Monday, December 12, 2016

FANGORIA RISES FROM THE TOMB WITH ISSUE NO. 348


Currently available is an all-digital issue of the latest FANGORIA (#348), guest edited by Fan-boy eternal, Kevin Smith. If this marks the "all new" direction of the magazine, I am underwhelmed.

"To some, he’s an independent film auteur, a contemporary among the likes of Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, and Steven Soderbergh. To others, he’s a gonzo horror filmmaker, producing bold and original visions of viscera that play with tone and content unlike any storyteller working in the genre today. And to many more, he’s one of the forefathers of fandom, who has used speaking tours, comic books, podcasts, and the internet to help bring geek culture to the mainstream in a major way.

Yet to FANGORIA, Kevin Smith is our second-ever Guest Editor, a curator and contributor to our latest issue, FANGORIA #348.
GUTS
INTERVIEW Max Hawthorne
As prehistoric horror fiction is resurrected, the acclaimed novelist reveals why they call him the Prince of Paleofiction

EXCLUSIVE ESSAY: Kevin Smith
The independent cinema icon discusses his lifelong relationship to the world of horror

EXCLUSIVE RETROSPECTIVE: VULGAR
Actor Brian O’Halloran and COMIC BOOK MEN star Bryan Johnson revisit this transgressive rape-revenge flick
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Brian Yuzna
The underrated master of FX-driven scare fare finds a new audience in the age of HD
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Robert Kurtzman
The FX Legend-turned-director gets candid about his 30+ year career in horror

FX FEATURE: THE MIND’S EYE
FANGO gets into the heads- exploding or otherwise- of filmmaker Joe Begos and FX duo Brian Spears & Peter Gerner
INTERVIEW: Fede Alvarez
The filmmaker behind EVIL DEAD (2013) returns with his most nerve-racking horror offering to date, DON’T BREATHE

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: MOTEL HELLDirector Kevin Connor reflects on the legacy of this seminal horror satire
EXCLUSIVE FEATURE: HOUSE OF RE-ANIMATOR
Screenwriter Dennis Paoli talks the past- and potential future- of this RE-ANIMATOR reunion
FEATURE: The Haunted ScarehouseAs Escape Rooms sweep the nation, FANGO investigates this unholy marriage of haunted walkthrough and interactive puzzle
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Kevin SmithOur Guest Editor spills his guts about Wes Craven, REAPER, and other professional collisions with the horror genre
EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: DIVORCED DADWhat’s lurking behind Astron-6’s surreal send-up of public access talk shows?
EXCLUSIVE FEATURE: Michael ParksOne of cinema’s greatest character actors speaks up about becoming Kevin Smith’s macabre muse
INTERVIEW: LIGHTS OUTDirector David Sandberg discusses his journey from online sensation to Hollywood horror prodigy
EXCLUSIVE FEATURE: WE’LL SEE YOU IN HELLJoe DeRosa and Patrick Walsh chart the evolution of their popular FANGORIA podcast
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Rick BakerThe FX Great discusses his Academy-Award winning FX work on AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON
EXCLUSIVE FEATURE: THE STRAINProducers Carlton Cuse and Chuck Hogan discuss the visceral third season of FX’s hit vampire saga
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Stephen David BrooksThe filmmaker exorcises memories of his time as writer and VFX artist on Tobe Hooper’s THE MANGLER
EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: MOOSE JAWSKevin Smith and Robert Kurtzman offer up a first look at this Canadian creature feature
EXCLUSIVE FX FEATURE: FRANKENSTEIN CREATED BIKERSJames Bickert offers up a bloody behind-the-scenes look at this gore-filled convention favorite
RETROSPECTIVE: Junji ItoFANGORIA looks back at the nightmarish manga master’s groundbreaking genre work
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Eric RedThe filmmaker behind THE HITCHER, NEAR DARK, BODY PARTS, BAD MOON, and more celebrates three decades of crafting cinematic creeps
EXCLUSIVE FEATURE: PUPPET MASTERProducer Charles Band and screenwriter C. Courtney Joyner disassemble the seminal direct-to-video fright franchise
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: David DeCoteauThe prolific master of schlock revisits his beloved ‘80s sleaze classic, SORORITY BABES IN THE SLIMEBALL BOWL-O-RAMA
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: STRANGER THINGSProducers Dan Cohen and Shawn Levy talk about the Netflix’s nostalgic phenomenon
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: FANGORIA Musick’s DRACULAAudio horror master Anthony DP Mann talks about his Tony Todd-starring adaptation of Bram Stoker’s iconic story
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Tom McLoughlinWith FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE GAME around the corner, McLoughlin reflects on resurrecting Jason Voorhees 30 years ago in PART VI
GRAVY
EXORDIUMFilmmaker Kevin Smith shares his first encounter with FANGO
MONSTER INVASIONFeatures on LAKE NOWHERE and SUN CHOKE
BLOOD DROPSSpoorloos gets under your skin with THE HILL
KILL SCREEN
Our new horror gaming column looks back at the sleazy, chaotic MICHIGAN: REPORT FROM HELL."

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