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{{Short description|American horror film fan magazine}}
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{{Infobox magazine
|image_file     = Fangoria issue 07.png
|image_size     = 200px
|image_caption  = ''Fangoria'', Issue 7; this was the first issue to exclusively feature horror content.
|editor         = [[Phil Nobile Jr.]]
|editor_title   = Editor-in-Chief
|frequency      = Quarterly
|category       = {{ubl|[[horror film|Horror]]|[[Fantasy film|Fantasy]] (issue 1–6)}}
|company        = Fangoria Publishing, LLC
|founded        = 1979
|based          = [[Atlanta, Georgia]]
|firstdate     = {{start date|1979|8}}<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=August 1979|title=25 Years with Godzilla|url=https://www.fangoria.com/archives/fangoria-1-godzilla-dawn-dead/ |access-date=2023-03-11 |magazine=Fangoria|issue=1}}</ref>
|lastdate       =
|country        = United States
|website        = {{url|fangoria.com}}
|issn           = 0164-2111
|oclc           = 4618144
}}
'''''Fangoria''''' is an internationally distributed American [[horror film]] [[fan magazine]], in publication since 1979. It is published four times a year by Fangoria Publishing, LLC and is edited by [[Phil Nobile Jr.]]
The magazine was originally released in an age when horror fandom was still a burgeoning [[subculture]]; in the late 1970s, most horror publications were concerned with classic cinema, while those that focused on contemporary horror were largely [[fanzines]]. ''Fangoria'' rose to prominence by running exclusive interviews with horror filmmakers and offering behind-the-scenes photos and stories that were otherwise unavailable to fans in the era before the Internet. The magazine would eventually rise to become a force itself in the horror world, hosting its own [[Fangoria Chainsaw Awards|awards show]], sponsoring and hosting numerous horror conventions, [[Fangoria Films|producing films]], and printing its own line of [[Fangoria Comics|comics]].
''Fangoria'' began struggling in the 2010s due to issues arising from the internet, including difficulty in generating enough ad revenue to cover printing costs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedevilseyes.com/2017/02/fangoria-thomas-defeo-brooklyn-company.html|title=Looking Into Fangoria, Thomas DeFeo and The Brooklyn Company Inc.|website=www.thedevilseyes.com|access-date=January 28, 2019|archive-date=March 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318094633/http://www.thedevilseyes.com/2017/02/fangoria-thomas-defeo-brooklyn-company.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Publication became sporadic beginning in fall 2015, and the magazine ran through a succession of editors in 2015–2016, culminating with the February 2017 announcement of Ken Hanley's December 2016 departure. After this, the magazine ceased publication. The magazine remained dormant throughout 2017.
In February 2018, Dallas-based entertainment company [[Cinestate]] bought ''Fangoria'' and, under new editor-in-chief Phil Nobile Jr., relaunched the magazine as a print-based quarterly publication.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/cinestate-buys-fangoria-expansion-movies-1202699883/|title=Cinestate Buys Fangoria Magazine, Plans Brand Expansion Into Movies|first1=Dave|last1=McNary|date=February 15, 2018|website=variety.com|access-date=January 28, 2019}}</ref> In October 2018, Cinestate released the first new ''Fangoria'' magazine under their ownership, stylized as "Volume 2, Issue 1."
In August 2020, Tara Ansley and Abhi Goel acquired ''Fangoria'' from Cinestate under Fangoria Publishing, LLC, and, as of issue 9, are the publishers of the magazine and owners of the brand.<ref name="Aug 2020">{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3629386/fangoria-re-animated-new-owners-multimedia-plans/|title=Fangoria Again Re-Animated With New Owners and Multimedia Plans|first=John|last=Squires|date=May 19, 2018|website=Bloody Disgusting|access-date=August 29, 2020}}</ref>
==Origins==
[[Kerry O'Quinn]] and Norman Jacobs first conceived of ''Fangoria'' in 1978 by under the name ''Fantastica'' as a companion to their science fiction media magazine ''[[Starlog (magazine)|Starlog]]''. Just as ''Starlog'' covered [[science fiction film]]s for a primarily teenaged audience, ''Fantastica'' was intended to cover [[fantasy film]]s for a similar audience. O'Quinn, who had previously published [[soap opera]] fan magazines, anticipated a groundswell of interest in the fantasy genre due to Hollywood's plan to bring [[Robert E. Howard]]'s [[Conan the Barbarian]] to the screen, although that movie would not appear for another four years.<ref name=PopMatters>{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/lanzagorta060817-2496179115.html|title=The Gruesome Gazettes Part 2: ''Fangoria'' and Beyond|first=Marco|last=Lanzagorta|date=August 16, 2006|access-date=July 2, 2021|website=PopMatters}}</ref>
The first issue was assembled under the editorship of "Joe Bonham", a pseudonym taken from the quadriplegic hero of Dalton Trumbo's pacifist novel ''[[Johnny Got His Gun]]''. This was a cover for ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' contributor and screenwriter [[Ed Naha]] and writer [[Ric Meyers]].{{citation needed|date=July 2021}} Shortly after the publishing trade press announced the coming launch of ''Fantastica'', the launch was delayed by several months when the publishers of a ''Starlog'' competitor, ''[[Fantastic Films]]'' magazine, threatened a lawsuit because of the similarity in titles.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=my6yWwU3K-0C&q=fantastica+fangoria+lawsuit&pg=PA289|title=Reel Terror|first=David|last=Konow|page=289|publisher=Griffin|year=2012 |isbn=978-0312668839}}</ref> This was eventually decided in favor of the plaintiff in court.<ref name="Xerox Ferox">Interview with Robert "Bob" Martin: {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HI5XDwAAQBAJ&q=fantastica+fangoria+lawsuit&pg=PT110|title=Xerox Ferox: The Wild World of the Horror Film Fanzine|first=John|last=Szpunar|publisher=Headpress|year=2014|isbn=9781909394117}} [[ebook]]</ref>
Brainstorming sessions resulted in the name ''Fangoria'', over the objections of [[Robert "Bob" Martin]], who was hired as editor during the delay.<ref name="Xerox Ferox" /> The first issue went to print July 31, 1979, with an August cover date.
==Publication==
===Early years===
The first issue of ''Fangoria'' was designed around the original "fantasy film" concept for the magazine and proved to be a notable publishing failure, as were the next five issues, all of which continued with the same approach. By the time issue four was released and issue six was in preparation, the publisher confided to Martin that the magazine was losing approximately US$20,000 per issue, an amount the small publisher could not sustain for long.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}
As described in one history of horror magazines, "The first issue of ''Fangoria'', published in 1979, was an abysmal failure, and subsequent issues did not fare much better. Apparently there was little or no interest in another magazine that did not deviate much from the already established ''Starlog/Cinefantastique'' structure."<ref name=PopMatters /> But because of great reader interest in "a lavishly illustrated article on [[Tom Savini]]'s gruesome make-up effects for the 1978 film ''[[Dawn of the Dead (1978 film)|Dawn of the Dead]]''," the magazine began focusing on "readers' macabre interest in gory images of monsters and carnage."<ref name=PopMatters /> With the seventh issue, "with a bold shift to fright flicks by featuring a still from [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s ''[[The Shining (film)|The Shining]]'' on the cover", the magazine had become profitable.<ref name="Filmmaker">{{cite news|url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/110527-the-fear-returns/|title=The Fear Returns: Fangoria Enters a New Era with New Ownership|first=Erik|last=Luers|date=October 28, 2020|access-date=July 3, 2021|work=[[Filmmaker (magazine)|Filmmaker]]}}</ref> Then "the 1980s gave rise to an endless offering of gory [[slasher film]]s that ''Fangoria'' was more than happy to highlight, turning [[Freddy Krueger]], [[Leatherface]], [[Michael Myers (Halloween)|Michael Myers]] and [[Jason Voorhees]] into unlikely lucrative newsstand idols."<ref name="Filmmaker" />
[[Image:Italian-Fangoria.jpg|thumb|left|''Fangoria Italy'', issue 1, 1990]]
Martin continued as editor into the mid-1980s,{{citation needed|date=July 2021}} with co-editor David Everitt from 1981 to 1985.<ref name="RIP David Everitt">{{cite news|url=https://www.fangoria.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=857:rip-fangoria-editor-david-everitt-1953-2010&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=167|title=R.I.P. ''Fangoria'' Editor David Everitt (1953-2010)|work=Fangoria|date=May 16, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100516191356/https://www.fangoria.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=857:rip-fangoria-editor-david-everitt-1953-2010&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=167|access-date=July 3, 2021|archive-date=May 16, 2010}}</ref> After Everitt left, he was replaced by ''Starlog'' editor David McDonnell, who handled both magazines, with [[Tony Timpone]] under him as [[managing editor]] on ''Fangoria''.<ref name="Shadow Realm">{{cite web| url=http://www.shadowrealminc.com/features/fangoria_tony.htm|title=''Fangoria'' 30th Anniversary: An Exclusive Interview with ''Fangoria'' Editor Tony Timpone|website=Flamedrop/Shadow Realm|date=2009|first=Paul|last=Bloom}}</ref> In 1986, Timpone became editor-in-chief:
{{quote|I first joined the ''Fangoria'' staff in July of 1985. It was my first job out of college, although I had been freelancing to ''Fango'''s sister publication ''Starlog'' during my last year at college. I began as an Editorial Assistant to then-Editor David Everitt, who decided to move on a month after I started. Since I was fresh out of college and this was my first job in publishing, I was a little too green to take over the job myself. So I served as the Managing Editor to Dave McDonnell, who took over as Editor until I got my wings. The following year, I was promoted to Editor in Chief.<ref name="Shadow Realm" />}}
===1980s and '90s===
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, ''Fangoria'' tested numerous international horror markets, releasing issues of the magazine modified for various foreign languages. These foreign editions (released in Italy, Japan, Czechoslovakia and elsewhere) lasted only a handful of editions before being discontinued. Additionally, in May 1988, a sister publication titled ''Gorezone'' was first published. A second sister publication, titled ''Toxic Horror'' followed in 1989. ''Gorezone'' was cancelled after twenty-seven issues and one special ''[[Tales from the Crypt (TV series)|Tales from the Crypt]]''-themed issue. ''Toxic Horror'' was cancelled after five issues.
In 1990, Timpone brought in managing editor [[Michael Gingold]], having been previously introduced to his horror-themed [[fanzine]], ''Scareaphenalia''.<ref name="fango">[http://www.fangoria.com/staff.php Fangoria – Meet The Staff<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071215012636/http://www.fangoria.com/staff.php |date=December 15, 2007 }}</ref> In addition to his editorial duties at the magazine, Gingold posted the majority of the news updates on the magazine's official website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fangoria.com/ |title=Fangoria.com |publisher=Fangoria.com |access-date=August 14, 2014}}</ref> Under Gingold and Timpone's tenure, Fangoria rose to its greatest level of prominence, enjoying widespread recognition and influence in the horror community.
===2000s===
Creative Group purchased ''Fangoria'' (and its parent publication ''[[Starlog]]'') in the early 2000s, hoping to expand the brand identity of the magazine to radio, television, and comics. On December 5, 2007, a warehouse operated by Kable News, in [[Oregon, Illinois]], which contained all back issues of ''Fangoria'' and ''[[Starlog]]'' magazines, was destroyed by fire. As back issues of ''Fangoria'' are not re-printed, the only remaining back issues are now housed in private collections or those available on the secondary market.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/story/fires-burn-fangoria|title=Fires Burn Fangoria - Horror Movie, DVD, & Book Reviews, News, Interviews at Dread Central|date=June 9, 2012|access-date=January 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609122452/http://www.dreadcentral.com/story/fires-burn-fangoria|archive-date=June 9, 2012}}</ref> After several failed ventures, Creative Group filed for Chapter 11 on March 21, 2008.<ref>[https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=conewsstory&refer=conews&tkr=735429Q:US&sid=a46B7_LdW0ng American LaFrance, Delphi, Haven, Marcal, Creative: Bankruptcy] 08-10975, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan), March 24, 2008.</ref> In summer 2008, The Brooklyn Company, Inc., led by longtime Fangoria president Thomas DeFeo, bought ''Fangoria'' and all its related brands.<ref>[http://www.fangoriaonline.com/gore/component/content/article/48-fangoria/257-fangoria-announces-sweeping-new-web-initiative-at-fangoriacom.html, Fangoria announces sweeping new web initiative at fangoria.com], Fangoria.com, October 17, 2008.</ref> Under DeFeo's ownership, the magazine overhauled the magazine's cover format, including the transformation of the company's long-standing logo. Starting with issue #281, the original ''Fangoria'' logo was re-designed, and the trademark "film strip", tagline, and embedded photos were removed. After consistent fan protest of the changes, the original logo returned with issue #305. The "film strip" photos returned briefly beginning with issue #309.
In February 2010, [[Chris Alexander (editor)|Chris Alexander]], a [[Toronto]]-based filmmaker and former writer for ''[[Rue Morgue (magazine)|Rue Morgue]]'', succeeded [[Tony Timpone]] as ''Fangoria'''s new editor.<ref>{{cite web|author=Ryan Turek |url=http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14002 |title=EXCL: Meet the New Editor of Fangoria Magazine |publisher=Shocktillyoudrop.com |date=February 5, 2010 |access-date=August 14, 2014}}</ref> Under his management, the magazine explored more esoteric genre content, had its cover layout altered a few times, and hired several new staff members. Alexander also brought back the original Fangoria logo. In 2011, ''Gorezone'' was revived with a special ''The Bloody Best of Gorezone'' issue before resuming regular publication with issue #28 in 2013. In 2012, ''Fangoria'' also began publishing a line of limited edition specials titled ''Fangoria Legends''.
===2015 print cessation===
In late September 2015, Alexander stepped down as editor-in-chief and left the ''Fangoria'' staff. By October, Gingold, who was then serving as managing editor, was hired as the publication's new editor-in-chief.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fangoria.com/new/announcement-michael-gingold-is-new-editor-in-chief-of-fangoria/ |title=Announcement: Michael Gingold is new editor-in-chief of FANGORIA |publisher=Fangoria |date=October 2, 2015 |access-date=October 3, 2015 |archive-date=October 4, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004182337/http://www.fangoria.com/new/announcement-michael-gingold-is-new-editor-in-chief-of-fangoria/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Eight months later, Gingold was fired after twenty-eight years with the magazine and the former managing editor, Ken Hanley, was named the new editor-in-chief.<ref>{{cite web|author=Graham Winfrey |url=http://www.indiewire.com/2016/06/fangoria-fires-editor-in-chief-michael-gingold-guillermo-del-toro-28-years-horror-magazine-1201682340/ |title=Fangoria Editor-in-Chief Michael Gingold Fired After 28 Years – Guillermo del Toro and Others Offer Support |publisher=IndieWire |date=June 1, 2016 |access-date=February 13, 2017}}</ref> Many within the horror community responded with shock at Gingold's termination and took it as a sign that the magazine had both lost touch with its fanbase and passed its glory days; [[Guillermo del Toro]] took to social media to voice his disappointment with the decision.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2016/06/fangoria-fires-editor-in-chief-michael-gingold-guillermo-del-toro-28-years-horror-magazine-1201682340/|title=Fangoria Editor-in-Chief Michael Gingold Fired After 28 Years – Guillermo del Toro and Others Offer Support|first1=Graham|last1=Winfrey|date=June 1, 2016|website=indiewire.com|access-date=January 28, 2019}}</ref>
On February 11, 2017, Hanley announced that he too was no longer involved with the magazine and that he had been on hiatus from the company since mid-December 2016. He also stated that he felt that if the magazine remained under its current ownership, there would likely never be another new issue, especially as a print edition.<ref>{{cite web|author=John Squires |url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3424287/former-editor-says-will-likely-never-another-issue-fangoria/ |title=Former Editor Says There Will Likely Never Be Another Issue of Fangoria |publisher=Bloody-Disgusting |date=February 12, 2017 |access-date=February 13, 2017}}</ref>
The last print edition of the magazine, issue #344, was released October 2015. After that issue, four additional issues were published exclusively in a digital format, leaving subscribers of the hard copy editions, as well as Gorezone subscribers, without the issues they paid for. Additionally, contributors such as Josh Hadley have stated that they remain unpaid for published articles and artwork.<ref>{{cite web|author=Rich Johnston |url=https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/02/13/the-future-of-fangoria-and-issues-over-payment-we-asked-josh-hadley/ |title=The Future Of Fangoria, And Issues Over Payment – We Asked Josh Hadley |publisher=Bleeding Cool |date=February 13, 2017 |access-date=February 13, 2017}}</ref> Fangoria responded to the statements made by Hanley and Hadley on February 13, in which president and owner Tom DeFeo thanked readers and subscribers for their patience and noted his intention to make amends with writers, artists, and subscribers that had been inconvenienced. The statement also noted that lack of sufficient ad revenue had been the reason for the disappearance of print editions but that DeFeo and his staff would continue their attempts to bring print editions back.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fangoria.com/new/fangoria-will-continue-in-2017-official-statement/ |title=FANGORIA Will Continue in 2017 – Official Statement |publisher=Fangoria |date=February 13, 2017 |access-date=February 13, 2017 |archive-date=February 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213172341/http://www.fangoria.com/new/fangoria-will-continue-in-2017-official-statement/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===Cinestate acquisition and return to print===
In February 2018, it was announced that Fangoria had been purchased by film producer [[Dallas Sonnier]] through his Texas-based entertainment company [[Cinestate]]. Sonnier named Phil Nobile Jr., of the ''[[Birth.Movies.Death.]]'' website as its new editor-in-chief. The company further announced that they would bring back the magazine as a quarterly, exclusively print-based publication, and offer a one-year free subscription to anyone who never received the issues to which they were entitled under the old ownership.
In addition to Gingold and Timpone returning as regular columnists, Cinestate further announced that the new writing staff would be composed of [[S. Craig Zahler]], [[Grady Hendrix]], [[Shudder (streaming service)|Shudder]] curator Sam Zimmerman, Birth.Movies.Death's Meredith Borders, author and former ''[[Rue Morgue (magazine)|Rue Morgue]]'' magazine writer [[Preston Fassel]], horror historian [[Rebekah McKendry]], and [[black feminism|black feminist]] critic Ashlee Blackwell.<ref name="auto"/> Cinestate planned on branching the franchise into producing films, podcasts and novels.<ref name="denofgeek.com">{{cite web|title=Fangoria Rises from Premature Online Burial as Print Magazine|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/us/go/271013|access-date=January 28, 2019|website=Den of Geek}}{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
On May 19, 2018, the magazine announced its first licensed novel, [[Preston Fassel]]'s ''[[Our Lady of the Inferno]]'', under their new ''Fangoria Presents'' label.<ref name="Monson">{{cite web|last=Monson|first=Leigh|date=May 19, 2018|title=Fangoria Presents A New Line Of Novels For Your Horrific Pleasure|url=https://birthmoviesdeath.com/2018/05/19/fangoria-presents-a-new-line-of-novels-for-your-horrific-pleasure|access-date=January 28, 2019|website=Birth.Movies.Death.}}</ref> The book was released September 11, 2018, to generally positive reviews, ultimately being named one of the ten best horror novels of 2018 by [[Bloody Disgusting]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/books/3536591/gift-guide-10-best-books-2018-horror-fan/|title=[Gift Guide] 10 Best Books of 2018 for the Horror Fan|first=Meagan|last=Navarro|date=December 17, 2018|website=bloody-disgusting.com|access-date=January 28, 2019}}</ref> A week later, on September 18, Fangoria released their second licensed novel, Michael J. Seidlinger's ''My Pet Serial Killer''.
In October 2018, Cinestate published their first issue of the magazine, stylized as "Volume 2, Issue 1," featuring a cover story on the 2018 film ''[[Halloween (2018 film)|Halloween]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cemeterydance.com/extras/fangoria-has-risen-from-the-grave/|title=FANGORIA Has Risen from the Grave|last=Gilliand|first=Blu|date=2018-10-04|website=Cemetery Dance Online|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-25|last5=Online}}</ref>
===Cinestate controversy and new ownership===
In June 2020, [[The Daily Beast]] published an exposé about producer Adam Donaghey's [[sexual misconduct]] on the set of a Cinestate film.<ref name=DailyBeast>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-a-right-wing-movie-studio-enabled-the-harvey-weinstein-of-indie-film|title=How a Right-Wing Movie Studio Enabled the 'Harvey Weinstein' of Indie Film|last=Stern|first=Marlow|date=2020-06-06|website=Daily Beast|language=en-US|access-date=2020-08-28|last5=Online}}</ref>
In August 2020, Fangoria was acquired by Wanderwall Entertainment CEO Tara Ansley and entrepreneur Abhi Goel, and quarterly printing continued under their ownership. The new owners plan to launch a multimedia studio and produce and distribute fiction and non-fiction content.<ref name="Aug 2020"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=McMillan |first1=Graeme |title='Fangoria' Eyes Relaunch as Multimedia Studio Following Purchase |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/fangoria-eyes-relaunch-as-multimedia-studio-following-purchase |website=hollywoodreporter.com |publisher=Hollywood Reporter |access-date=23 September 2020 |date=27 August 2020}}</ref>
==Other ventures==
Starting in 1985, Fangoria branched out into other media outlets including television, films, radio, and comic books.
Beginning in 1985, ''Fangoria'' has sponsored annual horror movie conventions known as the [[Weekend of Horrors]] in Los Angeles, New Jersey, and Chicago (with Austin, Texas, added in 2008).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fangocon.com/ |title=Official Website of Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors Conventions |access-date=August 14, 2014 |archive-date=August 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814192935/http://www.fangocon.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> These conventions were produced in association with [[Creation Entertainment]]. After breaking ties with Creation in 2009, Fangoria began their own conventions, titling them the "Trinity of Terrors".
[[Image:Blood Drive DVD Cover.jpg|thumb|left|Fangoria's Blood Drive, Volume One]]
In 1990, [[Fangoria Films]] was created with the goal of financing one feature film a year under this banner. The first film was 1990's ''[[Mindwarp (film)|Mindwarp]]'', starring [[Bruce Campbell]]. They created ''Children of the Night'' in 1991 and ''Severed Ties'' in 1992, then ceased production.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/company/co0060480/#productionX20company Motion Pictures produced by Fangoria Films, Internet Movie Database, Accessed: May 15, 2008]</ref> In 1996, Fangoria Films re-emerged as a distribution company, occasionally using their "Gore Zone" label, to release twenty low-budget horror features over the next ten years. In 2004–2005, Fangoria Films produced and distributed ''Fangoria's Blood Drive'', two DVD compilations of award-winning short horror films. The first volume was hosted by musician-turned-filmmaker [[Rob Zombie]], and the second by MuchMusic's (now called [[Fuse TV|FUSE]]) [[Juliya Chernetsky|Mistress Juliya]].
In 1991, ''Fangoria'' began honoring horror cinema with their annual Chainsaw Awards, which were voted on by readers of their magazine. The winners were announced at an awards show in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], which was produced by Fangoria's managing editor, Michael Gingold. In association with [[FUSE TV]], ''Fangoria'' first televised its Chainsaw Awards in 2006. The event occurred on October 15, and was aired on FUSE on October 22. The event was not renewed for 2007, although the awards continued in the magazine.<ref>[http://www.cinematical.com/2006/08/26/fango-announces-chainsaw-nominees/ ''Fangoria'' Announces Chainsaw Nominees!], Cinematical, August 26, 2006 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511175235/http://www.cinematical.com/2006/08/26/fango-announces-chainsaw-nominees/ |date=May 11, 2008 }}</ref>
From 1999 to 2003, they partnered with Bedford Entertainment to attain wider releases of certain ''Fangoria'' titles.<ref>[http://login.vnuemedia.com/hr/google/login_subscribe.jsp?id=EhTA1werc%2F8oJkXd3AvIhVqJMQ%2BEsnoUjFFnmSZpudrVtJLf7Nv3guKhcy0wXloTlCfF%2BKeotWJu%0AoovWlvTUDDXVs2GHsomf%2FylvwSsL8e7HuGIv3MU9%2F823YPUNCUObX4glGMDXaWDTAt%2BeaaDkL0Bw%0A0ALn51mZfjhEOkv73OYdGiEEkB434ibdqLMeb4KKyEGwjeofIk4r77yZMcG1mLObXujRjy8liyXJ%0AKUEqWkxQLXjGhkxPQYpLBZYc0XZG Fangoria Takes Bite out of Film Market]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Hollywood Reporter (Subscription required for full article), Accessed: May 16, 2008</ref> Movies released during this time included ''[[I, Zombie|I, Zombie: A Chronicle of Pain]]'', ''[[The Last Horror Movie]]'', ''Slashers'', and ''Dead Meat''.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/company/co0060480/#distributor Motion Pictures distributed by Fangoria Films, Internet Movie Database, Accessed: May 15, 2008]</ref> Many of these films featured the ''Fangoria'' logo along the top of their video/DVD covers, while ''Fangoria'''s involvement in other releases was substantially more subdued.
[[Image:Fangoria Skull Small.png|right]]
From 2006 to 2009, Fangoria worked with Creative Group after it had purchased Fangoria in the early 2000s. ''Fangoria Entertainment'' was created as a result. This allowed both parties to agitate the ''Fangoria'' brand identity to a number of other media outlets in 2006. Creative Group also added a new "Vampire Skull" logo to Fangoria's properties, which was used extensively after its inception. In 2010, all of Creative Group's Fangoria brands were discontinued.
From 2006 to 2007 there was ''Fangoria TV''. Originally conceived as a network television station dedicated to horror films, it was eventually modified to fit a limited online format.
From 2006 to 2009 there was [[Fangoria Radio]]. Debuting on Friday, June 23, 2006, it was a horror-themed talk radio program which aired on [[Sirius Radio]] Channel 108 and [[XM Radio]] Channel 139 on Friday nights. It was hosted by [[Dee Snider]] and [[Debbie Rochon]], and regularly featured then-editor [[Tony Timpone]].
In June 2007, [[Fangoria Comics]] was launched. For various reasons, the line abruptly ended a month later in August.<ref>[http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=131082 ''Fangoria Comics'' Shuts Down, Projects, Staff Relocate] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014161650/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=131082 |date=October 14, 2007 }}, Newsarama Press Release, September 26, 2007</ref> Only two series were published: the two-issue series ''Fourth Horsemen'',<ref>[http://www.comics.org/series/59431/ ''Fourth Horsemen''], Grand Comics Database. Accessed June 18, 2015.</ref> and the four-issue series ''Bump''.<ref>[http://www.comics.org/series/46910/ ''Bump'' entry], Grand Comics Database. Accessed June 18, 2015.</ref>
In 2018, under [[Cinestate]], Fangoria's podcast network included the shows ''Shockwaves'', ''Nightmare on Film Street'', ''Post Mortem with [[Mick Garris]],'' ''Casualty Friday'', ''The Movie Crypt'', and ''Nightmare University''. Concurrently, Fangoria founded a [[imprint (trade name)|literary imprint]] called FANGORIA Presents that published four novels between 2018-2020, including works by [[Mick Garris]] and [[Max Booth III]]; two additional [[experimental literature|experimental]] horror novels, Robert Ashcroft's ''The Megarothke'' and Jess Hagemann's ''Headcheese'' were published under a sister imprint but promoted through Fangoria. The podcast network disbanded and the imprints were shut down following the 2020 controversy.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-06-11 |title=Fandom Fractured: 72 Hours That Split the Horror Landscape |url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/329842/fangoria-fractured-72-hours-that-split-the-horror-landscape/ |access-date=2022-04-20 |website=Dread Central |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-06-11 |title=Fangoria up for sale amid Cinestate sexual misconduct scandal |url=https://www.joblo.com/fangoria-up-for-sale-amid-cinestate-sexual-misconduct-scandal/ |access-date=2022-04-20 |website=JoBlo |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-06-11 |title=Fangoria Goes Up for Sale After Everyone Jumps Ship in Cinestate Sexual Misconduct Aftermath |url=https://movieweb.com/fangoria-cinestate-sexual-misconduct/ |access-date=2022-04-20 |website=MovieWeb |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2022, [[Mark Alan Miller]] acquired the publishing rights to five of the six books to be reprinted in new editions through his company Encyclopocalypse Publications.<ref>{{cite web|date=25 February 2022|title=Encyclopocalypse Publications Releasing Horror Novel Lineup Including Mick Garris Book 'These Evil Things We Do'|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/books/3704988/encyclopocalypse-publications-releasing-horror-novel-lineup-including-mick-garris-book-these-evil-things-we-do/|access-date=26 July 2024|website=Bloody Disgusting|language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2011 ''Fangoria'' partnered with producer Carl Amari to create ''Fangoria's Dreadtime Stories'', a horror radio drama series hosted by [[Malcolm McDowell]] and featuring original music by ''Fangoria'' editor-in-chief Chris Alexander.
In late 2020, ''Fangoria'' debuted the shows ''Colors of the Dark'' and ''The KingCast'' on their podcast network.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}
At one point, said longtime editor Tony Timpone, ''Fangoria'' "almost did a 'Fango Junior', for the young adult/[[Goosebumps]] set."<ref name="Horrorchannel">{{cite web|url=https://www.horrorchannel.co.uk/articles.php?feature=exclusive+interview+with+tony+timpone%2C+editor+of+fangoria+magazine&category=interviews|title=Exclusive Interview with Tony Timpone, Editor of 'Fangoria' Magazine|first=James|last=Whittington|date=June 29, 2006|website=Horrorchannel}}</ref>
==Fangoria.com==
Following Cinestate's acquisition of ''Fangoria'', the homepage briefly went offline, replaced eventually by a front page of aggregated news. This version of the site was discontinued once Cinestate sold the brand to Fangoria Publishing, LLC. Fangoria.com returned in 2021.
==Fangoria Chainsaw Awards==
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The Fangoria Chainsaw Awards are an award ceremony for [[horror film]]s and [[thriller film]]s.  Beginning in 1992, the awards were expanded and an annual ceremony was inaugurated to give out the awards.<ref>Ken Williams, [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-05-14-ol-3153-story.html "Scary Films--and Fans--in Focus"], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', May 14, 1992.</ref>
== See also ==
* ''[[Cinefantastique]]''
* ''[[Famous Monsters of Filmland]]''
* [[Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors]]
* [[Rue Morgue (magazine)|''Rue Morgue'' (magazine)]]
* [[Scream (magazine)|''Scream'' (magazine)]]
==References==
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== Further reading ==
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* {{Cite news |last1=Williams |first1=Owen |title=Fango Unchained |work=Empire |issue=286 |pages=110–117 |date=April 2013 |language=en |issn=0957-4948 |df=mdy-all |id={{ProQuest|1346605712}} }}
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.fangoria.com}}
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