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Dr. Neff and his Madhouse of Mystery, the circa 1950s special promotional comedy horror Spook Show herald ("Thrills - Chills!"; "A Spectacular Hurricane of Hilarious 'Horror"; "A Bevy of Beautiful Girls with 'Hex' Appeal!"; "Dracula's Daughter"; "Ghastly - Ghostly"; "Gorgeous Vampire"; "Goddess of Voodoo in the Flesh [and what flesh!]"; "Half Girl! Half Ghost!"; "S-C-R-E-A-M with Laughter At Ghosts Gone Goofy"; "Cabaret De La Mort the sensational spirit sceance on the stage and in the audience - A Madcap Mixture of Mirth and Mystery!"; "Original Shock - Shudder & Suspense"; "The Show that has Everything to MakeYour Eyes Pop - Pulse Hop - Heart Stop!"; "Speed-Action Color-Flash Thrills-Comedy Surprises and Beauty"; "See Suttee Burned Alive on an Altar of Flame!"; "Tons of Equipment - Carload of Scenery"; "Sensational Lighting Effects & Big Company of Thrillmakers!"; "See the 'Glamour Ghouls'"; "Scream at the Goofy Ghosts"; "'Ghostbreaker' Dr. Neff World's Foremost Authority on 'Spirit Phenomena' and his Big Company of Thrillmakers in the Super Show of the Supernatural!"; "Madhouse of Mystery The Original Shock-Shudder & Shiver Spook Frolic"; "The Show that Never Saw an Empty Seat"; "Gorgeous Girls - Glamour Ghouls"; "Nothing Like It Anywhere on Earth! Ghosts go for Neff - So Will You!") advertising "Dr. Neff & his Madhouse of Mystery". Note that this herald is full of great quotes! This was a herald for a "spook show" of the 1930s ("spook shows" started in the 1930s, and continued into the late 1960s, with their greatest prominence in the late 1940s and 1950s). Local theaters would book three to five low budget movies, and then advertise them as a late night "spook show". Often they would have "live" acts on stage (sometimes famous actors who had appeared in monster movies would appear on stage in full make up, and sometimes it would be local actors dressed as monsters), and often the posters would make outrageous promises (sometimes they might say a person would be beheaded on stage, etc!). Not too many of these spook show posters survive (almost all the known surviving ones are window cards, some of which are 14" x 22", and some of which are 22" x 28", and the shows certainly had very limited runs). The few "spook show" window cards that DO survive are rarely in even "very good" condition. If anyone knows more about this specific spook show or this poster, please e-mail us and we will post it here.
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