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The Empire Strikes Back gets the filmbook treatment in Issue #166 (“The Empire Strikes Gold”), and George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead shambles in for a preview. Veronica Cartwright — Alien’s most haunted face — sits for an interview, “Son of Salem’s Lot” reports on a TV series that never came to pass, and an I Monster filmbook rounds out the horror side.
Three color stills from THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK — Irvin Kershner's darker, richer sequel, the one that changed what a blockbuster could be.
An Empire filmbook plus Dawn of the Dead coverage makes Issue #166 a two-front draw — Star Wars collectors and Romero devotees both claim it. The unmade Salem’s Lot series piece is a great what-if.
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FM #166 — August 1980
Three color stills from THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK — Irvin Kershner's darker, richer sequel, the one that changed what a blockbuster could be. Inside: The Empire Strikes Back, Dawn of the Dead, Black Sunday, and I Monster, and Veronica Cartwright, Randy Palmer, Glenn Strange, and Kenny Baker.
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