Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #187 September 1982 cover featuring three color stills of Spock, Khan, and the Enterprise from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #187

Sep-82 • Collage
Inside This Issue

Issue #187 belongs to the Wrath: Tim Moriarty reviews Star Trek II behind a cover of Khan-season stills, while George Romero and Stephen King’s Creepshow and Carpenter’s The Thing each get four-page color previews. “Legendary John Carradine” opens a career retrospective, and the Dark Shadows revival movement gets its day in the moonlight.

Cover Spotlight

Three color stills from THE WRATH OF KHAN — Spock at his most decisive, Ricardo Montalban's glorious Khan, and the Enterprise herself — a cover for the best science fiction film of 1982.

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Contents

  • The Beast with Grin
  • Scares, Scars and Sp'fx
  • Birthday Witches
  • The Alphabeast of Horror-part 2
  • Creepshow
  • Star Trek 2 the Wrath of Kahn
  • Legendary John Carradine
  • The Thing
  • Answer to Mystery Photo No. 143
  • Dark Shadows Haunts Again
  • Rare Treats
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Recurring Departments

  • Fang Mail
  • The Graveyard Examiner
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Films Featured

Star Trek II: The Wrath of KhanCreepshowThe Thing (1982)Dark Shadows
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Personalities

John CarradineGene Roddenberry
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Monsters & Characters

SpockKhan
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Bylines & Contributors

Tim Moriarty

☠ Collector's Notes

Four-page color previews of Creepshow and The Thing make Issue #187 a strong 1982 reference pull, and Khan-season covers carry steady Trek-collector demand. The Carradine retrospective begins here — a draw for character-actor devotees.

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FM #187 — September 1982

Three color stills from THE WRATH OF KHAN — Spock at his most decisive, Ricardo Montalban's glorious Khan, and the Enterprise herself — a cover for the best science fiction film of 1982. Inside: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Creepshow, The Thing (1982), and Dark Shadows, and Spock, Khan, Tim Moriarty, and John Carradine.

Who had this one on their shelf? Who swiped it from an older cousin? Spill. ⬇️

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