By Steve Newton One of the many fine memories from my 13-year stint as Vancouver correspondent for New York horror mag Fangoria involved interviewing screen legend Pam Grier when I was covering the Snoop Dogg flick Bones. I was expecting good things from Bones because I loved director Ernest Dickerson's previous fright flick, Demon Knight, but … Continue reading Interviewing kickass screen legend Pam Grier for the Snoop Dogg horror flick Bones
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Interviewing Jeff Goldblum and Alicia Silverstone on the set of Dean Koontz’s Hideaway
By Steve Newton Vancouver has not been kind to Dean Koontz. First you had his awesome 1987 suspense novel, Watchers, being turned into a godawful Corey Haim vehicle up here in 1988. Then seven years later you had his fine 1982 supernatural thriller, Hideaway, becoming the type of B.C.-shot trainwreck he tried to sue to … Continue reading Interviewing Jeff Goldblum and Alicia Silverstone on the set of Dean Koontz’s Hideaway
Braving Vancouver’s seedy Granville strip for Midnight Matinee in 1988
By Steve Newton One of the first set-visit stories I did for Fangoria was back in 1988, when I went down to Vancouver's Granville Mall to cover a low-budget flick called Midnight Matinee, which is also known as just Matinee, not to be confused with Joe Dante's Matinee of 1993. The movie--which nobody bothered telling … Continue reading Braving Vancouver’s seedy Granville strip for Midnight Matinee in 1988
Horrific hijinx on the Vancouver set of Stephen King’s Needful Things
By Steve Newton One of the most enjoyable set visits I did during my 13-year tenure with Fangoria was for Needful Things, the adaptation of Stephen King's 1991 novel. In December of '92 I journeyed out to North Vancouver and got the scoop on the movie, with much help from the delightful duo of Canadian comedian-actress … Continue reading Horrific hijinx on the Vancouver set of Stephen King’s Needful Things
On the Vancouver set of the unfathomable sea-beast flick Deep Rising
By Steve Newton Back in 1997 I went on the set of the Vancouver-shot action-horror flick Deep Rising on assignment for Fangoria. I chatted with director Stephen Sommers and actors Treat Williams and Famke Janssen. The movie wound up sucking but, hey, it wasn't my fault. It shouldn't come as any real surprise, when you … Continue reading On the Vancouver set of the unfathomable sea-beast flick Deep Rising
Checking out Katie Holmes’ Disturbing Behavior in Burnaby
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN FANGORIA MAGAZINE, AUGUST 1998 By Steve Newton The X-Files recently deserted Vancouver after five seasons of shooting here, but that doesn’t mean our town is throwing in the towel as far as scary shows go. It still has Millennium, of course, and the city has jumped headfirst into the teen-thriller fray with … Continue reading Checking out Katie Holmes’ Disturbing Behavior in Burnaby
Childhood terrors spark the dark heart of Vancouver’s Michael Slade
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON OCT. 16, 2003 By Steve Newton The first story I ever wrote for Fangoria was a profile of Vancouver criminal lawyer-turned-horror author Jay Clarke (aka Michael Slade), who'd won me over with his 1984 debut novel, Headhunter. Over the years we've become horror-lovin' buds, going to the odd scary movie and rock … Continue reading Childhood terrors spark the dark heart of Vancouver’s Michael Slade
Vancouver’s indie filmmakers make horror on the cheap
Here's my piece that ran as the cover story in the Georgia Straight's Halloween 2003 issue. By Steve Newton Ten years ago, Robert Rodriguez caused a sizable stir in the movie world when he managed to bring in his first film, El Mariachi, for a purported cost of US$7,000. That was an unheard-of sum for … Continue reading Vancouver’s indie filmmakers make horror on the cheap
The gorehounds of Vancouver make horror special (FX)
Here's my piece that ran as the cover story in the Georgia Straight's Halloween 1999 issue. By Steve Newton The first time I meet TOBY LINDALA, he’s indulging in one of his favourite pastimes, but we’re not talking a round of golf or model-building here: he’s gently dabbing blood on the exposed brain of a … Continue reading The gorehounds of Vancouver make horror special (FX)
X-Files alumni plot Rube Goldberg-esque deaths for Final Destination
Back in 2000 a horror flick called Final Destination was released which depicted young people being hunted down by a determined Grim Reaper.
Vancouver bug wrangler Brad McDonald loves cockroaches, fears babies
“The most [cockroaches] we’ve used so far is 200, but I’ve heard today we’re gonna have 300 out for a scene, so that’s a fair chunka bugs.”
Michael Myers unmasked on the Vancouver set of Halloween: Resurrection
By Steve Newton Not everyone has managed to see both Jason Vorhees and Michael Myers in bloodthirsty action--and lived to tell the tale. But as the Vancouver correspondent for the world's best known horror magazine, Fangoria, I did. I encountered Vorhees while covering the shooting of Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan in … Continue reading Michael Myers unmasked on the Vancouver set of Halloween: Resurrection
Feeling out The Crush with 16-year-old Alicia Silverstone in Vancouver
By Steve Newton Just before she started getting recognized for her appearances in a string of videos for Aerosmith power-ballads, Alicia Silverstone made her feature film debut in the low-budget 1993 thriller The Crush. The film was shot in Vancouver, so naturally I did the set visit for Fangoria magazine. I interviewed Silverstone, who had recently … Continue reading Feeling out The Crush with 16-year-old Alicia Silverstone in Vancouver