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(New page: '''Black Oracle''' is a fanzine published by George Stover devoted to horror literature and film. ''Black Oracle'' was first published in the late 1960s. It later evolved into the larger ...)
 
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'''Black Oracle''' is a fanzine published by George Stover devoted to horror literature and film.
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'''Black Oracle''' is a fanzine published by George Stover devoted to horror films.
  
''Black Oracle'' was first published in the late 1960s. It later evolved into the larger magazine ''Cinemacabre''.  
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The first issue of ''Black Oracle'' was published in 1969 and was released till 1978.
  
Featured were interviews with Robert Bloch, film stills and movie reviews.
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Featured were interviews with Robert Bloch, film stills and movie reviews. Aside from this, Stover sold novelty items like 'Bloody Hair Hunks' for 25 cents in the back pages of the zine.
  
Director Don Dohler read about George Stover's zine in a local paper and tracked him down and the two became friends, with Stover performing in all of Dohler's horror and science fiction films. However Stovermay be  better known as one of John Water's repertory players, making his screen debut in ''Female Trouble''.
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Low budget film director Don Dohler read about George Stover's zine in a local paper and tracked him down. The the two became friends, with Stover performing in all of Dohler's horror and science fiction films. However Stovermay be  better known as one of John Water's repertory players, making his screen debut in ''Female Trouble''.  
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==External Links==
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*[http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=5458.0 George Stover's 'Bloody Hair Hunks' for sale in '''Black Oracle''']
  
 
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Revision as of 06:54, 13 May 2011

Black Oracle is a fanzine published by George Stover devoted to horror films.

The first issue of Black Oracle was published in 1969 and was released till 1978.

Featured were interviews with Robert Bloch, film stills and movie reviews. Aside from this, Stover sold novelty items like 'Bloody Hair Hunks' for 25 cents in the back pages of the zine.

Low budget film director Don Dohler read about George Stover's zine in a local paper and tracked him down. The the two became friends, with Stover performing in all of Dohler's horror and science fiction films. However Stovermay be better known as one of John Water's repertory players, making his screen debut in Female Trouble.

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