Interview with Bill Malone – November 2004
H.M.A. – At what age did you become interested in monsters and horror in general?
Bill Malone: I think the first time I really was hit by horror films full-force was in 1954. My mom took me to see “Creature from the Black Lagoon” in 3D at the Lucan Theater (now called the Campus Theater, I believe) in East Lansing Michigan. It was pouring rain and we stood in a long line waiting to get in. (Why she took me to see that, I haven’t a clue). In any case, it scared the living daylights out of me. It seemed so mysterious and cool, the world created in that theater. I just wanted more. Then I remember seeing a magazine on the newstand called World Famous Creatures (A Famous Monsters knock-off) It had a spread on the “Creature”. Then I got Famous Monsters and I was off and running, I would go see every monster movie that came out. Then I just started collecting more and more things on horror films.