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 …
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Magazine Review: The Dark Side – Issue 182
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 …
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The Dark Side Issue 163 Editor: Allan Bryce Ghoulish Publishing With this issue, The Dark Side hits its 25th year, which is pretty good going for a magazine which was once on the scrapheap and eventually rose like a chilling phoenix fashioned from the bones and entrails of the fallen issues in order to become something very special again. It …
Read More »Magazine Review: The Dark Side – Issue 162
The Dark Side Issue 162 Editor: Allan Bryce Ghoulish Publishing Ahh, the delights of the Dark Side hitting UK shelves every two months continue, and once again the question must be raised as to why it isn’t monthly. Mind you, having to wait for new issues generates excitement rather than impatience, and harkens back to an era when you could …
Read More »Magazine Review: The Dark Side – Issue 161
The Dark Side Issue 161 Ghoulish Publishing Editor: Allan Bryce Oh hell yes. After a couple of issues that I felt didn’t quite hit the mark, issue 161 of the UK’s longest running horror culture magazine is an almost perfect example of cult cinema journalism. This issue follows he recent trend for the magazine to carry a main theme each …
Read More »Magazine Review: The Dark Side – Issue 160
The Dark Side Issue 160 Editor: Allan Bryce Ghoulish Publishing Retro thrills (but not many current chills) abound once again in the latest issue of The Dark Side, which continues to offer a wealth of old and new behind a gorgeously painted cover. This issue contains a Quatermass special feature as its central offering, and as per usual the feature …
Read More »Magazine Review: The Dark Side – Issue 155
The Dark Side Magazine Issue 155 Editor: Alan Bryce Ghoulish Publishing The Dark Side’s lengthy series of enormous features on elements of classic UK horror continues with an issue largely devoted to the classic TV horror double bills that were so influential to a lot of fans. It’s billed as the biggest issue of the magazine ever, which isn’t strictly …
Read More »Magazine Review: The Dark Side – Issue 154
The Dark Side Issue 154 Ghoulish Publishing Editor: Allan Bryce The Dark Side continues to provide excellent value for money, and while it’s a UK magazine, it’s worth tracking down a copy no matter where you are on the world. The magazine has a definite skew towards the classic and retro end of the horror genre, but their coverage of …
Read More »Magazine Review: The Dark Side – Issue 153
The Dark Side Issue 153 Ghoulish Publishing Editor: Allan Bryce Allan Bryce and the writers on the Dark Side team continue to make my job here very difficult. I mean, a review is supposed to weigh up the good and bad and present it to the readers so that they may form their own opinions of whether something is worth …
Read More »Magazine Review: The Dark Side Magazine – Issue 145
THE DARK SIDE – ISSUE 145 Ghoulish Publishing Editor- Allan Bryce UK magazine The Dark Side is going from strength to strength with this new era of its publication, and while some may point out the new layout and design evokes the old Fangoria style, the content sets it apart from a lot of other horror magazines. Despite a dark …
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