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Post by 1greywyler on Jul 20, 2011 17:08:44 GMT
Been here before but re registered as i was having probs signing in. Just a quick word on the new issue of Kontinental X fanzine. Issue 5 contains Cinema X magazine, Fontana Horror, a look at Chris Chittell and the usual obscure euro reviews. A5 32 pages with colour KX is designed to be a cheap but worthwhile read with the price kept under a quid. Anyone who would like a free sample back issue can bag one for 75p delivered as an introduction. If anybody wants details just PM me. Attachments:
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Post by justin on Jul 21, 2011 18:18:51 GMT
Can whole heartedly endorse this zine as worth anyone's time and money. Vaulters should enjoy the Fontana top ten and will probably disagree. I enjoyed the cinema x profile which included an anecdote that read like grange hill written by Richard Allen. Support this mag!
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Post by dem bones on Sept 5, 2011 21:18:02 GMT
Grey Wyler (ed.) - Kontinental X #4 (Feb/ March 2011) Introduction Celluloid Sins Of Sexy Susan A Pocketful of Memories The Monster Of Rillington Place: Part 4 Jennifer Kendall Grey Wyler's Unsung Heroes"We do not really concern ourselves too much with the mainstream here ...." Received a bumper bundle of issues 1-5 today and can only second Justin's recommendation! An initial flick through suggests the Glasgow-based Kontinental X as a 32 page celebration of films, comics and magazines from the seedier end of the range but, while there's certainly plenty here to accommodate the sleazy, a closer inspection reveals more in Mr. Wyler's box of tricks than is immediately apparent. Don't know what it was decided me to dive in on number four but it proved a pretty sharp move. Three sides devoted to Top Sellers Pocket Chiller Library with the promise of a definitive guide to come, and a six page retrospective/ unashamed perve over the film & TV career of Susan Penhaligon, most recently seen negotiating the cow-pats of Emmerdale farm and whose track record includes stellar appearances in Bouquet Of Barbed Wire, The Uncanny (that's her on the cover), House Of Mortal Sin, the fondly remembered BBC adaptation of Count Dracula, the Land That Time Forgot and, as muse, at least three early Peter Hammill mega-dirges, Refugees, Easy Just To Slip Away and Slender Threads. A slight disappointment that her portrayal of Penny Hunter in the effortlessly classy No Sex Please, We're British doesn't get a look in, but this is compensated by a welcome cover reproduction of the Mills & Boon paperback The Leopard In The Snow, basis for the film of same name. Top Sellers Pocket Chiller Library. Much admired by many a Vault contributor, a complete mystery to me whose only experience of the mag 'til now has been the terrific selection of cover scans, so am delighted that Mr. Wyler has reproduced the sensational The Monster Of Rillington Place strip over the first five issues, even if my preposterous wants list has now been extended by 137 items. Grey Wyler (ed.) - Kontinental X #5 Introduction Cinema X: A Quick Peek At An Old Favourite The Fontana Book Of Great Horror Stories; A Personal Ten Christopher Chittell: Part 1 The Monster Of Rillington Place: Part 5 Grey Wyler's Unsung HeroesTo the current issue: Part one of a Christopher Chittell retrospective, Mr. C. being another Emmerdale regular with a chequered career behind, and, we hope, in front of him, including roles in the ace sounding The Weekend Murders and something called Erotic Inferno which, judged purely on the film poster, is possible a shade on the steamy side. As Justin mentions above, Cranston McMillan's personal ten best from Fontana Book Of Great Horror Stories is a vault debate in the making. Featured magazine is Cinema X, a late 'sixties/ early seventies glossy devoted to Brit sexploitation flicks which "inhabits a curious no man's land: not really a porno mag and never treated at the time as a proper film review magazine." Yet more legends i've never heard of in regular column Grey Wyler's Unsung Heroes (will come to them later) and the conclusion of The Monster Of Rillington Place round off another solid issue. At a ludicrously low asking price - roughly the equivalent of three Benson & Hedges lung-busters - you are seriously advised to consider taking a punt! details of issues 1-3 to follow once i've read them.
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Post by cyberschizoid on Sept 8, 2011 16:39:19 GMT
Bloody brilliant!!!
I totally recommend this excellent fanzine - it's well worth ordering all the back issues as they are all superb!
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Post by dem bones on Sept 8, 2011 21:31:21 GMT
solid advice. i've not had time to write these up yet, but if you go for the Kontinental X deluxe bumper funpack, you'll also receive: Grey Wyler (ed.) - Kontinental X (Also Press, # 1, Aug/ Sept. 2010) Grey Wyler - Introduction Cranston McMillan - Legends Of Horror The Monster Of Rillington Place Grey Wyler's Unsung Heroes: Ugo Liberatore Wallestein The Monster
Contributors: Grey Wyler, Cranston McMillan, Ian Quinn, Colin Barr.Grey Wyler (ed.) - Kontinental X (Also Press, # 2, Nov/ Dec. 2010) Grey Wyler - Introduction Cranston McMillan - Jonathan Frid: A Man In The Shadows The Monster Of Rillington Place: Part 2 Grey Wyler's Unsung Heroes: Cranston McMillan - Fotoromanzi Ugo Liberatore: Part 2
Contributors: Cranston McMillan, Grey WylerGrey Wyler (ed.) - Kontinental X (Also Press, # 3, Dec. 2010) Grey Wyler - Introduction Cranston McMillan - Hitting The Target The Monster Of Rillington Place: Part 3 Grey Wyler's Unsung Heroes: Igu Liberatore: Part 3
Contributors: Grey Wyler, Cranston McMillanSomething i particularly like is that each issue Cranston showcases a vintage magazine or comic, to date Legends Of Horror, Fotoromanzi (a once insanely popular Italian photo story, Target, Top Sellers Pocket Chiller Library and the slightly frightening looking Cinema X.
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Post by Johnlprobert on Sept 8, 2011 21:59:37 GMT
Marvellous stuff! My cheque's going in the post tomorrow!
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Post by pulphack on Sept 9, 2011 6:52:13 GMT
they look wonderful... torn between complete lust to buy and the sinking feeling that it'll make that wants list get ever longer...
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Post by pulphack on Sept 28, 2011 22:05:45 GMT
having just got off my arse (metaphorically, as i am sitting as i type) and got these - and read them - i have to say anyone who hasn't taken up the £5 package deal is losing out.
first off, loved the Rillington Place strip that is reprinted through this. is it from a Top Sellers title? wonderful, and would never be allowed now unless it was top shelf only as it's unflinching - yet not graphic or sweary as it doesn't need to be, which is a downfall of many 'adult' comics. the subject is treated matter of factly, and it's all the mroe chilling. kids could buy this??
a theme that is returned to in the excellent piece on Target, the NEL 'boys' magazine, i think i've waffled on at length about this before, but really it was an eyeopener when your mum trusted the 'boys' tag and bought it religiously for you at 8, not realising that you were reading about x films and hitler... oddly, two of the reprinted covers feature Uriah Heep and Deep Purple. now i had no interest in pop at all until punk came along, but immediately gravitated to the likes of the Purps and Heep - now i realise what an effect this magazine had on my subconscious.
great stuff in here on euro movies, the career of Emmerdale's Eric Pollard (aka Chris Chittell), and obscure and sadly neglected comics.
highly recommended!
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Post by 1greywyler on Oct 5, 2011 21:12:53 GMT
Issue 6 of Kontinental X featuring Judy Geeson, VHS collecting in the present day, Chris Chittell Part Two, Louis De Funes and a new English translation of a Wallestein the Monster strip. This is the cover and its out this Friday. Attachments:
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Post by dem bones on Oct 14, 2011 19:44:37 GMT
i'm sure ph*t*b*****t won't mind .... still plan to write about issues 1-3, but here's a few lines on the latest. It was going to take something special to follow the serialisation of The Monster Of Rillington Place and it could be that The Two Faces Of Jimmy Wallestein fits the bill. This first extract, set in London's gangland, is a riot of bad sex and worse dialogue as pimp Micky Madras and his fence Lionel Tracy conspire to frame their masked nemesis for the cold-blooded murder of a prostitute. Plenty of movie stuff in #6. The Wonderful World of Julie Geeson celebrates ten of her finest performances while the second and concluding part of the Chris Chittel retrospective concentrates on Eric Pollard - the softcore years. Regular column Grey Wyler's Unsung Heroes comprises short reviews of Le Gendarme Et Les Extra Terrestres and Dargio Argento's Giallo (he's enthusiastic about the first, not fussed about the latter). Finally, VHS 2011: Long Live The Old Flesh. Yes, next time you find a couple of dodgy video tapes in a box of dirt at the market, pause and reflect that there are a growing band of collectors and it's not just the original list of 39 banned 'nasties they're after. Who would have thought, eh? people will be wasting their money of crumbling, yellowed paperbacks next.
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Post by 1greywyler on Nov 28, 2011 22:47:02 GMT
Yes. i know its a bit specialised, but i have been wanting to get this out for a while. Out on the 1st of Dec, so will be posting issues out before the weekend. Its a pretty limited run, but i wanted to fit another issue in before Xmas. And its all about John Steiner, movie reviews, pics and news. Attachments:
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Post by 1greywyler on Feb 27, 2012 22:22:25 GMT
I've been posted missing for a while due to work commitments and getting a load of articles together, but i'm pleased to say that Issue 8 of Kontinental X is nearly upon us. It looks a good un too. This one has the Early career of Frederick Stafford, The Lost Films of Jenny Agutter, Memories of Monster Mag, An interview with director Scott Symons on his movie A Flash of the Blade and a piece on the old TV Closedown. Chuck in part 2 of Wallestein the Monster and we have another mixed bag of delights. Good news too is that issue 9 is also just about ready so there won't be a three month gap like there has been. Attachments:
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Post by dem bones on Mar 23, 2012 11:20:47 GMT
Grey Wyler (ed.) - Kontinental X (Also Press, # 8, April 2012) Editorial Frederick Stafford: From Topaz With Love The Two Faces Of Jimmy Wallestein (continued) In Praise of Ben Gazzara Grey Wyler's Unsung Heroes: The Lost Films of Jenny Agutter Memories of Monster Mag A Flash Of The Blade - Cranston McMillan Interviews Scott Symons on his forthcoming appearance in American Giallo Closedown
Another 32 pages of fast-paced, rough and ready fanzine action. Personal pick is a too brief reminiscence on Dez Skinn's Monster Mag featuring a guest appearances from Cranston's gran and a Heart of Midlothian F. C. pennant (that's at least two Hearts fans on here). Also enjoy the way the Frederick Stafford retrospective leads directly into Wallestien the Monster's latest disgusting adventure with no preamble whatsoever - first time readers will wonder what the fuck is going on! Finally and fittingly, Closedown is a love letter to long distant days when the TV went off the air at midnight until 2. 30 am when .......
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Post by 1greywyler on Mar 25, 2012 8:36:00 GMT
I know i should not say so myself, but i am quite pleased with this issue.
I have all 8 available again, but only for a short time, once they are gone i won't be reprinting. Any members that would like all 8 can have the package for 8 pounds and that includes posting. Overseas would obviously be more.
The next issue is ready and waiting, all that i need is a decent cover. Due first week in May.
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Post by dem bones on Mar 28, 2012 9:21:40 GMT
The next issue is ready and waiting, all that i need is a decent cover. Due first week in May. Ah. Have you considered ..... thought of this while i was reading andy's excellent feature on Dr. Morton and his equally psychotic psychics as Wallestein il Mostro looks to have been conceived in a similar spirit. i am a complete novice as far as these comics go, but strikes me that the Wallenstein strip is even nastier than The Monster Of Rillington Place! For the uninitiated, more il monstro info and that all-important covers gallery at Comic Vine which is where i snagged the image. almost incidentally (!), enjoyed # 8 very much. i particularly like when you provide a few autobiographical details, makes it easier to relate to if i've not seen/ read/ heard of the film or reading matter under the spotlight.
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