creatures

Ancient beasts, mystical monsters, sleepwalking murderers

Reviews:

• The Cabinet of Dr Caligari: Conrad Veidt is the puppet of a sinister hypnotist in this classic of German expressionist cinema
• Horror Express: A primitive beast terrorizes Trans-Siberian passengers in this 70s Spanish horror
• Der Golem: The creature is conjured up from a stone by a rabbi
• Ninja Scroll: Feudal warriors fight inventive demons
• Island of Lost Souls: Dr Moreau’s island of half-human creatures
• The Human Centipede: A mad doctor’s insane creation
• Splice: Genetic modification by Vincenzo Natali

Articles:

• Female Creatures and Science Experiments Gone Amiss
• Prometheus and Panspermia
• Guillermo del Toro: Three Twisted Fairy Tales

Alter Ego:

• Sam Hawken is Underworld’s Selene

Comic Strip Review:

• Fritz Lang’s Die Nibelungen: Siegfried faces the dragon

See all cinematic themes & personalities covered in Electric Sheep Magazine

Illustration by Andy Poyiadgi