Diabolique Magazine Indulge your passion for the macabre!
In 1987, maverick filmmakers Tsui Hark and Ching Siu-tung joined forces to make A Chinese Ghost Story, one of the most beautiful and enduring films of the Hong Kong New Wave.
Read More »Film
-
Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, Pt. 3: It Seems We Have to Storm Hell!
-
“Where Do Good-Looking, Aging Boys Go?” Saying a Prayer for the Wildcats
-
Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, Pt. 2: From the Old Classics Comes a New Wave
-
Blow the Man Down Review
-
Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, Pt. 1: From the Ming Dynasty to the Shaw Brothers Dynasty
Music
-
Darted In Your Armchair Episode 3: The Tubes Star in Ma Vie en Fumer
“Whole world is smokin’…can’t stop choking…it’s how you do me. My future’s burned to ashes, love’s gone out of fashion…it’s how you do me.” Being ...
Read More » -
The Sophomore Supremacy of Peace Sells: But Who’s Buying? (1986)
-
The Men With X-Ray Eyes: Somewhere with DEVO
-
Megadeth and the soundtrack for retribution: Killing Is My Business…And Business Is Good! (1985)
-
World Weariness Among the Eighties Socialites: Cristina’s “Sleep It Off”
Art, Culture, Literature
-
‘A New Life’: urban horror from Paul Lubaczewski
Living homeless on the streets of Philadelphia, all your belongings in a couple of trash bags, watching your back twenty-four hours a day. This ...
Read More » -
“Just Hold On & Suck In” – The story of Hattie McDaniel.
-
East meets West: The vengeful ghost of Jennet Humfry
-
Have We Met Somewhere Before? A Retrospective Look at Reincarnation in Modern Romance Films
-
In the House of Wounds Fabulous Beasts Sing Their Sadness Deep…
Columns
-
An Englishman’s Guide to Italian Gothic: The Castle of the Living Dead (1964)
“I wish the two of you to play the leading parts in my eternal theatre […] You will be forever on the stage” – ...
Read More » -
An Englishman’s Guide to Italian Gothic: The Long Hair of Death (1964)
-
Watching the Watchdogs: Lillian Gish and Bowling Green State University
Opinion
-
So You Want to Be a Writer?
So let me hear you out, you want to be a writer? Cool, we could possibly be tribe! I’m talking howling at the moon, ...
Read More » -
Don’t Be Simon: Cinema is for Everyone.
-
Don’t Click on This Link or ELSE!: Aka The Clickbait Rant
