Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #167 September 1980 cover featuring multiple color stills from The Empire Strikes Back 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #167

Sep-80 • Collage
Inside This Issue

Triumph and mourning share Issue #167: opening-night coverage of The Empire Strikes Back runs alongside farewells to two giants who died within days of each other — Alfred Hitchcock and George Pal. The Shining gets a preview, The Cat and the Canary a filmbook, “Black Sunday” concludes its two-parter, and “Inside Godzilla” conducts a tongue-in-cheek interview with the King of the Monsters himself.

Cover Spotlight

A collection of color stills from THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK — more scenes from the film that proved the galaxy far, far away was bigger and stranger than anyone had imagined.

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Contents

  • FM on Friday the 13th
  • The Shock of Things to Come
  • Dr. Jekyll Hydes Again
  • Birthday Witches
  • The Empire Strikes Back
  • Inside Godzilla
  • The Cat and the Canary
  • Answer to Mystery Photo No.125
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Recurring Departments

  • Fang Mail
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Films Featured

The Empire Strikes BackThe ShiningThe Cat and the CanaryBlack SundayDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hype
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Personalities

Mark HamillAlfred HitchcockGeorge PalYvonne De Carlo
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Monsters & Characters

Godzilla

☠ Collector's Notes

The Hitchcock and George Pal farewells — two titans gone in one week — give Issue #167 lasting reference weight, and opening-night Empire coverage fixes its date. A heavier issue than its toy-ad back cover lets on.

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FM #167 — September 1980

A collection of color stills from THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK — more scenes from the film that proved the galaxy far, far away was bigger and stranger than anyone had imagined. Inside: The Empire Strikes Back, The Shining, The Cat and the Canary, and Black Sunday, and Mark Hamill, Godzilla, Alfred Hitchcock, and George Pal.

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

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