I saw a monster in a cave killing a girl!

Okay, now we can talk about Paul Blaisdell.

Although accomplished in the fine arts of painting and sculpture, he won the hearts of b-movie fans everywhere by designing some of the iconic monsters of the 50s black and white scif-fi boom. For MST specifically: #311, It Conquered the World; #315, Teenage Caveman; and #808, The She-Creature.

In addition, he built props for these eps: #309, The Amazing Colossal Man; #313, Earth Vs. the Spider; #404 Teenagers from Outer Space.

Of course, he worked on plenty of non-MST'ed movies too, as well creating art for sci-fi magazines, legit painting and sculpture. He knew luminaries ranging from Forest J. Ackerman, Roger Corman, and Fred Olen Ray.

To learn more, ask your librarian for the following book: Paul Blaisdell, Monster Maker: A Biography of the B Movie Makeup and Special Effects Artist.

He died in 1983 at the age of 55, in California. But he will be remembered by fans of weird film everywhere.

It's prettier in Spanish!