Space Monsters editor Cyberschizoid (A.K.A. Richard Gladman) was recently asked to join the panel of judges at this year’s British Horror Film Festival which took place at the Empire Cinema, Leicester Square on the 18th and 19th October and met up with Sky TV’s Horror Host Bunny Galore! Not only does Bunny present cult movies, she also interviews horror film stars, directors and celebrities as well as being a burlesque singer at the Cafe de Paris in London and a veteran panto performer! During the festival Bunny took time out to talk to Cyberschizoid about Space Monsters magazine and you can watch the interview below. The segment also includes a chat with “Entity”director Steve Stone and “Serial Kaller” director Dan Brownlie.
The Bram Stoker International Film Festival in Whitby is still in full swing with movie premieres, classic cult films and the Vampire Ball still to come tonight! Tomorrow there is even more monster fun with the Dark Art Exhibition (downstairs), more movie premieres on the main screen and a whole bunch of classic b-movies in Sultan’s Sci-Fi Suite! Here’s a run-down of the monster movies screening in the Sci-Fi Suite on Sunday 27th October from morning till night! And don’t forget, Space Monsters Magazine will be available to buy downstairs at the Dark Art Exhibition! Be there…and be scared!
For a limited time only the Dead Good Newsstand is offering the digital versions of Space Monsters Magazine issues one and two together in a multipack deal – only a fiver for both issues! And that’s not all – the digital version of Space Monsters issue 2 is 80 pages of FULL-COLOUR monster madness!
* SPACE:1999 – A look at the classic horror influences on the classic seventies sci-fi show!
* THEM! – A retrospective from We Belong Dead editor Eric McNaughton!
* CLASSIC STAR TREK – A personal look at Gene Roddenberry’s legendary sixties space opera!
* BEWARE! THE BLOB! – A look back at the seventies B-movie!
* GODZILLA Vs MEGALON! – An appreciation of this much-maligned Japanese monster mash!
* TWILIGHT ZONE – An extensive look at the continuing influence of Rod Serling’s classic horror/SF TV series!
* THE SEVEN VOYAGES OF RAY HARRYHAUSEN – A fond look back at Harryhausen’s iconic Sinbad movies!
* Spectacular artwork from Woody Welch and Ash Loydon!
* An exclusive retro sci-fi comic strip!
* TOP TEN GIANT BUG MOVIES…and lots more!
Issue 2 includes:
LIFEFORCE (1985) – An in-depth look at the much-maligned Tobe Hooper space vampire epic.
VAMPIRELLA – This special edition wouldn’t be complete without a look at the greatest space vampire of all – Vampirella!
IT! THE TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE (1958) – The UK’s Mistress of Horror Emily Booth reviews the classic 50’s creature feature.
PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES (1966) – Mario Bava’s atmospheric sci-fi horror flick.
BILLY CHAINSAW’S MOVIE MASSACRE – ‘Vampire Men of the Lost Planet’ – Artist and journalist Billy Chainsaw reinterprets the Al Adamson monster movie in Japanese-style film poster form for the first in a regular series of unique articles.
BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25th CENTURY – ‘Space Monsters’ looks at the “Space Vampire” episode of Glen A. Larson’s disco-sci-fi cheese-fest.
ULTRAMAN – Episode Guide Part One.
QUEEN OF BLOOD (1966) – A review of the classic AIP B-movie.
THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (1951) – We remember the Howard Hawks fifties monster movie.
HAMMER HORROR DAY – More scream queens and horror stars than you can shake a stake at converge on Central Hall, Westminster, London in our special preview!
MONSTERS, ALIENS AND BIZARRE CREATURES – We preview this year’s Bram Stoker International Film Festival.
One of the most famous and much-loved science-fiction films of all time, Forbidden Planet (1956) will be screening at this week’s Bram Stoker International Film Festival in Yorkshire. Cited as a big influence on Gene Roddenberry’s iconic Star Trek television series, Forbidden Planet is a cool combination of sci-fi spectacle, intellectual themes and creepy horror elements which still stands up as essential viewing today. So join Robby the Robot, Space Monsters Magazine and Sky TV’s Horror Host Bunny Galore at the Bram Stoker International Film Festival from Thursday 24th – Sunday 27th October – tickets are now only available from the Bram Stoker desk, Thursday onwards at the Spa Pavilion, Whitby!
Space Monsters Magazine has teamed up with Brighton’s newest theatre and entertainment venue, the Emporium on London Road to support their chilling event Emporiumacabre which is set to frighten Brighton this Hallowe’en season! From Tuesday 22nd October to Saturday 16th November prepare to be terrified by a unique horror experience which revives the tradition of Grand Guignol and ghoulish ghost stories wrapped up in a theatrical anthology of things that go bump in the night!
Emporium is open every day from morning till night and is now selling Space Monsters Magazine in their popular cafe alongside their delicious teas, coffee, home-made cakes and buffet-style lunches – talk about a monster munch! To buy tickets for the Emporiumacabre horror event just head to The Little Box Office – book now before they sell out!
You’ll find Emporium at 88 London Road, Brighton, BN1 4JF so pop in and say hi – and tell them Space Monsters Magazine sent you!
“Their instruments picked up the massive outline long before they saw it. That was to be expected. What baffled Carlsen was that, even when they were a thousand miles away, and the braking rockets had cut their speed to seven hundred miles an hour, it was still invisible.”
So began phenomenological existentialist Colin Wilson’s take on the vampire legend. Not blood suckers, but soul takers. Published in 1976, it was to become, beyond The Outsider, The Mind Parasites and The Philosopher’s Stone, Wilson’s best known work of fiction. This was due in no small part to the fact the novel was transferred into a multi-million dollar movie most people, the author himself included, considered to be one of the biggest turkeys of the 1980’s. A film The Aurum Film Encyclopedia of Science Fiction called “a truly bad movie.”
On February 6th, 1984, principal photography commenced in London at Elstree Studios on Cannon Films’ most expensive production to date; Tobe Hooper’s Hammeresque inspired piece of vampiric sci-fi Gothic horror apocalyptic lunacy The Space Vampires. First announced in Variety on May 7th, 1980, the film was originally slated to be directed by Zoltan Persic, the SPFX expert responsible for making the world believe a man could fly in Richard Donner’s Superman. Unhappy, however, with the quality of the scripts being produced – as Wilson’s storyline proved hard to adapt cinematically – it took Cannon another three years and numerous writers and directors, including in-house director Michael Winner, before they felt comfortable to green-light the production. Cannon’s head honchos, Go-Go Boys Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, finally settling upon Texas born horror director Tobe Hooper, who was still smarting from the fall-out over who actually directed the Steven Spielberg produced mega-hit Poltergeist, Hooper having taken three years off to regroup, only directing two music video’s in the interim. But now, here he was with a three picture deal, freshly signed by one of the “smartest” and biggest independent film companies on the LA scene, and a project he felt passionate about. And the notorious director of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was certainly ready to make the biggest film of his career thus far; and prove that Poltergeist wasn’t a fluke, and that its success wasn’t completely due to that overrated golden boy Spielberg….
You can read the full article by Chris O’Loughlin on the making of Lifeforce in issue 2 of Space Monsters magazine.
Space Monsters Magazine editor, Cyberschizoid (A.K.A. Richard Gladman) has been asked to join the panel of judges alongside media lecturer Doctor Karen (Classic Horror Campaign) Oughton and director Dan (Serial Kaller) Brownlie at this year’s prestigious British Horror Film Festival in London. With their scariest line-up yet, the new British Horror “Haunted: After Dark” awards and an after-party at the swanky Hippodrome, this is going to be one terrifying event! Be prepared for psychics, scary demons and Serbian ghosts keeping you up all night!
Here are the British Horror Film Festival nominations for this year’s awards. Steve Stone’s Entity starring Dervla Kirwan, Charlotte Riley and Branko Tomovic picked up nominations in six categories, including Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Cinematography and British Horror Award. The Award Ceremony will take place Saturday 19th October 2013 at the glitzy Empire Cinema, Leicester Square in London.
The Giant Claw (1957) is one of those “so bad it’s good” trash fests that has to be seen to be believed! What appears to be a giant chicken (or perhaps it’s a turkey – like this movie!) attacks the world in a cavalcade of stock footage and bad special effects – and now you have the chance to see this B-movie classic on the big screen at this year’s Bram Stoker International Film Festival which is supported wholeheartedly by Space Monsters magazine!
The Giant Claw and many other retro cult classics will be screening in a separate room, The Sultan’s Sci-Fi Suite, alongside all the brand new horror movie premieres from around the world and we’ll be there selling issues one and two of Space Monsters magazine for the duration of the festival so make sure you come and say hello!
These are just some of the NEW films and exclusive premieres showing on the main screen:
DEAD SHADOWS (France, 2012) – English Premiere
DEVIL IN MY RIDE (USA, 2013) – World Premiere
GWAI WIK (China, 2006) – Special European Screening
HAZMAT (USA, 2013) – UK Premiere
HERETIC (UK, 2013) – UK Premiere
IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY (Japan, 2013) – UK Premiere
LORD OF TEARS (UK/Scotland, 2013) – World Premiere
MOTEL 666 (USA, 2012) – World Premiere
PIECES OF TALENT (USA, 2012) – UK Premiere
PRO WRESTLERS VS ZOMBIES (USA, 2013) – World Premiere
THE IMPALER (USA, 2013) – World Premiere
THE PYRAMID (Italy, 2013) – World Premiere
THROWBACK (Australia, 2013) – World Premiere
VAMPIRE GUITAR (UK/Wales, 2013) – World Premiere
There are also a ton of amazing short films screening including more UK and World Premieres! You can buy tickets for the festival HERE!
Issue two of “SPACE MONSTERS” MAGAZINE features the UK’s Mistress of Horror, sexy space babe Emily Booth on the cover fighting off the creepy charms of It! The Terror From Beyond Space (1958) which she reviews in her column Emily Booth’s B-Movie Boutique! You can watch Emily every day on the Horror Channel as she presents the scariest and freakiest horror films on television as well as hosting her own show Horror Bites! You can meet Emily Booth at the following events – Hammer Horror Day (Saturday November 9th) and Birmingham Comic Con and Memorabilia (Saturday November 23rd – Sunday November 24th).
Also in this issue:
LIFEFORCE (1985) – An in-depth look at the much-maligned Tobe Hooper space vampire epic.
VAMPIRELLA – This special edition wouldn’t be complete without a look at the greatest space vampire of all – Vampirella!
IT! THE TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE (1958) – The UK’s Mistress of Horror Emily Booth reviews the classic 50’s creature feature.
PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES (1966) – Mario Bava’s atmospheric sci-fi horror flick.
BILLY CHAINSAW’S MOVIE MASSACRE – ‘Vampire Men of the Lost Planet’ – Artist and journalist Billy Chainsaw reinterprets the Al Adamson monster movie in Japanese-style film poster form for the first in a regular series of unique articles.
BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25th CENTURY – ‘Space Monsters’ looks at the “Space Vampire” episode of Glen A. Larson’s disco-sci-fi cheese-fest.
ULTRAMAN – Episode Guide Part One.
QUEEN OF BLOOD (1966) – A review of the classic AIP B-movie.
THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (1951) – We remember the Howard Hawks fifties monster movie.
HAMMER HORROR DAY – More scream queens and horror stars than you can shake a stake at converge on Central Hall, Westminster, London in our special preview!
MONSTERS, ALIENS AND BIZARRE CREATURES – We preview this year’s Bram Stoker International Film Festival.
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