Matthew C. Dumond, writer/director of the psycho-horror feature THE ID PROXY, got in touch to let Fango know about an upcoming supernatural flick on which he’s serving as associate producer; he also passed on the advance poster. NEXT DOOR is a ghost story that will co-star veteran genre actress Lynn Lowry (pictured).

Yesterday at WonderCon in San Francisco, New Line/Warner Bros. hosted a NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET panel where new footage was shown and several of the cast turned up to discuss the remake, which opens April 30. Attendees got a good look at Freddy Krueger, played by Jackie Earle Haley, as he threatened one of the film's youthful protagonists.

The art world has always been so varied and diverse, there is certainly something for everyone—even hardcore horror fans. For them, that something has come in the form of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD: REANIMATED.

Recently, Fango had the chance to speak with underground death metal legend Kam Lee. When the genre was in its infancy, Florida was a haven for pioneering bands, and in the early ’80s, Lee worked with Chuck Schuldiner in Mantas, which spawned into the groundbreaking group; Lee was the only other vocalist the latter ever had. He went on to front Massacre, and solidified a place in metal history as someone who was involved from the beginning.

At the recent Saturday Nightmares event in New Jersey, Fango got the chance to speak with actress Adrienne Barbeau about a couple of her latest projects. One of them is the novel LOVE BITES, a sequel to her 2009 book VAMPYRES OF HOLLYWOOD.

Troma has shifted the venue for its annual TromaDance Film Festival closer to home, hosting the 11th event in Asbury Park, New Jersey on Friday-Saturday, April 16-17. And the company has now sent out the list of independent short flicks being shown, including a bunch of fright fare, all for free.

Greetings, boils and ghouls! Today’s repulsive review is of the gruesome graphic novel MORBID MYTHS VOLUME 1: THE COLLECTION, which follows the EC Comics formula of such fright-filled classic titles as TALES FROM THE CRYPT, THE VAULT OF HORROR and THE HAUNT OF FEAR. I hope you like your meat a little rotten!

Aside from being a serious fanatic for all things horror, I’m also a rather big comic-book enthusiast (as I’m sure you can imagine, the combined interest makes me quite a hit with the ladies). My afternoons are often spent at my local comics shop, sifting out the gory gems from the garbage all too happy to slap Poe or Lovecraft’s name on stories that would likely cause the late authors to spin in their graves. It’s often hard to distinguish, at first glance, the worthwhile titles from the monotonous, mass-produced muck. J. Morvay’s BIBLE BLACK, from Gauntlet Press, lies lovingly with the gems, black indeed as this particular gem may be.

Getting into the worlds of M. Amanuensis Sharkchild’s THE DARK VERSE VOLUME 1: FROM THE PASSAGES OF REVENANTS is difficult. The language is ornate, antiquated and can occasionally leave the reader scratching a head in wonder. His word choices tend toward the obscure, and the book is best read with a dictionary within easy reach.

“When he grins, birds fall off telephone lines,” says DOLAN’S CADILLAC hero Robinson (Wes Bentley) of his nemesis Jimmy Dolan, in narration not lifted from the Stephen King story on which the film is based. “When he looks at you a certain way, your prostate goes bad and your urine burns. The grass yellows up and dies where he spits… He has the name of a thousand demons.” But when we see this hellish fiend, he turns out to be…Christian Slater, who still can’t help looking like a kid playing dress-up when he dons the finery of this malevolent underworld figure.

Warner Bros. and Dark Castle have the eagerly awaited science fiction/horror feature SPLICE hitting theaters June 4, and now the studio’s trailer has hit the Internet. Click past the jump to give it a look!