The World of Horror No. 1
First Issue — An Anthology of the Macabre from Films and Fiction
The inaugural issue of the British horror and fantasy film magazine The World of Horror, subtitled 'An Anthology of the Macabre from Films and Fiction'. The issue combines film review, horror fiction and illustrated genre history, with features including Christopher Lee, Lon Chaney, horror makeup, Japanese horror, A Plague of Zombies and Conquest of the Planet of the Apes.
Read the catalogue note →- Publication
- Gresham Publishing Group
- Condition
- Good+ / Very Good−
- Completeness
- Complete — all pages/components assumed present under the standing TMR completeness rule; no missing issued component has been reported.
- Date
- August 1974 (specialist attribution)
Catalogue note
The inaugural issue of the British horror and fantasy film magazine The World of Horror, subtitled 'An Anthology of the Macabre from Films and Fiction'. The issue combines film review, horror fiction and illustrated genre history, with features including Christopher Lee, Lon Chaney, horror makeup, Japanese horror, A Plague of Zombies and Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. Its editorial explicitly introduces the title as a new collection of 'monsters of the screen'.
Why this object matters
The World of Horror launch is an outstanding original example of British screen-horror fandom and illustrated genre publishing. Its inaugural status alone does not establish a foundational title of Gold-level influence; reduce to 8.8.
Evidence limits: Complete — all pages/components assumed present under the standing TMR completeness rule; no missing issued component has been reported.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 8.8 / 10.
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