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Countdown to Armageddon

Scientists prepare to smash down some atoms, inevitably ushering in the end of mankind.
Haven’t these fools read The Mist or The Rising?!?
If we hope to pull through this, I’d better get to work on my Lovecraftian Zombie-Smasher (patent pending) ASAP!

Should Cookie Monster be on Suicide Watch?

According to this article about morbid thoughts leading to cookie consumption, yes.
It states: “Thinking about your own death can make you reach for the cookie jar, with an international study finding that morbid thoughts tend to whet the appetite.”
Here is some disturbing video evidence. In it Cookie Monster is gorging himself somewhere in a black [...]

The Bloor-Stained Burka

A reminder to all fans of slasher movies, zombie flicks, foreign horror films, Mondo Macabro cult titles and general bloody weirdness: tonight at 9:30, at The Bloor, is the CineMacabre screening of Pakistan’s first gore film, Hell’s Ground. If you’ve got the current issue of Rue Morgue, you can read Paul Corupe’s excellent feature all [...]

Not Your Average Joe

“It’s not the cough that carries you off, but the coffin they carry you off in,” was a saying my grandma used like. Of course, had she watched a Coffin Joe film, it would’ve shattered her Christian soul.
Well, after many decades, there’s a new Coffin Joe movie coming out in Brazil, starring, directed and co-written [...]

Exclusive Image From Hellraiser Remake!!!

Check it out, Clive Barker fans: Rue Morgue just got its hands on this leaked picture from the upcoming Hellraiser remake, and it’s a doozy. Shame Doug Bradley won’t be in it, but I like the new headgear. Good to get away from the goth-y fetish look for a while, right?

For more on this developing [...]

The Only Thing Better Than a Good Dead Baby Joke…

Is this:

More comedy from Quiet Library here.

I Warned You Not to Go Out Tonight

Time for heads up about tonight’s CineMacabre screening of Maniac (on 35mm), with director Bill Lustig in-person to introduce it and do a Q&A afterwards. If you bring some fresh scalps, he might even sign ‘em.
Sadly, I’ll going to miss the event, as I’ll off to New York for a few days. So, if anyone [...]

Hit and Mist

I love examining movie posters. It’s not just the art and design that go into them but how those elements must work together to communicate a concept while catching the eye. Horror posters in particular can help make or break a film because of the emphasis on arresting visuals. They can either effectively promise a [...]

You Go, Lloyd!

The New York Post has a story about Lloyd Kaufman picketing the Tribeca Film Festival, in full chicken costume, of course.
I guess the Fest really ruffled his feathers. Ahahahahahahahaha…
Full story here.
(Thanks, Alex)

Dr. Blair or Mr. Whiskers?

“A Cell gets out, and it will IMITATE EVERYTHING on the face of the EARTH! AND NOTHING CAN STOP IT!”

If you’re a fan of The Thing, you’ll appreciate 5 Cats That Look Like Wilford Brimley.
Too funny.