A lot of Franck Khalfoun’s nasty, unsettling remake of William Lustig’s nasty, New York horror MANIAC is looking. Of course, much of the film you’re staring through the eyes of the maniac himself, but then there’s the stares back at him, something highlighted in the movie’s official U.S. trailer. The eyes looking back at Frank [...]
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The upcoming witchy season of AMERICAN HORROR STORY, which so far amazingly includes returning stars Jessica Lange, Lily Rabe, Sarah Paulson, Frances Conroy, Taissa Farmiga, as well as newcomers Kathy Bates, Angela Bassett (!), Patti LuPone and PRECIOUS’ Gabourey Sidibe, has still managed to find a clutch addition.
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The gonzo, no boundaries anthology THE ABCs OF DEATH has now been adapted into the format which inspired it, a must-own hardcover children’s book.
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Can you, in fact, go home again? Not when alien robots have taken over. A bit snappier, some bigger action and certainly more trailer guy voiceover-ier, the U.S. preview for the upcoming Wright/Pegg/Frost joint reveals a bit more of everyone and what they’re up against. The third Cornetto is fast approaching. The cap to director [...]
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Praised for their often stunning restorations and packaging of cult treasures and horror classics, the folks at UK’s Arrow Films have given Fango a peek inside the beautiful booklet included with their massive release of Mario Bava’s immortal anthology BLACK SABBATH. With gorgeous art, stills and of course words from Bava expert and Video Watchdog [...]
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Legendary musician Maurizio Guarini, best known for his work with Italian supergroup Goblin on such scores as SUSPIRIA and CONTAMINATION and his work with Fulci composer Fabio Frizzi, will perform live in Toronto at hot spot Lula Lounge in support of his new solo album, the acclaimed CREATURES FROM A DRAWER.
Read more »By now, we know the Jaegers of Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming giant robots vs. giant monsters blockbuster, are piloted in pairs. This is no standard pilot/co-pilot relationship however and a new featurette aims to go beyond the deluge of posters and pictures and explore these fascinating details of the Pan Pacific Defense Corps.
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As a continuation of our previous discussion (see part one here) with GERM Z co-director J.T. Boone and producer Lynette Dixon about the indie zombie flick GERM Z, the fifth release on the FANGORIA Presents banner (see here for details; to find Fango’s Comcast collection on your VOD channel, search this way: Movies > Movie Collections [...]
Read more »Today, a video went viral via vhscollector.com that accused iconic genre film maverick Charles Band of fraud. Recently Band had claimed he discovered a wealth of collectible big box VHS boxes from his landmark, now defunct Wizard Video label. For $50, the Full Moon Pictures maven has been selling these pristine boxes with a duplicated [...]
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Leonard Maltin’s 2.5 star review of Sam Raimi’s original THE EVIL DEAD in his pre-IMDB/Rotten Tomatoes printed reference book summed up the picture’s plot like this: “Five kids at mountain cabin chop each other to pieces when demons possess everything.”
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I’m writing this quickly, as I have to get this out now, while the news is still stinging, but Jesús “Jess” Franco died yesterday. To me, Franco was and remains the most important figure in cinema, a fascinating individual who ate, slept and breathed moviemaking, who lived to point his lens at anything that caught [...]
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Back in 2009, I was coordinating a short film screening at the FANGORIA Weekend of Horrors in Los Angeles. It was my baby and naturally, I wanted only the best films to be showcased. During my search I came across the short REMOTE. I was riveted. However, I knew no details about the making of [...]
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