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Charles Darwin and the Suppressed Science of Dr. Mirakle
Robert Guffey examines how Universal’s eerie Poe adaptation MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE (1932) was informed by Charles Darwin’s Theory of Evolution and the racial tensions and insecurities of the day!
How’s Bayou? A Look at the
Original POOR WHITE TRASH 30 Heather Drain compares the 1960s drive-in hit POOR WHITE TRASH to the obscure 1950s B-picture that provided most of its footage: William Daniels’ BAYOU! A must for Timothy Carey fans!
On the Covers
Front: Charlie Largent's rendition of Bela Lugosi as Dr. Mirakle in Universal's MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE (1932).
Sidebar: MIRANDA (Glynis Johns), BLOOD MANIA (Vicki Peters), BAYOU (Timothy Carey), GALAXY OF TERROR.
Inside: Jane Asher is groped in a darkened cinema by underage John Moulder- Brown in Jerzy Skolimowski's DEEP END (1970), available from BFI Flipside.
Back:
Glynis Johns brings this issue to a "FIN" with a glamour shot from MIRANDA (1948), available from VCI Entertainment
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the Perfectionist’s Guide to
Fantastic Video ®
No. 166 JAN/FEB 2012
“Reality is a dirty word for me. I know it isn’t for most people, but I am not interested. There’s too much of it about.”
—Ken Russell DEPARTMENTS Kennel
The Watchdog Barks Watchdog News The Letterbox
REVIEWS Audio Watchdog
By Douglas E. Winter Biblio Watchdog
RAY HARRYHAUSEN: MASTER OF THE MAJICKS VOLUMES 2 & 3 reviewed by Tim Lucas
Dog Bytes
ALICE GOODBODY, THE COLOSSUS OF NEW YORK, HEREAFTER, THE HILLS RUN RED, MIRANDA, and more!
DVD Spotlight DEEP END reviewed by Tim Lucas DVDs
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THE 39 STEPS, THE BAD BUNCH, BAD GIRLS OF FILM NOIR VOL. 1, A CHINESE GHOST STORY, FORBIDDEN WORLD, GALAXY OF TERROR, HI-RIDERS, MANIAC, MARCY, THE REEF, and more!
Ramsey’s Rambles OUTCAST by Ramsey Campbell 72 8
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