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 Tutto Su Roger Fratter, U.F.O. Tutto Sulla Serie Tv (Curiosita' E Trama Di Ogni Episodio Trasmesso), Cinema E Fumetti, fantastico Cinema D'Animazione |
 Mondo-Movie Shock, Un Racconto fantastico Di Gordiano Lupi, Dammi Tre Parole....Sesso Sangue E Orrore, Johnny Depp, Asian Splatter, Il Negozio Venuto Da... |
 The Best Of Lucio Fulci, Un Racconto fantastico Di Gordiano Lupi, Tutti I Film Piu' Rari Della Troma, Alienante Film Festival, Julie Strain, Intervista Alla Scrittrice Laura Iuorio |
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 An insight into the delights of Japanese women's wrestling. James Bond and his American counterpart, Nick Carter. Work and how to avoid it. D.F.Lewis. Banned videos. UFO movies. fantasy clubs. Hello Kitty. Paul Rapovski. And a lot more. |
 Mark Pavia, Tom Holland, Overdose Ronnie James Dios, The Shining, Night Flier Thinner, Vertigo, fant-Asia Films Walt Simonson, Mark Hamil, Wes Craven Scream, Mick Garris, Marilyn Burns Kolchak The Night Stalker. |
 Features: Herding Electronics by Stacy Meyn, Boers to Bugs of ''Kaffir'' means ''Cockroach'' by Jimmy Diggs, Social Conservative and the Moves by Brad Linaweaver. Sergio Corbucci: Django, Companeros. Amicus : Vault of Horror, Asylum, The Terrornauts, Scream and Scream Again. Noir by Anthony Mann : Railroaded, Raw Deal. 70s Animation: fantastic Planet, Heavy Traffic. At the Drive-In: The Killer Shrews, Bloody Pit of Horror, The Love Factor. Revivalism: Brotherhood of Satan. Music Reviews: 60s Bongload, Cartoon2, Flamin Groovies, 70s Party Train, Heroes in the Double Zero, Great Lost Thrown Out Albums. |
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 Features: Humor And Satire By Jules Feiffer Fact And fantasy By Gerald Kersh, Ray Bradbury and More! Pictorials On Marilyn Monroe 5 Christmas Playmates Model: Ellen Stratton |
 Features: 'How Right You Are. Jeeves!' by P.G. Wodehouse 'Glenn's Girl' by Jim Dilles 'La Boutique fantasque' by Theodore Pratt Playboy's Playmate: Mid-Winter Thaw Model: Jayne Mansfield |
 Articles CINEMA HONGROIS / JEAN DOUCHET / LUC MOULLET LES ENfantS D'EDOUARD par MICHEL MARDORE . |
 Picture-story review of Evil Of Frankenstein. Leading Burroughs expert Dick Lupoff describes Monsters Of Edgar Rice Burroughs - with illustrations by Frank Frazetta, Reed Crandall, Larry Ivie and Al Williamson. Outer Limits. Interview with Arthur Lubin, director of 1943 Phantom Of The Opera. First CoF Oldies But Goodies. fantastic films of Jean Cocteau. Out Of This World with Boris Karloff. Addams Family. |
 Cardshark Campbell Meets Sex and the Common Man by Tom Perry The Broken Sword, Poul Anderson story in comic form by George Barr The Bohemian Tory by Jerry Pournelle Dr. Faustus or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Gore (Almost) by Dan Bates Tarzan and How He Grew or: Whatever Happened to Jane Baby? by John McGeehan Dr. Who, Adventures in Time and Space by Alan Dodd The Science fantasy Film Revisited by Tom Reamy Satellite in the Sky Horror of Party Beach The Most Dangerous Man Alive The Crawling Hand The Wasp Woman (reviewed by John Brunas) The Compost Heap by Alex Eisenstein A Chatty, Preferably Controversial Column by andrew j. offutt Persiflage, the readers |
 David McCallum- Man from M.O.N.S.T.E.R. William K. Everson on Bela Lugosi 1965: Year of Horror-fantasy Books Batman- 1943 to 1966 Son of Frankenstein centerfold. |
 Picture review of TV's Batman Victor Buono Judex and fantomas both 1917 and 1964 Jack the Ripper Bride of Frankenstein centerfold fantastic European Screen Scene. |
 Nimoy on Spock. Star Trek Forever: An Endorsement by Cal Beck. Saucers do exist say William Shatner, Roy Thinnes and Stuart Whitman. CoF interviews: Christopher Lee (part 2). CoF returns to Hammer Studios. Donald Phelps enters The Horror Chamber of Dr. Faustus... and lives to tell about it. 1966 Necrology: Listing deaths of fantasy film personalities. The Men Behind the Comics: Focuses on Marvel's mighty Jim Steranko, author-illustrator of Nick Fury. Cal Beck reviews The Brides Of Fu Manchu. Frankenstein movieguide lists films beginning with ''I'' and ''J''. A look at Comicbook Fandom. Lin Carter sums up 1966: The year in Horror-fantasy Books. Full details on Wally Wood's Witzend. |
 2001: A Space Odyssey: Analysis/review. Interview with Ray Bradbury. Planet Of The Apes returns: Exclusive secret facts, etc. revealed for the first time. Basil Rathbone interviewed for last time. Jonathan Frid profile. Carnak: Comix grafix in the inimitable CoF manner. TV or Not TV? Raquel Welch. |
 A Short Survey of Apes in fantasy Films by Amber Amerald Soren's Forgotten Fiends by David Soren Hammer News Hotline from the Crypt by Larry Reichman and David Soren The Fan Corner The Body Snatcher: A Review by Lon Talbot Face to Face With Dr. Frankenstein, Interview with Peter Cushing by David Soren Terror Flicks in Review |
 The disappearance of The Damned: Robert L. Jerome reports on the production and distribution difficulties encountered by Joseph Losey's only science fiction film. News & Notes: Trieste '70: Happenings at the 8th Annual Trieste Science Fiction Film Festival; New developments in the world of cinefantastique; Coming attractions. Film reviews: Fellini Satyricon, Catch 22, Beneath The Planet Of The Apes, The Dunwich Horror, Colossus The Forbin Project, The Bird With The Crystal Plumage, Captain Nemo And The Underwater City, Eugenie The Story Of Her Journey Into Perversion, The Crimson Cult, Scream And Scream Again, Horror House, Tarzan's Deadly Silence, Skullduggery, Secrets Of Sex (Bizarre), Latitude Zero. |
 Film Music in fantasy Film The Monster Maker THX-1138 Cry of the Banshee Crimon Cult Senta Berger. |
 News & Notes: The best music scores of 1970; John Carradine: A much misused actor makes a screen comeback; Count Dracula '71: A look at the new look in Draculas from AIP. Film reviews: The Brotherhood Of The Bell, Taste The Blood Of Dracula, Watermelon Man, The Mind Of Mr. Soames, The Vampire Lovers, The Body Stealers, The Blood Rose, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, No Blade Of Grass, Dorian Gray, House Of Dark Shadows, Beast Of Blood, Curse Of The Vampires, Count Yorga Vampire, Dinosaurs The Terrible Lizards, Scrooge, Hauser's Memory, Trog, Cry Of The Banshee, The Aristocats, Brewster McCloud. |
 Portrait Of Jennie: A retrospect: Despite its cost ($4,000,000), its two long years production, its enchanting story, its credible performances, and its spectacular climax (the special effects won the film an Academy Award), it was an unfortunate critical, then box office flop. Yet, it is in may ways a remarkable film, perhaps one of the most exquisite fantasy films ever made, and certainly too long unseen and neglected. News & Notes: Albert S. D' Agostino: A tribute; Mamoulian: On his Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Film reviews: THX 1138, The Mephisto Waltz, Simon King Of The Witches, The Andromeda Strain, When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth, The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes, The Phantom Tollbooth, Brewster McCloud, Alex In Wonderland, The Night Visitor. |
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 King Kong on the Freudian Couch by Lane Roth Soren's Forgotten Fiends by David Soren Jack the Ripper on the Screen by Ronald V. Borst The Curse of the Cat People reviewed by Scott MacQueen Hotline from the Crypt by Larry Reichman |
 Star Trek And Now The Screaming Starts Doctor Death The Mutations Blood Sisters Theatre Of Death Planet Of The Apes Dr. Who Peter Cushing Tales From The Crypt. |
 Wendkos: The importance of concept: Dale Winogura sits down with the director of The Mephisto Waltz, The Brothrhood Of The Bell, Fear No Evil, and several episodes of The Invaders to discuss his approach to fantasy filmmaking. News & Notes: Moon Child: Director Alan Gadney talks about his forthcoming horror film starring John Carradine and Victor Buono; Flesh Gordon: A preview that indicates something worthwhile may be rising from the mire of the sexploitation market; Trieste '71: Happenings at the 9th Annual Trieste Science Fiction Film Festival. Film reviews: The Brotherhood Of Satan, The Clowns, The Devils, The Gladiators, Horror Of The Blood Monsters, Lust For A Vampire, Next, The Night Digger, Night Of The Dark Shadows, The Omega Man, Peter Rabbit And The Tales Of Beatrix Potter, The Reincarnate, The Return Of Count Yorga, Willard, Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory, Unman Wittering And Zigo & Deep End. |
 Hitchcock by Mark Nelson A Guide to Film Memorabilia Collecting by Gary D. Dorst The Erotic World of Hammer Vampirism by Gary J. Svehla Paramount: The fantasy Years by Scott MacQueen Terror Flicks in Review |
 Interview: Milton Friedman by Playboy Features: What Your Sex fantasies Mean The Search For Superskiing The Town That Grows Millionaires Our Jazz & Pop Poll Winners Model: Jeanette Larson (covergirl - nude inside) photographed by Pompeo Posar |
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 Interview: Erich von Daniken by Playboy Features: The Wedding Night: A Pictorial fantasy Andy Warhol Photographs His Film Stars Playboy's Pro Football Forecast Playboy interview: Erich von Daniken Model: Lynnda Kimball (covergirl - nude inside) photographed by Bill Arsenault |
 Interview: Robert Redford by Playboy Features: Robert Redford Tells All (Almost) Dan Greenburg Makes A Porno Movie Salvador Dali Fleshes Out His Erotic fantasies Gene Wilder Builds A Monster In Mel Brooks' 'Young Frankenstein' Model: Robyn Douglass (covergirl - nude inside) photographed by Stan Malinowski |
 Ray Harryhausen's aerial brace creations Frame by frame sequences The public Harryhausen Charles Schneer speaks his mind The Golden Voyage Of Sinbad Film fantasy Scrapbook An interview with Kerwin Matthews I was a teenage Harryhausen The comparison test. |
 Interview: Philip Agee by Playboy Features: A Pictorial fantasy: After Hours In A Department Store Federal Justice - Prosecution Or Inquisition? What You Still Dont Know About The CIA! Ex-Company Man Philip Agee Tells All Checking Out The Female Escort Services: Some Cons And Lots Of Pros Model: Vargas Girl photographed by Alberto Vargas |
 Andy Warhol's Dracula & Frankenstein: Underground filmaking genius ventures way above ground with two controversial adaptations based on genre classics. Monster star: Insight inside an ''Unknown'' horror star, Ed Parker, who doubled in spades for greats like Karloff and Chaney Jr. Phantom Of The Paradise: Rock N' Roll goes all out in a masterful take off on The Phantom Of The Opera. Mel Brooks Frankenstein: The creative power behind The Producers and Blazing Saddles works over Frankie who'll never be quite the same again. The genius of George Pal: Behind the scenes with one of the greatest of all Sfantasy filmakers. Kolchak: The Night Stalker: About the TV horror hit - plus: Interviews with Darren McGavin and the original Night Stalker himself, Barry Atwater. Star gazing: A special request all-star album of Sfantasy celebrity favorites. Frankenstein at large: Reviews: Thetrical & 8mm films, books and mags. |
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 John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John FEATURES : Musical GREASE - They had hoods in those days; they wore taps, pegged pants, and they bullied the girls. The movie of GREASE brings it back with song and dance (Pix include John Travolta, Stockard Channing, Jamie Donnelly, Dinah Manoff, Olivia Newton-John, director Randal Kleiser, choreographer Patricia Birch). MGM. The Lion Finds New Game - Production at the famous studio is on the rise, and there's a Las Vegas connection (Pix include Mark Hamill, Genevieve Bujold, Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Greta Garbo, Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, William Powell, Mryna Loy, Porter Hall). Good Morning, Lanesville - From Lanesville, New York, the people with portapaks bring you Harriet, a docufantasy, and Harold's Bar Mitzvah, Audience, maybe three hundred. But why is this important? (Pix include Joel Gold, Bart Friedman, Shigeko Kubota). ROBERT ASHLEY - Studs Terkel of the Avant Garde. Dialogue on Film: GEORGE CUKOR discusses the fine art of dealing with stars - males, females and couples (Pix include Judy Garland, Katharine Hepburn, Greta Garbo, Florence Nash, Phyllis Povah, Rosalind Russell, Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer, Paulette Goddard, Mary Boland, Joan Fontaine, Audrey Hepburn, Mitzi Gaynor, Kay Kendall, Taina Elg, Judy Halliday, Robert Taylor, John Barrymore, Rex Harrison, Cary Grant, Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Broderick Crawford, Spencer Tracy, Melvyn Douglas, Aldo Ray, Ruth Hussey, James Stewart, Cicely Tyson, Elizabeth Taylor). My Criticism, My Politics (by Andrew Sarris) - The noted critic examines the war inside himself. About Television: Music and the Medium. The Noble Hours of Brazilian Television (Pix include Isabel Ribeiro, Elza Gomes, Bete Faria, Carlos Poyart, Christiane Torloni, Francisco Cuoco, Laura Soveral). Letter From a Small Island (by Elsa Barnuow) - What happens when a television miniseries disembarks its cast and crew on an out-of-the-way island? Festival Report: New York - Lincoln Center's annual film festival has become a cultural obligation (Pix include Bruno Ganz, Angela Molina). Inner Circles: A Look at the Laurels - Top screenwriters are honored by their peers. Explorations: The Spaced-Out World of DOUGLAS TRUMBULL. |
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 ALIEN EXCULSIVE: DIRECTOR RIDLEY SCOTT IN AN IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW: the man behind the sf/horror blockbuster really tells all first of two parts ALIEN PRE-PRODUCTION: THE ARTISTS: a look at the alien paintings and sketches of ron cobb, h.r. giger, moebius and chris foss THE STARSIUP 'NOSTROMO' A TECHNOLOGICAL FAIRYLAND AND A MOVIE SET TO REMEMBER: a deck by deck breakdown on the alien star-tug H.R. GIGER: THE MAN IN BLACK RIDING A NIGHTMARE TO SUCCESS: the story and art behind the surrealistic swiss artist who designed some of the most bizarre and beautiful scenes in alien DR. WHO: what? when? where? why? on a little known cult hero THE 8TH ANNUAL, PARIS INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FICTION AND fantASY FILM FESTIVAL: the films were awful but the audience was worse PAL'S PUPPETOONS: a nostalgic look at a unique creation THE QUATERMASS FILMS: an overview of the little-known hammer film trilogy |
 The robot report: Part four: The cybernetic sixties (1960-1965). Tetrospective by Michael Stein. Of beasts and behemoths: Part three of an expanded four part series on the fantastic films of Eugene Lourie; in this issue - Gorgo, the mother and child reunion. Harrison Ellenshaw and The Black Hole paintings: Interview with the matte artist extraordinaire. The Fog: John Carpenter, the co-creator of Dark Star and Halloween brings us new chills in the gloomy night. Lord Of Light: Roger Zelazny and Jack Kirby team up to create a $450 million science fiction land. Radio Ranch (aka The Phantom Empire): Gene Autry fights aliens, robots and ray guns in a secret city in this little known serial. |
 An interview with "the Goddess Sasha, Dominatrix". ?rotic fiction. Annette Haven's Intimate Thoughts. Letters to Leslie (Bovee). The Serena pictorial. Rona Bona gossip. Rising Star Pictorial: Tammy |
 An interview with Diamiano. Erotic fiction. Erotic film awards. The Vanessa Del Rio pictorial. |
 Home video reviews. Erotic fiction. Annette Haven's Intimate Thoughts. Letters to Leslie (Bovee). The Kandi pictorial. Rona Bona gossip. Rising Star Pictorial: Suzanne Nero |
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 Clash of the (Foot-Tall) Titans: For his sixteenth feature film, Ray Harryhausen has returned once again to the world of classical mythology. For the first time, however, he did so in the company of two associate animators. Jim Danforth and Steven Archer. Together, the three discuss the origins of the projects and the many months of postproduction involved in bringing Harryhausen's most ambitous film undertaking to the screen. Article by Don Shay Roy Arbogast: When grandiose special effects are required 'live' during main unit photography, the job is likely to fall to effects expert Roy Arbogast. Arbogast, a veteran of both Jaws films, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Dracula and The Incredible Shrinking Woman, discusses the field of mechanical effects and his varied work in a wide range of contemporary features. Ariticle by Jordan Fox Caveman - The Real Stars: Writer-director Carl Gottlieb's irreverent sendup of the prehistoric melodrama provided fertile ground for some decidely unique stop-motion work. Effects supervisors Jim Danforth and Dave Allen, animators Randall William Cook and Pete Kleinow, and optical technician Spencer Gill discuss the tempestuous production. Article by Scott Vanderbilt |
 Dragonslayer: When Hal Barwood and Matthew Robbins set out to make a sword and sorcery fantasy, they had no idea it would spawn the most significant innovation in dimensional animation since its inception. Industrial Light & Magic dragon masters Dennis Muren, Phil Tippett and Ken Ralston discuss the development and utilization of 'go-motion' animation, aided and abetted by dragon mover engineer Stuart Ziff, optical supervisor Bruce Nicholson, armature builder Tom St. Amand, miniature set builder Dave Carson, matte painting supervisor Alan Maley, makeup artist Chris Walas, and animation supervisor Sam Comstock. Non-ILM involvement is recounted by dragon designer David Bunnett, full sized prop maker Danny Lee, and VCE animation supervisor Peter Kuran. Article by S.S. Wilson Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Wrath of God . . . and Other Illusions: One of the more effective recent uses of special effects to enhance rather than dominate a film was in the Lucas-Spielberg production of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Discussing the climactic holocaust sequence and other optical work in the film are Industrial Light & Magic effects supervisor Richard Edlund, effects art director Joe Johnston, animation supervisor Sam Comstock, optical supervisor Bruce Nicholson, special effects makeup artist Chris Walas, cloud manufacturer Gary Platek, matte painting supervisor Alan Maley, and matte cameraman Neil Krepela. Article by Don Shay |
 The Susan Nero pictorial Erotic fiction Rona Bona gossip Rising Star Pictorial: Tina Orchid |
 Interviews: Talia Shire, Ridley Scott and Mr T Feature on Blade Runner Profile of Steven Speilberg Feature on the classic Bridge Over The River Kwai |
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 Stop-Frame Fever, Post-Animation Blues: After a short-lived resurgence in Clash of the Titans and Caveman, the venerable old art of stop-motion animation has slipped once again intothe role of supporting performer, struggling for a foothold among the superstar effects technologies of the day. Animators David Allen, Randall William Cook and Steven Archer discuss their respective efforts - successful and otherwise - at adding stop-motion moments to such recent and forthcoming productions as The Howling, Q, The Thing, The Hunger and Krull. Article by Paul Mandell A Dream in the Making: From humble beginnings in a residential garage, Dream Quest has grown - in three short years - into one of the most highly respected effects facilities in the business. A close partnership comprised of six predominantly young, but seasoned professionals, the Dream Quest principals - Scott Squires, Rocco Gioffre, Hoyt Yeatman, Robert Hollister, Tom Hollister and Frederick Iguchi - recount their evolution as a company, their ancillary work on such projects as Escape from New York, E.T. and One From the Heart, their first solo outing on Blue Thunder, and their prospects for the future. Article by Marc A. Richardson |
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 Brainstorm - Getting the Cookie at the End: More than a decade after Silent Running, effects maestro Douglas Trumbull landed his second directing assignment on Brainstorm, only to become embroiled in a debilitating two-year struggle just to see the film completed. A key element in the postproduction effort was the creation of a point-of-view representation of the death experience - an eerie journey through a figurative heaven and hell that dominates the film's climax. Trumbull, effects supervisor Alison Yerxa and six other members of the crew, discuss the unique production. Article by Brad Munson Twilight Zone - The Movie: Shadow and Substance: With Twilight Zone - The Movie, four top-notch directors joined forces to extract the essence of Rod Serling's ever-popular teleseries and transform it into a theatrical experience worthy of its progenitor - an anthology of filmic fantasies, old and new, ranging from the poignant to the harrowing. Though special effects, in general, were to take a back seat, two of the film's episodes featured exuberant displays of makeup prowess and postproduction opticals - discussed in detail by the principals involved. Article by Don Shay and Paul Sammon |
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 The Shape of 'Dune': Despite enormous popularity as a novel, twenty years would elapse before Frank Herbert's Dune would make the quantum leap from printed page to cinematic reality. The imposing challenge of adapting the widely-read cult classic - a saga rivaling the novel itself in epic proportion - would ultimately be met by writer-director David Lynch. In consort with cinematographer Freddie Francis, production designer Tony Masters, and a battery of high-powered effects supervisors including Carlo Rambaldi, Albert Whitlock, Barry Nolan, Kit West and Brian Smithies, Lynch would labor diligently for three-and-a-half years to bring his vision of Herbert's exotic work to life. From the worm-infested deserts of Arrakis to the murky decadence of Giedi Prime, Lynch and his production unit combineda wealth of experience with fresh innovation to weave the richly-textured tapestry of Dune. Edited by Janine Pourroy and Don Shay |
 Baby: Bringing up Baby: In the animal-adventure genre there is nothing new under the sun - or is there? For Touchstone Films, the novel twist of casting a most unusual fauna in the title role of Baby was inspiration for the telling of an old tale in a decidedly new way. The Isidoro Raponi-designed infant brontosaurus star was born cinematically in the rain forests of Africa's Ivory Coast following an arduous three-year gestation period. For director B.W.L. Norton and producer Jonathan Taplin, the trials and tribulations of bringing the $14 million production to life involved an exhausting - often harrowing - labor. And the challenge of creating high-tech special effects in a low-tech Third World country furnished all involved with more than their share of real-life thrills and chills. Article by Howard E. Green |
 Lifeforce: Baring the Soul of 'Lifeforce': Bizarre makeup and unusual opticals are prime elements of the modern horror or science fiction film, and director Tobe Hooper's Lifeforce - an incredible combination of the two genres - is replete with both. Keeping up with an effects-a-minute pace was no easy task for the international crew, and John Dykstra and key members of his Apogee organizaion discuss challenges faced on the visual effects front. From conventional model photography to innovative laser applications, the production team concocted an assortment of illusions to help bring Colin Wilson's tale of soul-snatching vampires to life. Article by Glenn Campbell Shooting for an 'A' on 'My Science Project': Screenwriter Jonathan Betuel was certain of two things while shopping his My Science Project script around Hollywood - he wanted to direct the film, and it had to feature a terrifying tyrannosaurus rex sequence. Walt Disney Productions agreed and gave Betuel the directorial reins for his fantasy-adventure yarn about a high school science experiment gone awry. Along with effects supervisor John Scheele, dinosaur-builder Doug Beswick and other members of the effects ensemble, first-time director Betuel reflects upon the unlikely logistics of getting a prehistoric carnivore into the school gymnasium. Article by Stephen Rebello |
 Wes Craven's Exploitative World by Gary J. Svehla An Analysis of the Invisible Ray by Michael Brunas The Scared Stiff Ghost Breakers by Dean Chambers Prelude to Terror: The Evolution of Music in Early Horror Films by Jim Doherty Directed, Written, and Produced by Larry Cohen by Dennis Fischer Forgotten Faces of fantastic Films: Kamijama Sojin and Doris Lloyd by Jim Coughlin |
 Interview: Fidel Castro by Playboy Features: Hot Dreams: What Your Sexual fantasies Mean The 'Waltons' Girl, Judy Norton-Taylor, In A Grown-Up Nude Pictorial The Playboy interview: Fidel Castro On Reagan And Revolution Sexy Newcomer Ingrid Boulting Model: Kathy Shower (covergirl - nude inside) photographed by Stephen Wayda |
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 Night of the Hunter: A Musical Critique by Jim Doherty Allison Hayes by Dean Chambers The Black Cat: A Prevalence of Perversion by Stephen Shutt Zita Johann Interviewed by Delbert Winans |
 An Evil Enchantment: The Picture of Dorian Gray by David Balsom The fantasy Film Career of Caroline Munroby Bill George Music for Worlds to Come by Jim Doherty Joan Crawford and Michael Gough: The Herman Cohen Superstars!by Dean Chambers A Comprehensive Listing of fantasy Movie Books by Dave McDaniel and Del Winans Dementia's Son: Dwight Frye, Jr., Speaks by John Antosiewicz and Charlie Rizzo |
 Only a Push Button Away by Arthur Joseph Lundquist George Zucco by Jim Coughlin The Career of Carl Kolchak by Dean Chambers The Return of Pure Romance: Somewhere in Time by Jim Doherty Forgotten Faces of fantastic Films: William V. Mong and John Miljan by Jim Coughlin John Carradine: A Matter of Record by Dave McDaniel A Comprehensive Listing of fantasy Movie Books Part Two by Dave McDaniel and Del Winans |
 The Unsung Horrors of Abbott and Costello by Dean Chambers The Herrmann Zone by Jim Doherty Forgotten Faces of fantasy Films: Lionel Belmore and Gustav Von Seyffertitz by Jim Coughlin The Halloween Saga: The Night He Came Home (and Overstayed His Welcome!) by Lou Gaul The Vampire: An Enduring Concoction of Fifties B Horror Supreme! by Paul Anthony Milton Subotsky Interviewed by John R. Duvoli |
 Forgotten Faces of fantastic Films: Una O'Connor & Montagu Love by Jim Coughlin Shivers and Shadows: The Cinematography of Karl Struss by Dennis Fischer Martin Kosleck: A Memorable Menace of Two Screen Genres by John Brunas The fantastic Visions of David Cronenberg by Gary J. Svehla The 20,000 Houses of Colliding Wax Beasts by Jim Doherty |
 Solar Sirens by Dean Chambers William Dien Interviewed: From Leopard Man to Leech Woman by Tom Weaver and Michael Brunas Ultra Gore: Slicing Open The Evil Dead and Basket Case by Gary J. Svehla Forgotten Faces of fantastic Films: Brandon Hurst and Gene Roth by Jim Coughlin The Musical Brainstorms of James Horner by Jim Doherty |
 Der Trickfilm - A Survey of German Special Effects: During the opening years of the twentieth century, when the art of filmmaking was being developed on an international scale, the German cinema promptly established a sungular identity for itself - an identity shaped largely by the fact that its prime innovators seemed possessed by an insatiable fascination with the fantastic. Tasked with subjects ranging from epic fantasy to futuristic science fiction, German technicians were among the first to explore and exploit the magical capabilities of the motion picture camera. Article by Rolf Giesen Fright Night: Writer-director Tom Holland conceived of Fright Night as a contemporary tribute to the traditional vampire film, complete with all affectations of the genre. But instead of employing the simplistic techniques of yore, Holland was determined to utilize state-of-the-art special effects to their fullest. Undaunted by a relatively meager budget, Holland and Columbia Pictures turned toRichard Edlund and Boss Film Corporation with a unique challenge to produce an array of high-quality illusions - everything from flying bats to snarling man-beasts - all for an unprecedented bargain price. Article by Jennifer Benidt and Janine Pourroy |
 Big Trouble in Little China: Putting Big Trouble into Little China: For Big Trouble in Little China - a sprawling fantasy-adventure set in an imaginary world under a Chinatown - director John Carpenter needed a special effects facility that could respond to the demands of a script that called for a wide range of makeup and creature effects as well as precision opticals and animation. Rising to the task was Richard Edlund and his Boss Film Corporation who collectively produced a 2000-year-old evil magician, a flying fleshball covered with eyes, several monsters and spirits of indeterminate origin, plus a vast array of lightning effects and other illusions. Article by Janine Pourroy Short Circuit: Building the Body Electric: The Short Circuit script had everything - adventure, humor, warmth - and John Badham knew immediately that he wanted to direct it. All it needed for success was a very special lead player - a six-foot-tall robot with an engaging personality who could drive trucks, dance disco and chase butterflies. The task of producing this singular perfomer fell to robot construction supervisor Eric Allard, futurist designer Syd Mead, puppeteer Tony Urbano and physical effects coordinator Chuck Gaspar - all of whom discuss in detail the creation of a very unique Hollywood star. Article by Jody Duncan Shay |
 Universal's Golden Age: Some Facts and Figures by Greg Mank Universal's Poverty Row: The Saga of the Ape Woman by Arthur Joseph Lundquist Remembering The Thing That Couldn't Die by Paul Anthony Parla What Spawned Alien by John R. Duvoli Forgotten Faces of fantastic Films: E. E. Clive and Arthur Edmund Carewe by Jim Coughlin Borgo Pass Meets the Hollywood Freeway: The Shock Schlock of Al Adamson by Dean Chambers |
 The Gate: A Question of Perspective: Seeking major league effects on a minor league budget, producer John Kemeny and director Tibor Takacs turned to effects designer Randall William Cook for their supernatural thriller The Gate. Working with a hand-picked team of professionals, Cook orchestrated a wide range of mystifying effects - including a giant stop-motion demon and a swarm of devilish minions rendered tiny by some ingenious illusory techniques seldom employed in recent years. Article by Adam Eisenberg The Golden Ghild: Of Daggers and Demons: For Industrial Light & Magic, The Golden Child was business as usual - winged demons, slithering snake women, even dancing Pepsi cans. But merging these fantasy elements into a gritty urban street comedy starring Eddie Murphy was a major stylistic challenge. Rising to the occasion was a team of software engineers and puppet animators who managed to blur the line between real and unreal by employing a prototype field motion control system to convincingly incorporate stop-motion figures into hand-held action scenes. Article by Paul Mandell |
 The Witches of Eastwick: Witch Trials: For director George Miller, The Witches of Eastwick was a formidable challenge - a supernatural comedy with a top-notch cast that required a deft touch to maintain its proper balance of humor and horror. Though effects would take a back seat in the production, it was necessary that they be brought to bear on such thorny problems as depicting a palatial mansion that did not exist, creating a tennis ball with a mind of its own and transforming actor Jack Nicholson into a fifty-foot demon. Engaged to accomplish these and other feats were Industrial Light & Magic and makeup effects artist Rob Bottin. Article by Adam Eisenberg Masters of the Universe: Though derived from a phenomenally popular toy line, Masters of the Universe would prove to be anything but fun and games for production designer William Stout, visual effects supervisor Richard Edlund and makeup artist Michael Westmore. With high expectations but minimal time and resources, the design and effects teams had to translate plastic dolls into flesh-and-blood characters, create a faraway fantasy world from scratch and implant nonstop optical trickery into a sword-and-sorcery adventure of extravagant proportions. Article by Ron Magid |
 Diana Rigg's fantasy film/TV career Big Trouble In Little China Plan 9 From Outer Space Francois Truffaut Leslie Halliwell interviewed A-Z of Fan Clubs Star Trek: The Motion Picture retrospective American movie hype Star Trek V: The Veterans Home comic strip. |
 A Double-Dose of The Evil Dead by Ralph Coon Bill Rebane's Shooting Ranch Studio: Hollywood of the Mid-West by Joe Vannicola Clutching Hands and Floating Head: William Castle's 13 Ghosts by Dean Chambers Forgotten Faces of fantastic Films: Cesare Gravina, Fern Emmett by Jim Coughlin Midnight Marquee's Best and Worst in Horror and Science Fiction Cinema by Gary J. Svehla Linnea Quigley: Confessions of a Scream Queen by Bill George |
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 Willow: Filmmaking impresario George Lucas - whose flights of fancy have spawned the Star Wars trilogy and the adventures of Indiana Jones - has focused on myth and magic for his latest excursion into the world of unbridled imagination. Manufacturing an earthbound environment every bit as wondrous and complete as Tatooine or Endor, Lucas and film director Ron Howard have produced Willow - an epic sword-and-sorcery adventure complete with fairy princesses, evil queens, firebreathing dragons, pesky brownies, talking animals and a diminutive hero determined to save an infant foundling from the forces of evil. Willow represents the most complete mustering of Lucasfilm effects talent since Return of the Jedi - employing effects animation, miniaturization techniques, stop-and-gomotion, animatronics and computer generated imagery. Article by Jody Duncan Shannon |
 Michael Keaton assistant William Todd-Jones interviewed Comic and book reviews and retrospective Sherlock Holmes - Jeremy Brett interview Part 2 Cinema-going in Greece fantasy Film Preview Sean Connery Bond films Part 3. |
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 * Spotlight on Peter Johnson # Articles * Mondo Russo - Russ Meyer interview * An Appreciation of 'Alphaville' * 'Betaville' * The New York Film Festival Downtown * A New Column * A Protest * Jello Biafra: The Second Coming - Jello Interview * The Imprisonment of Nick Zedd * Lost Films: 'La Petite Aurore, L'enfant Martyre * Plague on Film |
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 Count Carradine: The Long John Draculas by Dean Chambers High-Octane Entertainment: Aliens, The Terminator, The Abyss... Gale Anne Hurd Interviewed by Susan Svehla Attack of the Killer Popcorn: Don't Look Under the Seat by John Parnum Calvin Thomas Beck in Memorial by Gary J. Svehla Forgotten Faces of fantastic Films: Olga Baclanova by Jim Coughlin |
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 Revisiting The Horror Chamber of Dr. Faustus by Gary J. Svehla Grave of the Vampire Analyzed: The Family That Slays Together by Dean Chambers Susanna Foster Interviewed: Unmasking Her fantasy Film Career by Delbert Winans The Gorgon: Music by James Bernard by Randall D. Larson Horror Gleanings by Don G. Smith Forgotten Faces of fantastic Films: William Harrigan by Jim Coughlin |
 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: Backyard Odyssey: In the surprise megahit of the summer - Honey, I Shrunk the Kids - four children are accidentally reduced to a quarter-of-an-inch in height and deposited in a backyard jungle where grass and water drops and commonplace insects become horrendous life-threatening obstacles. Spearheaded by director Joe Johnston and executive producer Thomas G. Smith - both veterans of Industrial Light & Magic - the film featured a plethora of giant-size sets and props developed and supplied by production designer Gregg Fonseca and mechanical effects supervisor Peter Chesney. It also entailed a wide range of postproduction miniature and optical illusions accomplished on a shoe-string budget by stop-motion animators Phil Tippett and David Allen and by a diversity of small effects companies including Perpetual Motion Pictures, Visual Concept Engineering and Illusion Arts. The result was a minute comic fantasy on a grand scale. Article by Susan Dayton |
 Back to Back to the Future: In a leap of faith and enthusiasm - bolstered by Amblin Entertainment and Universal Pictures - director Robert Zemeckis undertook back-to-back sequels to his phenomenally successful Back to the Future. Reuniting most of his original cast and crew, Zemeckis continued his time travel trilogy by whisking Marty McFly and Doc Brown thirty years into the future for a mind-boggling excursion into the paradoxes of temporal displacement and then brought the series to a rousing finale by propelling them a hundred years into the past. Supplying physical effects that ranged from compact hoverboards to giant trains was mechanical effects supervisor Michael Lantieri. Providing the less tangible film magic - multiple split-screen characters, holographic sharks and flying vehicles - were visual effects supervisor Ken Ralston and the illusionists of Industrial Light & Magic. Together they enlivened a whirlwind celebration of fantasy and imagination. Article by Jody Duncan |
 Black Rain A Clockwork Orange - RSC stage production SF & fantasy magazines 1904-1940: an illustrated history Archaos - French chainsaw circus Batman: Digital Justice comic preview Batman and Wave soundtrack reviews. |
 Schwarzenegger: from Conan to Total Recall 3-D fantasy films Jack The Ripper book guide Space Adventure flight simulator Strangely Dismissed: Strange Invaders A Clockwork Orange play reviewed Fiction by D.F. Lewis. |
 - Filthy Thoughts, editorial - Spirit Chasing: A Talk with Ari Roussimoff - Printed Matter, books and fanzine reviews - Dirge Talk: Jouissance interview - Lower Bodily Functions at the Corner House, report by David Kerekes - Robert Crumb: Sex, Death and Big Thighs in the Comic Strip - Japanimation - Letters - Archaos: Circus fantastic - Reviews: Dirty Love (1988), Gator Bait (1976), Count de Sade (?), Shocking Asia 2 (1974), For Your Breast?s Only (?) - Touched by The Hand of God, review for La Religieuse by Ian Kerkhof - Are You Ready... For Eddie? Ed Wood fest report |
 The Quiet Horror Music of Roy Webb: Scoring Val Lewton (The Jacques Tourneur Films) by Randall R. Larson Casting Voodoo Spells: Analyzing Devil Doll and Curse of the Voodoo by John R. Duvoli Slice 'n' Dice: Censorship and the Horror Cinema by Gary J. Svehla Enticed by the Dark... Clutching the Hand of Night by Richard Ekstedt Afterlife in the Cinema: Heaven, Hell, and Judgment in the fantasy Film (Part One) by Terry Roark Forgotten Faces of fantastic Films: Forrester Harvey by Jim Coughlin |
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 Inside front cover: Judy Garland on Films and Filming Christmas 1954 cover. Editorial. Is that the Postman? Readers? Letters. Club Magazines. Films & Filming. The World of Horror. Time Screen, The Magazine of British Telefantasy. 1990 Magazine Directory. UK Horror Fanzines. 1990 UK magazines index. Back cover: Picture Show November 24, 1928 cover (John Barrymore and Camilla Horn in Tempest.) |
 Tobe Hooper's Oedipal Horrors: Confronting the Female by Steven R. Johnson Forgotten Faces of fantastic Films: Halliwell Hobbes by Jim Coughlin Afterlife in the Cinema: Heaven, Hell, and Judgment in the fantasy Film by Terry R. Roark Fearing the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy (The Robert Wise Films, Part One) by Ed Bansak |
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 Jeromil Jires: One of the talented directors of the Chech 'new wave'. Dark Waters: Mariano Baino's film is far from a gothic masterpiece. Simon Boswell talks about working with Argento and Bava. Possession: Neurosis and religious archetypes in Andrzej Zulawski's film. Luigi Bazzoni: An unnoticed minor master of Italian thrillers. Jess Franco: Sadism and sexual fantasy in the films of the Spanish director. Jezebel: The sex film industry. |
 Assorted Short Takes NEWS AND VIEWS Trial by Media - Melinda McAdams Accused Rapists Do Not Have the Right to Anonymity - Natalie Latorre In God's Name - Barbara L. Delhotal Burning Issue - Lamark Waldron & Ted Boonthanakit (comic) Profiles in Courage: Bill Baird - Harvey Wood Right To Life Game - Trina Robbins (comic) Political and Corporate Censorship in the Land of the Free - John Shirley Boy Scouts and Freedom From Religion - Donna Bocian PERSIAN GULF WAR Desert Storm Confidential - Ed Cafasso Disgrace Behind the Glory - Leigh Roche Female War Resistor Stands Her Ground - Aaron Nauth Fired for Peace - Joe Reedy UPDATES Update from Broward County: 2 Live Crew - Deborah Wilker 2 Live Crew: The Double Standard is Alive and Well in the Nineties - Trina Robbins with Carol Leigh Father Pfleger: Round 2 - Donna Bocian RETROSPECTIVES Lenny Bruce is Dead - Harlan Ellison Lenny and Andre - Allen Sonnenschein William M. Gaines Interview - Stephen Ringgenberg POLITICALLY (IN)CORRECT SECTION Gauntlet Bob - Russ Miller (comic intro) Political Correctness: Getting There - Allan Sonnenschein Politically Correct and Unrepentant - William Rose Top Ten 'PC' Media Mouths - Teri Wingender Disturbing Images: Cartoonist John Callahan - Mike Baker P.C. Retrofix - Rex Miller Rex's House Dictionary (sidebar) - Rex Miller Political Correct Bashing - Sleeping With the Enemy - John Ames Beware of the Proselytizing Vegetarians - John Sutherland Your 'PC' Quotient - Richard Dominick When Is a Joke A Slur - Hill McIntosh Contradictions - Darryl Hattenhauer 1991 Most/Least Politically Correct - Bill Paige America: A Great Place to Raise Your Kids - Ken Rand More Heat Than Light - Wayne R. Smith & B.J. Barnes (comic) From Lip Service to Forked Tongue - Teri Wingender The 'Rap' of PC - Patrick Lawless My Dinner With the Politically Correct - Richard Dominick Show Us You're Nuts - Duane Swierczynski Hey, I Gotta You 'PC'...Right Here! - Thomas F. Monteleone COMICS Finding The Cost of Freedom - Kate Worley Watching the Media Watcher - Harvey Pekar '...There's A Way' Remembering Dori Seda - Leslie Sternbergh Of Nice and Men - Russ Miller (text and comic) Interview with Joe Coleman - Carlo McCormick FICTION Freakbabies - Nancy A. Collins Love Is Where You Buy It - Brian Hodge Pelts - F. Paul Wilson, comic-strip adaptation by Russ Miller Hester - Dave Swartout Objects - Ron Leming The Limits of fantasy - Ramsey Campbell Monsters - Jay Owens The Process - Steve Rasnic Tem Blind Hatred - Oliver Zschenker Death at Eleven - Elizabeth Massie Lines From a Diary - Trina Robbins Vampire - Richard Christian Matheson Laugh Track - Brian Riordan Flesh Eating Muthas - James Kisner ANYTHING GOES Lyrics of Abuse Find Audience - Steve Lopez Censor N.W.A.? Give Me A Break - Dave Marsh The Tupelo Ayatollah - Skipp Porteous Standing Up Against Censors (sidebar) - Skipp Porteous San Francisco vs. Basic Instinct - Rebecka Wright It Must Be The Camera - Stan Higgins Top Ten Censorship Stories of 1991 - John Rosenman King's Critics: A Reader's Smorgasbord - Michael R. Collins Cherie Gaulke: Performance Artist Under Attack - William Relling, Jr. The Shameful Enforcement of Video Chastity - Joseph P. Cunningham Censor Me, Please! - Adam Alexander A Challenge to the Media - W. Wilson Goode BOOK REVIEWS House of Fiction - Tom McDonald Taboo Text - Linda Marotta Behind the Mask: Non-Fiction Reviews - Matthew J. Costello |
 Day the World Ended: The Real Beginning of American-International by Dean Chambers Day the World Ended: The Real Beginning of American-International by Dean Chambers The Richard Gordon/Antony Balch Connection: Filming Tower of Evil, Bizarre, and Horror Hospital by John R. Duvoli Gravesites of Horror Personalities: Scott Wilson Interviewed by Gregory William Mank Fanex 5 by Gary J. Svehla |
 Aliens: This Time It's More! The Terminator T2: Judgement Day Carrie fantasia Mr. Arkadin Vs. Confidential Report |
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 Quality time: Jonathan Powell interview about the BBC Blow up a storm: the making of Dust Devil: set report and article on Richard Stanley's follow-up to Hardware Filming Fascism: Is history just an old movie: Thomas Elsaesser on Syberberg's Hitler Dietrich's Destiny: Marjorie Garber on Dietrich's cross-dressing influence Passionate uncertainty: Angela McRobbie on Chantal Akerman (New Queer Cinema: Supplement) Television: presidential campaign and the news Books: Cagney, Bogart, Garfield Film reviews: Les Amants Du Pont-Neuf, Bob Roberts, Cousin Bobby, Hitler A Film From Germany, Housesitter, Immaculate Conception, Jersey Girl, Just Like A Woman, The News Boys, Night And Day, Once Upon A Crime, Patriot Games, The Power Of One, Stone Cold, Swoon, Universal Soldier, Waterland, White Sands, Without You I'm Nothing. Short films: The Death Of Stalinism In Bohemia, Dreamland Express, J.S.Bach fantasia, Knick Knack, Time Out. |
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 A Close Encounter with Steven Spielberg: Once upon a time, a watershed motion picture challenged the long-entrenched Hollywood notion that unidentified flying objects and the forces behind them must be inherently evil. Choosing instead to speculate upon exraterrestrial visitation as a benign phenomenon, writer director Steven Spielberg fashioned a classic tale of everyday people swept up in extraordinary events. On the occasion of its fifteenth anniversary, Spielberg reflects upon Close Encounters of the Third Kind - its concept, its casting, its effects. Interview by Don Shay Quick Cuts: Muppetized Dickens Commercial Spot: True Colors, Sci-Fi Pest Control Effects Scene: Full Moon Rising Profile: Doug Beswick Laser Revolution: Harryhausen Cornucopia |
 Inside cover: Jayne Mansfield on Photoplay (UK) February 1957 cover. Editorial. The Update Column. Is that the Postman? Readers? Letters. Cover Star: Caroline Munro, the First Lady of fantasy Films. Children of the Night. 1992 Magazine Directory. Cinema ?57, The World?s first monster magazine. Fanzines 1992. |
 Wolfen: Michael Wadleigh's early 80s eco-horror trip is examined in detail. "...And (Step)father makes three": An overview of the Stepfather trilogy. Robert Wightman: Stepfather's star interviewed. Beware the moon: The history of the lycanthrope on screen. Sapphire and Steel: The unique show under the fantasynopsis microscope. Michael Armstrong: Interview with the director of Mark Of The Devil. Herbert Lom: Mark of the Devil's witch-hunter interviewed. An American Werewolf In London: The John Landis modern classic is given the full fantasynopsis treatment. John Brosnan: Conversation with the controversial critic and fantasy author. Reviews: Alien 3, 12:01 PM, The Appointment, The Arrival, B.O.R.N., Bad Karma, Basket Case 3: The Progeny, Belle De Jour, Body Parts, Candyman, Cat And Mouse, Chopping Mall, Creepozoids, Cyborg, The Dead Pit, Deep Space, Def By Temptation, Disturbed, Do Detectives Think?, The Dreaming, Driving Force, The Fiend, Fright, Galaxina, Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer, Highway to Hell, Homebodies, The House on the Edge of the Park, Hudson Hawk, Jacob's Ladder, Lone Wolf, Lobsterman from Mars, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Mirage, Mutronics, Night Shadow, Peacemaker, The People Under the Stairs, Popcorn, Prayer of the Rollerboys, Psychocop, Scanners 2: The New Order, Scanners 3: The Takeover, Seizure, Shakma, Tales from the Crypt Vol 2, Tales from the Darkside: The Movie, Turkey Shoot, Twin Peaks-Fire Walk With Me, The Unnamable Returns, Upworld, Whispers, XTRO 2:The Second Encounter. |
 Interview: Danny DeVito by Playboy Features: Victoria's Secret Super Model: Stephanie Seymour Takes Her Undies Off Sheer fantasy! Lingerie In All Its Glory Playboy Interview: Danny Devito An Appeal For Justice In Our Cities By Vincent Bugliosi Model: Stephanie Seymour (covergirl - nude inside) photographed by Sate D'Orazio |
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 Clinton's Hollywood: Martin Walker on presidential movies, including Dave The importance of being ordinary: article on Kenneth Branagh Daughters of the Dust: Julie Dash interview Mixing it: Paul Gilroy on Robert Hughes' Culture of Complaint Sayles Talk: Interview with John Sayles In time of war: Balkan war and faked footage Books: Francois Truffaut Film reviews: Accion Mutante, Agantuk/The Stranger, Apres L'Amour, The Baby Of Macon, Benny's Video, Chain Of Desire, Daughters Of The Dust, Dennis, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, A Far Off Place, Hot Shots! Part Deux, In The Line Of Fire, Lake Consequence, El Mariachi, Much Ado About Nothing, Passion Fish, Puerto Escondido, Sliver, El Viaje/The Voyage. Re-releases: Les Enfants Du Paradis, Le Samourai. Television film: The Last Bolshevik. |
 * Get tine inside dope on the proposed Betty page movie, be the first to see 'The fantastic Four' in action, stalk stars from your home and get a load of Rev. Donald Wildmon and Jesse Helms making asses of themselves. # Articles * This is War! - Join the Film Threat army! * Le Palm d' Bore - Report from the Palm Springs Film Festival * Hip Shooters: The Tortured Odd-yssey of Alex and Tom - Two very special lunatics exploit genetic defects for big laughs in their first feature, 'Hideous Mutant Freekz.' * Limbless Love - Jennifer Lynch proves weirdness is hereditary with her directorial debut, 'Boxing Helena.' * On the Fly - Robert Townsend is here with 'Meteor Man.' * Hola Hollywood - Robert Rodriguez Interview # Tales from the Casting Couch * Dale Reynolds # The Final Cut * 'Hoffa' and 'Malcolm X' # Underground * Severed heads, arms and other body parts thicken a stew of hilariously graphic indie horror. # Comics |
 * Submit to both Barney and the Asian S&M beauties in 'Tokyo Decadence,' get the straight dope on Tupac's threats to 'Menace to Society' and discover the meaning of 'Bruce on a Stick.' # Articles * This is War! - Our war with Premiere continues. * Tack's Chicks - Interview with director James Melkonian * What do You Take Us For? - An in-depth look at the fantastic Foursome * A Piece of the Pod - Abel Ferrara talks 'Body Snatchers' * Hollywood Phone Pranks - Get up way too early with Russ Meyer, Buck Henry, MPAA nazi Jack Valenti and others. # Tales from the Casting Couch # The Final Cut * 'The Crow' # Underground * Get sick with GG Allin. # Coming Attractions * 'Killing Zoe' # Comics # Fun Threat * What if Arnold had been black?!? |
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 Return of Itto Ogami by Max Allan Collins. 1+2= Paradise by Jim Mclennan. Captured for Sex by Travis Crawford. Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla by Ausust Ragone. Tsui Hark's World of fantasy by Dr. Craig D. Reid. Hong Kong gender benders by Jayne Caeneddi. My Soul is Slashed by Charles R P Bucklin. Death Wears a Topnot by Bob Sargent. |
 Demolition Man: Fire and Ice: On-set effects such as large-scale pyrotechnics, frozen human replicas and robotic action props were just part of the Demolition Man story. Racing against time, with a schedule that was essentially only eight weeks long, visual effects supervisor Micheal McAlister delivered the complex cinematic illusions required for the film by tapping a wealth of talent from eight different houses. Article by Jody Duncan Video Beat: Toasting Babylon 5, Order Out of Xaos, McCartney Takes Wing. Special Venues: Deep Earth, Dark Ride Quick Cuts: Digital Effects Commercial Spot: Chevy Hulk Laserdisc Revolution: Coppola's Kane |
 The Church/The Sect director Michele Soavi interviewed Fiction by Mark Gale Strangely Dismissed: The Dark Crystal Classic fantasy films: Metropolis, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Nosferatu, The Wizard of Oz (1922), Les Diabolique, Babes In Toyland Phantasm '94 Over 8 pages of film reviews. |
 Barbara Crampton. Umberto Lenzi. William Links. Red Lips. Moon Child. XIV fantafestival. Ginger Allen. |
 The Lair of the White Worm: Sex and Christianity, Ken Russell Style by Gary W. Harner Vincent Price, Always in Our Memory I'm Not Finished! The Evolving Male in the Modern fantasy Film by Stephen R. Johnson Remembering Baltimore's Shock Theater: The Lucifers Strike Back by Gregory William Mank Forgotten Faces of fantastic Cinema: Edgar Norton by Jim Coughlin The Horror of Suspense: Robert Mitchum's Cinema of Evil [Cape Fear and The Night of the Hunter] by Gary J. Svehla Del Tenney: The Shockmeister of Stamford by Dean Chambers |
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 Kathleen Burke -- Hollywood's Original Cat Woman The Films Of Walerian Borowczyk -- Interview And Videography Emmanuelle 5 Planeta Bur Source Directory Magazine Index #13-20 Readers' Infosium |
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 Barbara Steele: Out of the shadows. Maila Nurmi: A conversation with the first lady of the silver screen. Hammer horror: An overview and analysis. Ingrid Pitt: an interview. John Zacherle: The Story of Television's First Ghoul. H. P. Lovercraft: Adapting for cinema America's 20th century greatest writer of weird fiction. SF/fantastic horror laser discs: A general overview in collecting. |
 The British Horror Ban by Frank Dello Stritto. Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold by Brad Linaweaver. Fred Olen Ray Speaks! by Brad Linaweaver. Titus Moody Interview by Larry Godsey. Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla by David Milner. Selling Godzilla by Davild Milner. Loretta King Interview by Buddy Barnett. The fantastic World of Jean Rollin by Michael Copner. Film, Video and DVD Reviews:Crossroad Avenger, Atlas in the Land of the Cyclops, America's Deadliest Home Video, Beyond the Door, Hillbillys in the Haunted House, The Man Who Turned to Stone, The Bat, Rats, Mind Warp, The Magic Serpent. Speeding Bullet: The George Reeves Story Part 1: The Man Part 2: The Myth Part 3: The Mystery What Makes George Reeves Still Super After All These Years? |
 Editorial. fantastique Voyage: French fantasy magazines. Covers that open. In the Village from the Six Of One Appreciation Society. 1994 Magazine Directory. Readers? Letters. L?Incroyable Cinema. Fanzines 1994-95. Americana U.S. T.V. News . Back cover: Mel Gibson various magazine covers. |
 Devil's Workshop Do-it-yourself Monster-Making from Masters of Special Effects Through Time and Space With George Pal Into The Third Dimension Gallery of Ghoulishly Cool Covers and fantastically Foul Fold-Outs The fantastic Monsters Scrapbook Behind The Scenes: The Night the Horror Stars Got Their Kix On Route 66 Dawn Age Beasts: The History of Monster Menaces From Earth's Dim Red Past In Defense of Horror Films by Vincent Price The Day She Creature Invaded TV Ship of the Monsters: South of the Border, Boogey Men Prowl in the Mexican Menace Sleep No More: In The Video Vault¨: White Zombie; Embrace of the Vampire; Casper; Ed Wood; The Ed Wood Collection; Ed Wood Collection; The Movies Begin Vol. 1-5; Mexican Monsters On The March; Targets; Lake of Dracula; Evil of Dracula; Journey To The Beginning Of Time; Horror Hotel; The Most Dangerous Game The Scary Library: Monsters Among Us No.1 1995 Price Guide; Creatur Features Strike Back; Collectible Figure Kits Of The 50's, 60's & 70's Reference and Value Guide The Monster Mall: Gogos Print Series; Wings Resin Kit; Hammar Horror Trading Cards; Horror Hearse Toys; Drag Nut Kit; Lil' Coffin Kit; Classic Monster Pogs; Spumco Products |
 a profile of the late fantasy author, Charles Beaumont rock-abilly band The Riptones plus bonus flexi-disc Martin Landau on the Ed Wood bio movie Sam Arkoff on re-making AIP drive-in classics for TV Chow Yun Fat Vampira reviews |
 Girlfriends: They can be very unfriendly. Scare tactics: Sex and special effects in the movies. Carolyn Taye-Loren: The newest discovery. Ted Bohus: Interview with a monster maker. Clyde Caldwell: Illustrating the fantasy and sci-fi field. Becky LeBeau: Sexy:Yes, Bimbo: No. Golden Girls of Moscow: Dan Golden directs his third picture for Roger Corman. First Annual Screamie awards: The favorites as voted by the readers. |
 The making of Red Lips: Donald Farmer talks about his new vampire film Monique Gabrielle: A Tantalizing look at Monique at 18 years old. Dallas Fenton: The newest fantasy Girl discovery. Ted Bohus: Part 2 of his interview Naked Horror: Starring Stacy Warfel, Jasmin St. James, Debbie D, Melissa Silver, Kelli Smith. Video Outlaw: A maverick movie label. |
 The Art Of Buster Keaton A Krzysztof Kieslowski Videolog William Castle On Laserdisc fantastic Cd-Rom Wes Craven's New Nightmare Wings Of Honneamise |
 Joy Harmon: The definitive starlet. Pat Conley: Oklahoma's favorite. |
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 Interview with XXX actress and dancer Lana Sands The campaign for decency in literature Behind the scenes at the UK's first Smut Fest Interview with Marisa Carr - nude model, stripper, performance artist, and organiser of the UK's first Smut Fest The rise and fall of Men's Action Magazines Karen Greenlee - unemployed mortician Dr Adder your time has come - KW Jeter's sci-fi novel of the adventures of a cosmetic surgeon who specialises in customising the genetalia of prostitutes according to their - or their partners' deepest fantasies |
 Hellraiser IV. Robin Hardy on The Wicker Man. X-Files documentary. fantasm 95. |
 Udo Kier: Andy Warhol's Horror Star Filmography 40 Years Of Godzilla King Kong Vs. Godzilla Godzilla: The Death Battle Chronicle Terror Of Mechagodzilla New Godzilla Sequels Readers' Infosium |
 Sinister sentinel: Poor product on display at the American Film Market bodes ill for independent genre films; Bob Hoskins and Dan Aykroyd discuss the children's fantasy, Rainbow; Brett Leonard on Virtuosity. Big top Disney: The animation studio unveils its upcoming slate of animation, including Pocahontas, Toy Story, and fantasia Continued. Congo: Whither Spielberg, thither Frank Marshall. This time the acolyte tries to replicate the success of Jurassic Park with another Michael Crighton novel. Sequelmania: Audiences may have had enough sequels, but Hollywood can't get enough of them. Batman Forever: At least, Warner Brothers hopes a lighter approach will keep the franchise alive forever. Batman Returns: The bile-spewing, whip-cracking sequel Warner wants you to forget, but we won't let you. Beverly Garland, cult heroine: The actress ruminates on playing atypically tough dames in 1950s Roger Corman sci-fi flicks. Urotsukidiji III: Return Of The Overfiend: The infamous OVA series continues, with four more blood-soaked episodes. Reviews: Highlander 3: The Final Dimension, Outbreak, Crimson Tide, Brainscan, The Girl With The Hungry Eyes, Hideaway, Tales From The Crypt Presents: Demon Knight, The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure, The Legend Of Zipang, WitchhuntAngels In The Outfield, Dream Lover. |
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 Beverly Garland: Scream Queen interview. One Chilling Roger Corman Interview: or, In Search of a New World Order. Tor Johnson's Hammer Time Comic Strip. The Lon Chaney & Son Quiz: by Les Williams. Support for the Stars: The Colorful Characters of the Horror Classics. The Caroline Chronicles: Two Dozen Questions with Caroline Munro. The Horror/Ed Wood Quiz #3: Ray Harryhausen. Hisako San: a short story by Ingrid Pitt. Frazetta's fantasy Corner: by John Skerchock. Dr. Maniac Presents: Zarina's Midnight Matinee; movie picks, model kits and more. |
 Michele Soavi discusses his influences and working relationship with Dario Argento. David Warbeck recalls The Beyond, Black Cat, and Panic. Joe D'Amato chats about his career in exploitation. Delirious Italian Cinema: 1981: Albergo A Ore, L'Aldila,(The Beyond), Angela Et Ses Amies, Asso, Attenti A Quelle Due...Ninfomani, Black Cat, Bocca Golosa, Bollenti Spiriti, Caldo Profumo Di Vergine, Cannibal Ferox, C'E Un fantasma Nel Mio Letto, Chiamate 69.69: Taxi Per Signora, Claude E Corinne, Dawn of the Mummy, La Disubbidienza, Erotic Flash, Estigma, Fashion Movie, Horror Safari, Labbra Vogliose, Miele Di Donna, Nerone E Poppea, Piranha Paura, Le Porno, Investigatrici, Quella Villa Accanto Al Cimitero, Storie Di Ordinaria Follia, Stretta E Bagnata, There Was A Little Girl, L' Ultimo Harem, La Voglia, Voglia Di Sesso and many more. |
 Ed Wood's Bride of the Monster The fantastic Career of Ib Melchior Hollywood Goes to Prison Interviews with: Loretta King, Jonathan Haze, Timothy Carey Plus The AIP X-Files |
 Movies: A Time To Die, Circuitry Man II: Plughead Rewired, Cry Baby, Desperate Crimes, Fast Food, I Can Handle It, Ice, Intent To Kill, Laser Moon, Not Of This Earth, Nowhere, The Nutty Nut, Raw Nerve, Serial Mom, Shock' Em Dead, Skinner, Virtuosity. Porno vids: The Adventures Of Traci Dick, Another Roll In The Way, Battle of the Stars, Black Throat, California Star: Pony Girls, Country Girls, Dirty Dozen The Hot Ones, Deep Inside Traci, Dirty Pictures, Dream Lover, Educating Mandy, Electric Blue 17, 21 & 26, The Harlequin Affair, The Grafenberg Spot, Hollywood Heartbreakers, It's My Body, Knock Outs, Ladies in Lace Party, Love Bites, Lust in the Fast Lane, Miss Passion, New Wave Hookers, Open Up Traci, Passion Pit, Perfect Fit, The Sex Goddess, Sex Waves, Sister Dearest, Those Young Girls, Traci's fantasies, Traci-I love You, Traci Takes Tokyo, Tracy's Wahsinnskoerper, Trials of Traci, Twist Again Traci, We Love To Tease, What Gets me Hot, Wild Things. Sports videos: Foxy Boxing, Jazz Warm Up To Traci Lords. Traci on the box: The Tommyknockers, Tales from the Crypt, Sweating Bullets, Bandit's Silver angel, Roseanne, Melrose Place, As Good As Dead, Married...With Children, Wiseguy, MacGuyver. A tribute to Traci by Vic Stanley. 33 things you may not have known about Traci Lords. Also film and video filmographie, Traci in print and a lot of pics. |
 Red Star Rising: Lost Years of "fantastica" in the Soviet Union: Part Two Wayne Barlowe: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Alien June Wilkinson: Picture Perfect Interview with a 1960s Playmate Beyond Avalon: More Than Just a Teen Idol: Frankie Avalon Interviewed Ballyhoo!: The Hollywood Sideshow Documented Dick Dale: An Interview with the "King of the Surf Guitar" Marlowe's Mean Streets: The Cinematic World of Raymond Chandler Lee Marvin: Revealing the Man Behind the Muscle David F. Friedman: An Interview with the Grand Vizier of Voyeurism Reel Wild Cinema: Something Weird gets Weirder with Sandra Bernhard Walter Lantz: Woodpeckers, Rabbits and Pandas...Oh My! |
 Video tapevine: Amuck, The Chelsea Girls, The Day That Doesn't Exist, 01:00 A.M., Darkman II: The Return Of Durant, Darkman III: Die Darkman Die, Easy Money, Highlander: The 10th Anniversary Director's Cut, Hotel Of Fear, Percy, Screamers, The Tai-Chi Master, The Third Eye, Two Deaths. Anime Watchdog: Violence Jack Part One: Evil Town, Dark Warrior: First Strike, Burn Up W File One: Skin Dive, Iria: Zeiram The Animation. Ideadrome: From Shivers to Dead Ringers: Tim Lucas, guest lecturer at the Renn Institute of Advanced Watchdoggery, examines the corpus of David Cronenberg's early work to isolate and define a quasi-biological system of circulatory themes and intents! (Shivers, Rabid, Fast Company, The Brood, Scanners, Dead Ringers.) Cronenberg and the flesh: David Cronenberg and his characters discuss their favorite subject in a special symposium compiled by Tim Lucas! New Cronenberg releases: Shivers, Rabid, Dead Ringers. Laserdiscs: The Bride With White Hair 1 & 2, Invaders From Mars, A Nightmare On Elm Street, A Nightmare On Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge, A Nightmare On Elm Street Part 3: Dream Warriors, Shanghai Triad, Strange Days, The Street Fighter, The Return Of The Street Fighter, The Street Fighter's Last Revenge, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, Timemaster, The Val Lewton Collection: The Ghost Ship / Cat People / I Walked With A Zombie / The Leopard Man / The Seventh Victim / Isle Of The Dead / Bedlam / The Body Snatcher / The Curse Of The Cat People. Biblio Watchdog: The Psychotronic Video Guide by Michael J. Weldon, Flesh And Blood The NSFC on Sex Violence and Censorship, They Fought In The Creature Features & Monsters Mutants And Heavenly Creatures by Tom Weaver. |
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 Dario Argento: The National Film Theatre retrospective Mario Bava: Semaforo Rosso, his lost film (1974) Joe D'Amato: The secont part of his interview Jean Rollin: Perdues dans New York, Le parfum de Mathilde David Warbeck: An article by Jason J. Slater Harry Kumel: The director among other things speaks about "Malpertuis" , the film adaptation of Belgian fantasy writer Jean Ray's book. Catriona MacColl: The 2nd part of her interview Video Reviews: La ceremonie, Addicted to murder, Elisa, House of whipcord and many more. |
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 Voyage dans la Prehistoire La Main Rampante Vous Parle : Un entretien avec le producteur Joseph Robertson Destination Altair IV : Planete Interdite George Wallace : Commando Cody vous parle ! Cody et les hommes-fusee de la 'Republic' Prehistoric Hammer Les roles fantastiques de Joseph Cotten Zinoscope Kiss Meets The Phantom Annonces Doctor X A la recherche de la cassette perdue |
 The 50s meet the monsters by David H. Smith From Housemaid to Space babe: Women in space by Bernice Bansak 50s' Sci-Fi film faves: Invasion of the body snatchers to The Day the Earth stood Still Target Earth: Noir with a Dash of the fantastic by John Soister From Helpmate to monster: The evaluation of women in Sci-Fi/Horror movies by Don G. Smith |
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 Frankenstein and Me: a candid conversation with director Bob Tinnell about his surprise hit. The Haunted Strangler: part one of a look at the films of Richard Gordon. Castle of Frankenstein: an interesting look at the strange world of Calvin Beck. Twenty-Five Movies To See: a look at 25 of the best horror movies ever made. Horror According to T.H. Pine: what scared us as kids and developed our taste for horror. Memorabilia Collector: a look at the fantastic collection of Gary Goleas. Plus a quiz, resin report, world of model kits, lazer reviews, fright frame, film flashback and Zacherley comic strip. |
 SF cult novelist Iain Banks interviewed. Gillian Anderson in Future fantastic. Dario Argento at the NFT. Tyburn/Tigon retrospective: The Creeping Flesh Legend of the Werewolf A Study in Terror Strangely Dismissed: I Married a Monster From Outer Space. The life and death of Captain Marvel. |
 Kathy Kay Kurtz: The new lead actress in Tim Ritter's latest gore excursion Screaming For Sanity. Melisa Wildman: Interview with another star of Screaming For Sanity. Renato Polselli: The most talented erotic and hard core Italian director cinema has ever had. Dean Stratford: An interview that brings you back to the nostalgic Italian cinema of the 70s. Cynthia Rothrock talks about her caeer as the great sensation in the martial arts scene and her new film China O'Brien. Reviews: Night, Polymorph, Toad Warrior, Five Dead On The Crimson Canvas, Mommy2: Mommy's Day, Invasion For Flesh And Blood, Bride Of Frank. Bubbles Galore: A new Canadian feature film. Tender Flesh: Jess Franco's latest addition to his horror-erotic ouvre of fantastic films. Angel Hart, Amber Lynn, Dyanna Lauren: What happened to the 'Girl Next Door'. Interview with three leaders of the adult industry. |
 Robert Comthwaite on The Thing 7 Bela Lugosi mysteries Project Moonbase's Donna Martell Beast from 20,00 fanthoms Parla Raymond hidous Sun Demon MonsterMen, Richard Cassarino & Ron Burde Spaghetti Westerns |
 In the Beginning, There was....Stan Freberg: My Pal the Social Satirist Davie Allan and the Arrows: Return of the FuzzMaster General Wheels on Reels: Harleys, Hogs and Hells Angels on the Highway Mars Attacks: The Never-Ending Invasion Begins Again Zina Saunders: Her Incredible fantasy Art: Every Picture Tells a Story Wally Wood: "His World" and the Price of Dreams Gerry Anderson: Maverick Producer on a Puppet-String Budget Tommy Sands: The Original "Singin' Idol" Sets the Record Straight Red Star Rising: The Death and Rebirth of "fantastica" in the Soviet Union England's Glamour Parade: The Golden Age of British Pin-Ups |
 Tarzan Finds a Home Chasing More Tales of the City Batman and Robin Sex and the Single Bat The Day the Earth Stood Still Record Rack: The fantasy World of MGM Musicals Flash Gordon Conquers the Laserdisc Flesh Dancing The Space Children Interviews Joel Schumacher Johnny Duncan Patricia Neal Billy Gray Robert Wise |
 Homemade cheesecake: Sexy snaps of stunning starlets. Ruby Ravine: Modern cheescake with a 1950's flavor! Jane: Norman Pett's comic strip. Swiss cheesecake: The story of Heinz Villiger. Josephine Baker: La femme fantastique. Punz Wolff: No one is more suited to painting Pin-Up than a woman. Stolen sweets: The birth of the Girlie Magazine and how it grew. Bottoms up: The art of Robert Sarsony. Lulu: Denmark's star of Go-Cards' postcard series that celebrates seasonal and holiday themes. |
 The Mask: The director's cut Tomb Hooper: From Texas to space (Lifeforce) William Lusting: The director talks about Maniac Ken Russell: Psychedelic Cinema Video reviews: Accione Mutante, Addicted to Murder, Bloodlust, The Demolitionist, Devil Rider, Executive Decision, Fair Game, The fantastic Four, From Dusk Till Dawn, Game of Death II, Halloween 6, Hellraiser Bloodline, Interview with the Vampire, Living Dead Girl, Mr. Stitch, The Norseman, Original Gangstas, and a lot more. |
 Video tapevine: The Addiction, The Black Cat, Crossings, The Curse Of The Hidden Vault, The Death Artist, Piranha, Wasp Woman, The Demolitionist, Laurin, Love & Sex Among The Ruins, The Ninth Configuration, The Romance Of The Vampires, Sawbones. Anime Watchdog: Ghost In The Shell. Highlander: There have been more than one: Don May, Jr. proves it with this in-depth article, which compares the original version of Russell Mulcahy's epic fantasy with the choppy US theatrical cut and the newly-restored ''Director's Cut!'' Highlander II: Healing the cuts: Sean Murphy does likewise with Highlander's misunderstood sequel, comparing its original version, the confusing US version, and the new, exclusive-to-video ''Renegade Version!'' Laserdiscs: The Climax / The Strange Door, Dementia 13, Flesh For Frankenstein, Blood For Dracula, Goldfinger, Thunderball, Green Snake, The Haunted Strangler / Corridors Of Blood, MGM Horror Classics: Mark of the Vampire, Mad Love, The Devil Doll, The Mask of Fu Manchu, Mommy, The Night Stalker, The Nutty Professor, Painted Faces, Spider Baby, Toy Story. |
 Kolchak-The Night Stalker: A Chicago-based newspaper reporter who was cronicling equally, to X-Files, bizarre cases. The DS horror guide: Howl of the Devil to I Married a Monster from Outer Space. Video Vault: Vampire In Brooklyn, Copycat, Crossworlds, Thirteen Ghosts, Sci-Fighters, Homicidal. X-Files: Firebugs, liver-eaters, embittered quadraplegics, even living decapitated heads... and the 2nd part of the guide to the new episodes. Also Gillian Anderson talks about the serial. Dark visions: Hot news of the new 007 adventure, the sequel to Jurassic Park and more. 19th Sitges International fantasy Film Festival: From Killer Tongue to The Frighteners. Choice cuts: Natural Born Killers. |
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 Wax Mask: A Dario Argento production Festivals: Fanfair '97, Eurofest, Kinofilm '97, fantasm '97. Video releases: Vampires and other Stereotypes, Alien Avengers, Murder Elite, Persecution, In the Folds of the Flesh, Dark Star and more Laserdiscs: Cannibal Holocaust, Scream, Hairsprey, 2001: A Space Odyssey. Italian news: The Phantom of the Opera, Fatal Frames, etc |
 Claudia Christain is leaving B5. Event Horizon: 11 lushly-illustrated pages on the scariest SF movie since Alien. Todd McFarlanespeaks about adapting his phenomenally popular comic creation, Spawn. Sinbad: behind the scenes look at Sky's new fantasy series. Also Men In Black, Poltergeist: The Legacy, ReBoot, Mars Attacks and more. |
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 - The Gallery Murders: La Sindrome di Stendhal set report. - Cult of the Ruby-maned Brat: Nicoletta Elmi profile. - Review: Le Orme aka Footprints. - 15th fantafest: Rome 1995 festival report. - |
 Savannah: She's beautiful ! Even though she is dead. Larry Wessell: Interview with the underground filmmaker. Jasmin St. Claire: World's biggest gang bang 2. Not the usually " How the film was made" Animal Farm: The legendery bestiality film Romain Slocombe: Interview with the painter, comic-strip artist, novelist, photographer and filmmaker. Nina Hartley: Interview with the Goldie Hawn of porn. Nine days in Stiges: Diary of Jorg Buttgereit in the Internanional Festival of fantasy Cinema, in Stiges, Spain. |
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 Vending Machine: TV News including Conan, The Hunger & More Netwatch: ReelDV8 Foil Wrap: Scream Queens Til The End Sugar Free: Raindance '96 & The Festival of fantastic Films Sugar Free Special Report: F**k Production Values by John Bentham at Raindance '96 King-ky Movies: Random Rantings of a Celluloid Sociopath by Richard King The Gail Harris Fan Club: The Making of Alien Escape by Gail Harris Stick of Gum: 'If Don Juan Were A Woman' : Bardot & Birkin, Their Controversial Erotic Nude Scene Minty Fresh: Reviews of Crash, Attack of the 60 foot Centerfold, Lord of Illusions, A Very Brady Sequel, The Craft, The Stendahl Syndrome Ingredients: Episode Guide To The Simpsons Season 2 |
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 Foreign Crines by Max Allan Collins Chow Yun-Fat profile by Tony Lane; Chow Yun-Fat: An exclusive ACC interview by Tony Williams; Replacement Killers review by Tony Williams Many faces of Loretta Li pictorial designed by Francine Dali Zipang: Gold Swords by Chris Vaillancourt Ric & Infamous by Ric Meyers Mysterious suicide of Juzo Itami Naomi Tani: An exclusive ACC interview by Maki Hamamoto; Maki's closing thoughts; Naomi Tani: Wife to be Sacrificed by Ray Ranaletta Splatter reviewed by Andy Copp Getting any lately? Two conflicting opinions by Graham R Lewis & Steve Puchalski Godzilla in America: A sneak preview by Wyatt Doyle House an article by Patrick Macias |
 De De Lind appeared in Playboy over 16 times since 1967. Ginger Lynn Allen's hot recipe for success. An interview to Debbie Rochon. The Blood Countess: Erotic fiction. Scott Vladimir Licina: An interview with the music director of the Slice Girls. Scream scene: Around the world of SF, Gantasy, & Horror. |
 Kyn Malin: Playboy centerfold and a whole lot more. The girls of EI Independent Cinema: Space-Age Lesbian Vamps and Slaymate of the Month. Tina Krause: Star of Wave's most anticipated releases Strangled 5, The Archer 2, and Dungeon Of Death 2. Fear of needles: Erotic fiction prequel. Rick Baker: A conversation with the special effects wizard. Scream scene: Around the world of SF, Gantasy, & Horror. |
 Spider Baby cast abd crew interviewed Greg Walcott in and Don Nagel on working with Ed Wood Interviews with Barbara Steele, Merry Anders (Planet of Prehistoric Women), Gaby Rodgers (Kiss Me Deadly), Hammer Glamour girl Barbara Shelley, Christopher Wicking, Famous fantastic Factoids, Brown & Carney, Man of a Thousand Faces, Ib Melchior |
 Scuzzballs like us: Woody Allen in the documentary Wild Man Blues is self-obsessed and misanthropic. So is the fictional Allen in Deconstructing Harry. Jonahan Romney wonders if either one is 'real'. Returning to zero: Aleksandr Sokurov's elegiac Mother and Son comes highly praised by Paul Schrader, Nick Cave and Susan Sontag. lan Christie describes the strange career that led to this noment of triumph. Riff-raff realism: Combining realism with excess and fantasy, 'spiv' films of the 40s, such as Odd Man Out, The Third Man and They Made Me a Fugitive, offer a rich inheritance for British cinema, argues Peter Wollen. Moonshine maverick: Harrmony Korine wrote kids, is 23 years old, and his directorial debut Gummo has been labelled 'repellent' by US critics. Geoffrey Macnab talks to him about dysfunctional teens and the censors. W for war: From Boer War silent footage to China's version of the Opium Wars war films mix history with hysteria, passion with propaganda. By Andrew Kelly and Edward Lawrenson. The deal: Mr Hankey; Hitchhiker's Guide returns; dog made man. Television: Docusoap; TV's top 100; secret filming snag. Letters: Visceral ban; Teo Escamilla; Sinatra's peak; a fuller Fuller. Film reviews: Best Men, Budbringeren/Junk Mail/ Postbudet der vidste for meget, Desperate Measures, Different for Girls, Gummo, Heliu/The River, Jackie Brown, Kundun, Love etc., The Man in the Iron Mask, Mat i syn/Mother and Son/ Mutter und Sohn, Middleton's Changeling, Money Talks, Mortal Kombat 2 Annihilation, Mousehunt, Oscar and Lucinda, The Postman, The Rainrnaker, Rothschildin viulu/Rothschild's Violin/Le Violon de Rothschild, The Secret Agent, Sphere, Telling Lies in America, Thieves/Les Voleurs, 247/TwentyFourSeven, Ulee's Gold. Private view: Comedian Sean Hughes on the miserablist Swedish film My Lfe as a Dog. |
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 Jennifer Lopez: The actress who seems to have burst out of nowhere into stardom explains why she gets roles Sandra Bullock doesn't, describes how Wesley Snipes wouldn't give it a rest, and reveals that Oliver Stone smells like "spicy lavender." Jon Bon Jovi: Rock God in the '80s. Will he be a screen God in the '90s? Madeleine Stowe returns to the screen after a two-year hiatus, and talks about playing nast babies as a child and making love to William Hurt, Kenneth Branagh and Doogie Howser in her new film, Tempting Fate. Claudia Schiffer: Is she too famous as a model to pass for an actress? She hopes Abel Ferrara's The Blackout will make people see her as more than a stick figure. Milla Jovovich: The Russian-born model who livened up last spring's The Fifth Element, grew up fast, and now she thinks fast, talks fast, loves fast food and is fast becoming one of Hollywood's favorite exotic beauties. Sex '98: A survey of all the sex - romantic, dangerous, uplifting, hilarious, triangular, perplexing, disgusting, sick or whatever - in films due out this year. Advanced chemistry: Even stars have fantasies about stars. Here, actors name other actors with whom they're certain they'd heatup the screen. Also Olivia Williams, Sean Patrick Flanery, Elizabeth Berkley, Thomas Jane, Catherine Zeta Jones, Carl Baker. |
 Jerry Goldsmith: Profile of the glittering career of the movie music maestro and the most complete filmography ever published. The DS horror guide: Little Devils to Lost World: Jurassic Park 2. Choise cuts: Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Angel of Vengeance, Performance, The Masque Of The Red Death, Trauma, Pulp Fiction, Sweet Sweetback's Bad Assssss Song. Haunted Britain: A visit to Shropshire's notorious Striperstones. Sex-symbol Fiona Richmond: An interview with Britain's biggest sex star of the '70s. Video Vault: Quicksilver Highway, Unforgettable, Hemoglobin, Steel, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Men In Black, The Quest. Stalking Italian: The low budget schlock sci-fi and horror movies of the MIFED market in Milan. Diary of a madman: First part of Martin Coxhead's report from fant-Asia Festival in Montreal. |
 Richard E. Grant: The actor, who has worked with Francis Ford Coppola and Robert Altman, offers a blow-by-blow account of his latest challenge: starring opposite England's fantastic five in Spice World. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck: With their cowritten drama, Good Will Hunting, the actors are proving it's possible to keep their boyhood dreams alive. The Boxer: Director Jim Sheridan, screenwriter Terry George and actor Daniel Day-Lewis unite in Ireland to make a story of love among the ruins of a troubles-torn land. Hollywoodland: Playing with Flubber, James Bond's politically incorrect sex life, Hunter S. Thompson's deepest Fear, Alan Rickman's Winter break. James L. Brooks:The veteran director of Terms of Endearment, Broadcast News, and the upcoming As Good As It Gets talks about Jack Nicholson, dueling divas, and those dreaded test screenings. Steven Spielberg navigated Amistad through language barriers, racial issues, and a well-publicized lawsuit. The Avengers: Tailored suits, futuristic catsuits, and plush furniture - see how Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman are bringing the 1960s TV series back to the high life. Ma Vie En Rose: The twelve-year-old star wants you to know he's just acting. Also Letters, News, This month's movies, Video, and more. |
 Videos: The Hitch-Hiker, Lone Wolf & Cub: Baby Cart in Peril, Lone Wolf & Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons, The Razor: Who's Got the Gold?, Millionaires' Express, The Playgirls and the Vampire, Return of the Blind Dead, Sweet Home, Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain. Tapes from the attic: Judex, Juve vs fantomas, Man from Deep River, Shadowman, Postman Strikes Back, To Hell with the Devil. Kiss Me Doubly: Notes on David Lynch's Lost Highway. Stephen King's Needful Things: A talk with director Fraser Heston about the special four hour version. Laserdiscs: The Cat and the Canary (1927), The Dead and the Deadly, Pink Flamingos, Prom Night, The Rapture, Scream, She Shoots Straight, plus 7 Jackie Chan releases. DVD: Forbidden Planet, Sex and Zen, Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Also books, soundtracks, letters. |
 The DS horror guide: The Mad Room to Man Made Monster. Choise cuts: F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu (1922) & Vertigo restored. Dark Visions: Hot news. Carrie 2, Killing Mrs Tingle, Hammer soundtracks, Wing Commander, The Dentist 2 and more. Laser Library: The Devil's Advocate, Fierce Creatures, Black Robe, Daughters of Darkness and much more. Claudio Fragasso: An interview with the man who gave us such unforgettable schlock epics as The Other Hell, Rats-Night of Terror and Zombie Creeping Flesh. Video Vault: Evil Instinct, The Ugly, Suspiria, Retroactive, Darklands, Am American Werewolf in Paris. Fataly Framed: 2nd part of Martin Coxhead's report from fant-Asia Festival in Montreal. Renato Polselli: An interview with the Italian director of such deliriously strange movies as Delirio Caldo, Mania and Casa Dell'Amore-La Polizia Interviene. |
 GANJA AND HESS Undead: The Restoration of a Forgotten Treasure : David Kalat relates the behind-the-scenes story of the making of All Day Entertainment's superb new DVD release of Bill Gunn's Black vampire classic Ganja and Hess! QUATERMASS and the Pen : Kim Newman and Julian Petley interview Nigel Kneale -- the father of Prof. Bernard Quatermass -- about his long and distinguished career as a teleplaywright, screenwriter and novelist of the fantastic! "All Is Well" -- In Defense of STARSHIP TROOPERS: Michael Lennick rallies on behalf of Paul Verhoeven's magnificent, misunderstood sci-fi spectacular! Video Tapevine: The Avengers '67, Beginning of the End, Black Angel, Castle of the Living Dead, Devil's Woman, Gravesend, Lady Snowblood: Love Song of Vengeance, Legacy of Rage, Little Mother, Ministry of Fear, The Prodigal Son, Shatter, Tenchu, The Trial, When Pigs Fly, Winners & Sinners. Tapes From the Attic: Devil Fetus, Frankenstein '80. Discs : A Better Tomorrow, Animaland, Death In Venice, Deat Race 2000, Double Suicide, Ganja & Hess, Gattaca, King Kong vs Godzilla, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, Organized Crime And Triad Bureau, Psycho, Quatermass and the Pit, The Lost Continent, Reefer Madness, Scream 2, Short Cinema Journal 1 & 2, Tokyo Drifter, Branded To Kill, Women In Love. Biblio Watchdog: James Whale: A New World of Gods and Monsters, Mondo Macabro. |
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 Profiles: Natasha Henstridge, Ben Stiller, Chloe Sevigny. There's Something About Mary: Cameron Diaz and Matt Dillon - Hollywood's hottest couple - act very oddly in the new comedy from the Dumb And Dumber crew. Is there a script doctor in the house?: Empire takes a flight of fantasy over those original drafts. Anna Friel: The Land Girls star is digging for victory. Classic is as classic does: How to spot a classic movie. The buying game: The cutthroat world of movie shopping. Child Stars: It's never too early to start an acting career. The grim history of the kids who wanted fame. Saving Private Ryan: Steven Spielberg leads Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemone, Edward Burns et al into D-Day hell. War is swell: The 50 greatest war movies. Also Empire's 100 Sexiest Movie Stars of 1998, Michael Caine, Rebecca Pidgeon, Vincenzo Natali, Curtis Armstrong, Dennis Christopher, News, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more. |
 Electra takes a train: What goes through a novice assassin's head? Jonathan Romney salutes Jacques Rivette's Greek tragedy for the 90s, Secret defense. Alan Clarke: In it for life: From the skinheads of Made in Britain to the soldiers of Contact, Alan Clarke gave British TV its most disturbing images of our culture. Howard Schuman pays tribute. A rage in Harlesden: Stuart Hall celebrates Babymothetc a vibrant dancehall musical cum melodrama that gives girl power a new twist. Genius is just a word: Julien Duvivier, director of Pepe le Moko, was a master of European noir and psychological realism. Lenny Borger reapprasses his career. Editorial: New worlds, old problems. Rushes: Ken Loach in America; Jiri Menzel's big stick; Adrian Searle on film in the galleries. Television: Revamping the BBC; wooing German youth; the war Thatcher refused to fight. Letters: Eisenstein's video nasty; The Kingdom DVD versus laserdisc. Film Reviews: At no Akuma/Love Is the Devil Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon, All the Little Animals, Armageddon, Babymother, Le Bossu/On Guard!, Character/Karakter, Cousin Bette, Hands/Ladoni, The Horse Whisperer, The Land Girls, The Last Days of Disco, Lethal Weapon 4, Life of Jesus, The/La Vie de Jesus, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Men with Guns, Mr. Nice Guy/Yige Hay Ren, The Nephew, Paulie, Saving Private Ryan, The Spanish Prisoner, Species II, The X Files, Zero Effect. Video Reviews: Tom Tunney and Geoffrey Macnab on this month's video releases, Private view: Director John Hillcnat on Jacques Audtard's See How They Pall. |
 fantAsia '98. Convergence IV goth fest. Hollywood goes insane. Poe's Ligeia. |
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 A Gun for Jennifer: Deborah Twiss' rape revenge film currently doing very well on the film festival circuit. Director and star, Deborah, and producer Todd Morris are interviewd by Donato Totaro and Peter Rist at the recent fantasia Festival in Montreal. Rodents on the Rampage: The influence of rats in film, 14 pages of reviews, information and pictures covering such films as Rats: Night of Terror, Rats, The Rats are Coming! The Werewolves are here!, Willard, Ben, Hunchback of the Morgue, The Food of the Gods I & II, Ratboy, Of Unknown Origin and many more. The Gore Guide: The most comprehensive directory of gore suppliers in the world; 20 pages of contact information for more than 100 companies and individuals around the world who supply GORE GALORE. |
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 The films of Tinto Brass Italian X-rated films Dracula films The films of Osvaldo Civirani The sexy Annamaria Rizzoli An interview with Ivan Rassimov The films of Carroll Baker.
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 James Bond's 50 sexiest femmes: Do you remember your first Bond Girl?: Ursula Andress, Claudine Auger, Izabella Scorupco, Diana Rigg, Daniella Bianchi, Luciana Paluzzi, Barbara Bach, Corine Clery, Carole Bouquet, Honor Blackman... Teri Hatcher: Ex-Lois Lane turns femme fatale in Tomorrow Never Dies. Michelle Yeoh: Bond finally met his match. Tina Cote: Spies, thighs and Sci-Fi. Illustrator Amanda Conner has given teeth to Vampirella. Maureen Flaherty: much better than her movies. Jungle Girl: The 1941 serial that was slashed by British censors. Sita Thompson: She embodies the comic book fantasies of Milo Manara in The Click. |
 Voyage dans la Prehistoire La Main Rampante Vous Parle : Un entretien avec le producteur Joseph Robertson Destination Altair IV : Planete Interdite George Wallace : Commando Cody vous parle ! Cody et les hommes-fusee de la "Republic" Prehistoric Hammer Les roles fantastiques de Joseph Cotten Zinoscope Kiss Meets The Phantom Annonces Doctor X A la recherche de la cassette perdue |
 New releases: Cutting Moments, Peeping Tom(HK 1997), Fudoh-The New Generations, The God of Cookery, Love God, Red To Kill, Score, Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer Part 2-Mask of Sanity, Too Many Ways to Be Number One, The Ugly, Dust Devil, Tarkovsky & God: Richard Stanley explains the philosophies behind his films. Kissed, Aftermath: Examining two recent films which utilise entirely different approaches to the same subject: Necrophilia fant-Asia '97: A report from "the best film festival in the world". Jim Van Bebber: Interview with the director of Charlie's Family. Dead men don't rape: Interviews with Deborah Twiss and Todd Morris, star and director of A Gun For Jennifer. Aftermath: Interview with the creator Nacho Cerda. The British trash files: Outer Touch, Sitting Target Perfect Blue: Quite possibly the first ever giallo-anime movie. Video Reviews: Angel of Vengeance, Behind Convent Walls, Cherry,Harry and Raquel, Creatures the World Forgot, Cruising, The Day of the Beast, The Devils, fantastic Planet, Groupie Girl, The Wife Swappers, The Iceman Cometh, In the Folds of the Flesh, Le Merpis, Naked Killer 2, The Nightcomers, Polymorph, Roadgames, Sex and Zen, Shock, Wax Mask(It 1997) and more. The Devil in Miss Jones: A look at the most popular porn series of all time. |
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 Klaus Kinski. ?hrillers starring Edwige Fenech. Interviews with Dagmar Lassander. Ringo Lam. fantafestival 18. |
 Heavy Themes: The Underappreciated Films of Ralph Bakshi by Anthony Perticarro. Reptilicus: The Screenplay by Kip Doto. Dracula Invades England by Michael Copner. The Blessed and the Damned: Orson Welles & the fantasy Genre by Ron Ford and Tim Murphy. Continuity in the Universal Universe by Don Mankowski. Film, Video & DVD Reviews: The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat, The Shadow of Silk Lennox, The Mummy, The Crier, Night Basement, Bond of Fear, Daughter of the Night, Hellinger and many more. |
 EXCLUSIVE interviews with: Peter Cushing, Anthony Hinds, Andree Melly. Never-before-published quotes by Terence Fisher and other behind -the-scenes personnel. Margaret Robinson on Bernard Robinson and his sets for THE BRIDES OF DRACULA (with original set design photos) Part two in our series of 'Ladies of Hammer' interviews: Yutte Stensgaard (LUST FOR A VAMPIRE), Madeleine & Mary Collinson (TWINS OF EVIL), Janette Scott (THE OLD DARK HOUSE and PARONOIAC), Janina Faye (HORROR OF DRACULA) 'Hammer's Old Guard' - Interviews with Renee Glynne (continuity woman) and CoCo Epps (Bray Studios/Hammer driver) Tributes to Len Harris (camera operator) and Roy Ashton (make-up genius) Plus... ALL the latest Hammer news - video and laser releases - books and cards... everything on the wide, wonderful world of Hammer films. |
 interviews with classic Sf/fantasy author Jack Finney, '60s kids' TV producer Marty Krofft, legendary comics artist Neal Adams, animator Ralph Bakshi, and Shelley Fabres on working with Elvis |
 Marilyn by moonlight: A new look at a classic screen queen. A letter from Sydney: Live Nude Shakespeare's small town exhibitionist. Vampirella: Julie Strain and Elliot bring Vampi to life. Steffanie Pitt: A biography of a slice girl. Todd Borenstein: fantasy artist portfolio. Night of the Living Dead 30: Rejuvenating a classic. Roxanne Michaels: A shining seductress of success. Maiden Hell: Fiction by Steve Harmon with Amy Ballard. Screen scene: Around the world of movies and entertainment. |
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 It has a ISBN (0-9522510-3-5), so it is a book, but with 84 pages, a softcover and staples it still looks like a (high quality) magazine.. - Tales of a Gold Digger: Riccardo Freda interview. - The Last Horro film? Behind the scenes of Wax Mask / M.D.C. - Maschera di cera. - It?s Hammer Time: Fred Williamson interview. - The real B.B.: a Barbara Bouchet retrospective. - Just a Cotton-Pickin?Gidget: Barbara Bouchet interview. - Review: Sex with a Smile (1976). - The Function of the Frame: Fetishim and the damaged male body of Late Night Trains (1975). - The admirable Halsey: Brett Halsey interview. - fant-Asia 1997 International Film Festival report. - Ricci, Poor Man: Tonino Ricci interview. - Review Pages: Bestialita (1976), Anima Persa (1976), Night of the Devils (1972), Kyra: Lady of the Lake (1979), Il Cittadino si rebella (1974), The Marseilles Connection (1977), Tony Arzenta (1973), Palermo Milano solo andata (1995), Delitti imperfetti (1994), Pensione Paura (1978), Arabella The Black Angel (1987), Hot Voodoo Afternoon (1989), Satanik (1967). |
 The movies that changed America: From Shampoo to Saving Private Ryan. Where's Johnny?: Following a string of quirky roles in lackluster films, the elusive Johnny Depp is now focusing on his new baby, his new life in France, and his upcoming turn in Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow. Holiday presence: A wealth of exciting new films hit theaters just in time for Oscar consideration, and Premiere showcase some of their stars, those who shine the brightest: Denzel Washington, Lisa Kudrow, Charlize Theron, Chow Yun-Fat, and Tobey Maguire. Hell's angels: Robin Tunney may be known for her somber roles in such films as The Craft, but while on a picnic in L.A., the actress-next up in End Of Days-betrays a sunny disposition. Rocking the house: In his Altmanesque epic Cradle Will Rock, director Tim Robbins presents a lively mosaic of mostly true tales from the 1930s art-meets-politics front, with Orson Welles and Diego Rivera at the barricades. Three angry men: Premiere investigates the ongoing controversy inside The Insider, Michael Mann's take on big tobacco, CBS, and 60 Minutes. 'Mother' of the year: No longer the enfant terrible, Pedro Almodovar is set to release his calm, bittersweet drama All About My Mother. First take: Guerrilla marketing; stars get (too) comfortable on Bravo; Johnny Lee Miller meets Jane Austeen; and what a best boy does. Plus: the divine Judi Dench. Teen days that shook the world: Fifteen years ago, John Hughes had never had a hit, the Brat Pack was unheard of, and Hollywood believed the phrase "teen drama" was an oxymoron. The Breakfast Club changed all that. |
 Video Tapevine: The Black Hole, The Car, The Cat And The Canary (1977), A Challenge for Robin Hood, Contraband, They Made Me A Fugitive, Fallen Angels, Flesh And Horror: The Hammer Heritage of Horror, The New York Ripper, Score, The Shanghai Gesture, Trilogy of Terror. Ressurecting Romero: Walter Marcus reviews five new George A. Romero releases from Anchor Bay Entertainment: Season of the Witch, The Crazies, Dawn of the Dead-The Theatrical Cut, Day Of The Dead, and John Russos's "30th Anniversary Edition" of Night of the Living Dead. Andy Milligan: Horror's unwanted weirdo, Part 3: The third and final installment of Tim Lucas' retrospective - this time covering Legacy of Horror, Carnage, The Weirdo and his final, unreleased films! How to make an Andy Milligan movie: For those of you who can't have enough Andy handy, Milligan alumnus Hal Borske weighs in with the inside scoop of how his movies were made. Discs : Babe: Pig in the City, The Black Hole, Brain Damage, Cat in the Brain, Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things, Black Christmas, The Devil's Rain, fantastic Planet, In Dreams, In Search Of Dracula, The Last Starfighter, The Mummy, Naked Killer, Shock Corridor, The Naked Kiss, Space Truckers, Terror is a Man, Working With Orson Welles. Biblio Watchdog: Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci, Blood & Black Lace: The Definitive Guide to Italian Sex and Horror Movies, Cannibal Holocaust and the Savage Cinema of Ruggero Deodato, I Colori Del Buio: Il Cinema Thrilling Italiano dal 1930 al 1979, Italian Horror Films of the 1960s, Spaghetti Nightmares. |
 The Italian Apocalypse Part 2: A study of the Italian Post-Atomic Apocalypse genre with a complete guide. Terry-Thomas: An Englishman in Italy. Renato Polselli: Interview and filmography. Fatal Frames: An interview with writer/director/composer Al Festa and actress/vocalist/producer Stefania Stella. Reviews: Cannibal Ferox, Cobra Mission, Poliziotto Superpiu, Rack Up, The Beyond. fantAsia '98: A festival report. Vincenzo Luzzi: The man with the petrol-driven chain. |
 Kiss of Her Flesh: Terminal erotomanias from Mike and Roberta Findlay. California sleaze: Candice Rialson's erotic allure in Pets, L.A. weirdos, creeps and hangers on in Boardinghouse, The Candy Snatchers: 'It started as such a simple crime.' The violent hallucinations of Cutthroats 9, Viva La Muerte and The Headless Eyes. The fatal Kool-Aid party of Guyana-Crime Of The Century. Race relations: Racial epitaphs so bad you have to Fight For Your Life to leave the grindhouse; The bloody pacifism of Black Jesus; Farewell Uncle Tom: A film to offend everyone. Eurosleaze kink: Female dominance in Battle Of The Amazons; The tasty sprinkles of Vanessa; Sex meets death in Jose Larraz's Vampyres; The nasty habits of The Nuns of Saint' Archangelo. Vintage Jesse Franco: Woman hunting woman in La Comptesse Perverse; The sexsational Succubus. Mondos then and now: Mondo Cane and Mondo Magic. A gigolo on bum kicks in Scratch Harry. Orientalia: Weng Weng, the world's shortest secret agent, kicks butt and flies around in For Y'ur Height Only and Nothing Is Impossible. Lavender lights: aul Morrisey's misguided Forty Deuce; The private passions of Joe Dallesandro in Little Joe Superstar; The twisted daisy chain of Her And She And Him. Metasex editor Michell Clifford muses on: Groupies-A rock'n roll sexual Grapes Of Wrath; Infantile horrors: The Psychopath and The Baby. |
 Men Behind The Sun: Director T.F. Mous justify the sadisic animal slaughter and the grim use of real life corpses in his most infamous movie. The DS horror guide: The Monster and the Stripper to Mortuary. Choise cuts: Satellite, Bravo and Channel 4's news, . Spanish inquisition: a report from the 8th San Sebastian Film Festival. Mutterings from MIFED: Another report. This time from the MIFED market in Milan. fant-Asia 98: A report from Montreal's 3nd Festival. Neve Campbell: Meet the sexy scream queen who survived a breakdown at the age of 14 to become one of the hottest properties in Hollywood. Carpenter has risen from the grave: Halloween's creator talks about his new movie Vampires. |
 Interview: Barney Frank by Playboy Features: The Girls Of Hawaiian Tropic Wrestling Madness: The Stars, The Brawls, The Girl Gay, Jewish, Left-Handed, Outspoken Congressman Barney Frank Interview: ed Bill Maher's Chocolate fantasies Model: Brooke Richards (covergirl - nude inside) photographed by Arny Freytag |
 1930s Horror Code Revealed Lost Interview with Three Stooges' Moe Howard Starlets Jean Hale (In Like Flint) and Julie Parrish (Star Trek & Elvis) Tragic Life of Falling Starlet Barbara Payton (Part 2) Superman on TV (Part 3) Deke Heyward (Part 7) fantastic Factoids |
 Phantom Visions: An enormous conceptualization effort, headed by design director Doug Chiang, lent form and substance to Lucas' imaginings of The Phantom Menace's fantasy worlds. Initially comprised of just Chiang and another illustrator, the team eventually expanded to include seventeen artists, pumping out endless sketches, paintings, sculptures and models in the Skywalker Ranch art department. Article by Mark Cotta Vaz. Heroe's Journey: Fittingly, it was Industrial Light & Magic, the much-honored company established by Lucas to produce the revolutionary effects in Star Wars, that would undertake the staggering task of bringing his latest opus to fruition. For The Phantom Menace, ILM would pull out all the stops, calling upon both veterans of the earlier trilogy and a newer generation of digital devotees to advance the art of visual effects to dizzying heights. Article by Jody Duncan, Kevin H. Martin and Mark Cotta Vaz. Populating Planets Although computer animation would play the more prominent role in populating The Phantom Menace's alien worlds, hundreds of whimsical characters - both background and principal - were constructed for on-set use by creature creator Nick Dudman and his crew of animatronics and makeup specialists. Article by Estelle Shay. |
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 Mondo Franco: In Search of Historic Jesus! Exclusive Interviews: Scott Reynolds on The Ugly, Vincenzo Natale on Cube! The Phantom's Annual 'B'Wards! Bride of Chucky: Jennifer Tilly Tells All! Mighty Peking Man vs.Mighty Joe Young! Animated Monsters: Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma, fantastic Planet, Mad Monster Party! From The Studio Vaults: Alibi, It Happened Tomorrow, Lured! Tele-Video: The Zacherley Archives! Noirs: Dark Obsession, Brute Force, The Blue Gardenia, The Leather Boys, The Girl-Getters! Camp Corner: Revenge of the Sun Demon! |
 The flashback kid: With his new film The Limey, Steven Soderbergh builds on the success of last year's genre outing Out of Sight, but he's still happiest with one foot out of Hollywood. So good it hurts: Forget the fuss about bloodied Brad Pitt and "dangerous" violence, Fight Club is all about masculinity in trouble. Amy Taubin takes her best shot at the film, and talks to its director David Fincher. Bring back the cat: Subtle, dreamlike and haunting, The Curse of the Cat People was producer Val Lewton's 1944 follow-up to his noir sex/beast fantasy Cat People. Kim Newman is spooked out by a bona fide horror classic which inspired Psycho and The Shining. Back in passion: After a 13-year break, Oshima Nagisa is directing intense and erotic fiction again. Tony Rayans visits the set of his new film Gohatto and watches 'Beat' Takeshi chop up a cherry tree. Keeping a distance: Chantal Akerman's groundbreaking films from the 70s re-invented feminist cinema and raised questions which are still being asked today, argues Janet Bergstrom. Books special: J. P. Telotte's new book looks at key sci-fi films from the 20s and 30s which fret about modern technology. It's just a pity he kept his scholarly blinkers on, argues Peter Conrad. Plus the quarterly round-up of the latest books. Editorial: Absolute beginners. Rushes: Scorsese's chaser; American Beauty's game; Venice notes. Letters: Under the undies; pro- and anti-Kubrick; Cell Bloke vote. Film Reviews: The Alarmist, The Blair Witch Project, Bowfinger, Homeboys at the Beach, Deep Blue Sea, Detroit Rock City, East Is East, The Haunting, Head On, The Last Days, Run Lola Run, Lucky People Center international, Pushing Tin, Ratcatcher, Romance, Runaway Bride, Simply Irresistible, The Sixth Sence, Skin Flick, Soul in the Hole, Such a Long Journey, Tarzan, Universal Soldier The Return, The Winslow Boy, You 're Dead. Private view: Victor Nunez on the making of Ulee's Gold. Video reviews: Danny Leigh and Geoffrey Macnab on this month's video releases; plus the latest DVD titles. |
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 Video Tapevine: The Blind Swordsman Meets His Equal, Bloodlust-The Vampire Of Nuremberg, Enter The Fat Dragon, Giant From The Unknown, Gammera the Invisible, Giant Monster Gamera, The Girl Getters, Godzilla vs Spacegodzilla, Godzilla vs Destoroyah, Mad Monster Party?, Magnificent Butcher, Nosferatu The Vampire, Terror 2000, Vampire Ecstasy, Les Vampires, Variety, Zero Woman. Stanley Kubrick: Beyond the Infinite: Photographer, director, recluse and visionary, Stanley Kubrick will long be remembered as one of the major practitioners of the fantastic cinema! Discs of Steel: Reviews of several recend LD and DVD releases spotlighting the classic DC Comics character Superman - in live action and classic Fleischer Studio animation. Discs : The Avengers, Babylon 5-The Gathering, Babylon 5-In The Beggining, Blade, Doc Savage-The Man Of Bronze, The Exorcist, From Beyond The Grave, Funny Games, Halloween I, II, III, H20, Nosferatu The Vampire, Operation Condor 2-The Armor Of The Gods, Police Story, Police Story 2, Police Story 3-Supercop, The Trip, Vampires, The X-Files. Biblio Watchdog: Rod Serling's Night Gallery, The Art of the Nasty. |
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 The Asphyx Flesh and fantasy One Eye Black Dog Video Presents Video Vortex Cinemuerte Poster Interview with Larry Fessenden Medea Samurai Parenting Women in Horror CC Salutes: Bridgitte Lahaie |
 CineMuerte: Thoughts and observations by a citizen of the above-ground. Hell Comes to Frogtown: Diary of a fant-Asia freeloader. The Romantic Agony: Illness as metaphor in Hideshi Hino's Mermaid in a Manhole. The World of EuroTrash: Learning to Spread your wings. The Monstrance in Shivers: Buddy takes Robin Wood to the mat. Scatology 101: An article about you know what. Black Dog Video Presents: Video Vortex Nightmare, Frankenstein Created Woman, The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave, The Dead Mother The Plight of the Onscreen Horror Fan: The representation of Horror Fan in movies. The Long Hair of Death: Ring's scorned spectress and her Japanese predecessors. Local News Blights: The latest in horror news from around town. |
 Evangelical mind control and the abuse of altered states. God told me to: Regression possesion & cinematic neurosis: The symptomology of The Exorcist. Meeting Jan Svankmajer, Czech filmmaker and surrealist. La Bete: Female masturbation fantasy. The world of El Monje Loco. Joel M Reed talks about Blood Sucking Freaks. Serial killing Down Under. Wreckers of Civilisation: Simon Ford talks about his book. Of cult religions and cars that fly: A look back at the future that never came. Burn, Brando, burn: Anthony Petkovich writes about Marlon Brando. The Exotic Beatles: A series of CD albums featuring unusual versions of Beatles songs. Adam Ant: Sex and perversion for teenyboppers. Bettie Page vs Traci Lords. Plus the Headpress guide to exciting modern culture. |
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 Gen 13: Kevin Altieri's adaptation of the popular comic remains a no-show on video shelves. While we are waiting, David Evans takes a look at the process by which three disaffected superteens become anime stars. Princess Mononoke: In a part that mixes reality with vivid fantasy, the war between nature and humanity is waged in an enchanted forest. Andrew Osmond brings you the story of the making of the Miyazaki masterpiece; David Hughes talks to the man who's helping to bring the film to America; Marina Frants looks at the history of the studio behind it all. FAKK 2: The spirit of Heavy Metal's Tarna lives on in the long-awaited sequel. David Evans brings us the secret history of the newest, deadliest science fiction history heroine; Mike Lyons has a face-to-face with FAKK 2 herself. Battle Of The Planets: Some fans cut their first anime teeth on this classic '70s adventure series. Andrew Osmond looks back to a time when space heroes dressed like birds, 7-Zark-7 chirruped incessantly, and nobody ever, ever died. |
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 A look at the mondo films of producer Gualtiero Jacopetti along with an interview. A good-bye tribute to Joe D'amato. Part one of the Edwige Fenech story, including many never before seen photos!
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