RUE MORGUE #230 has arrived, tracing the moment where fixation begins to distort and turn into something far more dangerous.
Love, Possession, Bloodshed
Kicking this issue off is an in-depth look at filmmaker Curry Barker’s OBSESSION, a film that will be traumatizing you in theatres across North America this May with its tale of a simple wish transformed into a spiraling nightmare of love, possession, and bloodshed. The issue also unearths Barker’s found-footage shocker MILK & SERIAL, which rose from a micro-budget experiment to a viral horror breakout.
Origins of the Living Dead
Maya Annik Bedward’s new documentary BLACK ZOMBIE confronts a cinematic myth and restores the meaning buried beneath it. Plus: Wes Craven’s ambitious foray into Haitian folklore drew straight from Wade Davis’ ethnographic research, but studio pressures turned THE SERPENT AND THE RAINBOW into one of horror’s most conflicted misfires.
Rock ‘n’ Roll Bloodlust
Original songs. Real performances. Anne Rice’s Brat Prince steps into the spotlight as a true glam rock force in Season Three of INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE.
The Rise of Anomaly Horror
From P.T. to Exit 8, a new generation of anomaly games traps players in repeating spaces where one small change might signal horrifying death.
Also Inside
Writer/director Adrian Chiarella gives new meaning to the term “scared straight” in his supernatural debut feature, LEVITICUS; Peter Weir’s THE PLUMBER (1979) is reissued; Bowen digs up German director John Brahm’s obscure 1945 thriller HANGOVER SQUARE; and the Ghoul Next Door offers up a MEDITATION ON TEETH AND HORROR.
Plus! Novelist Heather Parry’s CARRION CROW; BIXBY GRANT, PRIVATE EYE: FANGS & BRIMSTONE comic by Patrick Coyle; the vintage visions of ESTHER LIMONES and a look at the new documentary from Toronto filmmakers Tim Kowalski and Kevan Byrne aims to shine a light on late cult musical icon NASH THE SLASH, and lots more.
All this and the latest film, book, comic book, music, game and toy releases.
RUE MORGUE #230 is available now from the Rue Morgue Shoppe. On newsstands May 1.
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