Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #168 October 1980 cover featuring color still of Richard Dreyfuss with aliens from Close Encounters of the Third Kind Special Edition 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #168

Oct-80 • Photograph
Inside This Issue

Spielberg recuts the saucers: Issue #168 covers the Close Encounters of the Third Kind Special Edition, and “Into the Mothership” walks through its new footage. The classics answer back — a Gorgo reprint brings Britain’s mother-monster home, “The White Sea Demon” resurfaces for Jaws fans, and “I Was a Tin Age Robot” earns its groan.

Cover Spotlight

A color still of Richard Dreyfuss at the moment of first contact in CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND — surrounded by Spielberg's ethereal visitors, wonder and dread in perfect balance.

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Contents

  • Frankenstein 1980
  • I Was a Tin Age Robot
  • Into the Mothership
  • Gorgo the Gargantuan
  • Invaders from Outer Space
  • The White Sea Demon
  • The Golden Years of Terrorvision
  • Rare Treats
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Recurring Departments

  • Fang Mail
  • Rare Treats
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Films Featured

Close Encounters of the Third Kind Special EditionGorgoJaws
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Personalities

Richard Dreyfuss
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Bylines & Contributors

Ronald N. Waite

☠ Collector's Notes

Special-Edition Close Encounters coverage is a neat film-history footnote collectors enjoy, and Issue #168’s Gorgo reprint keeps a classic in circulation. A breather issue between the run’s big beats.

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FM #168 — October 1980

A color still of Richard Dreyfuss at the moment of first contact in CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND — surrounded by Spielberg's ethereal visitors, wonder and dread in perfect balance. Inside: Close Encounters of the Third Kind Special Edition, Gorgo, and Jaws, and Richard Dreyfuss and Ronald N. Waite.

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