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INSIDE ISSUE #153 (March 2015)
FEATURES
THE KING OF COLOSSAL He earned the name ‘Mr. B.I.G..’ for his movies about giant monsters. Now, 25 years after his last release, we track down the legendary Bert I. Gordon to talk about his new film… and a legacy of keeping it large. By PRESTON FASSEL and PAUL CORUPE
PHOTOGRAPHIC GROTESQUE He created images of monsters, freaks and ravaged women long before America was ready for them, his writings helped found the Church of Satan, and his philosophies about the unnatural are revolutionary. Yet William Mortensen remains shockingly underexposed… By DAVE ALEXANDER
IN THE KEY OF MADNESS John Carpenter’s synth soundtracks are as legendary as his films. Now the master of the minimalist score releases his first album of music for horror movies that exist only in your head. By AARON VON LUPTON
THE CURIOUS TALE OF A FRENCH ANATOMIST Medical master or visionary artist? Honoré Fragonard was both. And the first to bring science into the theatre of grim spectacle. By PAUL KOUDOUNARIS
DEPARTMENTS
NOTE FROM UNDERGROUND Capturing Mortensen
POST-MORTEM Letters from fans, readers and weirdos
DREADLINES News highlights, horror happenings
THE CORONER’S REPORT Weird stats and morbid facts
NEEDFUL THINGS Strange trinkets from our bazaar of the bizarre
CINEMACABRE The latest films, the newest DVDs and reissues
THE LATE NIGHT ARCHIVE In the Vault: A Candle for the Devil
BOWEN’S BASEMENT Dug Up: Luther the Geek
BLOOD IN FOUR COLOURS Inked In: The Fly: Outbreak
THE NINTH CIRCLE Spotlight: Sara Taylor’s Boring Girls
THE FRIGHT GALLERY On Display: The art of Skinner
THE GORE-MET Menu: Two from Adam Ahlbrandt
AUDIO DROME Spotlight: Venom
PLAY DEAD Featuring: Elder Sign and Eldritch Horror: Mountains of Madness
CLASSIC CUT Call of Cthulhu RPG
