Fangoria is a film magazine that is specifically for
the horror genre. It was first published in 1979 and whilst it is a US
magazine, it is also published internationally. The title suggests that whilst
it is a horror magazine, it aims at fans of gore (“Fan” + “Goria”) and this is
likely to feature in a lot of the magazine. The magazine cover features a
colour palette of predominantly black, yellow and red which are typically
associated with the horror genre and the font also represents the horror genre;
especially the title which looks like stereotypical vampire writing. The
background of this cover has what looks like red blood splatters, which also
conforms with the horror genre.
The main image of this particular magazine cover features a
zombie, who is actually the well known special effects creator Tom Savini who
worked on famous films such as Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead
and Friday the 13th. Having somebody like Tom Savini on the cover
attracts his fan base to buying the magazine because they will be interested to
read his interview and find out what he is talking about, since the cover
doesn’t give anything away.
Other cover lines on this magazine cover mention other
famous filmmakers such as Steven Spielberg. This suggests that this magazine is
aimed at people who are interested in how the film was made and who was behind
it, rather than just focusing on the characters in the film. This leads me to
suggest that this film would be aimed at probably a predominantly male
demographic of aged 16-30.
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