Famous Monsters of Filmland #9 November 1960 cover painting by Basil Gogos of Vincent Price from House of Usher 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #9

Nov-60 • Basil Gogos
Cover Spotlight

Vincent Price in his Roger Corman period — a painting of Price's brooding Roderick Usher from HOUSE OF USHER, all shadow, crumbling masonry, and doomed aristocratic grandeur.

▶Contents
  • Main Features
  • The Fall of the HOUSE OF USHER (preview)
  • The Phantom Strikes Again (novel & Chaney film origins)
  • Lugosi's Secret Terror (haunted by cat-woman story)
  • It Can Happen to You (Basil Wolverton cartoons)
↻Recurring Departments
  • Dear Monster
  • You Axed For It
  • Monster Club Members
▶ Films Featured
House of UsherThe Phantom of the OperaI Was a Teenage Werewolf
★ Personalities
Basil GogosVincent PriceRoger CormanBela LugosiLon ChaneyBasil WolvertonMicheal Landon
☠ Collector's Notes

First cover

Magazine goes bi-monthly

Related Issues

More covers by Basil Gogos
Famous Monsters of Filmland #10 January 1961 cover painting by Basil Gogos of Claude Rains with mask from Phantom of the Opera #10 Jan-61 Famous Monsters of Filmland #11 April 1961 cover painting by Basil Gogos of Gorgo #11 Apr-61 Famous Monsters of Filmland #12 June 1961 cover painting by Basil Gogos of Oliver Reed as Werewolf from Curse of the Werewolf #12 Jun-61 Famous Monsters of Filmland #13 August 1961 uncredited cover painting of Frankenstein Monster #13 Aug-61 Famous Monsters of Filmland #14 October 1961 cover painting by Basil Gogos of Vincent Price from Pit and the Pendulum #14 Oct-61 Famous Monsters of Filmland #15 January 1962 cover painting by Basil Gogos of TV horror host Zacherley #15 Jan-62 Famous Monsters of Filmland #16 March 1962 uncredited cover painting possibly by Basil Gogos of Lon Chaney from Phantom of the Opera #16 Mar-62 Famous Monsters of Filmland #17 May 1962 cover painting by Basil Gogos of Elsa Lanchester from Bride of Frankenstein #17 May-62

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FM #9 — November 1960

Vincent Price in his Roger Corman period — a painting of Price's brooding Roderick Usher from HOUSE OF USHER, all shadow, crumbling masonry, and doomed aristocratic grandeur. Inside: House of Usher, The Phantom of the Opera, and I Was a Teenage Werewolf, and Basil Gogos, Vincent Price, Roger Corman, and Bela Lugosi.

Rip the cellophane off this one in the replies — favorite moments, worst nightmares, cover love, all welcome. ⬇️

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