The world of horror certainly is a diverse and multi-faceted entity. For those in it for the blood, there’s plenty of gore and guts to go around. For those who seek something more substantial, a vast universe can be found beyond its grimy facade. Horror is a genre driven by passion. Those who operate within its boundaries are fueled by a love for the macabre and an overwhelming desire to create. Nowhere does the spirit of independent filmmaking flourish like it does here. No other genre can boast the type of loyalty and devotion like the kind found amongst the widespread community of horror fans. There are many who celebrate these distinguishing traits, but few who have gone to as great a length as Douglas Schulze. An independent filmmaker who works primarily in fright flicks, Schulze is also the co-founder of Michigan’s THE MOTION PICTURE INSTITUTE.  His journey from fan to filmmaker is relatable to anyone who's ever thought of picking up a camera and is both an inspiration and  example of what the world of horror is all about. Now, his latest feature hits the 2012. New York City Horror Film Festival

Continuing our conversation with Barry Levinson, director of the found-footage ecological horror film THE BAY (now in limited release and on VOD), which began here…

Director Barry Levinson has won acclaim, Oscars and big box office with major-studio films ranging from RAIN MAN to BUGSY to DISCLOSURE, and it was thus surprising to see him helming a found-footage horror movie—a subgenre that’s usually the province of up-and-comers. And he was able to bring a different approach to THE BAY, which he discussed extensively with Fango.

While bringing to the screen popular monsters from the video game—Red Pyramid, the nurses—and several cast members from the previous movie, the 3D sequel SILENT HILL: REVELATION also provides a showcase for a couple of new faces: stars Adelaide Clemens and Kit Harington, both of whom spoke to Fango at the recent New York Comic-Con.

Perhaps the single best thing about THE WALKING DEAD is that it isn’t a show about zombies, it’s a show about human beings and how nightmarish circumstances test their humanity every day. One of the pleasures of the series is watching how these characters cope with the devastated world they’ve inherited, and arguably none have provided a more potent study of what happens to even the best of us in extreme circumstances than Andrew Lincoln as former lawman-turned-leader of a ragtag band of survivors, Rick Grimes.

If there’s any teen actress with serious genre qualifications these days, it’s Chloë Grace Moretz, whose big-screen résumé stretches from 2005’s THE AMITYVILLE HORROR to this year’s DARK SHADOWS, with lots of horrific stops in between. But there was one question regarding her starring role in the new film version of Stephen King’s classic novel CARRIE that Fango felt compelled to raise upon sitting down with her at the recent New York Comic-Con.

A tiny, bespectacled girl backs into a silent bedroom and shakes her sister awake. In a panicked whisper, the girl warns her groggy sibling that “Mama” has returned. The kids scramble down the stairs and rush toward the relative safety of the front door—but something is there, waiting. A weird, walking cobweb of a woman freezes as she spots the girls, then surges at them in a horrifyingly disjointed, reptilian scuttle.