Famous Monsters of Filmland #12 June 1961 cover painting by Basil Gogos of Oliver Reed as Werewolf from Curse of the Werewolf 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #12

Jun-61 • Basil Gogos
Inside This Issue

A Basil Gogos cover fronts #12, the issue that debuts the “Graveyard Examiner” section. Inside, a preview of Hammer’s Curse of the Werewolf with detours to I Was a Teenage Frankenstein and The Thing From Another World. Gogos doing what only Gogos could.

Cover Spotlight

Oliver Reed's tortured Hammer werewolf from CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF — all wild eyes and anguish, rendered in a painting that captures every snarl of his doomed and helpless transformation.

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Contents

  • The Clown at Midnight
  • Just Around the Coroner
  • Metal Monsters
  • Oldest Horror Actor Dies
  • Inside Darkest Acula
  • A Matter of Life and Death
  • Curse of the Werewolf
  • The Thing from Another World
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Recurring Departments

  • Fang Mail
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Films Featured

Curse of the WerewolfI Was a Teenage FrankensteinThe Thing From Another World
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Personalities

Oliver ReedBert I. GordonErnest ThesigerJohn W. Campbell Jr.
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Bylines & Contributors

Maharba MerrittForry AckermanLima DaCosta

☠ Collector's Notes

Department history: the “Graveyard Examiner” debuts here and would haunt the contents page for years. Issue #12 also catches Hammer’s Curse of the Werewolf at the preview stage — Oliver Reed before the fur.

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FM #12 — June 1961

Oliver Reed's tortured Hammer werewolf from CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF — all wild eyes and anguish, rendered in a painting that captures every snarl of his doomed and helpless transformation. Inside: Curse of the Werewolf, I Was a Teenage Frankenstein, and The Thing From Another World, and Basil Gogos, Oliver Reed, Bert I. Gordon, and Maharba Merritt.

What's your memory of FM #12? Got a copy? Got a favorite bit? Let's hear it. ⬇️

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