German autumns don’t indicate Halloween. It’s possible you’ll spot a witch cutout or encounter a lonely, uncarved pumpkin on someone’s porch, but you’re more likely to see tree ornaments, gingerbread cookies or Santa Claus. Here in Germany, October serves as more of a reminder that Christmas is coming. In spite of this, there exist those who refuse to let the Halloween season slip by uncelebrated. One such group are the men and women who organize, promote and support the annual Weekend of Horrors convention at the Salbaau Hall in Bottrop, Germany.

It’s about to become even easier for Stateside movie buffs to get their monthly fix of Rue Morgue. Here’s a chunk of our latest press release:

“Starting this November, Rue Morgue … will begin regular distribution in over 800 Blockbuster stores across the United States. The initiative sees the leading genre brand find a new home in one of the country’s most reputable home video chains.

“ ‘We are thrilled to be welcomed into the Blockbuster family of magazines and we hope to find new readers there,’ commented Rue Morgue president Rodrigo Gudiño.”

No matter what sort of colourful confections land in your Halloween bags this season, boils and ghouls, the upcoming 128-page 14th anniversary Halloween issue of RM is bound to be the most mind-blowing, teeth-rottingly decadent morsel of the lot!

Wrapped up in an iridescent cover illustration by Jason Edmiston (whose work has previously appeared in the Black 100‘s Nightmare Gallery and our tribute to Vincent Price in RM#111), this year’s ceremonial offering literally melts down the essence of the witching hour, pours it into a smiling jack-’o-lantern, lights it on fire and tosses it into the sky whereupon it will explode in a shower of magazine-sized portions and be delivered to you by horned carrier owls.

Well, okay…that’s what we wish we could do but hey, look at what even just the cover reveals about the issue’s goopy innards. And there’s so much more as you dig deeper inside! Stay tuned…

You know how creepy stuff has a way of going global? We’ve seen it time and time again: something scary goes down in a farmhouse in Pennsylvania or an apartment building in Barcelona and before you can say “They’re coming for you, Barbara!” the horror has spread to every corner of the world and you just can’t get away from it.

Well, it’s kind of like that with Rue Morgue. The Rue Crew spends way too much time sequestered in dark corners of the House of Horror in Toronto, but that hasn’t stopped us from stretching our shadowy tendrils across borders – and oceans. It is with great pleasure that we introduce our United Kingdom Facebook page, Rue Morgue UK. If you live in the United Kingdom or even if you’re just a fan of UK horror, head on over there and “like” the new page – you’ll get updates on all manner of creepy UK culture, and you might even win a spiffy digital subscription to Rue Morgue.

And, since horror is a multi-lingual affair, you can keep tabs on us en français on our new French-language Facebook page, Rue Morgue France. L’horreur!

Meet the new rebels of splatter cinema this month as we gather Japan’s most notoriously splatter-happy filmmakers with a sprawling cover story on Sushi Typhoon – a new studio dedicated to delivering the most outrageous sex, gore and monster movies to international audiences. Take a sneak peek at what we’ve crammed inside this month’s Rue Morgue with this new issue trailer, cut and conceived by Rodrigo and Tomb Dragomir!

We’ve got your exclusive first look at the cover of the May issue, RM#111, illustrated by Chicago artist Mitch O’Connell! Stay tuned next week for the official issue trailer, cut together by Rodrigo and Tomb, for more of the eerie elements that await you!

Earlier this year, Rue Morgue founder Rodrigo Gudiño decided it was high time to christen RM‘s fashion fearward line of creepy clothing, jewelry and accessories, especially in light of the new slate of designs introduced at the 2010 Festival of Fear. Hence, Rue Morgue Finery was born – a name that, for us, perfectly summarizes our commitment to producing high-quality, orb-popping garments and apparel, designed by RM‘s very own Ghoulish Gary Pullin and Justin Erickson.

With a few hours left of August, here’s the latest tally of current and soon-to-be-released soundtracks, covering horror, giallo, gothic, suspense, and maybe a smidge of cult.

The list includes CD as well as the odd DVD / Blu-ray releases featuring isolated score materials (see Image Entertainment below).

Toronto-based synth-rock band The Birthday Massacre filmed the video for their new song “In the Dark” this past weekend, with Rue Morgue founder Rodrigo Gudino co-directing.

Welcome to my nightmare… I mean, dream, everyone.

As a longtime writer for Rue Morgue Magazine (since Issue 6), I’ve had the great privilege of working alongside the Rue Crew, the coolest, hardest-working people I know. So when editor-in-chief Dave Alexander invited me to blog for the mag, I was thrilled and chilled. Look for regular posts each weeks on all aspects of horror and dark culture, including exclusive interviews and video you won’t see anywhere else.