THEY GET YOU WHEN YOU SLEEP

Thirty-five years after he re-envisioned paranoia, Invasion of the Body Snatchers director Philip Kaufman grants us a rare interview to discuss his masterpiece of downbeat ’70s sci-fi horror. PLUS: Co-star Art Hindle recalls the time he became a pod person, and Edgar Wright completes his Cornetto Trilogy with The World’s End, his beer-soaked riff on Body Snatchers.

by Michael Doyle. James Burrell and Charlotte Stear

FANTASIA ’13

Once again, Rue Morgue gorges on the global horror served up at Montreal’s world-famous genre film festival. Here’s a look at the lineup. PLUS: Spotlights on Bobcat Goldthwait’s Bigfoot flick Willow Creek, Richard Stanley’s new doc The Other World and Israeli revenge movie Big Bad Wolves.

by Stuart F. Andrews, Mario Degiglio-Bellemare, Michelle Galgana, Andy Mauro, Jay Slater and April Snellings

GHOULISH GOALIES

Rue Morgue takes a look at the ten creepiest, coolest horror-themed hockey masks outside of a Friday the 13th film.

by Dan Murphy

GHOST WORLD

For Insidious: Chapter 2, James Wan and Leigh Whannell drive their tormented characters headlong into The Further.

by Monica S. Kuebler

NOTE FROM UNDERGROUND

Invasion of the Copysnatchers.

DREADLINES

Astron-6 pushes ahead with new projects; Laird Barron to edit inaugural edition of The Year’s Best Weird Fiction; Viscera Film Fest announces 2013 winners and upcoming tour.

THE CORONER’S REPORT

Weird stats and morbid facts. Sick Top Six: Bizarre Body Snatchings.

NEEDFUL THINGS

Forrest J Ackerman statue; Colour Me Good Arrggghhhh!! colouring book; Zombie tarot, Ouija Board messenger bag

CINEMACABRE

CineMacabre features reviews of Hatchet III, Hell Baby, Falling Skies: The Complete Second Season, The Rambler, Rewind This!, The Demented, The Amazing Adventures of the Living Corpse, The Employer, Mara, Cold Prey 2, and Blood Runs Cold. Reissues features Larry Cohen on Q – The Winged Serpent, plus reviews of The Fog (1980), The Night Visitor (1971) and Scanners II/Scanners III Double Feature (1991).

THE LATE-NITE ARCHIVE

In The Vault: Dracula, Prince of Darkness

BOWEN’S BASEMENT

Dug Up: Ants (1977)

BLOOD IN FOUR COLOURS

Features Hoax Hunters, plus reviews of Dexter #1, Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #1, Mars Attacks: Classics Obliterated #1, Boneyard: The Biggening, and George R.R. Martin’s Skin Trade.

THE NINTH CIRCLE

Spotlight: Liisa Ladouceur’s How To Kill A Vampire. Library of the Damned attends Neil Gaiman’s Last Signing tour. Plus, reviews of The Grimscribe’s Puppets, Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth, Zombie Nation: From Folklore to Modern Frenzy, Royce Prouty’s Stoker’s Manuscript, David Lubar’s Extremities: Stories of Death, Murder, and Revenge, Tony Burgess’ The N-Body Problem, and more!

THE FRIGHT GALLERY

On Display: Movie Poster Trends

THE GORE-MET

Menu: The Vampire’s Night Orgy and Dr. Jekyll vs. the Werewolf

AUDIO DROME

Featuring Hammer Chillers audio dramas. Listen to My Nightmare corners GWAR frontmonster Oderus Urungus. Plus reviews of The Conjuring OST, Byzantium OST, Death Valley High, The Recently Deceased, Old Gods, Autopsy, Grime, From Hell, and Saint Vitus.

PLAY DEAD

Features reviews of Mag Runner: Dark Pulse, Dark, and The Drowning.

CLASSIC CUT

Jerrold Freedman’s A Cold Night’s Death (1973)

GIVEAWAYS THIS ISSUE

20 New Subscribers will win a copy of I Spit on Your Grave 2 courtesy of Anchor Bay Entertainment.