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Sneak Peek: Horror Rock Reunites in RUE MORGUE #225 Jul/Aug 2025 Issue!

Before he became a shock rock superstar, ALICE COOPER was a band renowned for blasting taboos with its fusion of glam rock and over-the-top horror theatrics. Now, after five long decades, the original lineup – COOPER, MICHAEL BRUCE, DENNIS DUNAWAY, NEAL SMITH  and a posthumous appearance by the late GLEN BUXTON – reunites for a triumphant return. Plus! Legendary producer BOB EZRIN returns to the shock rock group he had a hand in creating. (RUE MORGUE #225 July/August 2025 issue)

On the occasion of his upcoming book, SPECTRAL LIGHTSRue Morgue’s Dejan Ognjanović gives a short masterclass on the masters of THE ENGLISH GHOST STORY. Plus! Legendary horror fiction writer RAMSEY CAMPBELL on the classic ghost stories of England’s past.

Legendary Pictures, creators of a big budget monsterverse populated by a trio of Godzilla films and the Jurassic World franchise, have flexed their mighty muscle to reboot of a 40 year-old superhero black comedy splatterfest… THE TOXIC AVENGER.

A cosmic event that turns cisgender heterosexual people into bloodthirsty rage zombies; a gay conversion camp where a demon possession bolsters its one-hundred-percent effectiveness rate… Welcome to the mad world of CHUCK TINGLE.

Also in this issue: HELL HOUSE LLC: LINEAGE; Fulci’s 7 DOORS OF DEATH is revived; Bowen revisits HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP remake; the art of CREEPY DOLL COLLECTING; Adam Carter and Armin Ozdik’s BETWEENERSa new study of Andrzej Żuławski’s POSSESSION; the menacing street art of JAMIE PAUL SCANLONTHE DEVIL AND DAISY DIRT and more!

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