RUE MORGUE

God Fearing Yuletide Issue featuring a look back at Bill Paxton's FRAILTY, Paulo Strippoli’s THE HOLY BOY, Rue Morgue's HAUNTED HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE, Chris Lamartina's SPIRIT TASTING, Michael Gabriel's UNHOLY NIGHT, REGGIE BANNISTER in memoriam, the MALLEUS MALEFICARUM manual that invented the witch hunt, ARCHIE IN HELL and lots more.

NOTE FROM UNDERGROUND

RUE MORGUE

POST-MORTEM • COMMENTS • QUESTIONS • CRITICISM

THE CORONER’S REPORT • WEIRD STATS & MORBID FACTS

THEY CAME IN THROUGH THE MIRROR

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO… • Lisa Blount (Dead & Buried, Prince of Darkness)

NEEDFUL THINGS

CABINET OF CURIOSITIES • BUENA VISTA “SEE, HEAR, READ” GREMLINS ADVENTURES STORYBOOK AND RECORD SETS (1984)

CARDBOARD CRYPT • TOPPS MARS ATTACKS (1962)

AXE OF FAITH • BILL PAXTON’S FRAILTY TURNS 25 THIS YEAR; A PORTRAIT OF RIGHTEOUS VIOLENCE THAT HAS NEVER FELT MORE CURRENT, AND A HAUNTING TESTAMENT TO THE DIRECTOR HE WAS ONLY BEGINNING TO BECOME

CUTTING ROOM EXORCISM • HOW A SINGLE NOTE FROM JAMES CAMERON TURNED BILL PAXTON’S FRAILTY INSIDE OUT

PROPHET OF PAIN • WHERE FRAILTY ASKED IF A FATHER’S FAITH MADE HIM RIGHTEOUS OR MONSTROUS, PAULO STRIPPOLI’S THE HOLY BOY ASKS THE SAME QUESTION OF A BOY

RUE MORGUE’S Haunted Holiday Gift Guide • ’TIS THE SEASON TO BE SINISTER. RUE MORGUE KICKS OFF A NEW XMAS TRADITION WITH A LIST OF RECOMMENDED HOLIDAY GIFTS TOO TWISTED TO REGIFT!

Stocking Stuffers of the Damned

Unwrap with Caution • FOR THE HORROR HOARDER ON YOUR LIST, HERE’S SIX MORE SICK WAYS TO MAKE THE HOLIDAYS A LITTLE LOUDER, A LITTLE DARKER, AND A LOT MORE COLLECTIBLE

LAST CALL • WNUF HALLOWEEN SPECIAL MADE HIM A CULT FILMMAKER. NOW, CHRIS LAMARTINA ROUNDS UP GRADY HENDRIX, PEACHES CHRIST, AND CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN FOR A $40K, FOUR-DAY BOTTLE MOVIE THAT CEMENTS HIM AS BALTIMORE’S INDIE HORROR MAESTRO

HAMMER OF THE WITCHES • LONG BEFORE THE FIRST HORROR NOVEL, A DOMINICAN INQUISITOR COMPILED A MANUAL OF WITCHES, DEMONS, AND BODILY TERROR THAT TURNED FEAR INTO DOCTRINE… AND DOCTRINE INTO HORROR

GALLOWS GOSPEL

CINEMACABRE • FILM + DVD + REISSUES

LAST RITES • OVERLOOKED, FORGOTTEN AND DISMISSED

SHORT CUTS • BITE-SIZED FRIGHTS FOR SMALL APPETITES

NONNA OF THE LIVING DEAD • HOLIDAY DINNER TURNS BLOODBATH IN UNHOLY NIGHT, MICHAEL GABRIELE’S FEATURE DEBUT ABOUT AN ITALIAN FAMILY REUNION GONE TO HELL

REISSUED & REANIMATED

IT CAME FROM BOWEN’S BASEMENT • Remembering the Regman

THE GHOUL NEXT DOOR • KNIT OF THE LIVING DEAD

BLOOD IN FOUR COLOURS

QUICK CUTS

THE NINTH CIRCLE BOOKS

DANTE’S PICK

SPLATTER With Soul • OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, NEWCOMER ERIC LAROCCA HAS CARVED HIS NAME INTO THE WORLD OF EXTREME HORROR FICTION

LIBRARY OF THE DAMNED

THE FRIGHT GALLERY

DEVIL’S IN THE DETAILS • A DUMPSTER DIVE INTO HORROR’S ODDS & CURIOS

AUDIO DROME

PODCASTS FROM BEYOND

O Come, All Be Faithless

PLAY DEAD • NOW PLAYING > WELCOME TO ELDERFIELD, GRAVEYARD KEEPER II

WHICH HORROR MOVIE TWIST HOLDS UP BEST ON A REWATCH? • A GREAT TWIST IS A RARE TREAT, BUT SOME GET EVEN BETTER ON REWATCH. WHICH HORROR FILM DID IT BEST? TWO OF OUR WRITERS BATTLE IT OUT!