As long as we're flippin' through the insane pages of madcap old men's mags, how about an excerpt from this article about evil spirits and possession, via the science-provin', March 1953 issue of Sir! And most notably, that disturbing photo of a "victim kissing a statue" on the second page. W.T.F? And apologies, my copy of this issue didn't seem to have page 56 which might've explained a few things... I know, I'm a big tease, right? But to be honest-- that boxer photo on the cover actually looks more possessed! AIEEEEE!!!
"Most revolting pornographic language she had ever heard." So, she found a time gate and logged into the internet?
ReplyDeleteI love how this story starts with "science will prove it" and then it's just a pretty fun devil story. The whole thing would make a good horror comic. I'm kind of bummed about the missing page I'm wondering what happened!
Joanne Arnold on the cover is getting the same revolting language, just over the phone!
"Will Stalin Live to be 150 Years Old?" Here from the future I can answer that one. Nope.
It's weird how grainy, poorly lit black and white halftone photos on newsprint kind of freak me out. I guess I spent my early childhood during the Vietnam War, a time when I never knew what new horror was going to be in adult parts of the paper. But it's just as likely this is related to my preadolescent interest in frightening myself with sleazy lifestyle mags like this one (plus true crime and detective titles--sure, even early horror industry mainstays like Starlog and the like). All had creepy, blobby, underexposed screen images of wild, unsafe content to which I attached all the mysterious terror and taboo that I was otherwise protected from as a child. It was like opening a prank bible then, anticipating some terrible shock as the wires crossed. Sometime the electricity hit sooner, and sometimes it came later. And though I've grown up, that strange frisson lingers a little to this day.
ReplyDeleteSo yeah, the kid in me is pretty wigged out by the statue kissing that freaky-looking weirdo. And that priestly strangling in the inset. And the horrible boxing victim on the cover. And the dead deer. And the rest of it.
And the kid in me wants to see more, too.