Like many folks out there, I hate George A. Romero’s DIARY OF THE DEAD. My least favourite Romero effort. And yet, I have to give DIARY credit– that style of film, not the BLAIR WITCH found footage faux-documentary, but more in the vein of a youtube upload, a bandit transmission, was a crystal ball into 2012′s cinema vernacular. Take SKYLINE, MONSTERS, CHRONICLE, PROJECT X (2012), etc. with scores more coming to coax the bucks out of a generation whose film dialect comes from crude snippets of internet video. Romero predicted this. My point is that even in Romero’s weakest offerings, there’s something going on; something to consider, something to savour. So I can’t wait for Fangoria’s special one-off Romero tribute mag, coming soon in a limited run and available only through the Fango webstore. This thing is packed with interviews, retrospectives, and swaddled in a fantastic painted cover by Kelly Forbes. No icon is more deserving. Snap one up before every last copy is devoured!
After a month off roaming the deserts of South America, I was thrilled to return and learn of Fangoria’s upcoming party to promote the new GHOST RIDER flick, especially as the man, the legend, Nicolas Cage himself would be present and accounted for. Sadly, I won’t be mounting my own flaming motorcycle and roaring to New York for the festivities, and will have to subsist on secondhand scraps of stories from those who were lucky enough to attend. If you do happen to reside in NYC, you may still not be too late to impose yourself onto the guest list; fango.com has all the details. Good luck and have fun! 
Man, sifting through the curriculum vitae of director Paul W.S. Anderson is a disheartening affair. He was behind the lens for one of my bottom ten movies of all time, the truly wretched ALIEN VS. PREDATOR, among a number of other felonious filmic trespasses. So what is the point of promoting an upcoming appearance of his on this site? Well, Sunday, December 18 sees Anderson in person at the Toronto Underground Cinema to introduce the one film of his that I actually and genuinely love, the outer space gothic EVENT HORIZON. I’ll definitely be aboard the ship Sunday night, saluting skipper Laurence Fishburne and fleeing inflamed apparitions drawn from my subconscious phobias. How about you?
Just returned from the concrete wasteland known as Mississauga, where I took in a day’s shooting on the fifth entry to a certain horror video-game adaptation franchise. My lips are currently frozen shut by studio decree, but lots of goodies to come once I thaw!
Fango’s Major Domo Chris Alexander on the new issue! (Wait, is that really an INNOCENT BLOOD poster in the bottom corner of Chris’s lair? Yikes!)
Let’s double up today on Fango.com with part two of my IMMORTALS set visit, where director Tarsem finally speaks out on a topic that everyone else is too polite to breach, namely Mickey Rourke’s synthetic-looking face.
http://fangoria.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6082:immortals-beloved-part-two&catid=36:demo-articles&Itemid=56
Next up is my review of Stephen King’s newest doorstop thriller, 11/22/63. Enjoy!
http://fangoria.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6099:112263-book-review&catid=53:book-reviews&Itemid=248
The first part of my extensive set coverage for current box office champion IMMORTALS is now up on Fangoria.com:
http://fangoria.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6055:immortals-beloved-part-one&catid=36:demo-articles&Itemid=56
My Fango.com review for the new installment of the STRANGEWAYS comic book series:
http://fangoria.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6034:strangeways-the-thirstyred-hands-comic-review&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=167
Fango Field Marshall Chris Alexander hyping the new issue with this scruffy bunker communique:
Statement: I unabashedly admit to loving everything about Elvira and the small-scale media empire she’s fashioned on her own tongue in cheek terms. Well… everything except her second feature ELVIRA’S HAUNTED HILLS, now re-released on DVD. Read my review at Fango.com:
http://fangoria.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5925:qelviras-haunted-hillsq-special-enhanced-edition-dvd-review&catid=58:dvd-blu-ray-reviews&Itemid=182 
