Video Watchdog - overlooked gem

One of my favorite magazines is Video Watchdog, $7.95, published by Tim and Donna Lucas since June 1990. This glossy, full-color digest-sized magazine which bills itself as "The Perfectionist's Guide to Fantastic Video" is just that: it's chock full of great reviews, articles and interviews of movies (wordwide, not just American cinema) that fall under the "fantastic" umbrella. Contributors like Stephen R. Bissette, best known for his colloboration with writer Alan Moore and inker John Totleben on DC Comics' Swamp Thing from 1983-87, offer insightful analysis and commentary while retaining a genuine love for the material. No one-sentence "blurb-reviews" here... just great attention to detail. In the No. 122, Oct/Nov 2005 issue alone there is a lengthy article on Thomas Edison's FRANKENSTEIN(1910) DVD release, concise reviews of the FIREBALL XL-5 boxed DVD set and the NIGHT STALKER/NIGHT STRANGLER(1972/1973) DVD set, an overview/examination of the Warner Brothers LOONEY TUNES DVD box set releases, a full article on David Cronenberg's VIDEODROME (1983) and much much more, all in just this single issue! If you're hankering for some great video reading, give Video Watchdog a try!

(Oh, and there's also a review of one of my favorite guilty pleasures: DIRTY MARY, CRAZY LARRY (1974)... how can you possibly miss with that?)