Contents THE WOODS ARE ALIVE

Thoughts of an Evil Dead remake threatening to swallow your soul? Director Fede Alvarez explains that having Sam Raimi in your corner is just one reason to welcome back the deadites.

PLUS: Straight from the set, the cast and crew take us behind the scenes, and more!

by Monica S. Kuebler and Sean Plummer


LONG LIVE 80S HORROR

Scream Factory is reviving one of the best decades for genre films, one pre-CGI gem at a time.
PLUS: Steve Railsback talks Lifeforce, Renny Harlin on Prison, and more!

by April Snellings, Sean Plummer, Stuart F. Andrews, Tal Zimerman, Dave Alexander, Andrea Subissati, James Burrell and Scott Neumyer


DARKEST BEFORE THE DAWN

‘Tis the month to celebrate Walpurgisnacht, Germany’s diabolical cousin of Halloween.

by Moaner T. Lawrence


RETURN OF THE BIG BOX BEAST

Charles Band makes VHS horror freaks go mental by resurrecting Wizard Video.

By Tal Zimerman



NOTE FROM UNDERGROUND

Do you suffer from fangina?


DREADLINES

Phil Anselmo and Author Corey Mitchell Launch Housecore Horror Film Festival; Toy Story 3 Director Uncovers Lost Ending to The Shining; Black Museum Lecture Series Launches 2013 Program.


THE CORONER'S REPORT

Weird stats and morbid facts. Sick Top Six: Tree Mistreatment.


NEEDFUL THINGS

Zombie Bobblehead; Wall Torch; Hammer Dracula Bust; Zombie Flamingo.


CINEMACABRE

CineMacabre features reviews of Stoker, Dark Skies, Warm Bodies, Sleep Tight, Citadel, Axed and more! Reissues reviews Toxic Avenger: The Japanese Cut (1984), Chiller (1995), and Mark of the Devil (1970).


THE LATE-NITE ARCHIVE

In The Vault: The Name of the Game is Kill.


BOWEN'S BASEMENT

Dug Up: Attack of the Beast Creatures (1985).


BLOOD IN FOUR COLOURS

Features London Horror Comic, plus reviews of Hellraiser: The Dark Watch #1, Morbius: The Living Vampire #1, Baltimore: The Widow and the Tank, Snapshot #1 of 4, The Curse of Dracula.


THE NINTH CIRCLE

Spotlight: Laird Barron’s new short fiction collection The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All. Library of the Damned takes bad book covers to task. Plus, reviews of Andrew Pyper's The Demonologist, Fear the Abyss, Australian Horror Films 1973-2010, Richard Gavin's At Fear’s Altar, Allan Grave's The Zombook and Jeremy Saffer and Ash Costello's Till Death: A Guide to Love and Loss.


THE FRIGHT GALLERY

M.Fersner’s Diabolical Art Deco.


THE GORE-MET

Menu: Come and Get Me.


AUDIO DROME

Featuring Ghost Ballads by Lonsome Wyatt and the Holy Spooks. Listen to My Nightmare provides A Brief History of Horror Music Makeup. Plus reviews of Mama OST, The Relic OST, The Last Man on Earth OST, John Dies at the End OST, Combichrist, Tombstone Highway, Devourment, Wormed, and more.


PLAY DEAD

Features reviews of Aliens: Colonial Marines and Universal Monsters Online.


CLASSIC CUT

The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror

Contents

Nearly two years after its world premiere lit up the midnight audience at the Toronto International Film Festival, You’re Next brings its home invasion horror to theatres.

PLUS: We untangle the intersecting resumes of the You’re Next gang, and V/H/S/2 reviewed.



by Dave Alexander, Trevor Tuminski, Scott Feinblatt and Sam Costello



WORLDWIDE MONSTER WAR



Guillermo del Toro pits mechs against kaiju creatures in Pacific Rim, his biggest film yet.

PLUS: A look at Irish sea-monster comedy Grabbers, in which the only way to avoid being tasted, is to get wasted.



by Michael Doyle and Phil Brown



WAR MACHINES



After his stalled Nazi zombies project Worst Case Scenario, Richard Raaphorst returns with new WWII horrors in Frankenstein’s Army.

PLUS: The Frankenstein Theory reviewed.



by Peter Gutierrez and Dave Alexander



CONSPIRACY RESURRECTION



In time for the 20th anniversary of the TV series’ premiere, The X-Files gets a tenth season – in comic books.



by Monica S. Kuebler



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NOTE FROM UNDERGROUND



Storming the Castle.



DREADLINES



Harryhausen art show coming to Los Angeles; FX Artist Tom Woodruff, Jr. to helm first feature; J.T. Petty scripts upcoming survival horror game.



THE CORONER’S REPORT



Weird stats and morbid facts. Sick Top Six: Bio-Mechanical Monsters.



NEEDFUL THINGS



Zombie Wine Bottle Holder; Silence of the Lambs Wines; Elvira Coffin Purse; VHS Horror Pillows.



CINEMACABRE



CineMacabre features Tourist Trap, World War Z, The Conjuring, Dead Souls, Night of the Living Ed, Axe Giant: the Wrath of Paul Bunyan, and more! Reissues reviews Castle Freak (1995), Soft for Digging (2001) and Hands of the Ripper (1971).



THE LATE-NITE ARCHIVE



In The Vault: And Then There Were None.



BOWEN’S BASEMENT



Dug Up: The Alligator People.



BLOOD IN FOUR COLOURS



Features The Man Who Laughs, plus reviews of The Extinction Parade #1, Baltimore: The Inquisitor, Breath of Bones: A Tale of the Golem #1 of 3, Six-Gun Gorilla #1 of 6, and the Wake #1.



THE NINTH CIRCLE



Spotlight: Alexander Gordon Smith’s The Fury. Library of the Damned gets haunted. Plus, reviews of Fervid Filmmaking: 66 Cult Pictures of Vision, Verve and No Self-Restraint, Hauntings, Peter Cushing: A Life in Film, Seth Patrick’s Reviver, and more!



THE FRIGHT GALLERY



On Display: Jason Edmiston, Part II.



THE GORE-MET



Menu: Michael MagGot.



AUDIO DROME



Featuring Marco Beltrami’s World War Z score. Listen to My Nightmare turns the spotlight on Midnight Syndicate. Plus reviews of Dark Skies OST, Last Exorcism 2 OST, Goatcraft, Keep Our Heads compilation, Black Sabbath, Pest, Necronomicon, and Gulaggh.



PLAY DEAD



Features reviews of The Last of Us and State of Decay.



CLASSIC CUT



Mike Oldfield’s “Tubular Bells.”

Contents

Only the most debauched of the devout stand between a Norse demon-god and the apocalypse in J.T. Petty’s Hellbenders. Do you know where that rosary’s been? PLUS: Sergio Stivaletti explains why his ambitious effects for Demons and its sequel were a game changer in Italian cinema, and more!



by April Snellings, Dejan Ognjanovic and Moaner T. Lawrence



HOW TO DISPOSE OF THE DEAD



Rue Morgue’s resident coroner, Last Chance Lance, takes a look at different funeral customs from around the world. PLUS: Reviews of Paul Koudounaris’ Heavenly Bodies: Cult Treasures & Spectacular Saints From the Catacombs and the death-themed issue of Lapham’s Quarterly.



Last Chance Lance and Dave Alexander



TIFF 2013



Midnight Madness, the genre junkie portion of the Toronto International Film Festival, turned 25 this year, we give you a sneak peek at both the horror titles that premiered there, and the other global terrors unleashed.



by Dave Alexander, Stuart F. Andrews, Phil Brown, Monica S. Kuebler, Liisa Ladouceur, Sean Plummer and Tal Zimerman



THE GHOULS OF ’68



Rob Kuhn’s Birth of the Living Dead documentary traces the explosion of zombie culture back to its Romero roots.



by Tal Zimerman



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NOTE FROM UNDERGROUND



Leave those kids alone.



DREADLINES



Grand Guignol theatre makes a comeback in Paris; Kill your friends in new dungeon monster game; Original Svengoolie, Jerry. G. Bishop, dead at 77.



THE CORONER’S REPORT



Weird stats and morbid facts. Sick Top Six: Monsters of the Cloth.



NEEDFUL THINGS



Garden Nightmares, Custom White Bronze Skull Ring, Tentacle Doorstop, Pacific Rim Action Figures.



CINEMACABRE



CineMacabre features reviews of Curse of Chucky, Argento’s Dracula 3D, Devil’s Pass, Hidden in the Woods, Butcher Boys, No One Lives, Alyce Kills, The Vampire Diaries: The Complete Fourth Season, The Legend of the Psychotic Forest Ranger, Fear the Forest, and Last Kind Words. Reissues reviews Day of the Dead (1985), Snuff (1976), Prince of Darkness (1987), Mystery Science Theatre 3000: The Movie (1996), In the Mouth of Madness (1994) and The Amityville Horror Trilogy.



THE LATE-NITE ARCHIVE



In The Vault: The Blancheville Monster.



BOWEN’S BASEMENT



Dug Up: Slithis.



BLOOD IN FOUR COLOURS



Features Rex: Zombie Killer, plus reviews of Baltimore – The Infernal Train #1 of 3, The Mocking Dead #1, The Halloween Legion HC, Love Stories (To Die For) #1, and Classics Illustrated Deluxe #10.



THE NINTH CIRCLE



Spotlight: Devil’s Advocates film book series. Library of the Damned cracks open Stephen King’s Doctor Sleep. Plus, reviews of Nicholas Kaufmann’s Dying is My Business, Alison Littlewood’s A Cold Season, Encounters with Flying Humanoids: Mothman, Manbirds, Gargoyles & Other Winged Beasts, Mick Ridgewell’s Evil Never Dies, Tales of Jack the Ripper, Barbie Wilde’s The Venus Complex, Bewitched Again: Supernaturally Powerful Women on Television 1996-2011, and The Haunted Mansion Project: Year Two.



THE FRIGHT GALLERY



On Display: Dirty Donny’s Metallica pinball machines.



THE GORE-MET



Menu: Slew Hampshire.



AUDIO DROME



Featuring the music videos of Phil Mucci. Listen to My Nightmare spins Michale Graves’ The Lost Skeleton Returns. Plus reviews of Re-Animator OST, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow OST, Harley Poe, Unmothered, Salem Rages, The Nearly Deads, Ghoul, Coffins, and Carcass.



PLAY DEAD



Features reviews of Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs, Rain, Ravaged Zombie Apocalypse, and Catastrophic Zombies!



CLASSIC CUT



The Alan Parsons Project’s Tales of Mystery and Imagination: Edgar Allan Poe.