Famous Monsters of Filmland #64 cover painting of Vincent Price unmasked from HOUSE OF WAX by Basil Gogos 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #64

Apr-70 • Basil Gogos
Inside This Issue

No single genre owns Issue #64. Star Trek beams in with “Catspaw,” Toho’s all-star Destroy All Monsters levels Tokyo, Lugosi-era Murders in the Rue Morgue prowls Paris, and the Bride of Frankenstein gets her moment — all under Gogos’s lurid cover of Vincent Price’s ruined showman from House of Wax. Even comedian Pat Paulsen crashes the crypt.

Cover Spotlight

Vincent Price unmasked in a painting from HOUSE OF WAX — that terrible moment when the smooth wax surface falls away to reveal the scarred, vengeful truth underneath.

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Contents

  • Stark Trek!
  • Catspaw
  • Horrors from the Third Dimension
  • Destroy All Monsters
  • Dark Shudders
  • Murders in the Rue Morgue
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Recurring Departments

  • Speaking of Monsters
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Films Featured

House of WaxStar Trek CatspawDestroy All MonstersMurders in the Rue MorgueThe Right Hand of the DevilThe Bride of Frankenstein
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Personalities

Vincent PricePat PaulsenBoris Karloff
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Bylines & Contributors

Jerry Neeley

☠ Collector's Notes

The big-tent issue: Star Trek, Toho’s monster rally, Lugosi-era Poe, and a comedian in the crypt — Issue #64 shows FM’s reach at the turn of the ’70s. Trek collectors take note: “Catspaw” coverage in a monster mag is an oddball crossover worth bagging.

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Related Issues

More issues featuring Boris Karloff
Famous Monsters of Filmland #2 September 1958 cover featuring Jim Warren in Mr Hyde mask with horns and monster hands holding 2nd Great Issue card #2 Sep-58 Famous Monsters of Filmland #23 June 1963 cover painting by Basil Gogos of Giant Dean Parkin from War of the Colossal Beast #23 Jun-63 Famous Monsters of Filmland #31 December 1964 cover painting by Maurice Whitman of Boris Karloff from The Mummy #31 Dec-64 Famous Monsters of Filmland #46 cover uncredited painting of Oliver Reed from CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF #46 Sep-67 Famous Monsters of Filmland #56 cover painting of Boris Karloff as the Frankenstein Monster by Basil Gogos #56 Jul-69 Famous Monsters of Filmland 1971 Yearbook cover featuring Christopher Lee as the Creature from Hammer's Curse of Frankenstein 1971 Yearbook Jul-71 Famous Monsters of Filmland #113 January 1975 cover uncredited painting of Lionel Atwill in The Mystery of the Wax Museum featuring horror wax themes #113 Jan-75 NEXT ISSUE → Famous Monsters of Filmland #65 cover painting of Karloff and torture device from THE MASK OF FU MANCHU by Basil Gogos #65 May-70

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Discussion

FM #64 — April 1970

Vincent Price unmasked in a painting from HOUSE OF WAX — that terrible moment when the smooth wax surface falls away to reveal the scarred, vengeful truth underneath. Inside: HOUSE OF WAX, STAR TREK CATSPAW, DESTROY ALL MONSTERS, and MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE, and Vincent Price, Jerry Neeley, Pat Paulsen, and Boris Karloff.

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