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this bumper Hallowe'en Shivers (#93):
 Guillermo del Toro
• The creator of Cronos and director of the upcoming Blade 2
talks about his new movie The Devil’s Backbone. Gorgeously shot,
this Almòdovar-produced ghost story recalls classics like Robert Wise's
The Haunting
 The Others
• Acclaimed Hispanic director #2: Alejandro Amenábar on his first
English language film, a supernatural story set in 1944. The hit stars Nicole
Kidman as Grace, raising a family in a large old house on the island of Jersey
 Jeepers Creepers
• Meet Gina Philips and Justin Long, the young stars of this US #1 smash.
“We wanted a real brother/sister feel to the relationship,” says
director Victor Salva. “I knew Gina and Justin wouldn’t let me
down.” • Plus - the Creeper stares from our
Jeepers Creepers poster
 Fright Fest 2001
revisited
• The highs and lows of this year’s London Horror festival, including
splendid French fantasy Brotherhood of the Wolf, disappointing
Brit-horror The Bunker, and Australian entry Cubbyhouse
13 Ghosts
• We meet Steve Beck, director of the new remake of William Castle’s
shocker. Following the successful updating of Castle’s classic The
House on Haunted Hill, Beck discusses the disadvantages of shooting in a
set made of glass, and praises his stars F Murray Abraham, Tony Shalhoub and
Matthew Lillard
James Herbert
• The world-famous Horror writer gives us a new take on the world of fairy
tales in his novel Once... “I’ve always wanted to write a book
about faeries,” he says. “There’s a witchcraft element that
lends itself to Horror.”
Urban Gothic 2
• A phantasmagoria of photos from the second series of British TV frights!
We meet producer Steve Matthews, who explains why he hopes this is the sort of
programme that people won’t approve of, plus effects guru Neill Gorton and
star Anthony (C-3PO) Daniels
Buffy Lives!
A taste of things to come in the sixth season of Buffy and the third
season of Angel. Buffy is resurrected, to face the responsibilities of
bringing up her sister Dawn
Joanna Cassidy
The actress whose long genre career takes in Blade Runner (as the
seductive, snake-dancing replicant) to The Tommyknockers and Vampire
in Brooklyn on her new role in Ghosts of Mars, and how she kicked
Martian ass for John Carpenter
Plus our
regular sections:
- News by Alan Jones
New macabre roles for Joaquin Phoenix and Sleepy Hollow’s Christina
Ricci, a return to Oz and a new nemesis for Hannibal Lecter. Plus updates on
Gateway to the Gods, The House of the Dead (based on the
successful game), Knowing from director Rod Lurie and The Hulk to
star Aussie Eric Bana
- 8 pages of Horror Reviews including
• Book reviews: Clive Barker returns to his
Horror roots with Coldheart Canyon,
we examine some Scottish Scary Tales and more...
• Film reviews: five films this month...
• Video / DVD reviews: including
Ravenous
- Opinion:
Writer and critic Kim Newman on an obscure 1964 German shocker The Cave of
the Living Dead, newly released on DVD in the Euroshock collection
- The Pitt of
Horror: Ingrid Pitt, Hammer’s Countess Dracula, puts on her
detective’s hat to investigate a dastardly Victorian crime!
- The Fright of
Your Life: Jonathan Rigby on Jonathan Miller's Whistle and I'll Come
To You, also new on DVD
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