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 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #154

Jun-79 • Photograph
Inside This Issue

Horror learns to laugh at itself in Issue #154: Love at First Bite takes the cover, and “Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters… and the Monsters Die Laughing” looks back at the original masters of monster comedy. Disney’s The Black Hole gets an early preview, “The Monsters from the Ad” celebrates poster art, and “Death’s Quartet” pays respects to four departed — among them Ted Cassidy, the beloved Lurch of The Addams Family.

Cover Spotlight

A color still of Susan Saint James and George Hamilton from LOVE AT FIRST BITE — the 1979 horror comedy that sent Dracula to New York and played his predicament for all the laughs it was worth.

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Contents

  • Don't Make This Dino Sore
  • Fat Fare for Film Fiends
  • Death's Quartet
  • Love at First Bite
  • The Birthday Boys
  • The Monsters from the Ad
  • The World Goes Bats
  • Answer to Mystery Photo No.114
  • The Black Hole
  • The Horror Show
  • Those Blood Curdling Bleepix
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Recurring Departments

  • Fang Mail
  • Graveyard Examiner
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Films Featured

Love at First BiteThe Black HoleScream Blacula Scream
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Personalities

George HamiltonSusan St. JamesVincent PriceGeorge LucasTed Cassidy
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Bylines & Contributors

Harris Lentz III

☠ Collector's Notes

Horror-comedy coverage is thinner on the ground than straight horror, which gives Issue #154 its niche — Love at First Bite plus the Abbott-and-Costello look-back in one place. The Ted Cassidy farewell matters to Addams Family collectors.

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FM #154 — June 1979

A color still of Susan Saint James and George Hamilton from LOVE AT FIRST BITE — the 1979 horror comedy that sent Dracula to New York and played his predicament for all the laughs it was worth. Inside: Love at First Bite, The Black Hole, and Scream Blacula Scream, and George Hamilton, Susan St. James, Vincent Price, and George Lucas.

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