Famous Monsters of Filmland #40 August 1966 cover painting by Ron Cobb of hidden horror from Horror Hotel 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #40

Aug-66 • Ron Cobb
Inside This Issue

A Ron Cobb cover fronts #40, an issue strong on the craft behind the creatures: a “Men Behind the Monsters” survey of makeup masters from Gordon Bau to a young Dick Smith, plus a She-Creature filmbook and previews of Horror Hotel and Dinosaurus.

Cover Spotlight

Something lurks in HORROR HOTEL — a painting from the 1960 British chiller that wraps witch trials and modern evil into a fog-drenched, atmospheric package.

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Contents

  • Monster Mix Up
  • Dinosaurus
  • Horror Hotel
  • Great Lugosi Mystery
  • The Shape of Stings to Come
  • Mummy's Hand
  • Headlines from Horrorsville
  • The She-creature
  • The Unknown
  • Monster Mail Call
  • Death's Fingerprint
  • Men Behind the Monsters
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Recurring Departments

  • You Axed for It
  • Mystery Photo
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Films Featured

Horror HotelDinosaurusThe Deadly BeesThe Mummy's HandReptilicusThe She-CreatureThe Old Dark House
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Personalities

Bela LugosiBoris KarloffGordon BauDon PostBud WestmoreHarry ThomasDick Smith

☠ Collector's Notes

A genealogy of the craft: Bau, the Westmores, Harry Thomas, a young Dick Smith — Issue #40’s makeup survey reads like a family tree of every creature you grew up fearing. The effects-history crowd seeks this one out.

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Famous Monsters of Filmland #33 May 1965 cover painting by Ron Cobb of Lon Chaney from Hunchback of Notre Dame #33 May-65 Famous Monsters of Filmland #43 cover painting of Christopher Lee as Dracula rising from the tomb by Ron Cobb #43 Mar-67 Famous Monsters of Filmland #49 cover painting of Henry Hull as the WEREWOLF OF LONDON by Ron Cobb #49 May-68 Famous Monsters of Filmland 1968 Yearbook cover featuring pre-production illustration from Jack the Giant Killer 1968 Yearbook Jul-68 Famous Monsters of Filmland #54 cover painting of the Martian from INVASION OF THE SAUCER-MAN by Ron Cobb #54 Mar-69 Famous Monsters of Filmland 1969 Yearbook cover reproduction of Lon Chaney as The Phantom of the Opera 1969 Yearbook Jul-69 Famous Monsters of Filmland #87 November 1971 cover painting of The She-Creature by Ron Cobb featuring horror monster themes #87 Nov-71 NEXT ISSUE → Famous Monsters of Filmland #41 cover featuring uncredited painting of a werewolf #41 Nov-66

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FM #40 — August 1966

Something lurks in HORROR HOTEL — a painting from the 1960 British chiller that wraps witch trials and modern evil into a fog-drenched, atmospheric package. Inside: Horror Hotel, Dinosaurus, The Deadly Bees, and The Mummy's Hand, and Ron Cobb, Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, and Gordon Bau.

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