I SAW WHAT I SAW WHEN I SAW IT
Growing Up in the 1950s & 1960s
With Television Reruns & Old Movies
by Frank J. Dello Stritto
Post WWII Baby Boomers and Television
arrived together in America.
Growing up in front of a TV meant, Superman,
The Little Rascals, and Abbott & Costello.
Also, Sputnik & The Space Race, The Cold War &
Cuban Missiles, and The Eichmann Trial.
And monsters, mad doctors, twilights zones,
and outer limits.
Baby Boomers watched in their living rooms
as their world changed.
A WEREWOLF REMEMBERS
The Testament of Lawrence Stewart Talbot
by Frank J. Dello Stritto
In February 1948, Lawrence Talbot–the 20th
Century’s most famous werewolf–
disappeared in La Mirada, Florida.
In March 1948, the steamer trunk that he had
shipped from London arrived. In it were
journals telling of his fantastic life, his
endless search for peace, and his heroic
struggle against eternal evil.
CARL DENHAM’S GIANT MONSTERS
by Frank J. Dello Stritto
In 1933, adventurer Carl Denham brought a
monstrous ape to exhibit New York. It escaped
and ravaged Manhattan until shot down atop
the Empire State Building. Denham, buried in
lawsuits & indictments, fled and was never
seen in the civilized world again. Forty 40
years later, exiled Denham told his own story
to two travelers who stumbled on his island refuge.
THE PASSION OF THE MUMMY
by Frank J. Dello Stritto
Four 1940s movies popularized Kharis’
legend, but cover only a small part on his
3,000 year existence. Kharis’ incredible life
continued, and rekindled hopes in the Cult
of Karnak-Arkham that it might learn
Kharis’ final secret: the chant from the
Scroll of Thoth that bestows eternal life and
youth. Priests of the Cult hoped to join the
uncanny world populated by immortals who
walk among us.
PATRON SAINTS OF THE LIVING DEAD
by Frank J. Dello Stritto
Zombies are the living dead. They might be reanimated corpses or persons rendered mindless and soulless. But they do exist.
A young man is called to the bedside of his dying father. The father assigns him a quest: he is not sure whom his own father was and wants to learn of him before he dies. That man must be one of thirteen European scientists who came to America after World War I.
The CMP Horror Trilogy is the tri-angulated crossfire of movie fandom: history, analysis and memoir. Vampire Over London is a superb account of an overlooked year in Bela Lugosi’s career. A Quaint & Curious Volume of Forgotten Lore delves into the onscreen and offscreen mysteries in classic horror films. I Saw What I Saw When I Saw It recounts growing up with and discovering classic movies. These three books capture the magic of the films, and why they will always be loved and will never be forgotten.
– Mike Copner, Editor, Cult Movies Magazine
“There no monsters, only people with terrible, terrible problems.”
“From his first writings, Frank Dello Stritto described the classic horror films as a mythology. In his novels, he proves that. He ties together movies made over many years, by different studios, and aimed different audiences into cohesive tales—sagas built around supernatural beings and the mortals who confront them. In his works, what we see in the movies is only a fleeting glimpse into another world. Dello Stritto takes his readers through that looking glass and into a haunting, wondrous universe.”
Together for the first time: A Werewolf Remembers – The Testament of Lawrence Stewart Talbot, Carl Denham’s Giant Monsters, and The Passion of the Mummy (each available separately) in a collector’s boxed set. Each book and the box are numbered and autographed by the author. The box is beautifully designed and contains delightful “Easter eggs” of hidden treasures for those who unfold it.