Michael Gingold
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Michael Gingold is an American
journalist
, screenwriter
, and actor
. He has been the managing editor of Fangoria Magazine
since 1990.
His writing credits include reviews for The Motion Picture Guide, The Blockbuster Video Guide, and Movies on TV and Videocassette. For nine years, he wrote and self-published the horror review fanzine Scareaphanalia.
Gingold's credits as a screenwriter include the horror films: Leeches, Halloween Night, Shadow: Dead Riot and Ring of Darkness
. He also has several credits as an actor, mostly bit parts, in films such as, The Suckling, The Blood Shed, A Return to Salem's Lot
, Troma's War, The Toxic Avenger Parts II
and III, and Sweatshop.
United States
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journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
, screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
, and actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. He has been the managing editor of Fangoria Magazine
Fangoria
Fangoria is an American magazine devoted to horror and exploitation films, which has a number of associated brands:* Fangoria Comics* Fangoria Films* Fangoria RadioFangoria may also refer to:* Fangoria , a Spanish electro pop band...
since 1990.
His writing credits include reviews for The Motion Picture Guide, The Blockbuster Video Guide, and Movies on TV and Videocassette. For nine years, he wrote and self-published the horror review fanzine Scareaphanalia.
Gingold's credits as a screenwriter include the horror films: Leeches, Halloween Night, Shadow: Dead Riot and Ring of Darkness
Ring of Darkness
Ring of Darkness is a horror/fantasy movie, released in 2004, directed by David DeCoteau. Although never released into American theaters, the movie was released worldwide, and translated into several languages other than English, such as French, Spanish, Italian and German.-Plot summary:The lead...
. He also has several credits as an actor, mostly bit parts, in films such as, The Suckling, The Blood Shed, A Return to Salem's Lot
A Return to Salem's Lot
A Return to Salem's Lot is a 1987 horror film written and directed by Larry Cohen.-Plot:Michael Moriarty plays an amoral anthropologist who has been lumbered with his dysfunctional adolescent son and who returns to Salem's Lot, the town of his birth, to find that it has been taken over by the undead...
, Troma's War, The Toxic Avenger Parts II
The Toxic Avenger Part II
The Toxic Avenger Part II is a 1989 comedy horror film released by Troma Entertainment. It was directed by Lloyd Kaufman and features The Toxic Avenger in an adventure to Japan to meet his father. The film has received cult status among a new audience almost a generation after it was first released...
and III, and Sweatshop.