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The current issue of The DarkSide is #139
June/July 2009
Here's a rundown of whats in it! Yes!
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Britain’s most comprehensive guide to the latest
horror and sci-fi DVD releases.

John Martin reviews a new batch of horror discs, including a super-deluxe special edition of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and a
Vincent Price/Christopher Lee favourite from the
late 1960s…
PASOLINI'S TALES
As the BFI release four of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s greatest movies on DVD and Blu-ray, John Martin takes a look at the director’s career…

FRIDAY FRIGHT
At midnight he will possess your soul, but meanwhile there’s still time for Vera Brozzoni to chat with Brazilian horror icon José Mojica Marins, aka Coffin Joe, about his creepy comeback movie, aptly titled Embodiment of Evil!
     
TEXAS MOVIEHOUSE MASSACRE
What happened was true… Jay Slater and a bunch of his journo mates travelled to Texas to drink lots of beer, eat lots of food, ogle lots of women, and, oh yes, watch lots of horror movies!

SEER TERROR
Jay Slater goes on set in County Kildare with the new Irish monster movie, Seer!

INTERVIEW
WITH A VAMPIRE
John Amplas obtained screen infamy by
playing a blood-sucker with a difference in the classic gore-satire Martin. Over 30 years later Calum Waddell catches up with him to see what he has been up to since…

THE WICKING MAN
David McGillivray
went to the recent memorial for his friend, Christopher Wicking, writer of movies for AIP and Hammer
 

RICK's PAGES
Greetings, pop pickers. If you thought Alan Freeman was the worst DJ-turned-actor, wait until you take a butcher’s at Mike Raven in Hammer’s Lust For A Vampire. Our resident artist
Rick Melton sticks the knife in!

GOREGEOUS
Top UK Scream Queen Eileen Daly continues her
regular DarkSide diary with news of her upcoming Liverpudlian
zombie movie, Braincell!
 

JACK OF ALL TRADES
In a DarkSide exclusive Calum Waddell explains why he loves
Jack Hill enough to document his carnage-packed career…
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zombie movie, Braincell!

  
 

CHOICE CUTS
Censorship guru Brad Stevens checks out the latest
developments in the wacky world of the Soho Square scissors folk!

  
James Whittington interviews up and coming scream queen Fiona Horsey…James Whittington interviews up and coming scream queen Fiona Horsey…James Whittington interviews up and coming scream queen Fiona Horsey…
 
BOOKS GAMES REVIEWS
James Whittington casts his critical eye over the latest terrifying text
and gory game releases on offer!
  


Did you miss our
100 page Special Collector's Edition
Just send the cover price of £5.00 and we will
send your copy post free!
(£5 UK Only - EU £7.00 - ROW £9.00 - USA $15.00)
(use back issue order form or Telephone 01579 340100)
Contents in Special Collector's Edition
FEAR FAVOURITES - A host of Dark Side folk choose the movies that scared them the most!
COSTA DEL TERROR - Cathal Tohill hits Spain, and Spain hits him back.
LAST HOUSE IN SOHO SQUARE - The full story behind the BBFC's censoring of the Wes Craven horror classic…
THE BRYCE'S FRIGHT! - You axed for it - the Ed's Top Ten terrors unveiled!
FEAR FAVOURITES - THE RETURN - The chillers that put the willies up genre heroes Alan Jones and Kim Newman!
MAESTRO OF MAYHEM - Tom Savini talks to Dark Side about his career in makeup carnage.
SPIDER SAM - From The Evil Dead to Spider-Man, Sam Raimi interviewed!
WICKER'S WORLD - Robin Hardy discusses his most famous film, The Wicker Man, and the Hollywood remake!
GREAT SCOTT - Okay, it's a crap title, but a great interview with Ridley Scott nevertheless.
WIN HAMMER HORROR BOX SETS - Features Hammer's Curse Of Frankenstein, Dracula and The Mummy.
WIN THE EXORCIST TRILOGY - Grab some holy water and pea soup and settle back for a night of terror.
FIVE DVDS OF REVELATION TO BE WON - If you enjoyed The Omen then you are going to get a similar scary kick out of Revelation.
WIN A COPY OF PYROKINESIS - One of the best Japanese sci-fi/horror shockers of recent years. Pyrokinesis is hot stuff indeed, out on the Artsmagic label this month.
POST MORTEM - Readers tell us what they think of the mag, hopefully avoiding too many expletives.
DVD LIBRARY - Our biggest DVD review section yet, which is just as well because we have more pages to fill this issue…
DARK SIDE HORROR GUIDE - Did you realise just how many horror and fantasy films begin with the letter S? Just don't get us started…
CHOICE CUTS - More cutting comments from the man with the stopwatch, Brad Stevens.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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