Rue Morgue 78 Sneak Peek: INSIDE

ON STANDS MAY 1^st!

ENFANTS TERRIBLES
A handful of young French filmmakers are re-invigorating the genre with films that are both beautiful and bloody. Rue Morgue interviews the latest practitioners of Franco gore movies, with a look at the pregnancy-themed slasher Inside, from newcomers Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury, as well as the politically conscious survival horror Frontier(s). Plus: Interviews with the female anti-scream queen stars of both films, reviews of recent fright films from France, and more!
by Stuart F. Andrews, Jason Lapeyre, Dave Alexander, Liisa Ladouceur, Kier-La Janisse and James Grainger

BLACK MAGIC WOMEN
Dario Argento returns with The Mother of Tears, his long-awaited, ultra-violent finale to the Three Mothers trilogy. Interviews with the legendary director and the one of the film's screenwriters. Plus: Argento's own brand of Hitchcockian horror comes to DVD with the obscure television series Door into Darkness!
by The Gore-met, Dave Alexander and Mark R. Hasan

THE EVIL EYE
Photographer Peter Beste spent seven years documenting those dedicated to the world's most notorious music scene. His new book, True Norwegian Black Metal, sheds some light on the darkness.
by Liisa Ladouceur

DEPARTMENTS:

NOTE FROM UNDERGROUND
Female villains.

DREADLINES
Rue Morgue Cinema launches first feature-length project, releases new short; Convention to celebrate 30 years of Halloween this fall; Stage adaptation of Misery restores horror to King's story.

CINEMACABRE
CineMacabre presents reviews of Funny Games, Doomsday, Shutter, Day of the Dead, Deadly End, Outpost, Shrooms, Furnace, Wrestlemaniac, Nature Morte, The Backwoods, and more! Reissues features reviews of The Case of the Bloody Iris, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Sister of Ursula, Sex Slaves of the S.S., The Bloodstained Shadow, and more!

CINEMARQUEE
Curse of the Doll People (1961).

BOWEN'S BASEMENT
Meanest Machine Ever: The Car.

BLOOD IN FOUR COLOURS
Spotlight: Jessica Farm. Plus reviews of Comic Arf, Haunted, House of Mystery, Lesions on the Brain, Short Stack and "Spring 2061" from Zombie Tales 1.

THE NINTH CIRCLE
Spotlight: Graham Roumieu's Bigfoot: I Not Dead. Plus reviews of Necronomicon: Book Five, Basil Copper: A Life in Books, Offensive Films, Sweeney Todd: The Real Story of the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, David Wellington's 99 Coffins, and more!

TRAVELOGUE OF TERROR
Haunted Fort George.

THE GORE-MET
Menu: Two German underground films from Unearthed.

AUDIO DROME
Spotlight: The vintage horror-soaked punk-psychedelia of Forbidden Dimension . Reviews of Haunting Villisca OST, Jaws 3-D OST, Polkadot Cadaver, Funeral Crashers, The Forbidden 5, Nine Inch Nails, Bauhaus, Anima Morte, Brain Drill, Helgrind, Sinamore, more!

PLAY DEAD
Condemned 2: Bloodshot, Obscure: The Aftermath and Requiem: Bloodymare.

CLASSIC CUT
Time-Life Books' The Enchanted World series.

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Demonology Wins Award and More Interviews with Rodrigo!

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Rue Morgue Issue 77 Sneak Peek: The Last Interview with Vampira

Rue Morgue is proud to present our Vampira Tribute Issue, dedicated to the late Maila "Vampira" Nurmi. RIP.

THE LAST INTERVIEW WITH VAMPIRA
Just prior to her passing earlier this year, Rue Morgue was fortunate enough to have the final conversation with Maila "Vampira" Nurmi, the world’s first horror host and glamour ghoul. Plus: Her long-time friend Dana Gould paints an intimate portrait of Nurmi from her halcyon years to her golden years, a look at the new Vampira documentary, as well as her last feature film appearance in the Ed Wood-penned I Woke Up Early the Day I Died.
by Dave Alexander, Dana Gould and Paul Corupe

THE REAL GHOST BUSTERS
The skeptics of Ghost Hunters try their damndest to explain the seemingly unexplainable – with sometimes surprising results. Plus: A round-up of the best and worst paranormal TV shows.
by Claire Horsnell and Monica S. Kuebler

THE WITCH HUNTER’S BIBLE
A new translation of the notorious Malleus Maleficarum reveals further truths about the Medieval witch hunts.
by Last Chance Lance

THE DEVIL IN THE DETAILS
Kris Kuksi criticizes humanity through his intricate, morbid sculptures.
by Monica S. Kuebler

THE BLEAK DIMENSIONS OF DIMMU BORGIR
A conversation with Norway’s popular black metallers.
by Keith Carman

THE DEVIL YOU KNOW
Rock community legend Del James jams with Rue Morgue about the personal triumphs and tragedies that inspired his highly sought-after collection of horror stories, The Language of Fear.
by Jovanka Vuckovic

DEPARTMENTS:

NOTE FROM UNDERGROUND
Vampira’s funeral.

DREADLINES
Coscarelli pushes ahead with Ho-Tep prequel and novel adaptation; Lee Demarbre prepares tribute to the Godfather of Gore; New website enables users to develop horror film online.

CINEMACABRE
CineMacabre presents reviews of Nightmare Detective, Rambo, The Eye, They Wait, Automatons, The Attic, Storm Warning, I Am Omega, Alien vs. Hunter, Monster, and more! Reissues features the gialli of Aldo Lado, plus reviews of The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue, Barn of the Naked Dead, 42nd Street Forever Vol. 3: Exploitation Explosion, and more!

CINEMARQUEE
The Hands of Orlac (1924).

BOWEN’S BASEMENT
Speck and Speculation.

BLOOD IN FOUR COLOURS
Spotlight: Delphine. Plus reviews of The Demons of Sherwood, Ghosting, Se7en, Friday the 13th, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and A Nightmare on Elm Street.

THE NINTH CIRCLE
Spotlight: Varney the Vampire. Plus reviews of NEKROmantik, The Films of Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Master of Fear, Film Alchemy: The Independent Cinema of Ted V. Mikels, Inferno, Wayne Barlowe’s God;s Demon, and more!

TRAVELOGUE OF TERROR
Hollywood Forever Cemetery – Los Angeles, California.
by Bill Moseley!

THE GORE-MET
Menu: China’s Cat III films.

AUDIO DROME
Spotlight: The electropop alchemy of Johnny Hollow. Reviews of DriftwoodMad Doctor of Blood Island OST, Judgehydrogen, The Undead, The Forbidden Dimension, Piggy D., Necrodeath, Severe Torture, more! OST,

PLAY DEAD
The Spiderwick Chronicles, Penumbra: Black Plague, The Experiment.

CLASSIC CUT
Lars von Trier’s The Kingdom.

GIVEAWAYS THIS ISSUE: Twenty-five new subscribers will win an autographed copy of The Language of Fear.

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April Cinemacabre: INSIDE

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Poster and Synopsis of Rodrigo Gudino’s new film!

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Rue Morgue wins Rondo Award for BEST MAGAZINE!

Rue Morgue Magazine just won the 6th Annual The Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award for BEST MAGAZINE!

"A five-year winning streak for Best Magazine by Video Watchdog, a sophisticated journal of horror and cult film studies, was snapped with a win by the often gore-soaked Rue Morgue, a Canada-based magazine that combines the latest in shock films with savvy looks back at the classic origins of the genre."

We also got an honorable mention for BEST ARTICLE: ’Kids vs. Monsters,’ (Monster Squad retrospective), by Chris Alexander and Jovanka Vuckovic, RUE MORGUE 69.

Rue Morgue Radio also took Runner Up for BEST HORROR AUDIO SITE.

AND we got an honourable mention for BEST MAGAZINE COVER for RM64!



To see the complete list of awards and winners, visit The Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards Website

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Rodrigo Gudino at the Buffalo Niagara Film Fest and more!
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

March is shaping up to be a busy month for Rodrigo Gudino and Rue Morgue Cinema. Rodrigo will to be a special guest at the The Buffalo Niagara Film Festival, along with Herschell (Blood Feast) Lewis, Roy (Street Trash) Frumkes, the mighty Wanda Jackson and many more.

If you're not in the Buffalo area, The Eyes of Edward James and The Demonology of Desire will also be screening in Philadelphia (as part of The Backseat Film Festival) and Boston (as part of Boston's Underground Film Festival).

Visit this page for more details…

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Rue Morgue Magazine Issue 76 Sneak Peek: Mulberry Street

UP FROM UNDERGROUND
Spotlight on Indie Horror: With a shoestring budget and huge aspirations, director Jim Mickle and his guerrilla crew took to the streets of New York to make Mulberry Street, an intelligent, socially conscious, apocalyptic rat-virus movie. Plus: A look at The Living and the Dead, The Lost and
After Dark's 8 Films to Die For.
by Mitch Davis, Kier-La Janisse, Dave Alexander, James Grainger, Last Chance Lance, Justine Warwick and Brad Abraham

MASSACRE AT HAMILTON HIGH
Director Paul Lynch tells the story of creating Prom Night, Canada's first slasher franchise, in all of its early '80s, low-budget glory.
Plus: An interview with composer Paul Zaza, reviews of the sequels and a preview of the in-name-only remake.
by James Burrell

ILLUSTRATING THE INDESCRIBABLE
A Lovecraft Retrospective collects 85 years of art influenced by the Dark Prince of Providence.
by Monica S. Kuebler

ROLLING WITH THE REAPER
Want a send-off that reflects your freewheelin' lifestyle? Try a hearse bike.
by Last Chance Lance

DEPARTMENTS:

NOTE FROM UNDERGROUND
Theft.

DREADLINES
Screenwriting duo scares up new Argento and Carpenter films; Director Bruce LaBruce expands gay art-porn canon to include zombies.

CINEMACABRE
CineMacabre presents reviews of Cloverfield, I Am Legend, The Orphanage, One Missed Call, Spiral, Catacombs, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, The Blood Shed, Lake Placid 2, Hack!, Fallen Angels, Die and Let Live, Days of Darkness, Day X, and more! Reissues: reviews of Tragic Ceremony, Guru the Mad Monk, The Nude Vampire, The Loreley's Grasp, Killing Spree, Swamp Thing: The Series, Ricco the Mean Machine, and more!
CINEMARQUEE
Earth vs. The Flying Saucers (1956).
BOWEN'S BASEMENT
Spotlight: Getting Sticky for The Green Slime.

BLOOD IN FOUR COLOURS
Spotlight: Halloween. Plus reviews of The Evil Dead, High Moon, Innocent Vol. 1 TPB, Therefore Repent! and The Killing Joke – Special Edition.
THE NINTH CIRCE
Spotlight: Brian Keene's Dark Hollow. Plus reviews of Chicago TV Horror Movie Shows: From Shock Theatre to Svengoolie, Tales from the Cult Film Trenches, Dr. A.C. Presents Horror 101, Haunted America, Haunted Heritage, Michael A. Arnzen's Proverbs for Monsters, Gerard Houarner's Road From Hell, and more!

TRAVELOGUE OF TERROR
The World Famous Frankenstein 1818 Pub – Edinburgh, Scotland.

THE GORE-MET
Menu: Horror Rises from the Tomb (1972).

AUDIO DROME
Spotlight: James Fisher's Aberrant. Reviews of La morte ha fatto l'uovo OST, The Other Side OST, Halloween III: Season of the Witch OST, The Monster Squad OST, Zombie Battle Axe, The Scared Stiffs, Horrorpops, Horror of 59, Zombie (live), and Cavalera Conspiracy.

PLAY DEAD
Dementium: The Ward, Half-Life 2: Zombie Panic and Parasites Unleashed.
CLASSIC CUT
Rene Laloux and Roland Topor's The Savage Planet.

GIVEAWAYS THIS ISSUE:
Twenty new subscribers will win a prize pack including a Them DVD and a Them Hoodie. Courtesy of Dark Sky Films.

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Rue Morgue presents THEM
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

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Rodrigo Gudino to appear at the Buffalo Niagara Film Festival
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

FILMMAKER AND RUE MORGUE MAGAZINE PUBLISHER RODRIGO GUDINO WILL BE A SPECIAL GUEST AT THE BUFFALO NIAGARA FILM FESTIVAL

February 14, 2008 - Rodrigo Gudino has been added to the list of guests who will appear at the Buffalo Niagara Film Festival's Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Day on Thursday, March 27th. The festival opens on Monday, March 24th and closes on Sunday, March 29th.

Gudino is best known as the publisher of Rue Morgue, a popular Toronto based magazine that explores horror entertainment and horror based culture. He has been invited to screen his new short film, The Demonology of Desire, which has won accolades at several international film festivals, including Cannes.

Other horror filmmakers participating in the event are producer Herschell Gordon Lewis (Blood Feast, 2000 Maniacs), who will be receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award, screenwriter/producer Roy Frumkes (Street Trash, The Substitute), who will be premiering a rough cut of his new Definitive Document of the Dead, and director Tom Holland (Fright Night, Child's Play).

Gudino will also participate in a special panel on horror films with fellow guests Frumkes and Holland. For additional information, please visit http://www.Buffaloniagarafilmfestival.com.

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