Essays

Is the internet’s reaction to "OBSESSION" helpful or not? Well, it’s complicated…

The secret to surviving a slasher? A sister who has your back.

Before Curry Barker successfully transitioned to the big screen with his unsettling tale of weaponized desire, these past masterpieces and…

With "BACKROOMS" and "OBSESSION" raking in millions, we look back at how the early days of the web changed the…

RUE MORGUE columnist Rob Freese compiles the ultimate guide to the literary work of a horror movie legend.

In this deep dive, RUE MORGUE contributor Harleigh Keriazes explores the eternal, undying synergy between vampires and music.

Gabriella Foor looks at the terrifying real-life horrors behind "SESSION 9" and "GONJINAM: HAUNTED ASYLUM."

Final girls no more! The genre's fiercest feminine voices speak to the cathartic, transformative power of cinema.

It's a double dose of terror when Dr. Benny Graves looks back at Brian De Palma's 1972 horror classic starring…

RUE MORGUE contributor Rob Freese reveals the inside story of the unrealized project that would have teamed B-movie king Roger…

From 1925's "THE LOST WORLD" to the latest entry in the "JURASSIC WORLD" series, raging, larger-than-life lizards are a long…

"A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN" meets "I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE" in a feminist film that hits back!

Payton McCarty-Simas continues her exploration of the Bwaaaa!! movie distinction and how THE JACKET deftly qualifies itself as such.

In his directorial debut, Jimmy Warden delivers a story of an obsessive fan who will do anything it takes to…

One writer’s descent into madness trying to define a very particular kind of 2000s movie …