Vampires are everywhere these days, which comes as no surprise. Whether in television or movies, novels or comic books, it seems like the audience’s desire for bloodsuckers (and their hunters) is becoming far more insatiable than the monsters’ own thirst for blood. But as is the case with any popular horror icon, vampires have—ahem—lost their bite, straying so far from their Gothic horror roots one could scarcely even believe they are the same monster.
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As horror is a neverending source of bloody good art and extreme emotions, the genre continues to reinvent itself. With films now playing in groundbreaking 3-D, fearful video-gaming at an all-time high and hi-def discs exploring new digital frontiers, it seems there’s nowhere horror can’t go. Such is the case with a musician who has long adored scary cinema, and the connection he has developed with the distinct and eerie music that is a essential part of them.
We’ve just wrapped up the cover for FANGORIA #293, which doesn’t go on sale for another month—but we can’t wait to show it to you, since it sports a new design courtesy of artist Jason Beam. Click past the jump to check it out! We’ve also got the complete contents of that issue to reveal, including a few new departments.
Media Blasters originally released WICKED LAKE on DVD back in October 2008 on its Shriek Show label; now, the company is planning to rerelease Zach Passero’s horror film on Blu-ray—and this version will feature the director’s cut.
The cast has been announced for the upcoming North American debut of VAMPIRE KNIGHT, the Gothic-romance animated series based on the bestselling manga by Matsuri Hino.