Fangoria Films

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Fangoria's Blood Drive, Volume One
Fangoria's Blood Drive, Volume One

Fangoria Films is a film production and distribution company based out of New York City, New York. It is a subsidiary of Fangoria Entertainment, which encompasses various branches of Starlog's Fangoria brand.

[edit] As Production Company

Fangoria Films was founded in 1990 with the goal of financing one feature film a year. The first film was 1990's Mindwarp, starring Bruce Campbell. They then created Children of the Night in 1991 and Severed Ties in 1992 before ceasing production.[1]

[edit] As Distributor

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.

From 1999 to 2003, they partnered with Bedford Entertainment to attain wider releases of certain Fangoria titles[2]. Movies released during this time included I, Zombie: A Chronicle of Pain, The Last Horror Movie, Slashers, and Dead Meat[3]. 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.

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) Mistress Juliya.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Motion Pictures produced by Fangoria Films, Internet Movie Database, Accessed: 15 May 2008
  2. ^ Fangoria Takes Bite out of Film Market, Hollywood Reporter (Subscription required for full article), Accessed: 16 May 2008
  3. ^ Motion Pictures distributed by Fangoria Films, Internet Movie Database, Accessed: 15 May 2008