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Post by ripper on Jan 3, 2013 15:07:44 GMT
Thanks, Dem, that third story rings a bell now, though I didn' realise it was by Charles Birkin. I think that the ghoul undertakers were going to feature regularly in stories in subsequent issues of the mag.
The Magic Sword turns up on some budget dvd sets and I have several copies. I think of it as being in the same vein as Jack the Giant Killer, though of much lower budget and containing more horrific images. I believe it was shown at children's matinees in the USA :-D. I didn't know about it being slapped with an X certificate over here, which would keep it away from British kiddies. It is available on archive.org under its Magic Sword title.
Just as an aside, is there anyone else who prefers the old rating of "X" rather than "18" as it is now. I dont know, but, for me, there was something about seeing that old-style BBFC certificate with the "X" at the start of the film that the "18" certificate just doesn't have. It made me feel that I was about to see something truly adult, which large sections of the population were prevented from viewing; seeing the "18" just doesn't have the same impact, nor does it give me the same feeling.
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Jan 3, 2013 15:42:27 GMT
Just as an aside, is there anyone else who prefers the old rating of "X" rather than "18" as it is now. I dont know, but, for me, there was something about seeing that old-style BBFC certificate with the "X" at the start of the film that the "18" certificate just doesn't have. It made me feel that I was about to see something truly adult, which large sections of the population were prevented from viewing; seeing the "18" just doesn't have the same impact, nor does it give me the same feeling. Apart from graphics everything was better in the old flicks and 'X' gave a film that certain forbidden magic.
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Post by ripper on Jan 4, 2013 20:21:17 GMT
I also really miss the double-bills that were the norm back in the day. Plus there would be trailers and those wonderful Pearl & Dean adverts for local businesses.
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Jan 4, 2013 20:58:31 GMT
I also really miss the double-bills that were the norm back in the day. Plus there would be trailers and those wonderful Pearl & Dean adverts for local businesses. Spot on. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCo1Ffn9_u8 Remember the excitement as the usherettes came down the dim lit aisles with the little lights on the ice cream....
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Post by ripper on Jan 4, 2013 22:20:04 GMT
That's the Pearl & Dean opening that I remember, Craig :-).
In our local cinema the usherette would stand under the screen at intermission time with a tray filled with ice-cream tubs, Kia-ora orange drinks and other sugarly delights. In fact, if there were only a few people at a matinee, she would just come round and ask if you wanted anything. Back then, most cinemas were independant, and each had an individual atmosphere and decor. For example, our local cinema had reproduction posters from Pete Walker films on the walls of the corridor leading to the auditorium. Nowadays, with the dominance of the chain multiplexes, they all seem to be the same and have lost their individuality. I went to the pictures fairly regularly until the late 1980s. The last time I went was to a chain multiplex in 1998 to see Titanic as our local cinema had closed down and the experience just wasn't the same.
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Post by ripper on Aug 20, 2016 16:40:58 GMT
Not sure why, but my thoughts turned to this magazine recently. I seem to remember that there was a centre-spread poster that you could detach from the magazine. I think it was that cover art from 'Dracula Returns' if my memory is correct. There was a spoof horoscope--maybe called 'horrorscope' here plus lots of adverts for NEL books.
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Post by sadako on Oct 23, 2023 3:52:22 GMT
Not sure why, but my thoughts turned to this magazine recently. I seem to remember that there was a centre-spread poster that you could detach from the magazine. I think it was that cover art from 'Dracula Returns' if my memory is correct. There was a spoof horoscope--maybe called 'horrorscope' here plus lots of adverts for NEL books.
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Post by sadako on Oct 23, 2023 3:56:27 GMT
The back page of The Ghoul issue 1 also has this wonderful advert for New English Library paperbacks…
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Post by andydecker on Oct 23, 2023 10:08:15 GMT
I would order all nine :-)
Wonderful ads. This Dracula painting has a special place in my heart, and I have seen many illustrations of the count.
I can remember when, as a young lad, I pored over other order forms and calculating which title exactly I could order with my pocket money.
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Post by sadako on Oct 23, 2023 10:50:16 GMT
I would order all nine :-) Wonderful ads. This Dracula painting has a special place in my heart, and I have seen many illustrations of the count.
I can remember when, as a young lad, I pored over other order forms and calculating which title exactly I could order with my pocket money.
I've now got all nine and am one away from collecting the others that are mentioned. Though I picked up many of them at the time. For me, this 1976 ad is a great overview of the golden age for NEL horror, and a nostalgic time when I was getting these books firsthand in WH Smiths on Saturdays.
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Post by 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr on Oct 23, 2023 12:48:45 GMT
I would order all nine :-) Wonderful ads. This Dracula painting has a special place in my heart, and I have seen many illustrations of the count.
I can remember when, as a young lad, I pored over other order forms and calculating which title exactly I could order with my pocket money.
I've now got all nine and am one away from collecting the others that are mentioned. Though I picked up many of them at the time. For me, this 1976 ad is a great overview of the golden age for NEL horror, and a nostalgic time when I was getting these books firsthand in WH Smiths on Saturdays. I can see why people would buy old paperbacks just for the covers. Would people say they got into a particular genre because of being attracted to the art first?
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Post by dem bones on Oct 23, 2023 13:06:05 GMT
I've now got all nine and am one away from collecting the others that are mentioned. Though I picked up many of them at the time. For me, this 1976 ad is a great overview of the golden age for NEL horror, and a nostalgic time when I was getting these books firsthand in WH Smiths on Saturdays. I can see why people would buy old paperbacks just for the covers. Would people say they got into a particular genre because of being attracted to the art first? Without doubt. Not just art - cover photo's too.
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Post by sadako on Oct 23, 2023 13:50:40 GMT
I've now got all nine and am one away from collecting the others that are mentioned. Though I picked up many of them at the time. For me, this 1976 ad is a great overview of the golden age for NEL horror, and a nostalgic time when I was getting these books firsthand in WH Smiths on Saturdays. I can see why people would buy old paperbacks just for the covers. Would people say they got into a particular genre because of being attracted to the art first? I’d say I was keen on sci-fi and horror, monsters and dinosaurs already, but the art drew me to authors new and established. The trashy NEL horror was, I guess, a new subgenre - and the cover art definitely led me to it.
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