Issue No. 7 (Nov/Dec 2011)

WELCOME TO FRIGHT NIGHT
Sarah Crowther revisits Tom Holland's original shocker (1985), with Roddy McDowall, to see why it still has a huge cult following after all these years.

THE GENISIS OF FRANKENSTEIN
David L Rattigan examines new research into the origins of Mary Shelley's famous book.

PUT AWAY THE FLESH
Daniel Bird on Jaromil Jires’ Valerie And Her Week Of Wonders (1970).

BETWEEN HORROR AND SURREALISM
Peter Haymes provides further coverage of Valerie And Her Week Of Wonders, the Czech classic which is part fairy tale, part nightmare, part horror story, which also marked the end of the Czech New Wave movement.

LOAM
A macabre piece of original short fiction from Joan Eyles Johnson.

NEW NIGHTMARES
Drew Beard examines Post-Millenial Eastern European Horror Cinema, with viscerally disturbing spectacles like Taxidermia (2006), and vampire epics like Night Watch (2004).

DR. KNOX'S DISSECTION TABLE
David L Rattigan deconstructs a scene from Hammer’s 1968 occult thriller, The Devil Rides Out.

RED STATE or RED TAPE
Robert J.E. Simpson on the controversy behind the marketing and distribution of Kevin Smith's new and violent horror film.

Jerzy Skolimowski's DEEP END
David Kleiler rediscovers this great British Coming Of Age Shocker, starring Jane Asher and John Moulder-Brown. It deals with obsessive love that turns into a nightmare.

SLAUGHTER OF THE VAMPIRES
Robyn Talbot’s ongoing entry in his Italian Gothic series covers this highly atmospheric cult film.

BOOK REVIEW
Adrian Smith on Kim Newman’s Nightmare Movies.