Famous Monsters of Filmland #80 cover color photo of gorillas from BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #80

Oct-70 • Photograph
Inside This Issue

Issue #80 glances both backward and forward: the lost-film grail London After Midnight haunts its pages while the gorilla army of Beneath the Planet of the Apes storms the color cover. Chandu the Magician works his pulp sorcery, and “Future Fantastic Film Marvels” scouts the horrors still to come.

Cover Spotlight

A color photo of the mutant apes from BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES — the sequel that sent the franchise underground, literally, and turned up the radiation.

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Contents

  • London After Midnight
  • The Return of the Return of Things to Come
  • Future Fantastic Film Marvels
  • Chandu the Magician
  • Beneath the Planet of the Apes
  • Blood of Frankenstein, Horror of the Blood Monsters
  • Queen of Blood
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Recurring Departments

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

Beneath the Planet of the ApesLondon After MidnightChandu the MagicianBlood of FrankensteinHorror of the Blood MonstersThe Death Curse of TartuQueen of Blood

☠ Collector's Notes

Apes-cycle peak: the gorilla army of Beneath made one of the era’s most arresting covers, and Planet of the Apes collectors hunt Issue #80 alongside the film stills it printed. Chandu brings the pulp-sorcery deep cut.

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FM #80 — October 1970

A color photo of the mutant apes from BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES — the sequel that sent the franchise underground, literally, and turned up the radiation. Inside: BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES, LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT, CHANDU THE MAGICIAN, and BLOOD OF FRANKENSTEIN, and Richard Corben.

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