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Post by dem bones on Oct 23, 2007 13:01:11 GMT
OK, so who wants to be my Preymate of the month then? R. Chetwynd-Hayes edited and reputedly ghost-wrote the majority (all) of Ghoul (1976) for the mighty NEL. Sadly, it didn't survive to a second issue. Sadder still, I've never even seen a copy, let alone owned one, so any info would be much appreciated, etc..  All I know is that two of RCH's contributions were revived by Stephen Jones for the posthumous (and, reputedly, diabolical) Frights And Fancies, Ghoul At Large and 'Hans Clutcher's I Meet the Great Indestructible!
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Post by killercrab on Oct 23, 2007 16:12:56 GMT
Still the best Dracula cover EVER!
ade
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Oct 23, 2007 23:27:07 GMT
I looked and looked because its such a deadly cover. Nothing but this:
The Night Ghouls
Chetwynd-Hayes, R.
Book Description: Used, Mass Market Paperback; Fontana 1975;
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Post by dem bones on Oct 24, 2007 8:21:56 GMT
Night Ghouls, eh? Here you go. Cover, Contents, blahAnd don't forget! Advertisement Not content with cluttering up the internet with Vault and such risible side-projects as Gruesome Cargoes and Tod Slaughter, I am now making it my business to desecrate the good name of R. Chetwynd-Hayes at Loughville. As with Gruesome, it's pretty much a blog/ site-in-disguise just now and membership is spiralling. Downward. Don't be left out! |
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Post by manitoudoll on May 6, 2008 19:45:48 GMT
NEL published an interesting little mag in the 70's called "Ghoul". The by-line was -- "It's a ghastly giggle!"
The cover art was from Robert Lory's "Dracula Returns".
Is anybody aware of a second issue of the mag?
M
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Post by Calenture on May 6, 2008 20:21:33 GMT
Hello M,
I vaguely remember the magazine on the stands, but I can't recall if it ran to a second issue - or anything else. From your "ghastly giggle" quote, I guess it was aimed at younger readers?
Others have better memories than mine.
Welcome, by the way.
Rog
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Post by manitoudoll on May 6, 2008 20:52:20 GMT
Thanks for the warm welcome, Rog.
I discovered this board today and am so impressed.
M
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Post by manitoudoll on May 6, 2008 20:58:21 GMT
I have a mint copy of "Ghoul" in my so-called "achives". I'll unearth it over the next week or so and post some scanned pages.
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Post by dem bones on May 7, 2008 6:36:42 GMT
Welcome manitou, and than you for joining us. A GNS fan with a copy of Ghoul? Yep, I think you've come to the right place.  It would be much appreciated if you could scan some pages up! I note that on another thread you asked if there was ever a Ghoul #2? The few sources I've been able to find for the magazine suggest that it didn't survive past the debut, but I love to be proved wrong. Hope you have fun here! |
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Post by Dr Terror on Nov 17, 2008 16:52:02 GMT
Blog about Ghoul with some scans. |
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Post by dem bones on Nov 17, 2008 18:49:26 GMT
Just goes to show that if you wait long enough, chances are it will turn up online! As far as I remember, R. Chetwynd-Hayes ghosted if not all, then most of Ghoul. That Horror-Scope page looks like an early stab at his 'ancestral table' for The Monster Club. Thanks for the link, Dr. T.
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Post by ripper on Jan 3, 2013 9:58:26 GMT
There were at least two text stories, one about a vampire and another, I think, concerning undertakers who were actually ghouls, both written by RCH I presume, and both humorous. I liked the page of film stills with the jokey captions beneath. There was the famous Dr. Phibes-Vulmavia kiss. Another was of a knight being attacked by a vampire-witch creature, from a film called St. George and the Seven Curses. I had never heard of that one and it wasn't until around thirty years later that I found out it was actually better known as The Magic Sword, a low-budget sword and sorcery film aimed at children and starring Basil Rathbone.
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Post by Johnlprobert on Jan 3, 2013 10:32:12 GMT
Another was of a knight being attacked by a vampire-witch creature, from a film called St. George and the Seven Curses. I had never heard of that one and it wasn't until around thirty years later that I found out it was actually better known as The Magic Sword, a low-budget sword and sorcery film aimed at children and starring Basil Rathbone. Even so it got a X Certificate when it first played in the UK! |
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Post by dem bones on Jan 3, 2013 10:39:40 GMT
There were at least two text stories, one about a vampire and another, I think, concerning undertakers who were actually ghouls, both written by RCH I presume, and both humorous. It includes a third short story from none other than Sir Charles Birkin, the typically horrible "Some New Pleasures Prove"! |
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Post by ramseycampbell on Jan 3, 2013 12:05:04 GMT
Another was of a knight being attacked by a vampire-witch creature, from a film called St. George and the Seven Curses. I had never heard of that one and it wasn't until around thirty years later that I found out it was actually better known as The Magic Sword, a low-budget sword and sorcery film aimed at children and starring Basil Rathbone. Even so it got a X Certificate when it first played in the UK! It did indeed, which may be why almost no cinemas on Merseyside booked it. I saw it here in Wallasey at the only one that did, and I admit I was disappointed by the family-oriented tone (best represented by the chimp). Those were the days when I got peevish if an X didn't seem to live up to its promise. |
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