Trashfiend, the magazine devoted to "Horror & Exploitation Fare from the 1960s & 1970s," was built upon the still- steaming remains of GICK!, which folded the previous year. Unlike its predecessor, Trashfiend's focus was on low- rent horror fare and monster memorabilia from the two decades with which creator Scott Aaron Stine was (and still is) obsessed. Far superior to GICK!, Trashfiend upped the ante by improving upon the previous magazine's format in both depth and scope, as well as its standards of quality. Despite the greater attention to obsessive details and watershed professionalism, Trashfiend retained the trademarked humor and love for bad media for which Stigmata Press had become associated. Although the magazine has been officially on hiatus after only three issues, creator Stine has not abandoned Stigmata's flagship book; the first Trashfiend book is scheduled to be released in early 2008 by David Kereke's highly respected Critical Vision imprint, the publisher of the critically acclaimed publication devoted to underground culture, Headpress. This and other proposed books in this new series will pick up where its quarterly counterpart left off, whilst offering a much greater breadth of information that had been denied space in the forty-eight page magazine that preceded it.

TRASHFIEND • V1#1 (Apr/May/Jun 2002) • 48p • $6.00   • Up From the Depths (Editorial)   • It's Only a Movie! (Film & Video Reviews)   • The Horror-Mood of Skywald Publishing (Article)   • Index to Skywald Publications (Reference)   • Monsterabilia (Neat Stuff)   • There's a Book? (Book Reviews)   • Things to Keep an Eye Out For (Coming Attractions)   • Junk Mail (Letters to the Editor)   Films and videos reviewed include: Blood of Ghastly Horror,   Bog, Castle of Evil, The Crater Lake Monster, Crazed,   Crucible of Terror, Death Curse of Tartu, Equinox, The   House of the Seven Corpses, Kiss Daddy Goodbye, La   Maldicíon de Frankenstein, El Pantano de los Cuervos, She   Freak, She Sha Shou, La Sorella di Ursula and Wolfman.   Books reviewed include: Ghostmakers by Mark Walker and   Mondo Macabro by Pete Tombs.         TRASHFIEND • V1#2 (Jul/Aug/Sep 2002) • 48p • $6.00   • Up From the Depths (Editorial)   • The Choicest Cuts (Article)   • It's Only a Movie! (Film & Video Reviews)   • Throwing the Bones with Michael Berryman (Interview)   • The Hackneyed Horrors of Stanley Publishing (Article)   • Index to Stanley Publications (Reference)   • Monsterabilia (Neat Stuff)   • There's a Book? (Book Reviews)   • Things to Keep an Eye Out For (Coming Attractions)   Films and videos reviewed include: Anthropophagous, Cannibal   Ferox, Cannibal Girls, Cannibal Holocaust, Criminally   Insane, Emanuelle e gli Ultima Cannibali, The Folks at Red   Wolf Inn, The Ghoul, The Hills Have Eyes, The Incredible   Torture Show, Mondo Cannibale, Il Montagna del Dio   Cannibale, Il Paese del Sesso Selvaggio, La Regina dei   Cannibali, The Severed Arm, Spider Baby, Lo Strango-   latore di Vienna, Terror Caníbal and Ultimo Mondo   Cannibale.      TRASHFIEND • V1#3 (Jan/Feb/Mar 2003) • 48p • Sold Out!   • Up From the Depths (Editorial)   • It's Only a Movie! (Film & Video Reviews)   • Hunting Monsters (Article)   • The Occult Files of Donald Glut (Interview)   • Collecting Dark Shadows Memorabilia (Reference)   • There's a Book? (Book Reviews)   • Things to Keep an Eye Out For (Coming Attractions)   • Junk Mail (Letters to the Editor)   Films and videos reviewed include: And Now the Screaming   Starts!, The Beast in the Cellar, The Body Beneath, Legacy   of Blood, La Llamada del Vampiro, Mark of the Witch, Il   Mulino delle Donne di Pietra, Nella Stretta Morsa del   Ragno, The Oblong Box, Operazione Paura, La Tumba de   la Isla Maldita and El Vampiro del Autopista.   Books reviewed include: Killing for Culture by David Kerekes   & David Slater and Memoirs of a Wolfman by Paul Naschy.     THE TRASHFIEND'S GUIDE TO COLLECTING                   VIDEOTAPES • V1#1 (2003) • 80p • $10.00 $8.00   Special Limited Time Offer at 20% Off, So Order Now!   Written and Compiled by Scott Aaron Stine & Michael von   Sacher-Masoch, this book includes an index and market values   for over 1400 out-of-print, rare and much sought after video-   tapes, with an emphasis on horror and exploitation films, and such   labels as Continental, Gorgon, Regal, Super, Thriller and Wizard.   Chapters include:   • Introduction, or Confessions of a Video Junkie   • A Brief History of the Videocassette Tape   • Videocassettes as Collectibles   • Current Market Trends   • Screeners, Bootlegs, Sell-Throughs & Betas   • Grading, Restoration & Preservation of Videocassettes   • How to Use This Book   • Index & Current Market Values   • Gallery of Video Box Art   • Checklist for Select Video Labels    For More Details About the Forthcoming Trashfiend Book, Click Here !

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