Dread Central posted a video of a fan made trailer for a movie version of the Marvel Zombies comics. Chalk this one on my wish list of mock trailers hoping to become features. Dave, may this warm the cockles of your undead heart. And be sure to watch after the credits!
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Livescience.com has a pretty interesting little list about weird ways different cultures the world over deal with death and the disposal of the dead.

10. Towers of Silence
Zoroastrians believe the body is impure and shouldn’t pollute the earth after death through burial or cremation. Instead, the deceased are brought to a ceremonial “tower of silence”, usually […]

Rambo, along with G.I. Joe and the A-Team, were the cornerstones of my violent childhood fantasies. Do you remember how many stores were selling the Rambo 2 survival knife after that sequel came out. I can’t friggin’ believe how many kids my age had those dangerous, and usually cheaply made, knives. Christ, what were my […]

Irony is delicious isn’t it?
I have serious problems with censoring. As an artist myself, I believe that a final work of an artist/writer/director/etc intends should be seen/read/experienced as it’s meant to. When suits and sexually repressed fuck-wads filter out material a select few deem “offensive”, it rapes the work’s integrity and molests the artist’s original […]

BAH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!
A friend (thanks, Jenny!) sent this pic in an email with the above subject line. I dunno who came up with that, but I salute you for giving me the best laugh of the week. And remember: although they’ve both used candy to lure kids into a […]

The official ballots are open for the 6th Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards. Rue Morgue is up for best magazine, best article (with two nominations for ‘Kids vs. Monsters,’ by Chris Alexander and Jovanka Vuckovic, RUE MORGUE #69. Interviews with director Fred Dekker, the cast of Monster Squad and for ‘Roll for Your Life: […]

For the last eight years - even before I ever came to work at Rue Morgue - I’ve run my own micro press called Burning Effigy.
Shortly before my wedding in the fall of 2006, after having several conversations with friends in the horror book biz, I decided to chase a dream. In […]

Boingboing posted a link to Photoshop Roadmap’s 70 Horror, Blood and Gore Photoshop Effects and Brushes, a round-up of how to’s offering myriad ways for you to grossify yourself (and others). Now, instead of a few veins, blacked out pupils and a scar or two, you can look like you were skull-fucked Satan’s Ugly Stick […]

Talk about your rare opportunities! On February 17 (1:00pm), the Cinematheque in Toronto will be showing a brand new print of Hammer’s Horror of Dracula (a.k.a. Dracula), which has has previously censored scenes restored. Here’s the skinny from the Cinematheque website:
RESTORED PRINT FROM BRITAIN!
Featured at both the Cannes and Bologna festivals last year, what many […]

For Dr. Phibes…?
If so, don’t forget, tonight we’ve got a print of one of Vinnie Price’s greatest films at the Bloor. Goddamn, I’m excited! Watch the trailer and just try to resist the film! You can’t.

More info here.