Tag: Don Barton

• The Creature’s Lesser Known Cousin

  Above: Photo by JON M. FLETCHER / The Times-Union -Don Barton, who made “Zaat” in the early 1970s, kept the original creature costume in his garage. 2009 file photo.   Upon the death of Don Barton, the June 10, 2013 edition of Florida Times-Union (and Jacksonville.com),featured an article by Matt Soergel, who wrote “Don Barton…

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  April 24, 2016

  Beware the Blob, collectibles, Don Barton, Film, independent film, Jack Tamul, Jacksonville FL, Jamie DeFrates, Matt Soergel, memorabilia, Science Fiction, The Blob, Zaat

• More about ZAAT: Ron Kivett on Ed Tucker

  Ed Tucker is an aficionado of classic and vintage science fiction & horror films and memorabilia. He wrote the liner notes for the ZAAT 2-disc combo DVD. The official ZAAT website features an excerpt from an interview with Ed Tucker that first appeared in the April 2001 issue of Scary Monsters Magazine. Tucker begins: I suppose…

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  November 2, 2013

  Don Barton, Ed Tucker, Film, horror movies, Ocala, Ron Kivett, Silver Springs, The Creature from the Black Lagoon, vintage, vintage science fiction, Wade Popwell, Zaat

• Monster Filmmaker Don Barton Estate Sale in Jacksonville, FL

  Upon the death of Don Barton, the June 10, 2013 edition of Florida Times-Union (and Jacksonville.com),featured an article by Matt Soergel, who wrote “Don Barton brought “Zaat” to life in the early 1970s, and while the movie about a giant radioactive walking catfish-human monster was quiet for decades, it never really went away . .…

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  October 31, 2013

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