Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #144 June 1978 cover featuring Boris Karloff as Im-Ho-Tep from The Mummy flanked by guards 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #144

Jun-78 • Photograph
Inside This Issue

Sequel season opens in Issue #144: Damien: Omen II and The Boys from Brazil get previews while the magazine looks back to an original article of faith — Boris Karloff’s Imhotep, with a vintage production still on the cover and “The Mummy: Im-ho-tep” inside. “He’ll Melt Your Heart” showcases The Incredible Melting Man and Rick Baker’s gloriously grisly makeup.

Cover Spotlight

A still from THE MUMMY of Boris Karloff as the living Imhotep, flanked by palace guards in his pre-bandaged form — rare evidence of the man behind the wrappings.

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Contents

  • The Necks Voice You Hear
  • He'll Melt Your Heart
  • Quark
  • The Mummy: Im-ho-tep
  • Brrrrrrthday Wishes
  • Sky-fi and Skeery Stuff
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Recurring Departments

  • Fang Mail
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Films Featured

The Mummy (1932)The Incredible Melting ManFlesh GordonClose Encounters of the Third Kind
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Personalities

Boris KarloffRick Baker

☠ Collector's Notes

The vintage Karloff Mummy still on the cover gives Issue #144 a photo-archive quality collectors of Universal ephemera appreciate, and the early Omen II and Boys from Brazil previews stamp it squarely in the sequel-hungry late ’70s.

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FM #144 — June 1978

A still from THE MUMMY of Boris Karloff as the living Imhotep, flanked by palace guards in his pre-bandaged form — rare evidence of the man behind the wrappings. Inside: The Mummy (1932), The Incredible Melting Man, Flesh Gordon, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Boris Karloff, Rick Baker, and Mario Chiodo.

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