
We're closing in on October, so I'm in the mood for something a little bit horror related. Here's a list of some of my favorite goth queens and ghoulish gals who take a page from the Morticia Addams playbook.
First up is, of course, Morticia Addams: Originally a comic strip, the character was played to perfection by Carolyne Jones, ex wife of Aaron Spelling. I really love Combustible Edison's groovy lounge-tastic tune "Morticia's Theme".
Lily Munster: Yvonne DeCarlo is probably more glamorous and beautiful than anyone in this list. She had quite the resume before becoming a Munster including being Moses' wife in The Ten Commandments.
Check out The Drunken Severed Head's post on Yvonne, which includes a link to her record Yvonee DeCarlo Sings.
Click here to check out probably the best spot for good quality vintage photos of DeCarlo.
First up is, of course, Morticia Addams: Originally a comic strip, the character was played to perfection by Carolyne Jones, ex wife of Aaron Spelling. I really love Combustible Edison's groovy lounge-tastic tune "Morticia's Theme".
Lily Munster: Yvonne DeCarlo is probably more glamorous and beautiful than anyone in this list. She had quite the resume before becoming a Munster including being Moses' wife in The Ten Commandments.
Check out The Drunken Severed Head's post on Yvonne, which includes a link to her record Yvonee DeCarlo Sings.
Click here to check out probably the best spot for good quality vintage photos of DeCarlo.


Below is a clip from her days hosting "Midnight Madness", where she would basically lounge on a couch and say horrible puns. It was great fun, though, and this clip really shows why: not only do viewers enjoy the lovely Elvira, but they got to learn some fun trivia about the movie being shown.
Siouxsie Sioux: The first media appearance of Siouxsie Sioux came on Bill Grundy's show where he made a flirtatious comment towards her. As it happens, The Sex Pistols were also present and Steve Jones calls the host a "dirty sod" (among other things) on live television. This incident caused a public scandal and ultimately led to the demise of the Pistols. Click here to view it - I find it hilarious when the closing elevator music fades over the drunken cursing punk mayhem happening onstage. Definitely worth a look.




and finally...
Bellatrix LeStrange: An evil character from the popular Harry Potter series. She is played by Helena Bonham Carter in the films (whom I happened to meet at a Barnes & Noble.... sorry for the namedropping, but I thought it was really, really cool).

Nice little post.I love "ghoul" girls like Mortica and Lily Munster.
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ReplyDeleteI love all of them. I always grew up loving ghoulish women like those. I enjoyed those tv shows and movies. When I got a little older, I went through a dark phase and was really into gothic music, etc. I loved them even more then. Great blog post.
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I hope everyone got a chance to check out the Siouxie clip with Bill Grundy and the Sex Pistols - it's one of my favorite clips of all time - "you dirty sod!" Ahhh, back when rock was actually rebellious and not a Viacom product...