Fangoria Issue #293

Published on May 8, 2010 by Greg B. · 1 Comment

Christ Alexander was one of my favorite horror scribes in my favorite horror magazine, Rue Morgue, for years before becoming editor of their biggest competition, the undisputed mainstream heavyweight horror mag, Fangoria. The current issue of Fango (#293) is Chris’s maiden journey helming the genre publication giant, taking the reins from long time editor (229 issues!) Anthony Timpone after twenty-plus years as head of the magazine. While Timpone will stick around Fango working in special projects, Alexander hints of big things to come under his regime like a new cover design and new monthly columns like “Trash Compactor”, “Sound Shock” and “Monster of the Month”.

CONTENTS THIS MONTH:

ON SET: “THE DESCENT: PART 2” – Back into the caves for the eagerly awaited sequel with the original star, a new director and others.
FEATURE: TOY FAIR TERRORS - Photos and comments on the hottest horrific items from this year’s event.
PREVIEW: “MEADOWOODS” – Director Scott Phillips discusses his vérité-style chiller about kids who kill just because they can.
ON SET: “SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD” – Observations from the location of George A. Romero’s new undead epic. Plus: Dressing the Dead with costume designer Alex Kavanagh, and Romero on Romero!
ON SET: “CREATURE OF DARKNESS” – Take a trek to the desert with a group of off-roaders and the otherworldly monster terrorizing them.
INTERVIEWS: THE “ELM STREET” KIDS, PART ONE - Chats with the young actors who faced Freddy in the original film series.
PREVIEW: “THE DISAPPEARED” – A new and acclaimed British fright feature is explored with director/co-writer Johnny Kevorkian.
PREVIEW: “THE NEW DAUGHTER” – Inside the Kevin Costner movie with director Luis Berdejo and the creature creators.
ELEGY – The incoming and outgoing editors speak
MONSTER INVASION – Previews of “The Revenant,” “Job,” “The Black Waters of Echo’s Pond,” hot new horror fiction and more
TRASH COMPACTOR – Digging up “Burial Ground”
MONSTER OF THE MONTH – Mr. Barlow from “Salem’s Lot”
DR. CYCLOPS’ DUNGEON OF DISCS – Reviews of all 8 Films to Die For from Lionsgate and After Dark, “I Sell the Dead,” “The Sadist With Red Teeth,” “Vampyres” on Blu-ray and more
NIGHTMARE LIBRARY – Reviews of Dan Wells’ “I Am Not a Serial Killer,” A.E. Moorat’s “Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter,” Rio Youers’ “Old Man Scratch,” etc.
HORRORCADE – Reviews of “Dante’s Inferno,” “Deadly Premonition,” “Aliens vs. Predator” and “BioShock 2”
SOUND SHOCK – Denny Zeitlin on the music of 1978’s “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”
CLASSIFIED AD VAULT

I, as someone not always a fan of Fangoria in the past, see renewed hope on the horizon for the legendary horror media monster. After reading #293 cover to cover I can see the new editor’s fingerprint of renewed vigor. The articles are tight, the layout is fantastic while staying with Fangoria’s classic look and the pictorials are bloody striking. In my favorite article, Lee Gambin sits down with some of the kids from the original A Nightmare on Elm Street series in his fantastic interview article “They Are Still His Children”. Gambin covers bases that I have long been curious about concerning one of the most beloved and long-running horror series. Aside from the ridiculous amount and content (Vonage, really?) of the advertisements, I am thrilled with Chris Alexander’s first issue and look forward to the gory future of Fangoria.

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Readers Comments (1)

Adam Troutt says:

May 9, 2010 at 10:49 am

I need to go and subscribe to fango again. I’m a huge fan of Chris Alexander. I’m postive he’s gonna do a kick ass job and make fango the best it has ever been.

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