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 Dario Argento –
exclusive
• "I though let's wipe the slate clean and see where I can take the
modern urban thriller." An exclusive interview with the King of
Euro-Horror as he returns to his giallo roots for new film I Can’t
Sleep, which pits Max Von Sydow against a macabre serial killer
Angel
• We see how the Buffy spin-off developed and look forward to the
second season, and look at the new character of Charles Gunn played by J August
Richards.
Plus: our pull-out poster version of the cover
art
 Buffy Writers
• Writers Dean Batali and Rob Des Hotel explain how they began some of
Buffy’s lasting legends - creating the character of Principal
Snyder in The Puppet Show and handling Oz's first
transformation into a werewolf in Phases. Part 1 of an in-depth interview
 The Bunker
• "It will be controversial, edgy, smart and terrifying." Actor
Jason Flemyng faces an evil force in new British Horror The Bunker. We
speak to screenwriter Clive Dawson and director Rob Green about their wartime
psychological terror
 Blair Witch 2
• "I think I'm seen as someone with a nice veneer and a slightly
sinister tone underneath." Actor Jeff Donovan explains how he became
involved in the follow-up to the phenomenal Blair Witch Project, Book of
Shadows: Blair Witch 2
Dante on Bava
• Director Joe Dante (Gremlins) explains the worldwide appeal of
Italian Horror director Mario Bava, who created such Horror Fantasy classics as
Black Sunday and Danger: Diabolik
Brotherhood of the Wolf
• We conclude our interview with director Christophe Gans on his film of
the legend of the beast of Gevaudin. See previous issue for Part 1:
online excerpts here
Universal Horror Mazes
• Universal Studios's production manager Cory Asrilant unveils their range
of spooky Hallowe’en attractions, created with assistance from
Buffy creator Joss Whedon and writer Clive Barker.
Online version of
this feature here
Cannibals
• Kim Newman explores the various films to deal with cannibalism from
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre to Cannibal Ferox via... Flanders
and Swann!
Brains in Bottles
• We examine Curt Siodmak’s legacy in the story of Donovan’s
Brain plus other famous brains on screen, including Roald Dahl's William
and Mary
The People Under the Stairs
• Wes Craven’s oft-forgotten Horror from 1991 which starred Wendy
Robie and Everett McGill from Twin Peaks as the ultimate dysfunctional
Mother and Father
Plus our
regular sections:
- News by Alan Jones
Another version of The Thing, more vampires from John Carpenter, Clive
Barker’s Bloody Mary, a new Thief of Bagdad, Kevin Spacey
plays an alien from planet K-PAX and Westworld revisited
- Reviews section
• Books: include Stephen Laws' Midnight Man
• Video / DVDs: several Anchor Bay releases
includingDeep Red on
DVD. Plus a special look at the lavish Men in Black DVD
• Films: Cherry Falls and Scary
Movie
• Horror on the Web: A look at sites devoted
to The Blair Witch Project
- Opinion:
Kim Newman considers the on-going Horror boom and finds it sadly lacking
- In The Pitt of
Horror: Ingrid Pitt presents her news from the world of Horror and
Fantasy fandom, and takes tea with Robert Englund
- The Fright of
Your Life: Scream-filled scenes from Lucio Fulci’s seminal zombie
movie The Beyond
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