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ArticleGHOSTS: THE POSSESSION OF BUTTON HOUSE

Now spooking up the big screen.

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ArticleTHE WRITE STUFF

China Miéville answers our author questionnaire. Do you have any personal mementos or nick-nacks on your desk/within reach? I like tchotchkes, and have a good few on my shelves, but generally what I keep within reach is some blank paper, an...

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ArticleBLASTERMIND

See how many Deutsche marks you get in our quiz. QUESTION 1 Jacob and Wilhelm: first names of which famous German siblings? QUESTION 2 Robert Wiene’s 1924 film The Hands Of Orlac centres on a man who loses his hands, then has new ones grafted...

Quizmaster Ian Berriman, Deputy Editor

ArticleTHE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

Forty years of terrible skincare. BASED ON THE 1910 GOTHIC horror novel by Gaston Leroux, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical The Phantom Of The Opera opened at His Majesty’s Theatre in London on 9 October 1986. It has continued to play there –...

WORDS: HENRY CALVERT • PHOTOGRAPHY: JOHAN PERSSON

ArticleRESIDENT EVIL

Zach Cregger weaponises the franchise. ★★★★☆ RELEASED OUT NOW! 15 | 90 minutes Director Zach Cregger Cast Austin Abrams, Paul Walter Hauser, Zach Cherry, Kali Reis Fans of the Resident Evil games expressed annoyance at writer/director...

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ArticleREECE SHEARSMITH

We’re in league with this gentleman.

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ArticleTHE MONSTER SQUAD

Dracula and co bite back. ★★★★☆ RELEASED 12 OCTOBER 1987 | 15 | 4K/blu-ray Director Fred Dekker Cast Andre Gower, Duncan Regehr, Ashley Bank, Tom Noonan Like so much kid-focused ’80s fare, Fred Dekker’s The Monster Squad is really about the...