Fangoria's GOREZONE magazine is returning this year!

 Fans of the Fangoria spin off magazine, GOREZONE, will be happy to know that Fangoria magazine is bringing back GOREZONE  magazine starting this year!  I was not really into horror much back when this magazine first came out in 1988, but I picked up some back issues off ebay a few years ago and loved it.  I am super excited to hear they are bringing this magazine back.  
  Bad news is it won't be available on the newsstand, you will have to subscribe to it or buy it off the Fangoria website, but as Fangoria Editor In Chief Chris Alexander explains, “By bypassing the newsstand, we are aiming to make GOREZONE the most extreme and exciting horror magazine on the market,”.  So, that sounds promising.  Sounds like by not being on the newsstand, we will get a more R rated version of GOREZONE.  Pretty cool!  Check out Fangoria.com for more details as they are made available.

CLICK HERE to visit the Fangoria website

FANGORIA Magazine comes to the iPhone and iPad!

FANGORIA Magazine launched it's own iPhone/iPad app yesterday!  This is pretty cool for sure, esp. for you iPad users.   Here is yesterday's official statement from Fangoria.com:

Today sees the launch of our official FANGORIA App, enabling you to keep up with the latest issues of Fango on your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch!  Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad with iOS 4.2 or later, the FANGORIA app is downloadable for no cost, gives you a free preview of our latest issue and the option to purchase it in full for $3.99, with subsequent future and back issues naturally headed for download as well!

With the app, you will get a free sneak preview of each new magazine, which consists of the firs few pages (you can see the first 9 pages of the current issue).  That doesn't sound like much, but you do get to see the "contents" page, so you can see what all the new issue has inside.  If you want to purchase the full issue, you can do that right from inside the app for only $3.99 an issue.  A bargain compared to the normal $8.99 cover price!

Download today by clicking HERE, or just visit the app store from your device and search "Fangoria".

FANGORIA'S BEST HORROR FILMS (1994)

Browsing through the film section of my local used bookstore, I ran across this gem from 1994, FANGORIA'S BEST HORROR FILMS. The book is a 144 page hardbound book with a paper sleeve. I never knew this book even existed, so it was a nice surprise to find sitting on the shelf, just waiting for me!

The book is obviously outdated, so you will only get stories and reviews about some older films, but every film discussed in the book is a classic, and while most of the news is old news by now, I actually learned a few things that I hadn't ever heard or read about before concerning some of these films. One particular noteworthy part of this book is a section called Jason's Journal, which is an expert from Kane Hodder's personal diary he kept while filming FRIDAY THE 13th Part VIII, otherwise known as JASON TAKES MANHATTAN. As most of you know, Kane played the part of Jason Voorhees in parts VII, VIII, IX, and X of the FRIDAY THE 13th series of films. Reading about his personal experiences on the set and during the shooting of the film was very interesting to say the least.

Other sections of this book focus on the History Of Horror in the 60's, 70's, and 80's. Also, an entire chapter is devoted to the many film adaptations of author H.P. Lovecraft and another on author Stephen King.

Other films you will read about in this book include HELLRAISER, HALLOWEEN, the A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET series, the ALIEN films, and GREMLINS, just to name a few.

Any of you Horror fans out there have this book? This book is extremely rare to find new, but you can easily get a used copy. In fact, Amazon.com shows to have 21 used copies at the time of this posting, with a couple showing for sale for only $.01 cent plus $3.99 shipping! $4 bucks for this great Hardcover book is a steal. I highly recommend you pick up a copy today!! This is a great collectible for fans of Horror books and films.

CLICK HERE to browse the used copies for sale on Amazon.com