In DRACULA, Bela Lugosi's definitive performance as the compelling and hypnotic vampire count catapulted him to worldwide fame. Yet this was only one of many masterful portrayals that won him screen immortality. Among them: The sinister Dr. Mirakle of MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE; the haunted, heroic avenger of THE BLACK CAT; the master of the mystic arts in THE RETURN OF CHANDU; the seagoing human derelict who rises to demonic fury on THE MYSTERY OF THE MARIE CELESTE; the surgical would-be superman undone by his own lust for sadistic torture in THE RAVEN; and many more. In Performed By Lugosi,...

S. Michael Wilson has unearthed lost gems from vintage zines and commissioned reams of new material to brew up a devil's cauldron of monsteriffic entertainment Explore, if you dare, a sampling of the demonic delights within: The Black Pope of Satan's favorite fear films The mindbending connections between DARK SHADOWS and H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos The perverse paganism of LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM The links between mobster Tony Soprano and GRAVE OF THE VAMPIRE's Caleb Croft Shoot down Peter Jackson's overstuffed remake of KING KONG Trip out on the truth about LSD, Commies and THE...