Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #137 September 1977 cover featuring cast photos from Star Wars 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #137

Sep-77 • Collage
Inside This Issue

The galaxy arrives: Issue #137 greets Star Wars with a cast-photo collage cover and a feature on the phenomenon, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher suddenly sharing pages with Christopher Lee and Edgar Allan Poe. Amicus’ The House That Dripped Blood, the all-star The Black Sleep, and a Poe-tinged “Horror in the Light House” keep the monster flame burning while the future moves in.

Cover Spotlight

Cast photos from STAR WARS — as the galaxy far, far away captured the imagination of a generation, FM turned its lens on the biggest science fiction film ever made.

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Contents

  • It's a Scream
  • Gidrah
  • The Horror in the Light House
  • The House That Dripped Blood
  • The Call of Dracula
  • Devil, Bat
  • Star Wars
  • The Unholy 13
  • Horror Hall of Flame
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Recurring Departments

  • Fang Mail
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Films Featured

Star WarsThe House That Dripped BloodThe Black SleepThe Mysterious IslandThe Giant Spider Invasion
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Personalities

Mark HamillCarrie FisherChristopher LeeEdgar Allan PoeRobert Bloch

☠ Collector's Notes

Issue #137 marks the moment Star Wars hit Famous Monsters — an era line in the run that Star Wars collectors cross over for. Photo-collage covers from this stretch are snapshots of the mania.

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FM #137 — September 1977

Cast photos from STAR WARS — as the galaxy far, far away captured the imagination of a generation, FM turned its lens on the biggest science fiction film ever made. Inside: Star Wars, The House That Dripped Blood, The Black Sleep, and The Mysterious Island, and Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Christopher Lee, and Edgar Allan Poe.

Tell us the first monster from this one that lived in your head rent-free. ⬇️

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