FANGORIA #301 doesn’t hit the shelves or arrive in your mailbox till February, but we’re ready to give you a sneak peek at it now! We’ve got an early look at the cover, featuring an exclusive painted image honoring Richard Matheson, the influential master of horror literature spotlighted in a career-spanning six-page interview. There’s plenty in the issue on the current screen scream scene as well, including exclusive interviews and photos from the Nicolas Cage supernatural actioner DRIVE ANGRY, the dark fairy tale RED RIDING HOOD and the truly disturbing medieval chiller BLACK DEATH. Plus, we chat up José Mojica Marins about the return of Coffin Joe in EMBODIMENT OF EVIL and Michael Wadleigh on his ambitious ’80s fave WOLFEN, and much more; see the cover and complete contents after the jump!

GUTS

PREVIEW: “DRIVE ANGRY” The filmmakers and cast reveal how they souped up this supernatural action thriller. Plus: more cinematic car-nage.

PREVIEW: “BLACK DEATH” Bubonic or demonic? That’s the question at the heart of one of the year’s best fear features.

PREVIEW: “RED RIDING HOOD” Director Catherine Hardwicke assures there’s more red to this movie than just the heroine’s costume. Plus: Stephen Rea recalls “The Company of Wolves.”

INTERVIEW: MICHAEL WADLEIGH Part one of an exclusive chat with the man who put Whitley Strieber’s “Wolfen” on the big screen.

INTERVIEW: JAMES CUMMINS The late filmmaker/FX artist looked back at how he dug up offbeat scares in “The Boneyard.”

PREVIEW: “DYING FOR DAYLIGHT” You’ve read and watched Charlaine Harris’ vampires; now you can play as one!

PREVIEW: “THE THEATRE BIZARRE” What’s better than a movie by one of horror’s most independent-minded directors? A movie by seven of ’em!

INTERVIEW: RICHARD MATHESON He’s set trends, broken ground and influenced generations—the man who is legend speaks. Plus: new Matheson books and Blu-rays.

INTERVIEW: WILLIAM F. NOLAN Another of the genre’s longest-writing talents discusses projects old and new.

PREVIEW: “BEREAVEMENT” There’ll be plenty to grieve about once this movie’s maniac is through.

INTERVIEW: JOSÉ MOJICA MARINS Coffin Joe is the “Embodiment of Evil,” and his creator has resurrected him for the 21st century.

PREVIEW: “WE ARE WHAT WE ARE” What they are are cannibals, stuggling to survive in the modern world.

INTERVIEW: LINNEA QUIGLEY Welcome the return of one of the “Living Dead” to Fango’s pages. Plus: celebrating the “Return” in print.

PROFILE: JIM WYNORSKI He’s devoted his life to unapologetic B-fare, and made quite a killing at it. Plus: Wynorski on Wynorski.

PROFILE: RICHARD A. KIRK What kind of artist would be embraced by both Clive Barker and Korn? Find out here.

GRAVY

FIRST RITES Caged heat

POSTAL ZONE Getting to the bottom of the matter

MONSTER INVASION Previews of “Vanishing on 7th Street,” “The Bleeding” and “Kaboom”; plus the 2011 Chainsaw Awards ballot!

TRASH COMPACTOR Nicolas Cage in “8MM”

THE PIT AND THE PEN OF BERT I. GORDON A Hedy situation on “Picture Mommy Dead”

THE TERROR TUBE The original classic “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark”

DR. CYCLOPS’ DUNGEON OF DISCS Reviews of “Let Me In,” “Buried,” “I Spit on Your Grave” old and new, “Alien vs. Ninja,” “Bitter Feast,” “Primal” and more

NIGHTMARE LIBRARY Reviews of Madeleine Roux’s “Allison Hewitt is Trapped,” David Moody’s “Autumn: The City” and others

SOUND SHOCK Mike Vickers on the “Dracula A.D. 72” score

CLASSIFIED AD VAULT

MONSTER OF THE MONTH The Crawlers from the “Descent” films

 

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