Cinefantastique
Cover of the Winter 1977 issue (Vol. 6 No. 3) of Cinefantastique
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| Editor | Frederick S. Clarke |
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| Categories | Film |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Year founded | 1967 |
| Final issue | 2006 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Website | cinefantastiqueonline |
| ISSN | 0145-6032 |
Cinefantastique was a horror, fantasy, and science fiction film magazine.
The magazine originally started as a mimeographed fanzine in 1967, then relaunched as a glossy, offset printed quarterly in 1970 by publisher/editor Frederick S. Clarke. Intended as a serious critical/review journal of the genres, the magazine immediately set itself apart from such competitors as Famous Monsters of Filmland and The Monster Times due to its slick paper stock and use of full color interior film stills. Cinefantastique's articles and reviews emphasized an intelligent, near-scholarly approach, a then-unusual slant for such a genre-specific magazine. Advertisements were few, with most of them being only ads for other titles and materials by the publisher. This lack of "page padding" assured the reader a high proportion of original editorial content.
The magazine quickly came to be known for its lengthy, information-filled "retrospective" articles devoted to the full production details of such classic films as 1951's The Day The Earth Stood Still, George Pal's War of the Worlds, The Incredible Shrinking Man, and Planet of the Apes. Based on the popularity of these articles, Cinefantastique began producing huge double-issues centering on comprehensive "Making-Of" looks at such movies as Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, Forbidden Planet, Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Blade Runner, and The Thing. The magazine also devoted several issues to Star Trek films and Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Many of the articles have since become accepted as the definitive source of production information regarding these and other genre titles.
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