Magazine Reviews

The Dark Side, subtitled as The Magazine of the Macabre and Fantastic, has hit 200 issues and is officially the world’s best selling print horror magazine. That’s an amazing feat for the title, even with a distinct lack of real competition out there at present. Editor Allan Bryce has been with the Dark Side since its inception about a million …

The Dark Side Issue 191 Editor: Allan Bryce Ghoulish Publishing THEY WON’T STAY DEAD: FIFTY YEARS OF NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, screams the front cover to The Dark Side issue 191, and what a fifty years it’s been! George A Romero’s indie masterpiece changed cinema forever, thanks to its casting, its plot, its terrifying atmosphere and downbeat ending, spawning …

The Dark Side Issue 189 Editor: Allan Bryce Ghoulish Publishing It says something about the quality of the Dark Side’s content when, despite the 80s horror extravaganza within this issue, I instead went for the report on the first ever Dark Fest, a Dark Side event in London which sounds so much fun that I’m tempted to head to the …

The Dark Side Issue 182 Ghoulish Publishing Editor: Allan Bryce www.thedarksidemagazine.com The arrival of a new issue of The Dark Side is a delight for those of us of a certain cinematic persuasion, such is the plethora of pieces tailor-made to quench the thirst of the more discerning genre hound. Keeping to their increasing publishing schedule not only with impressive …

The Dark Side Issues 176, 177, 178, 179, 180 Ghoulish Publishing Editor: Allan Bryce It’s been too long since we talked about the UK’s longest-running horror magazine – The Dark Side. Let’s remedy that right now. Every time a new issue of The Dark Side hits the shelves it’s like a pinata of goodness has been smashed open, spilling its …

I’m sure the question you’ve been asking yourself as of late is…why isn’t there more “Walking Dead” swag to indulge upon? Well that question is quickly changing into ..why so much DEAD!”. Good reason……cause it’s what the fans want. On that note, we say a warm welcome to the official “The Walking Dead” Magazine as it debuts on its first …

LUNCHMEAT ISSUE #3 Written by various Published by Lunchmeat Publication Date: 2009 Format: Black /White Price: $8 We here at the Horrornews.net club never tire of seeing another horror magazine mag come out for the masses. Not only does it provide a source of entertainment on the sh*tter (or favorite comfortable chair…take your pick) but a constant stream of horror-education …

The Dark Side Issue 175 Editor: Allan Bryce Ghoulish Publishing Now here’s an issue of The Dark Side that film fans are going to absolutely devour. The cover painting from Rick Melton heralds the arrival of a major article on stop motion animation genius Ray Harryhausen, which I’ll get to in a little while. That feature alone is enough to …

SCREAM: THE HORROR MAGAZINE Issue 34 Editor: Rich Cooper Distributed by Diamond Magazine Distribution Publisher: Scream Magazine Price: Digital $1.99 US £1.29 UK €1.76 EUR – Print £4.50 UK $8.99 US Bi – Monthly It’s always very satisfying when a magazine, or indeed any genre news outlet, offers something unexpected. Scream has done this with the current issue, which brings …

Published by MARRS MEDIA INC. Publication Date: 2009 Format: Color – 126 pages Price: $9.95 Ok, kids…it’s that time again for another edition of what’s up in the Rue!? Now if you wondering what that huge oversized volume of goodness is sitting on the magazine shelf, then you guessed it right. It’s the 12th Anniversary Halloween Edition just in time …

The newest issue of Morpheus Tales arrived in my mail box last week. Once I opened the envelope and saw the cover art I had a feeling I was in for something special. I wasn’t wrong. Morpheus Tales #11 is a great collection of short fiction and artwork. Out of the ten stories there was only one that I really …

I don’t know about you, fellow horror reader, but as soon as I finished reading issue 4 of Jack Bantry’s Splatterpunk zine, I immediately began my impatient wait for issue number 5 to come off the presses. My impatience wasn’t due to any kind of lag between issues (actually, the next one came out pretty quick), but rather because that …

Some of the pieces could have been better than they turned out, too much of the best work was crammed into the back and I don’t completely agree with the editor’s pick. But I was introduced some new people I want to keep an eye on and got some more from author’s I’ve liked in the past. That’s what I buy these magazines for.

Every ones talking about Piranhas, and of course hot on its trail is the new film in 3D and an old “classic” revived from the grave. Rue Morgue pays their tribute with a full cover featuring the classic art that ripped off Jaws in a time when going into the waters was more scarier than Leather face. Of course it …

SCREAM Issue 33 Editor: Rich Cooper Publisher: Scream Magazine Price: Digital $1.99 US £1.29 UK €1.76 EUR – Print £4.50 UK $8.99 US Bi – Monthly Scream’s latest issue offers a heck of a lot of value for the entry price, thanks to a slew of great features on horror titles old and new and a very nicely designed interior. …