It’s not often that a comedian known for his idiotic characters and broad comedies turns his hand to updating fairy tales with some pretty gruesome moments but that’s exactly what Will Ferrell has done here, albeit withthe expected irreverent touch.…
In honour of the upcoming 40th anniversary (yes really, I know) of the release of the Wicker Man, Hertfordshire University are holding a very special screening of the film on the 21st February. Not only is it a chance to…
HITCHCOCK – Cert 12A Review by Simon Hooper He’s been dead for over 30 years, yet Alfred Hitchcock still remains the most instantly recognisable film director, so it’s a wonder there hasn’t been a bio-pic about him before this…
We’ve Simon Pegg & Edgar Wright to thank for the term Rom-Zom-Com back in 2004 with their brilliant Shaun of the Dead and it’s with trepidation that we now have a teen version of this. But it’s not as bad as…
Welcome to the second issue of Dark Side Digital, our monthly online supplement to the full magazine (and now iPad and tablet friendly).
c Though the history of curses cannot be definitively verified, what is certain is that they are seen to be the work of the Devil, Black Magic practice or City Bankers. Many curses placed upon people appear to have been…
Happy Christmas fear fans! Why was Santa’s Little Helper feeling depressed? He had low elf-esteem. Personally though I’m feeling quite chuffed at having just finished this special Scream Queens issue by the skin of my pearly whites. I didn’t realise…
Acclaimed stage actress Barbara Leigh-Hunt appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s penultimate film, Frenzy (1972), as a woman raped and strangled by a serial killer. Here she talks with Simon Hooper about her experiences on the movie...
Denis Meikle examines how women’s lib put the Evil into Eve!
The Dark Side’s Calum Waddell catches up with Ashlynn Yennie, the horror hottie from the The Human Centipede movies, to find out about the trials and tribulations of being sewn ass-to-mouth in one of the genre’s most iconic images of recent years...
From the bump and grind to the big time - Traci Lords has had a career that shocks and stimulates... She talks to Calum Wadell about it.
Eighties slasher classic Sleepaway Camp remains one of Quentin Tarantino's fave slasher flicks. It also gave rise to Scream Queen Felissa Rose, interviewed here by Calum Waddell.