ONCE UPON A TIME IN SPAIN'S DARKEST DAYS
Guillermo del Toro speaks about his exquisitely violent fairy-tale masterpiece, Pan's Labyrinth. Plus: An interview with star Ivana Baquero and a look at the rise of the horrific children's fable.
BLACK TIDINGS
Bob Clark looks back on a career in horror that culminated with his seminal Canadian slasher film, Black Christmas. Plus: Interviews with John Saxon, Andrea Martin and more!
A GRIM FAIRY TALE
Acclaimed painter Camille Rose Garcia envisions a dark universe in her new illustrated picto-novelette, The Magic Bottle.
DIARY OF A GHOST HUNTER
Award-winning British journalist Will Storr discusses his extensive investigation into the plausibility of ghosts, with some surprising results.
DREADLINES
Romero returns to indie roots for new Dead film, British company launches first horror serial for cellphones, Stoker Awards and World Horror Convention combine forces in Toronto.
NEEDFUL THINGS
Simon Marsden's The Haunted Realm calendar, Monster Guitar Picks, Vampire Condoms, Ghastly Greetings Holiday Cards.
CINEMACABRE
Reviews of Saw III, Tideland, City of Rott, Tomie: Revenge, Headspace, Dead Waves, The Plague, The Curse of Lizzie Borden, Ax 'Em, Axe, and The Grudge: Ju-on 2 goes head-to-head with The Grudge 2. Reissues presents Richard Stanley's Dust Devil and two films from Teruo Ishii, Japan's king of cult. Reviews of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, Street Trash: Meltdown Edition and The Other.
SCHIZOID CINEPHILE
Alice, Sweet Alice and Communion.
BLOOD IN FOUR COLOURS
Featuring four reissued modern classics, plus reviews of Blessed Thistle, Beowulf the Legend (Convention Edition), '68, The Dark Horse Book of Monsters, Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall.
THE NINTH CIRCLE
Spotlight: Two new collections of haunting photography. Plus! Reviews of Creepy Crawls: A Horror Fiend's Travel Guide, Black Sabbath Doom Let Loose: An Illustrated History, Read By Dawn Vol. 1, Dark Shadows: The Salem Branch, Pressure, and more!
TRAVELOGUE OF TERROR
The Screaming Heads - Burk's Falls, Ontario.
THE GORE-MET
Menu: Chaos.
AUDIO DROME
Spotlight: DigitMovies Italo-horror soundtracks. Reviews of Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, Monster Genocide, The Unquiet Void, Super Heroines, Headspace, Zombina and the Skeletones, Diabolos, Necrophagia, Fatal Thir13en, and more!
PLAY DEAD
Betrayal at the House on the Hill, Ultimate Ghosts 'n' Goblins, F.E.A.R.
CLASSIC CUT
Roman Polanski's Repulsion.

RETURN TO CASTLE FRIGHTENSTEIN
Rue Morgue pays tribute to Billy Van, host of the legendary Canadian children's spookshow The Hilarious House of Frightenstein, with a rare interview. Plus: Frightenstein reissued, a chat with Elvira, and the history of television horror hosts.
THE CURIOUS CASE OF DR. UWE BOLL
An expose of the director everyone loves to hate. Plus: Rue Morgue vs. Uwe Boll!
INVESTIGATING GAY HORROR LIT
Prominent gay genre editor and author Michael Rowe traces the evolution of homosexual horror fiction.
CRUEL COUTURE
Fashion victim? Become the black belle of the ball with these one-of-a-kind designs from Dark Queen Apparel.
NOTE FROM UNDERGROUND
Frightenstein.
CINEMACABRE
Featuring reviews of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, Feast, The Covenant, The Black Dahlia, Head Trauma, and more! Reissues presents reviews of A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Black Pit of Dr. M, The Norliss Tapes, Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein, Crypt of the Vampire, The Dead Zone, Pete Sematary, Silver Bullet, Graveyard Shift, and more!
CINEMARQUEE
Mad Love (1935).
SCHIZOID CINEPHILE
3-D Movies.
BLOOD IN FOUR COLOURS
The Scribbler, Bite Club: Vampire Crime Unit, Four Stories, Palm Reader, Lullabies From Hell, The Wicked West 2: Abomination & Other Tales.
THE NINTH CIRCLE
Spotlight on The Winston Effect: The Art and History of Stan Winston Studio, reviews of Horror International, The Munsters: A Trip Down Mockingbird Lane, Stephen King's The Secretary of Dreams, Glen Hirshberg's American Morons, Koji Suzuki's Birthday and more!
THE GORE-MET
Menu: Chaos.
AUDIO DROME
Featuring undead punks Send More Paramedics, reviews of the Slither OST, Pulse (2006) OST, The Omen (2006) OST, Monster House OST, The 69 Eyes, Deicide, Cattle Decapitation, Deranged, and more!
PLAY DEAD
Horrorclix, Monster House, Dead Hand Chaos Poker.
CLASSIC CUT
Edvard Munch's Vampire.

LEGACY OF BLOOD AND DECAY
Rue Morgue celebrates the inimitable Lucio Fulci via an exclusive interview with Antonella Fulci, his daughter and guardian of his estate. Plus: A Fulci filmography, a guide to his gory set pieces, an interview with composer Fabio Frizzi and more!
THE CONNOISSEUR'S GUIDE TO 50 ALTERNATIVE HORROR BOOKS
Why not turn off the television and curl up with a terrifying tome?
FANTASIA 2006: FESTIVAL REPORT
The word on this year's programme of dark cinema.
THE TENDERNESS OF BARBARISM
Belgian director Fabrice Du Welz explains his perverse and punishing cinematic love letter, Calvaire.
DIALLING THE DEAD: A HISTORY OF THE OUIJA BOARD
What is it? Where did it come from, this famous conduit to the dead?
ONE NASTY SUMBITCH
R. Lee Ermey dishes on his reprised role as Sheriff Hoyt in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning.
THE LOVELY LADY VAMPIRE
Legendary Hammer horror supervixen Ingrid Pitt discusses her career and new genre projects.
NOTE FROM UNDERGROUND
Fulci Fandom.
DREADLINES
Custom designs from genre artists to highlight Living Dead Dolls exhibit, After Dark Film Festival makes debut in Toronto, Monster Engine to become online game for kids.
CINEMACABRE
Featuring reviews of The Woods, Pulse, The Wicker Man, Snakes on a Plane, Halloween: 25 Years of Terror, Tomie: Beginning, I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer, The Tooth Fairy, Cannibal, Zombiegeddon, Death Trance, a Shock-o-Rama feature, and more! Reissues presents Let's Scare Jessica To Death, The Devil's Rain, Tromeo and Juliet 10th Anniversary Edition, Baby Blood, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer Part 2 - Mask of Sanity, Blood of the Vampire, The Phantom, Blood Bath, Brainiac, Dark Waters, This Island Earth, Bigfoot Terror, Danger After Dark collection, Savage Sinema From Down Under, and more!
CINEMARQUEE
The Boris Karloff Collection.
SCHIZOID CINEPHILE
Ed Hunt's The Brain, Part 2.
BLOOD IN FOUR COLOURS
Ultimate Fantastic Four, The Sandman (House Ad), Batman & the Monster Men, The Cobbler's Monster, Hellcity, Impaler, Zombee.
THE NINTH CIRCLE
Spotlight on British author Ramsey Campbell, reviews of An Analytical Guide to Television's One Step Beyond, Count Dracula Goes to the Movies: Stoker's Novel Adapted 1922-2003, Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories, Robin Hardy's Cowboys for Christ, Edward Lee's Slither, and more!
TRAVELOGUE OF TERROR
Erebus Haunted Attraction (The World's Largest Haunted Attraction), Pontiac, Michigan.
AUDIO DROME
Featuring vintage Halloween songs, reviews of the Abominable OST, Dawn of the Goblin soundtrack, Out of the Darkness soundtrack, GAG OST, Wolf Creek OST, The Roost/Joshua OST, Harley Poe, Soundtrack to Oblivion, Thee Merry Widows, The Massacres, The Ghastly Ones, Lugosi's Morphine, Perish, The Empire Hideous, General Surgery, Bloodhag, Cannibal Corpse, and more!
PLAY DEAD
Dead Rising, Munchkin Bites! 2: Pants Macabre; Fearsome Floors.
CLASSIC CUT
The Haunted Mansion, Disneyland, California.

LORD OF DESTRUCTION
After more than five decades, Gojira, the original, darker version of Godzilla, finally arrives on DVD. Plus: On set at Toho studios, up close in the famous rubber suit, a Godzilla primer and more!
TERROR FROM BOMBAY
Yes, Indian horror movies have dance numbers. This is their story. Plus: Hindi horror films reviewed.
CINEMA OF PAINFUL IMPULSES
In an exclusive interview, legendary surrealist Jan Svankmajer discusses Lunacy, his most malevolent feature to date.
BLOOD PUDDIN': THE HORROR PIN-UPS OF JOE CAPOBIANCO
Feast your eyes on the most gruesome gals in modern pin-up art.
UNLEASHED IN THE EAST: LOVECRAFT IN JAPANESE LITERATURE
Rue Morgue investigates The Great Old Ones in Japanese lit.
NECRO-HUMOUR APOSTLE
Meet Robert S. Rhine, a jack of all trades whose horror is steeped in the blackest of humour.
NOTE FROM UNDERGROUND
Monsters
DREADLINES
Nacho Cerda wraps first feature, The Abandoned.
CINEMACABRE
Featuring: H6: Diary of a Serial Killer, Straight into Darkness, Monster House, Lady in the Water, Desperation, Satan's Playground, Creepy Canada Season 3, The Zodiac, The Booth and more! Reissues presents Jigoku, Rock 'N' Roll Nightmare, Singapore Sling, Bare Behind Bars, Amazon Jail, Succubus, and more!
CINEMARQUEE
The Amicus Collection
SCHIZOID CINEPHILE
Ed Hunt's The Brain.
BLOOD IN FOUR COLOURS
Man-Bat: The Return, Deadman 1, The Exterminators: Bug Brothers, The Night Driver, The Savage Brothers, Halloween: Autopsis.
THE NINTH CIRCLE
Spotlight: Online fear fiction project MuyMal.com, also featuring DVD Delirium Vol. 3, Donald Cammell: A Life on the Wild Side, Gospel of the Living Dead: George Romero's Visions of Hell on Earth, Gary Braunbeck's Destinations Unknown, Classic Tales of Horror: Vol. 1, and more!
TRAVELOGUE OF TERROR
The Grande Masquerade Montreal - Quebec, Canada
THE GORE-MET
Menu: Eyes of the Chameleon and Live Feed.
AUDIO DROME
Featuring Claudio Simonetti's Deamonia, plus reviews of Onethirtyeight, Phantom Rockers, Rezurex, The Spook, The Barbarellatones, The Other, Vena Amori, Terrorizer, and more!
PLAY DEAD
Jaws Unleashed, Resident Evil: Deadly Silence, Night Watch.
CLASSIC CUT
Peter Bogdanovich's Targets.

MIIKE'S TORTURE THEATRE - UNVEILED
Takashi Miike discusses his banned Masters of Horror episode Imprint: the Japanese pain god's leanest and meanest effort to date. An exclusive look at what was too much for North American television. Plus: Mick Garris reflects on Imprint and gives us a sneak peak at season two, on set with John Carpenter, and more!
BRITAIN'S BARON OF BRUTALITY
As Shriek Show unleashes The Pete Walker Collection on DVD, the nefarious director looks back at his gory and sadistic career in horror. Plus: Walker's Bloody Back Catalogue reviewed.
SONGS OF SIN: TALES FROM THE MURDER BALLAD
Once upon a time, true crime tales of murder and tragedy were told through music. This is the storied history of the murder ballad. Plus: A Homicidal Hymnal - ten essential death tunes.
DEADLY DECK ART
Take a brief ride through the visual history of skateboarding's most gruesome graphics.
MEMENTO MORBID
Sculpture Jason Soles creates disturbing decor for the home, office or crypt.
NOTE FROM THE UNDERGROUND
Banning Miike.
DREADLINES:
Rob Zombie reveals direction of eighth Halloween sequel, A new generation of Romero steps behind the camera, Unpublished zombie novel sparks Hollywood bidding war.
CINEMACABRE
Featuring: The Omen (2006), Feed, Cello, Do You Like Hitchcock?, Terror in the Tropics, The Uninvited, and more! Reissues presents Equinox, Trilogy of Terror, The Witch's Mirror, The Devil's Sword, Halloween 4 & 5, and much more!
CINEMARQUEE
The Lon Chaney Collection
SCHIZOID CINEPHILE
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
BLOOD IN FOUR COLOURS
Graphic Classics: Edgar Allan Poe, Edgar Allan Poe: Haunt of Horror, Extremely Weird Stories, The Nightmarist, Rotting in Dirtville.
THE NINTH CIRCLE
Spotlight on speciality publishers Centipede/Millipede Press, also featuring Sweet and Savage: The World Through the Shockumentary Film Lens, Lurker in the Lobby: A Guide to the Cinema of H.P. Lovecraft, The Monsters: Mary Shelley and the Curse of Frankenstein, Brian Hodge's World of Hurt, Simon Clark's Darker and more!
TRAVELOGUE OF TERROR
The Edward Gorey House ? Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts.
THE GORE-MET
Reality death tapes.
AUDIO DROME
Featuring the shock rock theatrics of Lordi, plus reviews of When a Stranger Calls OST, Virgil Franklin, Season of Nightmares, Vegas Beach, AFI, Demented Are Go!, The Morgue the Merrier, The Scared Stiffs, The Video Dead, Blood Freak, Ghoul, and more!
PLAY DEAD
Let's Kill, Are You a Werewolf, Black & White 2: Battle of the Gods
CLASSIC CUT
Gustave Dore's Inferno Engravings

PITCH BLACK PANIC
With Lions Gate finally releasing Neil Marshall's The Descent in North America next month, the British director is set to rejuvenate the long-lost UK horror film. Marshall introduces himself and reveals the reason behind his film's much talked-about altered ending. Plus: The new wave of UK horror, an advance peek at Dog Soldiers: Fresh Meat, and more!
THE HISTORY OF HORRORCORE
Rue Morgue traces the evolution of a hip-hop movement that takes its cues from the horror genre. Plus: six essential horror rap albums.
MEMOIRS OF AN ACCIDENTAL SCREAM QUEEN
Following the publication of her new autobiography, Adrienne Barbeau discusses her unplanned yet enduring career in genre films.
DISTURBING THE NORMAL
Accomplished makeup effects artist Chet Zar explores the beauty of the grotesque in his unsettling fine art.
A DECADE OF DEVIANT CINEMA
The 2006 Fantasia festival preview.
DREADLINES:
New King television anthology follows in footsteps of Masters of Horror, Award-winning filmmaker collaborates with Ginger Snaps creator on claymation series, Zombie Fest gathers the undead faithful in England.
CINEMACABRE:
Featuring: Reeker, One Missed Call 2, Mortuary, See No Evil, Curse, Death & Spirit, Minotaur, The Heirloom, Room 6, and more! Reissues presents Burst City, Grizzly, Day of the Animals, Evils of the Night, Warning Sign, Lifespan, The Rawhide Terror, and much more!
CINEMARQUEE:
The Curse of the Crying Woman (1961)
SCHIZOID CINEPHILE:
The Omega Man
BLOOD IN FOUR COLOURS:
Nightwolf: The Price, Family Bones, Recess Pieces, Road to Hell, Tag, X Isle.
THE NINTH CIRCLE:
Spotlight on The Toxic Avenger: The Novel, also featuring Disaster Movies, Roger Corman: Metaphysics on a Shoestring, Horror: Another 100 Best Books, Richard Matheson: Collected Stories Vol. 3, Brett Alexander Savory's The Distance Travelled, and more!
TRAVELOGUE OF TERROR:
The Donnelly Homestead, Lucan, Ontario.
THE GORE-MET:
Hong Kong's Cat III films.
AUDIO DROME:
Featuring Symphony Number Fourteen by Dmitri Shostakovich, plus reviews of The Hills Have Eyes OST, An American Haunting OST, Stay Alive OST, Cosmic Voodoo, The Matadors, The Creepshow, Skinless, The Vincent Black Shadow, Bava soundtracks reissued, and more!
PLAY DEAD:
Scratches, The Haunting House 3: Don't Go in the Attic!, Rampage: Total Destruction.
CLASSIC CUT:
Julian Roffman's The Bloody Brood.

APOCALYPSE '76
Thirty years after its initial release, the genre's archetypical end time movie, The Omen, is reissued on DVD, and a new film is made in its image. Screenwriter David Seltzer and director Richard Donner remember the Antichrist. Plus: an end times primer, John Moore discusses The Omen: 666, and more!
THE QUEEN OF HORROR MANGA
Find out how Kanako Inuki earned her regal title with a series of newly translated manga from Dark Horse.
OF LOVE AND DEATH, EVERLASTING
Michele Soavi's fairy-tale zombie comedy, Dellamorte Dellamore, featuring interviews with Soavi and starlet Anna Falchi. Plus: a look at Dylan Dog, its comic book source material!
PERSONAL DEMONS
Dark multimedia artist Paul Booth clears out the skeletons in his closet with a new series of purgative oil paintings.
SMALL GAUGE TRAUMA:
Fantasia kicks off its 10th year with a DVD collection of thirteen of the festival's most memorable short films.
DREADLINES:
Douglas Buck wraps first feature, Sisters, Jaws-inspired musical set to terrorize threatre-goers, Blind filmmaker makes directorial debut with The Bunker.
CINEMACABRE:
Featuring: Silent Hill, Abominable, Darkness, Pray, An American Haunting, Garuda, Andre the Butcher, Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders, Kibakichi 2, and more! Reissues presents Event Horizon, Monster of London City, Secret of the Red Orchid, The Gardener, The Emilio Miraglia Killer Queen Box Set, Prince of Space, Invasion of the Neptune Men, Creation of the Humanoids, War Between the Planets, Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster, and much more!
CINEMARQUEE:
The Cremator (1968)
SCHIZOID CINEPHILE:
Donald Cammell's slasher masterpiece White of the Eye.
BLOOD IN FOUR COLOURS:
War of the Worlds: Second Wave, 7 Days to Fame, Doomed, Dreadful Ed, Night Trippers.
THE NINTH CIRCLE:
Spotlight on renowned author Peter Straub, also featuring DVD Delirium Volume 1: Redux, The Haunted Screen: Ghosts in Literature and Film, The Best Horror Stories of Arthur Conan Doyle, F. Paul Wilson's Infernal, Kenneth J. Harvey's The Town That Forgot How to Breathe, and more!
AUDIO DROME:
Featuring maniac metal-smiths Frightmare, plus reviews of Underworld: Evolution OST, Kaijuice compilation, Zombi, El Dorado and the Ruckus, Those Poor Bastards, This Island Earth OST, Dead Vampires, The Horror of it All Volume 2 compilation, Celtic Frost, Sepultura, and more!
PLAY DEAD:
Mall of Horror, Midevil: Castle Chaos, Mage: The Awakening
CLASSIC CUT:
Revelation.

BACK... FROM BEYOND
The long-awaited Director's Cut of Stuart Gordon's gooey gore classic From Beyond, containing new material previously excised by the MPAA, is out on Monsters HD. Gordon tells all about the recovery and restoration of the lost footage. Plus: Stars Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton and screenwriter Dennis Paoli reminisce on making the film.
MASTER OF THE MONSTERS
A new art book celebrates the fantastic creature-filled career of Basil Gogos.
DREADLINES:
The Godfather of Gore returns with Grim Fairy Tales, Bousman to push gore boundaries with Saw III and Wichita, Niles continues to expand 30 Days of Night universe.
CINEMACABRE:
Featuring: Sympathy For Lady Vengeance, Evilenko, Stay Alive, Tokyo Psycho, Joshua, Bloodrayne, Slaughterhouse of the Rising Sun, Dumpster Baby, It Waits, Art of the Devil. Reissues reviews Visiting Hours, The Being, Satan's Black Wedding, Criminally Insane, Criminally Insane 2, Star Trek: Borg Fan Collective, Bad Dreams, The Real Ghostbusters, The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion, The Black Belly of the Tarantula, The Fifth Cord, The Pyjama Girl Case.
INDIE TERROR FEST:
Spotlight on Andrew Leman's The Call of Cthulhu.
CINEMARQUEE:
The Horror of Party Beach (1964).
SCHIZOID CINEPHILE:
Silver Bullet
BLOOD IN FOUR COLOURS:
Cinema Panopticum, Hellblazer: Lady Constantine, Criminal Macabre: Feat of Clay, Vampirella: The Morrison/Millar Collection, Wormwood, Gentleman Corpse, Zombie Tales: The Dead.
THE NINTH CIRCLE:
Spotlight on Dark Dreams II: Voices From the Other Side, also featuring Shock June/January: A Smorgasbord of Horror, Ghosts of New York, Encyclopedia of the Undead: A Field Guide to Creatures that Cannot Rest in Peace, Poe' s Lighthouse, Richard Matheson' s The Link.
AUDIO DROME:
Featuring the spooky sounds of The Ghastly Ones, plus reviews of Hostel OST, Effects OST, King Kong vs. Godzilla OST, Vampyros Lesbos Sexadelic Dance Party OST, Rob Zombie, The Independents, The Van Orsdels, Yells From the Crypt, Prom Queen Massacre, Himsa.
PLAY DEAD:
Fury of Dracula, Condemned: Criminal Origins, Deadly Vacation.
CLASSIC CUT:
Screamin' Jay Hawkins's I Put A Spell On You.

SINEMA OF FLESH AND BLOOD
Rue Morgue mounts an exploration of the relationship between horror and pornography with a peek at the perverse pleasures of the Eurotic horror movement of the 1970s. Exclusive interviews with filmmakers Jean Rollin, Jose Larraz and scream queen Lina Romay. Plus: Joe D'Amato exhumed, contemporary Splatter Porn and more!
DAWN OF THE DEAD HEROES
The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman explains what happened to the classic men in tights after Marvel placed its entire universe in his maniacal hands. Plus: a corpse comics APB and a look back at Deadworld.
INVASION OF THE SEX SLUGS FROM OUTER SPACE!
James Gunn gives us the scoop on the goop in his new retro-splatter-comedy Slither.
NECRO EROTICA
Exhumed for your viewing pleasure, the beautifully morbid photography of Chad Michael Ward.
NOTE FROM UNDERGROUND:
Pornography.
DREADLINES:
Del Toro readies Pan's Labyrinth, anticipates future monster movies; Rob Zombie back in musician's saddle with Educated Horses; World Horror Con brings top genre writers to San Francisco.
CINEMACABRE:
Featuring: Marebito, Final Destination 3, Tamara, Return of the Living Dead 4: Necropolis, Puppet Master vs. Demonic Toys, Tears of Kali, House of the Dead 2: Dead Aim, Hard Candy, and more! Reissues presents reviews of Gorgo, Night of the Skull, Magic, Satan's Blood, Poltergeist: The Legacy: Season One, Women's Prison Massacre, One Dark Night, When A Stranger Calls, the Luciano Ercoli Death Box Set and much more!
INDIE TERROR FEST:
Spotlight on Andrew Leman's The Call of Cthulhu.
CINEMARQUEE:
Earth vs. The Spider (1958)/War of the Colossal Beast (1958) and How to Make a Monster (1958)/Blood of Dracula (1957).
SCHIZOID CINEPHILE:
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2.
BLOOD IN FOUR COLOURS:
The Ticking, Crickets, The Great and Secret Show, The Territory, Hellboy: Makoma, Werewolves: Call of the Wild.
THE NINTH CIRCLE:
Spotlight on David Wellington's Monster Island, also featuring The Nightmare Encyclopedia, Hitchcock and 20th Century Cinema, Poems Bewitched and Haunted, Kolchak: The Night Stalker Chronicles, Stephen King's Cell, Christopher Golden's The Shell Collector and John Pelan's The Color Out of Darkness, and more!
TRAVELOGUE OF TERROR:
The Mummies of Ancient Egypt.
THE GORE-MET:
Menu: Antropophagus.
AUDIO DROME:
Featuring the swampy, haunted, piano-driven rock jangles of Rock City Morgue, plus reviews of Die You Zombie Bastards! OST, Slaughter Disc OST, Hayride to Hell, Pledge Your Allegiance to Satan!, Zombie Ghost Train, Ennio Morricone, Covered In Bees, Hallowmas, American Werewolves, Severe Torture and Impaler.
PLAY DEAD:
Friday the 13th & A Nightmare on Elm Street Killer Trivia, Monster Mad Libs, Zombies!!! 5: School's Out Forever.
CLASSIC CUT:
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886).

THE EVIL THAT MEN REDO
It seems any and every fright flick of note is getting a major studio makeover. Director Alexandre Aja talks about his highly anticipated return to Wes Craven's hillbilly horror classic The Hills Have Eyes. Plus: interviews with Craven, effects master Greg Nicotero, upcoming remakes and more!
EROTIC GROTESQUE
A look at the life and work of the father of the Japanese mystery story. Plus: reviews of the two recently translated tales and a guide to the best Rampo-inspired films, including Shinya Tsukamoto's Gemini.
TERROR HAS BIG PIXELS
The precursors to Resident Evil, Silent Hill, House of the Dead and Alone in the Dark were typically based on fright flicks of their era. Retro game fans have resurrected these early classics on Internet-based emulators. Log-on and play at your own risk!
MINSTREL OF THE MACABRE
With a playfully maniacal grasp of the grim, Joseph Whiteford channels his uniquely twisted tales into a variety of media including the humorous, horror-inspired music of Harley Poe.
DREADLINES:
Genre vets collaborate for Trapped Ashes horror anthology, Archetype Films leads horror production boom in Hamilton, Ontario, Podcasting poised to be the newest trend in horror fiction.
CINEMACABRE:
Featuring: The Hills Have Eyes, Karla, R-Point, Underworld: Evolution, Green River Killer, Creep, The Mangler Reborn, Zombie Honeymoon, Evil Breed, The Legend of Samhain, Santa's Slay, Le Portrait De Petite Cossette and more! Reissues presents Werewolves on Wheels, The Children, Don't Go in the House, Slime City, Don't Deliver Us From Evil, Buddy Boy, Cyclone, Slaughter of the Vampires, The Dark, Vampire Ecstasy, Pulse, The Beast Box, and much more!
INDIE TERROR FEST:
Spotlight on Mexican filmmaker Aaron Soto.
CINEMARQUEE:
The Virgin Spring (1960)
SCHIZOID CINEPHILE:
Sole Survivor
BLOOD IN FOUR COLOURS:
Deadbeats, Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, Soul Searchers, 30 Days of Night: Dead Space, Black Harvest, Cry Wolf, Elk's Run, Shadow Rock
THE NINTH CIRCLE:
Spotlight on Brom's The Plucker, also featuring The Lure of the Vampire: Gender, Fiction and Fandon From Bram Stoker to Buffy, Civil War Ghost Stories, Kenneth Strickfaden: Dr. Frankenstein's Electrician, Cherie Priest's Four and Twenty Blackbirds, Dark Delicacies anthology, The Midnight Hour, and more!
AUDIO DROME:
Featuring label Monstrous Movie Music, plus reviews of The Exorcism of Emily Rose OST, The Cave OST, A Nightmare on Elm Street OST, The Skeleton Key OST, The Death Riders, Alex Otterlei, Stelladrine, Gutter Demons, and more!
PLAY DEAD:
Call of Cthulhu, Arkham Horror, Peter Jackson's King Kong.
CLASSIC CUT:
The Mystery of the Wax Museum.

THE KING OF CULT
Roger Corman, horror fandom's biggest and boldest personality, reminisces about his legendary five-decade long career in an inspiring interview. Plus: the evolution of Corman, film reviews and more.
GRIMMER THAN GRIMM
Rue Morgue looks at the recent popularity of children's horror literature. Plus: Interviews with writers Darren Shan, Gris Grimly, Clive Barker, Lemony Snicket, and a spotlight on the kid-inspired art of Dave Devries.
R.I.P. 2005
The year in review.
DREADLINES:
Horror floods the American Film Market, more Romero remakes on the horizon.
CINEMACABRE:
Featuring: Hostel, Scary True Stories, Unborn But Forgotten, The Ginger Dead Man, Cookers, and more! Reissues presents Xtro, Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key, The Freakmaker, Alone in the Dark, A Stranger is Watching, The New Kids, The Big Alligator River, and much more!
SCHIZOID CINEPHILE:
Horror of the Blood Monsters
BLOOD IN FOUR COLOURS:
Sight Unseen, 676 Apparitions of Killoffer, Universal Monsters: Cavalcade of Horror, Night 3, Chupacabra
THE NINTH CIRCLE:
Salem's Lot: Illustrated Edition, Book of the Dead, The Films of Fay Wray, and more!
TRAVELOGUE OF TERROR:
The Bone Church of Kostnice.
AUDIO DROME:
Thrash metal legends Anthrax interviewed, plus reviews of Corpse Bride OST, The Fog (2005) OST, Land of the Dead OST, Saw II OST, Blitzkid, Six Feet Under, Ed Gein, Destruction, and much more.
PLAY DEAD:
Evil Dead: Regeneration, MediEvil: Resurrection, Painkiller: Battle Out of Hell
CLASSIC CUT:
Goth masterpiece Bela Lugosi's Dead by Bauhaus.

GRIME AND PUNISHMENT DOWN UNDER
Indie Horror Spotlight! 2006 is shaping up to be a banner year for low-budget horror filmmakers, and Australian leads the charge with Greg McLean's Wolf Creek. Plus: Sneak peeks at four other exceptional independent terrors from around the globe.
THE LORE OF WEREWOLVES
Rue Morgue takes a look at the history of the werewolf in folklore and mythology. Plus: Werewolves Around the World, an interview with fiction writer Kelley Armstrong and more!
A FORBIDDEN FEAST OF FLESH
Ruggero Deodato's Cannibal Holocaust finally arrives on DVD after 25 years of proscription, revulsion and disgust.
SCREAM YOUR SKIN OFF!
The Flesh Eaters may be the best damned B-movie you've never heard of.
DREADLINES:
Cult film director Gary Sherman returns to horror, Genre vets and neophytes commune at the 4th annual NYC Horror Film Fest, Zombie walks spread in North America
CINEMACABRE:
Featuring: Saw II, Doom, The Fog, Godzilla: Final Wars, Dhund: The Fog, Ghost Talker's Daydream, Kingdom Hospital, and more! Reissues presents The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, Season of the Witch, Torture Garden, The House Where Evil Dwells, Afraid of the Dark, Lady in White, A Whisper in the Dark, Mortuary Academy, Monster High, and much more!
SCHIZOID CINEPHILE:
Flesh for Frankenstein, Blood for Dracula
BLOOD IN FOUR COLOURS:
Dogwitch, Hack/Slash: First Cut, Grimm Fairy Tales, The Keep, Lost Dogs, Vampirella Revelations
THE NINTH CIRCLE:
Spotlight on the book cover art of Caniglia, also featuring Living Dangerously: The Adventures of Merian C. Cooper, Back to the Vortex: The Unofficial and Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who 2005, Outsiders, Caitlin R. Kiernan's To Charles Fort, With Love, Mary Ann Mitchell's In The Name of the Vampire, and more!
TRAVELOGUE OF TERROR:
The Ghosts of Greenwich Village, New York, NY.
AUDIO DROME:
Featuring the industrial-psychobilly outfit Psycho Charger, plus reviews of the Masters of Horror OST, The Brains, The Alley Dukes, 45 Grave, Left for Dead, Mad Sin, The Crimson Ghosts, Mind Ripper II, Coffins, Old Man's Child, Coheed & Cambria, and much more.
PLAY DEAD:
Evil Dead: Regeneration, MediEvil: Resurrection, Painkiller: Battle Out of Hell
CLASSIC CUT:
William Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus.

WORLDS OF WOUNDED CLAY
A spotlight on the overlooked art form of stop-motion cinema beginning with the animated films of Robert Morgan. Plus: A rare interview with The Brothers Quay and a look back at Czech surrealist Jan Svankmajer.
PINKY VIOLENCE!
Feminism, politics, blood and boobs come together in the Pinky Violence films, Japan's notorious 1970s sex and violence exploitation cycle. Plus: Film reviews and more! by Tom Mes.
THE GHOSTS OF WORLD'S END
Kiyoshi Kurosawa discusses the American release of his unique J-horror film Pulse (a.k.a. Kairo) nearly a half decade after its release in Japan.
THE PASSION OF THE ANTI-CHRIST
Danzig speaks about upcoming projects and his return to the three-chord songs that made him a legend.
DREAD OF WINTER
New horror film The Dark Hours brings madness and massacre to the unforgiving Canadian cold.
CINEMACABRE:
Featuring: A History of Violence, Cry Wolf, Frankenstein, Venom, Cold Blood, and more! Reissues presents Swamp Thing, Dolls, The Man With Nine Lives, The Boogeyman, The Doctor and the Devils, The Val Lewton Collection, plus The Spiral Staircase (1959), Psychomania, Scott Spiegel's Intruder and much more!
BLOOD IN FOUR COLOURS:
Freak Show, Billy the Kid's Old Timey Oddities, Karney, The Living and the Dead, Strangehaven: Conspiracies, Ultimate Fantastic Four
THE NINTH CIRCLE:
Spotlight on Michael Slade, also featuring The Ring Companion, Mexploitation Cinema, A Ghost in My Suitcase: A Guide to Haunted America, Ray Bradbury's The Halloween Tree, Strange Bedfellows, and more!
TRAVELOGUE OF TERROR:
Body Worlds 2: The Anatomical Exhibition of Real Human Bodies, Toronto, Canada
AUDIO DROME:
Featuring the swingin' horror punk of The Independents, plus reviews of The Horrorpops, The Creepniks, Concombre Zombi, Anthrax, Crypticus, Alice Cooper, Cryptopsy, Zombie Apocalypse, Send More Paramedics, Paths of Possession, and much more.
PLAY DEAD:
Hecatomb, Midevil, City of the Damned: New Orleans
CLASSIC CUT:
Peeping Tom.

THE STRANGE ACCOUNT OF HOWARD PHILLIPS LOVECRAFT
Rue Morgue unearths the curious tale of a man whose bizarre narratives changed the genre. Plus: Words with Stuart Gordon, Brian Lumley, and tons more!
THE CONNOISSEUR'S GUIDE TO 100 ALTERNATIVE HORROR FILMS
A menu of 100 cinematic treats for Halloween viewing!
KNIGHTS OF TELEVISION TERROR
Mick Garris discusses his upcoming television anthology series, Masters of Horror. Plus: The official first season episode guide.
REVIEWS:
Aftermath, Dead & Breakfast, The Brothers Grimm, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Sorum, Spider Forest, The Cave, The Skeleton Key, Wishing Stairs, Feeding the Masses, A Sound of Thunder, Urban Legends: Bloody Mary, Frankenstein Reborn, Beyond the Wall of Sleep, When Puppets and Dolls Attack!, The Janitor, Creepies, Centipede, Bite Me!, Vampire Assassins, Broken Saints, Day of the Dead 2: Contagium, Horror 101/Horror 102, Museum of the Dead, Hellbent, The Prophecy: Uprising, The Prophecy: Forsaken, Die You Zombie Bastards, Wiseguys Vs. Zombies, I, Zombi, Tea Break, Redrat: La Rata Retrobada, Graveless, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Private Parts, Demon Seed, Girl Slaves of Morgana Le Fay, Terror Beneath the Sea, Without Warning, Long Weekend, Night of the Lepus, Dracula A.D., Howling II: Your Sister Is a Werewolf.
BLOOD IN FOUR COLOURS:
Eric Powell on The Goon: Fancy Pants. Reviews of The Dead West, The Fog, Little Gloomy: The Super-Scary Monster Show, When Zombies Attack #1.
THE NINTH CIRCLE:
Reviews of Iron Man: The Cinema of Shinya Tsukamoto by Tom Mes, Peter Jackson: From Gore to Mordor by Paul A. Woods, ed., Julius Le Vallon/The Bright Messenger by Algernon Blackwood, Women in Horror Films, 1930's and Women in Horror Films, 1940's by Gregory William Mank, Move Under Ground by Nick Mamatas, Now We Are Sick by Neil Gaiman and Stephen Jones, eds., The House of Cthulhu: Tales of the Primal Land Vol. 1 by Brian Lumley, Grimericks by Susan Pearson and Gris Grimly, Never Seen by Waking Eyes by Stephen Dedman.
MAKE MOVIES THE BRUCE CAMPBELL WAY
An examination of the cult of Campbell.
A BRUSH WITH BARKER
A new art book compiles over 25 years of illustrated imagination from Clive Barker.
TRAVELOGUE OF TERROR:
Clifton Hill Haunted Attractions, Niagara Falls.
AUDIO DROME:
Spotlight: Midnight Syndicate.Reviews of Undead, Messer Chups, The Band from Planet X, Pagan Dead, The Koffin Kats, Mirror Mask, Romeo Liquor Store, Thee Undertakers, Creepersin, DieMonsterDie, Machetazo, The Giallo's Flame, Municipal Waste, Gorerotted, Watch Them Die. Q&A: Matt Pike of High on Fire.
PLAY DEAD:
Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green, Frankenstein's Children, The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Monopoly.
CLASSIC CUT:
Arthur Machen's The Great God Pan.

The 20 Year Legacy of Henry: featuring John McNaughton, Michael Rooker, and Joe
Coleman; Tombs of the Blind Dead; Modern Ruins; The Suffering: Ties That Bind;
Gwar; Aftermath banned; FanTasia 2005; The new Outer Limits; Children Shouldn't
Play With Dead Things; author Edward Lee; Chiller Theatre Expo; Shadow
Reichenstein; John Polidori's The Vampyre, more!

Audition, the movie that burned powerhouse director Takashi Miike into the North American nervous system finally gets the recognition it deserves; an interview with Japan's legendary director. Plus: Miike's Meanest Moments, Eli Roth on directing Miike, and more!
Summer of Sasquatch
Rue Morgue takes a look back at Bigfoot's spotty legacy on the eve of its return to popularity. Plus: A Sasquatch primer on upcoming, new and cult Bigfoot films!
Cinemacabre
Features: Graveyard Alive, two new War of the Worlds films compared, Troma's Make Your Own Damn Movie!, The films of David Lynch, Tales from the Crypt Season 1.
Reviews: Land of the Dead, Batman Begins, H, They Came Back, Skinned Deep, Chupacabra Terror, Shadow of the Wraith, The Zodiac Killer, Dead Life, Zombiez, Hood of the Living Dead, Touch of Death, Living Doll, A Bell from Hell, Hush. Hush, Sweet Charlotte.
Schizoid Cinephile
Hexacord Music.
Blood in Four Colours
Dark Horse's The War of the Worlds Online Adaptation, Steve Niles and Ted McKeever's Little Books of Horror: The War of the Worlds, Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard's The Walking Dead Vol. 3: Safety Behind Bars TPB, Romero, Chris Ryall and Gabriel Rodriguez's Land of the Dead #1, Peter David's Spike: Old Times, Justin Gray and Zue's Vengeance of the Mummy #1.
The Ninth Circle
Spotlight: Thomas Ligotti
Reviews: Spectral America: Phantoms and the National Imagination by Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock, ed., Beasts in the Cellar: The Exploitation Career of Tony Tenser by John Hamilton, The Overnight by Ramsey Campbell, The Bradbury Chronicles: The Life of Ray Bradbury by Sam Weller, Bradbury Speaks: Too Soon from the Cave, Too Far from the Stars by Ray Bradbury.
Travelogue of Terror
The Tower of London, UK
The Gore-met
Menu: The Gialli of Sergio Martino!
Audio Drome
Spotlight: Apocalyptica
Reviews: House of Wax, Robert Short, Misfits meet The Nutley Brass, Asmodeus, The Rocketz, Balzac, Michale Graves, The Horror of It All, Pungent Stench, Lamb of God.
Play Dead
Cold Fear (Ubisoft), Haunting Ground (Capcom), Antagonists (White Wolf)
Dark Revelations
Director Brooke Burgess discusses his struggle to make Broken Saints, the most successful Flash-animated series to ever grace the weird wide web. Plus: A Flash freakshow guide to the best genre-themed animations on-line.
Death Strokes
Step inside the grim gallery of Jack Kevorkian. RM examines the surreal horror canvases of Dr. Death. by Paul Carlucci
Classic Cut
Alice Cooper's Welcome to My Nightmare.

Horror from Spain: A Brief History, featuring interviews with Nacho Cerda, Jess Franco
and the art of Robert Hernandez; The Sordid Stories of the Video Nasties; Scores that
Scare; Jack Ketchum reissued; the films of Kiyoshi Kurosawa; MGM's Midnite Movies;
Aussie Horror; House of Wax (1953); author Tim Lebbon; Edgar Allan Poe Museum;
Nekromantix; Goya's Saturn Devouring His Children, more!

100 Years of War of the Worlds: The Legacy of H.G. Wells; George Romero on Land of the
Dead; Paul Naschy: Words with Spain's Horror King; American Psycho; Requiem From the
Darkness; Midnight Mania at the Worldwide Short Film Festival; Sinners and Saints;
The Entity; Lady In A Cage; author Tom Piccirilli; Alcatraz Night Tour; Guinea Pig box;
Six Feet Under; Mars Attacks! Collector's Cards, more!

Tetsuo and The Weird World of Shinya Tsukamoto: interviews with Tsukamoto and author Tom
Mes; Charles Burns' Black Hole comic; Hieronymus Bosch fine art figurines; photographer
Ward Boult; Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected; Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut;
Mutter Museum; Wednesday 13; Studies in Modern Horror; The Hilarious House of
Frightenstein, more!

The Amityville Horror Remake and Retrospective:interviews with Scott Kosar, Margot
Kidder and Sandor Stern; Dr. Who; artist Chris Mars; Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of
the Earth video game; Charles Band box set; The Twilight Zone; Denfert Rochereau
Ossuary; Enoch, more!

Demystifying the Manson Family: interviews with Jim VanBebber and Philip Anselmo; The
Late, Great Shudder Parts; tattoo artist Bob Tyrrell; The Definitive 2005 Horror
Convention Schedule; R.I.P. 2004; The Year in Review; Douglas Clegg; Profondo Rosso
Store; Hexentanz, more!

The first three issue of Rue Morgue ever published, now avilable in a Special Collector's
Edition, featuring a new introduction by Rue Morgue Editor-in-Chief Rod Gudino.
Issue #1 (October 1997)
Issue #2 (February 1998)
Issue #3 (May 1998)

30 Years of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre: interviews with Tobe Hooper and Gunnar Hansen;
Devil's Rejects; Manga Horror of Hideshi Hino; photographer Simon Marsden; Night Gallery;
Forrest Ackerman's Worlds of Tomorrow; cartoonist Rick Trembles; Museo de las Momias,
and much more!

The Return of Clive Barker: The Definitive Interview, a History of Canadian Horror,
25 years of Friday the 13th, George Romero's Toe Tags comic, the monster art of XnO, the
Church of Ed Wood, Groovie Ghoulies, Troma celebrates 30 years of perversion, Nightmare
Picture Theatre. Also Chris Carter on Millenium, a frank discussion with Jack Ketchum,
Skinny Puppy, and much more!

Ju On: Interviews with Takashi Shimizu and Sam Raimi, the art of Joe Coleman, new
breed slasher film Saw, Ray Harryhausen, FanTasia 2004 Preview, in the mind of director
Julian Richards (The Last Horror Movie), Open Water, and a visit to the Coffee Shop of
Horrors. Also the beautiful death songs of Bella Morte, a spotlight on Leisure Books and
much more!

Rabid: Interviews with David Cronenberg and Marilyn Chambers, horror manga artist Junji
Ito, Swamp Thing returns, McFarlane's brand new toy line of historical real-life criminals,
the splatter slapstick of Dead & Breakfast, a visit to the Lizze Borden Bed & Breakfast
Museum, the haunting sounds of HorrorPunk, some words with Fear of Gravity author
Brian Keene and much more!

Hellboy: Interviews with Mike Mignola and Guillermo del Toro. On the set of Dawn of the
Dead with the Rue Crew, the dark and alchemical art of Mark Ryden, and Eurohorror
Soundtracks. Plus: The Blacula reissue, Onibaba on DVD, the Electric Frankenstein!
poster book, a Travelogue of Terror trip to the H.R Giger Museum and Bar in Gruyere,
Switzerland, and some words with Denmark's creepy craze, Horrorpops!

Shock Nouveau: France's Bloody New Wave of Dark Cinema featuring Haute Tension, In
My Skin and 100 Years of French Horror. The Weird World of Murderbilia, Lemora,
Douglas Buck, The Definitive 2004 Horror Convention Schedule and The Year in Review.
Plus: The Alien Quadrilogy box set, Escape From New York special edition, The Mondo
Cane Collection, Chas. Balun's Beyond Horror Holocaust reviewed, a Travelogue of Terror
visit to Pine Barrens, New Jersey and the long-awaited psychobilly stylings of The Gutter
Demons.

Australian filmmakers Peter and Michael Spierig talk about Undead, their new zombie opus.


Coverage on Fear Without Frontiers, a new book from FAB Press with a chapter on the German krimis by Ken Hanke.


Article on Christmas-themed horror movies by Adam Rockoff.


Reports on the Toronto International Film Festival and the announced 24-hour Horror Channel.


Reviews of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Underworld, Identity, Blue Underground's Christopher Lee box set, Raw Meat, The Ghoul and It Came From Beneath the Sea and opinions on the soundtracks to Jeeper Creepers 2, Underworld and Cabin Fever.

6th Anniversary Halloween Issue featuring legendary author/screenwriter Richard
Matheson on The Twilight Zone and more! Also Inside: Bruce Campbell, Don Coscarelli
and Joe Lansdale unwrap Bubba Ho-Tep; Wes Craven on The Hills Have Eyes; FanTasia
Festival Report; Travelogue of Terror. Plus: Horror Manga, McFarlane's Twisted Oz, Joe
Dante on The Howling, and Misfits Records.

Day of the Dead Retrospective featuring interviews with director George A. Romero and
effects master Tom Savini! Also inside: Lucky McKee's Frankenstein-inspired
masterpiece May; Sick words with The Cramps; The 30 Days of Night of Steve Niles;
Fantasia 2003 Preview; Punk Goes Pitch Black, plus much more!

Director Eli Roth spills his guts on his debut film Cabin Fever; a look at the Sadist Cinema of Takashi Miike, creator of Audition and the notorious Ichi the Killer. Also inside: Ring, Beware the Book!; Tim Burton's new Twisted Toys; The Spectres - Rockabilly Macabre; Spaghetti Splatter; I Spit on Your Grave; 2003 Bram Stoker Nominees, and more!

From Horror Pulp to It Came From Outer Space: Rue Morgue talks to legendary fantasy writer Ray Bradbury. Plus Bradbury's top ten horrors! Also inside: on set of Freddy Vs. Jason; the art of Johnny Ace Studios; Coffin furnishings for your crypt!; a visit to Cocktail Hell with the Necro Tonz; the scoop on the sequel and prequel to Ginger Snaps, and much, much more!

Inside the House of 1000 Corpses, featuring interviews with director Rob Zombie and cast members Karen Black, Sid Haig and Bill Moseley, plus cover artwork by Rob Zombie and Gary Pullin! Also inside: the first truly unwatchable film, August Underground; Image releases The Blood Collection; Best & Worst of 2002; The Definitive Guide to Horror Conventions Across North America; On Set With Freddy Vs. Jason, and more!

The Haunted World of Mario Bava, featuring words with Barbara Steele, Lamberto Bava and Alfredo Leone.


25 Years of the Misfits


the Evil Empire of The Living Dead Dolls


Tortured Souls 2


the Music of The Omen


Lovecraft at Last


David Ho


2002 Toronto International Film Festival, and more!

Vincent Price: The Lost Interview


The Hilarious House of Frightenstein


Elvira's Haunted Hills


Low-brow artist Coop


Dan O'Bannon on Return of the Living Dead


30 Years of The Residents.


Also inside: Puphedz, Horrors of Japan, Scream Parks and more.

Producer Moustapha Akkad


Rick Rosenthal on Halloween Resurrection


a Halloween Series Overview


Donald Pleasence


the Evolution of the Myers Mask.


The Year of the Unexplained


Stuart Gordon on his latest Lovecraft tribute Dagon.

Evil Dead 20th Anniversary Special Issue featuring The Ladies of the Evil Dead! Bruce Campbell on Within the Woods, plus the Book of the Dead Reissue. Also look for the surrealist Horror of Dante Tomaselli, draftsman of the dead Jay Fotos, high moon tunes from Ghoultown, and more!

The scoop on the ban of the Japanese splatterfest Battle Royale, featuring an interview with controversial director Kinji Fukasaku! Also inside: White Zombie; Indie Terror, a spotlight on shot-on-vid features; Eric Pigors' Toxic Toons; Werewolves On Wheels, Potboilers From the Cauldron of Flesh, more!

The Godfather of Gore Returns for a Second Helping with Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat - interviews with Herschell Gordon Lewis and the other half of the gruesome twosome, David Friedman. Also, Cult Film Maverick Vini Bancalari; Larry Fessenden's Wendigo; Vincent Marcone's My Pet Skeleton; The Best and Worst of 2001; Dario Argento's Sleepless; Songs of Terror, and more!

Rob Zombie on House of 1000 Corpses! Also inside: Guillermo del Toro's The Devil's Backbone, the Boogeymen DVD compilation, monster makers Todd McIntosh (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Ed and Marsha Edmunds (Distortions Unlimited), Wicker Man on DVD, Funeral Songs, and more!

Jack the Ripper Retrospective featuring an interview with Alan Moore, creator of the seminal graphic novel From Hell! A look at Andreas Schnaas' Demonium, AFI & Son of Sam, The Stephen King Universe, Fantasia 2001, Voltaire's Cyber Cinderella Chi-Chian, and more.

Special DVD Reissue Issue! Dario Argento remembers Suspiria; William Lustig looks back on Maniac; Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal and Carrie come to DVD, plus Rue Morgue's DVD Wish List! Also, Jason X reviewed, Troma at Cannes, Neil Gaiman's American Gods, Midnight Syndicate and much more.

Universal Monsters Tribute Issue! RM talks to Ben Chapman, Forrest J. Ackerman, Basil Gogos, Bela Lugosi Jr., Sara Karloff, Ron Chaney and Courtlandt Hull. Plus, Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein, Vincent Price Bio, Lugosi in Britain. Rammstein, Germany's music monsters, more.

Ginger Snaps, Werewolves of the Silver Screen, Rue Morgue Talks to Buckethead, Charles Beaumont, more.

Friday the 13th Special Issue Jason X, Series Overview, New Coroner's Report; Cradle of Filth, Black Christmas reissued, Redneck Zombies and more!

Beneath the Shadow of the Vampire, an interview with director E. Elias Merhige.


Rue Morgue talks with Alice Cooper.


A peek at the new Blair Witch game series.


Paul Naschy


John Carpenter reissued


Τhe year's finest horror from the Toronto International Film Festival.

Rue Morgue's 3rd Anniversary Haunted House Issue!


House of Leaves,


The scariest book of the year


Poe's album Haunted


Le'Rue Delashay's music for haunted houses


The Haunted House of Lingerie


On Writing from Stephen King.

The Exorcist: The movie you haven't seen.


An interview with William Peter Blatty.


Terror on TV: The Best & Worst


Vampire Beach Babes


The graveside art of Pamela Williams


Reissues from Fulci, Argento and Bava.

RoboCop and the return of cyber/splatter


Horror anime


Agathodaimon


Soren Kierkegaard


And more.

Sex & Horror


25 Years of Troma.


Linnea Quigley


Blood Sinema


Horror Erotica.


Jarboe.

Scary Music Special Issue! The Dead Hate the Living!; best zombie films; Joe R. Lansdale; Slipknot.

Comics Special Issue! Includes Tales From the Crypt, From Hell.


Sleepy Hollow.


On set with the Misfits.

Todd McFarlane's Movie Maniacs 2.


Curse of Halloween 6.


Electric Frankenstein.


Terror Firmer.

Charles Band and Full Moon.


Ιnside The Blair Witch Project.


My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult.

David Cronenberg on eXistenZ.


Neil Gaiman.


The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black.

Nosferatu resurrected; Anchor Bay's age of horror video; the strange world of The Residents, more.

Nacho Cerda on Aftermath and Genesis.


James Bernard.


Skinny Puppy revisited.


Cat People.

John Carpenter interview.


Rob Zombie.


Angus Scrimm bids farewell.


Batman retrospective.


Curse of the Demon.

On set with Bride of Chucky.


FantAsia '98.


Convergence IV goth fest.


Hollywood goes insane.


Poe's Ligeia.

CHAOS! Comics president Brian Pulido.


Leon Theremin and his invention.


Approaches to horror in film.

Rue Morgue talks to Tom Savini.


Videographer Floria Sigismondi.


Horror art in western culture.

Forsaken art of HR Giger.


Jerry Only talks about the Misfits' horror empire.


Dario Argento's Suspiria.

Lexx Gigeroff from LEXX: The Dark Zone Stories; Swamp Thing retrospective, Carnival of Souls, more.