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 Special Issues
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER ONE VELVET VAMPIRES, RADIO PLAYERS
MOTHRA : POWER OF THE PROTECTOR
THE WITCH OF NORTH BENNINGTON • A TRIBUTE TO SHIRLEY JACKSON
THE SATURNINE QUEEN OF BRITISH HORROR • BARBARA STEELE’S RELUCTANT LEGACY
AN ANGEL FOR SATAN: THE BEST OF BARBARA STEELE
MOTHER OF TEARS, DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS
LADY SCHLOCK
RADIO MACABRE • APRIL SNELLINGS ON LUCILLE FLETCHER
DIRTY PILLOWS, FEMBOT FEAR AND THE RISE OF ELLEN RIPLEY
DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK: AN ALLEGORY OF HYSTERIA BY
FEMBOT FREAKOUT • THE CULTURAL LEGACY OF THE STEPFORD WIVES
“HE WAS LICKING ME” • HOW ANTONIA BIRD BECAME THE UNEXPECTED CREATOR OF A CANNIBAL CLASSIC
BEYOND CULT • THE HYPNOTIC ALLURE OF KAREN BLACK
WHO’S YOUR MOMMY? • THE BEST OF KAREN BLACK
SHE BURNS • THE PROBLEMS AND THE POWER OF CARRIE
IN SPACE, RIPLEY MADE US SCREAM • ON SIGOURNEY WEAVER, THE GREATEST ACTION HERO IN THE GALAXY
GET AWAY FROM HER, YOU BITCH • RIPLEY’S GNARLIEST KILLS
NO WEEPING VIOLETS • IN PRAISE OF DEBRA HILL
SLUMBER PARTIES, SCREAM QUEENS, THIS HOUSE IS CLEAN
ALL HAIL ELVIRA! • IDENTIFYING WITH THE MISTRESS OF THE DARK
PLEASANT SCREAMS • AN INTERVIEW WITH CASSANDRA PETERSON, A.K.A ELVIRA
ON THE NAKED AND THE DEAD • AN INTERVIEW WITH LINNEA QUIGLEY
HAIL TO THE QUEEN, BABY • JAMIE LEE CURTIS, THE FIRST FINAL GIRL
NOT IN MY MOVIE • A FEW OF THE FINEST FINAL GIRLS
ONLY WOMEN BLEED • DRILLER KILLER FEMINISM IN THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE
I’M INTO SURVIVAL • THE EVERYDAY HEROISM OF HEATHER LANGENKAMP’S NANCY
TINY FREQUENCIES • POLTERGEIST AND THE LEGACY OF ZELDA RUBINSTEIN
ANNE RICE • MOTHER OF VAMPIRES
LOST GIRLS • THE PRODIGAL DAUGHTERS OF ANNE RICE: OUR FAVOURITE FEMALE LITERARY BLOODSUCKERS
AX WOUNDS, PET SEMATARIES & WOLFING OUT
SOMETIMES, DEAD IS BETTER • LOOKING BACK ON PET SEMATARY WITH MARY LAMBERT
BLOOD, SWEAT AND PAPER CUTS • THE GORY GREATNESS OF HANNAH FORMAN’S AX WOUND 'ZINE
“THEY WISHED I WAS DEAD” • HEATHER DONAHUE AND THE ‘UNLIKEABLE’ HEROINE
OUT BY 18, DEAD IN THE SCENE • KAREN WALTON AND THE LYCANTHROPIC FEMINISM OF GINGER SNAPS
THE EYES OF KIER-LA JANISSE: THE WRITER/PROGRAMMER ELEVATES HORROR CULTURE
PARTS OF ME • A CONVERSATION WITH ANGELA BETTIS
SISTERHOOD AND SURVIVAL • GENDER EQUALITY IN THE DESCENT
BODY HORRORS & BEYONCÉ: THE FUTURE OF FEAR IS FEMALE
HORROR AND VISIBILITY • DR. KINITRA BROOKS AND THE VIOLENCE IN BEYONCÉ
BLACK WOMEN DESTROY HORROR • While horror has a long way to go before it becomes truly representational, there are still a number of female Black characters in horror who have made powerful imprints upon the genre.
SHE GLIDES THROUGH THE NIGHT • AN INTERVIEW WITH ANA LILY AMIRPOUR
INSIDE: FRENCH INVASION HORROR IN UTERO
DARKNESS DOWN UNDER • A LOOK AT THE BABADOOK WITH DIRECTOR JENNIFER KENT
THE FIRST CUT IS THE DEEPEST • RAW DIRECTOR JULIA DUCOURNAU'S CANNIBAL MASTERPIECE
GOING RAW: THE BEST OF FEMALE BODY HORROR
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