''Fatal Visions'' was a cult film magazine from

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, Australia, that ran from 1988 to 1998, and was edited by journalist Michael Helms. The magazine was published two or three times a year, and featured various reviews and interviews, but focused chiefly on covering

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and

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movies. Due to its proximity to the Chinatown Cinema theatres in Melbourne it featured - from its early issues onwards - reviews and articles about

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action and exploitation films some years before these were well-covered by other magazines in the west. Editor Michael Helms continues to write freelance articles for magazines such as ''

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'' but was discussed the idea of bringing the magazine back to print in some form online. In 2013 the magazine became an online publication.

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