen here under the title "The Widderburn Horror." Based on the novel "The Widderburn Horror" by Lora Crozetti. A bizarre Poverty Row second feature (the only script we've ever seen from Medallion Pictures) starring Lon Chaney, Jr. and John Carradine as two warlock... (read more)
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1978. Collection of 3 vintage full color lobby cards from the 1978 American-Dutch exploitation film. Corman-produced B movie, about a peaceful resort is terrorized by monster piranhas let loose in the local rivers. Clearly a capitalization on the success of an earlier sea monster movie, "Jaws" (1975), and inspiration for similar films to follow, including... (read more)
Universal City, CA: Unviersal International Pictures, 1960. Collection of six vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1960 film. Mimeo snipes affixed on the versos. Based on a story by Ben Pivar and Francis Rosenwald. Dr. Paul Talbot (Terry) journeys to Africa with his aging wife, June (Gray), hoping to obtain an anti-aging drug promised him by a native woman. With... (read more)
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1970. Original one-sheet US poster for the 1970 UK-US film. Style B variant. Based on Doyle's eponymous sleuth. Holmes (Stephens) eagerly takes the case to search for Gabrielle's (Page) missing husband. The clues somehow lead to Loch Ness and the mysterious lake monster (a 30-foot model director Wilder had constructed). Shot on location in Scotland... (read more)
![Mind Ripper [Wes Craven Presents: The Outpost] (Original screenplay for the 1995 film, round robin copy signed Lance Heriksen, director Joe Gayton, and many others). Joe Gayton, Jonathan Craven, Wes Craven, Phil Mittleman, Giovanni Ribisi Lance Henriksen, John Diehl, director, producer screenwriter, producer, screenwriter, starring.](/pictures/thumb/143834.jpg?v=1529008216)
Beverly Hills, CA: Outpost Productions / Multicom Entertainment, 1994. Revised Shooting script for the 1995 film "Mind Ripper," seen here under the title "Wes Craven Presents: The Outpost." Round robin copy, SIGNED on the front wrapper by director Joe Gayton, producers Jonathan Craven and Peter Shepherd, cast members Lance Henriksen, Adam Solomon, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Giovanni Ribisi, and Dan Blom... (read more)
Universal City, CA: Dino De Laurentiis Company, Circa 1976. Vintage borderless black-and-white double single reference still photograph from the 1976 film. Fifth in the "Kong" series of films, and the second to be titled simply "King Kong." Fred Wilson (Grodin), an oil magnate from Petrox Oil, is looking for new petroleum deposits on a recently discovered Pacific island. Jack Prescott... (read more)
![The Touch of Satan [Pitchfork] (Original screenplay for the 1971 film, script supervisor's annotated working copy). Don Henderson, James E. McLarty, Emby Mellay Michael Berry, Yvonne Winslow, Lee Amber, director, screenwriter, starring.](/pictures/thumb/135515.jpg?v=1492979131)
N.p. Stupendous Talking Pictures International, 1971. Revised Draft script for the 1971 film, "The Touch of Satan," here under the working title, "Pitchfork." Copy belonging to the film's script supervisor (Pamela Walshe), heavily annotated throughout in holograph ink. Directed by Don Henderson, his final film credit after two sexploitation films: "Weekend with the Babysitter" (1970), and the underrated cult classic... (read more)
![L'isola degli uomini pesce [Island of the Fishmen, Screamers, Volcano Island] (Original screenplay for the 1979 film). Sergio Martino, Luciano Martino Cesare Frugoni, Sergio Donati, Claudio Cssinelli Barbara Bach, Beryl Cunningham, Richard Johnson, screenwriter director, screenwriters, starring.](/pictures/thumb/138440.jpg?v=1492979971)
Italy: Dania Film, Circa 1978. Draft script for the 1979 Italian film, "L'isola degli uomini pesce" (Island of the Fishmen), here under the working title, "Volcano Island." Rereleased in America in 1980 as "Something Waits in the Dark," and again in 1981 as "Screamers," by Roger Corman's New World Pictures, and in 2009 under its directly translated title "Island of... (read more)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, Circa 1980s. Final Script for the 1958 film. Agency photocopy, not vintage, for content and research purposes only. Classic horror from the late 1950s, about a scientist whose experiments with a teleportation device go horribly wrong, turning him into a half-human, half-fly monster. Based on a story by George Langelaan, and basis for the sequels "Return... (read more)
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1967. Final Draft script for the 1968 film. A seminal horror film, one of the best genre pictures ever made, from the earliest days of the New Hollywood cinema, bringing together newcomer Roman Polanski as director, established producer William Castle, young star Mia Farrow, and Hollywood veteran John Cassavetes. Set and shot on location in New York... (read more)
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1968. Two vintage candid photographs from the 1968 film. With holograph notations on the verso of each. A seminal horror film, one of the finest genre pictures ever made, from the earliest days of the New Hollywood cinema, bringing together Hollywood newcomer Roman Polanski, old-time producer William Castle, young star Mia Farrow, and John Cassavetes. Set and... (read more)
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1955. Revised Final Draft script for the 1956 film. Copy belonging to the script supervisor, Adele Cannon, profusely notated throughout in holograph ink and pencil. Laid in is a vintage black-and-white studio photograph from the film, featuring the Creature and people in peril. Third installment in the "Gill-man" series, after "Creature from the Black Lagoon"... (read more)
N.p. N.p., 1982. Draft script for an unproduced play. A play about an author attempting to write a story starring Jack the Ripper. Curt Siodmak is best known for writing the "The Wolf Man" (1941), "I Walked with a Zombie" (1943), "Donovan's Brain" (1953), and many other science fiction and horror classics. His work consistently revealed an imagination that combined... (read more)
N.p. American International Pictures [AIP], 1957. Original lobby card for the 1957 film. The fifth film produced by AIP, a company originally functioning as a distributor. Another teen-monster flick from the 1950s, reminiscent of "I Was a Teenage Werewolf "(1957), only the antagonist is a woman and the creature she becomes is a vampire. 11 x 14 inches, studio production... (read more)
![Bug [The Hephaestus Plague] (Original screenplay for the 1975 film). Jeannot Szwarc, Thomas Page, William Castle, Joanna Miles Bradford Dillman, Jamie Smith-Jackson, Richard Gilliland, director, screenwriter novel, screenwriter, starring.](/pictures/thumb/134765.jpg?v=1492979006)
Hollywood: William Castle Productions / Paramount Pictures, 1974. Revised Final Draft script for the 1975 film, "Bug," here under its working title, "The Hephaestus Plague." "Bug" in holograph pencil just below the title on the title page. Based on Thomas Page's 1973 novel. James Parmiter (Dillman) is a mad scientist who discovers the presence of a bizarre strain of mutant... (read more)
![My Son, the Hero [Les titans] (Original French screenplay and press material for the 1962 film). Duccio Tessari, Ennio De Concini, Giuliano Gemma Pedro Armendariz, Serge Nubret, Jacqueline Sassard, Antonella Lualdi, screenwriter director, screenwriter, starring.](/pictures/thumb/143828c.jpg?v=1534366277)
Paris and Rome: Les films Ariane and Filmsonor, 1961. Original French production script and press material for the 1962 film, here under the original French title, "Les titans." The film was distributed by Cinedis, and this script was likely used by Cinedis during production, with press materials printed on the company's stationery. Housed in manilla folder, noted as "LES TITANS"... (read more)
Burbank, CA: Hollywood Pictures, 1993. First Draft script for the 1997 film, preceding the film's release by four years. Based on characters from John Landis' 1981 film, "An American Werewolf in London." Andy (Scott) is touring Paris, where he meets Serafine (Delpy), the daughter of a man who can change from human to werewolf. Andy saves Serafine from suicide, unaware... (read more)