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Famous Monsters of Filmland Magazine #202

Aurora's first first six monster models

Dressing up isn't reserved for Halloween night when you're a monster movie fan, and trying to recreate those spooky looks becomes a lifelong mission we undertake so we can feel closer to those creatures of the night.Back in 1965 Forrest J. Ackerman hired make-up artist Dick Smith to help him create the first tutorial book on recreating those monstrous looks at home- The Do-It Yourself Monster Make-Up Handbook.It sold for .60 cents and set the standard for all monster makeup tutorials to…

As always, Monsterpalooza was packed with plenty of jaw dropping eye candy. SOOO much goodness. Here's the first batch of photos I was able ...

Artist Tim Odland sent us this incredible piece of poster art for all you horror fans to enjoy. He calls it " Creeping Horror From the Depths of Time and Space! " It has a really fun and playful retro feel to it, and as you can see, it features portraits of several classic characters fro

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Trying to find copies of Famous Monsters when domiciled 3,000+ miles away from the action was a tad frustrating, more so when the series jumped from #69 to #80 in one month. It was only years later I discovered that the jump was to help the magazine reach #100 sooner. I would suggest … Continue reading "The Horror, The Horror! Classic Covers to Famous Monsters of Filmland"