Remakes fall into two categories, "Wow" and "Why did they bother". Sadly, the "Wow"s are few and far between. For every Zack Snyder's DAWN OF THE DEAD or David Cronenberg's THE FLY, there's five Gus Van Sant's PSYCHO. Breck Eisner's THE CRAZIES clearly falls into the "Wow" category. A fast-moving, exciting...

Welcome to Pandora, a distant planet we had hoped to colonize, but turns out to be quite desolate, with some alien ruins, and some nasty native creatures.  Most of the colonists have fled, the remainder trying to eek out a life on the harsh, lawless planet.  Rumors have spread about the “Vault”,...

Even among horror fans, some people just don’t understand the appeal of a Takashi Miike film. It may be his genre ambiguity; you could hardly argue the yakuza-and-cops story DEAD OR ALIVE as horror, and VISITOR Q and HAPPINESS OF THE KATAKURIS play as inexplicably broad satires. If Miike was more respected...

Oh Tarantino so much to answer for.  When film school production students start talking more Tarantino and less Romero new clichés begin to clash with old standards. 

Author Cory Doctorow strikes first-rate entertainment with his cyberpunk novel, MAKERS. The reader travels to a not so far future where robots make toast, and contact lenses turn the eyes into shiny black beads. The impressive story arc is divided into four chapters. Part I introduces Lester and Perry,...

Harmonix and MTV Games have announced that Them Crooked Vultures are premiering on Rock Band beginning this week with “New Fang,” the single from the band’s self-titled debut album. The song will be added to the Rock Band Music Store and LEGO Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the...

Note: These are early box office reports, final tallies may differ slightly.While Richard Curtis' PIRATE RADIO opened to less than $3 million dollars (to be fair, the film earned a very minimal release, debuting in less than 900 theatres in the US) in ticket sales, it was a huge weekend for the Sci-fi...

I admit it. I’ve been a closet fan of disaster movies dating as far back as THE TOWERING INFERNO and EARTHQUAKE -with Senssuround! Yet at some point after INDEPENDENCE DAY (I base chronology on disaster movies rather than the calendar), my enthusiasm began to wane. I was becoming anesthetized just...

If you've got access to one of the current generation of video game consoles, chances are you've played at least one version of Harmonix's ROCK BAND series of games. The latest, LEGO ROCK BAND, doesn't bring a lot of new to the table, but it definitely comes packed full of a lot of fun.LEGO ROCK BAND...

I’m not going to lie, I typically hate box sets. They’re more often than not, a dumping ground for DVD’s that have spent one too many years collecting dust in some old warehouse that their distributers are just a little too eager to get off the shelves. You go to your local video retailer or Amazon.com...

DEMON DAYS, written by D.L. Snell and Richard Finney, delivers paranoid thrills into an end-of the-world scenario. This is a race against time for a young woman who must prevent the apocalyptic prophecy from coming true.Sandy and her fiancé, Tom, are suddenly thrust into a dangerous battle against demonic,...

Welcome to hell.  It’s as good a place as any to start talking horror and spirituality. I’m sure our ongoing conversation will take us to other places as well, but hell.... hell is a place that burns up BS. That seems like a good starting point to me. You see the idea here is to actually talk, engage...

Greetings Fango Fiends!FANGORIA TV is gearing up for our 2010 Cable & Satellite launch, and we're looking for some fresh faces to be on-air hosts for on of our upcoming TV shows.

FANGORIA MUSICK just got the word that the long-churning rumors are true: SLAYER and MEGADETH are once again joining forces for an American Tour - their first together since 1991's CLASH OF THE TITANS tour!

STEVE NILESWriter – CRIMINAL MACABRE, CAL MCDONALD STORIESFounder of Bloody Pulp Bookshttp://www.bloodypulpbooks.comFANGORIA:  Alright Steve, horror writer extraordinaire, put down the pencil for a second and talk to us horror fans.STEVE NILES:  Pencil? What is this, 1901?

For the unaware, www.horrorcore.com is one of the largest outlets of the horrorcore/wicked shit musical genres the online market has to offer. For nearly a decade the site has played host to some of the most promising horrorcore veterans and prospects alike. Horrorcore powerhouses such as Mars, Menacide,...

In a near-future world, a virus has rendered 95 percent of the population addicted to blood. In order to get their daily sustenance amidst rapidly dwindling supplies, some have taken their new vampire lifestyles to extremes. But that’s OK, because there are more than a few weapon-wielding members of...

Somewhere in the hard rock and metal cosmos, Blackie Lawless was granted the same passage as Overkill, Motorhead and AC/DC where recording the same album over and over again is considered his charm and not his stigma.  Those following W.A.S.P. over the years will testify once Blackie Lawless officially...

It’s one of the more complicated scenes to capture in the new Clive Barker film DREAD. Actors Jackson (TWILIGHT) Rathbone and Hanne Steen must play slightly drunk while getting hot and heavy during a romantic date in the countryside. At one point, they climb onto the hood of their car and release back...

Remix albums are unpredictable prospects, sometimes yielding blissful, expressionistic results and sometimes…not so much.The Isis OCEANIC:  REMIXES/REINTERPRETATIONS album, check.  Puscifer’s “V” IS FOR VIAGRA remix album, check.  Prong’s POWER TO THE DAMN MIXXXER, dubious at times, but...

One of the best parts of our jobs here at FANGORIA is the opportunity to hook-up some lucky readers with some kick-ass prizes and free swag. Below the jump you'll find the winners of some recent contests here on FANGORIA.comYou might already be a winner!

It’s the most unfortunate day of the year, but if you’re tuned in to FANGORIA RADIO,  your luck won’t run out! On tonight’s show, hosted by Debbie Rochon and Fango editor Tony Timpone (airing live on Sirius XM Stars satellite radio, Sirius channel 108/XM channel 139, from 10 p.m.-1 a.m. EST,...

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Producer Jonathan Sothcott sent along yet another couple of pics from his new vampire film DEAD CERT, this time depicting veteran British actor Billy Murray as lead bloodsucker Dante Livenko. Sothcott and Murray also shared a couple of quick comments about the role and movie.

Independent filmmaker Joe Lemieux sent along details and a couple of photos (see below) from his long-in-the-works horror feature VEIL OF BLOOD, which has now been unleashed on DVD. He describes the movie as “equal parts flaming intestines and over-the-top humor: Mutilated bodies, head crushing,...

If there’s one thing we’ve learned over the years, it’s that zombies are hard to kill. And with the abundance of undead books hitting the shelves this fall and winter, it seems the incredibly popular vampire trend still hasn’t put the bullet in all those flesheating brains. From short-story collections...

One of my favorite contemporary filmmakers has long been Danish enfant terrible Lars Von Trier. From the wrenching delirium of BREAKING THE WAVES, to the vulgar, experimental excess of THE IDIOTS, to the haunting musical melodrama of DANCER IN THE DARK to the mad stunt DOGVILLE, there really is no one...

Hong Mi-Ju (Hyeon-a Seong) is a part time music professor; her forte is the beloved cello. However, Mi-Ju's work life isn't going too well, and things at home have taken a haunting turn as well. Plagued by flashbacks of a horrific car accident, visions of a mysterious woman's face, and the dark tones...

FANGORIA MUSICK has just learned that HATEBREED frontman Jamey Jasta will be making an appearance on "VH1's That Metal Show" hosted by Q104.3’s Eddie Trunk. The show will begin it's 3rd Season this Saturday night on VH1 CLASSIC.