| Peter Cushing
To celebrate a new biography of the popular Hammer star by Shivers editor David Miller, we present some
never-before-published pictures of Peter Cushing relaxing, plus fond
reminiscences from friends and colleagues.
Read excerpts here
 Ed Gein
• An exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the new film based on the
notorious 1950's serial killer, the 'Wisconsin Ghoul' , whose story inspired
Psycho. Alan Jones meets director Chuck Parello on location for the
grisly project
 Hush
• The sinister and silent 'Gentlemen' arrive in Sunnydale to steal the
townsfolks' voices in an acclaimed episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
We examine the fairy-tale imagery of Hush, with exclusive artwork of the
weird Gentlemen
 Frequency
• Screenwriter Toby Emmerich explains how a half-remembered episode of
The Twilight Zone influenced his first film script, which became the
supernatural time-spanning hit drama Frequency, starring Dennis
Quiad
 Urban Gothic
"What does Horror do? It scares people. It's that simple." Producer
Steve Matthews discusses the genesis of his Channel 5 Horror series, plus a
complete episode listing for all 13 episodes
American Psycho
• How Bret Easton Ellis' shocking novel was brought to the screen by
director Mary Harron, with Christian Bale as the disturbed yuppie Patrick
Bateman
Charles Gray
• We look back at the career of the actor, who died in early March 2000.
Most famous as Blofeld in Diamonds are Forever, Gray memorably played
the Satanist Mocata in Hammer's The Devil Rides Out, and appeared in
other genre films from The Legacy to the Rocky Horror Show
Plus our
regular sections:
- News Christopher Plummer to play Van Helsing in Wes
Craven's Dracula, David Boreanaz gets a Horror Valentine from Jamie
Blanks, and Neve Campbell says 'no more Screams'
- Reviews selections
• Book Reviews: King Rat by China
Miéville, Mr X by
Peter Straub, and Judas Tree by Simon Clark
• Film Reviews: Teen Horror in Final
Destination starring Kerr Smith and Devon Sawa, plus Scream 3
starring David Arquette and Neve Campbell
• Video / DVD Reviews:We look at the newest
releases including Sleepy Hollow Candyman:
Day of the Dead and The Seventh
Voyage of Sinbad
• TV Reviews: including Buffy ,
Angel and X-Files episodes and more fairy tales in The Tenth
Kingdom
- Opinion Kim Newman makes a
do-it-yourself Dracula from bits of all the other versions!
- In The Pitt of
Horror: actress Ingrid Pitt celebrates Urban Gothic and the
recent Wicker Man panel at the NFT.
- The Fright of Your
Life: looks at a fearful scene from The Awful Dr Orloff
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