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Interview with Horror Actresses Dee Wallace & Gabrielle Stone
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13 WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Checking in with Scream Queen Sweetheart Debbie Dutch
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columns
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Sexy models rocking DNAS
7 Stalker’s Corner 11 staff movie picks 12 the gospel of gore : B-Movie Reviews 16 It Came From Kickstarter 18 Monster Makers
46 Linnea Quigley
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50 HORROR SOCIETY
34 Living Dead’s : Bitchin’ Babe of the Month
52 BLOODY CROCKER
54 comics from the crypt
Michael Jones brings us new scream queens on the rise Author Cassandra Mathieson stirs up something poisonous
56 galleria macabre
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NEWS OF THE DEAD! Reading, Writing, & Radiation, Again!
ing Troma’s famous sexy satire we have come to expect from a Kaufman film. Return to Nuke ‘Em High: Volume 1 releases its ooey gooey goodness March 18th on Blu-ray and DVD.
the ultimate Mama’s boy returns for season 2 It has been several years since the master of B movies, Lloyd Kaufman, sat behind the director’s chair--and in true Troma fashion, he is back in a big, zombie mutant way with Return to Nuke ‘Em High: Volume 1. It’s hard to believe that it has been over 25 years since Mr. Kaufman first introduced us to his world of punk rock, pot smoking, sexcrazed mutant teenagers. A personal favorite of mine—Class of Nuke ‘Em High (1986) is the perfect representation of the brilliance that is Troma--sex, drugs, violence, campy humor, and teenage mutants, it doesn’t get much better than Nuke ‘Em High. Return to Nuke ‘Em High doesn’t disappoint the die-hard Troma fan with a batch of all new students at Tromaville High mutating into cretins, falling in lust, fighting the Man --all the while bring6
A&E’s new hit series Bates Motel returns for Season 2 on March 3rd with new secrets revealed, new troubles a brewin’, and new love interests introduced. Made up of an all-star cast, including Freddie Highmore as Norman Bates and Vera Farmiga as his complicated mother Norma--Bates Motel shows us Norman Bates as a teenager living with his mother in an old house overlooking a new motel the family is renovating. Every season deliciously unveils new gruesome details about the family and glimpses of the Norman who would one day turn into the knifewielding monster we all know so well. Bates Motel Season 2 debuts on A&E March 3rd.
from the mind of a Horror genius Clive Barker is best known for creating one of the most beloved and terrifying characters in the history of horror—Pinhead. But Barker is much more than just the creator of one of the most famous horror franchises of all time—he is also a New York Times best seller, a video game creator and an impressive artist. Fans will finally get a glimpse at his nightmarish paintings and drawings in a new book funded by Kickstarter entitled Clive Barker: Imaginer. The 160-page hardcover book created by Thomas Negovan includes images of over 75 of Barker’s best paintings. Only 1,000 of the books are being made, and if you didn’t contribute to the Kickstarter you can still purchase your own book—first come, first serve—this July at San Diego Comic-Con. For more information visit Clive Barker’s Official Facebook page: facebook.com/OfficialCliveBarker
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trying to keep up with the Mistress of the dark
The hardest working boobs in Hollyweird are still as busy as ever this 2014, with new fragrances that will make the guys howl (Warning! Humping of legs may ensue), a new comic book that shows all her best moves, and soon you can play with all of Elvira’s buttons with a brand new Mistress of the Dark casino slot game for the iPad. Let the drooling commence!
Ever wonder what two monsters having sex on a bed of thorny roses would smell like? I imagine it would smell something like one of Elvira’s new fragrances from
her “Dark Collection”: Zombie, Vamp, and Black Roses. Zombie has an unusual mix of sexy and hard scents like Ylang Ylang, Tobacco leaves, Black Vanilla and Coca Petals. While Vamp comes at you with dark, sexy aromas with hints of peppery Maile leaves, Poisonous Belladonna, Dracula Orchid and Madagascar Vanilla. And for the sentimental type Elvira offers Black Roses, a sweet mix of Rose Water Tea, Davana Blossom, Red Currants and Dark Amber. We can’t all be Elvira on a daily basis, but now we can at least smell like her!
Elvira is back once again reprising the role she was born to play—comic book heroine and overall horror hottie—in a soon to be released comic book series from writer R.H. Stavis and artist Jeff Zarnow. With stories focusing on Elvira fighting off monsters and a fun Halloween back story, it will be great to have our gal back in the comic scene.
If you are going to lose some money playing online slot games, you might as well look at something dark and beautiful while you are doing it. Hit it Rich! Casino Slots announced Jan. 14, 2014 that they will be releasing their Elvira, Mistress of the Dark game on the iPad, which was immediately followed by hundreds of comments and status shares, as well as requests to put the game on the Android format. It looks like our pale mistress is going to hit it big once again with this one. 7
HORROR ENTERTAINMENT CELEBRATING WOMEN IN HORROR RECOGNITION MONTH BY JESUS FIGUEROA
In the last few years, February has come to be known as “Women in Horror Recognition Month”—a chance to honor the women in the horror industry who have contributed to film, businesses and the arts. In a male-dominated genre where women are often seen primarily as sex objects and victims, the founders of Women in Horror Month are working to expose and break down social constructs and miscommunication between female professionals, while simultaneously educating the public about discrimination and how they can assist the female gender in reaching equality. Women in Horror’s Director of Operations Hannah Forman— also known as Hannah Neurotica—established Women in Horror Month, and is celebrating their fifth anniversary this year.
This year’s public service announcement includes Patricia Chica of Chicatronica, Maude Michaud of QuirkFilms, animator/director Isabel Peppard, actress Jessica Cameron and of course Hannah Neurotica. Five years have passed since the first Women in Horror Month, and it keeps getting attention from many different places.
“WiHM has fostered so many incredible film festivals, conventions, blog series, pod casts, theater events, blood donations and charity work that it just blows my mind,” Hannah said. She also assists in organizing events throughout the month of February, which includes Twisted Twins Productions’ fifth annual Massive Blood Drive Public Service Announcement. “The Blood Drive PSA’s were born out of the brilliant minds of Jen and Sylvia Soska of Twisted Twins Productions. One of the unexpected outcomes was seeing people pick up cameras and make their own Blood Donation PSA’s,” Hannah explained.
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“I really love seeing how each year takes shape and defines itself from previous years,” Hannah said. “2014 is our fifth anniversary, and my hope is that women’s work continues to see an increase in visibility and we reach a point one day when having Women in Horror Month will no longer be necessary.” Events are being organized by Hannah Neurotica and her crew the entire month of February. To find out more about “Women in Horror Recognition Month” simply visit their website womeninhorrormonth.com, or Facebook page under “Women in Horror Month.” There are many updates, and they are currently running a crowdfunding project to help pay for future events.
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flick picks
This Issue, “BEST SCREAM FROM A FEMALE LEAD”
deanna uutela
miss mandible
Janet Leigh
Jamie Lee Curtis
Psycho (1960) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Halloween (1978) Directed by John Carpenter
lauren steuer
jesus figueroa
Patricia Arquette
Shauna MacDonald
Nightmare on Elm Street : Dream Warriors (1987) Directed by Wes Craven
The Descent (2005) Directed by Neil Marshall
Matt Majeski
roger beckett
Evelyn Ankers
Shelley Duvall
The Wolfman (1941) Directed by George Waggner
The Shining (1980) Directed by Stanley Kubrick
gary castleberry
jeff dean
Marilyn Burns
Fay Wray
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) Directed by Tobe Hooper
King Kong (1933) Directed by Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack
the dedman (michael jones)
tim attuquayefio
Tisa Farrow
Nancy Allen
Zombie (1979) Directed by Lucio Fulci
Blow Out (1981) Directed by Brian De Palma
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GOSPEL OF GORE WITH THE REVEREND JEFF JUGULAR Join Reverend Jeff Jugular as he praises the virtues of living a life filled with subversive cinema. He will help cleanse your soul of the boring megaplex madness by suggesting the very best and worst in horror/ cult cinema.
EVERYONE LOVES A SCREAMER Confession time. I have a thing for screamers. I love a girl with a nice, big, healthy set of lungs. A girl who’s not afraid to suck in a breath of air and unleash an ear-splitting scream. There’s just somethin’ about a scream--it’s so primal, so pure. So, dare I say, orgasmic. It doesn’t really matter if they’re screams of ecstasy or screams of mortal terror; it all works for me. Now I’m not sayin’ it’s right, but I know there’s a few fellow freaks out there who agree with me, so this column’s for you. The scream is the one constant running soundtrack of the horror film. Here are a few choice selections of some of my favorite screamers :
Fay Wray Fay Wray is the first scream queen in horror history. She perfected her scream in films like The Most Dangerous Game (1932) and Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933), but it’s her performance as Ann Darrow in King Kong (1933) that solidified her place in history. When our fair beauty witnesses her monkey mate for the first time, she belts out a scream that reverberates around the world. If you could bottle and preserve one scream for all time, this would be it.
Elsa Lanchester Elsa Lanchester is a horror icon, for just one film, for which she appeared in only the last five minutes, and she didn’t utter a single word--she just hissed and screamed. But what a scream!
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In The Bride of Frankenstein (1935), after Dr. Frankenstein and Dr. Pretorius construct a beautiful new “woman”, Karloff ’s monster comes to retrieve his new bride. She rejects him with a soul crushing shriek. The Monster’s heart breaks. and horror history is made.
Hitchcock’s The Birds (1963) to screeching against the sins of the devil in The Witches Of Eastwick (1987). She also battles extraterrestrial menaces in both Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1978) and Alien (1979). Her scream at the end of Snatchers is perhaps the greatest film scream of the modern era.
Joan Collins Maybe it’s those wicked eyes, those sensual lips or that queen bitch personality she so easily displayed, but I’ve always had a thing for Joan Collins. After she was Edith Keeler on Star Trek and before she was Alexis Carrington on Dynasty, she played around in horror films. She screamed her way through in a number of underrated gems in the 70s. Mrs. Collins fights off a homicidal St. Nick in one of the great anthology films of the decade, Tales From The Crypt (1972); she’s a stripper who gives birth to a hell-baby in The Devil Within Her (1975) and she battles an army of insects in the schlock classic Empire of the Ants (1977).
Veronica Cartwright Actress Veronica Cartwright has mastered the art of losing it on screen-crying, wailing, screaming. You know she’ll give you a big wet, snotty helping of hysteria. Her talent can be witnessed in a number of classics, from being tormented by feathered fiends in
Marilyn Burns There are many glorious aspects of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) and I’ve decided to sing the praises of what is my favorite aspect of the film--the performance of Marilyn Burns. I don’t know who won best actress at the Academy Awards back in 1975, but I cry “foul”! There is just no way in hell it could rival this powerhouse performance! Marilyn Burns spends the last 60 minutes of the film running, jumping, sweating and screaming! And I’m not talking about just some halfassed screaming, she elevates the scream to a whole new level-so raw, so real. It’s like entering a storm of frenzied hysteria. During the iconic supper scene, our heroine is strapped to a chair and forced to share a meal with our family of freaks. Her endless screams are cut with extreme close ups of her wide bloodshot eyes, consuming the madness around her. It’s a brilliantly disturbing sequence, filled with horror and the darkest of comedy. Marilyn Burns captured magic in this film-pure, bloody, ear-shattering magic!
Deborah Dutch has been in over 50 films and television shows, countless magazine covers and even has her own Deborah Dutch Trading Cards. You might know her best for her roles in B-movie classics like Dinosaur Island, Bruce Lee Fights Back from the Grave, and Sorority Girls and the Creature from Hell. Living Dead Magazine: You were at the height of your acting career during a really special time when what we now refer to as B-movies were being created left and right. How was it working on these low budget films with crazy scripts and strange demands placed on the actors? Deborah Dutch: It was so awesome and so much fun. The films are actually really well written and directed. I got to work with some fantastic directors like Jim Wynorski, Fred Olen Ray and of course Roger Corman. I found that one of the most important things you had to do as an actor during this time is get along with everyone, be happy and no acting like a prima donna. That means no complaining about the sometimes very challenging conditions and situations; like no sleep, freezing cold or scorching temperatures, while all the while remembering your lines, looking gorgeous and be willing to be partially nude in front of everyone. I loved it, and that is why I am still making these B-movies that are bigger and better than ever. LDM: What are you most proud of in your body of work? DD: There are so many movies and experiences in my career that I'm proud of that it is hard to choose just one. I guess when I got the role in a movie with Al Pacino, one of my favorite actors, after auditioning for five months would be one thing I am really proud of ! Also, working in Haunting of Morella directed by Jim Wynorski, my starring role in Death Dancers, and my present dream project that I am starring in and Executive Producer on: The Hollywood Warrioress. LDM: There is a lot of buzz surrounding your new movie The Hollywood Warrioress. Can you share some details with our readers and your fans? DD: I am so excited about my dream project
The Hollywood Warrioress. It began so auspiciously. I was asked to do an interview for a European movie magazine because I was chosen as one of the top five B-movie Queens in the USA. At the shoot for the magazine the photographer wanted to know my "persona". I thought about it and then replied, "I always feel like I'm a warrior!" He loved the concept and we did the photo shoot under the Hollywood sign, and at that moment the Hollywood Warrioress character was born. Then I was in the Hollywood Christmas parade as the Hollywood Warrioress and the crowd went crazy. I thought there must be something to this and decided to make the movie. It's a sci-fi/fantasy/horror film that transcends the niche and I think fans are going to love it! You can view clips, as well as the trailer on YouTube! The official Facebook page is: The Hollywood Warrioress. LDM: For our last question, I just have to ask, “What’s next for Deborah Dutch? Is there anything in particular you still really want to accomplish in your career?” DD: The possibilities for me are endless. I'm already planning a sequel and webseries spinoff of The Hollywood Warrioress. I'm scheduling premier screenings in L.A., Chicago, New Orleans, Philadelphia, the Big Apple and London. We're also negotiating a franchise, including jewelry, posters and an action figure that's already sold out! Other movies that I'll be in coming out in 2014 will be Len Kabazinski's Blood Mercury, as well as Debbie D's film Destiny the Vampire Mermaid. I'm in the process of rebuilding my official DebbieDutch.com website and you can always contact me on Facebook at Deborah Dutch. Thank-you from the bottom of my heart, I'm honored to be included in your magazine, and to all my fans, “Never give up on your dreams!”
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Lora Ivanova, the woman behind the popular ScareLA, never wants Halloween to end. “Halloween ends, I get the blues,” Ivanova said. So she and co-founder David Markland decided to extend Halloween for as long as they could, and created a Halloween convention that brings together industry leaders and fans together under one roof for a weekend of workshops, entertainment, panels and a celebration of everything horror. “ScareLA started as a gesture to bring all Halloween pros and fans together, and build a community of SoCal’s scariest,” Ivanova explained. “With the horror genre being so popular and such a huge following— especially in LA where the heart of the entertainment industry lives—a convention like this was much needed.” As with anything in life, horror is constantly evolving and bringing new trends and fads with it. Ivanova believes the most thrilling part of it is how the world of horror has meshed together with other genres to create gore magic acts and immersive experiences that all audiences can enjoy. With her love of Halloween and seeing the potential of a career with the horror genre, Ivanova was shocked to discover she could dedicate herself to horror. “To me, it was a surprise to realize horror can be an occupation of its own right. The more I learned and saw behind the scenes, the more drawn to it I became,” Ivanova said. Besides founding ScareLA, Ivanova helped director Jon Braver launch his interactive haunted plays “Delusion” and “HAuNTcon.” Ivanova would also not mind trying out her acting chops in a horror film, if given the right role that is.
“I think it depends on the part—whether I am the hero that survives in the end, or the monster,” Ivanova said. “I have to say Alien—being in space takes scary to a whole new level and I love the ship.” With a great start in the horror genre, Ivanova says that now that she has experienced the dark-side she can’t ever go back. ScareLA returns for its second year this August for a weekend you won’t ever forget: scarela.com.
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PICTURE BOOK :
DEATH’S DAUGHTER & THE BASKET OF KITTENS BY DEANNA UUTELA Everything poor little Belladonna touches turns to dust. What is a father to do? Well, if you were the Grim Reaper, you would give her a basket full of death-absorbing kittens for her birthday and turn that frown upside down—but happiness is short-lived in the Reaper’s world, and not even dear old dad can stop hell from breaking loose. This past November writer and artist Martha Hull successfully funded her gothic coming-of-age picture book, Death’s Daughter and the Basket of Kittens, on Kickstarter. Already having gone through the self-publishing process with her first book, Untimely Death Alphabet, she knew the work, cost and time that goes into doing a full color 64-page book, and was able to use that knowledge to really sell her experience and her project. “Running a Kickstarter campaign was amazing and highly rewarding, yet also grueling. There were quite a few days where it didn't look likely I would pull it off,” Martha said. “But it was oh, so worth it. The most important part of running a successful campaign is being able to really communicate your passion for your project, and making sure to talk about it to everyone you can possibly reach.” The inspiration for Death’s Daughter comes from Martha’s obsession with showing the juxtaposition between cuteness and the macabre—and what is cuter than a basketful of kittens, and what is more macabre than death? “Imagine Edward Gorey riding a rainbow unicorn after eating magic mushrooms,” said Martha about her book. “I use spare and poetic language, which understates what is happening in the pictures, adding to the humor of the story.” Death’s Daughter and the Basket of Kittens is set to be released this May. You can purchase a copy through Martha’s website MarthaHull.com, and be sure to sign-up for her newsletter to get publication updates and news about future books and artwork. She has a closet full of cute and deadly stories just waiting to claw their way out!
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Monster Makers FEATURING SUSAN ATTAI by gary castleberry Living Dead Magazine is proud to introduce a new segment called “Monster Makers”. Each issue, we will turn the spotlight on those talented individuals who actually bring monsters to life. We have kit builders, sculptors, mask makers and those who sculpt, build and paint monsters for clients who don’t possess the patience or expertise to make our favorite monsters for display in our homes. This being our “Women of Horror” issue, we kick off this new column with a very talented artist by the name of Susan Attai. Susan is a kit builder and has an artistic gift in bringing kits and sculptures to life. Living Dead Magazine welcomes Susan to our twisted, but fun little family.
Living Dead Magazine : Susan, tell our readers a little bit about yourself and how you got into kit building. Susan Attai : My introduction to kit building was when I watched my brother build balsa wood airplanes as a young child. I could not build them myself since I lacked the dexterity. After he was done we tried to fly them which resulted in them getting utterly destroyed by the first or second flight--fun times. The first time I actually built something was a set of Universal Monsters that had to be cast in plaster of Paris and then painted--molds and paints were provided in the set. I might have been seven or eight. It involved mixing the paster with water and pouring it in the molds and wait for it to set.
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LDM : Kit building has been determined to be an obsession rather than a hobby by kit builders around the globe. Fact : You will never see a model kit maker with only one or two kits on display. Do you find this to be true and how many kits do you have on display around your residence? SA : Oh yeah, it’s true alright. I have resin on the brain most of my waking hours. I know that when I look at magazines or TV now, I look for tips to help make my build ups better. As for displays, I only have
20 or so on display at the moment, but hundreds of unbuilt kits--and this is after I got rid of all of the spaceships and aircraft kits I knew I’d never build. LDM: How did you get the figure model kit bug and at what age ? Also, what was your first kit or sculpture to paint? SA: I didn’t actually build a multi part figure until I was in my early 20s. My first figure kit, I think, was the Billken Predator. I painted it by hand and it looked good at the time, but quite hideous to me today. I keep it around to remind me of my progress. LDM: Susan, what genre of kits are you drawn to? You have classic monsters from the Universal movies, B-movie monsters, celebrities, Harry Hausen and many, many more. What catches your eye?
“If it’s a multi part kit, I paint the parts that aren’t so interesting to me first and leave the part I like to paint for last. Kind of like dessert at the end of a meal.”
SA: I like anything that is a cool sculpt. As my collection has grown, I’ve tried to limit my interest to werewolves and barbarians, but it’s hard. So many sculpt out so beautifully that it’s hard not to want to buy them all because once it’s gone, it’s gone. There are a few genres that do not interest me however, like slasher movie characters and zombies. I know they are all the rage, but I find them just too one note. LDM: How do you determine a game plan before you begin the painting process and what sort of prep goes into the multi phases of painting a kit just the way you had envisioned it? SA: I usually have a general, but vague idea of how I want it to look. Then, I try and collect references from magazines and the internet to help with realizing that
idea. Besides the basic prep of assembling, washing and priming the kit, I just go for it. I usually paint the flesh tones first. and then work my way down the sculpt. Hopefully when I’m done it will look like what I imagined, but a lot of the time it takes a whole different look when I’m done—thankfully, usually better. LDM: During the late 80s and all through the 90s, kit building was a booming hobby. There were several magazines devoted to the hobby and figure kits to purchase at hobby shops and by mail order. Now there is only one magazine I‘m fam iliar with that is still on
the stands and many hobby shops have closed. Then you go to eBay and input “monster model kits,” and over 3,000 entries come up. What do you think happened to our hobby, and why are kits so easy to find on eBay and other online sites? SA: The internet happened. It was still in its infancy and the world was a bigger place. There weren’t many places for people to buy kits online so a lot of hobby shops or comic shops
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carried model kits. Not that much information on techniques either so magazines sprung up to guide modelers. Today you can find anything you want online —kits and materials are usually much cheaper than brick and mortar stores, and if you have questions on building anything it can usually be found on YouTube. There is a flood of kits on eBay, but I believe a lot of them are inferior recasts. Unless hard economic times or death befalls a modeler, no modeler ever wants to part with their kits, even if they have to live to 500 to build them all. And as long as there are enough modelers around, people will find a way to produce them —albeit in small quantities.
LDM: Susan, when you paint a kit or piece, what sort of paint do you use that works best for your style? Acrylics, oils or some other type of paint? SA: I only work with acrylics. It’s easier, plus I have asthma so the smell of oils and other materials needed for working in Oils is not an option for me. I airbrush mostly now. When I first started out I only painted with a brush, but that was because I didn’t have room for a good airbrush set up. I know people don’t take the safety aspects of the hobby serioustly, but they should.
LDM: Susan, where do you see the model kit hobby heading ? Is there a rebirth at hand ? SA: More of an evolution, I think. It’s an expensive hobby, but with new local companies like Pegasus, Monach and Moebius models on the rise, the same subject matter can be more affordable and accessible to the general public once again. I used to think that kids today didn’t have the patience to build and paint a model, but that’s not true. If you look at the MiniWarGaming crowd, the majority of themare in their 20s, and they take it as seriously as us garage kit modelers. If we can find a way to draw that sort of interest from the younger set, we’ll have monster makers for years to come. LDM: Susan, it’s been great having you as our first Monster Maker. Do you have any parting words to the person just now discovering this hobby and saying “Wow, I can have my favorite monster on display in my own room.” SA: Don’t compare your work with anyone else’s. Do the best you can do. Look at everyone else’s work, even if you don’t like the subject matter—be it historical dioramas, fantasy games, airplanes, horror or whatever, there will always be something you can learn from it. Don’t be a stickler for tradition. If the werewolf is always painted brown because he’s brown in the movie, but you want him ginger-haired, paint it gingerhaired. It’s a hobby—enjoy it!
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THE ORIGINAL SCREAM QUEEN
JULIE ADAMS
the gal who stole the creature’s heart by Gary Castleberry The stunning Julie Adams, both a pioneer of film and television, has been in countless films and television series— appearing with stars from James Stewart to Elvis. But there is one role that she is remembered most for, which paved the way for current scream queens of all generations—the 1954 film classic Creature from the Black Lagoon. This movie has earned legendary status, and is loved by monster kids from ages nine to 99. This Creature, who lived in the Black Lagoon, fell for our beautiful Julie Adams, and had the nerve to come on board the research boat she was on and kidnap her—something all of us young boys wanted to do as well. But boy, when she screamed, she really screamed. This set the bar very high for all future scream queens. We are honored to feature the fabulous Julie Adams in this special issue of “Women in Horror.”
Living Dead Magazine : Miss Julie, your movie and TV
career are so impressive we don’t have enough room to list all your credits. Of all your movie and TV appearances, do you have any favorites? Or perhaps, any favorite actors or actresses you worked with?
Julie Adams : James Stewart was always a favorite of mine. I’ve
always admired his acting. He was a great film star and I was very fortunate to work with him when I was very young in Bend of the River. I also had an opportunity to play his wife in his short-lived comedy series The Jimmy Stewart Show. I’ve often said my idea of heaven was getting to go to work with Jimmy
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Stewart every day for six months. Guest starring on Murder, She Wrote with Angela Lansbury was also great fun. I played the local realtor, Eve Simpson. Eve liked money and she liked men. She was kind of this outrageous woman who played well against Angela’s more serious character, Jessica Fletcher. Playing comedy with Angela was like driving in a fast car without the danger. She was so swift and had impeccable comedic timing. Of course there were others, but these are two people that I especially cherished working with.
LDM : Your role in Creature From The Black Lagoon has be-
come a classic, putting you up there with Icons such as Lugosi, Karloff and Chaney. Did you realize you were making a classic when filming this movie? Did you have that gut feeling this movie was something special?
JA : I don’t think any us who were working on the film back in the fifties had any idea just how big Creature from the Black Lagoon would become. It amazes me that there is still so much interest in Creature. It all started with a fine script by Harry Essex and Arthur A. Ross. Jack Arnold was a magnificent director, who made every shot unique and interesting. Our ensemble cast made a fantastic story believable. The design and realization on film of the Creature still captivates a modern audience. Ben Chapman who portrayed the Creature on land and Ricou Browning who played the role of the Creature underwater were wonderful as the Gill Man, and allowed film goers to empathize with the mysterious being from the depths of the Amazon. The music also accentuated the scary and suspenseful moments. These are just a few of the elements that helped make it a classic. LDM : Creature From The Black Lagoon has reached fans from all decades. My daughter just purchased a vintage CFTBL poster for some big bucks and she just turned 30. How does it make you feel that your work is still able to reach so many younger fans?
JA : It is rewarding to me that my work in film and television is still enjoyed today. Anyone who has visited my Facebook page at Official Julie Adamshas seen how many kids and young people love Creature. It seems that every event I attend, lots of young fans mingle with the folks who have loved the film since the fifties. Creature now has 3 generations of fans. Parents ran it with their kids in the seventies, and now these folks have children of their own. I have even met little girls named Kay
LDM : Can you give us a sneak preview to your new autobiography, The Lucky Southern Star : Reflections From The Black Lagoon?
JA : The book has been out for a little while, and it is a companion to my whole career. Knowing the immense interest in all things Creature, I devoted an entire chapter to the making of the film and its astonishing afterlife. There are also over 200 picture in the book, including a good number of behind-the-scenes shots from Creature from the Black Lagoon as well as other film and television programs that I appeared in over the years.
Julie’s boo-boo photo-op on the set of Creature.
My son Mitch helped me write the book. He and I attend a lot of movie conventions together, so we had a pretty good idea of what movie and television stories fans like to hear. We packed all the favorites into about 260 pages. Mitch and I are both very proud of the The Lucky Southern Star and we are pleased that the book has received wonderful reviews. I think your readers would enjoy it too!
after my character. My work in television still runs all the time on places like Me-Tv. It’s not uncommon for people to come up to me and say I just saw you on Perry Mason this afternoon, or I love your performance in the “Nora” episode of The Rifleman. With all the ways for viewers to see classic film and vintage television these days, movies and television shows that were made years ago are more accessible to viewers than ever.
LDM : Were there any issues with filming Creature? Any funny or strange stories you’d like to share with our readers?
JA : Though part of Creature from the Black Lagoon was filmed in Wakulla Springs, Florida, most of my scenes were shot right on the Universal Studios Backlot in Hollywood. Many were filmed in the lagoon where Bruce the shark from Jaws startles tourists every day on the Universal Studios Tour. One behind-the-scenes memory from production that I recall well is greeting Ben Chapman every morning in his Creature suit and tapping him lightly on the cheek and saying, “Good morning, Beastie.” Another production moment that has become popular with fans is the chilly fall morning when someone at the studio forgot to heat the tank at the cave set. When Ben and I tested the water it was freezing cold! But we were troopers and climbed into the tank without complaining. In the scene, I was supposed to be unconscious and I tried my best not to shiver when Ben emerged from the water with me in his arms in the misty cave. The goggles that he wore over his eyes fogged up and he couldn’t see very well. Suddenly, my head bumped into one of the jagged edges on the paper mache walls of the cave and my eyes opened with a start. The director yelled “cut!” I wasn’t badly hurt, but I had a small scrape on my forehead from the incident. Of course, the studio made a huge publicity stunt out of it and called in a nurse to tend to my minor wound. I was fine and fifteen minutes later we went back to work. However, that incident has become one of the most indelible behind-the-scenes moments from the film. I still adore the picture of Ben in his Creature suit kneeling down beside me solicitously as the nurse mends the scrape on my forehead. It seems the Creature had feelings for Kay even when the movie cameras weren’t rolling! 24
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LDM : There are rumors of a remake of Creature. So many remakes fall flat on their faces because you just cannot duplicate greatness. What do you think of a remake of this movie? JA : I hope if Creature ever does get remade, it will stay true to the original. To do this it should rely on a strong script, good directing and a believable cast that takes the audience on an exciting and dangerous adventure to the Amazon basin in search of a mysterious animal that is part human and part fish. I also hope they respect the elements that helped make Creature from the Black Lagoon a classic. Maybe several scenes like the underwater ballet with Kay and the Creature can be tastefully redone to please fans of the original. I also hope that my character Kay remains a strong-willed woman who is a scientist on the expedition. Lastly, it might be fun to play a small part in the remake—maybe an older woman who lives near the Black Lagoon and warns the scientists and crew onboard the Rita to “Stay out of dark water!” LDM : As you know, horror movies and creature features have changed over the years. What would you suggest in mak-
ing them as good as Creature From The Black Lagoon? So many times we go to see a good monster movie and leave the movie theater saying, “I want my money back.” What can Hollywood do to regain the class of movies such as CFTBL?
JA : I think many horror movies today have too much gore and bad language. They try to shock the audience more than entertain them with good scares and nail-biting suspense. Fans that I talk with also crave less computer generated visual FX. They warmly recall actors playing the monsters like Boris Karloff as Frankenstein, or Lon Chaney Jr. as the Wolf Man. They also appreciate the imaginative makeup and costuming done by artists at studios like Universal, where many of the classic monsters were born. LDM : What do you see for the future of horror movies and creature features?
JA :I am an optimist, so I think some good horror movies and Creature Features will be coming our way in the years ahead. My advice to all filmmakers is to tell good stories. Some directors today rely on style over substance. Unless the script is good, it probably won’t be a good movie. The timeless adage a good story well told remains as true today as ever. I also hope audiences will embrace fresh ideas, this will keep studios from making so many sequels. Nothing is more exciting for the viewer than seeing something totally original that is wellwritten, directed, and performed. Those are the types of films that make me want to go to the movies.
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Julie & James Stewart in Bend of the River.
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Scream queen is one of many descriptions one could use to describe Dee Wallace’s great ability as an actress, but her talents transcend way beyond the horror genre. When one looks at her filmography, it’s more like reading the long list of credits at the end of a Peter Jackson film— the list goes on and on and on. From the lovable mother in E.T. to her spot-on performance in Cujo, Dee Wallace started acting in 1974 and never stopped (she has been in at least one film or television show every year of her career). Besides being one of Rob Zombie’s favorite actresses to work with and making an appearance in NBC’s hit show Grimm, she is currently working on a new movie with her equally talented daughter, Gabrielle Stone, called Zombie Killers: Elephants Graveyard. We sat down with this dynamic mother-daughter duo to find out what it is like to be a scream team.
Living Dead Magazine : What motivated you to become an actress, Dee? Did you have to pay your dues in working your way up to star status? Dee Wallace : I became an actress because I had to be creative. I wanted to be a professional dancer, and was for a time, but I was a big fish in a little pond. I wanted to go all the way, so I switched to acting. My mother was an amazing local actress in Kansas City, Kansas, and my first teacher. When I decided to go for it, I moved to NYC. I had never been out of Kansas in my life. But I was raised to believe in myself, and I did. In the span of five and a half short years, I went from an unknown in Kansas to starring in E.T. Luck? Maybe. I attribute it more to naiveté and self-esteem. The only dues I paid were industrial shows and commercials. If you can call doing what you love, paying dues.
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LDM : Gabrielle, I’m sure you’ve been in and around movie sets all your life, but what lit that spark that motivated you to become an actress like your mom?
Gabrielle Stone: I’ve always thought I wanted to be an actress because I grew up watching both my parents do it. It wasn’t until I did my first award-winning short film, Henry John and The Little Bug, that I realized I never wanted to do anything else.
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LDM: Have you faced any challenges in the industry being the daughter of an iconic star like Dee is? GS: I wouldn’t say I’ve faced any challenges—I feel very blessed to have the mother that I do. Many people assume I had a crazy childhood that involved not seeing my famous parents often enough. That was the farthest thing from the truth. My parents did a terrific job juggling their careers, and our family life. If either of them were on a shoot out of town longer than a week, I went and visited. I got to travel and have amazing experiences because of it, and they were always at every sports game and dance recital. LDM: Watching both of your films, you both have the unique ability of drawing your viewers into the film like an ocean current. We know we are in a theater, and we know it’s just a movie, but you make us believe you are at a retreat full of werewolves, or fighting off demented outlaws or even that a giant rabid dog is stalking you and your son. How do both of you prepare yourself for such intense roles? DW: Wow—thanks for all the compliments. I owe everything to my mentor, Charles Conrad, who taught me the technique I still use today: Don’t study, don’t decide, don’t plan too much. Be—be in the moment. Be the girl with the werewolves. Be the mother saving her child. You really get yourself out of the way, and allow the character to take you over. It’s a high and it takes all the fear of acting away. GS: Everyone has their own techniques. I’ve never really found the method approach to work for me. What works best for me is a pretty boring answer I think. I learn my lines with
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no inflection—just the words as they are. Then I try most to just get my energy really high and be present in the moment. It’s then that I feel magic happens—when it’s not planned and you’re just being, not acting. LDM : Well whatever you guys are doing, it is definitely working. Dee many people feel like you deserved an Oscar for your role in Cujo, as it looked very difficult to make. Was Cujo as tough as it looked to make, and what were some of the challenges you faced while filming such an intense movie? DW: Cujo was the most difficult thing I’ve ever done—every day was a challenge. We were freezing, running out of time, etc. Thank God I had Danny Pintaro and Lewis Teague, and of course my rock, Christopher. I think my greatest challenge was energy. I just didn’t know some days if I had enough. At the end, I was treated for exhaustion and well deserved, I must admit. Dee Wallace playing Donna Trenton, ever protective mommy in Cujo, based upon the novel by Stephen King. Don’t you wish your mom was this much of a bad ass?
LDM : You both star in an exciting new movie that is in the works called Zombie Killers: Elephants Graveyard. Can you share some of the highlights from the movie and any inside stories or scoops? DW: We haven’t shot it yet, but I can tell you it is important to me on a much deeper level than the normal horror film. It’s about the greatest horror present—we stop living and creating because of fear. It’s the monster that drives every monster movie. GS: I’m super excited to start working on ZK. Although my mom is in the film, we’re only actually on set together for one day, and we don’t really interact at all. I play her son’s
love interest in the film, but my mom and I are best friends, so anything I get to do with her is always fun. When I first got the call about ZK I was like, “Oh great, another zombie film.” But after reading it, my entire opinion completely changed. The script is written so well, and it really is focused on the relationships and the dynamics of the town. The people in the town of Elwood literally have stopped living in hopes of surviving. The struggle and moral decisions that come up in the film are really powerful. Harrison Smith wrote it in hopes of setting it apart from the normal zombie film, and I believe he far surpassed his goal.
Gabrielle as Nikki Slater in Zombie Killers : Elephant’s Graveyard
LDM: We are all really looking forward to seeing it when it comes out, and Gabrielle you also recently finished a film called Grief. The trailer for that film looks amazing. Can you tell us a little bit about it? GS: I was so excited to be a part of this film. It’s a subject that is very close to me that I’ve dealt with many times in my life firsthand, so it was an amazing project for me to work on. The film is about a woman who takes her own life, and the people that are left behind to deal with it. Following seven seperate people, it shows how we cope and tackle the grieving process. But don’t be fooled by the plot line—there are twists and turns in this emotional film that you will never see coming. It is truly going to affect and change people—it’s very powerful.
LDM: And Dee, you just starred in Rob Zombie’s film Lords of Salem—making it the third film of his you have been in. What is it like working with Mr. Zombie, and how do you feel about his modern take on ‘70s horror films?
DW: I love working with Rob. Love him—he’s a genius and a
really nice guy. I have many thoughts on the way horror is going, and basically, I don’t think most films today are horror films— they are slasher films, and there is a big difference. A horror film develops character, and has a real story that you are invested in.
A slasher film—not so much. It says, “Hi, here are six characters. We are going to use them as excuses to gross you out over the next two hours.” The story is loose, and you don’t have time for any story to build an investment in the people or the outcome. Rob really honors the horror genre in its purest state. LDM: You are both very busy with movies and television series, and Dee, you even have your own radio programs called “Bright Light on the Awakening Zone” and “Conscious Creations.” Can you tell us about some of these projects?
DW: I have been doing some work on the hit television series Grimm, and I have been having a ball with it. It’s been a long time since I felt like I died and gone to Heaven—great script, great cast, great character and great writing. And the producers have put together a respectful, creative atmosphere for everyone. Just wait ‘til you see the February 28 episode!
Dee Wallace in Lords of Salem (2012)
I would also love to have my fans know more about the spiritual part of me. I am a successful healer and clairaudient.
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All info can be found on my website, iamdeewallace.com. If you really want a happier life, tune in to my radio shows every Monday from 5-6 p.m. Pacific Time on Bright Light on The Awakening Zone. 714.364.4335 awakeningzone.com/Show.aspx?ShowID=34 Listen to Dee every Thursday from 8-9 a.m. Pacific Time on Conscious Creation, a free call-in show. 646.915.9919
Gabrielle Stone As Gabby in Cut! (2013)
LDM: And Gabrielle, what about you? As a newer scream queen, do you have any advice to give to budding horror actresses?
GS: Well first off, don’t ever focus on just one genre. That’s how you can get yourself stuck and stereotyped. My strength is actually in drama—I just happen to have some good horror films on my resume. I also would love to do some comedy in the future. My advice would be to always be true to yourself, and never settle for something that isn’t good enough. Unfortunately, there are a lot of productions that pay nothing for what they’re asking girls to do. So be smart and cautious and only work for credible people with high integrity—don’t just take any job offer that comes your way. And never forget to have fun, because the business is too tough to not love what you’re doing.
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Dee Wallace as Patricia in The Frighteners (1996)
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slaughterhouse starlets from the disturbingly sexy mind of artist Keith P. Rein by deanna uutela
We didn’t have to look hard to find a series of artwork that perfectly embodies the spirit of Living Dead Magazine and the theme of our second issue “Women in Hor- ror.” Sexy, campy, naughty and unforgettable, when we first eyed artist Keith P. Rein’s artwork at Portland’s Wizard World Comic Con, we knew we had found some- thing truly special that needed to be displayed all over our sleek slutty pages. Keith P. Rein you complete us, or your artwork does at least.
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Slaughterhouse Starlets is an ongoing series of illustrations by artist, Keith P.
Rein. The series depicts celebrities and pop icons within the realm of horror and slasher films—a media these stars aren’t usually associated with. The power and strength of women are explored through the juxtaposition of blood and glamour to produce memorable images that fans just can’t get enough of (his Etsy shop alone has over 2,000 sales).
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Rein’s artwork combines his love of humor, sex, and often geek culture to produce an alluring body of work that he hopes will make you laugh, and maybe even get you turned on.
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Keith has been studying art since childhood and received a BFA at the University of Georgia in 2006 with a focus in photography. Since graduating Keith has been working as a freelance designer and illustrator, both professions he mentions are self-taught, he’s “never gone to school for either, making the challenges a lot more fun to tackle.�
Much like his art, Keith P. Rein has a “provocative” sense of humor that reeks of mustache wax and Old Spice—his choice of shop names, the P is for Penis, is a case in point.
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The Ultimate ‘80s Scream Queen :
Linnea Quigley by Matt Majeski
“Do you ever wonder about all the different ways of dying? You know, violently. For me, the worst way would be for a bunch of old men to get around me and start biting and eating me alive.” The beautiful punk rocker simply known as Trash in the popular zombie film, Return of the Living Dead, poetically uttered these words just minutes before tearing off her clothing and doing a striptease on top of a tombstone that made even the porn addicts blush. Although actress Linnea Quigley started out in bit roles in films like Don’t Go Near the Park and Graduation Day, it wasn’t until Return of the Living Dead that Linnea truly started to become a staple of ‘80s horror and exploitation films. Not only did her role as Trash cement her as the ‘80s scream queen, it also helped catapult Return of the Living Dead into cult classic, legendary status. We got the great chance to talk to Linnea about her experience dancing and walking among the living dead. All painted up for promo photos for the B-movie classic
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Living Dead Magazine: First of all, thank you Linnea for taking the time
to talk to us about Return of the Living Dead.
Linnea Quigley: Of course!
LDM: So Linnea, you got the role of Trash because of your previous ties with Stanzi Stokes, the casting director of Silent Night, Deadly Night, right? LQ: Yes, exactly. She cast me in Silent Night, Deadly Night, and she luckily remembered me when they were recasting Return of the Living Dead because the girl who was cast as Trash originally had gotten pregnant. In the interim, they were waiting for more money to come through. So Stanzi called me in to read for the part, and I read for her and Dan O’Bannon, the director. They had me do the famous tombstone dance where I do the whole “Do you ever fantasize about death?” speech, and I had to rip off my clothes in front of her and Dan and the producer Graham Henderson. Luckily I got the part. LDM: Well, I think it’s easy to see why. LQ: Thank you! LDM: Trash was originally called Legs in the script but it was changed, obviously. Do you know why they changed the name? LQ: You know what, I don’t know why they changed the name. I had become fond of the name, and I loved that name because it reminded me of ZZ-Top or something. And I initially didn’t like the name, but I’m so happy they ended up changing it because it just fits her so well. LDM: Now a while ago, I watched More Brains: A Return to the Living Dead, which is a fantastic documentary about the making of the film, and in the documentary, you, along with the rest of the cast, had expressed that you didn’t understand the tone of the script when you first read it, right? LQ: Right, everybody was told to just be scared by the stuff that was happening to our characters. We didn’t really know it was going to be a comedy horror—we played it straight. Maybe James Karen and some of the others injected humor into it, but we were told basically to play it straight like it was a regular horror film. LDM: Exactly, so even though the tone was hard to process at first, it was still fascinating nonetheless for the majority of the cast to be apart of I can imagine. LQ: Oh yes! I mean, when we saw the finished product, it was one of the most amazing things we had ever seen. When you work on a film, you always hope that it’ll turn out good, but before you go and see your own film you are always really nervous. However, this was one of those films where you walked out of it and felt really proud because it was so fun and it was something that I certainly hadn’t done before. It was definitely a brand new experience for a lot of us.
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LDM: And before principal photography had begun, you guys had gone through two weeks of rehearsal from what I’ve heard. LQ: Yes, that was a real luxury—it was really nice. We got to bond and get into our characters more, and just had us feeling more self-confident about it. I know that bigger budgets don’t do it, but the smaller budgets as well are very quick, and are like, “Read your lines before you do the scene. Get your marks down.” So that was definitely an experience that you normally don’t get with many films. LDM: Very true. I think that helped out tremendously, and can be seen with the interactions between the teenage punks like you, Mark, Jewel, Brian, etc. You can kind of believe that these guys are friends. Going back to Trash, did they ask you to dye and cut your hair first before you went with the wig? LQ: Yes, Dan sent me to Michael Spatola, who was one of the makeup effects artists. All of the guys had gotten mohawks, shaved their heads, etc. I had long hair at the time, and he wanted to cut it and dye it red. The thing was though, I didn’t really want to have to cut my hair because that kind of cut would really dramatically cut down my chances of getting other acting gigs. So I asked Spatola to kind of lie and say that my hair wouldn’t stand up in that weathe,r and the dye would just come out, which it really wouldn’t because of my hair’s texture. But it worked, and he gave me a wig instead.
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LDM: Probably the highlight of the movie is you doing your tombstone striptease. Now, Graham Henderson made you wear a prosthetic piece to cover up your private lady parts. I heard that was extremely uncomfortable to wear. Is that true? LQ: When we were shooting the scene where I was completely naked, Graham had come on the set and said, “What are you doing? This movie’s going to be X rated!” So they had to get the prosthetic made right away. And to be honest, it wasn’t uncomfortable as much as an annoyance when I had to go to the bathroom. I’d have to say, “Hello? Can somebody unglue me?” So it was really embarrassing to ask someone to unglue me, and then glue me back in. But it was pretty comfortable. It was like a g-string. LDM: Oh, okay. The funny thing is that the prosthetic piece made you look like a Barbie doll, which is ironic because fans have eventually turned your character’s likeness into a Barbie doll.
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LQ: Oh yes—yes, that’s right! LDM: I heard that the nudity aspect of your part didn’t bother you as much. Is that true? LQ: I was a little bit uncomfortable, but I tried not to show that discomfort. My whole life—with my dad being a doctor—the human body wasn’t looked at as something to be ashamed of, or something to hide. So that gave me a better attitude towards approaching that scene. LDM: I’m not sure if you were aware of this, but I read that Dan had paid some of the zombie extras more to eat actual calf. Did this upset you since you’re such an animal lover? LQ: I heard they were cow brains actually. At the time, I had no idea that this was going on, but when I found out about it that did bother me a lot. Speaking of that, I had driven to set the one day when the little flipper guy was eating the brains of the paramedic, and he had turned green because the brains were just so old and in bad shape, and he just threw up after the take.
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LDM: Bleh! Speaking of uncomfortable moments, in the scene where you’re attacked by the zombies you must’ve been a little uncomfortable. I mean, you were half naked, and it must’ve been cold and wet as well. Can you tell us more about that scene? LQ: Well, I was scared to death because of the extras. They’re very zealous about being on screen, and they will go to any length to be noticed. So I was terrified when Dan yelled action because I was thinking they were going to start surrounding me. They were sitting in this puddle of water and ready to go, and the whole time, I’m like, “Oh, God!” I was really scared of them a lot for that reason. LDM: How was it working with the rest of the cast, particularly the teenage punks? LQ: It was great! It was amazing working with Thom, Mark, Jewel and all of them. And working with such well-known actors like James Karen and Clu Gulager was just an absolute treat. They’d bring legendary actor friends to visit the set, like Jason Robards, who was in Once Upon a Time in the West. So, working with the entire cast was phenomenal to say the least. But yeah, me, Mark, Jewel and the others definitely became really close with each other. LDM: That’s amazing—just so awesome! What was it like working with Dan? What was his directing style like?
LQ: Well, Dan was very, very exact in what he wanted. He wanted to have exactly everything as he pictured it in his mind. At times, it was hard working with him, but mostly because he was under a lot of stress. For me, I didn’t have any major trouble because I went along with him, and trusted him since he was my director. But there were a lot of people who had problems with him because he was under so much pressure, and he really argued about things, like how much money was being spent and stuff like that. LDM: Now it’s been almost 30 years since the movie first came out. Are you still surprised at all of the positive reactions to the film, or have you kind of come to accept that it is a cult classic and it did have a huge impact? LQ: I am still amazed at how it is a cult classic, and how people in their 20s, 30s and even younger than that remember it, know it, watch it and enjoy it. It’s unbelievable how well it’s held up over the years, ‘cause a lot of movies from the ‘80s are so dated and not that memorable to anyone, particularly the younger generation. I am amazed it has held up for all these years, and I hope it continues to for years to come. LDM: I think over time, it’s fanbase will definitely grow larger and richer. I can’t imagine how many males have come up to you over the years and said, “I went through puberty after watching your naked striptease on top of the tombstone.” LQ: Yeah, I’ve heard a lot of stories. Like at the last convention I was at, there was this guy who came up to my table and said that he had his first “manhood” experience when he watched it—and I’m just blushing like, “Oh, my God!” But it’s charming, and really nice to hear. LDM: What new projects are you currently working on, or ones that you can talk about? LQ: Well, there’s a bunch that are going to be coming out. I know that The Trouble with Barry and Caesar and Otto’s Deadly Xmas are already out. A movie I worked on called Disciples is coming out soon. Other movies I worked on recently that’ll be out soon are A Blood Story, Demonica, Blood River, The Unquenchable Thirst for Beau Nerjoose, They Came from the Ether, The Hunters, Miss Strangelove and it looks like I’m going to L.A. in a couple weeks to shoot Trophy Heads, which should be a really interesting film. LDM: So, you haven’t had that much going on then, right?
The role that made her a cult legend--the free-loving Trash in Return of the Living Dead
LQ: Yeah, I’ve been so bored, not doing anything. So yeah, my plate has not been filled at all. I’m a recluse! LDM: You mentioned Disciples, which I’ve heard about. Now that’s more serious horror, right? LQ: Yeah, more supernatural. It’s got a great cast: Angus Scrimm, Bill Moseley, Tony Todd, Brink Stevens, I could go on and on. LDM: Awesome—just awesome! Thank you so much for this interview, Linnea. I highly appreciate it, and your time. LQ: Thank you. Same to you!
I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the lovely and gracious Linnea Quigley again for talking to us about making Return of the Living Dead. I have to say though, I’m feeling a bit hungry right now for some reason. Before Robin Wright fought giant rats in Princess Bride, there was Linnea showing them how it is done in Creepozoids
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New Scream Queens on the Rise By Horror Society’s Michael ‘ The Dedman’ Jones
Everyone knows the current big names and the legends in the scream queen game, but here are the five up and coming actresses that everyone should be watching for. Not only do they possess the talent and the drive to do what they do, but each of these young ladies also exhibits the social grace and tactfulness that is needed to reach scream queen status. Some of these young ladies have worked on more than a few projects in the past, but what we lay before you is what the future holds for us going forward. So without further ado, here are the five actresses you should be watching in 2014:
Hayley Derryberry
Most Recent Work: 100 Ghost Street: The Return of Richard Speck from The Asylum, Zombie Night on the Syfy channel and Rabid Love is releasing on DVD and VOD on March 4. Hayley is in a movie premiering at Sundance Film Festival on January 17 called Frank. She will also be in two upcoming co-star parts on Primetime TV premiering in January, Enlisted on Fox and Killer Women on ABC. She also has a couple films that are currently in post-production, The White Orchid, a film noir, and Red, White, and Bluey, a sci-fi that was shot in Australia. “I am currently writing a screenplay for a horror film that my husband and I hope to produce and begin making this year with our company Rogue Taurus which produced and made “Rabid Love”. I’m very excited about this script because it touches on personal experiences from my own life growing up in the Bible belt and the horrors from which ensue.”
Grace Powell Most Recent Work: Jacob from Odyssee Pictures, More Than Human (TV series) from Huzu Productions and The Legend of Darkhorse County from Welling Films. Grace did a short film called Possessed that will be showing at Macabre Faire Jan. 16-19. She also filmed Hidden In The Woods and The Girl. She is getting ready to film a kids movie called Kids vs. Zombies. “Don’t chase people. Be yourself, do your own thing and work hard. The right people, the ones who really belong in your life, will come to you. And stay.” (Grace’s favorite quote, from Will Smith)
Most Recent Work: Alien Vengeance from Hocus Focus Productions, Post Mortem, America 2021 from Quattro Venti Scott Productions and Astro Zombies: M4 - Invaders from Cyberspace from Blue Heron International Pictures.
Melanie Robel
Melanie has currently wrapped, or is in production on several genre and projects this year, including Disciples, A Blood Story, For Nicole’s Sake and Limo Driver. She is currently rumored to be taking part in Sasquatch vs. Yeti and Redlight Kate, both of which are slated for production later this year. “The past five years of acting has been an adventure for me. I have had great project like, Post Mortem America 2021 with Linnea Quigley, Monique Dupree, and Jim O’Rea; A Blood Story with Camden Toy, Mindy Robinson, Mark Hanson and Robert Z’Dar. I have a supportive family, awesome fans and a great team. Being an army brat from Kansas, I can’t wait to see what happens next. I am so thankful to everyone who has helped me to get where I am. Let’s keep going...”
Heather Drew
Most Recent Work: The Sickness from SaintSinner Entertainment, The Pinelands Murders from South Jersey Films and The Gilgo Beach Murders from TwitchTwitch Productions. Right now Heather is working on a TV paranormal crime drama based on the true accounts of Karl Petry and also working on two films called A Place In Hell (directed by David Boorboor) and Dracula’s War. She will be hosting the event How to Die Like a Pro at the Macabre Faire Film Festival in Long Island. “Here is my letter of apology for giving you nightmares this upcoming year. Whether I am playing possessed, a vampire, a serial killer, or the innocent girl next door...I promise to provide some serious chills and make horror fans proud. Besides that, watch out for me on TV and the Internet on Scott W. Perry’s ‘In Fear Of’. I also continue to take Horror/Sci-fi classes with CD and owner of BradleyBaron, Pamela Kramer. This woman is my Secret Weapon and everyone should take her class at the Actors Connection in NYC. She molds the next Scream Queens and Kings! Horror has seared itself into my heart and I owe a big thank you to so many many people!”
Most Recent Work: Exhumed from Scorpio Film Releasing, Cost of the Living: A Zom Rom Com from LTJ Films and The Black Dahlia Haunting from Pinnovating Productions.
Sarah Nicklin
After looking for Heather on the TV series Hustle, make sure to look for her in Victimized (completed), Alice D. (completed) and Chupacabra Territory (post-production) in 2014, and she is also currently filming The Witching Hour and Adam K. “I’m really excited to be working on HAG later on this year - it’s a really unique script that is really going to stretch my abilities as an actor. It’s going to be very physically and emotionally challenging and I am going to love every minute of it. Those are the types of roles that we do this for.”
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There is a beauty and mystery that surrounds the use of poisons throughout history and in literature. Shakespeare alone showed us how romantically tragic death by poison can be, and women and poison in particular have been linked for centuries.
Locusta with a speculative Nero forming plans of murder
Locusta, a woman from the first century not only had a talent for poison, she also helped Nero and his mother murder the Emperor and Britannicus, a potential rival to Nero. For her unique talents she was rewarded land, prestige and even started her own school teaching her dark arts. Take that Severus Snape!
Poisonous Recipes:
featuring an interview with
Cassandra Mathieson BY ERIN KERLEY
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Anna Pistova, also known as “The Witch of Vladimirovac,” provided deadly love potions and poisons to local women in her area. She was finally caught in 1928 at the age of 92 and was connected to about 50 deaths. When asked about her poisons, she was quoted as saying, “If it was good enough to kill Gaja Marinkov, it will do for anyone.” But a fascination and love for poison doesn’t always have to end up with someone six feet under. Portland resident and author of the new book, Proof is in the Poison: Fatal and Healing Recipes to Delight and Inspire your Dinner Guests, Cassandra Mathieson, is taking knowledge of poisons and potions to prepare meals rather than deaths. Like a demented Betty Crocker, she combines culinary mastery with deadly ingredients in her upcoming book of recipes coming out this March.
Living Dead Magazine : Tell us a little about your new book. Cassandra Mathieson : It’s a compilation of recipes I’ve developed using the edible parts of ingredients that are toxic in some form, but have highly nutritional qualities when prepared properly. Those recipes are then pitted page-for-page against novelty recipes, using the same ingredient that would prove fatal were you to choose to prepare and consume them in a certain way. LDM : You seem to love both cooking and the macabre—is there something or someone that helped you find the love of these two things? CM : Absolutely. When X-files originally aired I was quite young. I would watch each episode with my mother, and we would always walk to the gas station down the street from us before it began and purchase a Nestle crunch bar to share during the hour. Viewing those stories—specifically season two’s second episode, “The Host,” with my mouth full of crunchy chocolate—is the closest I’ve ever come to my own personal version of Heaven. From then on, it’s been food and creepiness for me—every day, all the way. I think I’m always hoping I’ll find a taste and experience combination that will bring me back to first time watching X-files ecstasy, but I haven’t gotten there yet. LDM : You use poisons in your cookbook—please give us a few examples, and how you think it enhances your food. CM : Most of the recipes feature ingredients that have an LD50—meaning if 100 people were to consume the
toxic portion of the ingredient, 50 of them would find it was fatal to them. The ingredients are valuable however, because many of these ingredients also have incredible healing properties and aren’t toxic whatsoever—if you know how to prepare them properly. Also, in some of the recipes the term poison is used lightly. For example, I have a recipe for pho that is made with a stinging nettle broth. In this pair of recipes, the term poison is a bit of a misnomer. Stinging nettle is abrasive when one comes into tactile contact with it, as it is covered in small hairs made of Silisium that cause irritation and discomfort to the skin due to their acid content. It is not poisonous in the true sense of the word. Also, it is incredibly nutritious when consumed. So in the book I have a stinging nettle body butter that no one in their right mind should ever make, and next to it I also feature the pho recipe, which everyone should make. It’s seriously delicious.
LDM : Is there anyone from history that you feel would love your cookbook and why? CM : That’s a fun question! What about Aleister Crowley’s wife, Rose Kelly? Aleister stole her away from her arranged marriage and the two eloped to Cairo—spicy! It’s said that they loved one another passionately, and that he tried to impress her constantly. I bet she would be into throwing poisonous dinner parties for their dark-artsy friends on a hot Saturday night. LDM : Other than the food in your cookbook what is your favorite thing to cook? CM : Crab cakes and the perfect hollandaise. I’m very bad at both of those things. Like, stiflingly bad. Mastering them is on my bucket list and I will try until death comes to collect me. Which, might be sooner rather than later if I make a misstep in the poison recipe testing department. LDM : If there was just one thing you want our readers to know about your cookbook what would it be?
The beautiful Rose Kelly, beloved wife to the infamous Aleister Crowley
CM : I think I’ll be required by law to say that the poisonous recipes are for novelty value only. So, hey everyone the poisonous recipes are for novelty value only. Seriously though don’t kill people with them because I’ll probably get into a lot of legal trouble and I have no time for that.
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Jennifer Blood Volume 1 – A Woman’s Work Is Never Done: Issues 1 – 6 Writer: Garth Ennis Illustrator: Adriano Batista Publisher: Dynamite
Wow, Issue number 2 of the Living Dead Magazine is now in your hands – I hope you’re as excited as I am about it. For our “Scream Queen” issue I had to do a little thinking; while there are many horror comics out there with female characters, I wanted one with a female protagonist instead of the stale “victim who fights back” that’s endlessly recycled. Enter Jennifer Blood: All-American loving wife and mom by day, hyper-violent vigilante psycho-killer seeking vengeance by night. To be fair, it could be argued that this first volume is pretty much a revenge fantasy, because it is. As the series continues and we get to know Jennifer much better though, what she really is begins to slowly sink in. The fact that so many people can, in many ways, understand why she’s doing what she’s doing also sinks in. Most delightful of all? The fact that many of us might occasionally fantasize about doing exactly what she does—that too sinks in. It sinks in deep, like the axe she finishes Uncle Jimmy off with. Now, as I mentioned in my last review, I’m a huge fan of Garth Ennis and if you were wondering if this is another Garth Ennis comic I’ll be reviewing, well, you are correct. I’ll make this promise though—next issue I’ll introduce you to some other fine comic writers, and even an author or two. It’s just that writers like Ennis, who throw caution to the wind and get into it are pretty rare. I want to help people discover him if they haven’t already. Enough of this though, and let’s get on with the review! 54
With Jennifer Blood, Garth Ennis has done
I once watched an interview with a woman who lived through the Holocaust. She was talking about how there were only three types of killers—the insane, the intelligent and the passionate. The insane ones are just that, insane. They are often driven to kill for many reasons, but nothing you or I might view as rational per se. Then there’s the intelligent killers. You know, the ones who think they’re too smart to be caught. Then there are the passionate killers. They kill in the heat of the moment. Usually the reasons why they kill might be seen as understandable, even just at times, which is what separates these killers from the insane ones. You might even discover yourself agreeing that whomever they killed deserved to be killed, or at least you can imagine why they killed. So, why all the exposition? Jennifer Blood is all three. The story starts off innocently enough, with a
young housewife and mother of two writing down her innermost thoughts in a diary—my favorite line being, “Is it wrong to tranquilize your family?” What we quickly discover from her diary is that Jennifer is living two lives— she’s a married mother of two living the “perfect” suburban life, while also dispensing her brand of justice to the men that murdered her father. Turns out that dear old dad was the head of an extremely violent crime family. He was the kind of guy who makes Kayser Soze seem kind by comparison. He’s very effective at what he does. Likewise, he’s also very good at concealing his true nature from his wife and daughter. Of course his wife is aware, at least to a degree as to what he really does, but his daughter Jennifer is completely in the dark. She idolizes her dad as most daughters do, and loves him like only a little girl can. His death is an extremely violent one and shatters the idyllic life they all shared for too short a time.
Her mother is utterly destroyed emotionally,
and Jennifer is sent off to a boarding school. Sometime later, she learns in a letter from her mother what her father did for a living and who killed him. Her mother provides her with money, contacts and tells her to disappear because the men who killed her father will one day come to deal with her as they don’t like loose ends. So she does what anyone would do—jumps off a cruise ship, fakes her death, assumes a new identity and begins training so that one day she can visit her vengeance
again what he did previously with Crossed— he has created a character within a universe that he gladly lets other writers take out for a spin. The evolution of the story has been interesting and enjoyable. Just when you are starting to get settled in, something gamechanging occurs to keep the story exciting and engaging. I don’t imagine he originally envisioned the story going in the direction it did, but whether he did or not, I’m glad it happened. Ennis doesn’t disappoint when it comes to dialogue either—the diary bits are fascinating, and there’s enough campy conversation to keep it from taking itself too seriously. I think his original intent was to create a female version of the Punisher, but with an even harder edge. What started initially as a guilty pleasure of mine quickly turned into me waiting not-so-patiently each month for the next issue, which is still ongoing BTW.
upon the men who took her father from her. In the process of doing so, her true nature is revealed and ultimately embraced. All the clues are there in the first volume, as she barely shows restraint that continues to degrade, finally becoming non-existent in later issues. Her rationalizations as to why she continues to kill after the first volume ends are hilarious, shocking and many things in-between. While it’s enjoyable watching her go about dispatching her brutal uncles and their associates for murdering her father, her evolution in how and why she kills in later volumes begins to take on a comical, perverse quality. My thoughts as I read the first volume were primarily of the “get the bastards!” quality, but quickly escalated to “WTF!!!” in later volumes, as she completely morphs from vigilante to mass murderer.
Adriano Batista’s imagery harmonizes well, creating a sort of graphic cacophony—although I could live without Jennifer’s Trinity costume a la Matrix. I’m not going to complain too much about it though. I get why he went with something like that—it’s just another way to separate the mother side of her from the vengeance-seeking killer. It widens the chasm between the two, which is what helps her keep her worlds as separate as she is able to. As a little aside—one evening my wife glanced over at what I was reading and noticed a particularly outrageous sex scene that I was gazing at (shocked, perhaps… perhaps). Embarrassed a little, I felt I needed to explain. After listening to me ramble on a bit about what it was about, she proceeded to read along with me and for the next several issues found herself wrapped up in the tale of Jennifer Blood. I think if you give it a try, you’ll find yourself hooked after the first issue (just like you’re hooked on the Living Dead Magazine now). Jennifer Blood is a refreshing take on a somewhat stale storyline. Going off of my wife’s reaction to the comic, I’m betting the ladies will enjoy it as well. Although it is clear from the storylines and art that it was written with a male reader in mind. I recommend this one with no reservations though, because how often are we given a female protagonist as complex as Jennifer Blood along with enough camp to keep it from becoming overbearingly grim? The next time you grab the spot that the soccer mom was going to grab in the Walmart parking lot, you might want to think twice about it.
Issue 3 Coming This May a SUPERNATURAL THEME with Jim Beaver Chad Lindberg Larry Overman of Ghost Mine Artwork By Thirteenth Floor + so much more
Photographer : Travis Geny Model : Debi Decay MUA : Shashonna Knecht