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DIY Horror Rises Up From Under Lockdown in “RUE MORGUE #204” Jan/Feb 2022 Issue

IMPORTANT NOTE: Due to an industry-wide paper shortage, delivery of this issue will be late. We sincerely regret any inconvenience to our subscribers and readers.

RUE MORGUE kicks off the new year by unearthing the cinematic gems made under lockdown: HELLBENDER, from real-life family the ADAMS, and ALONE WITH YOU from real-life couple EMILY BENNETT and JUSTIN BROOKS who weathered the lockdown by writing and directing their first feature-length horror film.

Plus! Nature, ghosts and ancient Chinese folklore coalesce in a ritual of extreme music and myth known as ZURIAAKE; RIP 2021: The Year in Review; Rue Morgue’s annual HORROR CONVENTION SCHEDULE AND FILM FESTIVAL GUIDE; Bowen unearths 1981’s THE DEMON MURDER CASE; MILL OF THE STONE WOMEN (1960); Koren Shadmi’s LUGOSI: THE RISE AND FALL OF HOLLYWOOD’S DRACULA; Alessandro Manzetti’s 150 EXQUISITE HORROR BOOKS; the neverending nightmares of MATT LOMBARDI; FRIDAY THE 13TH Part V: A NEW BEGINNING; the music of THE MONSTERS; in bed with the SLENDER MAN; what movie features the best kill scene of an elderly person? and more.

All this and the latest film, book, comic book, music, game and toy releases!

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