RUE MORGUE

FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES infuses fresh blood into one of the genre’s most enduring franchises, returning this year with a new concept, state-of-the-art kills… and a heartfelt farewell from the legendary TONY TODD. Plus! A countdown of our favourite kills from the franchise! This year SHUDDER, the genre-exclusive streaming platform, celebrates ten years of keeping the red stuff flowing – right into your living room. Rue Morgue speaks to the minds who pick your nightmares. Plus! Back from the grave under all-new management, SCREAM TV resurrects the joys of streaming television for horror fans. It’s been two decades since Marina de Van’s IN MY SKIN devastated and delighted art house gore fans. Now, her debut feature promises to cut deep once again with a restored release from Severin. Plus! MARINA DE VAN’s continued deconstruction of the body horror genre. Out April 29 from Del Rey, Chuck Wendig’s THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS is a journey to someplace strange and frightening. Also in this issue: David Cronenberg’s THE SHROUDS; THE LAST SHARK; Bowen unearths THE MEDUSA TOUCH; a look at DEATH CAFES; Michael W. Conrad and Dave Chisholm’s PLAGUE HOUSE; spotlight on FATHOM PRESS; the petrifying props of PUMPKIN PULP; the crazy world of ARTHUR BROWN and more! All this and the latest film, book, comic book, music, game and toy releases!

NOTE FROM UNDERGROUND

RUE MORGUE

POST MORTEM • COMMENTS • QUESTIONS • CRITICISM

CORONER’S REPORT • WEIRD STATS & MORBID FACTS

THE LIFE AND CRIMES OF H.H. HOLMES

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO …. • Lincoln Maazel, “The Old Man/Narrator” from The Amusement Park (1975)

NEEDFUL THINGS

CARLA BENDIXEN’S NEEDLE-FELTED ART

THE EXORCIST EXTREME HEAD KNOCKER (NECA, 2008)

DEATH TOLL • FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES INFUSES FRESH BLOOD INTO ONE OF THE GENRE’S MOST ENDURING FRANCHISES, RETURNING THIS YEAR WITH A NEW CONCEPT, STATE-OF-THE-ART KILLS, AND A HEARTFELT FAREWELL FROM THE LEGENDARY TONY TODD

SPECTACLE OF DEATH • THE FINAL DESTINATION SERIES BOASTS MORE GRUESOME KILLS THAN YOU COULD SHAKE A SCYTHE AT. HERE’S A COUNTDOWN OF OUR FAVOURITES, GUARANTEED TO SATISFY THE MOST SEASONED GOREHOUNDS!

10 YEARS OF FEAR • THIS YEAR, SHUDDER, THE GENRE-EXCLUSIVE STREAMING PLATFORM, CELEBRATES TEN YEARS OF KEEPING THE RED STUFF FLOWING – RIGHT INTO YOUR LIVING ROOM. RUE MORGUE SPEAKS TO THE MINDS WHO PICK YOUR NIGHTMARES

SCREAM AGAIN • BACK FROM THE GRAVE UNDER ALL-NEW MANAGEMENT, SCREAM TV RESURRECTS THE JOYS OF STREAMING TELEVISION FOR HORROR FANS

STEP INTO DARKNESS • OUT APRIL 29 FROM DEL REY, CHUCK WENDIG’S THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS IS A JOURNEY TO SOMEPLACE STRANGE AND FRIGHTENING

SCARRED • IT’S BEEN TWO DECADES SINCE MARINA DE VAN’S IN MY SKIN DEVASTATED AND DELIGHTED ART HOUSE GORE FANS. NOW, HER DEBUT FEATURE PROMISES TO CUT DEEP ONCE AGAIN WITH A RESTORED RELEASE FROM SEVERIN

BODY WORKS • FOLLOWING THE UNDERGROUND SUCCESS OF IN MY SKIN, MARINA DE VAN HAS BEEN DECONSTRUCTING THE BODY HORROR GENRE EVER SINCE

CINEMACABRE • FILM + DVD + REISSUES

OVERLOOKED, FORGOTTEN AND DISMISSED • THIS ISSUE: LANCE GETS SNOWED IN

SHORT CUTS • BITE-SIZED FRIGHTS FOR SMALL APPETITES

DEATH CONNECT • CANADIAN BODY HORROR KING DAVID CRONENBERG RETURNS WITH THE SHROUDS, A MOVIE THAT TAKES TECH DYSTOPIA TO THE GRAVE AND BEYOND

REISSUED & REANIMATED

IT CAME FROM BOWEN’S BASEMENT • Carrie On, Dick

THE GHOUL NEXT DOOR • SHE DIED AS SHE LIVED DELICIOUSLY NOTES FROM A DEATH CAFE

BLOOD IN FOUR COLOURS

QUICK CUTS

THE NINTH CIRCLE • BOOKS

DANTE’S PICK

BACK FROM THE DEAD • FATHOM PRESS IS RESURRECTING THE BOOKS OF HORROR’S HEYDAY, ONE OBSCURE AND OVERLOOKED NOVEL AT A...