Famous MonstersForryeverDying to keep the memory of Famous Monsters of Filmland alive!
Famous MonstersForryeverDying to keep the memory of Famous Monsters of Filmland alive!
Inside This Issue
Sideshow classics and new carnival terrors meet in Issue #173: Randy Palmer’s retrospective honors Tod Browning’s Freaks, while Tobe Hooper’s The Funhouse haunts the midway in preview. “Forry Dies” cheerfully corrects a premature report of the Ackermonster’s demise, “Dracula at Home” tours the monsters of Universal Studios, and “Borrowed Time Ends” bids farewell to the great Beulah Bondi.
Cover Spotlight
Two images share this cover — Bill Cosby as a dapper devil in THE DEVIL AND MAX DEVLIN, paired with a photo of the disfigured mutant from Tobe Hooper's carnival horror THE FUNHOUSE.
☠ Collector's Notes
The “Forry Dies” correction is prime FM lore — the magazine laughing off its editor’s premature obituary — and the Freaks retrospective gives Issue #173 standing with Browning devotees. A deeper issue than its comedy-devil cover suggests.
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