Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #164 June 1980 cover featuring blue-tinted still of Kirk Douglas attacked by robot in Saturn 3 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #164

Jun-80 • Photograph
Cover Spotlight

A blue-tinted still of Kirk Douglas under attack from the deranged robot Hector in SATURN 3 — the 1980 British sci-fi thriller, atmospheric and unsettling in its better moments.

▶Contents
  • Main Features
  • THE HOWLING preview
  • ALLIGATOR preview
  • SCANNERS preview
↻Recurring Departments
  • Fang Mail
▶ Films Featured
Saturn 3The HumanoidCurse of the Crimson AltarThe Mask
★ Personalities
Kirk DouglasStephen KingBasil RathbonePeter Lorre
☠ Collector's Notes

Werewolf & creature feature focus

Early Cronenberg coverage

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FM #164 — June 1980

A blue-tinted still of Kirk Douglas under attack from the deranged robot Hector in SATURN 3 — the 1980 British sci-fi thriller, atmospheric and unsettling in its better moments. Inside: Saturn 3, The Humanoid, Curse of the Crimson Altar, and The Mask, and Kirk Douglas, Stephen King, Basil Rathbone, and Peter Lorre.

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