“Michael Boatman,” horror author Joe R. Lansdale is quoted as saying, “writes like a visitor from Hell!” Mike is an Image Award-nominated American actor and writer, best known for his roles as U.S. Army Specialist Samuel Beckett in the ABC drama series China Beach, as New York City mayoral aide Carter Heywood in the ABC...

One of the fastest growing genre film conventions in the country has to be the Texas Frightmare Weekend in Dallas, Texas. This year’s event, held April 29–May 1, 2011, boasts such horror luminaries as legendary film producer Roger Corman, novelist and director Clive Barker, actor Robert Englund (most famous for his portrayal of the original...

Joshua Hoffine is a world-famous horror photographer, renowned for painstaking practical compositions that capture the horror lurking inside a child’s imagination. The former Hallmark artist and wedding photographer is a Kansas native, growing up in Emporia and currently based in Kansas City. Fangoria describes his work, which employs his family (including his daughters) and friends...

My friend Shannon Lark is the person that the term hyphenate was created for. Not only is she a writer, director, producer and actress, but she is the Co-Director/Founder of the Viscera Film Festival, Founder/Advisor and former CEO of The ChainSaw Mafia, and held the 2009 Spooksmodel crown for Fangoria Entertainment. Long a supporter of...

Possibly one of the most eponymous faces in independent cinema of late, actor and director Brandon Slagle was named "One of the hardest working hombres in the genre" by Fangoria Magazine in 2007. I came to know him from his projects with Chris .R. Notarile (Methodic). Brandon turned down a featured role in Will Smith's...

For over half a century, Bob Walterscheid helped shape television in Wichita, KS, delivering hundreds of television commercials and receiving a number of various awards, not only locally, but regionally and nationally. From “Putt Putt to the Pizza Hut” to 26 years of “Fordman”, his commercials truly stand out in a crowd. ...