Rue Morgue Magazine (1997) comic books 2007-2009

The World's leading horror culture and entertainment publication! Inside this issue: IT CAME FROM THE HAN RIVER! - Korean terror invades North America with Bong-Joon Ho's modern creature feature, The Host. Plus: The Birth of K-Horror, new releases and more! by Brad Abraham, Dave Alexander, James Grainger and Last Chance Lance. Cover price $7.95.

The World's leading horror culture and entertainment publication! Inside this issue: IN THE SHADOW OF THE TALL MAN - Don Coscarelli reminisces about his genre-bending, skull-drilling, shape-shifting series, Phantasm. Plus: Interviews with Angus Scrimm, Reggie Bannister, and more! by John W. Bowen, Brad Abraham and Joseph O'Brien. Cover price $7.95.

Planet Terror Cover - The World's leading horror culture and entertainment publication! In this issue: SEX, VIOLENCE AND 42ND ST. - Rue Morgue examines grindhouse ground zero, the seedy, sensational source of the movement, plus the upcoming Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez double bill that pays homage to it. Interviews with Rodriguez, Kurt Russell, Tom Savini, Rob Zombie, Eli Roth and Edgar Wright. Plus: William Lustig remembers 42nd Street, H.G. Lewis on making exploitation films, and more! by Stephen Thrower, Jovanka Vuckovic, Tom Murray, Dave Alexander, Paul Corupe, Last Chance Lance and H.G. Lewis. Cover price $7.95.

The World's leading horror culture and entertainment publication! In this issue: OF MYSTICISM AND MADNESS - After languishing in obscurity for the last 30 years, the misunderstood, exiled cult genius Alejandro Jodorowsky is finally getting his long-awaited day in the sun with the release of a new box set and definitive book. Jodorowsky and his son, Santa Sangre star Cristabal speak. by Ben Cobb, Rodrigo Gudiao, Chris Alexander and Mark R. Hasan Cover price $7.95.

Fido (from Day of the Dead) Cover - The World's leading horror culture and entertainment publication! In this issue: MY PET ZOMBIE - This month, Lionsgate releases Fido, a '50s-styled satirical zom-com that plays out like a parody of Lassie with Day of the Dead's Bub in the role of the family dog. Interviews with director Andrew Currie, zombie hero Billy Connelly, and more! by Monica S. Kuebler, Dave Alexander, Last Chance Lance and Mark R. Hasan Cover price $7.95.

Monster Squad Cover - The World's leading horror culture and entertainment publication! In this issue: KIDS VS. MONSTERS! - The Monster Squad, a Bad New Bears-meets-the-Universal monsters kid comedy, has gathered an impressive cult following since its release twenty years ago. This month, the lost gem finally makes its way to DVD. Rue Morgue reunites director Fred Dekker, the entire cast of monsters, creature designer Stan Winston and star Andre Gower. by Chris Alexander, Dave Alexander and Jovanka Vuckovic. Cover price $7.95.

The World's leading horror culture and entertainment publication! In this issue: THE NEW BOOGEYMAN OF HADDONFIELD - Love it or hate it, Rob Zombie has remade Halloween. The question on everyone's mind is: will his vision do the iconic film justice? Rue Morgue gets to the heart of the matter in a frank interview with the rock star director. Plus: Franchise producer Malek Akkad continues his father's legacy, and a look at Halloween fan films. by Chris Alexander, Jovanka Vuckovic, James Grainger and Dave Alexander. Cover price $7.95.

The World's leading horror culture and entertainment publication! In this issue: THE DAY THE DEAD RAWKED THE EARTH - They're back from the grave and ready to party! Return of the Living Dead creator Dan O'Bannon lets Rue Morgue pick his braaaiiins for the dirt on his '80s punk rock zombie classic. Plus: Interviews with Scream Queen Linnea Quigley, Allan "The Tarman" Trautman and 45 Grave's Dinah Cancer. by Dave Alexander, Last Chance Lance, Chris Alexander and Liisa Ladouceur Cover price $7.95.

The World's leading horror culture and entertainment publication! In this issue: MAN IS STILL THE WARMEST PLACE TO HIDE - This Halloween, join us as we honor the silver anniversary of John Carpenter's masterpiece alien invasion movie The Thing. Interviews with Carpenter, FX legend Rob Bottin, stars Kurt Russell and Keith David. Plus: Thingfest, Universal Horror Nights' The Thing - Assimilation, and more! by John W. Bowen, Jovanka Vuckovic, Jason Lapeyre, Dave Alexander and Trevor Tuminski. Cover price $8.95.

The World's leading horror culture and entertainment publication! In this issue: APOCALYPSE, MAINE - Frank Darabont, award-winning director of The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile, returns to his horror roots with The Mist, another big-screen adaptation of a Stephen King fan favorite. The low-budget Lovecraftian siege story rolls into theaters this month. Interviews with Darabont and lead Thomas Jane. Plus: Classic King reissued on DVD, and more! by Bev Vincent, James Grainger, Aaron Von Lupton and Dave Alexander. Cover price $8.95.

The World's leading horror culture and entertainment publication! In this issue: HOME, SWEET HOMICIDE - Considered unfilmable due to its unapologetic portrayal of child abuse, Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Door premieres on DVD this month in a punishing adaptation that exposes the nasty underbelly of 1950s lollipop America. Interviews with director Gregory M. Wilson, leads Blanche Baker and Blythe Auffarth, screenwriters Daniel Farrands and Philip Nutman and more! by Monica S. Kuebler and Shade Rupe. Cover price $8.95.

The World's leading horror culture and entertainment publication! In this issue: DEATH SONGS OF A DEMON BARBER - Tim Burton's bloodiest movie ever also happens to be his first live-action musical. The director helps us get to the meat of Sweeney Todd, his fiercest fable yet. Plus: The real Fleet Street, the Sweeney Todd stage production, and more! by Liisa Ladouceur, Trevor Tuminski, James Burrell and Jovanka Vuckovic. WHEN THERE'S NO MORE ROOM IN HELL... - They won't stay dead! With zombies having seemingly infected every corner of pop culture, the man who started it all 40 years ago returns with Diary of the Dead to show us how it's done. Plus: Interviews with the directors of the experimental zombie film The Signal, a look at Babylon Fields, the undead TV series that almost was, and a spotlight on zombie portrait artist Rob Sachetto. by Stuart Andrews, Last Chance Lance, Dave Alexander and Jovanka Vuckovic. Cover price $8.95.

The World's leading horror culture and entertainment publication! In this issue: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. Cover price $8.95.

The World's leading horror culture and entertainment publication! In this issue: 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. Cover price $8.95.

The World's leading horror culture and entertainment publication! In this issue: 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. Cover price $8.95.

The World's leading horror culture and entertainment publication! In this issue: UNDERAGE RAGE IN JAPAN - The term "young offender" has never carried as much weight as it does in Japan, a nation plagued by teenage violence and suicides. For genre filmmakers, though, the phenomenon has also led to some of the country's most outrageous, if stunningly cruel and bloody, cult films. Rue Morgue examines the cycle of Japanese youth violence movies with a panel of experts including director Sion Sono, Asian cinema authority Tom Mes and Japanese film scholar Jay McRoy.Plus: A look at the country's new and upcoming youth violence films including The Machine Girl, Tokyo Gore Police, Karaoke Terror, and more! by Dave Alexander and Jovanka Vuckovic. Cover price $8.95.

The World's leading horror culture and entertainment publication! In this issue: BEASTS OF THE APOCALYPSE - Guillermo del Toro goes epic with Hellboy II: The Golden Army, a thoughtful, hard-boiled creature feature that pits man and monster against, well, man and monster. Interviews with del Toro, actor Doug Jones and series creator Mike Mignola. Plus: New Hellboy books from Dark Horse reviewed. by Jovanka Vuckovic, Monica S. Kuebler and Gary Butler. THE X-FILES: DECLASSIFIED - Back in the 1990s The X-Files reinvigorated mainstream interest in genre TV, On the eve of the second feature film based on the series, The X-Files: I Want to Believe, Rue Morgue looks back at the show's legacy and peers at its closely-guarded future. Chris Carter speaks. Plus: A selection of the creepiest X-Files episodes. by Monica S. Kuebler Cover price $8.95.

The World's leading horror culture and entertainment publication! In this issue: THE TORTURED SOUL OF ED HARTLEY - The late great Stan Winston's monster-making career was in hyperdrive during the late 1980s, but he took time out from big money projects to make his directorial debut with a low-budget, old-school creature feature with a classic morality play at its core. Interviews with star Lance Henriksen and Oscar-winning creature creators Alec Gillis and (Pumpkinhead himself) Tom Woodruff Jr. by John W. Bowen and Jovanka Vuckovic. Cover price $8.95.

The World's leading horror culture and entertainment publication! In this issue: RETURN OF THE SPIDER - The original shock rocker is back with a concept album based around an arachnid-obsessed serial killer. Join us in Alice Cooper's web as he spins his latest venomous tale of insanity, mutilation and murder. Plus: Multiple Maniacs, a guide to the most deranged personalities of Alice Cooper. by Aaron Von Lupton. Cover price $8.95.

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The World's leading horror culture and entertainment publication! In this issue: FAMOUS MONSTER - When Famous Monsters of Filmland hit newsstands in 1958, it united an entire generation of creature-loving children and sparked genre fan culture. No one anticipated the effect it would have on some of those "Monster Kids," who would go on to become genre legends. This Halloween, Rue Morgue celebrates the 50th anniversary of the magazine that started it all via a conversation with founding editor Forrest J Ackerman. Featuring words with and by filmmakers John Landis and Joe Dante, rock legend Gene Simmons, legendary cover artist Basil Gogos, SFX Wizard Rob Bottin, and more. Plus! Director Tim Sullivan takes us on a guided tour of the Ackermansion in its heyday, and much more! by Paul Corupe, Gene Simmons, Jovanka Vuckovic, Joe Moe, Tim Sullivan, Forrest J Ackerman, Dave Alexander and Rob Bottin Cover price $8.95.

The World's leading horror culture and entertainment publication! In this issue: STAINED SNOW, LOST SOULS - One of the most unique and haunting vampire films ever made, Sweden's Let the Right One In is poised to chill your blood. Interviews with Tomas Alfredson and novelist John Ajvide Lindqvist. by Mitch Davis and Monica S. Kuebler. YOUNG BLOODLOVERS - Stephenie Meyer's best-selling young adult novel Twilight is a vampire Romeo and Juliet tale about love, blood lust and the dangers of being mortal. The highly anticipated film adaptation hits theatres this month. Plus: Teen vamp fiction and HBO's True Blood. by Monica S. Kuebler and Liisa Ladouceur Cover price $8.95.

The World's leading horror culture and entertainment publication! In this issue: THE UNHOLY UNDERTAKER RETURNS - Brazil's notorious boogeyman, Coffin Joe, rises from the ashes with the long-awaited third entry in the trilogy that began with one of the most outrageous films to ever come out of South America - or anywhere. Featuring an interview with Coffin Joe himself, José Mojica Marins, and screenwriter Dennison Ramalho. Plus: The Essential José Mojica Marins filmography. by Scott Gabbey, Jovanka Vuckovic, Paolo Zelati and Kier-La Janisse. Cover price $8.95.

My Bloody Valentine Cover - The World's leading horror culture and entertainment publication! HEARTSTOPPER! HARRY WARDEN'S REIGN OF TERROR CONTINUES - Canada's most underrated slasher is back in both an uncensored reissue and a 3-D remake of My Bloody Valentine. Interviews with director George Mihalka and producer John Dunning, who helped restore over nine minutes of gore footage for the upcoming DVD. Plus: A conversation with the director of the remake and a look at the history of 3-D films. by James Burrell, Paul Corupe and Jason Pichonsky. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $8.95.

The World's leading horror culture and entertainment publication! In this issue: THE CULT OF SUFFERING - The French New Wave of Horror continues to shower us in gore with one of the cruelest modern genre movies - Pascal Laugier's religious-themed torture porn vehicle Martyrs. In interviews with the director and its star Morjana Alaoui, Rue Morgue examines the controversial film. by Kier-La Janisse and Jason Lapeyre. Cover price $8.95.

The World's leading horror culture and entertainment publication! In this issue: IN MEMORIAM: THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LEATHER LAGOON - This past February Lux Interior, frontman of the seminal swamp rock band The Cramps, passed away, ending a career steeped in horror and lunacy. Rue Morgue pays tribute to the icon in a recently unearthed interview with Lux and his long-time musical and life partner Poison Ivy. Plus! The complete Cramps discography. by Rodrigo Gudiño, Greg Chant and Tomb Dragomir. Cover price $8.95.

The World's leading horror culture and entertainment publication! In this issue: RAIMI, REPOSSESSED - More than fifteen years and three blockbuster Spider-Man movies since the last Evil Dead film, Sam Raimi returns to his low-budget horror roots with Drag Me To Hell. Featuring interviews with the director, co-screenwriter Ivan Raimi and makeup effects guru Greg Nicotero. by Phil Brown, Jovanka Vuckovic and Joseph O'Brien. Cover price $8.95.

Ray Harryhausen Cover - The World's leading horror culture and entertainment publication! In this issue: THE LORD OF LEGENDARY THINGS - Ray Harryhausen has brought some of the most memorable movie monsters to life through the meticulous art of stop-motion model animation. More than five decades after those curious creatures first appeared on theatre screens, his work continues to thrill and fascinate. In a new interview, Rue Morgue pays tribute to the legendary animator. Plus: The History of Stop-Motion Animation, new Harryhausen books, and more! by Paul Corupe, Jason Pichonsky and James Burrell. Cover price $8.95.

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The World's leading horror culture and entertainment publication! In this issue: GENERATION HEX - When The Blair Witch Project - which was made for around the cost of a new Toyota - was released ten years ago, it succeeded beyond all expectations and went on to change the face of horror. Rue Morgue goes back to the woods of Burkittsville with directors Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez to examine the lasting effects of The Blair Witch Project. Plus: Catching up with Blair Witch star Michael C. Williams, and previews of Myrick's The Objective and Sánchez's Seventh Moon. by Dave Alexander Cover price $8.95.

The World's leading horror culture and entertainment publication! In this issue: ON THE ETIOLOGY OF A VAMPIRE VIRUS - Guillermo del Toro teams up with author Chuck Hogan to craft an epic trilogy in which a plague of disease-ridden vampires pushes humanity to the brink of extinction. Rue Morgue puts The Strain and its creators under the microscope. Plus: David Wellington on his popular bloodsucker novels and a look at Charlaine Harris' Southern Vampire series that inspired the hit show True Blood. by Jovanka Vuckovic and Monica S. Kuebler. Cover price $8.95.

The World's leading horror culture and entertainment publication! In this issue: THE BAD MOON RISES AGAIN - In the decades since its release, An American Werewolf in London has been embraced by genre fans as a truly unusual beast. With a fresh re-release and a new documentary out, creator John Landis and makeup effects legend Rick Baker talk about the blackly comic special effects masterpiece.by Jason Lapeyre, Jovanka Vuckovic and W. Brice McVicar Cover price $8.95.

Edgar Allen Poe Cover - The World's leading horror culture and entertainment publication! In this issue: MASTER OF THE MACABRE: A PORTRAIT OF EDGAR ALLAN POE - Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most significant yet most misunderstood writers that ever lived. To celebrate the bicentennial of his birth, Rue Morgue attempts to unravel the mystery of the man in an interview with experts including filmmaker Roger Corman, author Clive Barker, academic Scott Peeples and Poe House curator Jeff Jerome.Plus: Stuart Gordon and Jeffrey Combs on the one-man play Nevermore, a lost silent German Poe film is resurrected, reviews of new Poe-related books, and much more!by James Grainger, Stacie Ponder, Jovanka Vuckovic, Paul Corupe, Liisa Ladouceur, Last Chance Lance, Monica S. Kuebler, Justine Warwick, James King, Keir-La Janisse and Colin McLaughlin Cover price $9.95.

The World's leading horror culture and entertainment publication! In this issue: AIM FOR THE HEAD! - First-person shooters are all the rage, especially when players get to blow zombie brains all over their TV screens. Apocalyptic survival horror video game Left 4 Dead 2 arrives with new characters, more weaponry and so much zombie gore that it was banned in Australia. Plus: The history of zombie video games and more! by Monica S. Kuebler and Andrew Lee. Cover price $9.95.

The World's leading horror culture and entertainment publication! In this issue: A VERY CAREFUL HATRED - Even among lesser-known horror films, Rituals stands alone as an all-but-lost gem. This punishing deep-woods thriller finally emerges from limbo with its long-awaited arrival on DVD. Cast and crew remember the 1977 film and its director Peter Carter. Interviews with stars Hal Holbrook, Lawrence Dane, Robin Gammell, Ken James, Gary Reineke and screenwriter Ian Sutherland. Plus: The Rue Crew picks more VHS releases ripe for a DVD reissue.by John W. Bowen, Dave Alexander and Rue Morgue Staff. Cover price $9.95.