Famous MonstersForryeverDying to keep the memory of Famous Monsters of Filmland alive!
Famous MonstersForryeverDying to keep the memory of Famous Monsters of Filmland alive!
Inside This Issue
The keeper in Issue #96 is “Letter to an Angel,” Forrest J Ackerman’s tender elegy for Lon Chaney — one of the most personal pieces Forry ever wrote. The film coverage rides the Hammer tide with Twins of Evil, Hands of the Ripper, and Scars of Dracula, and catches an early curio: Schlock, John Landis’ gorilla-suit debut with makeup by a young Rick Baker.
Cover Spotlight
A double cover reprint — the 1967 Yearbook's uncredited Mr. Hyde on the right, the uncredited werewolf from issue #41 on the left, united in one gloriously monstrous spread.
☠ Collector's Notes
Of lasting interest for Forrest J Ackerman’s personal essay “Letter to an Angel” on the death of Lon Chaney, and as an early record of John Landis’ debut Schlock — the film that gave Rick Baker his first ape makeup. Reprint-collage cover.
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