DIABOLIQUE Magazine Covers from 2012

2012

Issue 8
January/February

Contents FAREWELL, KEN RUSSELL (1927-2011)

Obituary by Robert J.E. Simpson

IN A CAT'S EYE: KANETO SHINDO'S KURONEKO

Feature on the Japanese Horror Classic by Jay McRoy

KANETO SHINDO AND ONIBABA

Jay McRoy on Shindo's masterpiece

DANIEL RADCLIFFE IN HAMMER'S THE WOMAN IN BLACK

Robert J.E. Simpson on Hammer's return to its period roots

SUSAN HILL'S THE WOMAN IN BLACK

Raymond Cummings' sojourn into the original book and the play

HUMAN CENTIPEDE II

Kyle Kouri on the death of a genre and an opportunity for film

CREEPY CRAWLY: MARTIN SPEAKS!

Adrian Smith interviews Laurence R. Harvey, star of HC2

COWBOYS AND CANNIBALS

Adrian Smith interviews the legendary Ruggero Deodato

DR. KNOX'S AUTOPSY TABLE

David Kleiler dissects a key scene from Hitchcock's Psycho

DICKENSIAN GOTHIC

David L. Rattigan sheds light the Gothic aspects of Dickens' A Christmas Carol

A PACT WITH THE DEVIL

David L. Rattigan looks at Franz Liszt's A Faust Symphony and the composer's influence on the horror genre, in his bicentennial year

MARIO BAVA'S BLACK SABBATH

Robyn Talbot's continuing series on Italian Gothic cinema

FAREWELL, KEN RUSSELL (1927-2011)
Obituary by Robert J.E. Simpson

IN A CAT'S EYE: KANETO SHINDO'S KURONEKO
Feature on the Japanese Horror Classic by Jay McRoy

KANETO SHINDO AND ONIBABA
Jay... more

Issue 9
March/April

Contents KEN RUSSELL'S LAST PICTURE SHOW

David Del Valle pays tribute to director Ken Russell (1927-2011), the bad boy of British film

THE DEVIL INSIDE

Kyle Kouri on the advent of the "Found Footage" film genre

MONDO PAGAN

Robert J.E. Simpson's study of Haxan and the witchcraft documentary phenomena

THE WOMAN IN BLACK: IS THE VERDICT IN?

David L. Rattigan sums up the reviews

DR. KNOX'S AUTOPSY TABLE

Kevin G. Shinnick dissects the party scene from the classic Night of the Demon

SIDNEY HAYERS AND NIGHT OF THE EAGLE

David Del Valle's unpublished interview with Burn, Witch Burn director Sidney Hayers

WITCHCRAFT: THE CRAFT OF DON SHARP

David L. Rattigan pays tribute to Hammer director Don Sharp (1921-2011)

MONTAGUE SUMMERS: TELL ME STRANGE THINGS

Sandy Robertson's journey through the conflicting life of the writer, priest, and occultist

THE VIRGIN OF NUREMBERG

Robyn Talbot's ongoing series on Italian Gothic cinema looks at Antonio Margheriti's film

OF MENACE AND MAMMARIES

David L. Rattigan's aside on the witch trials under the infamous Matthew Hopkins

THE MONK

Cleaver Patterson reviews Dominik Moll's new film

BALANCING ACT

Short fiction by Joan Eyles Johnson

ICONS OF HORROR

Robert J.E. Simpson looks at the iconic image of the Peeping Tom poster

KEN RUSSELL'S LAST PICTURE SHOW
David Del Valle pays tribute to director Ken Russell (1927-2011), the bad boy of British film
THE DEVIL INSIDE
Kyle Kouri on the advent of... more

Issue 10
May/June

Contents Inside This Issue:

Casting Shadows: Stoker's Dracula on Screen, by Charles E Butler, a personal journey through the Count's career on film and TV

The Primrose Path to Dracula, by Paul Murray, in which Stoker's biographer examines the curious connections between fantasy and reality in the author's life and fiction

Unearthing Stoker's Lost Journal, by the world's foremost Stoker scholar Elizabeth Miller

Beyond Dracula: Stoker's Other Horror Novels, by yours truly, David L Rattigan, in which I explore The Jewel of Seven Stars and The Lair of the White Worm and their film adaptations (including the riotously funny 1988 Ken Russell film version of the latter)

Icons of Horror: Dracula (1958), by Robert J.E. Simpson -- a pithy commentary on the impact of a famous Hammer Films poster design

Plus some gorgeously reproduced archive material, courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate

And that's just the Stoker content. There's also:

The Last Horror Icon: Christopher Lee at 90, by Jonathan Rigby, a lavish, eight-page colour tribute to the distinguished actor by his biographer and friend

Lina Romay: Flesh for Fantasy, by Nigel Wingrove, a reflection on the life and career of the late exploitation star

Reviews of Edgar Allan Poe and James McTeigue's The Raven , and Christopher R Witherspoon's The Rage

Stephen Slaughter Head on Stiletto Film Festival & Women in Horror Month

Inside This Issue:

Casting Shadows: Stoker's Dracula on Screen, by Charles E Butler, a personal journey through the Count's career on film and TV The Primrose Path to Dracula,... more

Issue 11
July/August

Contents The Darkest and Longest of Shadows

David Del Valle remembers his friend Jonathan Frid

Remembering Kaneto Shindτ

Jay McRoy reflects on the passing of a great master of Japanese Cinema

Even the Ghosts are Haunted

Jay McRoy on Kenji Mizoguchi's legendary ghost story, Ugetsu Monogatari

Collinwood Calling

Robert J.E. Simpson discusses Dark Shadows, old and new

Fear in the Afternoon

Drew Beard on Dark Shadows, Gothic horror and the soap opera

Born Weird

Michele "Izzy" Galgana profiles indie filmmaker Don Coscarelli (Phantasm)

Aspects of Gothic Opera

David Huckvale finds the links between Gothic opera and modern horror

Phantom of the Opera

David L. Rattigan on how the love that ‘never dies' died

Jess Franco's Count Dracula

Robyn Talbot examines the exploitation maestro's adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel

Excision
Matthew Coniam reviews Richard Bates Jr.'s new indie film

The Glass Bead
Fiction by Joan Eyles Johnson

The Darkest and Longest of Shadows
David Del Valle remembers his friend Jonathan Frid
Remembering Kaneto Shindτ
Jay McRoy reflects on the passing of a great master of Japanese Cinema
... more

Issue 12
September/October

Contents Growing Up Lynch - Olivia Saperstein talks to Jennifer Lynch about her new film and the influence her famous father had on her as an artist.

Anatomy of Eli Roth's Goretorium - David Calbert interviews Eli Roth about his gory new "Haunted House" in Las Vagas.

All Abhorred! Ghost Trains & Haunted Attractions - Brandon Kosters traces the roots of some of our most famous haunted attractions.

Halloween: Boundary Between the Living & the Dead - Kyle Kouri gives us a brief history of everyone's favorite holiday.

Biting Commentary - Brandon Kosters on the Batman's resurgence as a figurehead for macabre social critique.

It's Alive! Ghastly Images for the Whole Family - Scott Feinblatt sits down with members of Tim Burton's production team to discuss the making of Frankenweenie (2012).

Karloff on Karloff - Tony Earnshaw interviews Sara Karloff about her father's incredible career and legacy.

The Puppeteer's Tale - Scott Feinblatt talks to the founder of the Old Trout Puppet Workshop as they celebrate grotesque imagery while imparting profound messages in a neglected art form.

The Forbidden Forest - David Calbert discusses the motif of the "dark forest" in children's literature.

Dancing with Death - David Huckvale's reflections on Gothic ballets devoted to macabre narratives.

Growing Up Lynch - Olivia Saperstein talks to Jennifer Lynch about her new film and the influence her famous father had on her as an artist.
Anatomy of Eli Roth's... more

Issue 13
Christmas