Famous Monsters of Filmland #92 September 1972 cover painting of Bela Lugosi as Dracula by Barry Morgan featuring horror vampire themes 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #92

Sep-72 • Barry Morgan
Inside This Issue

Issue #92 is a love letter to Bela Lugosi, his Dracula rendered in oils on the cover by Barry Morgan. Inside, the magazine traces the master’s whole haunted career — a life retrospective, the full Dracula filmbook, the “Great Lugosi Mystery,” and a piece crowning him “Public Vampire #1.” Reverent reading for anyone who loves the accent that taught horror to speak.

Cover Spotlight

Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula — the face that launched a thousand nightmares, returning to the FM cover in paint for what never quite feels like the last time.

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Contents

  • Bela Lugosi
  • Dracula
  • The Undead
  • Public Vampire #1
  • Great Lugosi Mystery!
  • The Unholy 13 Strikes Again
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Recurring Departments

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

DraculaDante's Inferno
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Personalities

Bela Lugosi

☠ Collector's Notes

A core reference issue for Bela Lugosi: a full life-and-career retrospective with the Dracula filmbook and the “Great Lugosi Mystery,” behind a Barry Morgan cover portrait.

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FM #92 — September 1972

Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula — the face that launched a thousand nightmares, returning to the FM cover in paint for what never quite feels like the last time. Inside: DRACULA and DANTE'S INFERNO, and Bela Lugosi.

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