RUE MORGUE

Rue Morgue #230 has arrived, tracing the moment where fixation begins to distort and turn into something far more dangerous. LOVE, POSSESSION, BLOODSHED Kicking this issue off is an in-depth look at filmmaker Curry Barker’s OBSESSION, a film that will be traumatizing you in theatres across North America this May with its tale of a simple wish transformed into a spiraling nightmare of love, possession, and bloodshed. The issue also unearths Barker’s found-footage shocker MILK & SERIAL, which rose from a micro-budget experiment to a viral horror breakout. ORIGINS OF THE LIVING DEAD Maya Annik Bedward’s new documentary BLACK ZOMBIE confronts a cinematic myth and restores the meaning buried beneath it. Plus: Wes Craven’s ambitious foray into Haitian folklore drew straight from Wade Davis’ ethnographic research, but studio pressures turned THE SERPENT AND THE RAINBOW into one of horror’s most conflicted misfires. ROCK ‘N’ ROLL BLOODLUST Original songs. Real performances. Anne Rice’s Brat Prince steps into the spotlight as a true glam rock force in Season Three of INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE. THE RISE OF ANOMALY HORROR From P.T. to Exit 8, a new generation of anomaly games traps players in repeating spaces where one small change might signal horrifying death. ALSO INSIDE Writer/director Adrian Chiarella gives new meaning to the term “scared straight” in his supernatural debut feature, LEVITICUS; Peter Weir’s THE PLUMBER (1979) is reissued; Bowen digs up German director John Brahm’s obscure 1945 thriller HANGOVER SQUARE; and the Ghoul Next Door offers up a MEDITATION ON TEETH AND HORROR. Plus! Novelist Heather Parry’s CARRION CROW; BIXBY GRANT, PRIVATE EYE: FANGS & BRIMSTONE comic by Patrick Coyle; the vintage visions of ESTHER LIMONES and a look at the new documentary from Toronto filmmakers Tim Kowalski and Kevan Byrne aims to shine a light on late cult musical icon NASH THE SLASH, and lots more. All this and the latest film, comics, music and game coverage.

NOTE FROM UNDERGROUND

RUE MORGUE

POST-MORTEM

THE CORONER’S REPORT • WEIRD STATS & MORBID FACTS

THE MOTHMAN COMETH

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO… • Robert Strange, “Female Werewolf / Hunchback” from Howl (2015)

NEEDFUL THINGS

CABINET OF CURIOSITIES • WHITING SHRUNKEN HEAD APPLE SCULPTURE KIT (1975)

CARDBOARD CRYPT • TOPPS CREATURE FEATURE “YOU’LL DIE LAUGHING” TRADING CARDS (1973)

KILLER CRUSH • FILMMAKER CURRY BARKER TRANSFORMS A SIMPLE WISH INTO A SPIRALLING NIGHTMARE OF LOVE, POSSESSION, AND BLOODSHED IN HIS BREAKOUT FEATURE OBSESSION

KILLER Instinct • BEFORE OBSESSION, CURRY BARKER’S FOUND-FOOTAGE SHOCKER MILK & SERIAL TURNED A MICRO-BUDGET EXPERIMENT INTO A VIRAL HORROR BREAKOUT

ORIGINS OF THE LIVING DEAD • HOLLYWOOD MADE IT A MONSTER. HISTORY TELLS A DIFFER ENT STORY. MAYA ANNIK BEDWARD’S NEW DOCUMENTARY BLACK ZOMBIE CONFRONTS A CINEMATIC MYTH AND RESTORES THE MEANING BURIED BENEATH IT

DISTORTING THE DEAD • WES CRAVEN’S AMBITIOUS FORAY INTO HAITIAN FOLKLORE DREW STRAIGHT FROM WADE DAVIS’ ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH, BUT STUDIO PRESSURES TURNED THE SERPENT AND THE RAINBOW INTO ONE OF HORROR’S MOST CONFLICTED MISFIRES

ROCK GOD VAMPIRE • ORIGINAL SONGS. REAL PERFORMANCES. ANNE RICE’S BRAT PRINCE STEPS INTO THE SPOTLIGHT AS A TRUE GLAM ROCK FORCE IN SEASON THREE OF INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE

LOOP OF DOOM • FROM P.T. TO THE EXIT 8, A NEW GENERATION OF ANOMALY GAMES TRAPS PLAYERS IN REPEATING SPACES WHERE ONE SMALL CHANGE MIGHT SIGNAL HORRIFYING DEATH

CINEMACABRE • FILM + DVD + REISSUES

OVERLOOKED, FORGOTTEN AND DISMISSED • THIS ISSUE: LANCE FILES FOR DIVORCE

SHORT CUTS • BITE-SIZED FRIGHTS FOR SMALL APPETITES

A DEMON CALLED DESIRE • WRITER/DIRECTOR ADRIAN CHIARELLA GIVES NEW MEANING TO THE TERM...