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Rodd Dana


The Actor with the 3-D Name 16 Michael Barnum interviews the American actor who spent the Fifties with Roger Corman, Herman Cohen and Bert I. Gordon, and the Sixties in Italy making CLEOPATRA, Spaghetti Westerns, Eurospy flicks, and dubbing over 300 movies!


DVD Spotlight


THE LAWRENCE JORDAN ALBUM


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New contributor Michael Barrett reviews a lavish new box set that collects the outstanding work of the experimental animator!


On the Covers


Front: Rodd Dana as he appeared in 1963’s CLEOPATRA, courtesy of cover artist Charlie Largent.


Sidebar: THE MAN WHO COULD CHEAT DEATH (Hazel Court), HOUDINI (Janet Leigh & Tony Curtis) and P2 (Rachel Nichols).


Inside: Barbara Steele as the vengeful succubus of Antonio Margheriti’s THE LONG HAIR OF DEATH (1964), now available on Italian DVD from Raro Video.


Back:


Summer Glau as the empath River Tam in Joss Whedon’s SERENITY (2005), available from Universal.


the Perfectionist’s Guide to


Fantastic Video ®


No. 143 SEP 2008


“For the movie industry, the DVD has become so important that the tail now appears to be wagging the dog.”


—Elvis Mitchell DEPARTMENTS Kennel


The Watchdog Barks The Letterbox Sources


REVIEWS Audio Watchdog


By Douglas E. Winter Biblio Watchdog


ORSON WELLES REMEMBERED Reviewed by Brett Taylor


Dog Bytes


AUTOMATONS, THE BOOK OF THE DEAD, BLACK NIGHT, CUJO: 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION, DEAD HUNT, P2, PHASE IV and more!


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THE BOOTH, CRYPT OF TERROR: HORROR FROM SOUTH OF THE BORDER, VOL. 1, HOUDINI, THE INSATIABLE, THE LIVING AND THE DEAD, LONG DREAM, THE MAN WHO COULD CHEAT DEATH, THE MASTER, SERENITY: COLLECTOR’S EDITION, THE VICTIM, BLACK NARCISSUS, I LUNGHI CAPELLI DELLA MORTE, SAM’S SONG and more!


Ramsey’s Rambles


STORY OF A LOVE AFFAIR By Ramsey Campbell


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