2000

Issue 189
January/February 2000

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Monster invasion: Air and space travel prove unsafe in "Flight 180" and "Pitch Black." 

Grue Danish: European vampires rise and bite in "Angel Of The Night," coming from Fango Home Video. 

Terminating his past: It's an Arnold Schwarzenegger like you 've never seen before battling evil in "End Of Days." 

Scream you, "Scream 3": What new terrors is Wes Craven springing on Neve Campbell and company this time? 

Dr. Cyclops: "Open Your Eyes" and challenge your mind; tiny results from King-inspired sequels. 

The "Hollow" man: For all the weirdness of his resume, Tim Burton has never made a film as flat-out scary as "Sleepy." 

"Gate" crashing: Three decades after "Rosemary's Baby," Roman Polanski returns with a new tale of deviltry. 

"Green" with envy... is what other filmmakers might be if this Frank Darabont/Stephen King movie lives up to its promise. 

"Supernova" explodes: Get ready to (finally) experience this long-delayed excursion into extraterrestrial fear. 

Do the monster smash: His name's "Matthew Blackheart," and he's making the TV world unsafe for evil. 

"House" guests: A star-filled cast explains why they took up residence on "Haunted Hill." 

Aured menace: Working with Paul Naschy, this director brought to life ghouls, mummies and "Psychotic Women." 

DVD/Laser spotlight: Hail to the new "Halloween"; you 'll be sated by "Ravenous." 

The Dalton gang: In the '50s and '60s, Audrey Dalton was the beauty facing beasts both human and otherwise. 

Nightmare library: Craven takes to the page with "Fountain Society"; King delves into the past with "Hearts in Atlantis."

Issue 190
March 2000

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Monster invasion: Swing into "Hangman's Daughter"; sex, thugs and "Rock 'N' Roll Frankenstein." 

"Others" in arms: TV's latest paranormal drama has some heavy genre hitters behind it. 

Dr. Cyclops: Wild and winning Asian fare; "Warlock"; the end of innovation. 

Ready Kruger: A new screenwriter tackles the satoric terrors of "Scream 3." 

"Destination": Fear: In this chiller, a group of students discover that the one thing they can't cheat is death. 

Here's the "Pitch": It's a planet where night falls every 23 years - and horrible things emerge when it does. 

"Super" Man: Action veteran Walter Hill found "Supernova" fraught with challenge on both sides of the camera. 

Talent to Byrne: That's Gabriel Byrne, the suave, sardonic Satan scaring Schwarzenegger in "End of Days." 

Noggin on Kevin's door: Replaced as director on "Sleepy Hollow," FX wixard Kevin Yagher still kept his head. 

"Living" La Vida Muerto: You won't want to be caught alive in Full Moon's "The Dead Hate The Living." 

Running "The Green Mile": Frank Darabont went directly back to jail without passing Go for his second Stephen King film. 

"Organ" exposed: Inside a Japanese shocker that cuts to the heart (and stomach and intestines) of the matter. 

The spirit of youth: "Believe" spins the touching story of a boy and his not-necessarily-friendly ghost. 

DVD/Laser spotlight: "Nightmare" set a dream come true; the "Blair" facts; an "Army" of extras. 

Nightmare library: Monteleone's latest to reckon with; a book "Worse Than Death."

Issue 191
April 2000

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Issue 192
May 2000

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Issue 193
June 2000

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Issue 194
July 2000

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Elegy: Screams of she season. 

Postal zone: ''Psycho'' supporters; huffy about ''Buffy.'' 

Monster invasion: ''Yonggary'' roars back; ''Destination'': the cutting room floor. 

I blood NY: Celebs from films big and small sliced up the Big Apple at Fango's last con. 

A little bit of ''Sole'': Another Dean Koontz book gets the TV-movie treatment, with Billy Zane headlining. 

The ''Nameless'' game: Spain's latest acclaimed cinematic horror exports also boasts a top literary source. 

Dr. Cyclops: ''Minus Man'' is the only plus in this lineup of crazies. 

See-Through psycho: You won't believe your eyes - even when you don't see anything - in Paul Verhoeven's ''Hollow Man.'' 

Funny ''Scary'': The Wayans brothers help Dimension mock the films that fed them with the outrageous ''Scary Movie.'' 

''Spiders'' sense: A giant-bug veteran spins a new tale of oversized eight-legged attackers. 

Pass the roach: The hungry vermin of the cable creeper ''They Nest'' have moved on from just eating dead things. 

From saws to jaws: Tobe Hooper unleashes a monstrous ''Crocodile'' to terrorize a remote lake... 

Let's go blood surfin'... while James Hickox presents a salt-water specimen of the lethal reptile. 

Doctored ''Octopus'': There's nothing like atomic mutation to make a seabound predator even more dangerous. 

Dragon tales: Specializing in scaled scares, scripter Hans (''Anaconda'') Bauer takes a trip to ''Komodo.'' 

Shelley shocked: Among other roles she felt the bite of ''Dracula'' and rocked her co-stars as ''The Gorgon.'' 

DVD dungeon: Extra rooms in the ''House''; a deeper ''Deep Red'' highlights new Euro titles. 

Nightmare library: Seek out ''Lost Girls''; wicked Westerns in ''Skull Full of Spurs.''

Issue 195
August 2000

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Monster invasion: Popping "Cherry Falls"; a bit of the old "Ultraviolet" 

Life's a "Beach": And then you die if you wind up in the campy exploitation homage "Psycho Beach Party." 

Hard "Cell": When is a serial killer movie not a serial killer movie? When it breaks the mold like this one. 

Telling "Lies": This year's A-list ghost story will reveal to audiences "What Lies Beneath." 

Child's pray: Kim Basinger battles the forces of dark religion in Chuck Russell's new chiller "Bless the Child." 

Dr. Cyclops: Spanish-language standouts; hop to "Frogs." 

Kevin Bacon's vanishing act: Even though he's not on screen much, "Hollow Man" was a challenge for the actor. 

Millenium monster master: "Godzilla 2000" director Takao Okawara explores his reinvention of the Big G. 

"The In Crowd": The scheming teens of Mary Lambert's thriller hope that when they're bad, the movie's very good. 

DVD Dungeon: "Sleepy Hollow" filled with extras; Bava and Luci lead a Eurohorror flood. 

Notes from the underground: Ron Ford: He has breath new life into traditional terrors and video franchises. 

Nightmare library: "Defilers" best for de fans of Lumley; an "Affinity" for spirits. 

"Anybody" for terrors?: Take another frightful trip to Spain, where chaos reigns and "Nobody Knows Anybody." 

You are getting creepy: With "The Hypnotic Eye," William Read Woodfield created a shocker ahead of its time. 

Hyp to be scared: "The Hypnotist" and "Paradise Eve" mark the arrival of a new force in Japanese horror.

Issue 196
September 2000

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Elegy: Taking stock of televised terror. 

Postal zone: More DVD praise. 

Monster invasion: First bite of ''Hannibal''; who will be the ''Soul Survivors''? 

Witch came first: ''The St. Francisville Experiment'' tests how closely one can duplicate a previous horror hit. 

''Cell'' game: Hot genre screenwriter Mark Protosevich talks up his serial thriller and projects in the works. 

Virgin territory: The sex=death equation gets inverted in the superior psychochiller ''Cherry Falls.'' 

''Legends'' of the fallen: In the sequel ''Urban Legends: Final Cut,'' making movies is a deadly business. 

''School's Out'' forever!: It truly is time for finals for the characters in Fango Video's German slasher import. 

Dr. Cyclops: Giant ape worth ''Peking'' at; a ghost story to ''Believe'' in. 

Watching the watchers: Anthony Stewart Head and Alexis Denisof provide voices of reason on ''Buffy'' and ''Angel.'' 

DVD dungeon: Romero's biter and hikers; an ''Interview'' with more no say. 

''The X Files'' seventh season episode guide: It won't be the last year for the long-running series - but should it have been? 

Taylor 'Fraid: A long career in Spanish horror confronted actor JackTaylor with vampires, werewolves and low budgets. 

Unseen screams: ''A Gun For Jennifer'': Fango's new semiregular section on ''lost'' films debuts with a gory feminist shocker. 

Nightmare library: Straub's latest is ''Magic'' indeed.

Issue 197
October 2000

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Monster invasion: Through "The Doorway" and into "Witchouse 2"; Ninth Annual Chainsaw Awards winners & Fango #200 poll! 

Regan revisited: William Friedkin and William Peter Blatty reveal what the new edition of "The Exorcist" possesses. 

Shock-you drama: The true story that started it all is finally dramatized as Showtime unveils "Possessed." 

"Lost" no more: After a year's delay, director Janusz Kaminski sez he's exorcized the problems from "Lost Souls." 

Oh "Ricky"!: The only thing than Satan is a murderous real-life believer, as presented in "Ricky 6." 

Dr. Cyclops: Flushing "Komodo"; check out of "Apartment Complex"; not-so-awful "Orloff." 

More "Blair Witch"-craft: We're not out of the woods yet as the sequel "Book of Shadows" prepares to open. 

The Site Stuff: Fox's new series "FreakyLinks" marries terror TV and web weirdness. Plus: previewing "Night Visions"! 

"Urban" renewal: Director John Ottman believed in the project enough to tackle a fresh batch of "Legends." 

Fear is the drug: The "Requiem for a Dream" team create a nightmarish addiction drama you can't stop watching. 

DVD Dungeon: Slashers old and new; "Gate" rates; maneaters ("Jaws" & "Cannibal") revisited. 

Busy as A B: Undaunted by low budgets and tight schedules, director David DeCoteau keeps scaring away. 

Spook's tour: The Halloween biz has never been bigger, and neither have the haunted attractions that celebrate it. 

"Cell" mate: None of the bad guys Vincent D'Onofrio has played before match his surrealistic serial killer. 

Send in the Klowns: As their own cult classic in reissued, the Chiodo Brothers continue making monster magic. 

Nightmare library: Early Matheson, from "Hunger"; "Dead Times," good times from Navarro.

Issue 198
November 2000

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Monster invasion: Come on down to Rob Zombie's ''House'': jump to ''Bones.'' 

Chasing ''Shadows'': A new group of up-and-coming actors braves the Maryland woods in ''Blair Witch 2.'' 

Oh ''Hell,'' another sequel: But the duo behind ''Hellraiser: Inferno'' took a different approach. 

Biting on the set: ''Shadow of the Vampire'' imagines a real bloodsucker starring in the original ''Nosferatu.'' 

Dr. Cyclops: ''Kill Me Tomorrow'' and terrors of yesterday. 

Shrieks for the sweet: Candy Clark has learned the ABCs of horror: ''Amityville,'' ''Blob'' and now ''Cherry Falls.'' 

Getting medieval: The ancient poem ''Beowulf'' spawns a sort-of-futuristic monster flick with Christopher Lambert. 

Digging Douglas Clegg, that is, one of horror literature's strongest recent talents. 

Notes from the underground: ''Dawn of the D.M.F's'': From Australia comes a raucous tale of heroes, aliens and general splattery craziness. 

DVD Dungeon: Heavy metal reissues of ''Evil Dead II'' and ''T2''; discs with Universal appeal; further Franco. 

Funny/Scary lady: Vintage comic shockers gave actress Elaine DuPont reasons to scream with fear and laughter. 

Unseen screams: ''Urban Ghost Story'': This British spooker proves that atmosphere and character are cheaper - and better - than FX. 

Nightmare library: More vampires via Bergstrom, Hamilton and Yarbro.