Video Watchdog #176 Contents

The True Story Behind Seth Holt’s Accursed Version
of DIABOLIK
Roberto Curti & Alessio Di Rocco use archival interviews and production materials to explain why Dino de Laurentiis’ first attempt to film the classic Italian comic strip never reached the screen!

Anthony Hinds
Architect of Hammer’s House of Horror
Constantine Nasr pays tribute to the reclusive writer-producer most responsible for spearheading and evolving the Gothic Horror revival of the 1950s and ’60s.

Larry Blamire’s
STAR TURN
New Column! Writer-director Larry Blamire appreciates Richard Boone’s performance in the CIMARRON STRIP episode “The Roarer.”

Reviews
BLOOD THIRST
CASTING THE RUNES
DEATH BY INVITATION
DEATH FORCE
THE DEVIL-SHIP
THE DIVIDE
DRAGON
THE DUNGEON OF HARROW
GHOST STORIES FOR CHRISTMAS
HOUSE ON STRAW HILL
THE HUNT
I MARRIED A WITCH
I WAS A SPY
IN THE DEVIL’S GARDEN
KISS OF THE DAMNED
THE MAD MAGICIAN
THE OTHER
PACIFIC RIM
PHASE 7
PIRATES
PORNOSPIELE MIT STOCK UND PEITSCHE
REPO MAN
RUTHLESS
SILENT NIGHT
SLEDGEHAMMER
SNUFF
SUGAR HILL
THE THIRSTY DEAD
VAMPIRE HOOKERS