Famous Monsters SDCC Exclusive Hammer Ack-Ives Variant Cover

Famous Monsters announces their first SDCC 2019 exclusive which is a variant cover of The House of Hammer As a companion to the original cover featuring Christopher Lee as Dracula, the Comic-Con Exclusive bears a striking cover image of Lee as the Creature in THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN. Both covers were painted by Sanjulian, who has been in the FM cover art family since 1972. 

Best of all, even if you can't make it to Comic-Con, we've made this exclusive cover available for reservations that will ship after the con!

Famous Monsters at SDCC

Celebrate 60 Years of Famous Monsters of Filmland at SDCC. Stop by Booth #1314! 

Stop by booth #1314, where they'll be doing a special raffle for two Marvel Legends Infinity Gauntlets from Hasbro! Also, Face Off All-Star Walter Welsh will be creating an original Thanos makeup before your very eyes!

Save the Dates for Famous Monsters Halloween Bash in San Jose Oct 27-29

Celebrate all things Halloween, horror, and fantastical up close and personal with interactive entertainment throughout the show, something the whole family can enjoy.

3-Days of Halloween Fun at the San Jose Convention Center on October 27th-29th. You can purchase tickets HERE. Children 12 and under are FREE.

Ghouls and Zombies come out to play, mingle with an impressive lineup of celebrity guests, artists from the horror and suspense genres. Event will feature a massive show floor of vendors and exhibitors, haunted attractions and experiences, world-class panels and presentations, and masterful array of cosplay and monster gear.

• Almost 200,000 sq. ft. of Halloween show floor
• Over 200+ exhibitors and artists showcasing scary goods & services 
• Celebrity and expert panels on horror entertainment & Photo Opps
• Stars from films such as HellBoy, Hellraiser, Gremlins, Re-Animator, and the new Star Trek series
• Celebration of George A. Romero with Cast OF DAWN OF THE DEAD and other Living Dead movies 
• Rocky Horror Show: In Concert
• Professional demos of Special Fx makeup, set building, costuming & animatronics
• Hands-on workshops taught by top industry professionals for all ages
• Mini-haunts, interactive experiences, games, roaming monsters, cosplay and MORE!
• COSTUME CONTESTS AND PARTY !

 

FAMOUS MONSTERS has been the leading authority on all things horror, sci-fi, and fantasy related for 59 years and now are bringing decades of horror, sci-fi, fandom to San Jose Convention Center. 

The event will feature horror stars from films such as Hellraiser, Gremlins, and Re-Animator, as well as casts of DAWN OF THE DEAD and the other Living Dead movies to celebrate the legendary George A. Romero. 

Also recently added was a few of the original child actors from the original movie IT. 

This event is going to be so much fun! Check out their website HERE for the latest information! We hope to see you there!

Last Day For FREE Passes for Famous Monsters Convention

Stay at the Sheraton Dallas and get a free 3-day pass to Famous Monsters Convention Dallas when you book at least 2 nights for the weekend! Spaces are limited, and offer ends TODAY, so don't wait!
Free 3-day pass is subject to availability. Cancellation of hotel room will forfeit free pass. 


The Famous Monsters Convention is in Dallas, TX on May 26-28th at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel & Convention Center. More info can be found HERE.

FAMOUS MONSTERS Brings Epic Halloween Party to San Jose

SAN JOSE, CA — If Halloween means monsters and partying, then a Famous Monsters Party is the place to be.

San Jose Convention Center will be hosting the FAMOUS MONSTERS HALLOWEEN BASH, Oct 27-29, 2017, and Cosmic Con has hit the ground running with the guest roster, announcing stars from HELLRAISER (Doug Bradley, aka Pinhead), GREMLINS (Zach Galligan), and RE-ANIMATOR (Jeffrey Combs), as well as Richard Brake from GAME OF THRONES and Jeff Daniel Phillips of HBO’s WESTWORLD. Original Scream Queen Adrienne Barbeau (SWAMP THING) will be there, along with legendary stunt man Tom Morga, who has played three different slashers on screen (Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers, and Leatherface). More guest announcements are forthcoming.

Alien Con!

HISTORY® and Cosmic-Con® Come Together to Present Alien Con^TM

FIRST-EVER ANCIENT ALIENS® FAN EVENT TO LAND
 OCTOBER 28-30, 2016, IN SANTA CLARA, CA
 

Advance Tickets on Sale at www.thealiencon.com

The truth IS out there, and you can find it this October in Santa Clara, CA at Alien Con, the very first convention devoted to fans of HISTORY’s Ancient Aliens, sci-fi buffs, and pop culture enthusiasts alike! Cosmic-Con®, the event division of Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine, and HISTORY® are teaming up to celebrate all things not of this world, both in science and in pop culture, for three days only on October 28-30, 2016 — Halloween weekend, the perfect time for a close encounter!
 

Big WOW! ComicFest 2014 Recap

This was our first year attending the Big WOW! ComicFest at the San Jose Convention Center. We were pretty impressed with the show. This definitely fills the void of not having Wondercon. The best things at the show were the Famous Monsters booth, The Batman Museum, The Batmobile, BTTF Deloreon and the Ghostbusters Ecto-1. Boom! Studios & IDW were a couple of comic publishers with a booth at the show. There were tons of Funko POP! and Mystery Mini figures at multiple booths. Psycho Donuts was also there with their interesting donuts and cakepops! They were stationed outside of the exhibit hall. Big WOW! ComicFest was a good show. They had some great panels too. Overall, it was a good, quality show!

Check out all of our pictures below:

Famous Monsters Film Festival

The Famous Monsters Film Fest is brought to you by Famous Monsters of Filmland and Big WOW! ComicFest.

"We want your monster movies, your Sci-Fi epics, and your fantasies. We want your thrillers, chillers, and everything in between. Official entrants will be screened during the weekend of May 17th & 18th at Big Wow in San Jose, CA, one of the largest pop culture festivals in Northern California (just click around the site and check it out!). There will be special parties, prizes, and access for filmmakers. 

Categories will be broken down to reflect not only project length and format, there will be genre awards as well as production awards for cast and crew members. Here are the official entry categories:
Feature Film: Films over 60 minutes
Short Films: Films under 60 minutes
Screenplays: Short and Feature length screenplays
Animation: Short and Feature length animation (featuring more than 50% animated elements)

Top finishers in each category will receive prizes from our sponsors and—most importantly—will be featured in the August issue of FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND. FM is one of the top selling independent magazines through Barnes and Noble as well as Diamond Distributors. The magazine has worldwide distribution with a subscribers list that includes some of entertainment's biggest names. FM has a long history of bringing new talent to the attention of the fans and we look forward to continuing that tradition with our FM Fest finalists.

The FM Fest at Big Wow is looking for films that are consistent with FM's legacy: horror, Sci-Fi, fantasy, suspense thriller, or anything just plain weird."

To enter your film, go here.