Rue Morgue Issue #97 Sneak Peek: DAYBREAKERS

[Monica S. Kuebler]

Rue Morgue Issue #97 - On stands January 1

THE FUTURE HAS FANGS
They helped jolt the zombie film back to life with Undead. Now the Spierig Brothers inject fresh blood into the vampire movie with Daybreakers. The twin writer/director team talks about bringing their inventive sci-fi-action-horror hybrid to the screen. PLUS: Interviews with Daybreakers star Sam Neill and soundtrack composer Christopher Gordon, Vampire Hunter D creator Hideyuki Kikuchi on his long-running sci-fi bloodsucker saga, author/editor Nancy Kilpatrick on the Evolve anthology and more!
by Sean Plummer, Last Chance Lance, Mark R. Hasan and Monica S. Kuebler

THE CURSE OF MOONLIGHT
The long-awaited, problem-plagued Wolfman finally arrives in theaters. Director Joe Johnston, co-star Hugo Weaving and effects legend Rick Baker help us tear through the rumours and get to the meat of the big-budget remake. PLUS: Lon Chaney Jr.’s grandson Ron stars in House of the Wolf Man and The Mammoth Book of Wolf Men reviewed.
by April Snellings, James Burrell and Monica S. Kuebler

HYBRID MOMENTS
Eerie Von’s new book presents a photographic history of The Misfits, Samhain and Danzig.
by Aaron Von Lupton

R.I.P. 2009: THE YEAR IN REVIEW
Once again, we heap praise (and occasionally scorn) upon notable releases across the horror spectrum.
by Rue Morgue Staff

THE 2010 HORROR CONVENTION AND FILM FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
Plan your genre geek-outs for the upcoming year.
by Rue Morgue Staff


DEPARTMENTS:

NOTE FROM UNDERGROUND
Growing up with vampires.

DREADLINES
Stephen King talks Shining sequel with David Cronenberg; Mulberry Street team leaves Manhattan for Stake Land; Australian horror films boost tourism down under.

THE CORONER’S REPORT
Weird stats and morbid facts. Sick Top Six Leg Lacerations.

NEEDFUL THINGS
Bloody Energy Potions; B-Movie Bags; Tim Burton Skins; My Lil Zombie

CINEMACABRE
CineMacabre features reviews of The Box, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, The Fourth Kind, The Stepfather (2009), The Echo, Hanger, The Canyon, Staunton Hill, Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown, Sauna, Eulogy for a Vampire, Fist of the Vampire and Bloodwars. Reissues reviews of Razorback (1984), Silent Scream (1980), Satan’s School for Girls (1973) and Born of Fire (1983).

CINEMARQUEE
Murder in the Zoo (1933).

BOWEN’S BASEMENT
The Honeymoon Killers

BLOOD IN FOUR COLOURS
Features Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom, plus reviews of The Unwritten #7, Victorian Undead #1, Strange #1 of 4, Strange Suspense: The Steve Ditko Archives Volume 1 and Vlad the Impaler: The Man Who Was Dracula.

THE NINTH CIRCLE
Spotlight on UK publishers Tartarus Press, plus reviews of Produce Your Own Damn Movie!, Real Vampires, Night Stalkers and Creatures from the Darkside, Grande Dame Guignol Cinema: A History of Hag Horror from Baby Jane to Mother, Gaslight Grotesque: Nightmare Tales of Sherlock Holmes, Mark E. Rogers' The Dead, Tesseracts Thirteen, Stephen King's Under the Dome, John Everson's The 13th, Vlad Mezric's The Vampire is Just Not That Into You and Half-Minute Horrors.

TRAVELOGUE OF TERROR
Museum of Witchcraft – Boscastle, UK

THE GORE-MET
Menu: Submerged in a Slime City Massacre

AUDIO DROME
Featuring the occult metal of The Grotesquery and the Blood Spattered Guide spotlights Fever Ray. Plus reviews of Child’s Play OST, Night of the Creeps OST, The Definitive Horror Music Collection, The Misfits, The Riptides, Mad Tea Party, Esham, Sigh and Dissidium.

PLAY DEAD
Left 4 Dead 2, Dragon Age: Origins and Night Horrors: Grim Fears.

CLASSIC CUT
The Duchess of Malfi

GIVEAWAYS THIS ISSUE!
20 new subscribers will win a DVD of Skeleton Crew, courtesy of E1 Entertainment.

[bigmac64]

Yet another cover that will cause my girlfriend to freak out every time she sees it.

Keep up the good work!

[Dark Mark]

I applaud you for putting Daybreakers on the cover, I can't wait for my issue!

[KISS Fan]

I can't wait to get it. Looks like a great issue.

[KISS Fan]

Congratulations Monica on becoming Managing Editor.

[Monica S. Kuebler]

Thanks!

[Greg Lamberson]

Oh, I didn't notice that - congratulations, Monica!

[Bkarloff23]

Looks awesome. Nice to see the Ron Chaney mention. Such a nice guy.

[Greg B.]

This looks familiar... I scooped Monica!

[Count Whackula]

Who is Rock Baker?


I might have to get this copy at the store as I'm not sure wether my Re-Sub will have kicked in or not since it was shipped out just before the holidays.

[Temp_Revenge]

The cover art never ceases to amaze me. Looks great!

[Velvet Kiss]

Congrats Monica!

I'm stoked about Daybreakers. I've heard so much about it, and shall be experiencing it on Friday. I don't have this month's issue yet (last month arrived around the 18th again, but Canada Post sucks ass this time of year) - I'm sort of hoping I don't get until after Friday. I'd be too tempted to read the cover story, and I don't want to do that until I see the movie.

[tonedeaf]

King and Cronenberg together? I can die a happy man now.

Big thumbs up on reviewing Sigh. It's awesome to see Audiodrome branching out beyond Soundtracks and Psychobilly.

[madam melva]

Love the cover! Take THAT Twilight!

[Jesus Was A Robot]

This is the first issue I've purchased since the Halloween issue. I don't know why I stopped but I did. This one looks great and I can't wait to dig in!

[Nallix]

I haven't gotten an issue since Halloween. I also haven't gotten a response to my emails regarding my subscription. This is the first time I've had bad service like this.

[colum]

Any word on late shipments?

I haven't gotten mine yet, this month.

I'm pretty much figuring that the mail man got caught in the snow somewhere and is right now clawing his way out of a drift with my copy of Rue Morgue tucked safely in the waistband of his long-johns.

On second thought...he can keep it.

[Jessa Sobczuk]

Hey guys!

Happy New Year to you all! We are back from the December break and all raring to go. Issue #97 is on time despite the crazy holiday mail schedule/volume on both sides of the border.

If you have not received your new issue by the 15th don't hesitate to contact me: jessa@rue-morgue.com.

Thank you for your patience this first week back. If you have emailed me or info@ know that I am furiously typing my little heart out and will be back to you shortly. That's what I'm off to do now so happy 2010 guys!

(As always, check your spam settings and folders to ensure my reply can reach you.)

[Scotty]

Issue looks essential. Can't wait.

[Llama]

One of the best covers ever. Also seeing Chaney and Eerie Von featured on the front is bad ass!

[Dark Mark]

Picking it up tomorrow!

[Pseudonymous]

Got mine in the mail yesterday. While it's not the pleasure-center overload that the previous issue was, it's a solid read thus far nonetheless.

[Dark Mark]

Good to see Dr. Mark Ryan getting a mention in the magazine, (we call him Dr. Horror). I understand he rushed out yesterday and bought several copies.
Perhaps you might consider approaching him about contributing an article on Australian horror for a future issue, he certainly knows his stuff.

[fsnuff]

great, i wanna know more abaut the sequel of the shining...

[spookykat]

Looking Forward to alot of stuff..

Museum of Witchcraft...But isn't thier another one on the Isle of Man?

[Dark Mark]

Originally Posted by spookykat

Museum of Witchcraft...But isn't thier another one on the Isle of Man?

I think it is the same one and it moved.

[spookykat]

Originally Posted by Dark Mark

I think it is the same one and it moved.

The one Gerald Gardner started?

[bigmac64]

Finished my copy over the weekend. Now have to settle in for the month long drought.

[Dark Mark]

Originally Posted by spookykat

The one Gerald Gardner started?

Apparently they are connected. You can read a version of events here.

[spookykat]

Originally Posted by Dark Mark

Apparently they are connected. You can read a version of events here.

Thanks dear.

[KISS Fan]

Nothing here yet.

[Moon Panda]

Originally Posted by Jessa Sobczuk

If you have not received your new issue by the 15th don't hesitate to contact me: jessa@rue-morgue.com.

Happy New Year to you too Jessa!

Item received just under the wire on the 14th.

[fergisimo]

Originally Posted by Jessa Sobczuk

Hey guys!

Happy New Year to you all! We are back from the December break and all raring to go. Issue #97 is on time despite the crazy holiday mail schedule/volume on both sides of the border.

If you have not received your new issue by the 15th don't hesitate to contact me: jessa@rue-morgue.com.

Thank you for your patience this first week back. If you have emailed me or info@ know that I am furiously typing my little heart out and will be back to you shortly. That's what I'm off to do now so happy 2010 guys!

(As always, check your spam settings and folders to ensure my reply can reach you.)

Hey Jessa, I still haven't recieved my Issue #96 or #97..any ideas?

[Jessa Sobczuk]

Fergus, you are lucky I know your last name But you have had so much mail trouble it is no wonder.

I will check out what's what and get back to you via email.

[fergisimo]

Originally Posted by Jessa Sobczuk

Fergus, you are lucky I know your last name But you have had so much mail trouble it is no wonder.

I will check out what's what and get back to you via email.

Haha, I'm sorry. :P If it's not one thing, it's the other. Everythingggg wants to get in the way of me getting Rue Morgue!

[Cyberschizoid]

I was lucky enough to pick this issue up at The Cinema Store in London. This is such a superb cover - as always!!!

[brotherhoodoflife]

I love the cover this issue, it perfectly illustrates the mood of the movie Daybreakers. I got my issue just this past week. Keep up the good works guys and gynos.

[HammerHorrorFan]

Who did the cover this issue? Great cover, is it poster art or the work of a RM artist? I don't have my sub issue yet, so I can't see the credits for it.

[Dark Mark]

This issue has sold out in Brisbane, no doubt because it features Daybreakers on the cover and despite Borders charging a whacking $27 AU for a copy.

[The Gore-met]

Originally Posted by Dark Mark

This issue has sold out in Brisbane, no doubt because it features Daybreakers on the cover and despite Borders charging a whacking $27 AU for a copy.

That's harsh! What's the relative cost of things in Australia compared to Canada? For example, here a 'packet of crisps' is $1.29, a pepperoni pizza slice $3, a trip on public transportation $3, a McDonald's combo $6, a new paperback $10-12, a spindle of quality CD-Rs $13, the new Beatles CDs $15, the latest mainstream DVDs $22, etc.

[Dark Mark]

Originally Posted by The Gore-met

That's harsh! What's the relative cost of things in Australia compared to Canada? For example, here a 'packet of crisps' is $1.29, a pepperoni pizza slice $3, a trip on public transportation $3, a McDonald's combo $6, a new paperback $10-12, a spindle of quality CD-Rs $13, the new Beatles CDs $15, the latest mainstream DVDs $22, etc.

We get hammered on imports and Borders gauge and charge the most for even domestic books and magazines. I pay $20 AU at a comic store for the magazine 2 minutes walk away. A new DVD is around $30 but if you wait they quickly come down in price, though for a new one it often works out cheaper to order from abroad. For some reason we don't get all the extras and have to await a "special edition" before the are included.

[jaysaw]

Mark, you still have borders? as in borders books? Every single one in england has closed down! waterstones is now the ONLY major books store around. Like HMV is now the only one as zaavi(formally virgin) closed and is just mail order website now.

[Jason Allen]

I'm expecting this to be the first issue of my new subscription. Just waiting on a confirmation, or the magazine to arrive in my mailbox. Whichever happens first.

[Dark Mark]

Originally Posted by jaysaw

Mark, you still have borders? as in borders books? Every single one in england has closed down!

I'm aware of that, they are apparently seperate entities to the parent company, we still have Woolies too but in Oz it is a supermarket.
Borders seems to be doing OK downunder as far as I can tell.

[ROBERT BLACK]

Originally Posted by Dark Mark

We get hammered on imports and Borders gauge and charge the most for even domestic books and magazines. I pay $20 AU at a comic store for the magazine 2 minutes walk away. A new DVD is around $30 but if you wait they quickly come down in price, though for a new one it often works out cheaper to order from abroad. For some reason we don't get all the extras and have to await a "special edition" before the are included.

We tend to get hammered on imports as well, although marked up items from the States are not as bad it used to be even just a few years earlier. Currency values and increased competition excepted. Still,the outright theivery perpetrated by some chains and independents makes me thankful for online sellers. There's one particular indie in a nearby suburb that still charges double the U.S retail for certain small label DVDs. It's no surprise that the the owner is a semiretarded 50 something geriatric who's apparently never heard of the internet.

[Count Whackula]

Got my issue in the mail today and plan on reading it sometime over the weekend.

[Jason Allen]

Still no word on my new subscription.

[Jessa Sobczuk]

Hey Jason,

Drop me a line via email because, as you can probably see, I don't get a chance to jump on the forums every day (as much as I would like to).

In your case, your mag was shipped over a month ago and you need to contact me through the proper channels so I can send you a replacement.

Same goes for anyone else who might be experiencing delivery issues. Thanks!!

Jessa@Rue-Morgue.com

[Jessa Sobczuk]

Originally Posted by Jason Allen

I'm expecting this to be the first issue of my new subscription. Just waiting on a confirmation, or the magazine to arrive in my mailbox. Whichever happens first.

...one more word on spam filters:

I have tweaked my email a little so hopefully the delivery rate on my replies can be as close to 100% as possible, but just a reminder to check your spam settings and junk folders if you are waiting on mail from Rue Morgue. (Yahoo accounts seem to spam me the most.)

Thanks again and keep the feedback coming!

[Jason Allen]

Thanks Jessa!