Most know Rod Serling through The Twilight Zone, of course, but this CNN article reminds us that he was also somewhat of a social crusader. Tomorrow at Ithaca College, where Serling taught until his death in ‘75, there will be a reading of his heavily censored script for the teleplay “Noon on Doomsday,” in which […]

MF Gallery’s annual zombie art show called Zombies Attack Again is back! Running April 12 until the end of May, this years contributers will feature the sordid likes of Zorno, D. W. Frynendall, Mark Riddick, pieces from the Ed Gein Collection, yours truly and many more. So if your taking a bite out of the […]

And you thought The Asylum was cheeky with its rip-offs!
I accidentally came across this on the British Amazon website. The angry reviews of it are hilarious. Nothing whatsoever to do with 28 Days/28 Weeks Later, it stars Reggie Bannister (oh Reggie…) and is titled Last Rites in North America.
Note the tagline: “The devastation continues.”
If […]

The New Yorker has a revealing feature on the comic book witch hunts of the 1950s that brought an end to the classic horror comics style spearheaded by EC. Not only does it go in-depth in regards to some of the personalities involved, including EC publisher Bill Gaines and Fredric Wertham, who penned the notorious […]

Since we’re on a big Vinny Price kick (what else is new?), here’s a preview of an illustration Royal Flush had me do up for their upcoming piece on the 25th anniversary release of Micheal Jackson’s Thriller.
After watching the video before I began, I remembered “Making Michael Jackson’s Thriller” when it was first released on […]

I was looking up an old TV ad starring Vincent Price, for an upcoming Rue Morgue article, and I came across a bunch of other ones on YouTube, which I’ve compiled here for your Vinnie-viewing pleasure. My fave is the one that has the least of him in it, as I love his maniacal laugh […]

Neil Marshall is a director who understands and respects genre film. That’s not necessarily a rare thing, but what’s impressive is that he actually manages to get uncompromising horror films made without anyone completely fucking them up along the way. Dog Soldiers and The Descent (our cover story for issue #58) are much loved around […]

Rue Morgue Magazine just won the 6th Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award for BEST MAGAZINE! Woo Hoo!!! I’m proud of my team and the magazine we create every month.
“A five-year winning streak for Best Magazine by Video Watchdog, a sophisticated journal of horror and cult film studies, was snapped with a win by […]

If you’re in the LA area, you GOTTA go to this. Dana Gould is fucking hysterical! He’s an Emmy award-winning writer for The Simpsons and a huge horror fan. He’s doing horror comedy! And Joel from MST3K! Pretty damned cool, kids…

This is going to be a killer event. Don’t miss it! I’ll be lurking around, being evil. See you guys there… .
Last Rites Gallery Brings the New York Art World Over to the Dark Side
(New York, NY) On April 5th, the New York art scene is going to get a lot darker. Legendary painter and […]