From green light to release, the average film takes two to three years, but the zombie action feature WAR OF THE DEAD’s production started in way back in 2005. The remarkable adventure that followed would take director Marko Mäkilaakso around the world, through countless stops and stars, three title changes and eventually end as biggest film ever shot in Lithuania. FANGORIA spoke to Makilassko a few months later on the heels of the North American release to talk about the long journey that became a zombie epic.

A tale of prophetic pottery, incest and village sacrifice in the name of a creature.

With the psychological chiller STOKER set to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20, we’ve got an early exclusive pic to share with you.

Abalam has followed Nell out of found footage and into the group home.

One of the many struggles of independent horror filmmaking is finding a voice to attract your target audience, whether it’s devoting whatever budget you have to a bloodier body count or opting for a quiet, atmospheric tension as a result of limited resources. However, from the oversaturated opening credits onward, THE DEAD INSIDE prides itself on defying expectations, offering surprises within its low-budget boundaries that make it a unique and satisfying genre offering.

Fango editor Chris Alexander's debut feature, the Eurohorror inspired fever dream BLOOD FOR IRINA is returning to New York with director in tow. 

Making its DVD and Blu-ray debut today from Magnolia Home Entertainment, COMPLIANCE is a psychological thriller that spins a fact-based story into a skin-crawlingly disturbing exploration of human behavior. It’s a remarkable achievement for writer/director Craig Zobel, who discusses the movie with FANGORIA in this exclusive interview.

Most people can’t wait to get out of their parents’ house. They want to get away from their families and start a life of their own. Then, they want to get a bigger and better house; they might not need it, but they want it. It becomes a thing of prestige, who has the biggest house? Who lives in the better neighborhood? Look, my house is huge, I’m successful! When it comes to celebrities, it’s even worse. Typically, they try to move into the high class areas in L.A., and buy houses that are ten times the size they need, just because they can. This is why Tom Savini’s house was more than surprising. It was in a normal neighborhood in Pittsburgh and an average house, while the inside is anything but (see the entry Tom’s House for more on that. I was intrigued that Tom lived there; hell, I was surprised he didn’t live in L.A. like most other actors.

Probably my most anticipated book of the year, XEROX FEROX: THE WILD WORLD OF THE HORROR FILM FANZINE by John Szpunar—one half of Barrel Entertainment and self-described “slop culture journalist”—makes its debut this fall at Fantacon (Albany NY, Sept 14-15) courtesy of Headpress (who will also be bringing us Joseph Ziemba’s BLEEDING SKULL! A 1980S TRASH-HORROR ODYSSEY).

The man who brought flesheating zombies to television has now been hired to help give the King of the Monsters a cinematic facelift.

Tim Burton's macabre, melancholy stop-motion masterpiece FRANKENWEENIE shuffles onto home video today via Disney and FANGORIA wants to give three lucky Canadian readers a chance to win a copy of the film in a deluxe DVD/Blu-ray combo pack along with a cooler-than-Sparky wristwatch!