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Nightmare on Elm Street
• 'One, two, Freddie's coming for you…' We
return to the roots of the Nightmare on Elm Street series and discover
how a sinister old man terrified the young Wes Craven, leading him to create
one of Horror's most popular icons - Freddy Krueger Plus our
poster version of the cover art...
Selected excerpts here
 Joss Whedon
• The diabolical mastermind behind the worldwide success of Buffy
and Angel is in fact mild mannered creator and producer Joss Whedon. In
the first part of a special two-part interview we speak to Joss about the
future of his two series
 Pitch Black
• Previewing the hit Sci-Fi Horror film that combines vicious aliens
(described as a cross between a great white shark and a pterodactyl) with
chilling suspense and a cast of intriguing characters, including Vin Diesel's
brutal Riddick
 English
Gothic
• We preview this new book on a subject close to our hearts - the 100 best
British Horror films - and talk to its author, Shivers contributor Jonathan Rigby, on his "history
of an area of British cinema still, bizarrely, considered
disreputable..."
 The Ninth Gate
• We also preview this new film from Roman Polanski (acclaimed director of
such successful Horror fare as Rosemary's Baby and Dance of the
Vampires), starring Johnny Depp as a rare books expert on a satanic quest
for old engravings
The Hunger
• We continue our interview with Jeff Fazio, the creator and executive
producer of the sexy and scary tv series The Hunger, on plans for the
show's second season
Murder Rooms
• A look at the recent television drama which combined the origins of
Sherlock Holmes with the story of Jack the Ripper, starring Ian Richardson and
Charles Dance
Plus our
regular sections:
- News Alan Jones reports on more Hellraisers,
his own TV project An Eye for Horror, and the return of the 'Shock
Around the Clock' Festival to London's Prince Charles cinema
- Opinion Kim Newman thinks that the
return of Hammer films is not necesssarily a good thing
- Reviews selections
• Book Reviews: including Plague of Angels
• TV Reviews: include episodes from the
revived Randall &
Hopkirk
• Film Reviews: Open Your Eyes
• Video / DVD Reviews: including From Dusk till Dawn 2 and Lemora – The Lady Dracula
- The Pitt of
Horror: Ingrid Pitt meets Linda Blair, the star of The Exorcist,
and features in Channel 5's new Horror TV series Urban Gothic
- Horror on the Web
looks at Scream Queens from Fay Wray to Sarah Michelle Gellar
- The Fright of Your
Life: there are strange goings on at the Devil's Hopyard in a classic
moment from the movie The Dunwich Horror
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