Tag Archives: Christopher Lee

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 ...

Most will remember the first time that famed horror actors Vincent Price and Christopher Lee teamed up together as being the Edgar Allan Poe adapted, Gordon Hessler directed feature The Oblong Box. Their second teaming up, however, would prove to ...

Gothic Horror is, especially around the pages of our Magazine and website, something of utmost sincerity. It has a rich history full of lavish, complicated characters and the prolific actors who have portrayed them, lush set design and cinematography, and brilliantly dark ...

Download MP3 Our sixth episode of A Real Horror Show is all about the great Hammer Horror classic films from Warner Bros. Join us and our very special guests Constantine Nasr, Ted Newsom, and Steve Vertlieb as we discuss the history ...

It was 1984. With the imminent election of Mikhail Gorbachev, the Cold War was about to enter into its final stages. Tensions were high, and the already rocky relationship between the Soviet Union and the rest of the Western world ...

Video Watchdog called it: “A definitive work”, while SFX warned “Essential… Don’t even try and discuss British horror films until you have read it”. Jonathan Rigby’s English Gothic: Classic Horror Cinema 1897-2015 is a crucial text for all horror fans, ...

Last year, Diabolique Magazine, in conjunction with dvddrive-in.com coordinated an online petition to ask Warner Bros to release their classic Hammer Horror titles on blu-ray. Yesterday, the official announcement was finally made, and the initial set of titles is scheduled for ...