Comments on: The Crestwood House Monster Series

By: Christina Flibotte

Christina Flibotte — Thu, 24 May 2018 05:51:31 +0000

Those book are what got me into horror movies, too! Gawd, I loved those books.

By: Michael Mayne

Michael Mayne — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 00:05:31 +0000

This is awesome! I remember reading some of these in my school library. I remember the Godzilla vs. King Kong “two endings” lie and how I wanted to see both endings so bad. It’s crazy how that was false the whole time.

By: 31FilmTalk

31FilmTalk — Sat, 21 May 2016 20:02:39 +0000

I just picked up the Creature from the Black Lagoon book at a garage sale for a quarter. I’m sure you know James, these books are now collectables and go for decent money on ebay. I remember checking some of these out from my school’s library, especially the Godzilla book.

By: Robert Saenz

Robert Saenz — Tue, 03 May 2016 02:47:30 +0000

Nice!

By: Dr. Juice

Dr. Juice — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 02:03:22 +0000

never saw those. i’d like to read them if i can find them.

By: Michael Channing

Michael Channing — Wed, 21 May 2014 23:47:27 +0000

I remember these books, too. I used to check them out from my school library. I would read them on the couch, and then Twilight Zone (the 80’s rebirth) would come on, and by the end of the night, I would be too terrified to let my feet touch the floor.

By: Spirit31

Spirit31 — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 06:00:09 +0000

I also had those orange books at my grade school! I remember checking out the Godzilla book several times.

By: 4DMike

4DMike — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 07:27:25 +0000

that godzilla book is the first book i ever got from my school library. Wow almost completely forgot about these even though they were my favorite when i was young. Thx for taking me back to the past, to see some old books that kicked ass.

By: Matt Lawton

Matt Lawton — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 10:07:57 +0000

Are you me?! This…is like a page directly from my childhood. Uncannily so. I too was introduced to Godzilla, and classic movie monsters, via this series well before I’d ever seen them for myself. My childhood friend Andy and I used to stare each other down from our assigned seats across the room in our weekly library period in 2nd grade (roughly 1989ish). The second the boring lady quit yammering about this or that we were free to peruse the stacks and we would invariably race to the section where those aging orange covers waited. We both wanted Godzilla like every week. I’d just stare at the pictures for ages. I know what you mean by being able to just see the movie playing out in your mind.

Such great memories, and the memories it built later, having started my love affair with all things creepy as a child. Now that I think about it, it may be that very godzilla book that began a period in my life where I had my head so full of monsters that night time genuinely was terrifying for a while! It also started a life long love affair with Godzilla, something…I tend to keep to myself, ha!

Anyway, it’s really cool to know someone else had this experience. I hope Andy sees this vid some day and smiles. Thanks for sharing these memories with us!

By: skeletron

skeletron — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 23:14:25 +0000

Holy crap, they had a few of these in my elementary school library in the early 90s. I checked them out all the time along with some shark and dinosaur books. My babysitter had the book “A Pictorial History of Horror Movies” at her house when I was a kid. That book left a big impression on me too.