Specific horror magazine research.

Fangoria. (official website)

First named in 1978 under Fantastica, made as a companion to the science fiction media magazine Starlog (just as Starlog covered science fiction films for a primarily teen audience, fantastica was designed to cover fantasy films for a similar audience. (official website, fangoria magazine)
- This is particulary important for me as I will be producing a magazine cover of a horror genre and will be targetting a similar audience.

Joe Bonham edited the first issue, shortly after publishing, the competitor of Starlog films, Fantastic films magazine pressed unfair trading and that the magazines would be too similar for the audience. (official website).

Horror film magazine covers have their own identifiable features, such as typical red, black and white colours. These to signify blood, death, gore and the serious attitudes and themes but forward in horror films. The font is also quite specific, bold font and font which  had a fang effect on it to add further anchorage for horror fans and the audience.

The stories are also horror related, giving me a taste of what type of stories I should include in my magazine and on the cover.