Chris Alexander (editor)
Chris Alexander is a Canadian magazine editor, film critic, director, musician, composer and writer. Alexander was a member of the Toronto Film Critics Association and was the editor-in-chief of "Fangoria", an editor of American film website ComingSoon.net and a writer for the daily newspaper "Metro News". Career. In 2010 Alexander became the editor-in-chief of New York City based horror film magazine "Fangoria" , a position he held until September 2015, when he stepped down in favor of pursuing his directorial and music career. Alexander also stated that he intended to continue to contribute editorial  content but that he also intended to focus on "Delirium," a Full Moon Features magazine he launched with filmmaker Charles Band. Alexander was previously a publicist with Warner Bros. Canada and later, a writer and columnist for "Rue Morgue" and also the editor and publisher of the official magazine for the rock band Kiss. Alexander has also worked as a radio personality for AM 640 on "The John Oakley Show" from 2004 to 2009 and for "Rue Morgue Radio" from 2004 to 2007. He has composed music for several horror films and productions such as the radio drama series "Fangoria 's Dreadtime Stories". In 2006, Alexander participated in the "Raging Boll" stunt in Vancouver, boxing genre filmmaker Uwe Boll. His 2012 film "Blood for Irina" won the Best Experimental Feature Film award at the 2013 PollyGrind Film Festival. The film’s fluid, hypnotic style, self-composed electronic music and focus on image and emotion as opposed to plot and dialogue remains a hallmark of all of Alexander’s film work. Alexander is also the co-founder of Toronto-based horror and cult film convention Horror-Rama. His 4th feature film "Blood Dynasty" was released digitally via Alexander's now defunct  Castle Films label, a co-production between Alexander and director/producer David De Coteau. The film has yet to appear on Blu-ray or DVD. Alexander's 5th film was "Space Vampire", an experimental, psychological and psychedelic “fever dream” with science fiction and horror overtones, shot using 16mm film, toy cameras and digital devices. The film was completed in 2020 and will be released in 2021 (alongside his 7th feature film "Girl With a Straight Razor") by Canada’s Darkside Releasing. Alexander was announced as one of the directors attached to Full Moon's Deadly Ten project. Production began  on "" in June 2019 with a release date set for November 29, 2019 on the Full Moon Features channel and on December 2, 2019 on Amazon Prime. The film was re-released in a longer "director's cut" on May 8, 2020 on Amazon Prime and other digital platforms with a DVD release that followed in October, 2020.