Contents Elegy: 2001: A fear odyssey.


Postal zone: They got ''Joy'' from being scared.


Monster invasion: A ''Chronicle'' of art house horror; Lance Henriksen confronts ''The Mangler 2''; 11th Annual Chainsaw Awards ballot!


She's a killer ''Queen'': And she's biting her way through the second Anne Rice vampire movie, ''Queen Of The Damned.''


Cutting up with ''Blade 2'': He's back and slaying with a genre-veteran cast and a visionary director.


Dr. Cyclops: ''Chasing Sleep'' will keep you up at night; get your kicks from ''Replicant''


Believe in ''Mothman Prophecies'': Tired of ''The X Files''? Here's a truth-based chiller that works.


Unholy ''Frailty'': Religious dementia has deadly consequences in Bill Paxton's directorial debut.


The ''Wolf'' pack: Meet the people behind the human and inhuman characters of ''Brotherhood Of The Wolf.''


''Jason X'' men: Join the crew who are bringing the ''Friday the 13th'' franchise into the 25th century.


''Rose'' to the occasion: Now a Stephen King veteran, director Craig Baxley opens the door to ''Rose Red.''


''Arachnid'' and a hard place: Brian Yuzna and Jack Sholder unwrap the first of this year's giant-spider features.


DVD dungeon: ''Convent'' ho;y satisfying; Romero gives face to ''Bruiser''; ''The Mummy Returns'' with lotsa hype.


Remember ''Wendigo'': It may not be too early to call this the best independent horror film of 2002.


Reynolds raps: The director of ''The Ugly'' and ''Heaven'' presents a worst-case scenario for ''When Strangers Appear.''


The Fangoria index 2001: A handy guide to the last year of screen terror.


Nightmare library: Warm review for ''Coldheart''; you won't suffer through ''Martyrs.''

Contents Elegy: Signings of the times.


Postal zone: ''Lord,'' were they impressed.


Monster invasion: Not your ''Every Day'' French film; ''Kolchak'' stalks the comics; ''Cradle'' of blood.


Zomb raider: The ''Resident Evil'' movie pits Milla Jovovich and co. against the video game-spawned undead.


''Feast'' your eyes: And watch your other body parts as Herschell Gordon Lewis cooks up ''Blood Feast 2.''


Dr. Cyclops: ''Anima'' will move you; hang up on ''The Calling.''


The ''Blade 2'' bunch: Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson and Ron Perlman - what a gang of cutups!


The ''Queen'' makers: It was a ''Damned'' tough job adapting Anne Rice's lengthy stories into the current film. (The Queen Of The Damned)


Godzilla, Ghidorah, Greatness: Having reinvented Gamera, Shusuke Kaneko now tackles Japan's biggest monster.


Monster FX Lab: ''Brotherhood Of The Wolf'': My, what a big job it was creating the beast for the French epic.


A ''Scorpion'' tale: Can you smell what The Rock's cooking up for his big-screen starring debut? (The Scorpion King)


''No Such'' luck: A modern Monster finds civilization scarier than he is in Hal Hartley's ''No Such Thing.''


Flights of Fantasia: The 6th Annual edition of Montreal's genre fest attracted more guests than ever.


Jackie oh no!: From Castle to the Florida swamps, actress Jaqueline Scott braved many various terrors.


DVD dungeon: ''Series 7'' returns to the small screen; come back for ''Seconds.''


Nightmare library: Gorman's gripping ''Rituals''; sneak a read of ''Diary.''