Michael Gingold has been writing about horror films and their creators since he was too young to see them without a parent or adult guardian (though he did anyway), starting with his Xerox fanzine Scareaphanalia. Michael is a former editor for Fangoria, and has been writing for the magazine since 1988 and the website since 2000. He is also a regular contributor to Rue Morgue magazine and Rue-morgue.com, Delirium magazine, and others, and has written for Birth.Movies.Death, Time Out (New York) in print and on-line, Inverse.com, Scream magazine, and IndieWire.com. Michael is the author of the Ad Nauseam and Ad Astra books and co-author of Armies of the Night: THE WARRIORS and Its Legacy (1984 Publishing), the novelization of Nightmare (Severin), and The FrightFest Guide to Monster Movies (FAB Press). He has directed documentaries and other bonus features, written liner notes, and taken part in audio commentaries for numerous Blu-rays, including the award-winning doc TWISTED TALE: THE UNMAKING OF ‘SPOOKIES’ for Vinegar Syndrome.
Chris Poggiali is the co-author of the books These Fists Break Bricks: How Kung Fu Movies Swept America and Changed the World (with Grady Hendrix) and Armies of the Night: THE WARRIORS and Its Legacy (with Michael Gingold). He is a librarian, film historian, and Rondo-nominated writer who edited the fanzine Temple of Schlock from 1987-1991 and brought it back as a blog in 2008. He has written for Turner Classic Movies, Cinema Retro, Fangoria, Rue Morgue, HorrorHound, Delirium, Deep Red, Shock Cinema, Filmfax, The Phantom of the Movies’ Videoscope, among others. His essays, commentaries, and additional special features have appeared on DVD/Blu-ray releases from Kino Lorber, Shout! Factory, Arrow Films, Severin Films, Synapse Films, 88 Films, Eureka Entertainment, and other companies.
