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Reviews wanted!

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If you’ve read TELEVISION CROSSOVER UNIVERSE:  WORLDS AND MYTHOLOGY VOLUME I, please write a review on Amazon.  Thank you. Go here to write a review or purchase the book.

THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

Every Thursday I am posting excerpts from the Horror Crossover Encyclopedia related to a specific television series or film. ANNO DRACULA (SERIES BY KIM NEWMAN) Release Date: 1992 - 2013 (so far) [Setting is 1888 -1991 (so far)] Series: Anno Dracula Horror Crosses: Dracula (novel); Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; Invisible Man (novel); The Island of Doctor Moreau; The Vampyre; Varney the Vampire; The Soft Whisper of the Dead; They Thirst; Hotel Transylvania; The Black Castle; The Vampire Tapestry; Stephen King Universe; Carmilla; Good Lady Ducayne; The Tomb of Sarah; Ken’s Mystery; The Mysterious Stranger (story); The True Story of a Vampire; Carnacki Ghost Finder; Black Sabbath; The Picture of Dorian Gray; Interview with a Vampire (Anne Rice Vampire Lestat series); The Werewolves of London (Brian Stableford); Count Yorga; The Fearless Vampire Killers; Brides of Dracula; Vampire Circus; Dracula (Universal); Dark Shadows; El Vampiro; Black Sunday; Martin (George A. Romero film); Kolch

This Island Earth

Every Thursday I will be posting excerpts from the Horror Crossover Encyclopedia that is related to film or television.  Today's focus is on This Island Earth, a 1950s film that is more sci-fi than horror, but is considered a horror series by me because it introduces the Metaluna Mutant, who is considered by Scary Monsters Magazine as one of the classic Universal Monsters, and is featured in their Monster Kombat series. This Island Earth has been linked often in crossovers because of the Metaluna Mutant, and because of an alien communication device called the interociter. SCARY MONSTERS MAGAZINE # 51 “THE METALUNA MUTANT VS. THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON” (DENNIS DRUKTENIS PUBLISHING) Release Date: June 2004 (Setting is 1953) Series: This Island Earth; Creature from the Black Lagoon The Story: The mutant creature from the planet Metaluna comes to Earth and arrives in the Amazon where he fights the Gill-Man. Notes: The Metaluna Mutant is from This Island Earth. Th

Television Crossover Universe Spin-Off Books

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I’ve got a new book out, called Television Crossover Universe:  Worlds and Mythology Volume I.   You can buy it here. And of course, my first book, the Horror Crossover Encyclopedia is still on sale, and can be purchased here.

In-Con-Ceivable 2015

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TVCU Crew members Robert E. Wronski, Jr. and "Crazy" Ivan Ronald Schablotski will be attending In-Con-Ceibable 2015 at the Clarion Hotel in Northampton, MA August 28 - 30. Robert will be working at the registration desk all three days, and though he won't be selling at the event, if you bring a copy of the Horror Crossover Encyclopedia to the event, he will gladly sign your copy for you.  (For free, of course.) Anyone who follows Ivan's cosplay blog knows that if you show up at a con that he's attending, and are wearing a cool and original costume, you could end up being featured on our website as part of Ivan's continuing adventures. Click on this link for more information on the event.  

ゴジラ Gojira Godzilla

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ゴジラ  GOJIRA GODZILLA King of Monsters! Godzilla! A Primal force of nature manifest as an impossibly large dinosaur-inspired nuclear monster!  Also, a primal force of pop-culture manifest in movies, television shows, comic books, cartoons, novels, video games, lunch-boxes, and every form of toy or collectible imaginable!  There is no denying the impact Godzilla has had on both eastern and western culture. Godzilla is something like Superman or Transformers in that there are multiple overlapping contradictory continuities within the franchise. However, with few exceptions, these reboots and retcons maintain a single point of origin for the character; most variations claim the 1954 film GODZILLA as the cornerstone of their individual Godzilla timelines. As this article is about Godzilla in the Television and Movie Crossover Universe, no single established Godzilla continuity will be considered 'correct' over the others, except as where they conflict with the reality o