Fangoria
Fangoria issue 7
Editor	Anthony Timpone
Categories	Horror
Frequency	Monthly
First issue	1979
Company	Starlog Group
Country	United States
Website	Official site

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Planning

Fangoria was first planned in 1978 under the name Fantastica as a companion to the science fiction media magazine Starlog; just as Starlog covered science fiction films for a primarily teenaged audience, Fantastica was intended to cover fantasy films for a similar audience. The publishers were anticipating a groundswell of interest in fantasy owing to the plans at that time for bringing Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian to the screen, plans first announced in 1978. Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Starlog is a science-fiction film magazine published by Starlog Group Inc. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Fantasy films are films with fantastic themes, usually involving magic, supernatural events, make-believe creatures, or exotic fantasy worlds. ... Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936)[1] was a classic American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. ... This article is about the fictional character. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ...

The Conan film did not arrive until several years later and, when it did, no groundswell in the demand for fantasy films occurred. But before the magazine was even launched, other factors intervened to change the magazine's focus and direction. This article is about the 1982 film. ...

The first issue was assembled under the editorship of "Joe Bonham," a pseudonym taken from the quadriplegic hero of Dalton Trumbo's pacifist novel Johnny Got His Gun. This was a cover for Rolling Stone contributor and screenwriter Ed Naha and writer Ric Meyers, best known for his encyclopedic Great Martial Arts Movies: From Bruce Lee to Jackie Chan. Johnny Got His Gun is a novel written in 1938 (published 1939) by American novelist and screenwriter Dalton Trumbo. ... This article is about the magazine. ...

Shortly after the publishing trade press announced the coming launch of Fantastica, the publishers of a Starlog competitor, Fantastic Films magazine, brought suit on the basis of "unfair trade," contending that its young audience would be confused by the magazine's similar title.

The launch of the magazine was delayed by several months as the court deliberated the issue. When, in early 1979, the decision was made in favor of the plaintiff, the publishers of Fantastica were without a usable name, and a pressing need to get the long-delayed issue to the printers. Some quick brainstorming sessions resulted in the name Fangoria, over the objections of Robert "Bob" Martin, who was hired as editor during the delay.

Publication

The first issue of Fangoria was entirely designed around the original "fantasy film" concept for the magazine, and proved to be an abysmal failure, as were several issues that followed, all continuing with the same conceptual approach.

By the time that issue number four was on the stand and number six was in preparation, the publisher confided to Martin that the magazine was losing approximately $20,000 per issue, not an amount that the small publisher could continue to sustain for long.

Two phenomena allowed Martin to reshape the magazine and bring it back from the abyss of debt. First, was the immensely positive audience response to one of the articles that appeared in the first issue of Fangoria, an article that celebrated the craft of special makeup effects artist Tom Savini, and his very wet-looking special effects for the 1978 film Dawn of the Dead. Thomas Vincent Savini (born November 3, 1946) is an American actor, stunt man, director and award-winning special effects and makeup artist. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Second was the palpable stench of defeat that was surrounding Fangoria. With its demise all but certain, senior employees and the two owners of the publishing firm stood back from the fray and allowed the untried young editor to take the lead, reshaping the entire book according to what he believed would work.

Issue seven, with a cover story on Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of Stephen King's The Shining, was the first issue of any national magazine to wholly concern itself with horror film as produced in the closing quarter of the 20th Century, with no trace of daintiness about its subject matter. It also was the first issue of Fangoria to achieve a profit. Kubrick redirects here. ... For other persons named Stephen King, see Stephen King (disambiguation). ... For other uses of this term, see Shining. ...

Subsequent issues would sharpen the focus, but by issue twelve, the formula was well-set, and remains largely unchanged to this date. Martin continued as editor to 1986, with co-editor David Everitt added in the early 1980s, and after leaving Fangoria worked with film director Frank Henenlotter on the screenplays for Frankenhooker and Basket Case 3: The Progeny. Everitt left the magazine shortly after Martin's departure, and was replaced by current editor Tony Timpone. Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Frankenhooker (1990) is a black comedy movie directed by Frank Henenlotter and starring James Lorinz as Jeffrey Franken. ...

Timpone brought current managing editor Michael Gingold on-board in 1990, having been previously introduced to his horror-themed fanzine, Scareaphenalia.^[1] In addition to his editorial duties at the magazine, Gingold posts the majority of the news updates at Fangoria.com. Michael Gingold is an American screenwriter, actor and journalist. ... A fanzine (see also: zine) is a nonprofessional publication produced by fans of a particular cultural phenomenon (such as a literary or musical genre) for the pleasure of others who share their interest. ...

Creative Group purchased Fangoria (and its parent publication Starlog) in the early 2000s, hoping to branch out the brand identity of the magazine to radio, television, and comics. After several failed ventures, Creative Group filed for Chapter 11 on March 21, 2008.^[2] Starlog is a monthly science-fiction film magazine published by Starlog Group Inc. ...

As they have been since their inception Fangoria Magazine is currently the most widely-read horror-themed publication in the world. Their center of operations, as of 2008, is based in New York City's Times Square. New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... For other uses, see Times Square (disambiguation). ...

Fangoria Branches Out

Starting in 1985 and carrying on to today, Fangoria has sponsored annual horror movie conventions known as the Weekend of Horrors in Los Angeles, New Jersey, and Chicago (with Austin, Texas added in 2008).^[3] These conventions are produced in association with Creation Entertainment. Weekend of Horrors is a quarter-annual (with occasionally more) travelling convention which focuses on horror films. ... Creation Entertainment is an entertainment company located in Glendale, California which produces fan conventions for fans of various films and television series, mainly in the sci-fi, horror and fantasy genres. ...

In 1991, Fangoria began honoring horror cinema with their annual Chainsaw Awards, which were voted on by readers of their magazine. The winners were announced at an awards show in Los Angeles, California, which was produced by Fangoria's managing editor, Michael Gingold. While the Chainsaw Awards continued in the magazine, the awards show was stopped after 1996. Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ...

Fangoria Films

Fangoria's Blood Drive, Volume One

In 1990, Fangoria created Fangoria Films, with the goal of financing one feature film a year under this banner. The first film was 1990's Mindwarp, starring Bruce Campbell. They then created Children of the Night in 1991 and Severed Ties in 1992 before ceasing production.^[4] For the former baseball player of the same name, see Bruce Campbell (baseball). ...

In 1996, Fangoria Films re-emerged as a distribution company, occasionally using their "Gore Zone" label, to release twenty low-budget horror features over the next ten years.

From 1999 to 2003, they partnered with Bedford Entertainment to attain wider releases of certain Fangoria titles^[5]. Movies released during this time included I, Zombie: A Chronicle of Pain, The Last Horror Movie, Slashers, and Dead Meat^[6]. Many of these films featured the Fangoria logo along the top of their video/DVD covers, while Fangoria's involvement in other releases was substantially more subdued. An amateurish intellectual zombie movie presented by Fangoria. ... The Last Horror Movie is a British horror film directed by Julian Richards, starring Kevin Howarth, Mark Stevenson and released in 2003. ...

In 2004/2005, Fangoria Films produced and distributed Fangoria's Blood Drive, two DVD compilations of award-winning short horror films. The first volume was hosted by musician-turned-filmmaker Rob Zombie, and the second by MuchMusic's (now called FUSE) Mistress Juliya. Robert Cummings (born January 12, 1965 in Haverhill, Massachusetts), better known as Rob Zombie, is an American musician, film director, and writer. ... Fuse is a music video-oriented television channel. ... Juliya Chernetsky — usually just Juliya or Mistress Juliya to her fans — born July 10, 1982, is a television personality best known for her stint on the music-themed network Fuse, formerly known as MuchMusicUSA. (The name was changed in May 2003. ...

With Creative Group

After their purchase by Creative Group in the early 2000s, they developed Fangoria Entertainment. This allowed both parties to attach the Fangoria brand identity to a number of other media outlets in 2006. Creative Group also added a new "Vampire Skull" logo to Fangoria's properties, which has been used extensively online since its inception.

• Fangoria TV, originally concieved as a network television station dedicated to horror films, was eventually modified to fit a limited online format in 2006.

• Fangoria Radio debuted on Friday, June 23, 2006. It is a horror-themed talk radio program which now airs on Sirius Radio Channel 102 on Friday nights. It is hosted by Dee Snider, Debbie Rochon, and regularly features Fangoria editor Tony Timpone.

• Announced at San Diego's Comicon International in 2006, Fangoria Comics launched in June 2007. For various reasons, the line abruptly ended in August of 2007.^[7]

• In association with FUSE TV, Fangoria first televised its Chainsaw Awards in 2006. The event occurred on October 15, and was aired on FUSE on October 22. The event was not renewed for 2007, although the awards continued in the magazine. ^[8]

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Warehouse Fire

On December 5, 2007, a warehouse operated by Kable News, in Oregon, Illinois, which contained all back issues of Fangoria and Starlog magazines, burned to the ground. As back issues of Fangoria are not re-printed, the only remaining back issues are now housed in private collections.^[9] is the 339th day of the year (340th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... Oregon is a city located in Ogle County, Illinois. ... Starlog is a monthly science-fiction film magazine published by Starlog Group Inc. ...

In Other Media

Fangoria has appeared or been mentioned in various media outlets, usually pertaining to its significance to the horror film industry.

• "Debbie" (Tracie Savage) reads an issue of Fangoria shortly before her death in Friday the 13th 3-D (1982).

• One of the flatmates in BBC2's The Young Ones is seen reading an issue of Fangoria in the 1984 episode "Nasty" (an episode about them attempting to watch a VHS video nasty).

• An issue of Fangoria is featured in the trunk of Ash's Oldsmobile in the film, Army of Darkness (1993).

• The film Brainscan (1994) predominantly features Fangoria, giving the magazine a rather important role in the movie. It is through an ad in the magazine that the main character discovers the titular video game.

• In The Simpsons episode "22 Short Films About Springfield" (1996), bus driver Otto Mann takes a photograph of Lisa Simpson with various foodstuff stuck in her hair, claiming, "Fangoria will pay me fifty bucks for this photo!"

• Chucky masturbates while looking at an issue of Fangoria in the film Seed of Chucky (2004).

• In in the 2004 music video of "I'm Not Okay" by the band My Chemical Romance, Fangoria is listed in the introduction as one of the main characters interests.

• In the 2007 film Death Proof, an issue of Fangoria is displayed in a magazine rack at a convenience store.

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References

Related

• Weekend of Horrors
• Bloody Disgusting
• Fearnet

Weekend of Horrors is a quarter-annual (with occasionally more) travelling convention which focuses on horror films. ... Screenshot of Bloody-Disgusting. ... FEARnet is a multi-platform horror network created by Rogers, Comcast, and Sony. ...

External links

• Official site
• FANGORIA Radio
• FANGORIA TV
• FANGOFEEDER Horror News Aggregator
• Fangoria Comics