RUE MORGUE

29th Anniversary Halloween Issue featuring Weapons director Zach Cregger's new RESIDENT EVIL movie; DRACULA from Stoker to pop culture; exorcising EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC; Henry Rollins unearths lost record from THE CRAMPS; Doug Bradley on HELLRAISER: REVIVAL; inside JOHN CARPENTER's CATHEDRAL and lots more.

NOTE FROM UNDERGROUND

RUE MORGUE

POST-MORTEM

THE CORONER’S REPORT • WEIRD STATS & MORBID FACTS

THE CHILLING CASE OF JOHN CHRISTIE

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO… • Anne-Marie Martin (Prom Night, The Boogens, Halloween II)

NEEDFUL THINGS

CABINET OF CURIOSITIES • EUREKA “THE COUNTESS” DIE-CUT WALL DECORATION (1970S)

CARDBOARD CRYPT • CLUB PRO SET HALLOWEEN CARDS (1992)

NECESSARY EVIL • HOW WEAPONS DIRECTOR ZACH CREGGER TURNED A LIFELONG OBSESSION WITH RESIDENT EVIL INTO HORROR’S MOST ANTICIPATED REBOOT

ZOMBIES INTERRUPTED • SINCE ITS DEBUT IN 1996, THE RESIDENT EVIL FRANCHISE HAS TAKEN THE SURVIVAL HORROR GENRE TO NEW HEIGHTS, USHERING IN A NEW ERA OF ZOMBIES THAT TRANSCENDED THE FORMAT AND CHANGED THE GAME FOREVER

EVIL EMPIRE • THINK RESIDENT EVIL IS JUST ABOUT GAMES AND HIGH-OCTANE MILLA JOVOVICH MOVIES? THINK AGAIN…

SCARE BNB • FOLLOWING A LONG STINT IN STREAMING PURGATORY, ZACH CREGGER’S SOLO DIRECTORIAL DEBUT BARBARIAN FINALLY SEES PHYSICAL RELEASE

DESIGNING DRAGIJLA • THE COUNT YOU KNOW – THE CAPE, THE WIDOW’S PEAK, THE ACCENT – WAS NEVER REALIZED AS SUCH IN BRAM STOKER’S BOOK. HERE’S HOW A CAREFULLY ENGINEERED MONSTER BECAME A MASS-PRODUCED ICON

THE DEVIL’S ADVOCATE • DAVID KITTREDGE’S NEW DOC BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL SHINES FRESH LIGHT ON ONE OF HORROR’S BIGGEST FLOPS, EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC, AND ITS UNFLAPPABLE VISIONARY DIRECTOR

TO HELL WITH PAZUZU • DESPITE THE PROTESTATIONS OF A SMATTERING OF CONTRARIAN CULTISTS, EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC REMAINS LOATHED BY FANS OF THE 1973 ORIGINAL AND THE STUDIO EXECUTIVES IT NEARLY RUINED

UNHOLY GRAIL • HALF A CENTURY AFTER ITS RELEASE, KEN RUSSELL’S THE DEVILS REMAINS ONE OF THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL – AND CENSORED – CULT FILMS EVER MADE. NOW A 4K DIRECTOR’S CUT RESTORES THE BLASPHEMY FOR MODERN AUDIENCES

DIGGING UP THE DEAD • NEARLY 50 YEARS AFTER A LIFE-CHANGING DC SHOW, HENRY ROLLINS REPAYS THE CRAMPS BY RESURRECTING THE BAND'S LONG-BURIED ALBUM, GRAVEST GRAVY

BAD MUSIC FOR BAD PEOPLE HENRY ROLLING PICKS HIS CRAMPS • THE BLACK FLAG FRONTMAN BREAKS DOWN HIS TOP TRACKS BY THE CRAMPS, JUST IN TIME FOR YOUR HALLOWEEN PARTY PLAYLIST

SUFFERING REIMAGINED • WITH CLIVE BARKER’S BLESSING AND DOUG BRADLEY’S PINS BACK IN PLACE, HELLRAISER: REVIVAL FINALLY GIVES THE CENOBITES THE VIDEO GAME THEY DESERVE

RAISING JASON • WELCOME TO DERRY’S BRAD CALEB KANE DIGS UP THE ROOTS OF THE FRIDAY THE 13TH MYTHOS IN CRYSTAL LAKE, A24’S PAMELA VOORHEES PREQUEL

MEMENTO MORGUE 26 • IT HAS BEEN A MEMORABLE YEAR OF RUE MORGUE EVENTS AND HERE’S A SCRAPBOOK OF HIGHLIGHTS TO PROVE IT!

CINEMACABRE • FILM + DVD + REISSUES

SHORT CUTS • BITE-SIZED FRIGHTS FOR SMALL APPETITES

OVERLOOKED, FORGOTTEN AND DISMISSED • THIS ISSUE: LANCE GOES CAMPING

Lady KILLER • BASED ON THE NOVEL BY VIRGINIA FEITO, ZACHARY WIGON’S VICTORIAN PSYCHO TAKES FEMININE RAGE BACK TO THE ERA OF OPULENCE AND UPPER-CRUST MADNESS

REISSUED & REANIMATED • CHECK BACK INTO ABEL FERRARA’S NEW ROSE HOTEL

IT CAME FROM BOWEN’S BASEMENT • “Mama Weer All Crazee Now”

THE GHOUL NEXT DOOR

BLOOD IN FOUR COLOURS

QUICK CUTS

THE NINTH CIRCLE

DANTE’S PICK

the Green Ceremonies • THE SINISTER SPIRITS OF ARTHUR MACHEN’S STORIES LIVE ON IN THE GREEN BOOK HOMAGE ANTHOLOGY

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