Famous Monsters Of Filmland

Famous Monsters of Filmland was a genre-specific film magazine started in 1958 by publisher James Warren.

Famous Monsters of Filmland which quickly became known to fans as simply FM was originally conceived as a one-shot publication with no discernible future, published in the wake of the widespread success of the “Shock” package of old horror movies syndicated to American television in 1957. But the first issue, published in February 1958, was so successful that it required a second printing to fulfill public demand.

FM offered brief articles, well-illustrated with publicity stills and graphic artwork, on horror movies from the silent era to the current date of publication, their stars and filmmakers. Warren and Ackerman decided to aim the text at late pre-adolescents and young teenagers.

Johnny from the johnny bacard-blog share with as the first copy of FM purchased for him by his doting grandparents at the local Houchens Market when was was 6 years old.

I wanted to read more about it- and this issue certainly did the trick. As it turned out, not long after they screened Invasion of the Saucermen as well, and I liked that one too- and to this day I have a deep fondness for both.