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Next month is a milestone for Rue Morgue: our first feature film, THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ROSALIND LEIGH, hits DVD July 30. It’s been a remarkable journey, and we hope you’ll join us behind the scenes for writer/director/RM president Rodrigo Gudiño’s first-hand account of how – and why – he made it. And since travelers beyond the pale never come back alone, we’ve invited a few other restless spirits to haunt the pages of our July issue: actress Claire Bloom looks back on 50 years of THE HAUNTING, James Wan and Patrick Wilson raise the dead with THE CONJURING, and renowned morbid adventurer Paul Koudounaris takes you on a guided tour of the burial caves of Central Luzon. ON STANDS JULY 1! Also available for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Android, PC and Mac for only $4.99 an issue.

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Did you get your photo on the cover of Rue Morgue at Texas Frightmare Weekend 2013? Download your pic for FREE at the link below! With thanks to Tshirtbordello!

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Even if you couldn’t make it to TFW, do check out the pics anyway.  There’s some Texas-sized love for horror on display, and they’re a lot of fun to browse. As proof, I cite the following examples…

How’s this for instant gratification: the blood’s still wet on yesterday’s Festival of Fear panel announcements, and we’re already back with Round 2!

THE WORLD OF CHARLES BAND
Puppets, mayhem and more puppets in this intimate and interactive session with the mind behind the PUPPET MASTER series, BLOOD DOLLS, SHRUNKEN HEADS and many more!

THE SOUND OF SPLATTER
The great MAURIZIO GUARINI of GOBLIN fame discusses his life-long career being part of the world’s seminal horror soundtrack band, scoring the great Lucio Fulci’s films, and his latest solo album Creatures From a Drawer…

We’re excited to announce the first batch of panels for the upcoming Festival of Fear, going down August 22-25 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in downtown Toronto!

A TWISTED HOUR WITH THE TWISTED TWINS
Filmmakers JEN and SYLVIA SOSKA discuss movies, body horror and the inspiration for their groundbreaking films Dead Hooker in a Trunk and American Mary, as well as their segment in the upcoming ABCs of Death 2.

RE-ANIMATING RE-ANIMATOR
Join us in a very special reunion of the stars who made the classic horror hit Re-Animator. With JEFFREY COMBS, BARBARA CRAMPTON, BRUCE ABBOTT and CHARLES BAND….

Rue Morgue and Raven Banner Entertainment are giving away four pairs of tickets to the June 19th Sinister Cinema screening of Ryûhei Kitamura’s No One Lives. Kitamura is the director of Versus and Midnight Meat Train, so you should know what to expect from his latest flick: over-the-top violence and truly insane gore. The film screened as part of TIFF’s Midnight Madness program last year, and believe me when I tell you it did not disappoint on either count.

No One Lives is playing one night only in selected Cineplex Theatres in the following cities…

We all know zombie-killin’ is a family affair, and having The Walking Dead‘s Daryl Dixon (series favourite Norman Reedus) at the Festival of Fear without his big brother just seemed wrong. So we’re happy to announce that Michael Rooker has joined this year’s lineup! Besides his role as Merle Dixon on TWD, Michael has starred in an impressive lineup of genre flicks, including Slither* and Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer.  Michael is a character, and he never fails to entertain. It’s a pleasure to have him on board, and you can bet it’ll be a blast having both of the Dixon boys hanging around the Metro Toronto Convention Convention Centre August 22-25. We hope you’ll be there too! (For news and updates, be sure to like the Festival of Fear on Facebook.)

*Michael’s Slither co-star Nathan Fillion will also be a guest at this year’s Festival! Coincidence? Yes, actually, but a damn fine one, don’t you think?

The folks behind the Classic Horror Campaign are digging deep with their next event, coming up Saturday, June 1 at London’s Roxy Bar and Screen near London Bridge. This weekend’s Ghoulish Grave-robbers Horror Double Bill will feature screenings of The Flesh and the Fiends (1959) and Burke and Hare (1971), plus a special appearance by cult movie and TV star Françoise Pascal (Mind Your Language, Burke and Hare, The Iron Rose) who will be signing copies of her autobiography As I Am…

Composer and keyboardist Maurizio Guarini, a veteran of legendary Italian prog-rock band Goblin, is holding a CD release release party for his debut solo album Creatures From a Drawer on Wednesday, June 5 at Lula Lounge (1585 Dundas St. West) in Toronto. Maurizio and guest musicians will perform at the party; they’ll be playing songs from the new album, plus a few classic Goblin tunes as well. Doors open at 7:30 p.m., with the show starting at 9 p.m. Tickets are only $10 at the door, or $25 with CD included. For more information, check out the official event Facebook page.

We are pleased as putrid punch to announce the latest round of horror heavyweights to grace this year’s Rue Morgue Festival of Fear lineup. Though I’m afraid I stole my own thunder with the post title, here’s more info…

Everything you want to know about the Soska Sisters but were afraid to ask…

…until now.

In anticipation of their appearance in Toronto to screen their critically acclaimed feature American Mary, Jen & Sylvia Soska will return to The Rue Morgue Podcast – but this time, they’re gonna take questions from the fans.

Drop by the Anchor Bay Canada Facebook page to pose a question for the twins:
https://www.facebook.com/AnchorBayEntertainmentCanada

The deadline for questions is Tuesday, May 28th at 11 PM EST.

Select entries will be included on their upcoming appearance on The Rue Morgue Podcast.

American Mary will screen across Canada on Thurs, May 30th at participating Cineplex theatres as part of Raven Banner’s Sinister Cinema series.

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It hits DVD and Blu-ray on June 18th through Anchor Bay Canada.