April Issue of Rue Morgue

The April Issue of Rue Morgue looks to be absolutely STELLAR!  Can't wait to dig into this one!          

On Stands April 1st!

FREDDY VS. FREDDY

One, two, Freddy’s born anew…

Robert Englund passes the glove to Jackie Earle Haley for the remake of A Night on Elm Street. Both actors help us dissect the iconic boogeyman.

Plus: Interviews with the remake’s director Sam Bayer, Heather Langenkamp and the makers of a new documentary on the original series, and the weirdest Freddy merchandise ever made.

by Aaron Von Lupton, Dave Alexander and James Burrell


GROSS ANATOMY

Yes, it’s exactly what the title promises – The Human Centipede is a nauseating exercise in mad sciences that broadens the scope of body horror, segment by segment.

Plus: Confessions of a Rogue Taxidermist and Taxidermia.

by Stuart F. Andrews, The Great Orbax and Rodridgo Gudiño


FLESH FOR FIENDS

Philadelphia tattoo phenom Paul Acker expands the art of horror ink, one ghastly visage at a time.

by April Snellings


ATLAS TO THE ARCANE

A hefty new tome by Cradle of Filth frontman Dani Filth and author Gavin Baddeley brings the band’s darkest influences to light.

by Evan Davies


DEPARTMENTS:

NOTE FROM UNDERGROUND

Of ’burbs and boogeymen.


DREADLINES

Forgeries on the ride in vintage horror movie poster market; The 2010 European Film Market offers sneak peek at international genre titles; Miskatonic University planned for Montreal.


THE CORONER'S REPORT

Weird stats and morbid facts. Sick Top Six: Television Trauma.


NEEDFUL THINGS

New Nightmare Glove, Dethklok Fountain, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Journal and Postcards, Red-Eyed Zombie Sleep Mask.


CINEMACABRE

CineMacabre features reviews of The Wolfman, The Crazies remake, Legion, Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated, Sorority Row, Phantom Racer, Cabin Fever 2, Alone in the Dark II, 5ive Girls, 100 Feet and 2010: Supernova. The Latest 8 to Die for examines the fourth installment of Lionsgate’s After Dark Horrorfest, including reviews of Dread, The Final, The Graves, Hidden, Kill Theory, Lake Mungo, The Reeds and Zombies of Mass Destruction. And reissues reviews Day of the Dead (1985) Blu-ray, The Wraith (1986) and Battle Girl: The Living Dead in Tokyo Bay (1992).


CINEMARQUEE

Them! (1954).


BOWEN'S BASEMENT

The Night Flier, Gotham Café and Desperation.


BLOOD IN FOUR COLOURS

Features The Waking, plus reviews of Punisher #14, The Astounding Wolf-Man #21, Aladdin: Legacy of the Lost #1 of 3, Supernatural: Beginning’s End #1 and Ghostbusters: Tainted Love.


THE NINTH CIRCLE

Spotlight: Christopher Moores’s Bite Me. Plus, reviews of American Zombie Gothic: The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of the Walking Dead in Popular Culture, Features from the Black Lagoon: The Film, its Sequels, the Spinoffs and the Memorabilia, Halloween: New Poems, Lesser Demons, In the Closet Under the Bed, The New Dead: A Zombie Anthology, How to Speak Zombie: A Guide for the Living, The Frenzy Way and Strange Magic.


TRAVELOGUE OF TERROR

The Accidental Mummies of Guanajuato – Travelling Exhibit


THE GORE-MET

Menu: The Toolbox Murders on Blu-ray.


AUDIO DROME

Featuring Italian metalcore outfit Stigma. Blood Spattered Guide features A Nightmare on Elm Street composer Charles Bernstein. Plus reviews of The Entity OST, The Descent: Part 2 OST, Silent Night Bloody Night OST, The Caller OST, Calabrese, Nekrasov/Aderlating, Sons of Azrael, Disfigured Dead and The Beast of the Apocalypse.


PLAY DEAD

Calling, Heavy Rain and Bioshock 2.


CLASSIC CUT

Carol J. Clover’s Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film. (1992)

GIVEAWAYS THIS ISSUE!

10 new subscribers will win a 3-DVD prize pack containing The Daisy Chain, Smash Cut and Dread, courtesy of E1 Entertainment.