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

CORONER’S REPORT

FINDING ELYSE’S BODY

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO… • Mai Zetterling, “Helga” from The Witches (1990)

NEEDFUL THINGS

HANDMADE HORRORS • DEADUNICORNLT

CRYPTIC COLLECTIBLES • LIVING DEAD DOLLS PRESENTS Psycho’s NORMAN BATES AND MARION CRANE

BOOK OF BLOOD • ICON AND ICONOCLAST CLIVE BARKER HAS BEEN MARCHING TO THE BEAT OF HIS OWN DARK DRUM SINCE BREAKING OUT AS A GENRE SUPERSTAR SOME FOUR DECADES AGO. AND THOUGH THE PAST FEW YEARS HAVE TAKEN A GRAVE TOLL ON HIS HEALTH AND FRIENDSHIPS (AND EVEN NEARLY CLAIMED HIS LIFE), HE HAS SURVIVED… AND CONTINUES TO DEFY RULES TO CREATE NEW TERRORS AND NEW VISIONS THAT FLOUT CONVENTION

A GALLERY OF BARKER’S BEASTS • SOMEWHERE ATOP BEVERLY HILLS IN HOLLYWOOD, CLIVE BARKER SHARES HIS HOME WITH A VAST AND EVER-GROWING COMPANY OF OTHERWORLDLY CREATURES THAT SPILL DAY AND NIGHT FROM HIS FERVID BRUSH. WE ARE ONLY TOO HONOURED TO SHOWCASE SOME OF OUR FAVOURITES

THE LANGUAGE OF DREAMS & NIGHTMARES • ALTHOUGH HE IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS WORK IN FILM, NOVELS, AND PAINT, CLIVE BARKER IS ALSO A PROLIFIC POET. HE WAS MOVED TO SHARE A COUPLE OF HIS RECENT CREATIONS WITH US AFTER NEWS REACHED THE WORLD OF TONY (CANDYMAN) TODD’S UNTIMELY PASSING THIS PAST NOVEMBER

FIGHT TO THE DEATH • WOLFCOP DIRECTOR LOWELL DEAN CUTS AN EVIL SLICE OF FUN WITH DARK MATCH, HIS VIOLENT AND GORY NEW FILM SET IN THE WORLD OF ’80S CANADIAN PRO WRESTLING

MASKED & MACABRO • WITH THE ANTICIPATED RELEASE OF LOWELL DEAN’S DARK MATCH JUST AROUND THE CORNER, RUE MORGUE LOOKS AT THE PHENOMENON OF LUCHA LIBRE HORROR CINEMA, WHERE MASKED HEROES BATTLE THE FORCES OF DARKNESS, AND DANGER LURKS BEHIND EVERY SHADOW

VIVA LA LUCHA HORROR! • YOUR HANDY GUIDE TO ESSENTIAL HORROR LUCHA VIEWING, PAST AND PRESENT!

Dark Delicacies Goes Dark • AFTER THREE DECADES, ONE OF THE WORLD’S OLDEST AND MOST BELOVED HORROR BOOKSTORES IS CLOSING ITS DOORS

Dark Words • DARK DEL HOWISON MIGHT BE CLOSING SHOP, BUT HIS FICTION WILL CONTINUE TO THRIVE LATE INTO THE NIGHT

R.I.P. 2024: THE YEAR IN REVIEW

CINEMACABRE • FILM + DVD + REISSUES

LAST RITES • OVERLOOKED, FORGOTTEN AND DISMISSED THIS ISSUE: LANCE BATTLES THE KILLER ROBOTS!

SHORT CUTS • BITE-SIZED FRIGHTS FOR SMALL APPETITES

A GHOST IN THE HOUSE • A CANDID FAMILY DRAMA WITH A FRESH PERSPECTIVE ON A CLASSIC HAUNTING SCENARIO, STEVEN SODERBERGH’S PRESENCE KICKS OFF 2025 WITH A DOMESTIC THRILL RIDE

REISSUED & REANIMATED • HAMMER’S NEW CAPTAIN KRONOS: VAMPIRE HUNTER WILL SLAY YOU

IT CAME FROM BOWEN’S BASEMENT • A Lot to Hate

FILES FROM THE BLACK MUSEUM • THE LONG SHADOWS OF CLASSIC HORROE'S PAST

BLOOD IN FOUR COLOURS

QUICK CUTS

THE NINTH CIRCLE BOOKS

DANTE’S PICK

THE TERROR OF TEENAGE MOTHERHOOD • IN HIS NEW NOVEL, GRADY HENDRIX INJECTS THE SUPERNATURAL INTO THE VERY REAL HORRORS OF HOMES FOR UNWED MOTHERS

LIBRARY OF THE DAMNED • LOST IN THE MAZE

THE FRIGHT GALLERY

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

AUDIO DROME

PODCASTS FROM BEYOND

AN UNHOLY TRIO • LISTEN TO MY NIGHTMARE

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