FRIGHT UNSEEN

Classic-ly MONSTROUS and Mysterious

Fright Unseen Launches New Character, Celebrates Milestone Anniversaries

(CAPE CORAL, FL) Writer/director Joe Monks has been a fan of the Boris Karloff version of The Mummy ever since seeing it on late-night TV when he was 8 years old. While it’s his favorite of the Universal classics, Frankenstein isn’t far behind. With Frankenstein celebrating its 90th anniversary and The Mummy hitting 89, what better time to do some classically-inspired stories to celebrate?

“I’ve seen screenings advertised, people are having watch-parties—for black and white movies nearly a century old. What’s that tell you about not only how well done they were, but how timeless they are?” says Monks, who still believes a truly terrifying Mummy movie needs to be made to try and compete with the original.

“The look on Karloff’s face when he’s being wrapped to be buried alive, it’s still chilling. Those bandages going across his chin as he’s struggling? If that doesn’t get to you, what can I say?”

In addition to the release of MONSTROUS, Fright Unseen’s fifth release of 2021, Monks is also introducing a new, recurring character, Detective Danni Locke, who’s tasked with tracking down a vicious voodoo cult leader after a grisly Manhattan dismemberment. Locke will cross paths with other characters from Monks’ New York, as fans of his prose fiction will discover. Coming along for the ride are cover artists Rodney Fyke (Hazzum Productions’ Roadkill Rampage) handling duties for MONSTROUS, who Joe had met back in his road-warrior conventioneering days but never got to work with, and Jason Moser, who provides the cover for The Hidden.

Both titles have been pre-printed and are available through the http://www.FrightUnseen.com web site or Monks’ filmmaking home: http://www.sightunseenpictures.com