Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #158 October 1979 cover featuring biomechanical Alien xenomorph painting by H.R. Giger 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #158

Oct-79 • H.R. Giger
Inside This Issue

The designer takes the cover: Issue #158 fronts an H.R. Giger painting of his own Alien and backs it with an exclusive Giger interview — the creature’s anatomy explained by the man who dreamed it. “Horrors from the Third Dimension” rewinds 3-D terror, “The Men Behind the Monsters” salutes makeup masters Verne Langdon and John Chambers, and The Golem keeps a foot in the silent era.

Cover Spotlight

An H.R. Giger painting of the Alien — the Swiss surrealist's biomechanoid nightmare, in a cover that carries the rare authority of the creature's original designer.

▶

Contents

  • Up at Bat
  • Star Wars
  • Horrors from the Third Dimension
  • The Alien Strikes Back
  • Giger the Great
  • Animals, Creatures and Things
  • The Golem
  • The House That Dripped Blood
  • The Men Behind the Monsters
↻

Recurring Departments

  • You Axed for It
▶

Films Featured

AlienStar WarsThe GolemThe House That Dripped BloodGodzilla vs. the Smog Monster
★

Personalities

Verne LangdonJohn Chambers
✎

Bylines & Contributors

Jerry Neeley

☠ Collector's Notes

A Giger-painted cover with a Giger interview inside makes Issue #158 the key Alien issue of the run — designer, creature, and magazine in rare alignment. One the sci-fi-horror crowd singles out.

☠ Don’t just lurk in the crypt

Join the Monster Kids

Talk covers, show off your slabs, and swap finds with fellow fiends. Free to join — the crypt’s always taking new members.

Join the Crypt

Related Issues

More issues from 1979
Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #150 January 1978 landmark cover featuring four-armed insect monster from Battlestar Galactica #150 Jan-79 Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #151 March 1979 cover collage featuring Superman, Lord of the Rings Gollum, Battlestar Galactica Cylon, and Star Wars figures #151 Mar-79 Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #152 April 1979 cover featuring heroic color photo of Christopher Reeve as Superman in flight #152 Apr-79 Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #153 May 1979 cover featuring eerie tinted photo of Klaus Kinski as Nosferatu the Vampire #153 May-79 Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #154 June 1979 cover featuring comedic color still from Love at First Bite with George Hamilton and Susan St. James #154 Jun-79 Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #155 July 1979 cover featuring tinted photos of Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor Who #155 Jul-79 Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #157 September 1979 cover featuring Frank Langella as Dracula and Richard Kiel from Moonraker #157 Sep-79 NEXT ISSUE → Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #159 November 1979 cover featuring intense Alien xenomorph attack scene with Veronica Cartwright screaming #159 Nov-79

Discussion

FM #158 — October 1979

An H.R. Giger painting of the Alien — the Swiss surrealist's biomechanoid nightmare, in a cover that carries the rare authority of the creature's original designer. On the screen this issue: Alien, Star Wars, The Golem, and The House That Dripped Blood. Spotlighting Verne Langdon and John Chambers.

Which page from this issue is burned into your brain? Drop it below. ⬇️

☢
0 replies in the forum thread
Join the Discussion →
See an error? Let us know!