Race With The Devil - A cult classic comes to DVD. Put the pedal to the metal to outrace those devil worshippers; Horror Hottie - Sexy women and horror seem to go together...just ask Suzi Lorraine!; Shrieking Ed - David McGillivray pays tribute to his horror director friend Ed Kelleher, who died recently; Exposing Expose - It was the only British video nasty, and Jonathan Sothcott reveals how it came to be made; Nasties Revisited - We strike up the banned once more for a look at how old VHS horrors are being reborn on DVD; Theatre Of Blood - A Vincent Price classic is revived for the London Stage!

The Making Of Suspiria - Alan Jones investigates the story behind the filming of Dario Argento's witchcraft classic; Psycho Scribbler - Joseph Stefano scripted The Outer Limits and Hitchcock's Psycho, and now he talks to The DarkSide; Cinevegas - Jay Slater heads for The Strip, gambling on seeing some good movies and meeting some high-rolling starts; Demon Lady - Meet Geretta-Geretta...no we haven't developed a stutter...star of Demons and Rats, Night of Terror; Nasties Revisited - Two decades on from the Video Recordings Act, John Martin checks out what happened to all those banned movies!; FrightFest 2005 - Alan Jones previews the gore in store for fear fans!

Sommer Of Fear - Elke Sommer on her amazing career, from international star to working with Mario Bava!; Mad About Maddy - John Hamilton interviews Hammer favourite Madeline Smith; The Stink Of Flesh - Zombies are on the loose again, and one looks suspiciously like The DarkSide's own Jay Slater!; The Good Giallo Guide - John Martin brings us a potted history of the Italian stalk and slash thriller, with a bit of fetish chucked in!; Body Shock - Calum Waddell interviews Canada's King of Venereal Horror, David Cronenburg.

Five Die Die Ron Ron! - Porn movie legend Ron Jeremy is also making a name for himself in schlock horror films, as our interview reveals!; Satan's Baby Dolls - The Devil made them do it...take their clothes off and other saucy stuff; Wolfman John - An exclusive interview with John Landis..director of American Werewolf In London; Tigon Terror - As Anchor Bay UK release a boxed set of Tigon movies, we check out the history of this cult British horror studio!; Buffy's Grudge - Sarah Michelle Gellar talks about her role in the Sam Raimi-produced remake of Ju-On.

Tools of Terror - Texas Chainsaw Massacre director Tobe Hooper is back with The Toolbox Murders...we interview him about his grisly career; Devil's Advocate - Alan Jones interviews one of the stars of the troubled Paul Schrader Exorcist movie; Meet The Boogey Man - an exclusive interview with director/acotr Ulli Lommel; Bad Seed - Chucky's back, and this time he's brought his entire family with him!; Ken Of The Dead - we chat to the star of George Romero's classic, Dawn Of The Dead..who was also in the remake!; Stuff and Nonsense - Prolific writer/director Larry Cohen on his many genre credits..from It's Alive to Phone Booth and Cellular!

Devil Dolly! - Yvone Romain, Jonathan Sothcott chats to her about her creepy career as one of Hammer's top heroines of the 60s; Scream King! - Wes Craven talks about his hugely popular horror trilogy; Fright Night - Kim Newman samples the delights of the 2004 London FrightFest; Dutch Treat - An exclusive interview with prolific B-movie scream queen Debbie Dutch; Tartan Terror - The Hillside Strangler, Ed Gein and Bundy...Strange company that Hamish McAlpine keeps!; Fantasporto - Another petrifying visit to Portugal for DS regular Jay Slater.

Local Hero! Filmed in Peter Jackson's homeland of New Zealand, The Locals may not be a gorefest, but it's a horror movie with a difference, as Jay Slater found out when he talked to its talented young director Greg Page.


2001 A Gore Odyssey! After a long sleep, Zombie are on the streets again in a big way. Anchor Bay have just dug up the classic Night Of The Living Dead trilogy for a Special Edition box set, and Allan Bryce checks out this grave event!


Losing Face! Danny Solle takes a look inside French director Georges Franju's Theatre of Cruelty and examines the forgotten masterpiece Les Yeux Sans Visage, aka Eyes Without A Face.


Croaked On Camera! Calum Waddell Interviews John Alan Schwartz - the man behind the legendary video nasty, Faces Of Death!


To The Devil... A Director! Jonathan Sothcott interviews Peter Sykes, who went from working with Frankie Howerd and Steptoe And Son to directing To The Devil... A Daughter!

Issue #110-August/September 2004

Shocks On The Box: The Horror Channel, the world's first English language television channel dedicated to the dark side of cinema, launches as a free-to-view Sky channel. Allan Bryce went along to sit in on their audition day for new presenters to check out what they've got on offer for genre fans.


Dead Again!: After a long sleep, Zombie are on the streets again in a big way. Anchor Bay have just dug up the classic Night Of The Living Dead trilogy for a Special Edition box set, and Allan Bryce checks out this grave event!


That Friday Fearing!: Friday The 13th has become a very special day in the calendar for horror film fans. The Dark Side's Calum Waddell was on hand at a very special celebration of the film in California recently.


The Italian Dead: They just won't stay dead! With zombies now doing big business at the box office in American shockers, can it be long before the Italian rip-offs start up again too? John Martin thinks it's a cause for, er, grave concern.


High Tension: Haute Tension, or Switchblade Romance, is simply one of the best horror movies we've seen in ages, and we're delighted that this fab French shocker is getting an uncut UK release. Jason Arnopp interviewed its director, Alexandre Aja on our behalf.

From Dead Till Dawn - The ghouls are back in the shopping mall, in a remake of the Romero zombie classic!, The Ed muses on the state of censorship in the UK today!, She Wolves and Harem Keepers - Meet Don Edmonds, the director of the infamous Ilsa She Wolf Of The SS!, San Sebastian Revisited, Where D'Angelis Fears To Tread! - John Martin interviews the producer of Zombie Flesh-Eaters and many more exploitational classics!

Issue #108-April/May 2004

Re-Ant-imator: Stuart Gordon is back with King Of The Ants. The director and his star Chris McKenna talk about bringing a brutal vision to screen.


The Dark Side horror guide: From Superman to Syngenor.


Skinned Alive!: Top horror FX man Gabe Bartalos makes his directorial debut with Skinned Alive.


DVD Video Library: Allan Bryce checks out the latest DVD releases including Frankenstein (1910), The Spiral, The Red Monks, Vampires, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Schlock! The Secret History Of American Movies, Seeds Of Sin, Underworld, Onibaba and many more.


Plain Shrieking: 1: Interview with John Sirabella, head honcho of the Shriek Show DVD label.


Joe's Jolts!: Interview with Joe Zito - director of The Prowler, Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter and a whole host of exploitation classics.


Black cats and cannon fodder: Last part of Luigi Cozzi's interview.

Horror Hill: Jack Hill speaks about his career in schlock, blaxploitation and grinding it out under the cost effective productions of Roger Corman.


The Dark Side horror guide: From The Stranger From Venus to Supergirl.


DVD Video Library: Allan Bryce checks out the latest DVD releases including The Alien Quadrilogy, Terminator 3, Ghoulies I and II, Beyond ReAnimator, Deep River Savages, Hell's Highway and many more.


Faces Of Death: The shocking truth about all those nasty mondo movies.


Fantasia Fest: The sights and sounds of one of the genre's premier festivals.


Luigi in space: 2nd part of Luigi Cozzi's interview.

Five slays in Milan: An epic interview (in 3 parts) with Italian horror director Luigi Cozzi.


Inside the fantastic factory: A look round the scariest studios in Europe.


The Dark Side horror guide: From Star Trek: The Motion Picture to The Stranger.


DVD Video Library: Allan Bryce checks out the latest DVD releases including Rasputin The Mad Monk, Frankenstein Created Woman, Plague Of The Zombies, The Vengeance Of She, To The Devil A Daughter, Masque Of The Red Death, Identity, Day Of The Dead and many more.


London frights!: A report on the annual FrightFest.


Frankenstein's daughter: Meet Sara Karloff - the gal who called Boris daddy.


Dante's inferno: Interview with cult filmmaker Dante Tomaselli.


The saw is family: Classic fear franchises coming back from the dead.

The Last Horror Movie is a unique new British horror movie that's certain to be a hit with discriminating horror fans - or in other words, all Dark Side readers! Jay Slater tracked down director Julian Richards to find out what makes it so special!


Living Dead Girl: 'Marina, that cracker Marina... what is this strange enchantment that starts, whenever she's near...' With apologies to Gerry Anderson, John Martin profiles the career of one of Italy's sexiest starlets... Marina Pierro.


Weird tales: Maitland McDonagh meets Mike Vraney, the man behind Something Weird, America's strangest DVD and video label!


Debbie does deadly: Mike Watt interviews Debbie Rochon, hard-working star of over 70 low-budget horror and exploitation movies!


Catching Cabin Fever: The hills are alive with flesh eating monsters, or rather a hideous flesh eating virus that haunts the characters in Cabin Fever, the startling debut horror film from thirty-one year old writer-director Eli Roth. David Grove checks it out for Dark Side readers...


San Sebastian Film Festival: If it's Tuesday it must be Spain, and time for Jay Slater to risk another hangover as he takes to the bar with the likes of Jess Franco, Paul Naschy and Coffin Joe. So whose round is it, anyway?


The Dark Side horror guide: From Spooks Run Wild to Star Slammer.


DVD Video Library: Allan Bryce checks out the latest DVD releases including Santo movies and Queen Kong!

Freddy The 13th: Are you ready for Freddy - Vs Jason? Two titans of terror clash at last, and David Grove was there to report about it for The Dark Side.


Fright Club: Alan Jones takes time off from playing cards with Dario Argento to preview the London based FrightFest 20.


The Dark Side horror guide: From Space Mutiny to Spookies.


DVD Video Library: Allan Bryce checks out the latest DVD releases including he Crazies, Daughters Of Darkness, Vampyres, Darkness Falls, Two Evil Eyes, Raiders Of The Living Dead, Ghost Ship, Ichi The Killer and many more.


Hair Of The Dog!: Lon Chaney Jr. could have been one of the world's most famous horror stars, but his career was blighted by bad choices and an ongoing battle with the bottle. John Hamilton concludes his exhaustive profile of a tragic talent.


Bloody Ballerina: Barbara Magnolfi's unforgettable role in Suspiria alone would have guaranteed her a special place in the affections of horror fans, but the talented Italian actress has many more strings to her bow, as Jay Slater discovers.


Witch Hunt!: One of the greatest British horror films ever made, Witchfinder General had censor trouble even before it went in front of the cameras - as Julian Petley reports in this illuminating feature!


Fantasporto 2003: It's Fantasporto time again. Our roving correspondent Jay Slater hits the night spots of Portugal and manages to see a few movies as well!

George Romero returns with a fourth Living Dead movie.


Crimson Altar boy: Vernon Sewell interviewed.


Howling at the moon: The Lon Chaney story.


The Dark Side horror guide: From Some Call It Loving to Space Monster.


DVD Video Library: Allan Bryce checks out the latest DVD releases including My Little Eye, The Bunker, The Mind Benders, Dawn Of The Mummy, The Spaghetti Western Collection, Shriek Of The Mutilated, The Ring, Bacchanales Sexuelles, Inga, Quiet Days In Clichy, The Official Jess Franco Collection, Swimfan, The Last House On The Left.


Death camp delirium: Nasty Nazi movie roundup.


Hidden talents: Alone in the dark with Jack Sholder.


Driller Killer: Is it a bloodthirsty bore?

Gloria Stuart: An interview with the actress whose career stretches from The Invisible Man (1933) to Titanic (1997).


Shock Waves: Underwater Nazi zombies splash about in the Florida Everglades.


Jeepers Creepers 2: Interview with Jonathan Breck.


The Dark Side horror guide: From Sleeping Beauty to So Long At The Fair.


DVD Video Library: Allan Bryce checks out the latest DVD releases including Ghostwatch, The Vampire (El Vampiro), Blood of the Virgins, Pyrokinesis, Hypnosis, Wild Zero, Hercules in the Haunted World, Die Farben der Nacht (All the Colours of the Night), Eyeball, Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun, Metropolis, Last House on Dead End Street, Eight-Legged Freaks, The Time Bandits, Blood Work, The Adventures Of Pluto Nash, Signs.


Patrick Macnee: Avengers star talks about his days as dapper secret agent John Steed.


Gordon Mitchell: Interview with the legendary muscleman and movie villain.


Daughters Of Darkness: Harry Kumel's 1970 cult classic vampire movie.


Charisma Carpenter: Buffy and Angel babe goes for the jugular.

Clive Barker's back with a whole new bunch of promising genre projects, Suicide - This Will Kill You, Going Underground - Interview with the Maniac director Bill Lustig, John Scott's tunes of gory, London Frightfest, DVD Library featuring Hammer Horror releases at home and abroad.

Fear favourites: A host of Dark side folk choose the movies that scared them the most.


Costa del terror: Cathal Tohill hits Spain, and Spain hits him back.


Maestro of mayhem: Tom Savini talks to Dark side about the career in makup carnage.


Last house in Soho Square: The full story behind BBFC's censoring of the Wes Craven horror classic.


The Bryce's fright: You axed for it - the Ed's Top Ten terrors unveiled.


DVD Video Library: Allan Bryce checks out the latest DVD releases including Dr. Jekyll Versus The Werewolf, Werewolf Shadow, Curse Of The Devil, The Lost World (BBC), Faces Of Gore Part 1 and 2, The Outer Limits, Queen Of The Damned, Near Dark, The Revenge Of Frankenstein, Night Of The Demon, Return Of The Vampire, The Mighty Gorga, One Million AC/DC, The Unearthy, Doctor Dracula, Return Of The Living Dead, The Fog, Last House On The Left, Them!, Don't Look Now, Vanishing Point, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.


The Dark Side horror guide: From Shock 'Em Dead to Silent Running.


Fear favourites - the return: The chillers that put the willies up genre heroes Alan Jones and kim Newman.


Spider Sam: From The Evil Dead to Spider-Man, Sam Raimi interviewed.


Wicker's world: Robin Hardy discusses his most famous film, The Wicker Man, and the Hollywood remake.


Choise cuts: Is the great British public ready for the uncut version of Straw Dogs?


Great Scott: OK, it's a crap title, but a great interview with Ridley Scott nevertheless.

Things ain't what they used to be for fear favourite John Carpenter; An ultra-rare interview with Francisco Barilli; From scream queen to stunt lady, we catch up with the fearless Miss Jasie Lanier; Fantasporto 2002; Taboo!; Sense and Censorability

Oh you nasty man!: He has a bucket for a head and an eye for a cheap horror movie - meet VIPCO boss Mike Lee.


Max Deadroom: An exclusive, up to date interview with the co-head of the legendary Amicus Pictures, Max J. Rosenberg.


The Jackson three: Steve Biodrowski talks to Lord Of The Rings director Peter Jackson on the problems of filming the Tolkien Trilogy.


Puppet master: Respected filmmaker and puppeteer Jan Svankmayer expounds his theories on art and surrealism.


The Dark Side horror guide: From Seeds Of Destruction to Sexbomb.


DVD video library: Allan Bryce checks out the latest DVD releases including Atomic War Bride, This Is Not A Test, Nightmares Of A Damaged Brain, The Grim Reaper, Beyond The Darkness, Dust, Beach Girls And The Monster, Brain From Planet Arous/Teenage Monster, Flight To Mars, Night Of The Ghouls, Thir13en Ghosts, Session 9, The Mothman Prophecies, From Hell, The Others, First Men In The Moon, Dracula 1977), The Hound Of The Baskervilles, Legend, Vidocq.


Diana Dors: 2nd part of the exhaustive profile of Britain's original blonde bombshell, examining her latter-day career in low budget horror movies.


Howling success: The new British horror movie Dog Soldiers is something to howl about - here's the lowndown on how it got made.


Choise cuts: House On The Edge Of The Park, Anthropophagus The Beast, Swing Shift, Andrei Rublev, Baise-Moi.


Dutch treats: Allan Bryce interviews Paul Verhoeven, the man who gave us Showgirls and never had the good grace to apologise.

Hollywood chainsaw heroine: An exclusive interview with legendary scream queen Linnea Quigley who came to England recently to film Kannibal.


An appointment with Pervirella: Meet Britbabe Emily Booth, star of Cradle Of Fear and some very salacious video covers.


Frankenstein created woman: The tragic story of Susan Denberg, Playboy model, Hammer heroine and casualty of the 60s.


The Dark Side horror guide: From Scream And Die to Seedpeople.


DVD video library: Allan Bryce checks out the latest DVD releases including Zombie Flesh Eaters 2, Zombie Creeping Flesh, UFO, Teenage Zombies, The Cremators, Stagefright, Madman, Halloween 4 & 5, Bloodsuckers, Island Of Death, Cannibal Apocalypse, Strait-Jacket, Mr. Sardonicus, Homicidal, Hearts In Atlantis, Dr. Orloff's Monster, Route 666, A.I., The Evil Dead.


Erika Blanc: Profile of the gorgeous Italian actress, star of The Devil's Nightmare and Mark Of The Devil 2.


Demon lady: Interview with Corallina Cataldi Tassoni, of Demons 2, Opera, and Phantom Of The Opera.


Diana Dors: Britain's original blonde bombshell went on to become a regular fixture in low budget horror movies.

Feeling the Spain: News and reviews from the Sitges Film Festival, Spain's annual celebration of all things weird and wonderful.


American independents: The lower the budget, the bigger the imagination. An indepth look at the gore fans who make their own movies.


Nutbag: A serial killer thriller shot on the streets of Las Vegas could be a passport to fame for director Nick Palumbo.


Greek tragedy: Director Nico Mastorakis talks about his notorious video nasty, Island Of Death.


The Dark Side horror guide: From Sandman to Screamtime.


DVD video library: Allan Bryce checks out the latest DVD releases including Mario Bava: Maestro Of The Macabre, Dario Argento: An Eye For Horror, Sleepless, I Vampiri, The People That Time Forgot, Robocop trilogy, The Sorcerers, Face Of Fu Manchu, Cut And Run, Ebola Syndrome, City Of The Dead, The Wasp Woman, Beast of the Yellow Night, Mad Max, Replicant, Kiss Of The Dragon.


Choise cuts: The Hire, Nosferatu, The Bad Lieutenant.


Morell choices: Hammer horror star Andre Morell comes under the spotlight in John Hamilton's exhaustive profile.


Horror in music: The thrills are alive with the sound of... Goblin, Motorhead, and some very dodgy heavy metal bands.

Mystery Guest: The long and varied career of Val Guest, from Will Hay comedies to Quatermass and Confessions Of A Window Cleaner.


Choise cuts: New releases: Pasolini's Salo, Fulci's The New York Ripper and City Of The Living Dead. Also Dark Skies, Justine, Johnny Got His Gun, Suspiria.


They Call Her One-Eye: Sweden's most controversial rape and revenge saga comes to DVD after 30 years.


Juan Bosch: An exclusive Dark Side interview with the director of Paul Naschy's Exorcism.


The Dark Side horror guide: From Sabotage (1937) to Saturn 3.


DVD video library: Allan Bryce checks out the latest DVD releases including Monsters Crash The Pajama Party Spook Show Spectacular, Bad Taste, Jeepers Creepers, Witchfinder General, Whistle And I'll Come To You, Dracula Prince Of Darkness, She, The Death Curse Of Tartu/Sting Of Death, A Night To Dismember, The Black Cat/The Fat Black Pussy-Cat, The Crawling Hand, The Monster From The Ocean Floor, The Fear Chamber, Star Trek: The Motion Picture The Director's Edition, Jurassic Park III.


Roman scandals: John Hamilton continues his exhaustive look at the horror film career of Roman Polanski.


Jeepers Creepers has become the biggest horror hit of the year. Alan Jones interviews its director, Victor Salva.


Ghosts Of Mars: Anton van Beek reviews the latest from John Carpenter.

Little chop of horrors: Sloan Freer interviews Bill Mosely, the macabre ''Chop Top'' in Texas Chainsaw 2.


Roman scandals: He may be a little Pole, but he's got a big talent! Roman Polanski's career profiled.


Dark Visions: News about the Godzilla series, Hannibal, House Of A 1000 Corpses, The Matrix 2, Belphegor The Phantom Of The Louvre and more.


The Dark Side horror guide: From Ring (1996) to Rush Week.


DVD video library: Allan Bryce checks out the latest DVD releases including Doomwatch, Witchfinder General, Girl On A Motorcycle, The Honeymoon Killers, The Black Cat (1981), Rape Of The Vampire, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, The Carry On films, Amityville Horror, Jack The Ripper (1988), Planet Of The Vampires, Suspiria, An American Werewolf In London, Friday The 13th Part V: A New Beginning, Friday The 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, Dracula's Daughter/Son Of Dracula, The Mummy's Hand/The Mummy's Tomb, The Mummy's Ghost/The Mummy's Curse, Werewolf Of London/She-Wolf Of London, The Legend Of Hell House, Demonia, The Stone Tape.


Choise cuts: Many Dario Argento movies have suffered at the hands of the censor. Brad Stevens reveals the true extent of the damage. (The Bird With The Crystal Plumage, The Cat O' Nine Tails, Deep Red, Inferno, Tenebrae, The Stendhal Syndrome)


The fright stuff: The full story of London's Frightfest, as experienced by Kim Newman.


Roadkill: Jim Van Bebber's gory underground classics come to DVD. (My Sweet Satan, Roadkill: The Last Days of John Martin)

Giovanni Lombardo Radice has been drilled from ear to ear, had the top of his head sliced off like a breakfast egg, and suffered the screen's most graphic castration. But he's a gentle, artistic soul really, as Jay Slater discovers in this exclusive interview.


Amber warning: An interview with lesbian vampire lady Amber Benson (Tara on the hit TV show, Buffy The Vampire Slayer).


The Dark Side horror guide: From Return Of A Stranger to Rings Of Fear.


A modern hairy tale: The critically acclaimed Ginger Snaps is the best werewolf movie in many a full moon. Sloan Freer talks to director John Fawcett about ringing the changes on a formula that has whiskers on it.


A wolf in teen clothing: As Lou Costello once observed, plenty of hot blooded males turn into wolves when the moon is out. But actress Katherine Isabelle reverses that trend in Ginger Snaps. Sloan Freer talked to her about her creepy career to date.


DVD video library: Allan Bryce checks out the latest DVD releases including Donovan's Brain, Blood Feast, Two Thousand Maniacs, House, House II: The Second Story, The Day The Earth Cought Fire, The Brainiac, The World Of The Vampires, Lady Frankenstein. DVD reviews from Vince Bonavoglia: Wham! Bam! Thank You Spaceman!, Madman, Saga Of The Phoenix, The Eternal Evil Of Asia, The Sex Files: Ancient Desires, Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers, Schramm.


Choise cuts: Cannibal Holocaust, The Funhouse, The Ninth Configuration.


Feeling the Strain: Statuesque beauty Julie Strain has made a speciality out of playing seductive femme fatales in countless horror flicks and erotic thrillers. Now she reveals all for Dark Side.


Jersey devil: Claire Stansfield describes her Xena character as ''deliciously evil.'' She also says she likes rolling around in the dirt. Mike Watt chews the fat with a cult heroine who loves to explore her dark side.

His name is Somebody: From The Good The Bad And The Ugly to Lady Frankenstein - Alessandro Alessandroni on his varied musical career.


Simon slays: More melodious mayhem as British-born composer Simon Boswell tots up his scare scores.


The Dark Side horror guide: From Refrigerator to The Return Of Peter Grimm.


Killer bytes: Clive Barker's contribution to the world of computer carnage.


DVD video library: Allan Bryce checks out the latest DVD releases including Atom Age Vampire, Bloodlust, Tormented, Blood Creature, Nightmare Castle. DVD reviews from Vince Bonavoglia: The Mad Butcher, The Beast That Killed Women, The Monster of Camp Sunshine, At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul, This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse, Awakening Of The Beast, Oasis Of The Zombies, Zombie Lake, Orloff And The Invisible Man, The Beast Must Die.


Choise cuts: Iguana, Steel And Lace.


The Scottish dead: The grisly lowdown on Edinburg's Dead By Dawn festival.

Horrific hidden treasures: Not all Easter eggs are fattening! Dave Wood bunnies on about a few low calorie DVD treats you may already have in your collection, without knowing it.


Kind hearts and horror hits: He was the biggest box-office star of his generation, a distinguished stage and screen actor with a filmography that boasted work from Ealing to Hammer. So how did he end up making movies for Jess Franco: John Hamilton profiles the bizarre career of Dennis Price.


The Dark Side horror guide: From Rabid to A Reflection Of Fear.


Urban Ghost Story: Allan Bryce reviews a new British horror flick about terrifying happenings in a Glaswegian tower block.


DVD video library: Allan Bryce checks out the latest DVD releases including The Vampires' Night Orgy, Audition, Ring, Bless the Child, Urban Legends: Final Cut. DVD reviews from Vince Bonavoglia: Evil Dead Trap, Fiend Without A Face, Gold Of Amazon Women, The Defilers / Scum Of The Earth, Cannibal Man, C.H.U.D., Mantis In Lace / Lila.


Choise cuts: Jack's Wife (Season Of The Witch), The Brood, Story Of O, Even Dwarfs Started Small, The Last Picture Show.


Going for the jugular: Under the pseudonym of Victor Janos, Roger Watkins made the legendary ''snuff'' movie Last House On Dead End Street. He's never been interviewed, until now. Jay Slater asks the questions.


Three Ring scare curse: The Japanese-made Ring trilogy ushers in a new era, returning viewers to the days when genre movies didn't have to rely on special effects to chill the viewer. Julien Seveon has watched the videotapes and desperately wants to pass them on to Dark Side readers.

Flowers of the Flesh: Dark Side talks to director Hideshi Hino, the Japanese creator of the notorious Guinea Pig torture movie series.


The hand that shocked the cradle: Ten years on from Bad Karma, and Alex Chandon still hasn't cleaned up his act.


Choise cuts: Brad Stevens returns to Abel Ferrara territory (Fear City) and also checks out different versions of Mike Newell's The Awakening.


The Dark Side horror guide: From The Psychopath to Q: The Winged Serpent.


Return of the Evil Dead: Sam Raimi's deadites are back, but sadly only on your computer.


DVD video library: Allan Bryce checks out the latest DVD releases including Hollow Man, Crocodile, Love Camp 7, Amazonia, Silent Night Evil Night, King Kong (1933), Destiny, Nosferatu, and many more.


The death of the video nasty: Jay Slater thinks that it's time to consign the Nasties list to the bonfire of history and he explains exactly why...


Mutterings from MIFED: Martin Coxhead reports from the land of the boot on what dubious delights are heading for a video store near you.

Ray Lovelock, Star of The Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue; Beyond Blastfighter star Michael Sopkiw; Monsters from The Id; An exclusive report from France's oddest Film Festival.

Son of Last Chainsaw on the left: Two of the movie world's biggest psychos meet John Martin: Gunnar Hansen and David Hess.


The Dark Side horror guide: From The Playgirls and the Bellboy to The Presence.


Choise cuts: Vampires, Paul Verhoeven's Dutch treats, Open Season.


DVD video library: Allan Bryce checks out the latest DVD releases including The Beast Of Yucca Flats, Frogs, The Beyond, The 1000 Eyes Of Dr. Mabuse, Fear City, The Omen box set, and many more.


Shirley Eaton: Best known for getting the sexiest paint job in movie history in Goldfinger, this talented actress has had a colourful movie career in more ways than one.


Tales from the script: Want to know where you can read the original script for Alien Vs Predator? Martyn Carol has the answer!


Video vault: A Clockwork Orange, Ring, Galaxy Quest, The Prophesy II.


Dark visions: Film news.

I am Curious - Janet: Dark Side talks to Janet Agren, Swedish-born star of Fulci's City of the Living Dead.


The Dark Side horror guide: From Phantom of the Paradise to Playgirl Killer.


Last Chainsaw on the Left: When David Hess met Gunnar Hansen...


DVD video library: Allan Bryce checks out the latest DVD releases including The Ilsa movies, Hammer horrors, Frankenstein's Daughter, Cave of the Living Dead, Scream, Jill The Ripper, and many more.


Flowers of the flesh: Some Japanese movies are sheer torture to sit through, like the infamous Guinea Pig series for example.


Video vault: Lake Placid, American Psycho, Clockwork Orange, Scream 3, Warlock III: The End of Innocence.


Ed-Case: Metro Tartan's Ed Gein tells the true story of the infamous 'Wisconsin Ghoul.' Alan Jones interviews Steve Railsback, the actor who has played both Ed and that other notorious killer, Charles Manson!


Dark visions: Film news.


Choise cuts: Perdita Durango, Torso, MS. 45.

Returm of The She Wolf: Ilsa's Dyanne Thorne interviewed.


The Dark Side horror guide: From Peggy Sue Got Married to The Phantom of the Opera.


Texas Chainsaw revisited: What happened was true, but who survived and what was left of them?


DVD video library: Allan Bryce checks out the latest DVD releases including The Vampire Happening, Mighty Peking Man, The Blood Spattered Bride, Sleepy Hollow, and many more.


Dark visions: Film news.


The Portsmouth ripper: Actor Michael Ripper, a Hammer horror legend talks.


Mark of the Devil: Michael Armstrong's torture classic!


Choise cuts: The varying versions of Lisa And the Devil and Return Of the Blind Dead.

Hungarian Ghoulish: Michael Scott interviews Peter Sasdy, Hungarian-born director of such Hammer horrors as Hands of the Ripper, Countess Dracula and Taste the Blood of Dracula.


DVD Video library: Allan Bryce checks out the latest DVD releases including The Hammer Trailer Collection, Eaten Alive, A Stir of Echoes, The Sixth Sense, Torso, Autopsy (1973), Eyes Wide Shut, Clean Shaven and more.


Colour him blood red: Jason Slater interviews Herschell Gordon Lewis about his bloodthirsty career.


The Dark Side horror guide: From The Other Hell to Peeping Tom.


Robin Askwith: Loaded magazine recently named him one of their 'Greatest Living Englishmen,' and his film career includes such masterpieces as Queen Kong and Horror Hospital.


Sacred Flesh: Naughty nuns, mortal sins, dirty habits... It can only be a Salvation movie!


Blood On Satan's Claw: Jonathan Sothcott examines the making of the cult British horror movie.


Dark visions: Film news.


Video vault: The Blair Witch Project, End of Days, John Carpenter's Vampires, House on Haunted Hill, The Limey, Beast Cops, The World Is Not Enough, The Mummy.

The doctor will kill you: You can get murdered on the NHS - if you check into Horror Hospital.


Gentlemen of Horror: A trio of terror tales starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee (Horror Express, The Creeping Flesh and Nothing But the Night).


DVD Video library: Allan Bryce checks out the latest DVD releases including Peeping Tom, The Living Dead Girl, New Rose Hotel, The Phantom Of The Opera and more.


Screamwriter: Giallo legend Ernesto Gastaldi talks about his long and illustrious career.


The Dark Side horror guide: From The Oasis of Fear to The Other.


Choise cuts: Always on the lookout for censorship boobs, Brad Stevens gets his teath into Fight Club, Flirting With Disaster and a lot more.


To love a vampire: The short, sweet, scream queen career of Hammer vamp Yutte Stensgaard.

From The Lighthouse: Jonathan Sothcott goes behind the scenes on Richard Gordon's Tower Of Evil.


Raven bad: From disc jockey to horror star, the short, shocking career of Mike Raven.


DVD Video library: Allan Bryce checks out the latest DVD releases including the Region 1 disc of The Blair Witch Project, and yet another Night Of The Living Dead.


Beatrice Ring: An interview with the actress best known as one of the stars of Lucio Fulci's disastrously misjudged Zombi 3.


The Dark Side horror guide: From Night Of The Living Dead (1968) to Nurse Sherri.


Choise cuts: Always on the lookout for censorship boobs, Brad Stevens gets his teath into Jess Franco's Bare Breasted Countess in all her many shapes and forms.


Julie Ege: Interview with former Bond girl and Hammer starlet.


Killer bytes: The terrors of the Resident Evil trilogy.

A clockwork cutie- Virginia Wetherell discusses her eventful career including A Clockwork Orange and Curse of the Crimson Altar, the Blair facts- interview with Eduardo Sanchez and Dan Myrick responsible for The Blair Witch Project, Vamps, victims and virgins- interview with Vampyres vixens Anulka and Marianne Morris and a profile of director Jose Larraz, Udine here- report on the Far East film festival at Udine.

Mighty Peking girl- interview with Evelyne Kraft the Swiss miss, Life among the cannibals- Xtro! Xtro! Read all about it: Harry Bromley-Davenport doesn't mince his words in this interview, life's a bitch- we interview Gerry O'Hara director of The Bitch and more, musical scares- talking to Docion Alucarda (!) projrct originator of Lucio Fulci: Symphony of Fear.

Corpse grinder- we meet filmmaker Ted V.Mikels who gave us The Astro-Zombies amongst others, killer bytes- come along to Silent Hill and play if you dare! Fantasporto 1999- a report on this film festival in Portugal.

Pagan rituals- Mondo Macabro author Pete Tombs is interviewed, Hollywood Hot Tub horrors- we meet maestro Fred Olen Ray and his sexy scream queens, Canadian clubbed- diary of some of the gory joys on offer in Montreal, Mmmmm...The Dark Side horror guide goes on.

Lucio Fulci's Incredible Celluloid Festival '98: A special DS report.


The DS horror guide: The Most Dangerous Game to Murder Weapon.


Dark Visions: Hot news. The Haunting of Hill House, Soldier, Darkness Falls, Night Time and more.


Laser Library: Checking out some Argento classics on laser, plus the long-awaited 'uncut' disc of Mario Bava's Blood And Black Lace.


Tigon's tales of terror: Tigon boss Tony Tenser in an exclusive interview.


Video Vault: The Avengers, The X-Files, Progeny, Godzilla, The Dentist 2, Carnival Of Souls.


Killer Bytes: Martyn Carrol examines how horror movies influence horror video games.


L'ultimo D'Amato Interview: A tribute to the prolific director of such exploitation hits as Blue Holocaust and Anthropophagous, who died recently of a heart attack.


Jeanne Carmen: 50s starlet stripped for men's mags, hustled for The Mob In Vegas, made out with Elvis and Sinatra, and got carried away by a sea monster.

Laser Library: Deep Rising, Leviathan, The Reincarnation of Isabel, Goszilla and more.


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.

Voice of terror- Nick Alexander does some plain speaking about his dubbing career, driller killer- we interview Phantasm's Don Coscarelli, Carpocalypse now- we look at the roadkill computer games now available, Jaws revisited- Dark Side horror classic features Stephen Spielberg's Jaws, lucky black cats- not if you're in their way in a horror movie!

Razorblade babe- Redemption's icon Eileen Daly and director Jake West talk vampires, Argento's phantom- a fright at the opera with Dario Argento and Sergio Stivaletti, confessions of a necrophile- we present Deranged a movie based on the true facts of corpse fancier Ed Gein, No exit- we look at the claustrophobically shot Cube by director Vincenzo Natali, plus our on-going Laser Library.

Big green and very mean- Japan's favourite monster hits town, killer bytes- we investigate the history of computer horror games, northern exposure- more coverage from the Fant-Asia festival,Italian S+M babes- we look at the kind of girls your mum wouldn't like (but Dad would!), Dark Side horror classic- we get wrapped up in the Boris Karloff movie masterpiece The Mummy, Video nasties- exclusive Dark Side book offer.

Sergio Stivaletti: Interview with the Italian special effects expert (Demons, Creepers) who makes his directorial debut with the Hammer-style horror movie The Wax Mask.


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.

Laser Library: The City of Lost Children, The Lost World, Bill Lusting on Maniac, Spawn, Faster Pussycat! Kill,Kill, Motor Psycho and more.


Julian Roffman: A pioneer documentary film maker, best remembered to horror fans for his work on films such as The Mask, The Bloody Brood and The Pyx.


The DS horror guide: Love At First Bite to Mad Monster Party.


Choise cuts: The Prophecy, Face/Off, Trainspotting.


Dark Visions: Hot news. The new Stephen King adaptation, Mission: Impossible 2, Men In Black 2, 8 Millimetre etc.


Pupi Avati: An interview with the director of Zeder and The House With The Laughing Windows.


Video Vault: Black Mask, Spawn, Maximun Risk, The Comeback, Craving Desire, Event Horizon, The Shadow Men, The Flesh and Blood Show, Photographing Fairies, Contact.


Aftermath: Interview with Nacho Cerda, director of the disturbingly gory film.


A Clockwork Orange: The making of Stanley Kubrick's most notorious movie.


Tiffany Shepis: The talented American scream queen who plays Jane Austen in a Troma production!

Laser Library: The Frighteners, Daylight, The Phantom, The Godfather, The Mask, The Straw Dogs, The Russ Meyer Vixen Collection, The Betty Page Collection, Tombs of the Blind Dead and more.


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.

Laser Library: Crash, The Relic, Anaconda, Theatre of Blood, Star Wars, This Island Earth, The Arrival, Plague of the Zombies, Dracula-Prince of Darkness and more.


Dark Visions: Hot news. Akira Kurosawa adapting Edgar Alan Poe, Child's Play 4, From Dusk Till Dawn prequel and sequel etc.


Pain shrieking!: Some of the most gruelling gore movies ever made.


The DS horror guide: The Last House on the Left to Last Man on Earth.


Mystery of the Wax Museum: Horror classic.


Choise cuts: The Warriors, Showgirls, Scream and Scream Again.


Haunted Britain: A visit to a spooky castle.


Dead men don't rape: Interviews with Deborah Twiss and Todd Morris, star and director of A Gun For Jennifer.


Video Vault: Anaconda, Adrenalin, Powder, The Addiction, The Saint, From Beyond the Grave, Primal Species, Underworld, The Trigger Effect, The Wax Mask, The Relic.


Normal Life: John McNaughton speaks about his movie.

Laser Library: Village Of The Damned, Videodrome, The Abominable Dr Phibes, Twice-Told Tales, Tower of London, Dracula Prince of Darkness and more.


Dark Visions: Hot news


The Warren report: The career of Norman J. Warren.


The DS horror guide: The Killing Edge to The Last House on the Left.


House of wax: Horror classic.


Choise cuts: The Stendhal Syndrome, Lifeforce.


Haunted Britain: A visit to a spooky castle.


Beyond Belief: A new horror label.


Video Vault: The Phantom, Angel Of Vengeance, Scream, Devil Doll, Space Truckers, The Devils, Stephen King's Thinner, The Projected Man, Mars Attacks, Bad Moon, The Ghost and the Darkness, Evil Ed.


William Castle: The legendary producer/director.

Laser Library: A new review column about the latest laserdisk releases.


Dark Visions: Hot news


Alien encounters: Allan Bryce examines the Alien franchise to date and wonders whether the fourth film will be worth the wait.


The DS horror guide: Jade to Killers of the Castle of Blood.


Hammer Horrors: The full gory story of the studio that dripped blood, including a complete filmographie


Choise cuts: Seizure, Dawn of the Dead, El Topo, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, The Wind and the Lion.


Haunted Britain: A visit to a spooky castle.

It's only shock and roll: Jess Franco is back with Killer Barbys and Tender-Flesh.


Dark Visions: Hot news


Dead Scary: George A.Romero and Dawn of the Dead


The DS horror guide: It Came from Beneath the Sea to Jesse James meets Frankenstein's Daughter


Video Vault: Campfire Tales, Bordello of Blood, The Dead Next Door, Satan's Return, Demon House, Escape from L.A., Uncle Sam, Day of the Triffids, The Curse of Frankenstein, Dracula, The Mummy.


Dark Side Classic: The Phantom of the Opera (1929) under the microscope.


Darklands: Interview with Julian Richards


Choise cuts: Natural Born Killers, Carnival of Souls, A Clockwork Orange, Rabid.


Razor Blade Smile: A new independent British horror flick starring Eileen Daly.


Crash and burn: David Cronenberg talks about sex, violence, cars and UK censorship.

Eurofest '96: Jess Franco in London


'48: James Herbert's latest novel


Crash: Cronenberg's movie and the censors


The DS horror guide: Invasion of the Body Snatchers to It!


Video Vault: The Day of the Beast, Little witches, Eraser, The Stendhal Syndrome.


Bryant Haliday: A tribute to the great horror star


Ian McCulloch: Interviewed


Choise cuts: censors' new victims


Debbie Rochon: The career of a scream queen


Also Letters, News.

Brian Yuzna: 2nd part of the interview with the famous producer/director whose work has re-animated the fading horror genre.


Joel M. Reed: Director/actor of the 1975 Bloodsucking Freaks.


Fanzine focus: Latest info on Attack Of The Scissor People, Drone, Data Dump, A Bag Of Sand, Third Eye, Media Scene, etc.


The DS horror guide: I Married A Witch to Invasion of the Body Snatchers


Video Vault: Screamers, Darkman 3, Lurking Fear, Serpent's Lair.


X-Files: 2nd part of the guide to the new episodes.


Dark visions: News from MIFED, Gamera 2, Terminal Force, Scream and more.


Luigi Bazzoni: A forgotten stylist of Italian horror cinema whose haunting work is now ripe for discovery via the Redemption video label.


Cheap thrills: A report on Britain's up and coming shockmeisters.

Brian Yuzna: 1st part of the interview with the famous producer/director whose work has re-animated the fading horror genre.


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.

French Horror Special- France macabre- showing that the Gallic gore scene is alive and screaming, hardcore horror heroine- an interview with Brigitte Lahaie, Two Orphan Vampires- a Jean Rollin movie that wouldn't get a yes from an adoption agency, all-night frightfest- a sellout fest with guests of honour including: Caroline Munro, Brigitte Lahaie and Jean Rollin, Diabolical- how Hollywood remade Les Diaboliques and ruined it, Giallo guide part2.

Berman and Baker- from Jason King (ugh!) to Jack the Ripper, The Omen 20 years on- creepy mishaps and close calls make Harvey Bernhard think his pictures were jinxed, Maniac on the loose- the most notorious gory movie neverr to make the nasties list, whatever happened to Damien- we interview the anti-Chris aka Harvey Stephens, I was a teenage monster maker- Herman Cohen confesses, Dark Side classic- The Bride of Frankenstein one of the strangest but a cult film.

Nasies Special- complete guide to the UK's most forbidden movies, A Clockwork Orange- is it an a-peeling moral masterpiece or what! Andy Warhol's monsters- the flesh and blood show, secret nasties- we take a look at videos that were refused by the BBFC, Farewell,Lucio- a tribute from Dark Side to the great director, Christians vs Lions- we take on the moral majority and guess who wins.

Wops Apocalyse!- Italian holocaust movies, Laser chainsaw horrors- some of the rarer works of Karloff and Lugosi coming onto the disc market, Lady in Deep Red- Daria Nicolodi goes for the jugular, A to Z of Dark Side- a not to be missed handy guide to no's 1 to 55 of the Dark Side magazine.

Chilling Chines Special: Deadly China doll man- interview with Godfrey Ho, oriental nasties- category 3 sleaze, spooky encounters- profile of Tsui Hark, oriental nursery crimes- the bloodthirsty Lone wolf/Baby Cart series investigated, Onibaba aka The Hole- looking into the macabre masterpiece of Kaneto Shindo, made in Hong Kong- not plastic but fantastic goodies.

Voices from beyond- cult Italian filmmaker Pupi Avati is unearthed, hide and shriek- interview with Avengers' Brian Clemens (sometime Hammer screenwriter), tombstone territory- we gallop into weird spaghetti westerns, Satan's sadist- Al Adamson ( discovered cemented into his own jacuzzi) is profiled, Silent's is golden- we look back on Metropolis in our Dark Side classic.

Diva of the living dead- we interview Catriona MacColl about her Italian jobs, Strange days- there was more violence in fighting for tickets, fatal frames- the 'video killer' is at large: preview of a new Italian flick that follows in the bloody footprints of Dario Argento and Mario Bavafriendly frights- charts the rise and fall of Hammer's main rival Amicus, street smart- Roy (street trash) Frumkes talks about budgets.

The Tyburn Factor- a look at the torment, terror and tedium that afflicted Tyburn Films, Eurofest 1995- we ketchup with exploitation king Joe D'Amato, rat's showbiz- tales of terror from Bruno Mattei, Martians invade Manchester- Manchester's 6th.Festival of Fantastic Films featured guests appearances by:Roger Corman, Ann Robinson and Barbara Shelley, choice cuts-
we examne the cuts made to George Romero's Martin, The Crazies and Season ofthe Witch