Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #158 October 1979 cover featuring biomechanical Alien xenomorph painting by H.R. Giger 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #158

Oct-79 • H.R. Giger
Inside This Issue

The designer takes the cover: Issue #158 fronts an H.R. Giger painting of his own Alien and backs it with an exclusive Giger interview — the creature’s anatomy explained by the man who dreamed it. “Horrors from the Third Dimension” rewinds 3-D terror, “The Men Behind the Monsters” salutes makeup masters Verne Langdon and John Chambers, and The Golem keeps a foot in the silent era.

Cover Spotlight

An H.R. Giger painting of the Alien — the Swiss surrealist's biomechanoid nightmare, in a cover that carries the rare authority of the creature's original designer.

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Contents

  • Up at Bat
  • Star Wars
  • Horrors from the Third Dimension
  • The Alien Strikes Back
  • Giger the Great
  • Animals, Creatures and Things
  • The Golem
  • The House That Dripped Blood
  • The Men Behind the Monsters
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Recurring Departments

  • You Axed for It
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Films Featured

AlienStar WarsThe GolemThe House That Dripped BloodGodzilla vs. the Smog Monster
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Personalities

Verne LangdonJohn Chambers
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Bylines & Contributors

Jerry Neeley

☠ Collector's Notes

A Giger-painted cover with a Giger interview inside makes Issue #158 the key Alien issue of the run — designer, creature, and magazine in rare alignment. One the sci-fi-horror crowd singles out.

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FM #158 — October 1979

An H.R. Giger painting of the Alien — the Swiss surrealist's biomechanoid nightmare, in a cover that carries the rare authority of the creature's original designer. Inside: Alien, Star Wars, The Golem, and The House That Dripped Blood, and H.R. Giger, Jerry Neeley, Verne Langdon, and John Chambers.

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