In
the same way the intersection between horror and rock n’roll explored in our
15th issue is much like a Reese’s peanut butter cup, so are horror and comedy –
two great tastes that go great together. In that spirit, Diabolique # 17
tickles your funny bone and cracks it too, exploring all that’s irreverent,
wonky and weird from the horror community’s most alternately playful and
sadistic minds. We’ll walk you through horror-comedy hybrids new and old,
featuring exclusive interviews with Ben Wheatley, Adam Wingard, Joe Dante and
more, while delving into the inner workings of extreme and erotic cinema with a
tribute to the late, great exploitation helmer Jess Franco. Diabolique 17:
you’re all gonna die laughing!
Inside
this issue:
GRUE
ROMANCE
Ben Wheatley shares some insight with Colin McCracken on the carnage of
Sightseers
BLOOD
ALCOHOL CONTENT
Colin McCracken explores the pub-set Irish horror-comedy Grabbers, with words
from writer Kevin Lehane and FX specialist Shaune Harrison
SIDE-SPLITTING:
THE EVOLUTION OF HORROR-COMEDY Ken Hanley charts the social, artistic and
commercial history of the horror-comedy subgenre, with words from Doug Benson,
Alex Winter and Lloyd Kaufman
DANTE:
2 STUDIOS: 0
Joe Dante revisits Gremlins 2: The New Batch with Max Weinstein
HEALING
THE WOUNDS: UNDER THE SKIN OF JESS FRANCO Redemption Films founder Nigel Wingrove
pays tribute to exploitation giant Jess Franco
THE
ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT ESTABLISHMENT Canadian filmmaking collective Astron-6
considers their brushes with censorship, production woes and (sort-of)
new-found notoriety
HE’S
NEXT Ken
Hanley speaks with horror’s emerging force, You’re Next director Adam Wingard
RAISED
BY FEAR
Poster artist Akiko Stehrenberger reveals her haunted past to Michele Galgana
CANADIAN
WITH A CAMERA
Jason Eisener sits down with Ken Hanley to consider his rise from faux-trailers
to anthology franchises
FILM
REVIEW: YOU’RE NEXT
Our early review of Adam Wingard’s home invasion shocker
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