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Sneak Peek: Unearth a Lost Legacy of Horror in RUE MORGUE #226 Sep/Oct Halloween 2025 Issue!

RUE MORGUE unearths some of the genre’s lost films, notably those of the late, great LON CHANEY, and explores why Tod Browning’s LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT lingers in our collective imagination. Plus! Chaney’s A BLIND BARGAIN gets a retro-modern reimagining with a dash of CRISPIN GLOVER;  Steven Spielberg’s SOMETHING EVIL and the lost made-for-TV horror movies that terrorized a generation; and the unquiet spirits of the lost Filipino horror films are awakened in Nikolas Red’s POSTHOUSE. (RUE MORGUE #226 Sep/Oct Halloween 2025 Issue)

Plus! A DARK TOUR OF AMERICA; how the CURSED FILM is becoming a literary obsession; the Mistress of the Dark dishes on ELVIRA’S COOKBOOK FROM HELL; a look back at the story of RICHARD BACHMAN on the eve of Hollywood adaptations of THE LONG WALK and THE RUNNING MAN; inside THE BACKROOMS and more!

Also in this issue: Steven Kostanski’s DEATHSTALKER; Tom Savini’s NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD revived; Bowen digs up Don Dohler’s FIEND; body ritual through BODY HORROR; Richard T. Wilson’s HALLOWEEN GIRL BOOK THREE: GODS & MONSTERS; WITCHES AND WITCHCRAFT; the captivating canvases of CAROLINE BEAUDOIN and lots more!

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