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INSIDE ISSUE #167
Features
TWO AGAINST THE DARK With The Conjuring 2 out this month, stars Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga shed light on reprising their roles as real-life demon hunters Ed and Lorraine Warren. Plus: The screenwriters cut through the skepticism to find the fear in Enfield, and England’s 134-year-old Society For Psychical Research puts poltergeists under the microscope. By April Snellings, Moaner T. Lawrence and Dave Alexander
MAN ON FIRE Author Joe Hill turns up the heat on his career with The Fireman, a novel about a worldwide, infectious, spontaneous combustion epidemic. Plus: From inflatable friends to a child-thieving boogeyman, we take a look at the author’s work leading up to his latest. By Monica S. Kuebler and Ron McKenzie
SLASHED BEAUTIES The Anatomical Venus takes us back to a bizarre era when dissectible anatomical wax models of women made realistic gore both popular and gorgeous. By April Snellings
FROM THE MOUTH OF THE TOOTH FAIRY With a 30th anniversary Blu-ray edition of Manhunter out this month, Tom Noonan recalls the serial killer role he could really sink his teeth into. By Andy Burns
DEPARTMENTS
NOTE FROM UNDERGROUND Ghost busted
POST-MORTEM Letters from fans, readers and weirdos
DREADLINES News highlights, horror happenings
THE CORONER’S REPORT Weird stats, morbid facts and more
NEEDFUL THINGS Strange trinkets from our bazaar of the bizarre
CINEMACABRE The latest films, the newest DVDs and reissues featuring the Species sequels.
THE LATE-NITE ARCHIVE I Saw What You Did
BOWEN’S BASEMENT Forbidden World
BLOOD IN FOUR COLOURS Brooklyn Blood
THE NINTH CIRCLE Book reviews feat. Richard Gavin’s Sylvan Dread
THE FRIGHT GALLERY Montwain Gonzales
THE GORE-MET Blood, Biceps and Bronson
AUDIO DROME Music reviews feat. Shadow Windhawk and the Morticians
PLAY DEAD Game reviews feat. Day of the Tentacle and Fallen London
CLASSIC CUT Marilyn Manson’s Antichrist Superstar
