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DIABOLIQUE – The Magazine Review

Tom Stockman — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:29:36 +0000

After years of watching horror movie magazines wither on the vine, I’m surprised, and pleased, to find a new publication aimed at old school horror fans. DIABOLIQUE is a new full color magazine takes a scholarly perspective of the genre of Gothic horror in film, literature and art from around the world. While its approach to horror film journalism is more cerebral than something like Fangoria, the writing isn’t overly academic and it makes for a read that is both fun and informative. I was thoroughly impressed by the high quality of both the articles and overall layout of this outstanding new mag that’s filled with film reviews, articles on classic horror and foreign horror, details on a couple of ground breaking directors, and more. Issue #5 was the review copy I was given and the highlights for me in this issue were:

BARBARA STEELE: THE GOTHIC QUEEN OF ITALY
An exclusive new interview with horror legend, Barbara Steele conducted by Paulo Zelati. Ms Steele is starring in her first lead role with the new horror film THE BUTTERFLY ROOM and is shown in some interesting photos on the set of that film as well as some jaw-dropping vintage photos of the actress that I had never seen before.

GOOGLING FOR NATIVES
The third (and final) part in Rafael Miguel Montes’ series on Cuban horror – which this issue builds on the growing press excitement surrounding the impending release of JUAN OF THE DEAD.

THE HORRIBLE DR. HICHCOCK
Writer Rob Talbot’s examination of the more Freudian aspects of Riccardo Freda’s 1962 shocker illustrated with some amazing color pics.

I could have done without the horror fiction (seemed out of place) but I suppose there is an audience for that and it’s only 3 pages.

Diabolique is published bi-monthly and stuffed with rare, high-quality photos and movie poster reproductions. Publisher Dima Ballin and Editor Robert J. E. Simpson have done a great job and have obviously worked hard to create a quality product. If you don’t feel like dishing out the $9.95 cover price for the print edition (well worth it, btw), issues of Diabolique are available in a digital editions version for less. Go HERE for details. Issue #6 will be out next month and they sent a reporter to St. Louis in May to cover the Vincentennial, the Vincent Price 100th Birthday Celebration here so that will really be something to look forward to.

Morpheus Tales magazine publishes short story by WAMG editor

Nick — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:40:29 +0000

MorpheusÂ �Tales is a quarterly magazine dedicated to Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy. This month sees the publication of their third issue, which just so happens to include my short story, ‘Snow Like Lonely Ghosts,’ as well as great stuff by Joseph McGee and an interview with Michael Laimo.

You can sample the issue when visiting the website or just click the cover image below.

It’s a really a great ‘zine and especially worth a purchase if you’re a fan of the genre(s).

‘Wolverine’ Lands Empire

Quin — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:44:41 +0000

Well after gracing the cover of People with the title of “The Sexiest Man” Hugh Jackman is on the cover of Empire as the character we know and love Wolverine. X-Men Origins: Wolverine opens to theaters on May 1st. So check out the magazine cover and pick up your copy today and see the movie when it hits theaters.

Source: www.Empire.com/ www.canmag.com

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EW Is Really Really Mad At Warner Bros

Michelle McCue — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:05:17 +0000

I love Nikki Finke over at Deadline Hollywood DailyÂ �…she’s always scooping the online HollywoodÂ �bloggers. And this one is priceless…As everyone reported yesterday, Warner Brothers delayed the release of Harry Potter 6 from this November to next summer – July 2009 to be exact. Well, now, the proverbial crap has hit the fan….

“Whatever happened to Time Warner synergy? That’s what Entertainment Weekly is snarkily asking online because itsÂ �”early look at the new Harry Potter movie just a got a whole lot earlier” My kudos to writer Jeff Giles who, perhaps for the first time in the recent history of the official magazine for receptionists, acually wrote something blisteringly honest about this oops in the movie biz instead of sugar-coating everything. “In an irony sure to set blogger hearts beating giddily, the film graces the cover of EW’s new fall preview issue, which [just] hits stands. EW and Warner Bros. share a parent company, but they clearly do not share, you know, important friggin’ information…. A Warners publicist stressed that word about the rescheduling had only just come down today — which is most likely true, given that the Half-Blood teaser trailer is already in circulation. As of tomorrow, it will run with the new animated Star Wars movie, almost certainly still trumpeting a fall release date. The Potter movie is also on the cover of the fall preview issue of the British film magazine Empire. ”

Underscoring that maxim (“Don’t get mad, get even”), EW then proceeds to bitchslap the Warner Bros executives whose decicsion to push the film out of fall “presumably, is not something the executives just figured out this morning. Some outside the studio are already pointing out that moving Half-Blood will also stop next year’s profits from looking seriously underwhelming after the phenomenal success of The Dark Knight. ‘They don’t need the money this year anymore,’ says a rival studio exec. ‘When a movie overperforms the way Dark Knight has, you really don’t need Harry Potter in the fall.’ Asked about the seriousness of moving a Potter movie so late in the game, the exec adds, ‘Turning a battleship that big isn’t easy. You’re not talking just about the movie, but all the merchandising, the toys and stuff. It’s huge. And it has a domino effect across the rest of the summer slate.’Â �…Like every studio that ever pushed a movie back in a hurry, Warners’ press statement stressed how proud everyone is of the movie and tried to preempt any suggestion that something might be amiss, creatively or otherwise.Â �One clear winner here — apart from EW readers now in possession of a ‘Dewey Beats Truman’ collectible — is Disney’s animated movie, Bolt, which will now have the family audience all to itself come Thanksgiving.Â � Could it be that Harry Potter is just scared of dogs?”

‘Watchmen’ on the cover of Empire magazine

Scott — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:43:27 +0000

‘Watchmen’ are making the rounds on the magazine covers. This time its the cover of Empire, and there are two different ones! I will be heading out to pick these up today. Head over to the Empire site for 4 new pictures…

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