Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #157 September 1979 cover featuring Frank Langella as Dracula and Richard Kiel from Moonraker 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #157

Sep-79 Photograph
Inside This Issue

Two new faces of menace share Issue #157’s cover — Frank Langella’s Dracula and Richard Kiel’s Jaws — and both get the feature treatment: a “Dracula 1979” preview and a Kiel interview. Forry weighs the Alien phenomenon, answers “Why Christopher Lee Is Mad at Me,” and turns up as an alien astronaut in Starstruck; a Battlestar Galactica episode guide and an Amityville Horror preview round it out.

Cover Spotlight

Two color stills share this cover — Frank Langella's brooding Dracula from the 1979 Universal film, and Richard Kiel's steel-toothed Jaws from MOONRAKER, the Bond villain who crossed over into horror fandom.

Contents

  • Alien's Twin
  • Alien Will Get You
  • Alien Gallery, Alien Gallery
  • Astounding Magazine
  • Dracula 1979
  • Futura Fantasia Film Flashes
  • Birthday Witches
  • The Jaws of Moonraker
  • Ackermonster, Alien Astronaut in Starstruck
  • Answer to Mystery Photo No. 117
  • The Amityville Horror
  • Why Christopher Lee Is Mad at Me
  • Battlestar Galactica Revisited
  • 13 to Death's Domain
  • The Horrorworld Reporter

Recurring Departments

  • Fang Mail
  • Graveyard Examiner

☠ Collector's Notes

Langella-Dracula material holds steady appeal for vampire collectors, and Issue #157’s Richard Kiel interview pulls the Bond crowd across the aisle. The Forry-vs-the-address-leak piece is a deep cut of fandom lore.

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FM #157 — September 1979

Two color stills share this cover — Frank Langella's brooding Dracula from the 1979 Universal film, and Richard Kiel's steel-toothed Jaws from MOONRAKER, the Bond villain who crossed over into horror fandom. Inside: Dracula (1979), Moonraker, Alien, and The Amityville Horror, and Frank Langella, Richard Kiel, Forrest J Ackerman, and Christopher Lee.

Who had this one on their shelf? Who swiped it from an older cousin? Spill. ⬇️

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