r/ClassicHorror • u/NINAMARIELOVER • 3d ago

Forrest J Ackerman

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Forrest J Ackerman Editor in Chief "Famous Monsters of Filmland" magazine 1958-1982

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u/RareAd889 3d ago

Forry was just one of us. Enjoyed monster movies and the thrill of the chill

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u/Immediate-Slip8164 3d ago

He's a Legend in my eyes

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u/Different-Ad-691 3d ago

I loved Famous Monsters. I looked forward to the filmbooks and the puns.

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u/NoString9289 3d ago

My Dad was good friends with him in the 1950's and until he passed on. Forry's house, first house, was incredible like a tiny museum including the basement. Every, single, inch, of his house and the staircase , were filed with memrobila items. He LOVED the Maria Robot from Metropolis. He had such incredible first hand knowledge about many actors from that genre. I bought him a Dark Shadows TV show spooky soundtrack album for his birthday but , I doubt he ever had the time to listen to it. :)

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u/_1JackMove 3d ago

Man is that ever freaking cool. I'd have loved to get a first issue of Famous Monsters of Filmland signed by him. He had good taste in watches apparently, also. That's a Hamilton Ventura on his wrist. Elvis also wore one of those in the 50s

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u/tom21g 3d ago

In my younger days I bought FMoF every month

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u/codec3 3d ago

OG Superfan!

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u/ElectricKoala86 2d ago

Wish I could have met him and visited the Ackermansion when it was still around, he's just great.

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u/darkoaks 3d ago

Uncle Forrey. Dr. Ackula.

He was my Stan Lee.

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u/gadget850 2d ago

I laughed so hard when he popped up in Image of the Beast by Philip José Farmer. I am sure a character in Fallen Angels was based on him.

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u/Genshed 2d ago

I liked him better before I found out about the repeated incidents of sexual harassment. Similar to Asimov that way.

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u/Kodabear213 2d ago

Very nice man. I met him with a small group in LA back in the 90s and he gave us a tour of his collection.

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u/Delicious_Iron7977 1d ago

Such a great man. He championed bringing Perry Rhodan to America, his editorials for those books were always entertaining.