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The hall of flame is never tame. This time, as Lucifer’s p«boils & bubbles. Ben “Biurnie” (above), alias Old Flash Eyes, hashis eye out to entertain you with a feature on SCAR WARS--er,

STAR WARS-featuring CHRISTOPHER LEE...coverage on the land-

mark lycanthropy picture, THE HOWLING. ..a vast'array of OTHERVAMPIRES. ..a Noose Feature that will knock your eyeballs out(THE DEADLY SPAWN! RETURN OP THE LIVING DEAD! PHAN-TASM II! GODZILLA VS. THE DEVIL! “SON OF PSYCHO!” & ManyMore). The Ayes Have “It”!

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WALTER J. DAUGHERTY

MY FRIEND WALT will

be 65 years younf; this

Sear ana since the mid-30se's been my best friend.

He has often threatened towrite my biography andcall it “Gullible’s Travels"but if he were to composea volume about our friend-

ship he woukf have to title

it 'M Captured the Acker-monster for the FBI" (theFantasy Bureau of In-

vestig^ion) (or he has cap-turea me a thousand timeswith his camera. ..and amillion times with his loyal

heart.--Forry PS: Theabove Is one picture he ob-viously DIDhTT take! But.typically, it shows himwide-eyed & open-mouthed-lor he's neverlost his youthful Sense of

Wonder.

CHANGE FOR THEBETTER

I have been an avid fan of

your magazine for 7 yearsnow (I'm 15). Just yesterday I

had the distinct pleasure of

reading issues 2 thru 10. ( aman who is painting ourhouse brought them over.)Suddenly I realized the greatimportance of your magazineto me. Not a day goes bythat I don't pick up an issueand read thru it for theumpteenth time. I havenow begun a search forissues 1 thru 30 of my all timefavorite mag (FM) to com-plete my collection. Thanksfor changing my life and br-inging a Bit of fantasy & hap-piness to this world of ours.

TOM SHEPPARDSan Marino, CA

LETTER OF THEMONTH

I've been a fan of horrorfilms for most of my 26 yearsand have purchased yourmagazine many times in thepast. In fact, I once boasted alarge collection of backissues, all of which were ac-cidentally destroyed by myparents while I was away atcollege. (Sob!) Tho I haven'tbou^t many copies of FM in

recent years I did snatch upthe March '81 issue when I

saw that it featured an article

on Hammer's Frankensteinseries. After reading theissue cover to cover, I

couldn’t help but notice manyways in which the magazinecould be improved,

1)

Include an objectivereview with each film synop-sis. Horrorwood seems to beturning out a lot of garbagelately and many people arerushing out to see these filmsregardless of what anyonesays against them. But thatdoesn t mean that FMshouldn't criticize the real

turkeys. Surely you can findsomeone to act as acritic.. .they needn’t be apro.. .just someone who canwrite of how they feel about amovie and why. I would kill

for a job like that.

2) More in-depth interviews,not just with actors but witheveryone involved in themaking of a horror film. Andplease don't overlook theladies. Too many magazineshave treated actresses as if

they were put upon this earthonly to serve as “slaymates ofthe month". You’ve an op-portunity to teach your youngreaders that films in generaland horror films in particularneed not be sexist.

3) And more in-depth articleson horror history, trends,movie-making techniques,etc. Examples: as a sequel tothe article on the alienvasionof TV you could feature astory on just one of the showsmentioned; or you couldwrite about how some filmsreflect current attitudes; andI’m sure that many of yourreaders would like to knowabout animation, makeup,editing, etc.

SUSAN L. DIMKAPlover. Wl

BY GASH & BY GORYI’m writing to complain

about the current wave ofripoff "gore" films followingon the heels of the huge suc-cess of FRIDAY THE 13TH.The reason FT13 succeededwas mainly because TomSavini redefined the way aperson could be killed onscreen. He spent much timeon the fabulous effects. Nowall the schlock is coming out:TERROR TRAIN, HE KNOWSYOU’RE ALONE & PROMNIGHT to name a few (althoPN did have effective sound-track music). As for ZOMBIE,it's a blatant DAWN OF TH^DEAD ripoff. The only majorhorror film that's originallately besides FT13 is

DePalma's DRESSED TOKILL. Even tho FT13 hadsome elements of HALLO-WEEN, the effects were ex-tremely original. And tho thetheme of DTK was identical(almost) to PSYCHO, we werestill surprised to find out whothe killer was. Hopefully thenew crop will be better:MOTEL HELL, OMEN 3 &HALLOWEEN 2.

DON HICKSCarson City, NV

KANGA-GRUEAustralia has made some

splendid pieces of Hor-ror/Thriller movies whichhave you on the edge of yourseat; some include THECHAIN REACTION. THECARS THAT ATE PARIS,PATRICK, SUMMERFIELD,THE NIGHT NURSE, TH^LAST WAVE, INN OF THEDAMNED (shiver), PICNICAT HANGING ROCK (basedon fact). Australia also ven-tured Into science fiction

series in the late 1960s &early 70s with Phoenix 5, An-dra, Vega 4, Alpha Scorpio &Interpretis, so Australia isn’t

all sand & kangaroos.MURRAY SWIFT

Sydney, AUSTRALIA

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JOHNNIE WILCOX

STAR WARS SCORESThe best movie ever made

(in my opinion)”STAR WARS!I am just crazy over it andown a huge collection ofSTAR WARS memorabilia- 1

love that movie more thananything else. I go to see it

and I can get totally immers-ed in the adventure, excite-ment & mood of it all and I

very much appreciate yourcoverage of it. Your magazinehad the best lotos & most in-

teresting articles.

Then came THE EMPIRESTRIKES BACK. The firstimeI saw it I was disappointedbecause it didn't capture thesame mood of wonder thatSTAR WARS did. But eachtime 1 saw it again, the more I

loved it, and now I almost like

it more than STAR WARS! It's

a masterpiece! Again, yourmagazine was one of the first

to cover it and had the finestfotos available. I especiallyloved the foto of Yoda in

#166. That’s the kind of pic-

ture I like, taken directly fromthe film itself, rather thanpublicity poses.

JON ROZANSKIIssaquah, WA

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JUNE 1981GAUNT TOMORROW There arehorror & sci-fi films coming to leave even themost die-hard fan ga-ga with gore, slap-happywith sadism, & dizzy with dangerous visions!

«A FRIDAY THE 13th: PART 2Want to be counselor at Camp CrystjU Lake?

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The others were impaled, chopped, diced andshredded! More gore on Slayday the Second!!

THE HOWLING An exclusive FM

Sreview of the most ghoulish werewolf film ever!

fever before has there been such an awesometransformation of man into mindless beastiality!

26STAR WARS There is no Darth of

thrills in this Luke back at the most excitingspace opera of our time! Christopher Lee giveshis cultivated views of the Star Wars greatness!

32OTHER VAMPIRES Dracula hasbeen undead for thousands of years & thousandshave gone down for the Count! Hammer Filmshas a stake in these thirsty night creatures!!

38THE DIE-RY OFA SHE-FIENDA mad mystic summons the She Creature fromthe depths of the sea & centuries past to wre^bloody revenge!A review of the She-monsterpix.

OUTLAND Where men die like flies andthe appetites of Earth are sated! From the mak-ers of Alien and the acting skill of Sean Connerycomes the most horrifying film of the year!

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ment another outpour!^ of sympathy,

rage and/or empassioned opinion!

25MYSTERYPHOTO if youcan't guess who this horrifying

monstrosity is then just try againwith our fiendishly scrambled clue!

50RARE TREATS Scared out of

your pants? Hal We've Just begun to

fright as we scour the Ackermonster’svault for these pix and fanta-photos!

BIRTHDAY WITCHES astellar collection of birthday lumin-

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I THE GRAVEYARD FromKthe murky depths, the GE has ex-

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fear today and

GAUNTTOMORROWLooks like about an imagi-movie a day

is on the way from the fantasy filmakers!20 years ago Henry James’ famous story

“The Turn of the Screw” became the classicfright film THE INNOCENTS. Now we are tosee the iZeturn of the Screw as a 2-hour ghostoryin telefilm form from CBS.Not to be upstaged, NBC/TV will bring us Ray

Bradbury’s The Electric Grandmother.The world without oib-now there’s a chilling

thought if we don’t develop atomic or solarenergy in the meantime. This dark vision will beshown us in the New World coproduction withthe old world (producer Mark Forstater ofEngland) in BATTLE TRUCK 2000.

10 years after he first conceived the project,John Landis has been on location in Wales, ex-uberantly shooting AN AMERICANWEREWOLF IN LONDON. (With a silverbullet, we presume.)

Gloria Swanson, a Movie Queen of the Silents,who already made one great comeback inSUNSE'T BOULEVARD, will make another,now that she’s 81. in FELINA. a Gothic film.Disney’s CONDORMAN is being advertised

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as “definitely tongue-in-beak”, about a man whowould be a bird. “Unflappable!”What sort of evil lurks outside the ancient

English manse? THE WATCHER IN THEWOODS knows!And Disney says we'll find outaround Halloween.The co-author of NIGHT OF THE LIVING

DEAD, John Russo, has written and will

direct...RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD.John (THE NIGHTBEAST) Dods is prepar-

ing a spoof, DAWN OF THE DEAD COME-DIANS, and a serious sci-fi horror thriller, THEDEADLY SPAWN.

academy liominations3 representatives from FM were there (at the

Los Angeles Press Club) when the OfficialNominations were revealed for the Academy ofScience Fiction, Fantasy & Horror FilmsAwards for 1980. Among celebrities announcingthe nominations were Sam J. Jones (FLASHGORDON), John (veteran sci-fi film star) Agar.Ann (WAR OF THE WORLDS) Robinson, andA.E. van Vogt (CONFLICT 2100).

A private in Lucifer’s Army of the Living Dead rises from the grave in the climax of FEAR NO EVIL. Let’shope he keeps it private!

The Nominations AreBest Science Fiction FilmALTERED STATES Warner Bros.BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS New WorldTHE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Lucasfilm-20th Century Fox

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN United ArtistsFLASH GORDON Universal

Best Fantasy FilmTHE BLUE LAGOON ColumbiaOH. GOD: BOOK II Warner Bros.POPEYE Paramount-DisneySOMEWHERE IN TIME Universal

TWINKLE, TWINKLE. 'KILLER’ KANEUnited Films

Best Horror FilmsDRESSED TO KILL FilmwaysFADE TO BLACK American CinomaTHE FOG Avco-EmbassyTHE HOWLING Avco-EmbassvTHE SHINING Warner Bros.

Best International FilmCASTLE CAGLIOSTRO JapanTHE CHANGELING CanadaHARLEQUIN Australia

SCANNERS CanadaTERROR TRAIN Canada

Best Low Budget FilmTHE FORBIDDEN ZONEHUMAN EXPERIMENTSMS.45MANIACSCARED TO DEATH

Best ActorALAN ARKIN, SIMONDENNIS CHRISTOPHER, FADE TO BLACKKIRK DOUGLAS, THE FINAL COUNT-DOWNMARK HAMILL, THE EMPIRE STRIKESBACK

CHRISTOPHER REEVE. SOMEWHERE INTIME

Best ActressELLEN BURSTYN. RESURRECTIONJAMIE LEE CURTIS, TERROR TRAINANGIE DICKINSON, DRESSED TO KILLLOUANNE, OH, GOD: BOOK II

JANE SEYMOUR, SOMEWHERE IN TIME

Best Supporting ActorSCATMAN CROTHERS, THE SHININGMELVYN DOUGLAS. THE CHANGELINGMARTIN GABEL. THE FIRST DEADLYSIN

MAX VON SYDOW, FLASH GORDONBILL DEE WILLIAMS. THE EMPIRESTRIKES BACK

Best Supporting ActressEVE BRENT ASHE, FADE TO BLACKLINDA KERRIDGE, FADE TO BLACKEVA LE GALLIENNE, RESURRECTIONNANCY PARSONS. MOTEL HELLSTEPHANIE ZIMBALIST, THEAWAKENING

Best DirectorALTERED STATES. KEN RUSSELLDRESSED TO KILL. BRIAN DE PALMATHE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, IRVINKERSCHNER

FADE TO BLACK. VERNON ZIMMERMANTHE SHINING. STANLEY KUBRICK

Best WritingALLIGATOR. JOHN SAYLESALTERED STATES, SIDNEY AARONTHE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK. LEIGHBRACKETT & LAWRENCE KASDAN

RESURRECTION, LEWIS JOHN CARLINOTWINKLE. TWINKLE, “KILLER” KANE,WILLIAM PETER BLATTY

Best MusicDRESSED TO KILL, PINO DONAGGIO

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, JOHNWILLIAMS

RESURRECTION, MAURICE JARRETHE SHINING, BELA BARTOKSOMEWHERE IN TIME, JOHN BARRY

Best MakeupALTERED STATES and SCANNERS, DICKSMITH

BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS, SUEDOLPH, STEVE NEILL & RICK STRAT-TONFADE TO BLACK, COLIN BOOKERTHE HOWLING, ROB BOTTIN & RICKBAKER

ZOMBIE. GIANNETO DE ROSSI

Best Special EffectsBATTLE BEYOND THE STARS. CHUCKCOMISKY

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, BRIANJOHNSON, RICHARD EDLUND

THE FOG. DICK ALBAIN JR.. TOMMYWALLACE & JIM LYLES

THE HOWLING, DAVID ALLEN & PETERKURAN

SCANNERS. GARY ZELLER

Best CostumeBATTLE BEYOND THE STARS. DURINDAROCE WOOD

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK. JOHNMOLLO

FADE TO BLACK, DORIS LYNNFLASH GORDON, DANILO DONATOSOMEWHERE IN TIME. JEAN-PIERREDORLEAC

Number of NominationsTHE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK 8FADE TO BLACK 7SOMEWHERE IN TIME 5ALTERED STATES, BATTLE BEYONDTHE STARS. DRESSED TO KILL. THESHINING, RESURRECTION 4 eachFLASH GORDON. THE HOWLING, SCAN-NERS 3 eachTHE CHANGELING, THE FINAL COUNT-DOWN. THE FOG. OH. GOD: BOOK II. TER-ROR TRAIN, TWINKLE, TWINKLE,“KILLER" KANE 2 eachALLIGATOR. THE AWAKENING. THEBLUE LAGOON, CASTLE CAGLIOSTRO,THE FIRST DEADLY SIN, THE FORBID-DEN ZONE. HARLEQUIN. HUMAN EX-PERIMENTS, MS.45. MANIAC. MOTELHELL. POPEYE. SCARED TO DEATH,SIMON, ZOMBIE 1 each

along the eerie canalALLIGATOR: PART 2 is on its way to ter-

rorize us. What next, a creepy crocodile from the

Nile?

John Dods. Master Monster Mechanic, is the creator of THE DEADLY SPAWN. Writhe on, John!

THE NIGHT OF THE WEREWOLF wiUsoon see the light of day with Paul Naschyessaying the role of the lycanthrope.And another Not At Night tale is THE

FRIGHT, with William Shatner. While StevenSpielberg’s next will be IT’S NIGHT TIME.Aiming at scaring the daylights out of us is

DAWN OF THE MUMMY.And another Egyptian eerie epic is SUM VII.We wonder: When TRELNOR THE

WANDERER meets ALCARIC THEAVENGER, will he prove to be a DORN in this

side? Maybe TRON knows.SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY

COMES from the pen of Ray Bradbury and theproduction company of Kirk Douglas. Ray will

presumably re-introduce Gort & lUaatu to us in

the sequel he’s scripting to THE DAY THEEARTH STOOD STILL. THE DAY THEEARTH STILL STOOD?And the Missishivery river rolls along on a

FANTASTIC VOYAGE under a FULL MOONHIGH: THE ENTITY...ALIEN ONEARTH...KING COBRA...VENOM...DEAD &BURIED...TRAP DOOR...THE BOARDINGHOUSE...THE ATTIC...PSYCHO II...PHAN-TASM II...ZOMBIE II...SUPERMAN 3...AIR-

PORT 5...THIRST...THE GLOW...QUESTFOR FIRE. ..CAVEMAN. ..THE HAND...HAWK.. .THE HAWKLINE MONSTER...Curtis Harrington’s UNICORN. ..Ron Cobb’s “Mine, all mine!” declares the crazed killer In the

tunnel of the mine in MY BLOODY VALENTINE.

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NIGHT SKIES...THE DRAGONS OF KRULL...THE BEASTMASTER...John Campbell &John Carpenter’s THE THING FROMANOTHER WORLD...BEYOND THE EARTH...BLOOD LAKE...EASTER SUNDAY...SPACE GOSPEL.MILLENIUM.HARLEQUIN.WOLFEN.ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK...DRAGON-

SLAYER...THE TIME BANDITS...ISLANDCLAWS...RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK(Spielberg & Lucas collaboration)...OUTLAND...CONAN THE BARBARIAN...TARZAN OF THE APES...THE AMAZINGCOSMIC CONNECTION...TWO GUYS FROMSPACE...HE ARTBEEPS...RAGTIME...PLAYER PIANO...EXCALIBUR...THESWORD.

spookerama & scientifilmsSPACEWATER BLUES. Includes a trip into

space and time travel to the future.

George Orwell’s chilling vision of the SlaveNew World of the future, 1984.A new GOLEM in 1984ish surroundings.Available on videocassettes from Nelvana,

half-hour award-winning animated TV specialsfrom Canada: The Devil & DanielMouse...Romie-0 & Julie-8 (robot & robotrix)...A

Cosmic Christmas & Please Don't Eat thePlanet (Intergalactic Thanksgiving). Nelvana’sfirst animated feature will be the $5.4 millionDRATS, a futuristic musical.MONSTER ISLAND, from a novel by Jules

Verne, starring Peter, Cushing.A macabre monstrosity naunts a musty

museum: THE UNSEEN.NIGHTMIRRORS-they’U reflect a human

THE MONSTER CLUB (Price, Carradine)...DUNGEONS & DRAGONS...THE DROWN-ED WORLD...THONGER IN THE VALLEYOF DEMONS...THE AFTERMATH...THEWEATHER WAR...THE VISITOR...Philip K.Dick’s BLADE RUNNER.. .Isaac Asimov’sNIGHTFALL...Frank Herbert’s DUNE...ColinWilson’s THE SPACE VAMPIRES.. .theremake of THE CREATURE FROM THEBLACK LAGOON.PhiUp K. Dick’s THE MAN IN THE HIGH

CASTLE.Klaus (NOSFERATU) Kinski in STAR

RIDERS, scripted by A.E. van Vogt & LewisCoates.7 WARRIORS, 7 PLANETS. ..DEVIL

TIMES 5...HUMAN BEASTS...THE CATPEOPLE. ..TEDDY. ..THE FOREST OFFEAR...LAKE OF THE LIVING DEAD...PHOBIS...MACABRA...SUPERMONSTER.. .VIRUS...THE KEEP...GOD-ZILLA VS. THE DEVIL.. .Alfred Bester’s THEDEMOLISHED MAN.

The human (?) incarnation of the demon Lucifer roars defiance at the world in FEAR NO EVIL,the mythicalhorror-fantasy film starring Stefan Arngrim.

Walter (author of THE MAN WHO FELL TOEARTH) Tevis returns with Mockingbird for

TV’s Public Broadcasting System. Tevis’ tale

will be afforded the largest budget for any filmever produced for pubtel. It’s based on his novel,

which takes place in 2500 A.D. in a New York ci-

ty populated by robots and humans who havebeen tranquilized into zombies who wanderlistlessly thru the skeletal remains of theskyscraper skyline. “Tevis is becoming a legendin the field of science fiction’’ and we are promis-ed “a mesmerizing vision of life in the future.’’

And the beast is yet to come as FM’s ownspecial fan, PAUL CLEMENS, stars in the role

he was born to play, the transformation thatout-Jekylls Mr. Hyde, the horribilatingmultiraiuion $ monster epic that is expected tohave the impact of THE EXORCIST andcatapult Clemens into the front ranks of horrorstars: THE BEAST WITHIN.QUEST.Next News Report: Coverage on the first

Chinese science fiction film (DEATH RAY ONCORAL ISLAND) and the second PERRYRHODAN space opera.

The outcasts of Krypton are back for more evil deedsin SUPERMAN 11.

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it’s an unlucky day,all over again—

JJslayday the 1st...

B efore we dive into the fresh doings atCrystal Lake, a reminder of the savageevents which went before--

As though anyone could forget the mind-numbing mutilations of FRIDAY THE 13th...

Noble Ned, his throat slashed deep, all butbeheading him!

Sparklin' Steve Christy, knifed and strung uplike a side of beef!Bouncin’ Bill, pinned to the wall of a shed by

arrows, looking every inch a human pincushion!Mellow Marcie, searching for her boyfriend

and finding, instead, an axe-swinging killer whoburies a hatchet in her brain!Those are just a few of the delightful demises

delineated in the first film.

A film about Camp Crystal Lake, and thedoomed counselors preparing to open it for thesummer.A film about the mad Mrs. Voorhees, who is

behind the killings, avenging the death of herson Jason.Jason had once attended the camp.He was a happy, bright boy-whose life ended

tragically.

He drowned when two of the counselors left

him unattended on the lake.

His mother has been preventing anyone fromreopening the camp ever since.

At the midnight hour of FRIDAY THE 13th,

Is it the Elephant Man? No,this isn’t a Mystery Photoso we’ll tell you that it’s Jason, groping thru the cabin

window at petrified Ginny.

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Another triumph of maeabre makeup art.

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Your eyes will pop too when you see what she sees.

Just when they thought it was safe in the woods.

No,no,your psychiatristrecommended you try a

littie night life--

not knife life!

the sole surviving counselor, Alice, manages toget her hands on a machete and decapitate themarauding mom...The rotted, slime-covered Jason rises from the

lake to drag Alice to her death, but she managesto survive--

Until now!

alice in murderlandPoor Alice (Adrienne King).Ever since her terrifying encounter with Mrs.

Voorhees and her sinister son, she’s been at anemotional breaking point.There’s a new nightmare every time she closes

her eyes-though it always revolves around thedemented doings at Camp Crystal Lake!Each night, in some new way, Alice has a vi-

sion of Mrs. Voorhees (Betsy Palmer).The woman slashes at her!

Grabs at her!

Cackles at her!

Each time she appears, even in these grim vi-

sions, the madwoman makes one thing clear:

Having dispensed with seven of Alice’s fellowcounselors, she has targeted the young girl

herself lox-death\Death, hideous and gruesome.Fortunately for Alice’s sanity, the dismal

dream always ends the same way: with thatswing of the machete which lops the head off

the evil Mrs. Voorhees.Unfortunately for Alice, the nightmares cause

her to see the lunatic lady lurking in everyshadow. ..her clutching, decomposed son readyto pounce from behind every doorway.

In a way, Mrs. Voorhees has had her revenge.But whatever horrors the suffering Alice has

conjured in her imagination--Whatever bloody death she has seen for

herself--

Nothing prepares her for the reality of what is

about to happen.Alice awakens one night.

She can’t sleep, and no wonder: her repose hasbeen visited, once again, by the demon ofCrystal Lake.Shaken and perspiring, she goes to the kitchen

to eat; to take her mind off the past.Alice opens the refrigerator, and in one heart-

stopping instant, all the horror of the camp wellsup in her again.

She stares in utter revulsion and fear at theshelf.

On it rests the severed head of Mrs. Voorhees.The head that she'd cut from its body!Alice doesn’t have time to wonder how it got

there, or why it’s smiling demonically. Beforeshe can say Jack the Ripper, an arm snaps out ofthe ice box.

It grabs Alice, holds her helpless!

Seconds later, an ice pick is thrust into herface. The pointed utensil cuts up through thebase of her nose, and slams out the other side.

When Friday the 13thbecomes Fear Day the

Thirteenth.

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Alice’s eyes blood over, and at last hernightmares are ended...

return tO"Canip blood!The time: five years later. The gore of FRI-

DAY THE 13th has soaked into the earth.

Enter Jeff and Sandy.Nice young kids, ready to begin their

counselor training at what used to be CampCrystal Lake.With the happy couple in their souped-up

truck is their friend Ted.The trio’s journey is interrupted when they

encounter a large, dead tree limb blocking theroad. Nearby: a paint-peeled sign which readsCamp Crystal Lake.The newcomers poo-poo the legends of the so-

called “Camp Blood’’. But their poo-poos mighthave turned to uh-ohs had they but known thatwatching their every move, listening to their

every word is a prowler. In his heart, in his everybreath is sheer, untempered blood lust!

Camp leader Paul begins his instructors’training sessions, warning his counselors aboutthe dangers of the region.

Boys will be boys & cutups will be cutups. He wantedto be a gay blade-but this is ridiculous.

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He tells them that bears are known to wanderabout, and have been responsible for many kill-

ings.

Paul’s girlfriend Ginny takes the warninglightly, as do fellow-counselors Vickie and thewheelchair-bound Mark.That night, over a crackling fire, Paul upholds

an old camp tradition. He tells a chilling story.Only this one, he swears, is true!Paul relates the story of Jason Voorhees’

death, and how his drowned body was neverrecovered from the lake, on whose shores theyare camped. He goes on to say that legend has it

that Jason has been living on wild animals andvegetation for the past few years, waiting for achance to avenge his mother.Just as one ofthe listeners is snickering at the

nonsensical story, a disgusting form jumps outat them!False alarm-it’s only Ted, dressed up in a rub-

ber monster mask and holding a large spear.Not-so-false alarm-from behind nearby

bushes, the mysterious prowler has seen theseshenanigans.

In fact, he’s been about some shenanigans ofhis own!

Grizzled old Crazy Ralph (Walt Gorney), a sur-

vivor from the first film, has reached the end ofhis lucky streak!He’s been murdered, and hideously: a length

of prickly barbed wire has been looped aroundhis neck and tightened. If the strangulationhadn't killed him, the hundreds of messy holesin his neck would have!

curiosity killed the copIntrigued by the story Paul has told them,

Jeff and Sandy disobey his orders, and decide togo poking around the area where all the deathsoccurred.. .the infamous Camp Blood!Sandy giggles nervously, flinching at every

sound, gasping Jeff as the shadows which sur-

round them seem to move.Jeff pretends to be fearless, when in fact he’s

quaking in his shoes.Reaching the grisly terrain, they are startled

by a figure.

The killer Jason?No, just a local policeman. He explains that

this area is off-limits to everyone, and the coupleleaves.

The lawman should have taken his own ad-vice, though. For as he himself, overcome withcuriosity, pokes around the lurid landmark-Wham\Seemingly from out of thin air, a hammer

crashes heavily onto the officer’s head.Bits of skull fly about as the bone shatters

beneath the blow, the hammer digging into hisbrain and spraying blood and gray matter all

over.

As the twitching form of the policeman laysdying, one can hear from a nearby cabin the

Before Your Very Eyes, remarkable hours-long makeup session transforms Handsome Warrington GiUetteinto Gibbering Fiend Jason. Prom Bald Beauty to Hirsute Cutie in 4 Queasy Lessons!

echoes of a voice, coaxing the hammer-bearer on.

‘‘Kill, Jason.. .kill him...” it commands.

sick nixes sixThere’s a full moon out as a group of

counselors head to Brownie’s place for a night of

merriment.The others stay behind at the camp.Mistake!One counselor, the tantalizing Terry, is out

looking for her missing dog. Reaching the lake,

she decides to go for a swim.Spying on her is a playful lad named Scott,

who runs to join her--

SnaplScott never makes it, stepping into a loop hid-

den on the ground and being snared upside-

down from a tree.

Terry spots him and, laughing, goes to get a

knife to cut him free. If she’d waited a fewmoments, there would have been a sharp objectat her disposal.

While Scott is busy hanging around, a shroud-ed figure bearing a machete steps up. In asingle, strong, silent swoop, Scott’s jugular veinis sliced by the blade.

Terry returns, and finds his blood seeping into

the ground. She screams, but the cry dies in herthroat as, before she knows what hit her, theprowler slaughters her as well.

lour to go...Meanwhile, the handicapped Mark is waiting

in his cabin for vivacious Vickie to appear.

He’s anticipating a night of wild fun with thelovely lass. Instead-SwooshlThe infamous machete blade swipes down!

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inny (Amy Steel) irons things out the hard way asshe goes on a rampage-

It strikes the young man, cutting deep...slic-

ii'g his head like a melon.Vickie arrives at the cabin, looks around for

hor lover. He's nowhere to be found. What she•Joes find is the killer, who cuts the poor girl topieces.

...and then there were two!In the midst of all this carnage, Jeff and San-

dra are alone together in one of the bedrooms.Curled in one another's arms, they are enjoyingthe privacy, the quiet of the night.

Suddenly, three's company!An intruder approaches the couple and with.a

mighty thrust, drives a spear through the ent-' ined couple.The two JiodieS are together for all eternity,

impaled on the lance, their blood pouring in

buckets over the bed and onto the floor.

jason and the arrgh-onautsPaul and Ginny return to the camp, having

had their fill of local night-life. As soon as theyarrive, they are confronted by the rotted, hideousform pf“Jason Voorhees'.His skin pale as the grave and spotted with

blood and ulcers.

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His teeth protruding, eyes dead and bulging.Put he lives'.

Impossible, you say? That’s what Ginnythinks, until the villainous ghoul throws himselfat Paul. The two grapple, and Ginny watches asJason subdues her companion.She doesn't wait to see the inevitable out-

come, but runs away. She tries to escapethrough the bathroom, but after she has shutthe door a pitchfork begins hacking its waythrough.Beyond it. a woman's voice, an evil voice

droning-“Kill her. ..kill her, Jason!"Remaining calm and alert, Ginny manages to

escape from the cabin, sneaking into a VW van.She oreathes easier, tasting freedom-until thevan engine sputters and dies.

Speaking of dying, Ginny's afraid that she is

next!She runs from the van, and hides under a bed--

where she is almost pitchforked to death by themurderous Jason. But the resourceful galescapes yet again, and not empty-handed: thistime she manages to put her hands on a chain-saw.

the crystal lakechainsaw massacre!Not quite a massacre, but Ginny is able to

wound Jason with the saw, cutting him and us-ing his momentary shock to escape. Leaving thechainsaw behind, she flees into the forest.

Like Snow White, she'd have been better offourstaying at home andduking it out with her tor-

mentor!In the midst of the woods, she comes upon the

most terrifying vision she has ever seen.Mounted on a pole is Mrs. Voorhees'decapitated head. The display is part of an altarwhich Jason worships. Surrounding the head arethe woman's clothes, arranged, to simulate aseated figure.

But that nauseating sight isn't the worst of it!

As Ginny looks around the shrine to the deadMrs. Voorhees, she notices the mutilated bodiesof her fellow counselors-Terry, Scott, Mark,Vickie, they're all here. And all disgustinglydisfigured.

Before Ginny has time to consider deeply thesickening sight of the corpses, her gut begins totremble: she hears Jason returning!Ginny realizes that there is only one way to

deal with the walking corpse. Though it's not apleasant option, it’s the only option.Approaching the altar. Ginny slips on Mrs.

V’^oorhees’ sweater. Arranges herself as best shecan to resemble the boy 's dead mother.Jason approaches, and Ginny’s deception

seems to be working.She convinces the boy to get on his knees

before her, while she approaches, the machete in

hand.

YOUSAW IT HERE FIRST!

Exclusive frame blowup of terrifying moment from FRIDAY THE l3th Part II.

Ginny growls in the voice of Mrs'. Voorhees,“You’ve done your work, you’ve made me veryhappy.”Sne comes nearer and nearer, and in a swift

movement brings the machete toward Jason--Ginny 's plans hop the track, as Jason’s cor-

roded arm shoots up, grasping her wrist andhalting the deadly blade in mid-fall.

The dead boy realizes that this is not his

mother, and plans to kill her. But before he canattack-

in the nick of time!Paul comes running to the shrine. Miraculous-

ly, he'd survived his earlier encounter withJason and rushed to Ginny’s rescue.

The two men grapple anew!Jason's powerful hands claw at his foe, while

Paul tries to wrestle the monster to the floor.

Through it all, Ginny is far from helpless,

however. She still has the machete, and whenshe finally has a clear shot at the frightful

Jason, she brings the blade down, hard!There is a horrible crunching of bone and a

tearing of sinew. Jason shrieks as Ginny strikes‘Crazy Ralph’’ won’t be crazy any more as he becomes

the Necks Victim of the Mad KiUer.

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again, imbedding the weapon deep into his tor-

so. His upper body all but flops into different,

bloody sections.

Watching it all, Mrs. Voorhees’ head seems tocome to life!

Leaving the writhing Jason behind, Paul andGinny run from the shrine. They return to thecabin, standing close, in each other’s arms. Eachis silent, panting, trying to recover from the hor-ror they’ve just experienced.Ginny turns to Paul, is about to thank him

when--Crash\The eerie calm of the night is shattered, along

with the window near which they’re standing!The frame shatters!Pieces of glass explode inward, flying all over

the room!The couple gasps, retreats several steps!Jason has come into the cabin through the

window. His face is a mask of pain, streakedwith a clear desire for revenge.His arms, streaming blood, are outstretched,

reaching from a body butchered by Ginny yetstill living, still able to wreak vicious death.Hands groping, Jason charges at the couple--Ginny’s world goes black!

the mystery!When consciousness returns to the girl, she is

no longer in the cabin.In fact, Ginny has no idea where she is until

she sees white uniforms all around.A hospital!

She’s being wheeled into a hospital. Turningher head weakly to one side, she spots a statetrooper.“Paul?” she mutters. “Where’s P-Paul?”Good question-and one we’re not gonna

answer here! Why spoil the shocker ending?Suffice to say that her scene in the shrine was

not the final gasp of Mrs. Voorhees.Or her severed head!FRIDAY THE 13th PART II. It leaves the

coffin-lid open for PART III. Will it be?Stay tuned to FM! Jason Voorhees does...!

END

Altared States! No sacrifice too great for the Sacrificial Altar of the Maniac Jason.

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BIRTHDAYWITCHES

5OUT OF 8. Not bad for the number of Birthday Ac-tors to whom we can forward your Wishes this

issue. You may send cards c/o Nate L. Daye, 2495Gtandowar Ave., Hollywood, CA 90027, to the following

and FM will forward them free of chaiw for you: GE0.LUCAS, JAS. ARNES8, LORD LAURENCE OLIVIER, VIN-CENT PRICE and...PETER CUSHING. On Mr. Cushir^scard you will have to put 80$ (for Airmail to England], 40$additional for each half oz more than 1 oz.

LORD LAURENCE OLIVIERMay 22

Boys from Brazil

werewolves of the worldunite in

Fans all have their favorite werewolfilms.For some, the original WEREWOLF OFLONDON remains the best, with the late

Henry Hull as the classic lycanthrope.For some, no wolfman can touch Larry Talbot

(Lon Chaney Jr.) as...THE WOLF MAN.When color came to werewolfilms with

CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF, yet anothe’-

favorite was born with the colorful characteriza-tion of Oliver Reed.

But, man & boy, your editor has got to say henever saw a werewolf transformation like that in

the hair-raising last reel of THE HOWLING.You can rea//y believe you see a man turning in-

to a wolfen before your popping eyes.

things that gojump in the nightA darkling woods.An isolated cabin.Karen White (actress Dee Wallace), a young

woman alone in the cabin.

Dead of night.

But something is living-out there, in the

forest.

Something feral, something...howling.When an unearthly shriek pierces the still of

the night, startling Karen out of her sleep, shesits bolt upright in bed, listening.

The strange cry is repeated. Again & again.

So Karen takes a flashlight and, being braver(or more foolhardy than you or I or AndyHardy), goes out into the woods to seek out thecause of this eerie wail.

This was not a sensible thing for Karen to do.

I'll bet you would have told her to stay insideand read FM instead, if she wanted to be (com-fortably) frightened.

mighty joe dante20 years ago a young teenager named Joe

Dante submitted to FM his selection of thosehorror pix which in his youthful opinion were thepits. Prune pits. The bottom of the barrel. “Z"(for zilch) movies. In other words. Dante’sInfernO"flicks that should have been consignedto the flames or thrown to the (were) wolvesbefore they were made.20 years later he found himself directing Rob-

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Don McLeod joins the werewolf crowd in THE HOWLING.

by the Robot & Forry the Ackermonster in

cameo roles in HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD,and Cult Queen Barbara Steele in the eminentlysuccessful PIRANHA (which has spawnedPIRANHA 2).

Now “Mighty Joe” has helmed THE HOWL-ING...which is overwhelming audiences with its

eyeball-busting climax.

As SCANNERS is to sci-fi. THE HOWLINGis to werewolfilms.

knight's black agentFamed film critic Arthur Knight has this to

say, in part, about the picture:

If it's a full moon tonight, watch out for the

werewolves in Avco Embassy's THE HOWL-ING. Thanks to young Rob Bottin's innovative

special effects, which dominate the picture, the

werewolves-human beings who are transformedinto fanged <& fearsome canines by the light ofthe silvery moon-aren't simply good old Henry

Hull or Lon Chaney Jr. with an abundance ofcrepe hair pasted to their brows & chops. No,

before our very eyes without cutaways or

(noticeable) lighting changes, most of the cast

undergo savage & chilling transformations.

A psychic retreat in a remote encampment is

presided over by TV pundit Patrick Macnee.Before the film is over, it's clear that Macnee has

made plenty of converts, including John Car-

radine & Slim Pickens. By their teeth shall yeknow them.

hurray for horrorwoodTHE HOWLING has been called “a contem-

porary tale of a timeless horror.”

“Exploration of the frightening, sinister world

of that supernatural creature that stalks humanprey.”“The best werewolf transformation scene ever

done. ’’"Ron Borst of Hollywood Silver Screen.

“An occult thriller.”

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Is it Baby SnookB?No,Elisabeth Brooks-transformedinto a werewoman.

Shadow. Shadow, on the Wall, the Big Bad Wolf hascome to call!

Robert Picardo undergoes man-into-wolfman trans-formation masterminded by Bob Bottin.

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why werewolves?Joe Dante, the film’s director, told FM: “I was

attracted to the property ‘The Howling’ by acouple of things. For one thing, it doesn’t justimitate other horror movies. Imitation may beconsidered by many to be ‘the sincerest form offlattery’ but in horror movies it more often in-dicates a lack of imagination. Not so with ‘TheHowling’.“We did a lot of research into the ancient

folklore of lycanthropy and were surprised tolearn how much of the information weautomatically accept as fact is just the fiction ofprevious pictures. Movie myths. As seldom-used information was incorporated into thescreenplay, the project began to acquire someimportant underpinnings.“True legends are more frightening than

made-u^ ones for movies.“Domt get me wrong. I’ve always loved the

way the movies handled werewolves. But thepoint is. we’ve already seen the old way. I

thought it was time for something new.’’And, with the assistance of screenplaywrights

John Sayles & Terence H. Winkless, and withfamiliar faces like John Carradine, Kevin Mc-C^thy & Dick (LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS)Miller, and Rick Baker as Special Makeup Ef-fects Consultant, and David Allen (King KongVolkswagen commercial) on Stop-Motion andDoug Beswick on Special Mechanical Effects, hegot what he was after.

Watch the telephone booth scene for a glimpseof famous fantastic film producer/director RogerCorman.And-oh, yes-about Forry Ackerman’s cameo.

When you see a pair of nuns walking downHollywood Blvd. and entering the CherokeeBookshop, which is actually a well-known land-mark that specializes in science fiction & fan-tasy material, watch out for your editor. Once in-side the store, look for the poor man’s VincentPrice, browsing. Pay particular attention whenyou see a closeup of a pair of hands (mine) layingdown five Tarot cards. In the top righthand cor-ner of each card is a letter of the alphabet. Asthe cards are laid on the glass top of a case of rarebooks, they spell out: S C I F I

Then the proprietor, played by Dick Miller,comes over, snatches the cards out of my handsand gives me a curt reprimand about playingaround with the cards if I don’t intend to pur-chase them, to which I react with a “What sortof a way to treat a customer is that?’’ look andwalk away dis^stedly to the background of thestore, where I check out some books on theshelves that I might need to add to the Acker-museum. Concentrate on my hands behind myback when I walk away from the camera andyou’ll see a couple of copies of a magazine youmight recognize...

As we go to press we learn there’s to be aHOWLING 2. Wolf! Wolf!

END

MYSTERYPHOTO

MYSTERY PHOTO NoJ31The previous Mystery Photo was HORROR OF FRANKEN-

STEIN.FMmonster Fans who correctly identified recent MPs in-

clude MIKE PARKER, DUANE RICHARDSON, BRIDGET M.GREGORY.STAN MORELAND.JOHN "TK421" KAZAR.ERICDUVALL,ANDY SIMMONS.CORY DALTON.BRUCE BURKEEN,KEVIN SPICER. JON WELKER, JEFF COLSTON, GARY BENT-LEY. ANDY CHRISTENSEN, MARC A. NEULAND, CHAS. (THE

SPAZ) GOLDMAN. TODD L. PERREIRA, ROBT. PALMISANO,PARKER ANDERSON. MICHAEL OLLER, CYNTHIA TILLING-GHAST & DAWNA FLAME.

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& STAR LEEcount dracula & the force

STAR WARS?” Christopher Lee said in re-

sponse to the question put to him by FM in-

terviewer Robert Cremer..‘‘The tremendousinterest created by it—and CLOSE ENCOUN-TERS OF THE THIRD KIND-doesn’t sur-prise me at all.

‘‘And I don’t think that the interest ‘just hap-pened’, either. It’s been around a long, long timebut because of low budgets & bad scripts— thesame things that give horror films a badname— people just haven’t been getting whatthey wanted all along:(And then Christopher Lee spoke for legions

of imagi-movie aficionados, as tho telepathicallyreading our minds or echoing our thoughts, andhe replied] : ‘‘High-quality fantasy films.”And he continued: ‘‘I’m not saying that there

hasn’t been an occasional outstanding fantasyfilm, mind you [see the Editor’s Choice for thepast 20 years in our 20th Anniversary Issue,

#142] but all too often they’ve disappointed thepublic.”

Chris lee on fantasy"STAR WARS & CLOSE ENCOUNTERS

gave the public what it wanted and look at theresponse!

‘‘I’m convinced that a well-made fantasy filmwill be more popular than any other type. Theenchanted world is still the most enchantingworld of all.

‘‘The magician or necromancer can wave amagic wand and ‘spirit’ —if you’ll pardon the ex-pression— us away from everyday life.” [Pardonthe expression? Why, Mr. Lee, if you shouldever retire from acting we’d offer you a job writ-ing for FAMOUS MONSTERS if you can comeup with more puns like that!

]

‘‘The imagination is a beautiful & excitingthing,” he continued, warming to the subject,

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Pre-production conceptof what one of the cli-

mactic scenes in thetrench assault on theDeath Star would look

like.

Luke sets out to look for his lost droid Artoo-Detoo.

Imperial troopers & Wookie Chewbacca (“Chewey” tohis friends).

“and thanks to the advances made in film in re-cent years, the fantasy film is getting better atwhat radio was always good at:

[Three guesses. Give up?]“Letting our imaginations run wild!’’

starry eyedListening to Christopher Lee talk about fan-

tasy [interviewer Cremer continues] it’s obviousthat he is enchanted by it all. What’s more,there’s real enthusiasm in his voice when hetalks about the animation feats of WillisO’Brien, Ray Harryhausen & others, an enthusi-asm that just doesn’t come thru when he talksabout horror.

[You don’t mind, do you, if we deviate fromthe topic of STAR WARS for just a couple ofparagraphs? When CHRISTOPHER LEEspeaks. I’m sure most of us are anxious tolisten!]

In spite of what he says to the contrary [Cre-mer tells us] Christopher Lee has put horror be-hind him on a somewhat permanent basis. Thelure of the Gothic has given way to Cosmic Won-der in his universe and if he has his druthers inchoosing film roles in the near future, you cancount on seeing him in a number of sci-fi spec-taculars.

Why?“Sci-fi is the most exciting type of fantasy in

my mind because it is speculative & gives theaudience a possible vision of the future.“The science fiction of one generation has all

too often become the science fact of the next.’’[Why, that’s the Gospel according to Hugo

Gernsback, the Father of Science Fiction! Themotto on this magazine Amazing Stories usedto be]—

EXTRA VAGANTFICTION TODA YCOLD FACTTOMORROW

from "the thing"to the ring of reaiity“Who would have thought that the science

fiction of the 1950s would become science fact inthe 1970s?” [I would have, that’s who!—FJA]“I watched DESTINATION MOON in theatersin the early 1950s and then watched it all cometrue on primetime television nearly 20 yearslater.

“Of course, we may have to wait a bit longerto see the likes of STAR WARS,” he chided [I’min no hurry to go— I’ll wait if you will! FJA]“but who’s to say what’s in store for us?

“I would be the last person to say that it

could NEVER happen. ”

[Correction, Mr. Lee: I, after 55 years in thescientifiction field, would be the lastperson!]The foregoing has been an excerpt from a fine

fresh interview with CHRISTOPHER LEE bythe Cremer named Bob who did such a greatjob

When Stormtroopers zap their weapons, don’t expect a zephyr!

previously on BELA LUGOSI. I'm sure it haswhetted your appetite to read it in its entirety in

FM#147.

dye-ing to putin his dime's worth

In my day (in another Galaxy, a long timeaway) we were anxious to put our

2<t:worth in

when we had something to say. Today, with in-

flation, it costs a dime. So FM fan Fred Dyeowes us a dime for giving him the time & spacein our pages to express his STAR WARS opin-

ions as follows;

STAR WARS left me amazed, dazed & daz-zled.

In fact there wasn’t anytAmg about the expe-rience I didn’t like, despite the nitpickings ofyour Starswarm “experts”. One that really

torques my jaw is that nodkapo [Esperanto for

“numbskull”] KRIS NEVILLE. (Who the devilis he, anyway? His listed “credits” certainlydon’t qualify him as a SCI-FI “expert”). His ageis definitely showing if he was bored(BORED?!) by STAR WARS and considered2001 (which was nothing but pseudo-intellectualgibberish) to be superior. Obviously the onlytaste he has is in his mouth. BOO! Hiss! I hopeChewie rips his arms off. He sounds like a wetblanket to me. ‘Course, what do I know— I’mjust an avera^ sucker who falls for every kiddiespace movie that comes along, and clearly I lackMr. Neville’s culture & sophistication.20011Ha Ha Ha!I’ve seen better special effects on TV (and

that has to be the unkindest cut of all).

Nufsed.

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A pair of Stormtroopers receive acting instructions from Director George Lucas on the hot sands of far dis-tant (in space & time) Tatooine.

i

1 1. 1^1M #1

Jawas. noxious little creatures like cowled gnomes from Teutonic mythology.

Good clashes with Evil in this duel to the death between the villainous Vader and the knightly Obi-wan.

burroughs deeper intoSTAR WARS

Another thing that surprised me about thecontroversial feature [if you haven’t read it yet,

you can judge for yourself by getting back issue

#141] was that no one compared STAR WARSto the JOHN CARTER series of Edgar RiceBurroughs, which has to be the original “spaceopera”. I’ve loved John Carter since I read“Princino de Marso” (and the others in En-glish). JC is fuU of villains & swashbuckling &princesses & even the banths (banthos in SW)and nobody noticed.

Strange, huh?I must be lacking imagination but I sure don’t

see any WIZARD OF OZ in STAR WARS.I can’t decide, tho, which I liked bet-

ter-STAR WARS or METROPOLIS. Bothknocked me out so I’ll call it a draw. —Fred J.

This “episode” of STAR WARS now draws to

a conclusion but, don’t despair, we’ll be there

with rare pix and another “fix” on the STARWARS saga as soon as info on REVENGE OFTHE JEDI becomes available.

7 ACADEMY AWARDS! How about that?STARAWARDS!!!

END

hammers stake in

—

OTHERVAMPIRES

by Randy Palmer

When he asked “Mind if I cut in?” she thought hewanted a dance, not a chance to slit her vampiric

throat!

The saga of Hammer’s DRACULA is

well-known.In 1958 the Master rose from the crypt

the world (via Christopher Lee’sof the undead demonicOF DRACULA. a film

has achieved an inarguable position as

all-time DRACULA classic.

In 1965 Hammer unleashed DRACULA-PRINCE OF DARKNESS and again, in 1969,

DRACULA has RISEN FROM THE GRAVE.But the filmonster fans' thirst for unrelenting,

vampiric terror seemed insatiable.

In 1970 came TASTE THE BLOOD OFDRACULA.

In 1971, THE SCARS OF DRACULA.In 1972. DRACULA A.D. 1972.

And, in 1973, the final installment: THESATANIC RITES OF DRACULA. a film that

continues to be delayed in the USA.But what of Baron Meinster? Mircalla, Car-

milla & Marcilla^. Count Karnstein^l Dr. Ravna^.Count Mitterhouse^-Hammer's other vampires.In 1975, at the World’s 2d FAMOUS

MONSTERS Convention, Special GuestMichael Carreras (President of HammerStudios) was asked which Hammer films are

most successful in terms of box-office perfor-

mance.His answer;“Any Dracula film.

“Any Frankenstein film.

“Any vampire film.’’

In that order.

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As you can readily see, the DRACULA &FRANKENSTEIN films are the most popularand because of that, more is written about themthan any other Hammer productions. Chancesare you don’t know who “Count Mitterhouse” is

or what picture he appeared in. Well, nevermind; you'll learn soon enough.

fascinating factsReady for some interesting statistics? Out of

the 167 films Hammer has made in its 40-oddyears of existence, how many would you guessare studies concerned with vampirism, not coun-ting their DRACULA efforts?

10?15?20 or more?Only 8!

8 out of 167. With their DRACULAS. thatmakes a grand total of 15!

It's astonishing when you consider that peo-

Janes in chains would like to demon strate that threewrongs make a rite in THE SATANIC RITES OF

DRACULA.33

Instead, she’s evil, so this gal-'one of the VAMPIRELOVERS-'^oes for the ^uy’s neck.

Ingrid Pitt.Hit of the 2dFAMOUS MONSTERS FILM-CON, sinks her teeth into a meaty part (a fleshy neck).

VAMPIRE LOVERS at the Con loved her!

Now if she were Eveshe’d go for

Adam’s Apple.

pie usually conjure up visions of hordes of vam-pires when they hear the name Hammer men-tioned. Only 8?!Hammer’s very first vampire was, of course,

the King himself: Dracula. But let’s concentrateon Hammer’s other vampires.After the release of HORROR OF DRACULA

in 1958, Hammer suddenly became aware thatthey had made a mistake in finishing off theCount so soon. That film reaped such tremen-dous financial rewards {it was also mentioned foran Academy Award) the Hammer personneldecided they simply must follow the picture upwith a sequel.And the sooner the better.Unfortunately, finding a way to bring Dracula

back from the dead was no easy task. (Ashistory has proven, it took Hammer seven yearsto fashion a way to do it; Dracula wasn’t truly“reborn” until the release of DRACULA--PRINCE OF DARKNESS in 1965.)

So, instead of making another film aboutDracula, Hammer concerned itself with theaftermath of Dracula ’s reign of terror. It wascalled THE BRIDES OF DRACULA and, in ef-

fect, it’s a Dracula movie without Dracula!In an effort to justify the title. Hammer

employed a narrator to open the picture with amoody monolog, intoned over the ominous land-scapes of deep, dark Transylvania. ''Tran-sylvania," the narrator says, "...land of darkforests, dread mountains & black, unfathomedlakes. Still the home of magic & devilry as the19th century draws to a close. Count Dracula,monarch of all vampires, is dead. But hisdisciples live on to spread the cult and corruptthe world."

a tale of terrorA horse-drawn coach tears recklessly thru the

forest, the driver eager to be done with his er-

rand in this dark & hellish place. Inside is MaryAnn Danielle (Yvonne Monlaur), a young Frenchgirl who is to take up the position of student-teacher at the local village Academy for YoungLadies. Finally the coachman stops in front of

the local tavern. Wishing to go no farther, hedrives away; now Mary Ann is stranded. Sheasks the innkeeper for a room for the night butall are occupied. Not knowing where to go orwhat to do, she sits alone at a table.

Soon another coach draws up outside. From it

emerges the old, seemingly kindly BaronessMeinster (Martita Hunt). The villagers appearnervous at her arrival. The Baroness invites

Mary Ann to stay the night at her clifftop cas-

tle,promising she will see to it that Mary Annreaches her destination in the morning. Theyoung girl gladly accepts and together they ride

to the Meinster estate.

the mysterious meinsterAt the castle that night Mary Ann discovers a

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To save himself from the deathly stare of a vampiric fair, CAPTAIN KRONOS shields his eyes with hisknife. (Good Question: how come the vampirine casts a reflection?)

young man below her bedroom window who ap-

garently is getting ready to dive off the balcony.he calls to him and pleads with him not to kill

himself, then makes her way below to talk tohim face-to-face. He is tall & blond and MaryAnn can feel a warmth envelop her heart as shetalks to the man who introduces himself as theBaron Meinster-the Baroness’ son. The Baronexplains that his mother keeps him locked awayfrom the world-chained to the stone walls, asMary can see-for his mother is a greedy womanwho wants the estate to herself. Promising tofind the key that will unlock his bonds & free

him, Mary Ann departs.Later the Baroness discovers that the key has

been stolen and demands an explanation fromMary Ann. But the Baron-now free-intervenes.Mary Ann does not notice the bloodlust in his

blazing eyes nor the distended fangs that will

soon suck the life from his own mother. She goesto her room and waits, while the Baron vam-pirizes the Baroness with a terrible vengeance.Soon Mary Ann hears the cackling of Greta

(Freda Jackson), the house maid, and goes to in-

vestigate. She sees Greta bent over the corpse ofthe Baroness and flees into the dark forest out-side as the insanely-laughing figure recounts theevil ways of Baron Meinster. Ralph Bates as Draculean figure with Disciple of Death

in LUST FOR A VAMPIRE.35

help arrivesWhen dawn breaks Mary Ann is rescued by

Dr. Van Helsing (PETER CUSHING), whogives her a ride in his coach to the village. VanHelsing learns at the tavern that a peasant girl

had died earlier, the victim of a vampire. As hetakes Mary Ann to the Academy he tells her of

the legend of the Undead--and that he has cometo destroy the evil cult. Exhausted, the girl bare-

ly comprehends what the doctor tells her; sherelates her experiences of the night before andVan Helsing learns the identity of the vampireat large-the Baron Meinster (David Peel).

After he deposits Mary Ann at the Academy,Van Helsing returns to tne village to make planswith the local Priest for the coming evening. The

Tiger Lady who unsheathes her claws in VAMPIRECIRCUS.

dead peasant girl has already been buried; VanHelsing & the Priest will watch the graveyardthat night.

Crouched in the shadows the 2 vampire-hunters observe in horror how Greta, now in-

sane & under the power of Baron Meinster,helps the peasant girl dig her way from thegrave and emerge reborn as a vampiress.Abruptly the Priest jumps from his hiding placeand seizes Greta as Van Helsing gives chase tothe vampire-girl.His search leads him to the Meinster castle

where he finds the Baron & his. mother, nowboth vampires. The Baron escapes but, desiringa release from her satanic curse, the Baronessdoes not fight against the approaching figure ofVan Helsing, stake & mallet in his hands.

mrs. vampire?At the Academy, Mary Ann is visited by

Baron Meinster. Still unaware of his vampiricsoul, she announces her intentions of marryinghim.

Later, the Baron attacks and drinks the bloodof another student-teacher. Van Helsing learnsof the girl’s death in the village and goes withthe town doctor (Miles Malleson) to inspect thebody. Not surprisingly, he finds 2 tiny puncturemarks on her neck. While there, Mary Ann tells

Van Helsing of her plans to marry the Baron.That evening, as instructed by Van Helsing,

Mary Ann & the stable attendant watch overthe coffin of the student-teacher. The attendantleaves to get the schoolmaster but is attacked &killed bv a large bat. Alone, Mary Ann watches-stunned-as the dead girl rises from the casket.The vampire urges Mary Ann to follow her to anearby windmill where the Baron awaits them.Fortunately Van Helsing arrives and the vam-

gire flees. He tells Mary Ann the truth aboutlaron Meinster and asks where he is hiding out.

At the old windmill Van Helsing confronts theBaron & his brides. In the ensuing struggleGreta is killed; the Baron attacks Van Helsingand sinks his teeth in his neck. Thinking himdead, Meinster escapes, but Van Helsing burnsthe vampiric venom out of the wound with a hotpoker. With the aid of a vial of holy water thewound magicaDy heals.

the sign of the crossBaron Meinster returns with Mary Ann at his

side and prepares to make her one of his

“brides.” Van Helsing hurls the rest of the holywater in the vampire’s face; it burns him like

acid. Mary Ann & Van Helsing escape asMeinster sets the old windmill on fire. Outside,with the sun beginning to rise. Van Helsingleaps onto the windmill blades, causing them toturn, shaping a giant cross. The shadow of thecross falls on the screaming form of the Baron,who perishes as the new dawn’s light spreadsover the land.

kiss & yellAfter the release of THE BRIDES OF

DRACULA in 1960, Hammer left the vampiresubject alone for 4 years, until John Elder cameup with a script for another epic entitled KISSOF THE VAMPIRE (1964). Starring NoelWilliam as Dr. Ravna, head of a vampiric cult,

KISS OF THE VAMPIRE remains one of themost original & entertaining vampire films everto emerge from the Hammer fold.

A honeymooning couple, stranded in aBavarian forest, accept the generous hospitality

of the mysterious Dr. Ravna. But before long it

is discovered that Ravna’s luxurious chateau is

headquarters for a cult of vampires, of which

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Ravna himself is ringleader.

Soon Marianne is drawn into the unholy circle.

Luckily, husband Gerald escapes and enUsts theaid of a local professor:knowledgeable in theways of the Undead, Dr. Zimmer (Clifford

Evans). With Zimmer’s help, the vampires aredestroyed and Marianne’s demonic ties areUfted. KISS OF THE VAMPIRE can be seen ontelevision today under its video title of KISS OFEVIL.Hammer’s Dracula was finally resurrected the

following year (1965) and continued to be resur-rected every few years thereafter, in DRACULAHAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE, TASTETHE BLOOD OF DRACULA & others.Because of this. Hammer’s other vampires wereforgotten for the moment.But just for the moment.In 1970--6 years after the release of KISS OF

THE VAMPIRE-Hammer unleashed their 3dnon-DracuIa vampire epic, THE VAMPIRELOVERS. It was the very first film from theBritish studio to receive an “R” rating inAmerica-but not the last.

We ’ve just begun to bite! Next Issue, the con-cluding half of this epic feature on the Children ofthe Night, bat-style.

Ingrid Pitt as COUNTESSDRACULA about to see red.Nigel Green, wielding knife,realizes she needs another

blood bath in order toregain her beauty.

thedemonfromthedepthssurfaces ag^ainm

THEIME-RYOFA

SHE-FIENDU (two years before FM was

born) was quite an unusual

Jt^^%^^^year in Filmonsterdom.There was tragic tragedy {the death of Bela

Lugosi); there was terrorific terror (the

emergence of Hammer Films as a major quality

Fright Film studio with their CURSE OFFRANKENSTEIN). And in between these 2 ex-

tremes and around this time (give or take a year)

lay American International Pictures, churning

out creature feature after creature feature.

DAY THE WORLD ENDED.BEAST WITH A MILLION EYES.ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES.MONSTER FROM THE OCEAN FLOOR.And other assorted horrors crept & slithered

out of the cob-webbed corridors of AIP and no

one thought much about it at the time:

American International was simply making

their pictures as quickly & as cheaply as possi-

ble for fast playoffs at neighborhood movie

houses & drive-ins.

But sandwiched in between the hammy hor-

rors the company was making at that time was a

film that caught on quite well with the monster-

lovers of America.

a sea pictureThat film was THE SHE CREATURE and

tho it certainly is no landmark in the History of

Horror films, it nevertheless remains one of

AIP’s most interesting film productions.

When American International first promoted

the picture, emphasis was placed on the

hypnotically-induced reincarnation aspects of

the story, a subject which-in the 1950s“was a

highly popular news item. This in itself may be

the reason for the picture’s unusual place in

Monster movies history.

THE SHE CREATURE concerns itself not

only with reincarnation but hypnotism and

“age-regression” as well. In the film, a carnival

side show mystic. Dr. Carlo Lombardi (the late

Chester Morris), has a beautiful woman under

his power: (Marla English) who, as Lombardi’s

permanent stageshow subject, is repulsed by

the doctor but unable to break away from his

hypnotically-amplified mental control.

Unknown to anyone but Lombardi himself,

the powers he possesses are such that one of An-

drea’s past lives-as a prehistoric, amphibious

monster-'Can be made to materialize from the

In an effort to gain fame & fortune, Lombardi

regresses Andrea in time and brings to life the

She Creature, whom he then orders to murder in-

nocent victims. Having already predicted such

mysterious murders beforehand, Lombardi s

public is astounded to find his every uncanny

prediction come true time & again. Soon Lom-

bardi becomes the international celebrity he so

uesiieu.Research scientist Ted Erickson (Lance

Fuller) suspects Lombardi of fraud and begins

investigating his performances. He meets An-

drea and the young couple, soon falls in love,

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much to the dismay of Lombardi himself, whoalso deeply loves the girl.

Eventually the hypnotist summons the SheCreature from the ocean and orders it to killErickson. But the amphibious beast balks atkilling Its human counterpart’s lover and in-stead attacks & kids Lombardi himself. As theShe Creature returns to the sea-and the pastnever again to be awakened by Lombardi’spowers-Andrea & Ted are free at last to spendtheir lives together.

hypnotic hypeOri^inal^ billed with another low-budget

quickie, (IT CONQUERED THE WORLDSCREATURE did very good box-

oltice business. Among the promotional piecesAlf^ supplied theater-owners with to run withnewspaper ads at the time was this exploitationitem Hyp^tism & Reincarnation FormBasis of THE SHE CREATURE”:A topical action-packed thrill-hit of hypnosis &reincarnation comes to the screen in American

^^ocker, THE SHEof favorites.

Lovely Marla English, held under hypnotic con-trol by Chester Morris, is taken back thru time &space until her prehistoric being createswidespread terror and a series ofgrisly murders.

These Martians got big heads when they played inan early issue of FM.

The picture is Hollywood's first story about the"regression" legend and based on current in-

terest in hypnosis & reincarnation.

The monster seen in the film is one of AIP’smore unusual creations (tho it’s hard to beat theVenusian cucumber from IT CONQUEREDTHE WORLD!). The costume, which weighednearly 70 pounds, was built by a creaturecreator of tne time who designed many othermonsters for 1950s monster pix, including the3-eyed atomic mutant for DAY THE WORLDENDED (1955), the Martian Vampire for

ITI-THE TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE(1958), the menacing midget Martians for thecomic INVASION OF THE SAUCERMEN(1957)-and of course that carnivorouscucumber!

the return oi sheThe interesting fact about THE SHE

CREATURE is that, altho there never was a se-

quel to the film, the monster itself appeared in 3other American International monster mellersplus a special “ghost appearance’’ on 2 of Hor-rorwood’s television shows!After the success of THE SHE CREATURE,

AIP took the Creature costume, made a fewalterations in its design and starred it in a 1957film called VOODOO WOMAN. The film itself is

an average tale of voodoo & sorcery but over-tones of THE SHE CREATURE show thru.

HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER...mad! “You re as uglyas Frankenstein!” ‘‘You wolf down your food!”

Marla English becomes the monster inVOODOOWOMAN, just as she had become the SheCreature in the previous film, altho this time it’s

the evil hoodoo rather than Carlo Lombardi’smental' prowess that turns her into the killer

beast. That claws & grumbles. Concerning thealterations made in the original SHECREATURE suit, the headpiece was probablythe work of Harry Thomas.AIP next filmed HOW TO MAKE A

MONSTER (1958), in which a Hollywood make-up man specializing in monsters (played with adementecf brilliance by Robert H. Harris) hyp-notically commands 2 teenage movie actors tomurder the head staff of the studio who arethreatening to close down production on thecompany’s line of monster movies. (See coveragein FM 163.) The original headpiece of the SheCreature makes a brief appearance at this film’sconclusion.

her endThe She Creature made her final bow in the

1959 production THE GHOST OFDRAGSTRIP HOLLOW, an aptly titled drag ofa monster rriovie spoof. The costume had beenaltered again, this time to appear a bit comical.After that last appearance, which was actual-

ly one of the company’s final monster pix (thefollowing year AIP went to bigger budgets,name actors & Edgar Allan’ Poe) The SheCreature retired fromishow business.

yell-a-visionAn interesting sidelight to the whole business

was an appearance by the female fiend on televi-sion during 1956. AIP had just released theoriginal SHE CREATURE and had the mpnstermake appearances on 2 Hollywood TV shows,Quinn’s Corner & Campus Club. Both televisionspots were played strictly for laffs but the extrapublic exposure of the monster itself generatedfurther ticket sales and helped bolster THE,SHE creature’s national success.During this time, filmgoers & monster lovers

suddenly became “she-monster hungry”. THESHE CREATURE was followed by a whole slewof terror pix from other movie companies inwhich the monsters were frightening females.Titles such as SHE-DEVIL, ATTACK OF THE50-FOOT WOMAN, THE ASTOUNDING SHEMONSTER, SHE-FREAK. SHE-DEMONSand others imitated but failed to complement theoriginal.

the z creature10 years later, in 1966, a company calling

itself Azalea Filrhs did a Z-budget remake ofAIP’S THE SHE CREATURE. The remakedidn’t make use of the original costume, althothe musical soundtrack & script dialog werelifted verbatim from the original 1956 feature.Les Tremavne took over the role that ChesterMorris had initially played-that of Dr. (jarloLombardi-and the new' version was entitledCREATURE OF DESTRUCTION. (In-terestingly, this company remade several otherAlPix, for reasons wWh are today completelyunfathomable. Azalea Films remade the 1955picture DAY THE WORLD ENDED as INTHE YEAR 2889: IT CONQUERED THEWORLD (1956) became ZONTAR, THETHING FROM VENUS: and the 1959 sci-fi

spoof. INVASION OF THE SAUCERMEN,was remade as THE EYE CREATURES.Azalea also made 2 originals: IT’SALIVE—which has nothing at all to do with theRick Baker baby-beast bonanza of the samename and was to have starred Peter Lorre as themadman but he died—and CURSE OF THESWAMP CREATURE, which starred JohnAgar. Fortunately, none of these pictures wasgiven theatrical release. It was bad enough thatsome television stations saw fit to buy them. All6 Azalea pictures were filmed during 1966.)In the intervening 14 years since

CREATURE OF DESTRUCTION was produc-ed, neither Hyde nor Hare has been seen of thefemale fiend whose scaly form stalked thru 4motion pictures, 2 TV specials & a little-knownremake. There’s no denying that The SheCreature, like Frankenstein’s Monster, was oneof Monsterdom’s most enduring creations.May she rest in pieces. (Old styrofoam

monster costumes always fall apart at thescreams. ..or sew it seams.)

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HIGH DRAMA ON THE h/^H FRONTIER!

MimThe time: the near future.The place: lo, the volcanic second moon of the

giant Jupiter.The story: preventing human greed from ex-

^nding into the stars!In response to humankind’s unending need for

mineral wealth, the giant Consolidated-Amalgamated Corporation had developed min-ing operations throughout the entire Solsystem.Con-Am 27 is one such mine, located on lo.The surface of lo is merciless to human life.

No one can survive there without a spacesuit,though it is an extraordinary place to visit Thepant orange, color-banded world of Jupiterhangs perpetually in the sky, unthinkably largerthan our own moon in the earth’s sky.The Con-Am 27 mine scales the sheer wall of a

crater. At the top is a series of angular struc-tures connected by huge passageways, and top-ped Iw the high-spreading solar panels whichprovide power for the human population of themining colony.

It is a small settlement of ugly but usefulbuildings on a world that is boiling by day. andimpossibly cold by night. There are strikingsimilarities between this place and the frontierof the harsh American west nearly two hundredyears before.The notion of the old west is particularly

strong when the sheriff comes to town:Federal District Marshal William T. O'Niel

(Sean Connery).He s tough. Sturdy. No-nonsense.And in mortal danger!

n^^i^tely, there is friction between the mining«"^d’s two most powerful men._/hen a handful of miners appear to lose their

-Tnds and kill themselves and others. O’Nielcomes to realize that something is seriouslywrong on the moon.Using his considerable deductive skills, O'Niel

pokes around for some answers.What he finds is startling!It threatens the very security of the human

outpost on lo, where everyone must dependupon everyone else in order to survive.With the help of the cynical corporation doc-

tor, Marian L. Lazarus (Frances Sternhagen),Marshal O’Niel discovers the cause of these^urts of madness: the unrestricted use of adangerous.& highly illegal amphetamine whichbrings on lunacy.Even in space, humans can’t seem to get away

from the plague of drugs!

where's the forcewhen you need it?Using a sophisticated array of computers and

visual monitors. O’Niel learns that Sheppard isthe man peddling the drugs.Paying Sheppard a visit, O’Niel confronts him

with the evidence. The General Manager ex-plains that no harm is really done by the nar-cotics.

“The drug makes the workers happy, happyworkers work' harder, and that makes the Com-pany happy.”Everyone, it seems, is happy-except for Mar-

shal O’Niel.

Sheppard's lawBefore arriving on lo to head up moon-wide

security, Marshal O’Niel had seen service onjust about everv frontier outpost in habitablespace. He is well-known for his integrity and hisstrict devotion to justice.This attitude is a remarkable contrast to the

way lo’s mining colony is run by GeneralManager Mark B. Sheppard (Peter Boyle).Sheppard works people hard in the mines, and

he also lets them play hard. Overall, it’s a free,easy-going way he runs the place, which is nothow O’Niel is used to seeing things done. Im-

When the lawman insists that the pill-pushingbe stopped, Sheppard refuses. “Why makewaves? ’

O’Niel reminds him that people are dyingbecause of the madness spawned by the drugs.Still Sheppard will not change the policy of lo.That’s not satisfactory to O’Niel, who tells

IItbat he intends to do something about

all of this. The General Manager tells him tomind his own business, and O’Niel is forced toremind him that the welfare of the mining col-ony is his business.Shortly after the harsh encounter, an attempt

IS made on O'Niel’s life.

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•Fill oxygen tanks! Check life-support systems!

The muscular marshal manages to overcome

his assailant, but he realizes that his problems

are only just beginning.

He goes to the people of the colony for help.

They are asked to turn against Sheppard, to free

themselves from his heartless policies.

Much to the marshal’s surprise, no one will

side with him.He’s on his own.

death shuttleIn the meantime, while O’Niel is out trying to

enlist the help of the miners, Sheppard is not sit-

ting still.. f • 1

He has arranged for a pair of professional

assassins to take a shuttle to Con-Am 27. His

orders; to eliminate O’Niel once and for all.

As the shuttle nears, O’Niel becomes increas-

ingly concerned that if he falls, so will the entire

colony.,

But he has never failed before, and he doesn t

intend to now.With Dr. Lazarus as his only ally, O Niel

prepares himself for the showdown.Little does O’Niel know, however, that in addi-

tion to Sheppard and the assassins, someone

else is stalking him. someone neither he nor the

audience would suspect.

Who is it?

What’s the outcome of the shot-gun shootout?

We won’t spoil the fun by telling you. Suffice

to say it’s a crackling good finme to a spec-

tacular science fiction adventure!

introvisionOUTLAND is the first feature film to make

full-scale use of a startling new special effects

process called Introvision.

Introvision is the invention of John Eppolito,

who says of his process, “It isn’t that this film

couldn’t have been done without Introvision.

But each shot would have involved blue screen

and optical work, compositing two pieces of

film, and it would have taken anywhere from

two to six weeks to complete the shot-and you’d

still be able to tell it was a process (special ef-

fects) shot. Our process allows the same shots to

be done in three hours each. You can shoot it to-

day and tomorrow morning be able to view it as

a finished piece of film.’’

Introvision took seven and one-half years to

develop, at a cost of $1,400,000. Most of that

money was put up by one of Eppolito’s partners,

Tom Naud.

Uutside.a menaceia man intent on taking O’Niel’s life.

Naud explains, “John had been experimentingfor about tour years when a friend told me thathe had accomplished something that was quiteincredible, and that I should go and see formyself. What I saw was just astounding, andoyer three years later I’m still astounded everytime I see what Introvision can do.’’

Why did Eppolito decide to develop this pro-cess? “Well, this particular system was born ofsheer necessity because the motion picture in-dustry is becoming too expensive. It’s notnecessary to build giant sets when you use In-trovision. You can suggest them using specialeffects, and they look real.’’

Essentially, what Introvision does is combinephotographs, paintings, and/or models with liveactor in one take. That is, separate shots of eachelement do not have to be taken and combined inthe lab. This is a means of joining everythingseamlessly right on the soundstage where themovie is being shot.

other wondersIn addition to the matting magic of Introvi-

sion, the sets and miniatures for OUTLAND arealso startling.

The mining complex on the surface of lo wasdesigned by the film’s director, Peter Hyams,and also by Production Designer Philip Har-rison.

“We wanted this place to look like an off-shoreoil rig,’’ says Hyams. Harrison adds, “I like thatlook. It’s very functional and machinery-like,which is exactly the right feel for this picture.”The miniature model itself was built by Mar-

tin Bower and Bill Pearson, with the impact ofspecial effects supervisor John Stears.Stears made certain that in addition to look-

ing great, the surface of the mining colony alsomake scientific sense. ‘To is unable to escape themagnetic forces of Jupiter, and gets pulled inall directions just like a lump of dough. As aresult, it generates a lot of heat and is much hot-ter than other moons, and is also volcanic. Itssurface moves, so we constructed the model onstilts, each stilt being built on a ball bearingwhich moves in response to signals from lasers.If the surface of lo moves, the stilts will realignthemselves and the structures will alwavs staverect.”

The actual length of the model is roughly eigh-teen feet, representing some two miles in thefilm.

Says Stears, “It’s made of many differenttypes of plastic and metal, all cut up and joinedtogether. ’The model consists of seven separatemodules, each one with a specific function.There is the mine, a refinery, a solar station, twogreenhouses, the living quarters, and the spaceshuttle pad.

‘These shuttles look nothing like our modern-day space shuttle, by the way. They resemblehuge, predatory insects.

Space-helmeted Marshal O’Niel, the law & order of lo, distant moon of Jupiter, prepares to venture outside

on to the airless surface for a confrontation with an assassin.

There are, in all, 4.4 miles of fiber optics used

to light the model, and over eighty people spent

three months putting it together. Says Hyamsof the completed miniature, “The people whobuilt Con-Am 27 did not design it to be looked at

from the outside. It was made to perform a task

and to protect people from the harsh environ-

ment of lo.”

Thanks to the ability of the special effects peo-

ple, and the versatility of Introvision, Hyamswas able to make for $12,000,000 a film whichwould otherwise have cost closer to $40 or $50million. Naud boasts, “Peter Hyams used In-

trovision to make OUTLAND a gigantic film.

He was able to see that with it, he could ac-

complish what no else could, and make possible

the massive chase sequence in outer space that’s

at the end of the picture."

a crew of galactic abilities—Reading down the list of behind-the-scenes

people who worked on OUTLAND is like look-

ing at a who’s-who of science fiction filmmaking.

John Stears had previously worked on STARWARS, THE AWAKENING, and six of the

James Bond films.

Costume Designer John Mollo won an Oscar

for STAR WARS.Sound Mixer Robin Gregory did THE MAN

WHO FELL TO EARTH.Editor Stuart Baird was Oscar-nominated for

his exceptional work on SUPERMAN.As for Director Hyams, he is best known for

his crisp SF adventure film CAPRICORN ONE.

-and a cast to match!Sean Connery is one of the world’s most

respected actors, and he may just have starred

in more science fiction and fantasy films than

anyone this side of Boris Karloff!

His credentials include:

DARBY O’GILL AND THE LITTLE PEO-PLE. the great Disney fantasy!

The James Bond DR. NO, FROM RUSSIAWITH LOVE. GOLDFINGER, THUNDER-BALL, YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, andDIAMONDS ARE FOREVER!The future flick ZARDOZ!The SF disaster film METEOR!And he’s currently readying WARHEAD, in

which he will once again play James Bond, agent

007.He was even the villain in what many fans

consider the greatest Tarzan film of all-time.

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*-.on Am DOSS Sheppard (Peter Boyle).

TARZAN’S GREATEST ADVENTURE.Supporting Connery are performers of no-less

status and ability. Foremost is Peter Boyle, whogave a brilliant performance as the Monster in

legendary YOUNG FRANKENS-1 EIN.James B. Sikking.who co-stars as MarshalU Niel s assistant Sgt. Kenneth R.Montone, has

Hash! mini-interviewwith sean connery

In London, Connery took time from his busy

fbont OUTLAnT^"

FM: How is this film different from otherspace operas, such as STAR WARS?CONNERY: It’s different in the sense that

It s a mining station in space, so it’s a frontiercommunity with all the same problems Theguns that we use look like sawed-off rifles, it’snot raymns and things of that nature. Andwe vg all got beards, so the film has a look of awestern.FM: How do you feel about the special effects

process Introvision?CONNERY: They’ve really made enormous

strides. Ihe people who have seen it are knocked

out by it. Otherwise, I’m not conversant at allwith special effects. I always just presume thatthe producers wiU get the best people possible.1 nat s not always the case, like in METEORBut in this case, they did. The results reallyspeak for themselves.FM; Are you a science fiction fan?

I have to admit that Ididn t find STAR WARS this thundering, ex-citing movie. I couldn’t understand what thecheering was aU about. But that’s a personal

ume.It’s got nothing to do withwhat I think IS better. Peter Hyams was knock-

ed out by STAR WARS, adored it and cheered,there s a terrific amount of imagination andIdeas and work in it, and lots of other adjectives.Just because I didn’t like it doesn’t diminish it Iguess the thing I like most about STAR WARSwas the thing floating around in the desert fthelandspeeder]. That was fun.

(.^hat do you think of your earlier science

fiction films, ZARDOZ and METEOR'>CONNERY: I think ZARDOZ is interesting.

METFOR^ freshness to it. As forMEIEOR, I liked the concept.FM: Would you do more SF?CONNERY: It always depends on the script.

truth in fictionSpacecraft have showed us that the surface of

lo IS exactly as portrayed in the film. Two yearsago this month, Voyager I discovered an erup-ting volpno on lo. It proves that a world otherthan the earth is still very much alivegeologically!

Pulled and battered by the gravity of hugeJupiter and two of its awesome sister satellitesEuropa and Ganymede, the crust of lo seetheswith tidal forces that heat its crust and causethe volcanoes. With no atmosphere or strongpull of gravity to stop them, the eruptions fireflame and smoke hundreds of miles into the air!According to scientists, if we built a mining

colony on lo, the surface would look like apainted desert with a mingling of sulfurous col-ors. In fact, sulfur is thought to be the main in-gredient of lo’s surface.Like all of the worlds in our solar system, lo is

named for a character in mythology, in this caseone of the ladyfriends of Jupiter, the king of thegods.

If lo were a satellite of earth-just to put thisimpressive moon in perspective-it would shineSIX times brighter than our own familiar moon!

the next frontierIs OUTLAND a look at our own near future*^t or sixteen weeks, the making of the film wasm the hands of devoted, supremely talented in-

dividuals. They made a great SF picture.

ulives, civilization is in our

hands. Let s hope we do as good a job as Hyamsand company!

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W E DEVIATE from the usual mixtureof Amazing Fotos from Forty’s Filesthis time, as we did on Lon Chaney’s

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Space Opera.

Oil’s well that ends well, particularly when the picture’s in the can.

The never-to-be-forgottenLaser Fight between theLord of Darkness & the

Man of Light.

The strangest people con-gregate for conversation(in many languages) at

Mos Eisley’s Cantina.

Darth Vader demon-strates his “pieceful” po-wers of persuasion. If theRebel officer doesn’t loos-en his tongue, he’ll soonlose it and be in 10 pieces.

“Here’s sand in youreye!” sez this guy we’veall come to know!

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Which would you prefer, to be blasted by Han Solo's blaster or crossed by Chewie’s crossbow? We asked FMreaders and they said, “when in doubt, let the Wookie win!"

Rebel warriors destroy an Imperial laser cannon.

END

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I

LONREMEMBERED

LON'S LIFE

By Eileen M. Smith

A master was born on that April day.

A miracle Man in the truest way.He made us recoil, or laugh with mirth,

For all his actions were surely worth

More than the world ever gave him.

He showed us Quasimodo, Erik & Frog.

So many souls so lost

That seeing him was well worth the cost

ol shedding a well-meant tear.

He needn't have worried at the coming of soundFor no world could have been so cruel

As to fully throw down his talent.

As of then, he knew few sorrows.

He couldn't have known there would be no tomorrows.All he knew was the joy ol his sonAnd the triumph of his first "talkie" well done.

And as he was set to become the Count,

Prince Sirki climbed upon his mountTo take to his world our dear one.

SCARY BOOKSIn case you don't live in Chicago... or In case you doand missed It, Halloweenof 19B0 offered something special for Windy City readers. A distribution com-pany put together a package of 35 paperbacks In the horror and occult genre,and sent it to 500 stores in the Chicago area. There were radio commercialsand signs (pictured below) which called attention to the books.The commercials began with thunder ciaps, bat squeaks, and a womanscreaming., .and then the narrator gurgiing, "Now is the time to curt up withvery special books. Books for the, shall we say. fearless reader..." Amongthe package were mostly con-temporary works such asGHOST STORY. THE PIERCING, ^THE SHINING, and FLOWERS IN

THE AHIC. ^The promotion was very sue-cessful, and will probably betried with other genres such as —rfi .a— - ^ __mysteries and science fiction, ///c W^£-/tw\i.£tSSThe cost for the whole shebang '

was a paltry S5,000. KF"ATIFIZScore one tor horror!

WEIRD WHEELSIn our unyielding efforts to br-

ing you the latest news fromthe world of bubble gum cardsand stickers, we're pleased to

report that Topps has recently

issued WEIRD WHEELSSTICKERS! The delightful

demon below is just one of thedesigns which you can use to

decorate books, walls, or

bikes.

They're available from Topps.By the way, collectors of STARWARS gum cards are urged to

see an announcement concer-ning how you can own a rare

set of original cards Jn FM#175.And speaking of STAR WARS,the third series of bubble gumcards for THE EMPIRESTRIKES BACK has recently

been released. Coming soon:

SUPERMAN II.

present the results of our WHO WAS I

^ THAT MONSTER contest. The winners were, alas, I

bumped from this Issue due to the bulk of your responses. At that time we I

will announce a new contest, one which won't ask you to list hundreds of I

names and monsters..,and your overworked staff to read them... I

May, 1964.. .FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMUND #28.There was no GRAVEYAflO EXAMINER to bo found In Itwl edition seventeen years ago.but there were HAUNT ADS. And a strange bunch of advertisements they werol•Leading the secUon was a deal oddball offer; Rory Mahan was announcing thal he wish-ed to sell his mummified lizard. "This Is not a lake, but the actual real thing. It all startedout when my brother’s pet lizard died. We let It hang around the house and we got amummy. The mummy is a horrible shade ol green, red, blue, brown, black and white. Anoutline of the spine can be seen running down the back.” Rory was willing to sell to thehighest bidder.

•A large photo was published showing THE QUEENS CREATURES, a New York chapteiol the Famous Monsters Club. Those were Ihe good old days.

#2 still available in our back issue department.. .and both SPACEMEN and SCREENTHRILLS ILLUSTRATED Magazines still alive and well. Like we said, those were thegood old daysl

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UFO POET ^I

Barry Powsli.ot Toledo.Ohio.was inspired by a viewing of HANGAR 1 8 to write

I the following poem. If you tiaven't seen this recent flick. Barry doesn't give

I the plot away-onty gives you some food for thought.

•HANGAR 18"

The movie poses questions

And we find some answers, sure.

But conclusions tells us nothing:-

Have we seen this plot before?

Is the UFb a scout ship?

Galactic invaders beyond the stars.

Like THE MAN FROM PLANET XOr maybe INVADERS FROM MARS?

There are defensive weapons

On board this UFOAre they there lor conquest?

How can we ever know?

Will they be CLOSE ENCOUNTER'S aliens

Friendly and full of goodwill.

Or give us Klaatu's peaceful warning

Like THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL?

Earth's targets are observed.

Are invaders coming to attack?

Do we have time to get ready

Before the aliens come back?

IThe GE is always looking for interesting verse to run In Its pages,any monster-

I related subject. See wnat you can come up with!

HANGAR 18If you thought UFO films came and went with CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THETHIRD KtND-Tatt International Pictures has HANGAR 18 ready for release.

Darren Mc&avin, Robert Vaughn (of STARSHIP INVASIONS, among others).

Gary Collins. James Hampton, and Joseph Campanella (of METEOR) star In

this film which is best described by the copy which will be used in its adver-

tising; "On October 25th, a large metallic object crashed in the Arizona

desert. The government is concealing a UFO and the bodies of alien

astronauts. Why won’t they tell us?" The answer Is to be found In the film.

THE

Last Fail's horror film festival in SHges was hosted by Peter Cushing, along

with Spain werewolf actor Pau Nasctiy. This was a truly internattonal film

festival! Among the many entries were NOCTURNAL SACnlFICE from Chins;

HARLEQUIN from Australia; MANiAC, THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES, DON’TGO IN THE HOUSE, and others from the US; Spain's APOCALYPSE CAR-NIVAL; CRIES IN THE NIGHT, THE GODSEND, and THE MONSTER CLUBirom Canada; MACABRO from Italy; the Polish GOLEM; U NUIT DES TRA-

OUES from France; and many others. The week-Kmg festtvaf is annual. >

WHATTA PREVIEW!

owner, distributor, or manufacturer.

It you were one of the fortunate, you went to the Toy Fair.whereall of the newproducts for 1981 are revealed. And if you went to the showrooms of Kenner

and Mattel you saw lengthy clips from two of the most anxiously awaited films

of the year: the George Lucas/Steven Spielberg RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK,

and Ray Harryhausen's CLASH OF THE TITANS.

Kenner is producing RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK games, puzzles, and toys,

and were showing clips from the film: exotic locales, incredible action se-

quences, and Harrison Ford's whip battle against a sword-swinging baddie.

The eight-minute clip from CLASH OF THE TITANS showed hiohllghts of the

Harryhausen animahon: the giant scorpions, the beheading of Medusa, the

sea-going Kraken breaking the surface of the ocean, our hero Perseus battl-

ing the satyr Calibos, the animated Bubo the owl, and the breaking of

Pegasus the Winged Horse-net to mention the spectacular flooding of the an-

cient City of Argos.

The exhibit for CLASH OF THE TITANS was the more spectacular of the two, a

whole room being devoted to Mattel's dolls and toys, with props from the film

on display-including the model of Bubo.

Both films will be released to the anxious public in June. It's going to be a

busy film month: SUPERMAN li is also coming In Juna, followed by

DRAGONSLAYER and the new James Bond epic FOR YOUR EYES ONLY.

Whether or not you believe in UFOs, you're sure to get a kick out of this newcomedy SF film coming this summer.

Arlene (Cindy Williams) works as a checkout girl in a supermarket, and Is

convinced that a UFO is about to land In her isolated town to rescue her from

the destruction of earth.

Unfortunately, Arlene Is duped through her belief Into helping a man whoruns a stolen car racket (Harry Dean Stanton of ALIEN fame, starring as

Brother Bud). She Is rescued by a country western singer and drifter namedSheldon (Fred Ward), though only after many bizarre and humorous adven-

tures. The film was shot onTocation in the Lancaster-Palmdale area of Califor-

nia. and In the Mojave desert.

MUNRO ON THE GO!|

Actress Caroline Munro. In New York to promote the recent release of her film

MANIAC, told FM a little bit about her upcoming plans. They include two I

science fiction films. The first of these is a sequel to her highly successfulI

STARCRASH. Entitled STAR PATROL, it will involve Stella Star with a groupI

of galactic police. Caroline says that she hopes to concentrate more on I

Stella's character than her physique in this film, and that the costumes will|

be less revealing.i

The second SF tiim, whose name we can't reveal, is about a woman stranded

alone on an alien world. In the vein of ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS, this

picture tells how she survives the hostile environment.

In the meantime. Caroline's husband Judd Hamilton, one of MANIAC'S pro-

ducers, has begun shooting THE HIT MAN in New York. Unlike the PSYCHO-

like MANIAC, this film is a crime drama.

Hamilton has also announced plans to Issue a series of novels based on Stella

Starr. Watch The Printed Weird lor further details!

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JOHN DAYTON

FADE FANI recently saw FADE TO

BLACK and I felt pressed toreply to the request for opi-

nions in issue #171. FADETO BLACK is an intricate

study of Eric Binford, a youngfilm fanatic, and his suddendescent into madness. It wasinteresting to see, as he tookinstructions for his murdersfrom his favorite films. I

doubt very seriously thatFADE will ever go down as a

classic but the care withscript & direction taken withthis film definitely commandsrespect.

trie Binford is a '‘wimp"in every sense of the word,from his faintly feminine walkto his quiet nasal voice &strange hairstyle, so we get asense of satisfaction to seehim rise up against his op-pressors. we see, too, how hegradually accepts that he cankill; notice that he nearlybreaks down with grief after

the death of his aunt, yet helaffs hysterically and leavesgiggling after the death of his

Boss. He sinks deeper into

his roles as he goes along,

from not even touching his

aunt's wheelchair in the KISSOF DEATH sequence up to

his driving a Packard to kill

the ruthless producer, andeven puffing over themachinegun barrel whenfinished.

The recreation of themurders was fascinating. Therolling fog & eerie blue light of

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of ALIEN and it was no less

than heart-stopping as he ap-peared out of the fog to thetune of clinking spurs andthen disappeared the sameway. And, of course, no film

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PSYCHO in quite so realistic

and yet humorous a way asthe shot-by-shot duplicationof the famed "shower se-quence" in FADE. I loved it,

especially the tongue-in-cheek reproduction of bloodswirling down the drain. I

also like the cliche of havingthe screen go black briefly

after each murder.In all, FADE TO BLACK is a

film which truly merits see-ing. Even if you do not enjoypsycho-films, it is refreshingto see the film clips fromclassic motion pictures. It is

well above the low-budget,low-quality, low-intelligencegore-films which abound to-

day. Someone obviously putcare into FADE TO BLACK.

CHRIS WOODSYHickory. NC

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17 & SINCEREI am a 17-year-old boy who

practically grew up with yourmagazine. T was 6 years oldwhen I bought my first copy.

Soon after, I started buyingeach & every magazine,month after month, and theybrought me greater joy thanever tor a child growing up in

the early 1970s. I never miss-ed an issue. I remember in

my first grade classroom wewere going on a fieldtrip anddidn’t my teacher catch mewith an issue of FM! She tookit and never gave it back. Shesaid things like that are notgood for a child's mind. Well,Tm perfectly normal. Thenice part is, all the movies I

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CURE FOR THE BLUESOn 9 December 1980 I

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FAMOUS MONSTERS, #171,and I actually smiled! I sawreports on the great HammerFilm Studios’ "Horrors of

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Edinboro, PA

RE THE “V” WARI wish to answer a letter by

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to see articles on films like

NIGHT OF THE LIVINGDEAD, MARTIN, DAWN OFTHE DEAD. But there is onefilm he has mentioned that I

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tention. That is LAST HOUSEON THE LEFT. Could anyonewho is normal call it enter-tainment? I saw NIGHT OFTHE LIVING DEAD & DAWNOF THE DEAD. On the bot-

tom of the poster of DAWN it

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