Sean Plummer on November 4, 2010 |
Category: Ninth Circle, Sinister Seven
You know zombies are mainstream when you can write about them in school. Rue Morgue caught up with Toronto-based academic Andrea Subissati to discuss her newly-published book When There’s No More Room In Hell: The Sociology of the Living Dead, which formed the basis of her Carleton University MA thesis.
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James Burrell on October 27, 2010 |
Category: Cryptic Collectibles
Thirty-two years ago this week, a certain little indie film called Halloween was first released to theatres. Making its premiere in Kansas City on October 25th, 1978, John Carpenter’s low-budget tale of a homicidal maniac who escapes from a psychiatric institution and returns to his hometown where he stalks a trio of teenaged girls would go on to break box-office records and become one of horrordom’s most iconic films. So, to celebrate the film’s 32nd birthday, here’s a look at some of the collectibles Halloween and its sequels have inspired.
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Sean Plummer on October 25, 2010 |
Category: Sinister Seven
Puppets are creepy. Don’t believe me? Try taking in a performance of the Madhouse Variations, the Lovecraft-inspired new production by Toronto’s Eldritch Theatre, without stifling a scream as you let out a guffaw.
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Sean Plummer on August 16, 2010 |
Category: News and Events
On the eve of his new zombie film Survival of the Dead hitting theatres (briefly) before its Aug. 31 debut on DVD and Blu-ray, we caught up with horror legend George A. Romero (does he need an introduction?) to discuss his new projects, get his thoughts on remakes and dispel a few rumours.
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Dave Alexander on July 6, 2010 |
Category: News and Events
On Thursday, July 8th, Toronto’s Cinematheque is holding a screening of George A. Romero’s Day of the Dead, as part of its series paying tribute to the late film scholar Robin Wood, a giant on the Film Studies scene. I read several of Wood’s pieces on horror while in the Film Studies program at university, and while I didn’t always agree with him, the guy was brilliant and did a lot to draw academics into the genre. This is a fantastic tribute.
Here are all the details from the press release:
July 8th – Rare screening of DAY OF THE DEAD at Cinematheque Ontario
As part of the tribute to the late film critic Robin Wood, there will be a RARE screening of George A. Romero’s DAY OF THE DEAD at the Cinematheque Ontario. 35MM print! TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE!
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Sean Plummer on June 24, 2010 |
Category: News and Events
Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated, an animated remix of George Romero’s zombie classic, will be screening July 22nd at the Toronto Underground City. Price of admission is a DVD, all to be donated to the Toronto Public Library.
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Sean Plummer on June 3, 2010 |
Category: News and Events
When Rue Morgue associate editor Trevor Tuminski asked me to write a story on Dutch occult rock act The Devil’s Blood and their album The Time of No Time Evermore, I accepted eagerly because a) I needed the work and, more importantly, b) the band’s founder, Selim Lemouchi (known professionally as “SL”) is a Satanist, and as I discovered from my researches, a rather learned and eloquent one at that. This would be an interesting interview.
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