RUE MORGUE

Launched in 1997 by Rodrigo Gudiño, RUE MORGUE is the world’s leading horror in culture and entertainment brand, spearheaded by its multiple award-winning magazine, RUE MORGUE and RUE MORGUE DIGITAL; RUE MORGUE TV specialty horror channel; RUE MORGUE LIBRARY book series; RUE MORGUE PRESENTS FRIGHTMARE IN THE FALLS horror expo and RUE MORGUE PRESENTS CINEMACABRE MOVIE NIGHTS monthly film series.

RUE MORGUE DIGITAL is funded by the Government of Canada

NOTE FROM UNDERGROUND

RUE MORGUE

POST MORTEM • COMMENTS • QUESTIONS • CRITICISM

THE CORONER’S REPORT

THE MONTEREY BAY BIRD BOMBING

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO… • Dick Warlock, “The Shape” from Halloween II (1981)

NEEDFUL THINGS

HANDMADE HORRORS • THE MURDER PUFFIN CROSS-STITCH

CRYPTIC COLLECTIBLES • NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE NOVELIZATION

ancient evil • HAVING ORIGINALLY ANNOUNCED A REMAKE OF F.W. MURNAU’S EXPRESSIONIST MASTERPIECE BACK IN 2015, VISIONARY FILMMAKER ROBERT EGGERS REVEALS HOW NOSFERATU TOOK A DECADE TO MAKE, EVEN IF IT WAS A CENTURY IN COMING

shadow of van helsing • A REPEAT OFFENDER IN ROBERT EGGERS’ SHORT BUT STRONG FILMOGRAPHY, WILLEM DAFOE RETURNS TO THE DARK WORLD OF HIDEOUS MONSTERS

symphonies of horror • THE SILENT, VISUALLY HAUNTING TERRORS OF F.W. MURNAU’S NOSFERATU HAVE MADE IT THE MOST COMMONLY SCORED FILM IN HISTORY

blood feud • BRAM STOKER’S WIFE FLORENCE WAS LONG RUMOURED TO HAVE FOUGHT FANG AND NAIL AGAINST THE MAKERS OF F.W. MURNAU’S NOSFERATU. A CENTURY LATER, BESTSELLING HORROR AUTHOR AND ESTATE SPOKESPERSON DACRE STOKER SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT

RUE MORGUE’S 50 VILEST VILLAINS OF THE PAST 50 YEARS • HORROR MOVIES ARE REPLETE WITH THE WORST HUMAN BEINGS ON THE PLANET – A KEY INGREDIENT TO THEIR SUCCESS. IN THAT SPIRIT, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE APROPOS TO CELEBRATE THE HALLOWEEN SEASON BY TRACKING FIVE DECADES OF THE GENRE’S MOST UNAPOLOGETIC HELLRAISERS, WHO RELY LESS ON GIMMICKS AND GLOSS THAN SHEER DEPRAVITY

A THIRST FOR DARK KNOWLEDGE • THE MORBIDLY CURIOUS BOOK CLUB INVITES READERS TO COME TOGETHER TO LEARN ABOUT DEATH AND THE MORE MACABRE SIDES OF LIFE

A Taste for Shadows • In A Gothic Cookbook, Dr. Alessandra Pino and Ella Buchan explore the relationship between food and the Gothic

PIZZA IN HORROR: IT’S ALL IN THE DELIVERY • Food academic and A Gothic Cookbook co-author Dr. Alessandra Pino explores a particular slice of the genre

ENTER THE POOHNIVERSE • BACK IN 2023, A.A. MILNE’S BELOVED CHILDREN’S STORY, WINNIE-THE-POOH, ENTERED THE PUBLIC DOMAIN… AND THE MINDS OF TWO HORROR FANS WHO PROMPTED AN EXPLOSION OF HORROR MOVIES BASED ON CHILDREN’S CHARACTERS OF YESTERYEAR

MEMENTO MORGUE 2023-2024 • IT HAS BEEN A MEMORABLE YEAR OF RUE MORGUE EVENTS AND HERE’S A SCRAPBOOK OF HIGHLIGHTS TO PROVE IT!

CINEMACABRE

LAST RITES • OVERLOOKED, FORGOTTEN AND DISMISSED

SHORT CUTS • ON THE SLAB: EARLY OUTINGS

HELL IS OTHER PEOPLE • JAMES WATKINS BRINGS TWO NEW CULTURES INTO DEADLY CONFLICT WITH HIS ENGLISH-LANGUAGE REMAKE OF SPEAK NO EVIL

REISSUED & REANIMATED

IT CAME FROM BOWEN’S BASEMENT • WTF Happened, Rosemary?

FILES FROM THE BLACK MUSEUM • THE LONG SHADOWS OP CLASSIC HORROR’S PAST

BLOOD IN FOUR COLOURS

QUICK CUTS

THE NINTH CIRCLE BOOKS

DANTE’S PICK

IT’S DARK OUT THERE • A LONG-AWAITED NEW COLLECTION FROM LAIRD BARRON, ONE OF HORROR’S MOST DISTINCTIVE VOICES, BRINGS NOT A SPECK OF LIGHT

LIBRARY OF THE DAMNED • OCTOBER MONSTERS

THE FRIGHT GALLERY

DEVIL’S IN THE DETAILS • A DUMPSTER DIVE INTO HORROR’S ODDS & CURIOS

AUDIO DROME

PODCASTS FROM BEYOND

THE VINTAGE SOUNDS OF HALLOWEEN

PLAY DEAD

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