Famous MonstersForryeverDying to keep the memory of Famous Monsters of Filmland alive!
Famous MonstersForryeverDying to keep the memory of Famous Monsters of Filmland alive!
Inside This Issue
A Basil Gogos cover fronts the legendary AIP-contest issue — win a part in an American International film! #14 also showcases Dick Smith’s Quasimodo makeup breakthrough, an early look at the artist who would later transform Dustin Hoffman and Marlon Brando. A marquee early issue.
Cover Spotlight
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.
☠ Collector's Notes
Contest issues are time capsules of fan culture, and the AIP contest — a real part in a real monster picture as the prize — is the most famous FM ever ran. Pages like these were made to be clipped, which is one reason intact copies of contest issues earn their keep.
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