Showing posts with label Magazine Review. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Magazine Review. Show all posts

Thursday, 26 August 2010

Magazine Review: SFX Special Edition - Vampires the Ultimate Undead Celebration

SFX Vampires - Front

“Any money left after buying this magazine?” Well, considering that this tasty offering will set you back almost £8, it’s a fair question. It’s asked on a page of this magazine which gives examples of the sort of vampire merchandise you may be interested in. A vampire Willow figure, perhaps? Or what about a Bela Lugosi Dracula figure? I believe the price of the usual monthly SFX magazine is £3.99.  Perhaps the doubled price for this special is because of the plethora of free gifts that accompany this publication.

SFX Vampires - Back
SFX Vampires Magazine
Being Human Coasters
Classic Vampire Tales
Vampire Lovers Poster
In all fairness, this is an attractive package. The sturdy card envelope contains the magazine, a book and some poster art - all good. The stuff that I could have done without are four rather cheap-looking coasters featuring portrait art of the characters from Being Human, and a coffin which you can assemble from pop-out cardboard, “If one of your Star Wars figures is looking a bit worse for wear why not put him or her in their very own little coffin?” the magazine asks. But, really, why would you? The free book is a collection of short stories about vampires and is a little over 100 pages in length. Amongst the writers in this collection are HP Lovecraft, Rudyard Kipling, Edgar Allan Poe and Bram Stoker. As I mentioned earlier, there is also some poster art. It’s double-sided, too. One side features artwork from Hammer’s Vampire Lovers which I like very much. The other side has artwork for True Blood.

Sunday, 15 August 2010

Magazine Review: DVD & Blu-Ray World (issue 86)

DVD & Blu-Ray World Magazine issue#86

DVD & Blu-Ray World is my favourite magazine, and, although I don’t have a subscription with it, I rarely miss an issue. It’s a magazine that mostly focuses on horror, exploitation and adult films. Reviews of anime DVDs, games and martial arts films can also be found regularly within its pages. I suppose it’s fair to say that the subject matter usually leans towards films that would appeal more to men than women. DVD & Blu-Ray World usually has a free DVD with the magazine although it has been published on a number of occasions as a magazine only. Last year, for example, a couple of issues came out at a lower price without a DVD. However, this proved to be an unpopular move and the DVD was reinstated with issue 77 and each subsequent issue has had a DVD with the magazine.