Chris Alexander is a Canadian magazine editor, film critic, director, musician, composer and freelance writer. Alexander was a member of the Toronto Film Critics Association and was an editor of film website ComingSoon.net and a writer for The Toronto Star's 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. Alexander has previously written for Rue Morgue and also worked as the editor of the official magazine for the rock bandKiss. 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 filmBlood for Irina won the Best Experimental Feature Film award at the 2013 PollyGrind Film Festival. In 2017 he co-founded Fantasm Media, a publishing entity devoted to producing licensed magazines spotlighting major names in film and pop culture. The first issue was dedicated to director George A. Romero. The second issue announced was the official KISS poster magazine. Alexander left the company in 2018 to focus on other projects, including his role as the associate editor of Rome-based Italian horror film periodical Asylum Magazine. He has edited and/or published over 150 magazines since 2009. Alexander is also the co-founder of Toronto-based horror and cult film convention Horror-Rama. His 4th feature filmBlood 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 but has yet to be released. 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 29th, 2019 on the Full Moon Features channel and on December 2nd, 2019 on Amazon Prime.. The film was re-released in a longer "director's cut" on May 8th, 2020 on Amazon Prime and other digital platforms with a Blu-ray release to follow in October, 2020.
