by Rob Freese | May 31, 2026 | Books, Deep Dives, Recollections From a Rotting Brain
Recollections from a Rotting Brain: John Russo in Print – The Ultimate Bibliography By ROB FREESE Obviously, most horror fans know John A. Russo as the co-writer of George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead. The landscape of the modern horror film was forever...
by Michael Gingold | May 29, 2026 | News
YouTuber horror films take over the box office as “BACKROOMS” and “OBSESSION” knock out “MANDALORIAN” *UPDATED* By MICHAEL GINGOLD Online content creators are delivering a horrific one-two punch this weekend. Deadline has reported that Kane Parsons and Focus Features’...
by Jillian Kristina | May 29, 2026 | Piercing the Veil
PIERCING THE VEIL: THE “NIGHTSIREN” WILL NOT BE DENIED – AND NEITHER WILL WE By JILLIAN KRISTINA In mists that hover out of time and place, whispers and secrets pepper the space between the seen and the obscured. Ancient fears, terrors spread from mouth to...
by Michael Gingold | May 29, 2026 | Reviews
Movie Review: “BACKROOMS” opens up new levels of screen shivers By MICHAEL GINGOLD Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve and Mark DuplassDirected by Kane ParsonsWritten by Will SoodikA24 BACKROOMS starts off with a found-footage prologue, then segues from that...
by Michael Gingold | May 29, 2026 | Events, Interviews
Exclusive Interview: Escape from Tribeca programmers Matt Barone and Jonathan Penner on the scary and surprising ’26 lineup By MICHAEL GINGOLD Last year, the Escape from Tribeca section became the key showcase for horror and related genre fare at New York City’s...
by Lindy Ryan | May 28, 2026 | Books, Exclusives, Interviews
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: AUTHOR SARAH LANGAN TURNS CONSERVATIVE CULTURE INTO NIGHTMARE FUEL IN “TRAD WIFE” By LINDY RYAN When journalist Jenny Kaplan investigates the idyllic Black Swan Farm and its charismatic tradwife matriarch, Mia Wright, what begins as a...
by Michael Gingold | May 28, 2026 | News
Taye Diggs is a new “STEPFATHER” on Tubi; trailer and poster By MICHAEL GINGOLD They’re calling it an “Original Thriller Film,” but that title and premise sound awfully familiar… Tubi will exclusively premiere STEPFATHER on Friday, June 19. The movie, which has no...
by William J. Wright | May 26, 2026 | New Column!
MAILBOX MASSACRE: “THE PIT” and “THE WRAITH” Soundtracks on Vinyl By WILLIAM J. WRIGHT One of the many perks of being RUE MORGUE’s online managing editor is that creators and companies send you stuff. Some of it is good, some of it is...
by William J. Wright | May 23, 2026 | Exclusives, Music
EXCLUSIVE MUSIC PREMIERE: Eerie Choral Ambience Sets A Sinister Tone For “PASSENGER” By WILLIAM J. WRIGHT Genre favorite composer Christopher Young (Hellraiser, Sinister, Drag Me to Hell) infuses the ominous, demonic atmosphere of director André...
by Rue Morgue Manor | May 22, 2026 | Reviews
Movie Review: “PASSENGER” is best when it strays from the lane By KEN MICHAELS Starring Jacob Scipio, Lou Llobell and Melissa LeoDirected by André ØvredalWritten by Zachary Donohue and T.W. BurgessParamount PASSENGER is an example of how conventional material can be...
