Issue #4

Contents

The Man who would be Kong: The story of Charlie Gemora, one of Hollywood’s most successful “gorilla-men” and how his most famous role might have been the one he never really played.
by Raymond Honeycutt

Gore-lesque: Burlesque shows have made a comeback in re-cent years and some horror fans have combined their two favorite genres with terrifying results.
by MJ Smith

Local Haunts: The White Witch of El Sobrante, California.
by Preston Dennett

Horror Host Interview: Penny Dreadful. Witchcraft has returned to Massachusetts in the form of a wisecracking horror hostess.
Interview by MJ Smith

Bride of the Monster: Katrina Henry supplies her own monster for our pinup centerfold. Photography by Kelly Alexander

Fiction: C.P. by Dan Bumstead

Movies and reviews
Independent Horror featurette and the making of Bloodlock. Reviews of Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film, El Hombre y el Mon-struo, El Grito De La Muerte, Re-Animator, Night of the Living Dorks, The Manitou, and more.

Books and reviews
Tim Lebbon interview by MJ Smith. Reviews of Lebbon, Brian Keene, Joe R. Lansdale and more.

Artist Profile: You know your friends and neighbors are just zombies waiting to happen. Artist Rob Sacchetto wants to help them get that way a little faster.

Music and Reviews
Lalo Schifrin, Type O Negative, Blitzkid, The Mugshots, and Johnny Gruesome, and much more