Special Vampire Edition!
 Shadow
of the Vampire
• “Some movies you do for capitalistic reasons... others you do
because you really want to make a contribution.” So says John Malkovich of
his role as director FW Murnau in Elias Merhige’s fantasia on the making
of the classic vampire film Nosferatu.
We examine the new picture and meet its director, producer and eclectic cast,
including Willem Dafoe as Max Schreck and Eddie Izzard as Gustav.
Plus our poster - Willem Dafoe stars as Max Schreck, the
larger-than-life star of Shadow of the Vampire!
 Nosferatu
• We look at the real story behind Murnau’s classic 1921 film,
silent, black and white, but quite possibly the most artistic vampire film ever
made. It was all but consigned to oblivion, however, by the widow of
Dracula author Bram Stoker...
Dracula 2000
• Director Patrick Lussier and Producer Wes Craven bring the greatest
vampire of all time back to life!
 Also: The Art of Argento
• Shivers readers will need no introduction to Dario Argento, the Italian
Master of Terror and creator of such films as Suspiria, band Deep
Red. Here we begin a two-part examination of that famous career by the
author of a newly-published book on Argento called Art of
Darkness
 El Celo
• We look at Antoni Aloy's fascinating new Spanish/American version of
Henry James’ classic ghost story The Turn of the
Screw, with a startling cast including Sadie Frost, Lauren Bacall and
Harvey Keitel. No English Gothic here!
Valentine
• A sneak preview of the first film to star David Angel Boreanaz.
Who is the serial killer seeing off a quartet of spiteful ex-cheerleaders? We
think we have a clue...
Plus our
regular sections:
- 14 pages of Horror Reviews
• Books: Dreadful Tales, Arthurian
Fantasy in In that Quiet Earth and Hush
• Video / DVDs: New DVDs including Mario
Bava’s Blood and Black Lace, Sleepwalkers and Fright
Night
• Films: New films including Cut,
Harry, He’s Here to Help and the disappointing Lost Souls
• Soundtracks: We review the best Horror
soundtracks including Bless the Child, The Fog, Hollow
Man, Lighthouse and What Lies Beneath
• TV Reviews: New season episodes of Buffy
The Vampire Slayer and Angel
- News by Alan Jones
Four pages including Famke Janssen to star as a female Terminatrix in
Terminator 3, a remake for the AIP ‘classics’, Battle
Royale makes waves in Japan, a new take on Amenabar’s Thesis,
Men in Black 2 and Milla Jovovich in Resident Evil
- Opinion:
Kim Newman looks at Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 and finds that real
life, as seen by director Joe Berlinger, is much more frightening...
- In The Pitt of
Horror: Tales of mystery and murder from Hammer’s own Countess
Dracula, Ingrid Pitt
- The Fright of
Your Life: : Peter Cushing as Professor Van Helsing, investigates the
Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
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