Alexander Thynne – Blue Blood

Alexander Thynne – Blue Blood (Star, 1974)

Blurb:
Possessed by the devil in a MANSION OF MADNESS
An English Lord who covers the walls of his stately home with erotic art…
A beautiful wife caught up in the maelstrom of being a film star and international jet. setter…
A butler who can turn his hand to anything, until you wonder what he might turn his hand to next…
A young simple-minded nanny, a stranger in a still stranger setting…
And, at the centre of the mounting suspense, a young daughter whose mysterious cuts and bruises suggest the presence of forces beyond the imagination…

Thynne’s violent psychological thriller leaves it open until the final freakish finale when subtle suggestions of indefinable menace become reality.

James Moffat – Queen Kong

James Moffat – Queen Kong (Everest, 1977)

Blurb:
QUEEN OF A LOST WORLD

The legend travelled far: from an unknown tropical island all the way to the heart of London.
It told of a great beast, fifty feet high, ruling a jungle where time stood still.
It told of a bizarre native sect of monster-worshippers.
It told of savage rites and human sacrifice.
The team of explorers set out to film the mythical giant. They found that the truth was even stranger than the legend.
For the beast was an ape.
A lady ape…

QUEEN KONG

Gilbert Pearlman – Young Frankenstein

Gilbert Pearlman – Young Frankenstein (Star, 1975)

Cover painting: Anthony Goldschmidt & John Alvin

Blurb;
“You know, darling” Inga said, “I meant to ask you about that operation. During the transference the monster got a part of your wonderful brain. But what did you get from him?”
Dr. Frankenstein pressed closer to her.
“Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, that’s what you got!” she cried out delightedly, “Sweet Schatzi … ah … wait… ahhh … sweet mystery of life..:’

THERE WAS NEVER ANYTHING LIKE YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN A TERRIFYINGLY FUNNY MOVIE FROM MEL BROOKS (mad genius creator of Blazing Saddles)

Dean Owen – Reptilicus

Dean Owen – Reptilicus (Monarch, June 1961)

Blurb
SPAWN OF HELL
Reptilicus, the gargantuan prehistoric monster, crouched on the ocean bottom, ready to take off on another destruc­tive rampage. A depth charge thundered. One of the beast’s legs ripped from the body and was blown out of the sea. General Grayson looked at the girl beside him, wondering if he would live to enjoy Connie’s warm, vibrant flesh again. Svend Alstrup, his aide, was remembering Karen’s wanton seduction of him and hoping for a repeat performance.
Suddenly, Grayson panicked, realizing that if they blew the animal to pieces, each section could grow into a new monster. That was the ultimate danger — a whole new generation of giant, reptilian monstrosities roaming the earth and annihilating civilization.
He gave the order to cease firing …

see also the Reptilicus thread on the Vault Forum