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Famous Monsters of Filmland — Issue #155 — July 1979 If you’d like to help support the channel and keep things going, you can buy me a coffee — click below. https://buymeacoffee.com/davegrigsby COVER It’s a montage of the mystifying mirthmaking monsterific marvelous merry maniacal miraculous monkey-shined DR. WHO—that’s what. It’s your daily dose of Daleks & Tardis all rolled up into one. Fun! STAFF James Warren — Founder & Publisher Forrest J Ackerman — Editor-in-Chief Ronald N. Watte — Assistant Editor Jeff Rovin — Consulting Editor W.R. Mohalley — Managing Editor Kim McQuarrie — Production Bill Quinn — Production Suzin Stark — Advertising Production Walt Daugherty — Special Photography Michael Schneider — Circulation Director Donato Velez — Traffic Department Jacinto Soto — Traffic Department Special Services: Kenneth Anger, Paul Brooks, Luigi Cozzi, Brian Forbes, Don Glut, Eric Hoffman, Randy Palmer, Bob Scherl, Bob Skotak, Irene Waite Foreign Correspondents: Chris Collier, Andrea Ferrari, Luis Gasca, Hajime Ishida, John Kobal, Peter Kuczka, Juergen Menningen, Norbert Nowotny, Hector R. Pessina, Jean-Claude Romer, Salvador Sainz, Gio Scognamillo DESCRIPTION Step back into the summer of 1979, when monster fandom was loud, proud, and stacked wall-to-wall with imagination. Issue #155 delivers a jam-packed lineup that bridges classic horror, science fiction, and pop-culture obsession—from Dr. Who’s American invasion to space operas, gothic chills, and cinematic oddities. This issue captures Famous Monsters at full stride: playful, knowledgeable, and endlessly curious. It’s a time capsule of monster love—where mailbags mattered, mystery photos teased your brain, and the future of sci-fi sat right alongside the ghosts of horror past. Presented here for historical, educational, and review purposes—because these pages deserve to be remembered, studied, and celebrated. CONTENTS & PAGE NUMBERS Page 4 — Fang Mail Contest scripts earn rave reviews, 72-year-old John Smith still reads FM, and who kissed & told? Page 6 — Starcrash Is Coming! Starcrash and Stella Star prepare to invade the United States from Italy. Page 12 — The Cat Creeps Again FM presents its own catalogue of cats—you can’t keep a good cat down… or a bad one. Page 18 — Dr. Who? The hit BBC series makes its American debut in book, movie, and TV forms. Page 31 — Buck Rogers Hurled 500 years into the future, Buck faces chilling interplanetary intrigue. Page 37 — Mystery Photo A chained figure, a melting face, and unsettling questions. Page 38 — When Vampires Die Louis Jourdan brings fresh fear to the legendary Dracula tale in television form. Page 40 — Alien The most talked-about sci-fi movie in years prepares to burst upon us—shrouded in secrecy. Page 46 — Death’s Duo Prince Sirki claims two more souls: Adam Beckett and Steve Sekely. Page 48 — Blood-Curdling Beepix A survey of the big “B” movies as worlds collide and horror mounts. Page 52 — Rare Treats U.F.O.s, monsters, bruises, and unseen photos galore. Page 57 — Birthday Witches Greetings to Basil Rathbone, Glenda Farrell, and Frieda Inescort. Page 70 — Graveyard Examiner Horrorwood tidbits and terrorific scripts unearthed. Thanks for stopping by and checking out our page. If you enjoy this channel, we would appreciate it if you would Like, Subscribe, and share it with someone who remembers when monsters ruled the newsstands. And as always… stay curious, stay kind — and most of all, stay rooted in the truth. Grigsby Digital Home Studio