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Hello fright fans, and welcome to the weird and wonderful world of THE DARK SIDE. We're Britains longest running, and most popular horror and fantasy magazine, and just in case you havn't been fortunate enough to discover us on a newstand near you, we've included a potted history , including where we've come from, where we're going, and what we're all about. THE DARK SIDE started with me, Allan Bryce, a lifelong horror fan who had always had an ambition to produce a quality genre magazine.
   
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As an introduction we have a potted history of British horror magazines and specifically
The Dark Side, by the editor
Allan Bryce

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# 133 June/July 2008
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‘Video nasties’... a quarter of a Century on, the very words still chill the blood. After all, Snuff was a genuine “snuff” film, wasn’t it? People were really eaten in cannibal films, weren’t they? The judge in the James Bulger murder case specifically linked this notorious crime to the film Child’s Play 3, didn’t he? Hungerford killer Michael Ryan was obsessed with Rambo, right?
As it happens, the answer to all of these questions and scores of similar ones is a resounding “no.” Now it can be revealed how kids went “crazy over death for kicks videos” (some of which didn’t even exist)... what really happens when you burn your “video nasties”... how the Daily Star dreamed up an unholy alliance of paedophiles, the IRA, Colonel Gadaffi and Argentina’s military rulers... how, not to be outdone, The Guardian came up with a bogus “snuff movie” exclusive... how Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton and Lassie became “nasty” stars... and how people killed themselves because they’d seen The Deer Hunter - several years before Michael Cimino actually shot it!

John Martin’s definitive dissection of the ‘Video Nasties’ scandal is now available in an fully updated, lavishly illustrated colour volume - with DVD availability!

In this book, John Martin definitively dissects the “nasties” phenomenon, exposing the secret agendas behind the media manipulation en route to some startling conclusions about this uniquely British moral panic!

ARE YOU READY FOR GUT- CRUNCHING TERROR?
The natives are revolting, and so are their eating habits in Cannibal, the Ultimate Consumer Guide to some of the nastiest movies ever made!
The most notorious and taboo of all horror movie subgenres, the Cannibal movie was cooked up by the Italian film industry as a natural progression from the true-life third world nightmares so graphically depicted in ‘Mondo’ documentaries of the 1970s.
VIDEO NASTIES
a full colour video sleeve edition for all collectors of NASTIES

VIDEO NASTIES 2
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the video shop, along comes Video Nasties 2

BLOOD AND BLACK LACE
The Definitive Guide To Italian Sex and Horror Movies
ZOMBIE
Dark Side's Zombie Guide rates and reviews every zombie flick from The Alien Dead to Zombie 3 - for both film quality and gore content…
AMICUS
Welcome to the delirious world of British horror, 60s style! During the 60s and early 70s, Britain’s Amicus Productions were one of the world’s leading makers of cult sci-fi, fantasy and horror movies.

FANTASY FEMALES
Hottest film book of the year. This is the place to look to find Bad Girls, Bond Girls, Cave Girls, Cult Heroines, Hammer Vamps, Porn Starlets and S&M Babes! In fact Fantasy Females features a truly fascinating collection of exclusive interviews with some of the most famous and controversial movie actresses of the last three decades, accompanied by a host of eye-popping pin-up shots and rarely seen movie stills and posters!

100 page Special Collector's Edition
Just send the cover price of £5.00 and we will send your copy post free! (UK Only) -
(EU £7.00 - ROW £9.00 - USA $15.00)
(use back issue order form or Telephone 01579 340100)
Contents of 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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We’re delighted to announce the release of TWO new Dark Side DVDs, each one featuring an amazing double bill of sex and horror cult favourites from the sinful 70s! Both discs contain two full length features, digitally remastered
especially for you, plus some great extras that you’ll only find out about when you plonk down your hard-earned!
DISC 1: THE NUDE VAMPIRE & THE IRON ROSE

DISC 2: THE SINFUL NUNS OF ST. VALENTINE & THE DEMONIACS

 
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SEX AND THE VAMPIRES!
DARK SIDE PROUDLY PRESENTS:
Two Jean Rollin Erotic Classics… On One Fangtastic Double Bill!
* SHIVER OF THE VAMPIRES
* LIPS OF BLOOD
Full-length Uncut Digital Transfers!
Following the success of our previous sex and horror double bills, Dark Side magazine is proud to present another hot-blooded double bill of cult classics from French filmmaker Jean Rollin.
The Dark Side Second Double Thrill Collection
THE FEATURE FILMS ON THIS DVD ARE:
RAPE OF THE VAMPIRE
THE LIVING DEAD GIRL
The Dark Side Triple Terror Treat
THE FEATURE FILMS ON THIS DVD ARE:
THE DEVIL'S NIGHTMARE
COLD EYES OF FEAR
   
 
Coming up in Issue 134

Issue 134 of Britain’s favourite horror mag delivers all the chills and thrills that our loyal readers have come to expect as standard, kicking off with Jay Slater’s interview with the folks who made Rec, one of the scariest ‘wobblycam’ movies we’ve seen in years. We also catch up with legendary horror scribe Shaun Hutson and the woman who went from starring in one of the most popular films ever made to become one of the screen’s most attractive werewolves… that would be ET and The Howling’s Dee Wallace Stone!
Also served up for your fear and wonderment will be an interview with Alligator and Cujo’s Lewis Teague, a behind-the-scenes look at the remake of Prom Night, and the intimate diary of one of our favourite scream queens, Razor Blade Smile’s Eileen Daly. All of this plus a bumper stack of great DVD, book and game reviews, plus Brad Stevens’ censorship watchdog make this an issue not to be missed. So, er, don’t miss it.




2 SPECIAL FEATURES
There are now two features, the first feature is Queen For A Slay a brief look at some of the Scream Queens and an introduction to our book Fantasy Females, the second feature is part one of a two part feature on Tony Tenser and his involvement with Tigon Films.

Queen for a Slay - article
Tony Tenser - article
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