Famous Monsters of Filmland #106 April 1974 cover painting of The Hideous Sun Demon by Basil Gogos featuring horror demon themes 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #106

Apr-74 • Basil Gogos
Inside This Issue

Issue #106 is a love letter to the B-picture: Basil Gogos grants cover honors to 1959’s The Hideous Sun Demon, while “The Curse of the Katzman People” salutes the prolific Sam Katzman. “The Living Ghost” happily corrects a premature John Agar obituary — the man was very much alive — “Dracula TV” covers Jack Palance’s small-screen Count, and The Golden Voyage of Sinbad and Vampire Circus fill out the bill, with a Green Slime poster waiting on the back cover.

Cover Spotlight

Basil Gogos renders THE HIDEOUS SUN DEMON in all his scaly, sunburned glory — the 1959 low-budget shocker elevated by one of FM's finest cover treatments.

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Contents

  • Guaranteed Eye Popping
  • The Curse of the Katzman People
  • The Living Ghost
  • Dracula TV
  • Witches and Demons Are Among Us!
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Recurring Departments

  • Fang Mail
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Films Featured

The Hideous Sun DemonTales That Witness MadnessThe Golden Voyage of SinbadVampire CircusThe Phantom of Lot 2The Witches CurseThe Green Slime
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Personalities

Sam KatzmanJohn AgarJack Palance
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Bylines & Contributors

James WarrenForry Ackerman

☠ Collector's Notes

Mid-’70s Gogos covers celebrating the B-pictures have a devoted following of their own, and Issue #106’s Green Slime poster back cover gives collectors one more surface to love. The Sam Katzman tribute adds reference depth on the producing side of the genre.

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Famous Monsters of Filmland #10 January 1961 cover painting by Basil Gogos of Claude Rains with mask from Phantom of the Opera #10 Jan-61 Famous Monsters of Filmland #20 November 1962 cover painting by Basil Gogos of Lon Chaney from London After Midnight #20 Nov-62 Famous Monsters of Filmland #50 cover painting of Gorgo by Basil Gogos #50 Jul-68 Famous Monsters of Filmland #60 cover painting of Dorian Gray by Basil Gogos #60 Dec-69 Famous Monsters of Filmland #100 August 1973 cover painting of Karloff as the Frankenstein Monster with circus poster motif by Basil Gogos featuring horror anniversary themes #100 Aug-73 Famous Monsters of Filmland #109 August 1974 cover uncredited painting of Vincent Price from Madhouse featuring horror madhouse themes #109 Aug-74 Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #135 July 1977 cover by Basil Gogos featuring Godzilla vs the Bionic Monster epic battle #135 Jul-77 NEXT ISSUE → Famous Monsters of Filmland #107 May 1974 cover uncredited painting of Yul Brynner from Westworld featuring sci-fi robot themes #107 May-74

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FM #106 — April 1974

Basil Gogos renders THE HIDEOUS SUN DEMON in all his scaly, sunburned glory — the 1959 low-budget shocker elevated by one of FM's finest cover treatments. Inside: THE HIDEOUS SUN DEMON, TALES THAT WITNESS MADNESS, THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD, and VAMPIRE CIRCUS, and Sam Katzman, John Agar, Jack Palance, and James Warren.

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