Customer Reviews

Monster Movies 2010 Wall Calendar

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Each month offers a poster from a classic Universal horror film, beautifully reproduced. The details are exact, with vibrant colors. This sturdy calendar would be a fine gift for any admirer of Hollywood's Golden Age.

Having enjoyed the 2010 version, I purchased the 2011 calendar to have another year of old film friends shown at their best in classic posters in brilliant colors and superb reprints. If you've seen one calendar, you've seen both. Save for one change, the exact same posters are used again. They're in different months, though, if that matters. Last year, we started with "Bride of Frankenstein"; this year began with "The Phantom of the Opera" ... which was last year's February choice. Not even a different poster for the same film, but the exact same as last year. The 'one change' is that instead of "Dracula" being used for 2 months, it's used for one and "The Old Dark House" replaces it. Reissues (which were noted last year) for "Dracula" and "Frankenstein" are used, but are not identified as such this year. If there's a 2012 version, I guess I'll pass it by.

This is the first year I've bought one of these instead of a landscape calendar and I like it just fine. Sorry to learn it's the same images as last year's, but for first timers like me, the lurid, highly theatrical posters are great fun--emphasis on melodrama over morbidity, operatic rather than repulsive, fitting representations of those great old Universal Pictures. The dates also leave plenty of room for appointment notation. The only horror-info is identifying labels for the images.

the paper is almost a satin finish not shiny and the pics are as if the movie poster was simply shrunk down with much detail, i honestly expected something a bit cheap but a cute novelty but this is a must for horror or even classic movie buffs the quality is almost good enough to frame as a nice picture, i am very glad i purchased this & i get many compliments on it.

I highly recommend the 2011 Monster Movies calendar for anyone that enjoys classic horror movies. Large colorful glossy pics of your favorite monster movies like Frankenstein and the Mummy. A must for any horror enthusiast.

I love this calendar. It makes me smile everytime I look at it over my desk at home

These are the featured films.
*Phantom of the Opera (Chaney)
*Dracula's Daughter
*Frankenstein
*Invisible Man
*Creature from the Black Lagoon
*House of Dracula
*Old Dark House
*Frankenstein vs the Wolfman
*The Mummy
*Bride of Frankenstein
*The Wolfman
*Dracula


From what I can see (from the publisher's website) there doesn't seem to be a lot of date specific information
IE: The Black Cat with Karloff & Lugosi released, Lon Chaney Sr. born.

I could be wrong because the print on the display is very small. But for September (the illustrated one on the site) I only see three dates with information. More things must have happened in September!