Famous Monsters of Filmland #14 October 1961 cover painting by Basil Gogos of Vincent Price from Pit and the Pendulum 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #14

Oct-61 • Basil Gogos
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Vincent Price at his most ominously refined — a painting from Roger Corman's Poe adaptation THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM, dripping with Inquisition-era dread and Price's peculiar gift for doomed elegance.

▶Contents
  • Main Features
  • THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM (preview/synopsis)
  • Flashy Gordon Attracts the World (Bert I. Gordon films)
  • Way Out Hunch Back (Dick Smith Quasimodo makeup)
  • The Greatest Contest Ever! (win a part in an AIP film)
↻Recurring Departments
  • Inside Ackerman
  • Fang Mail
  • Hidden Horrors
  • Mystery Photo
  • Graveyard Examiner
  • Rocket to the Rue Morgue (part II)
▶ Films Featured
The Pit and the PendulumForbidden PlanetJungle Jim in the Forbidden Land
★ Personalities
Basil GogosVincent PriceForry AckermanRon HaydockWeaver WrightBert I. GordonDick SmithRoald DahlWendayne Wahrman
☠ Collector's Notes

Legendary AIP contest issue

Dick Smith makeup breakthrough

Related Issues

More covers by Basil Gogos
Famous Monsters of Filmland #9 November 1960 cover painting by Basil Gogos of Vincent Price from House of Usher #9 Nov-60 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 #11 April 1961 cover painting by Basil Gogos of Gorgo #11 Apr-61 Famous Monsters of Filmland #12 June 1961 cover painting by Basil Gogos of Oliver Reed as Werewolf from Curse of the Werewolf #12 Jun-61 Famous Monsters of Filmland #13 August 1961 uncredited cover painting of Frankenstein Monster #13 Aug-61 Famous Monsters of Filmland #15 January 1962 cover painting by Basil Gogos of TV horror host Zacherley #15 Jan-62 Famous Monsters of Filmland #16 March 1962 uncredited cover painting possibly by Basil Gogos of Lon Chaney from Phantom of the Opera #16 Mar-62 Famous Monsters of Filmland #17 May 1962 cover painting by Basil Gogos of Elsa Lanchester from Bride of Frankenstein #17 May-62

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FM #14 — October 1961

Vincent Price at his most ominously refined — a painting from Roger Corman's Poe adaptation THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM, dripping with Inquisition-era dread and Price's peculiar gift for doomed elegance. Inside: The Pit and the Pendulum, Forbidden Planet, and Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land, and Basil Gogos, Vincent Price, Forry Ackerman, and Ron Haydock.

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