Corey Taylor has bought the rights to the Famous Monsters brand.
Famous Monsters Of Filmland is a genre magazine dedicated to covering horror, science fiction, and fantasy.
Taylor says he intends to re-launch the magazine and will be using the name to start producing toys, movies, and festivals.
Taylor explained, “We’ll be looking at the monsters that I grew up with, which is Jason, Michael Myers, Freddy, although as the modern-day versions of these Universal Monsters and portraying them and having people play with how they look or how they pertain to the past, as well.”
The Slipknot frontman also plans to digitize every issue of Famous Monsters, and to bring back the Famous Monsters convention.
“Our job is to build a foundation to bring Famous Monsters into the modern age, while also honouring the legacy that came before,” Taylor told Rolling Stone. “It’s the whole reason that we were fans to begin with.”
“It was the first real place where we, as horror nerds, could feel safe and feel connected [and] feel like we weren’t alone. The internet has made it easy for us to connect, so I want to kind of make this another viable place for them to come,” concluded Taylor.