Little Shoppe of Horrors: The Journal of Classic British Horror Films Hardcover – March 15, 2026

‘Like Nothing You’ve Ever Seen Before.’ – Joe Dante (director Gremlins)In 1961, mama Gorgo tore London apart while going to save Gorgo Junior. For film goers of that period, it was a gorgeous, colorful, knockout. For M-G-M, and particularly the King brothers, (or as they were originally known – the Kozinsky brothers) Maury, Frank and Hymie, it was a successful trip into the ‘man-in-a-suit-asaurus’ realm that Toho had instigated with their original 1954 Godzilla.In this massive study of Gorgo, you’ll learn all the inside info on how it came to be. Not just from the previous Eugene Lourie articles by Paul Mandell, or Lourie’s auto-bio, but lots of never seen or read production information and comments/stories from crew members and the King brothers themselves.AND, you’ll have the fascinating, full story, of the King/Kozinsky Bros., from their early ‘slightly’ gangster- like businesses, to very successful independent movie producers (Dillinger. Gun Crazy. The Brave One (Academy Award © winner). In the movieTrumbo, John Goodman plays Frank King to perfection.Stephen R. Bissette on the Gorgo(and Konga & Reptilicus) Charlton comic books. Lee Kaplan writes about the models and toys based on Gorgo.Hundreds of behind the scenes photos, NEVER SEEN before, showing how all the monster and effects scenes were filmed and achieved by Academy Award © winning SPFX director Tom Howard, and photographed by another award winner- Freddie Young.11 Full page color paintings including Basil Gogo’s Famous Monsters of Filmland #11. BRUX(David Brooks).Bob Eggleton. The Gurch. Tim Hammell. Alistair Hughes. Ron Lizorty. Stewart McKissick. Adrian Salmon. Mike Schneider. William Stout. Front cover by Mark Maddox.Back Cover by Neil Vokes.270 full sized pages/hi def reproduction of B/W and color/over 625 images. Read more