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This is the first in a series of features exploring British cinema and culture as reflected by the releases in the BFI Flipside series. A mass of hopped-up teenagers stampede onto a dancefloor, jerking and gyrating to a driving, twangy ...

Shout Factory’s new 4k restoration of Hammer’s Dracula: Prince of Darkness looks markedly different from Studio Canal’s 2k restoration, from some years ago. Originally released in 1966, Terence Fisher’s sequel to his own groundbreaking Horror of Dracula (1958) was shot back to ...

Films, like music, belong to a certain time and place, and those that are immediately successful, as opposed to finding success gradually in aging like fine wine, tend to come out at the perfect time, when audiences are ready for ...

“Our ancestors had imaginations that were positively – diabolic!”  The Punisher “That’s quite a poetic name to apply to what is after all a brutal instrument of torture,” comments a suspicious Rhineland doctor after being shown The Virgin of Nuremberg ...

*This article contains spoilers* There is something downright uncanny about Mario Bava’s masterpiece of 1963, The Whip and The Body. It is deeply ingrained in the gothic storytelling tradition, while feeling completely refreshing at the same time. Bava’s filmography is ...

Films, like music, are of a certain time and place, and those that are immediately successful, as opposed to finding success gradually in aging like fine wine, tend to come out at the perfect time, when audiences are ready for ...

Happy Holidays from Diabolique Magazine! In this special collaborative piece, the team has picked out some of our favorite festive films to watch during this special time of year. Though some of the titles below may not appear on conventional Christmas lists, ...

It seems a revival of interest in “folk horror” has occurred, due to the vexing ambiance of The Witch. “Folk”, in this term, means the traditionalism of different cultures. Every culture started with their own customs and beliefs, some more ...

Download MP3 | Download OGG In the inaugural episode of Daughters of Darkness, Kat and Samm explore the history of lesbian vampire films. This first episode of three begins by examining the lesbian vampire from her origins in eighteenth century Gothic literature, ...

Britain’s Amicus Film Productions may not have invented the omnibus film format, but they did more to popularize it during the 1960’s, than any other company producing Gothic horror films. Their first effort in the genre, Dr. Terror’s House of ...