Twenty-eight years into its reign, Rue Morgue continues to map the fault lines of fear — and Issue #229 listens closer than ever before. On stands March 1 and available now in the Rue Morgue Shoppe, this new edition turns its ear toward the evolving language of horror.
The Scariest Film You’ve Ever Heard
At the heart of RM#229 is Undertone, a nerve-shredding found-footage thriller that weaponizes sound rather than spectacle. Explored in our HOMEGROWN HORROR feature, the film announces the arrival of a chilling new voice within Canada’s rapidly expanding independent scene — proof that terror doesn’t always need to be seen to be felt.
We also spotlight a rising generation of Canadian filmmakers pushing horror into unpredictable territory with Dream Eater, Sweetness, Hangashore, The Land of Nod and The Curse of Ghost Island. Together, they signal that Canada’s horror renaissance is not a passing moment but a movement gathering force.
Darkwave’s Vanguard
Sound reverberates again in our spotlight on TRAITRS, the Toronto darkwave duo channeling horror cinema, religious unease and psychological dread into a modern sonic identity. Beyond the spotlight, we trace the quieter currents shaping today’s underground darkwave landscape – where atmosphere is everything and nostalgia becomes something stranger and more dangerous.
Worshiping Cthulhu
In THE GREAT GOD CTHULHU, we examine how H.P. Lovecraft’s cosmic creation escaped pulp fiction to take on a life of its own. For some, the mythos remains fiction; for others, it borders on belief. This feature explores the uneasy overlap between Lovecraft’s imagined cult and the real-world movements that grew in its shadow.
Bleed Like It’s 1974
Grindhouse roars back in DOLLY, Rod Blackhurst’s resurrection of the feral spirit of ’70s slasher cinema through 16mm grit, practical gore and a fiercely outsider ethos. A reminder that horror’s past continues to mutate into something new – and often more vicious.
Also Inside
Issue #229 digs deeper with Salem’s Lot resurrected in 4K, Mia Ballard on Shy Girl, a descent into The Silent Scream (1979), and a guide to building your ultimate horror curriculum — alongside new film, comics, music and game coverage spanning the breadth of contemporary genre culture.
All this and the latest film, book, comic book, music, game and toy releases!
Available in the Rue Morgue Shoppe and on newsstands March 1.
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