Inside Issue #49

BIRTH OF A MODERN MONSTER
Graphic and controversial, John McNaughton's Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer was hailed by critics, drove sickened viewers out of screenings and ultimately forced the creation of the NC-17 rating. 20 years later, McNaughton revisits his unforgiving masterwork. Plus: Interviews with Michael Rooker, Joe Coleman, and more.
by The Gore-met, John Bowen and Jovanka Vuckovic

LORD OF THE BLIND DEAD
Rue Morgue presents the lost interview with Amando de Ossorio, director of the atmospheric Tombs of the Blind Dead series. Plus: The Complete Guide to Templar Terror!
by Chris Alexander and Trevor Barley

MODERN RUINS
Shaun O'Boyle's photographs of abandoned places capture traces of the past in emulsion, reminding us what the word "haunted" truly means.
by Jovanka Vuckovic

FEAR AND LOATHING AT FANTASIA 2005
A sneak peek at a few of the global terrors presented at this summer's FanTasia film festival.
Reviews by Dave Alexander, Stuart Andrews, Owen Livermore and Sean Plummer

THE SECOND SUFFERING
The Suffering video game gets the sequel treatment this month with another multi-faceted horror experience.
by Monica S. Kuebler

THEATRE DU GWAR GUIGNOL
GWAR front man David Brockie (a.k.a. Oderus Urungus) takes Rue Morgue behind the blood-splattered rubber freak show.
by Keith Carman

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NOTE FROM UNDERGROUND:
Zombies.

DREADLINES:
Aftermath DVD under retail ban; Remakes usher Bob Clark's return to horror; Top genre artists recruited for new horror-themed card game.

THE CORONER'S REPORT:
Weird stats and morbid facts. The Rue Morgue Sick Top Six Instances of Bathroom Bloodbaths.

NEEDFUL THINGS:
Living Dead Mask, Mad Monster Action Figures, All Hallows T-Shirts, Arcane Nonesuch Pendants

CINEMACABRE:
Presents reviews of Undead, Lightning Bug, Dark Water, Acacia, The Crow: Wicked Player, Save the Green Planet, The Ring Virus, Happy Tree Friends: Overkill, Bangkok Haunted, The Locals, EM Embalming, Boogeyman, The Bagman, Eyes of the Werewolf, Evil in the Bayou, The Stink of Flesh, Dead Meat, Hide and Creep. Reissues features The Outer Limits, plus reviews Freaked, The Dead Next Door, Love at First Bite, The Fly, The Fly II, Trauma, The Card Player, and more!

CINEMARQUEE:
The Innocents (1961)

SCHIZOID CINEPHILE:
Lesbian vampires.

BLOOD IN FOUR COLOURS:
Frankenstein Now and Forever, Zombie King, Curse of the Blood Clan, The Hunger, Revelations.

THE NINTH CIRCLE:
Spotlight on the extreme horror fiction of Edward Lee. Reviews of Images of the Corpse: From the Renaissance to Cyberspace, Earth vs. The Sci-Fi Filmmakers, The Brian Lumley Companion, Matthew Warner's Death Sentences: Tales of Punishment and Revenge, More Giants of the Genre, and more!

TRAVELOGUE OF TERROR:
Chiller Theatre Expo - New Jersey

THE GORE-MET:
Sanguinary Sexploitation

AUDIO DROME:
Spotlight on Shadow Reichenstein, plus reviews of The Devil's Rejects OST, Seed of Chucky OST, Cornbugs, Anders Manga, War of the Worlds, Skinny Puppy, Gorelord/Wurdulak, Necrophagia, Aborted, Killers by Trade.

PLAY DEAD:
Destroy all Humans, Hunting Ground: The Rockies, Killer 7

CLASSIC CUT:
John Polidori's The Vampyre

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