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SHOCK CINEMA #65 is now available, and all subscription copies are in the mail. The new issue includes interviews with ...
01/18/2025

SHOCK CINEMA #65 is now available, and all subscription copies are in the mail. The new issue includes interviews with William Sadler (The Shawshank Redemption, Die Hard 2, Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey, The Mist), Martine Beswicke (Thunderball, Dr. Jekyll And Sister Hyde, One Million Years B.C, From Russia With Love, Seizure), Emily Lloyd (Wish You Were Here, A River Runs Through It, Chicago Joe and the Showgirl, Welcome to Sarajevo), Kathryn Leigh Scott (Dark Shadows, The Great Gatsby [1974], Assassination, The Last Days Of Patton), and Constance Towers (Shock Corridor, The Naked Kiss, Sergeant Rutledge, The Horse Soldiers). You can order a copy at: www.shockcinemamagazine.com.

01/13/2025

We just received out first freight shipment of SHOCK CINEMA #65. The new issue looks great, and we’ll begin mailing out subscription copies and pre-orders on Wednesday! Once we’re done labeling, stuffing, stamping, and hauling issues to the post office, I’ll post an update with more info.

Our national distributors will be getting their copies in another one or two weeks, so #65 should be turning up in bookstores soon...

12/15/2024

Update: SHOCK CINEMA #65. The new issue is currently at the printer. We expect to receive a matchprint on Dec 17, and if everything looks good, it’ll go on press. I'll post another update once we have a more concrete idea of when we should begin mailing out subscription copies... If you aren't already a subscriber, you can now pre-order your copy of #65 at: www.shockcinemamagazine.com.

10/23/2024

Shock Cinema Magazine Update: If you read my Facebook post from back in June, you can probably guess that the last several months haven’t been particularly relaxing for me... My first eye surgery went amazingly well. Unfortunately, the second was more problematic, needing additional laser work. As I mentioned in my earlier post, I’ve had eye problems for most of my life, and while the cataract surgery was essentially successful, it didn’t resolve all of my issues. It definitely improved my eyesight in a lot of ways (e.g., I’d been having troubles reading subtitles, so now Anna & I can finally catch up on our backlog of foreign films), but it has also taken a lot longer to get comfortable sitting at my computer for hours at a time, writing and doing detailed layout work.

In a nutshell, I’ve been hard at work on Shock Cinema #65 for the last couple months, finally pulling together the new issue and hopefully getting back on a regular schedule with the magazine. Thank you to all of our friends and subscribers for their patience and support while I’ve dealt with my medical nonsense, and I’ll keep everyone updated on the new issue’s progress once it’s closer to actually going to press.

06/04/2024

Important announcement concerning the next SHOCK CINEMA:

Unfortunately, due to an unexpected medical situation, the next issue of SHOCK CINEMA is temporarily on hold. For the last several months, I’ve had increased problems with my eyesight, which has made working at a computer for 8 to 12 hours per day incredibly difficult. After recent appointments with a couple different eye doctors, I’ve learned that I will be needing cataract surgery in both eyes. This isn’t a huge surprise, since I’ve been wearing corrective lens since I was six years old and have also had a history of serious eye infections beginning in my early-20s, with doctors warning me that my bouts of iritis could cause longterm damage.

Still, the idea of this upcoming surgery is absolutely freaking me out and I’m depressed as hell, but there aren’t any other options since these problems will only increase the longer I wait. Anna and I are currently scheduling the surgeries (they do one eye at a time, two weeks apart), as well as the numerous required post-surgery doctors’ visits -- which will take us throughout June. So work on #65 has essentially come to a standstill for now, as I prepare for the procedures, then recuperate. I’ll get back to the next SHOCK CINEMA as soon as possible. In the meantime, any customer orders for the current or back issues will be processed as usual. Thanks for your patience and wish me luck.

The New York Times. June 20, 1976.
02/16/2024

The New York Times. June 20, 1976.

Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 16, 1979.
01/20/2024

Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 16, 1979.

The Commercial Appeal; Memphis, Tennessee. September 12, 1986.
01/20/2024

The Commercial Appeal; Memphis, Tennessee. September 12, 1986.

NY Daily News. June 27, 1958.
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NY Daily News. June 27, 1958.

The Kansas City Star. June 26, 1975.
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The Kansas City Star. June 26, 1975.

The Standard; London, England. February 11, 1983.
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The Standard; London, England. February 11, 1983.

SHOCK CINEMA #64 is now available! The new issue includes interviews with Stephen Tobolowsky (Groundhog Day, Mississipp...
01/05/2024

SHOCK CINEMA #64 is now available! The new issue includes interviews with Stephen Tobolowsky (Groundhog Day, Mississippi Burning, Thelma & Louise, Memento, The Grifters), Chris Mulkey (Twin Peaks, First Blood, The Hidden, Captain Phillips, Patti Rocks), Lisa Jane Persky (Peggy Sue Got Married, The Big Easy, The Cotton Club, The Sure Thing, Snowbound), and Raymond J. Barry (Dead Man Walking, Justified, Year of the Dragon, Born on the Fourth of July, Falling Down). All subscription copies are now in the mail, and #64 will be popping up in bookstores in about three weeks. Of course, you can also order a copy at: www.shockcinemamagazine.com.

12/30/2023

Our initial freight shipment of SHOCK CINEMA #64 has finally arrived (after sitting in a Toledo, Ohio service depot for five days over the Christmas holiday). The new issue looks good and I’ll be spending the entire New Year’s weekend stuffing, sealing and stamping subscription orders -- which will all go into the mail next week.

12/13/2023

A Long Overdue Update: SHOCK CINEMA #64. The new issue is currently at the printer. We approved the match print on Monday evening and, so far, everything looks good. Now it's just waiting to see when the magazine actually goes to press, then into the bindery... The SC website’s main page [www.shockcinemamagazine.com] has also been updated, so that anyone who doesn’t already have a subscription can pre-order #64.

SHOCK CINEMA #63 is now available. The new issue includes interviews with Karen Allen (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Starman...
06/03/2023

SHOCK CINEMA #63 is now available. The new issue includes interviews with Karen Allen (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Starman, Animal House, The Glass Menagerie), David Selby (Dark Shadows, The Super Cops, Falcon Crest, White Squall, Up the Sandbox), Ike Eisenmann (Escape to Witch Mountain, Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell, The Amazing Cosmic Awareness of Duffy Moon), Lisa Langlois (Class of 1984, Happy Birthday To Me, Deadly Eyes, Phobia), and director-writer Jerrold Freedman (Kansas City Bomber, A Cold Night’s Death, Night Gallery, Borderline). #63 will be in stores in two to three weeks, or order your copy at: www.shockcinemamagazine.com.

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