A belated happy new year from everybody here at Darkwebonline.com!

And my new year's resolution is: to write this column a little more frequently! Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed the festive season, for me it's a great chance to catch up on my backlog of viewing, (I even watch 'Don't Open till Christmas' and 'New Year's Evil' on Xmas day and New Year's Day respectively!).

2003 should be a great year for Darkwebonline.com. We promise to bring you more films than ever before (including DVD's), more frequent updates of your favourite features and articles, and a larger variety of memorabilia, including autographs.

We will also continue to hunt down those obsure film titles for our database (as well as adding new releases) to make our database the most complete of it's type on the net! If you'd like to see any features on this site that we do not currently carry then please let us know.

You may have noticed that we have now added a lot more associated sites to our link list, you really should check them out, as I am very particular with whom I exchange banners. A personal favourite of mine is 'The Missing Link', a guide to EVERY HSF fil made from the birth of cinema to the 1960's.We'll add more when we find more worthy sites.

I've recently been sent the indepentent American horror movie 'Relections of Evil' (actually, two copies!), which I'll review in the up-and-coming copy of our e-newsletter. The film's director (Damon Packard) has an interesting way of promoting his film anyway, that is; sending it to various celebs and leaving it around on the streets for people to pick up! I haven't seen it yet, but if some of the incredibly negative reviews on his webite (reflectionsofevil.com), I better not get my hopes up!

Just time to plug some of the great movies new in stock on darkwebonline.com, like 'Killer Klowns from Outer Space' and the 1932 version of 'Murders in the Rue Morgue' starring Bela Lugosi. New on DVD are 'Maniac!' (80), 'The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue', and 'Madman' (82).

Well, I'll return next month (I promised, remember!), with more updates and info, so until then, hppy viewing HSF fans!

W.S. Sharpe.

Archived Tournaments: Ultimate Hunchback Fiendish Phantom Invincible Invincible Man Prosperous Prospero Likely Last Man

Price: Champion!		Atwill: Challenger!

Each Month, We Will Compare Performances of the Greatest Horror Stars of All Time. This Month, it's clash of the scarfaces as we ask: 'Who was the Maddest Mad Sculpter? It's Vincent Price from 'House of Wax' (53) Vs. Lionel Atwill 'Mystery of the Wax Museum' (53)!
THE RATINGS

There are five rounds. Each Actor is rated from 0% to 20% in each round. The total combined percentages of the five rounds equals the total rating. The star with the highest total rating goes through to next month!

ROUND ONE - Pedigree

Price: This was the film that established Price as a horror star. He went on to star in such classics as 'Theatre of Blood', 'Abominable Dr. Phibes' and 'The Fly'!- 20%

Atwill: Starred out as a lead villian ('Wax Museum' 'The Vampire Bat') but ended up playing burgeomasters and police Inspectors in the Universal series. Stil,l a genre regular. - 17%

ROUND TWO - Suitability

Price: Price is always great at playing the nutter. A rare role under make-up in the 'monster' scenes- 18%

Atwill: Always effective as both the likable authority figure and as the smooth-voiced killer scientist, Atwill fits the bill here - 17%

ROUND THREE - Looking the Part

Price: Well, Price's face does look like a wax mask! Likeable as the sculpter and scary as the monster. - 17%

Atwill: Actually looks like the eccentric artistic type. The monster make up is unbelieveable!- 18%

ROUND FOUR - Acting Ability

Price: A little more restrained than usual here, one of his best performances - 18%

Atwill: A good actor, but often overshadowed by his Universal buddies Karloff, Lugosi, Rathbone etc - 15%

ROUND FIVE - The Film Overall

Price: One of the better remakes ever made. - 18%

Atwill: It's argueable if this is better than the remake or not. I'm gonna sit on the fence on this one! - 18%

TOTALS - Could it be, yes it is! The first ever successful title defence!

Price: 91%

Atwill: 85%

Price Wins, and quite easily at that. Next month: he battles Adrian Paul; who was the most prosperous Prospero ?!?