The things I ordered from the back of the book vs what I WANTED from the back of the book are much different lists. I remember having a Frankenstein cast where you mix the cement and pour it into the mold and paint it. Wish I still had it. Got a couple other things I think. Can’t recall right now.

I tried to make a horror movie once in the early 70s with my dads old video camera and actually got the film developed and watched it. I need to dig it out and get it converted to dvd!!!

Who had their letter or picture published in FM!? Let’s find our superstars and post them here. Who went to conventions? Any pics with Forry or Basil! Here is the place!

I have vivid horror memories from early on. It probably stemmed from my love/hate with dinosaurs. My earliest nightmare was a t-rex chasing me in the jungle. I was attracted to the scary but still actually scared by it. My earliest TV memories are Dark Shadows (I was born in 1965), Twilight Zone, and Night Gallery. And early movies I…

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Me too bro!!

FM #2 — September 1958

Warren returns for the sophomore issue in a horned Mr. Hyde mask (Fredric
March version) and oversized monster hands, proudly holding a card that reads "First Issue Sold Out!". Inside: Frankenstein, and Jim Warren, Fredric March, Robert Bloch, and Boris Karloff.

Which page from this issue is burned into your brain? Drop…

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FM #3 — April 1959

An uncredited painting by Jim Warren of Lon Chaney's haunting Erik from
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA — gaunt, hollow-eyed, and already the spiritual mascot of a brand-new magazine. Inside: The Phantom of the Opera and The 4-D Man, and Lon Chaney, Jim Warren, Gary Morris, and Ron Cobb.

Rip the cellophane off this one in the…

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FM #4 — August 1959

A vivid painting of the Martian invader from George Pal's WAR OF THE
WORLDS — tentacled, malevolent, and exactly the sort of alien horror that FM was born to celebrate. Inside: War of the Worlds, The Bride of Frankenstein, and The Wolf Man, and Albert Nuetzell, Ray Bradbury, Ramona Bradbury, and Zacherley.

Got this…

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FM #5 — November 1959

Bela Lugosi in test make-up for his role as the "Sayer of the Law" in
ISLAND OF LOST SOULS — one of the screen's most underrated monsters, finally getting his FM close-up. Inside: Island of Lost Souls, Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Revenge of the Creature, and Creature Walks Among Us, and Albert Nuetzell, Bela…

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FM #7 — June 1960

The Zacherley cover in its Roland variant — the same painting, a different
distribution imprint, and a genuine prize for collectors hunting the complete FM variant set. Inside: Dr. Cyclops and Donovan's Brain, and Albert Nuetzell, Zacherley, Lon Chaney, and Bill Warren.

Who had this one on their shelf? Who swiped it from…

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FM #8 — September 1960

One of William Castle's 13 GHOSTS takes center stage, with FM's little
"Eric" Phantom — complete with halo and harp — impishly perched on the ghost's shroud. Inside: 13 Ghosts and Return of the Vampire, and Albert Nuetzell, William Castle, Lon Chaney, and Chris Robinson.

Which page from this issue is burned into…

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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…

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FM #10 — January 1961

Claude Rains behind the mask — a painting of the 1943 PHANTOM OF THE
OPERA, all lush Technicolor mystery and tragic, obsessive love for music he will never be allowed to share. Inside: The Phantom of the Opera, Flash Gordon, The Tormented, and The Lost World, and Basil Gogos, Claude Rains, Jack Davis, and Robert…

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FM #11 — April 1961

The mighty GORGO thunders across this cover — one of Britain's finest
giant monsters, beloved by FM's faithful and every monster kid who ever wished they could keep one as a pet. Inside: Gorgo and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Basil Gogos, Lon Chaney Jr., Giovanni Scognamillo, and Fredric March.

Tell us the first monster…

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FM #12 — June 1961

Oliver Reed's tortured Hammer werewolf from CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF — all
wild eyes and anguish, rendered in a painting that captures every snarl of his doomed and helpless
transformation. Inside: Curse of the Werewolf, I Was a Teenage Frankenstein, and The Thing From Another World, and Basil Gogos, Oliver Reed, Bert I.…

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FM #13 — August 1961

An uncredited painting of a Frankenstein Monster — origin mysterious,
magnificence unquestioned — graces what was FM's milestone first 100-page issue. Inside: Phantom of the Opera, King Kong, Dr. Cyclops, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Sr., and Lon Chaney Jr..

Who had this one on…

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FM #14 — October 1961

Vincent Price at his most ominously refined — a painting from Roger
Corman's Poe adaptation THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM, dripping with Inquisition-era dread and Price's peculiar
gift for doomed elegance. Inside: The Pit and the Pendulum, Forbidden Planet, and Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land, and Basil Gogos, Vincent…

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FM #15 — January 1962

The one and only Zacherley returns — a painted portrait of TV horror's
reigning ghoul-host, the face that launched a thousand screams on both coasts. Inside: The Ghost Breakers, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and Bride of the Monster, and Basil Gogos, Zacherley, Forry Ackerman, and MeKanical Man.

Rip the cellophane…

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FM #16 — March 1962

Lon Chaney Sr. as the unmasked Erik — a painting of Hollywood horror's
most indelible face, from the PHANTOM OF THE OPERA that launched the whole beautiful nightmare. Inside: Phantom of the Opera, The Mask, A Blind Bargain, and The Mad Magician, and Basil Gogos, Lon Chaney, Forry Ackerman, and Robert Bloch.

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FM #17 — May 1962

Elsa Lanchester as the Bride of Frankenstein — wild-haired,
electric-streaked, magnificent — a painting of one of horror cinema's most iconic and strangely lovely
images. Inside: The Bride of Frankenstein, A Picture of Dorian Gray, Mystery of the Wax Museum, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and Basil Gogos,…

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Famous Monsters of Filmland — 1962 Yearbook

A full year of creature features bound in one volume. Reproductions of four early FM covers — issues #3, #6, #5, and #1 —
assembled for this special 100-page selection of out-of-print issues.

Open the 1962 Yearbook — which page calls you back? ⬇️

FM #18 — July 1962

This painting depicts what was long believed to be Dwight Frye — but has
since been confirmed as Bernard Jukes, the stage Renfield who had these photos taken in an unsuccessful bid to
land the film role. A genuine piece of horror history hiding in plain sight for decades. Inside: The Blob, I Was a Teenage Werewolf, The…

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FM #19 — September 1962

Three masters of the macabre share one cover — a painting of Peter Lorre,
Basil Rathbone, and Vincent Price from Roger Corman's deliciously sinister TALES OF TERROR. Inside: Tales of Terror, Mothra, The Lost World, and The Son of Dr. Jekyll, and Basil Gogos, Peter Lorre, Basil Rathbone, and Vincent Price.

Who had…

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FM #20 — November 1962

Lon Chaney in LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT — a painting of the most debated image
in horror history, from the most desperately sought lost film ever made. Inside: London After Midnight and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Basil Gogos, Lon Chaney, Roger Elwood, and John Carradine.

Which page from this issue is burned into your…

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FM #21 — February 1963

A retouched color photo from THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN — one of the most
beautiful horror films ever produced, and proof that Universal's monster factory was firing on every cylinder
in 1935. Inside: The Bride of Frankenstein, Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, Face of Fire, and Mighty Joe Young, and Basil Gogos, Forry…

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FM #22 — April 1963

A retouched photo of Bela Lugosi's Dracula dispatching poor Dwight Frye,
paired with a prop severed head from THE RAVEN — two distinct flavors of dread on one cover. Inside: Dracula, The Raven, and The Mystery of the Wax Museum, and Forry Ackerman, Bela Lugosi, Dwight Frye, and Jim Danforth.

Got this issue? Read it till…

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FM #23 — June 1963

The Giant — played by Roger Pace — looms over everything in a painting
from WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST, the AIP sequel where the Colossal Man loses half his face and all his
patience. Inside: War of the Colossal Beast, Black Zoo, Frankenstein 1910, and The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome, and Basil Gogos, Roger…

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FM #24 — August 1963

An uncredited painting of Henry Hull as the WEREWOLF OF LONDON — the
original cinematic werewolf, still snarling, still underappreciated, and considerably more elegant than the
monsters that followed. Inside: Werewolf of London, King Kong, She-Demons, and Phantom of the Opera, and Henry Hull, Forry Ackerman, Edward…

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FM #25 — October 1963

Bold red lettering spells out KING KONG across this cover, surrounding
four film stills and an original drawing — a tribute issue and a love letter to the greatest monster movie ever
made. Inside: King Kong, Frankenstein, The Premature Burial, and Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, and James Warren, Forry Ackerman,…

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FM #26 — January 1964

An uncredited painting of the alien from THE OUTER LIMITS episode "The
Architects of Fear" — Robert Culp transformed into something the United Nations was absolutely not prepared to
meet. Inside: Outer Limits, Frankenstein 1910, and Children of the Damned, and Robert Culp, Forry Ackerman, Richard Benda, and Henry…

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FM #27 — March 1964

The Cyclops from THE 7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD — Ray Harryhausen's one-eyed
titan brought to life in paint and improbably rendered in green. Only FM would embrace that particular creative
choice. Inside: The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, House of Wax, The Black Sleep, and They Saved Hitler's Brain, and Kosloff, Vincent Price,…

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FM #28 — May 1964

Bela Lugosi in ISLAND OF LOST SOULS — the mad doctor's tortured creation
staring out with those impossible eyes, captured in an uncredited painting of one of Lugosi's most haunting
performances. Inside: Island of Lost Souls, Frankenstein's Daughter, Children of the Damned, and The Spider, and Bela Lugosi.

Got this…

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Famous Monsters of Filmland — 1964 Yearbook

A full year of creature features bound in one volume. Cover details drawn from FM issues #9 (Vincent Price) and #10 (Claude
Rains) — two of the early run's finest cover paintings, repurposed for this special yearbook edition.

What made the 1964 Yearbook stick in your head? Chase us down in the…

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FM #29 — July 1964

An uncredited painting from THE FLESH EATERS — the 1964 drive-in shocker
about a mad scientist and his flesh-dissolving microorganisms, rendered in full FM cover glory. Inside: The Flesh Eaters, Island of Lost Souls, The Lost World, and Dick Tracy serials, and Peter Lorre, Alan B. Greene, Jerry Lewis, and Bull…

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FM #30 — September 1964

Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula — the definitive face of cinematic vampirism,
returned once more to the FM cover in paint. Inside: Teenage Monster and The Evil of Frankenstein, and Russ Jones, Bela Lugosi, Peter Lorre, and Val Warren.

What's your memory of FM #30? Got a copy? Got a favorite bit? Let's hear it.…

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FM #70 / Monster World #1 — November 1964

Lon Chaney Jr. as the tragic WOLF MAN — a painting of Universal's most
sympathetic lycanthrope, on the first issue to bear the Monster World banner alongside FM. Inside: THE WOLF MAN, THE BLACK SLEEP, and THE MUMMY, and Lon Chaney, James Warren, and Bill Obbagy.

Got this issue? Read it till the…

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FM #31 — December 1964

Boris Karloff as Imhotep — a painting of THE MUMMY's immortal bandaged
revenant, cinema's most dignified and melancholy monster on one of FM's finest early covers. Inside: The Mummy, The Mummy's Hand, The Creeping Terror, and Monster on Campus, and Maurice Whitman, Boris Karloff, Edward Van Sloan, and Lon Chaney…

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FM #71 / Monster World #2 — January 1965

The whole magnificent MUNSTERS clan — Grandpa, Herman, Lily, Marilyn, and
Eddie — gathered for a painting at the peak of their mid-sixties television reign. Inside: THE MUNSTERS, GODZILLA VS. THE THING, MUMMY'S HAND, and THE TIME TRAVELERS, and Boris Karloff and Bill Obbagy.

Tell us the first…

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FM #32 — March 1965

Monster Model Contest winner Lance Herpeck's painstaking diorama
recreating a scene from KING KONG — a cover celebrating the monster kids who built their own little worlds. Inside: King Kong, The Munsters, Horror of Dracula, and Two on a Guillotine, and Lance Herpeck and Lon Chaney Sr..

Which page from this issue is…

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FM #72 / Monster World #3 — April 1965

THE SHE-CREATURE — the 1956 AIP shocker's prehistoric sea monster,
dredged up from the deep through hypnotic regression — rises once more in paint. Inside: FRANKENSTEIN VS. THE WOLF MAN, THE NIGHT WALKER, THE SHE-CREATURE, and CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN, and Don Post, William Castle, and Bill…

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FM #33 — May 1965

The Bell Ringer of Notre Dame in full tragic glory — a painting of Lon
Chaney's immortal Quasimodo from THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, ugliness and heartbreak embodied in one
legendary face. Inside: The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Tomb of Ligeia, and Hercules Unchained, and Ron Cobb, Lon Chaney, Tony R. Wayman, and William…

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FM #73 / Monster World #4 — June 1965

The CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON glides across this cover in paint — the
Gill-Man, last of the classic Universal monsters and arguably the most purely beautiful of them all. Inside: THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, FRANKENSTEIN 1970, IT CONQUERED THE WORLD, and THE MUNSTERS, and Edgar Allan Poe,…

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FM #34 — August 1965

Fredric March's Mr. Hyde — leering, degenerate, magnificently horrible —
painted for a cover that captures everything unsettling about the 1931 Oscar-winning transformation. Inside: The House on Haunted Hill, Werewolf in a Girl's Dormitory, Horrors of Spider Island, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Maurice Whitman,…

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Famous Monsters of Filmland — 1965 Yearbook

A full year of creature features bound in one volume. Glenn Strange in full Frankenstein Monster regalia — Universal's third
and final actor to wear the iconic makeup, featured on this special yearbook cover.

Which spread from the 1965 Yearbook did you linger on longest? ⬇️