Introduction
Chris Alexander is a Toronto-based film critic, director, and freelance writer, and the current managing editor for the horror website Shock Till You Drop. Alexander is a film critic with the Toronto Film Critics Association and has written for the free daily newspaper Metro News. In 2010 he became the editor-in-chief of Fangoria magazine, 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. He has previously written for Rue Morgue and also worked as editor for Kiss: Monster, the official magazine of 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.
Discography
- Music for Parasites (2008)
- Music for Murder (2015)
Film scores
- Blood for Irina (2012)
- Devil's Mile (2013)
- Queen of Blood (2014)
- She Who Must Burn (2015)
- Burkart, Gregory (2 September 2008). "Chris Alexander & Carrie Eliza: Music for Parasites". Fearnet. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- Burkart, Gregory. "Exclusive Interview: Chris Alexander Talks 'Blood for Irina'". Fearnet. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- Wilson, Staci Layne. "Joseph O'Brien Talks Walking the Devil's Mile". Dread Central. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- "Film Review: 'She Who Must Burn'". Variety. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
Filmography
- Blood for Irina (2012)
- Queen of Blood (2014)
- Female Werewolf (2015)
- Blackglovekiller (2016)
Interviews
- Why Horror? (2014, as himself)
- Hallock, Chris. "Blood for Irina (Film Review)". Diabolique Magazine. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- Miller, Mark L. (8 July 2013). "Review: BLOOD FOR IRINA (2013)". Ain't It Cool News. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- "Film Review: Blood For Irina (2012)". HorrorNews.net. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- Turek, Ryan (28 August 2013). "Chris Alexander Preps Queen of Blood". Shock Till You Drop. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- Barton, Steve. "A Female Werewolf Is on the Loose!". Dread Central. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- "Female Werewolf". DVD Talk. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
- "Female Werewolf (2015) (review)". Dread Central. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
- "Teaser, Images: Chris Alexander's Female Werewolf". Shock Till You Drop. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
- "Scary Bauhaus singer Peter Murphy will star in scary horror film". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
- "Bauhaus Founder Peter Murphy to Star in Horror Pic". Variety. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
- "Interview Subjects". Why Horror?. Retrieved 3 November 2014.