Clive Barker’s NIGHTBREED, the dark fable about monsters without and within, began life as a short novel called CABAL and was later adapted by the author to direct himself for the big screen. After numerous setbacks and compromises, the movie was released, with little fanfare, in 1990 by 20th Century Fox. But what audiences saw and what the artist envisioned were two very different things.
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Creep Street is a very colorful and fun brand of clothing that’s heavily inspired by both the ’80s and the horror genre. With their neon colors and flamboyant monster designs, the clothing is just as outspoken and attention-grabbing as Creep Street’s creators, Boris and Chip.
At this point in the history of cinema, and more specifically horror cinema, the description “a group of friends head to a cabin” is enough to make any moderately experienced genre fan sick, and not without good reason. For almost 30 years now, we’ve been inundated with flicks that displace youth into the woods, only for them to fall prey to a masked killer/hungry monster/evil spirit that just happens to reside there. So what exactly is different about THE BLACK WATERS OF ECHO’S POND, which is just such a story, you ask? A lot, in fact.
Ask most people (of a certain age) about Tiffany, and they’ll immediately envision the 17-year-old singer whose album sales broke records in the mid-’80s. That enduring image is probably why Tiffany the Scream Queen is such an intriguing proposition. Pursuing acting in between recording and touring has led Tiffany to her first lead performances in NECROSIS (on DVD April 20 from Brink), featured opposite HEROES’ James Kyson-Lee and horror icon Michael Berryman, and MEGA PIRANHA, debuting this Saturday, April 10 on Syfy ahead of disc release by The Asylum on the 27th.
“Guilt has no mercy!” These words are the theme of the new fright film VINDICATION, created by New York-based writer/director/cinematographer Bart Mastronardi, which hits DVD next Tuesday, April 13 from R2 Films on its Big Bite label. Guilt, madness and horror aside, with VINDICATION there is definitely no mercy.
This past weekend, Fango caught up with genre favorite Tony Todd at I-CON, an annual sci-fi/fantasy convention held on Long Island, NY. The star of the CANDYMAN films towered over this writer at almost six and a half feet, and it was hard not to be intimidated while standing next to him. The fact that your correspondent couldn’t look in a mirror for years after first seeing CANDYMAN didn‘t help the situation either. At least no hooks were in sight during the interview…
The art world has always been so varied and diverse, there is certainly something for everyone—even hardcore horror fans. For them, that something has come in the form of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD: REANIMATED.
Recently, Fango had the chance to speak with underground death metal legend Kam Lee. When the genre was in its infancy, Florida was a haven for pioneering bands, and in the early ’80s, Lee worked with Chuck Schuldiner in Mantas, which spawned into the groundbreaking group; Lee was the only other vocalist the latter ever had. He went on to front Massacre, and solidified a place in metal history as someone who was involved from the beginning.