Famous Monsters of Filmland Archives

Monster Briefs and Monster T-Shirts – merchandise

In the late 1960s/early 1970s, ads appeared in American comics and magazines for “Monster Briefs in Color!” for the “guy who has everything!” Everything but a girlfriend, perhaps? The lurid men’s …

Famous Monsters of Filmland – magazine

Famous Monsters of Filmland is a horror genre-specific film magazine started in 1958 by publisher James Warren and editor Forrest J Ackerman. Famous Monsters of Filmland inspired the creation of many other …

Genuine Soil from Dracula’s Castle – novelty item

Soil from Dracula’s Castle was a novelty sold by Warren Publishing, through ads in their magazines such as Famous Monsters of Filmland, Eerie and Creepy. Launched to coincide with the ‘year …

Basil Gogos – Artist and illustrator

Basil Gogos is an artist and illustrator best known for his striking, often colourful portraits of movie monsters that appeared on the covers of Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine in the 1960s and 70s. …