derful will want to investigate this box set containing all 145 episodes of the docu- mentary series that, from 1977 to 1982, focused on the paranormal and the unex- plained. From Bigfoot to Nessie, series nar- rator Leonard Nimoy has it covered. Search for it at amazon.com.
ACCESSORIES $25
CEPHALOPOD DRINKING
No matter how many arms you have, you can always use a little help when you’re playing bartender, right? These cephalo- pod-inspired pieces will give your festivi- ties a Lovecraftian flavour when you’re raising a glass to the Outer Gods. Grab the suckers at shanalogic.com.
SPREAD HEAD $4.49
COUNT KETCHUP
No one likes a dry and bloodless burger. Fortunately, Count Ketchup is here to help. Plonk him on the top of your favourite sauce bottle and watch the grue drip from his fangs onto whatever’s unlucky enough to be your dinner. Condimonstrous. Moisten your meat at perpetualkid.com.
MISSY INDUSTRY $60 – $150
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Montreal-based Missy Industry creates beautiful silver pendants inspired by human bones and organs, occult symbol- ism and scary monsters. Her human-spine earrings are truly impressive, too. Get a little ghouly at supermarkethq.com. (search: missy industry)
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GENERAL MILLS MONSTERS FIGURES
In the ’70s, General Mills monster mascots Count Chocula, Franken Berry, Boo Berry and Fruit Brute made the jump from cereal boxes to toy form. Standing nearly eight inches tall, the soft, squeezable vinyl figures were part of a line called Big G Product People, which included other cereal mascots such as Snap, Crackle
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and Pop and the Trix Rabbit. Available via mail order, the figures (which at the time sold for $1.49 each) now go for up to $100 each in un- damaged condition, and $250 each with their original window-box packaging. JAMES BURRELL