Unreal, No.1
Slasher Slag Mag
A5, 24 pages
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Sidelined as trash cinema, slasher movies thrive on the cultural fringe. Unreal celebrates the subgenre, the filmmakers who keep it alive (err… undead), and the weirdos who watch—and love—it. Expect unabashed fandom, sure, but also critique. #PrintIsUndead
This issue includes interviews with Justin Kerswell (Hysteria Lives!) and Ewan Cant (Vinegar Syndrome).
Here's a list of all the movies mentioned in the issue:
American Werewolf in London, An (1981)
Amityville Horror, The (1979)
Beyond, The (1981)
Black Christmas (1974)
Black Christmas (2006)
Blood Frenzy (1987)
Blood Rage (1987)
Burning, The (1981)
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
Cannibal Man, The (1972)
Carrie (1976)
Chain Reactions (2024)
Child’s Play (1988)
Clockwork Orange, A (1971)
Crash (1996)
Creepshow 2 (1987)
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Deadly Blessing (1981)
Death Screams (1982)
Dorm That Dripped Blood, The (1982)
Dressed to Kill (1980)
Empire Strikes Back, The (1980)
Exorcist, The (1973)
Final Terror, The (1983)
Friday the 13th (1980)
Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
Friday the 13th Part 3 (1982)
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)
Friday the 13th (2009)
Halloween (1978)
Halloween (2018)
Halloween II (1981)
Happy Birthday to Me (1981)
Honeymoon Horror (1982)
House on Sorority Row, The (1982)
I Spit on Your Grave (1978)
Iced (1988)
In a Violent Nature (2024)
Jaws (1975)
Last House on the Left, The (1972)
Madman (1981)
My Bloody Valentine (1981)
My Bloody Valentine 3D (2009)
Night Brings Charlie, The (1990)
Peeping Tom (1960)
People Under the Stairs, The (1991)
Poltergeist (1982)
Prom Night (1980)
Prom Night (2008)
Prowler, The (1981)
Psycho (1960)
Ring, The (2002)
Rocky (1976)
Scream (1996)
Scream 2 (1997)
Scream 3 (2000)
Scream 7 (2026)
Shocker (1989)
Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)
Slayer, The (1982)
St. Elmo’s Fire (1985)
Starman (1984)
Suspiria (1977)
Terror at Tenkiller (1986)
Terror Train (1980)
Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The (1974)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (2003)
Urban Legend (1998)
When a Stranger Calls (1979)
Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979)
Unreal is written, edited, designed, and illustrated by Steven Gregor.
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