Monster Smash

Basil Gogos portrayed Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula from the 1931 Universal monster movie classic Dracula in this c. 2003 illustration. The original art sold for $4,320 at auction. Courtesy Heritage AuctionsIn 1958, one thing was abundantly clear: mom and dad hated the magazine. And for good reason. Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine was a parental nightmare, what with its 68 pages of disfigured beasts and bleak black-and-white images of classic horror movies featuring the dying and the undead.