You know what’s so exceptional about horror? When it gets you in a honestly vulnerable position, you really have no choice in whether you’re squirming in your seat or feeling mighty terrified. And when you can do that to a room of full-grown adults in an age where unspeakable horrors await around every dark corner […]
Following RABIES, BIG BAD WOLVES and JERUZALEM from the burgeoning Israeli fright-film scene is FREAK OUT, which is currently making the festival rounds. Director Boaz Armoni sent along a couple of exclusive pics and some words on the movie, and we’ve got the trailer and poster to show you as well.
Earlier this year, FANGORIA was pleased to announced that Darren Rosario, the co-host of THE RANTS MACABRE on our podcast network, would be joining KARDIAC, Werewolves in Siberia and more on the FANGORIA Musick label. Now, we’re excited to unveil APOPHENIA, the first release from Rosario’s musical alter-ego darrenTY, now available at the FANGORIA store!
The fright film originated by the late Gunnar Hansen, with a slew of familiar genre faces attached, has just added a few more folks to its ensemble.
It might be a cliche, but there’s something magical about homemade horror filmmaking. Personally speaking, I remember running around a campground for a Video 101 assignment, camcorder in tow, filming a faux trailer for a serial killer thriller with nothing but whoever and whatever I could assemble on a Friday night in the middle of winter. […]
In a sad, coincidental turn of events, the recent passing of DARK NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW star Larry Drake has been followed by the death of the classic TV movie’s director, horror author Frank De Felitta.
Over the past year, the distribution game has changed rather radically in the independent film world. While studios devote more and more resources to blockbusters and tentpole films, smaller distributors with more radical release strategies have found solid footing by betting on the strength of their output. Entities such as STX and A24 have established […]
As much sense as it may make to a marketing executive or producer, having the name of a horror icon attached to your film is actually somewhat of a risky proposition. By associating a film with someone who is known and beloved by genre films, expectations will understandably be raised, which could work as a […]
Walking toward the Harlem townhouse serving as the key location of DARLING, your faithful Fango correspondent spots a couple of cops hanging around the front steps. It seems odd that such a small independent shoot would need this kind of security—and then it turns out that the uniformed lawmen are actually executive producer Larry Fessenden […]
A new American/Asian horror hybrid is coming in May as Momentum Pictures prepares to make THE OFFERING. Read on for the info, the trailer and poster.
There’s something effortlessly refreshing about films that confidently reside in their own universe. By offering characters with established history, rapport, and relationships, watching their stories unfold has an immersive quality that more grounded, gritty fare just cannot capture. Therefore, when something like HE NEVER DIED comes around and offers up a supernatural horror comedy that […]
In the years since the FANGORIA Weekend of Horrors has laid dormant, the world of fan conventions has evolved into an entirely different beast. Yet among the Comic-Cons and Walker-Stalker’s of the world, few horror conventions have earned the esteemed reputation of Texas Frightmare Weekend, now in their 11th year as the Southwest’s Premiere Horror […]
Though we are steeped deep in gloriously gonzo unorthodoxy for more than 100 pages before the musclebound 20something self-described practitioner of “puke and rebuke” de-demonization turns up in Grady Hendrix’s MY BEST FRIEND’S EXORCISM, it is nonetheless hilarious just how absurdly far from the Father Merrin tree the character falls.
In some horror films, the line between life imitating art and vice versa is a definitively thin one, especially once you go back to the era of silver screen scare fare. With that in mind, it should be no surprise that the final installment of their “March Madness” series sees THE GIRLS IN THE BACK […]
The issues that have delayed FANGORIA #345 are finally being resolved, and as we work to get the mag to our extremely patient readers, we’re also busy getting the next edition ready for next month.
Wes Craven’s last horrific work (as executive producer) arrives tomorrow as THE GIRL IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS hits select theaters and VOD. We’ve got an exclusive clip of a creepy moment of captivity after the jump.
Last year, the horror world lost one of its most beloved icons: filmmaker Wes Craven, the man behind such chilling classics as THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, SCREAM and more. Not only was Craven a fantastic artist in his own right, but he was an incredibly generous man in […]
Up-and-coming horror filmmaker Mickey Keating delves deep into Manhattan madness with DARLING, which begins its theatrical release this week. Check out an exclusive interview clip featuring Keating and scenes from the movie after the jump.
While much can be said about the stylistic and tonal differences between faux-doc horror and found footage, the most prominent difference between the subgenres is the illusion of transparency. As any genre fan can tell you, found footage does its damnedest to downplay transparency, playing everything mostly straight-faced and therefore crafting many of the tired, […]
A major force in independent genre filmmaking from decades past is the subject of a new feature-length documentary being released on DVD next month. Read on for the details and cover art.
