Showing posts with label FANGORIA. Show all posts
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HEY, EVERYBODY! I'M IN FANGO!
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The newest issue of FANGORIA (#313) has hit the stands. As usual, it's packed with loads of chewy monster goodness, including their views on the upcoming DARK SHADOWS flick (I'm still bummed about Joanathan Frid's passing, aren't you?). There's also tons of new movie reviews, interviews, as well as regular columns by the most fetching Debbie Rochon and the most fearsome Bert I. Gordon.
But, easily the coolest thing of all in FANGO #313 is a letter by a certain monster magazine blogger. And if that's not enough to get you to the nearest brick and mortar comic shop or book establishment to pick up a copy, then your zombie shamble is listing a little too far to the left, pal!
Here's the lineup of contents:
GUTS
FEATURE: “THE THEATRE BIZARRE” The shock omnibus has literally knocked out international audiences.
INTERVIEW: JENNY AGUTTER Love meant never having to say you’re furry for the “American Werewolf in London” actress.
ON SET: “MOTHER’S DAY” The setting is more civilized in this remake, but what goes on inside it sure isn’t.
PREVIEW: “THE RAVEN” Everyone loves digging into Edgar Allan Poe, especially John Cusack, playing the author as detective.
RETROSPECTIVE: “GOTHIC,” PART TWO Actor Julian Sands was willingly swept away into Ken Russell’s cinematic dementia.
INTERVIEW: MARIE WALLACE She wore many faces—most of them crazed—as she took multiple roles in TV’s “Dark Shadows.”
PREVIEW: “DARK SHADOWS”: HELENA BONHAM CARTER Her on- and offscreen partnership with Tim Burton now leads her to Collinwood.
PREVIEW: “SOUTH TEXAS BLUES,” PART FOUR More of our advance peek at Christopher P. Garetano’s “Chainsaw” comic.
PREVIEW: “DARK SHADOWS”: TIM BURTON He’s done ghosts, apes and a headless horseman, so it’s about time he tackled vampires.
PREVIEW: “DARK SHADOWS”: RICHARD D. ZANUCK A producing career highlighted by “Jaws” now sees him entering the world of fangs.
PREVIEW: “TERROR OF DRACULA” As the title suggests, this grassroots feature wants to put the fear back into bloodsucking.
INTERVIEW: RONNIE SCRIBNER As a junior “ ’Salem’s Lot” ghoul, he elicited TV terror before his teens.
PREVIEW: “TALES OF POE” Indie filmmakers Bart Mastronardi and Alan Rowe Kelly wring new twists on 19th-century stories.
DIARY OF THE DEB: “WON TON BABY!” In a Chinese restaurant, Debbie discovers some serious bad taste.
PREVIEW: “THE WICKER TREE” Robin Hardy returns to pagan territory, but this is no mere rehash of “The Wicker Man.”
INTERVIEW: PATTY McCORMACK Her perfectly evil child in “The Bad Seed” was a model for decades of bad kids to follow.
LIFE IN THE BOX: “HELLRAISER” The first installment of a multipart chat with Doug Bradley recalls his first Cenobite of Clive Barker’s mythology.
NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND: PATRICK REA Pulling together a feature involving a hungry monster and a raging storm was quite a “Nailbiter.”
GRAVY
FIRST RITES Learning to love the “Shadows”
POSTAL ZONE They moon over monochrome
MONSTER INVASION Previews of “The Devil’s Carnival,” “Lovely Molly” and “The Fields”
THE TRASH COMPACTOR Before Freddy invaded dreams, there was “The Slayer”
CRYPT LIT Our new column devoted to vintage written horror debuts with “The Room in the Tower”
THE VIDEO EYE OF DR. CYCLOPS Reviews of “The Innkeepers,” “The Divide,” “Deadheads,” “The Girl in Room 2A” and others
THE PIT AND THE PEN OF BERT I. GORDON All’s Welles that ends Welles
NIGHTMARE LIBRARY Reviews of Robert Jackson Bennett’s “The Troupe,” Howard J. Ford’s “Surviving ‘The Dead,’ ” etc.
CLASSIFIED AD VAULT
DEAD FORMAT Are you up to snuff?
MONSTERS UNLEASHED! NEW AND RECENTLY RELEASED
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FANGORIA NO. 311
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If you're on the lookout for a mega-meal of monster magazine goodness, look no further than FANGORIA. Filled to the brim and stuffed with high-calorie horror, this 'zine has got "super-value monster meal" written all over it. And I guarantee you, by the time you're done reading it from cover to cover, you will be drooling for another helping.
Take the latest issue, fer instance. Barely eleven issues in from their landmark 300th issue (that's right, 300th) and they still put out regular copy, like clockwork, 10 times a year to be exact. Issue #311 has a visually striking cover -- striking, that is, in it's noticeable lack of color. But wait -- isn't that kinda weird for a magazine that obviously prides itself on the fangiest, goriest covers this side of the Saw-mill (or at least The Centipede Factory)? What better way to showcase the Roger Corman special found within than offering up a silvertone retro-ish cover, I say!
Once you get past the first couple of pages of mind-bending ads with new stuff that you just can't live without is First Rites, the lead-off editorial by the mag's maestro, Chris Alexander. I always read this first off, as Mr. Alexander's insightful commentary sets the tone for the rest of the issue. After that, you're in monster country, pal!
I prefer jumping around the issue, and there's plenty to read. No worries about monster-lite here. While you may find the occasional one-pager (not counting reviews), most articles are pretty meaty . . . the red kind of course. The aforementioned Corman tribute runs a hefty 9 pages, and there's non-stop action with articles on such films as RABIES, ABSENTIA, THE DEVIL'S ROCK, and SILENT HOUSE, and lest I forget, the second and concluding part of the interview with kookster-genius actor Nicolas Cage. All-in-all, there's more than enough multi-page madness to keep anyone off the streets at least for a couple or three hours.
Art Director and Warren Pubs alumnus W.R. Mohalley keeps the page layouts exciting and within a thematic framework that has been a hallmark of the magazine for years. Drenched in vivid color and typeface just big enough from causing eyestrain, FANGO is indeed, a feast for any fear fan.
And, finally, just in case you're wondering what the heck is up with the FANGO-fest of promo here, I'm officially kicking off a new series of MONSTER MAGAZINE WORLD spotlight features, where a 'zine that I feel is deserving gets a break and is put in front of the centipede conga-line. Besides, if I were to choose but one Desert Island Monster 'Zine, FANGORIA would be near the top of my list . . . maybe even higher.
Want flies with that monster burger?
MONSTERS UNLEASHED! NEW AND RECENTLY RELEASED
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MONSTERS UNLEASHED! NEW & RECENTLY RELEASED
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FANGORIA NO. 310 SNEAK PEEK
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The new FANGO's coming! Here's what's in store -- the usual gore 'n more!
-= GUTS =-
INTERVIEW: BARBARA CRAMPTON Stuart Gordon’s favorite actress has kept her head through crazy movies and a real-life illness.
PREVIEW: “THE DIVIDE” Trapped in Michael Biehn’s fallout shelter, formerly civilized folks go feral. Plus: the Biehn-directed “The Victim.”
PREVIEW: “KILL LIST” Don’t let the guns fool you; Ben Wheatley’s movie is hardcore horror—we just can’t tell you why.
INTERVIEW: CHRISTOPHER PENNOCK You could kill one of this actor’s “Dark Shadows” villains, and he’d just come back as another. Plus: More “Shadows” on the comics page.
PREVIEW: “THE WOMAN IN BLACK” Daniel Radcliffe leaves boyhood and magic behind for a mature supernatural saga. Plus: director James Watkins.
PREVIEW: “SLEEP TIGHT” The psychopathic menace hides in plain sight in the latest from “[REC]” co-creator Jaume Balagueró.
PREVIEW: “SOUTH TEXAS BLUES” An exclusive advance peek at Christopher P. Garetano’s “Chainsaw” origins comic.
INTERVIEW: NICOLAS CAGE From wannabe bloodsucker to avengers beyond the grave, he’s had a unique career in genre cinema.
INTERVIEWS: BARBIE WILDE & SIMON BAMFORD They had such sights to show you as two of the original screen Cenobites.
ON SET: “UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING” Kate Beckinsale returns for more vampire ass-kicking. Plus: looking back at the “Ginger Snaps” films.
PREVIEW: “THE GREY” Director Joe Carnahan and actor Dermot Mulroney on a film that will chill you and nearly froze them.
RETROSPECTIVE: “THE DEADLY SPAWN” On a microbudget, director Douglas McKeown and co. made memorable monsters.
PREVIEW: “DON’T GO IN THE WOODS” It’s the night the music died for young rockers in Vincent D’Onofrio’s directorial debut.
MINIFEATURE: KAREN LAM This up-and-coming auteur is a woman of many “Parts.”
FEATURE: “AMERICAN GHOST HUNTER” This time it was personal for a pair of professional paranormal pursuers.
-= GRAVY =-
FIRST RITES Editor unCaged
POSTAL ZONE Famous folks love Fango; seeking “Mandy Lane”
MONSTER INVASION Previews of “Jacob,” “Father’s Day,” “Sick” and more
THE TRASH COMPACTOR Michael Biehn on “The Fan”
THE PIT AND THE PEN OF BERT I. GORDON Oh, rats—animal troubles on “The Food of the Gods”
THE VIDEO EYE OF DR. CYCLOPS Reviews of Criterion’s “Godzilla,” “Tucker and Dale vs. Evil,” “Apollo 18” and others
FURIOUS FEMMES How the fairer sex will scare us in 2012
NIGHTMARE LIBRARY Reviews of John Ajvide Lindqvist’s “Harbor,” the anthology “Necro Files” and more
HORROR CON-FIDENTIAL Seattle, Washington’s ZomBcon
CLASSIFIED AD VAULT
DEAD FORMAT “Jaws of Satan”: the fall of cobra
GHOST OF GOGOS
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The painting was commissioned by Cage for his private collection. It has not been "ouside his house" until he authorized the reproduction that appears here.
Stay tuned later this week for a sneak peak of FANGORIA #310 right here at MONSTER MAGAZINE WORLD.
MONSTERS UNLEASHED! NEW AND RECENTLY RELEASED
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UP FRONT WITH FANGO'S CHRIS ALEXANDER
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FANGORIA NO. 306: SNEAK PEAK
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INTERVIEW: SISSY SPACEK She turned Stephen King’s vengeful “Carrie” into an indelible screen icon.
PREVIEW: “SHARK NIGHT” Director David R. Ellis has a new 3D destination: a lake swarming with finned killers.
FEATURE: ITALIAN SHARK MOVIES In the wake of “Jaws” came a whole school of Mediterranean mockbusters.
PREVIEW: “STRAW DOGS” The human animal hasn’t gotten any less violent, so Rod Lurie revisits the Sam Peckinpah classic.
ON SET: “FINAL DESTINATION 5” Will better characters and the use of 3D help this entry generate suspension (bridge) of disbelief?
PREVIEW: “FRIGHT NIGHT” There’s a new ghoul next door, and he’s played by Colin Farrell in Craig Gillespie’s update.
INTERVIEW: WILLIAM RAGSDALE He first went suburban-vampire hunting 26 years ago with Roddy McDowall by his side.
INTERVIEW: AGUSTÍ VILLARONGA “In a Glass Cage” is still a horrifying place to be thanks to this Spanish director.
PREVIEW: “DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK”: GUILLERMO DEL TORO Terrified by the original, he put his personal stamp on the new version.
PREVIEW: “DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK”: TROY NIXEY Little things meant a lot to the man at the remake’s helm.
INTERVIEW: NIGEL McKEAND The scripter of ’73’s “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark” had no idea he was creating a classic.
PREVIEW: “CREATURE” If you’re tired of CG beasties, prepare to welcome the new rubber suit on the block. Plus: great monster costumes of the past!
PREVIEW: “ATTACK THE BLOCK” Untamed youth meet extraterrestrial enemies in a wild and wonderful British import.
PREVIEW: “THE DEAD,” PART TWO Charity began with roaming zombies when this sleeper filmed in Africa.
DIARY OF THE DEB: “THE FLUSH,” PART ONE Her experience with a budding filmmaker from Tijuana didn’t bowl Debbie over.
PREVIEW: “ROSE” John Skipp has long been a master of horrific prose, and now he’s turning his talents to the screen.
INTERVIEW: PETE VON SHOLLY He’ll never run out of ways to bring out the weird with pen, ink and paint.
FIRST RITES Respecting our elders; POSTAL ZONE A German feast; MONSTER INVASION Previews of “Bellflower,” MTV’s “Death Valley” and “Scarlet Worm”; THE TRASH COMPACTOR “Jaws 3-D” comes up toothless today; THE PIT AND THE PEN OF BERT I. GORDON Going buggy casting the tiny stars of “Beginning of the End”; DR. CYCLOPS’ DUNGEON OF DISCS Reviews of “[REC] 2,” “The Nesting,” “Wake Wood,” “Closed for the Season,” “The Clinic” and more; FURIOUS FEMMES The women who shaped “Super 8” and others; NIGHTMARE LIBRARY Reviews of Ellen Datlow’s “Naked City,” Kim Newman’s “Anno Dracula,” Jason Zinoman’s “Shock Value,” etc.; “JASON DARK: FOOD FOR THE DEAD,” Part Five The final chapter!; COMIC CASKET Where you should be is “ ’68”; SOUND SHOCK Original “Fright Night” composer Brad Fiedel; CLASSIFIED AD VAULT; DEAD FORMAT “Fright Night Part 2” on laserdisc
