Michael Gingold

Michael Gingold is a veteran horror journalist, filmmaker, and genre scholar whose influence spans five decades. His career began in his teenage years with the fanzine Scareaphanalia, and he went on to serve in key editorial roles—including editor-in-chief of Fangoria. He has written for the magazine from 1988, and has contributed to the website since 2000. He writes regularly for Rue Morgue in print and online and is managing editor of Delirium magazine, and has contributed to Birth.Movies.Death., Scream, Time Out New York, Inverse.com, and IndieWire.com. He’s also an accomplished author—his Ad Nauseam series, which collects vintage genre-movie ads, and The FrightFest Guide to Monster Movies are both celebrated contributions to horror scholarship, and his novelization of Nightmare was nominated for the Rondo Award. 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.