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KENNEL


JOHN CHARLES reviews new HK DVD releases each and every week at Hong Kong Digital (www.dighkmovies.net).


BILL COOKE is one of 1500 film music fans enjoying Varese Sarabande’s 6-disc set, JERRY GOLDSMITH AT 20th CENTURY FOX.


SHANE M. DALLMANN and Christo Roppolo are organizing an independent horror film festival in Monterey County, CA to honor close friend/cast member/cancer patient Jonelle Snead. Inquire at www.labcoatonline.com.


JOE DANTE acknowledges that his directorial


career encompasses LOONEY TUNES BACK IN ACTION and the “fake porn reel” from THE HOWLING, but at least he’s versatile.


TIM LUCAS has written a thousand pages, give or take a few; he’ll be writing more in a week or two.


KIM NEWMAN laments that no room could be found to acknowledge the contributions of Bram


Stoker, Mary Shelley and Curt Siodmak in the 13m end credits scroll of VAN HELSING.


RICHARD HARLAND SMITH now lives and loves in Hollywood CA, with his wife Barbara Fish and their cat Clyde.


BRETT TAYLOR is a frequent contributor to CULT MOVIES, SHOCK CINEMA and VIDEO WATCHDOG.


REBECCA & SAM UMLAND thank colleague John Damon for being such a formidable Tolkien scholar, and applaud their son John, whose work has been chosen for the second consecutive year to appear in the ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY BY YOUNG AMERICANS.


DOUGLAS E. WINTER never misses a dead- line.


MILES WOOD is an occasional VW contribu- tor who makes his home in Hong Kong. Check his eBay auctions under the seller name Matango.


VW THANKS & PHOTO CREDITS


Alter Films (12), Anchor Bay Entertainment/Perry Martin (47), Billboard Books, British Broadcasting Corporation (7b), Buena Vista Home Entertainment/Jill Goldstein, Jennifer Saunders JGPR (49, 51), Del Valle Archive/David Del Valle (18 ©Universal, 19 ©MGM, 21 ©United Artists, 24b, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 34, 36), Elite Entertainment/Vini Bancalari (11), Goldhil DVD (15), Ellie Goldschmidt, Bruce Holecheck, Image Entertainment/Spencer Savage (14, 17, 56), Kino on Video/Rodrigo Brandao (6), Sanney Leung, MGM Home Entertainment (5, 48), Media Blasters/John Sirabella, Carl Morano (10, 44a, 61), Mondo Macabro/Pete Tombs (55), MPI Home Entertainment/Ben Pavlovic, Chris Hester (8, 9, 26, 33), New Line Home Entertainment (38-43), Platinum Disc Corporation (7a, 78), Poker Industries/Michael Basden (69, 70), Rhino Home Video (44b), Ruscico Films/Roman Dikhtyar (60), Screen Media Films (13), Something Weird Video/Mike Vraney, Lisa Petrucci (4), Studio Canal (72), Twister (57-59), Universal/Evan Fong (52), Alan Y. Upchurch Collection (inside, back), Bob Villard Collection (22, 24a, 30, 32, 37, 66), Tom Weaver, Francine Whitney, Douglas E. Winter Collection (75), Samuel Z Archive (63-65, 67).


Dedicated to our friend and devoted reader Mark Upchurch (1957-2004).


EDITOR: Tim Lucas. ASSOCIATE EDITOR: John Charles. ART DIRECTOR: Donna Lucas. ARTWORK: Stephen R. Bissette (4), Charlie Largent (front, 38, 74), Pete Fitzgerald (16).


COVER FORMAT: Charlie Largent. LOGO DESIGN: Radomir Perica (International Design Studio, Bethesda MD).


VIDEO WATCHDOG® is published monthly by Tim & Donna Lucas (PO Box 5283, Cincinnati, OH 45205-0283). VIDEO WATCHDOG® Number 109 (ISSN 1070 9991) is copyright 2004 by Tim & Donna Lucas. All rights reserved. All featured articles and illustrations are copyright 2004 by their respective writers and artists. Reproduction of any material in part or in whole without its creator’s permission is strictly forbidden. VIDEO WATCHDOG® accepts no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, videocassettes, stills, art or other materials. News items are welcome; however, more ambitious contributions are accepted on an invitational basis only. VIDEO WATCHDOG® is a registered trademark of Tim Lucas. SUBSCRIPTIONS: USA One Year (12 issues) USA Bulk Mail $60 / USA First Class Mail $82. OUTSIDE USA Surface Mail $75 / OUTSIDE USA Air Mail $100, in US funds only. VISA/MasterCard orders accepted by Mail, Phone (800) 275-8395 or (513) 471-8989, Fax (206) 333-1405 and E-Mail: orders@videowatchdog.com.


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