Famous Monsters of Filmland #82 February 1971 cover photos from House of Dark Shadows featuring horror vampire themes 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #82

Feb-71 • Photograph
Inside This Issue

Barnabas goes widescreen on Issue #82: photos from House of Dark Shadows, the big-screen spin on the daytime-vampire phenomenon. Christopher Lee looms over the issue, Zandor Vorkov’s oddball Dracula turns up, and The Mummy’s Tomb shuffles through alongside a farewell to Island of Lost Souls.

Cover Spotlight

Photos from HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS — the 1970 theatrical film that gave Jonathan Frid's Barnabas Collins the bigger budget and bloodier fangs the role always deserved.

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Contents

  • The Mummy's Tomb
  • The End of Isle of Lost Souls
  • Disneyland's House of Horrors
  • House of Dark Shadows
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Recurring Departments

  • Speaking of Monsters
  • Fang Mail
  • Mystery Photo
  • Girls and Ghouls Gallery
  • You Axed for It
  • Professor Gruebeard
  • Graveyard Examiner
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Films Featured

The Mummy's TombIsle of Lost SoulsHouse of Dark ShadowsThe Frozen Dead
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Personalities

Christopher LeeZandor Vorkov

☠ Collector's Notes

The middle chapter of FM’s Dark Shadows trilogy — Issue #52 caught the TV arrival, Issue #82 the theatrical leap, Issue #88 the strange gothic sequel. DS collectors generally want all three.

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FM #82 — February 1971

Photos from HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS — the 1970 theatrical film that gave Jonathan Frid's Barnabas Collins the bigger budget and bloodier fangs the role always deserved. Inside: THE MUMMY'S TOMB, ISLE OF LOST SOULS, HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS, and THE FROZEN DEAD, and Christopher Lee and Zandor Vorkov.

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