Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #161 March 1980 cover featuring dual color stills from Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Disney's The Black Hole 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #161

Mar-80 • Collage
Cover Spotlight

Two color stills share this cover — a scene from STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE alongside one from THE BLACK HOLE, two 1979 science fiction spectacles that each aimed for something genuinely new.

▶Contents
  • Main Features
  • STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE behind-the-scenes
  • THE BLACK HOLE preview
  • ARABIAN ADVENTURE preview
  • THE LEGACY preview
  • THE DAY TIME ENDED making-of
↻Recurring Departments
  • Fang Mail
  • Graveyard Examiner
  • The Horrorwood Reporter
▶ Films Featured
Star Trek: The Motion PictureThe Black HoleArabian AdventureThe LegacyThe Day Time Ended
★ Personalities
Walter KoenigForrest J AckermanGeorge Pal
☠ Collector's Notes

Heavy Trek & Black Hole coverage

Walter Koenig interview

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FM #161 — March 1980

Two color stills share this cover — a scene from STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE alongside one from THE BLACK HOLE, two 1979 science fiction spectacles that each aimed for something genuinely new. Inside: Star Trek: The Motion Picture, The Black Hole, Arabian Adventure, and The Legacy, and Walter Koenig, Forrest J Ackerman, and George Pal.

Tell us the first monster from this one that lived in your head rent-free. ⬇️

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