GENERATION SICK

Brandon Cronenberg’s Antiviral sees disease, technology and celebrity worship mutate into a New Flesh nightmare for the 21st century.

PLUS: Hunger, sleep deprivation and pain – Antiviral star Caleb Landry Jones on playing disease bootlegger Syd March, and more.

by Dave Alexander, Trevor Tuminski and Ariel Esteban Cayer

ALL CREATURES GREAT AND TALL

To mark the 40th anniversary of the original Stan Winston Studio, the legendary character creator’s son celebrates his legacy of mind-blowing creature craft.

by Jamison Ryan and Trevor Tuminski

FANTASIA 2012

Time for a sneak peek at the maddest horror movies on the horizon, courtesy of our annual pilgrimage to Montreal’s legendary genre film festival.

by Dave Alexander, Mario Degiglio-Bellemare, Paul Corupe, Michele Galgana, Andy Mauro and Tal Zimerman

ANOTHER ONE FOR THE FIRE

Zombie Burger owner George Formaro celebrates one year of asking customers,”D’ya want brains with that?”

by Melissa Cocetta

NOTE FROM UNDERGROUND

More human than human.

DREADLINES

Oliver Stone’s son plays himself in his ghostly debut feature; New Ontario-based animation house reviving stop-motion monsters; Zombie-themed cruise sets sail in January.

THE CORONER’S REPORT

Weird stats and morbid facts. Sick Top Six: Stan Winston’s coolest creatures.

NEEDFUL THINGS

Skull Violin, Alien Chopstick, Bigfoot Air Freshener, and Prefectly Random Jewellery.

CINEMACABRE

CineMacabre features reviews of V/H/S, The Tall Man, The Victim, Some Guy Who Kills People, The River: The Complete First Season, ATM, Midnight Son, Scalene, Ratline, Black Rat, and Rat Scratch Fever. Reissues reviews Jaws (1975), Altered States (1980), Brainstorm (1983), and Tales That Witness Madness (1973).

THE LATE-NITE ARCHIVE

It Came from Outer Space (1953).

BOWEN’S BASEMENT

Prophecy (1979).

BLOOD IN FOUR COLOURS

Features Pinocchio, Vampire Killer Volume 3: Of Wood and Blood, plus reviews of Revival #1, Eerie Comics #1, The Infernal Man-Thing #1 of 3, Hoax Hunters #1, and Hellblazer #292.

THE NINTH CIRCLE

Spotlight: Dark Faith: Invocations. Library of the Damned looks for the Devil in the genre. Plus, reviews of The Vampire Film: Undead Cinema, Kier-La Janisse’s House of Psychotic Women, Horror and the Horror Film, A Book of Horrors, Corey Redekop’s Husk, Stefan Grabinski’s On the Hill of Roses, Rob Deborde’s Portlandtown: A Tale of the Oregon Wyldes, and The Ultimate Dead Baby Joke Book.

THE FRIGHT GALLERY

Raiding the ’80s with Slasher Design.

THE GORE-MET

Menu: Death Metal’s Goriest Platters.

AUDIO DROME

Featuring glam-rock ghouls The 69 Eyes. The Devil’s Playlist calls out Scum of the Earth’s Riggs. Plus, reviews of Rosemary’s Baby OST, Prometheus OST, Johnny Flesh & The Redneck Zombies, Bloodsucking Zombies from Outer Space, Calabrese, Rob Zombie, Grave, and The Forsaken.

PLAY DEAD

Features reviews of The Secret World and Deadlight.

CLASSIC CUT

On the Beach (1959).

GIVEAWAYS THIS ISSUE

15 new subscribers will win a copy of The Cabin in the Woods on Blu-ray courtesy of Lionsgate.