Famous Monsters of Filmland #65 cover painting of Karloff and torture device from THE MASK OF FU MANCHU by Basil Gogos 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #65

May-70 Basil Gogos
Inside This Issue

Karloff at his most diabolical fronts Issue #65 — Basil Gogos painting him as the sadistic Dr. Fu Manchu, mid-torture. The issue doubles as a Universal craftsman’s tribute: Karl Freund, the eye behind Dracula and the director of The Mummy, gets a farewell in “The Man Who Made a Mummy Is No More,” The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao works its carnival magic, and Karloff sits for an “Air-Raising Interview.”

Cover Spotlight

Karloff presides over a hapless victim in a torture device in a painting from THE MASK OF FU MANCHU — Boris at his most imperious, his most villainous, and his most perversely enjoyable.

Contents

  • The Phantom Strikes Again
  • The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao
  • The Man Who Made a Mummy Is No More
  • Beasts Creatures and Things
  • The Mask of Fu Manchu
  • Karloff's Air-raising Interview

Recurring Departments

  • Speaking of Monsters
  • Fang Mail
  • Mystery Photo
  • Professor Gruebeard
  • Girls and Ghouls Gallery
  • You Axed for It
  • Graveyard Examiner

Bylines & Contributors

☠ Collector's Notes

The man behind the camera finally gets the spotlight: Karl Freund shot Dracula and directed The Mummy, and his farewell in Issue #65 honors craft the industry rarely thanked. A book for collectors who care about how the nightmares were actually made.

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Discussion

FM #65 — May 1970

Karloff presides over a hapless victim in a torture device in a painting from THE MASK OF FU MANCHU — Boris at his most imperious, his most villainous, and his most perversely enjoyable. Inside: THE MASK OF FU MANCHU, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, THE SEVEN FACES OF DR. LAO, and THE OLD DARK HOUSE, and Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney, Karl Freund, and Forrest J Ackerman.

Tell us the first monster from this one that lived in your head rent-free. ⬇️

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