FANGORIA #301 doesn’t hit the shelves or arrive in your mailbox till February, but we’re ready to give you a sneak peek at it now! We’ve got an early look at the cover, featuring an exclusive painted image honoring Richard Matheson, the influential master of horror literature spotlighted in a career-spanning six-page interview. There’s plenty in the issue on the current screen scream scene as well, including exclusive interviews and photos from the Nicolas Cage supernatural actioner DRIVE ANGRY, the dark fairy tale RED RIDING HOOD and the truly disturbing medieval chiller BLACK DEATH. Plus, we chat up José Mojica Marins about the return of Coffin Joe in EMBODIMENT OF EVIL and Michael Wadleigh on his ambitious ’80s fave WOLFEN, and much more; see the cover and complete contents after the jump!

FANGORIA and Warner Bros. Canada want to send 5 Toronto-area readers to see an early showing of 1408 director Mikael Håfström’s new supernatural thriller THE RITE. Read on to find out how you can attend!

Let’s kick off this week with a contest! FANGORIA has a handful of DVDs and Blu-rays of Paramount’s CASE 39 to send out to a few lucky winners.

AND SOON THE DARKNESS sends ZOMBIELAND’s Amber Heard and CLOVERFIELD’s Odette Yustman on a vacation to hell in the wilds of Argentina, and you can experience it with them thanks to Anchor Bay’s DVD and Blu-ray, coming December 28. Fango has a sweet DVD prize pack including DARKNESS and other terror titles to give away!