RUE MORGUE

We kick off the new year with a career spanning interview with visionary director CHRISTOPHE GANS, who resurrects a nightmare world with RETURN TO SILENT HILL. Plus! Gans’ BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF turns 25. Also in this issue: A SERBIAN DOCUMENTARY looks back at what many consider to be the sickest film of all time, and A SERBIAN FILM‘s co-writer directs his first feature, KARMADONNA; French synthwave artist CARPENTER BRUT fuses retro horror with ’90s rave music on his newest album; R.I.P. 2025 – the year in review. Plus: Aaron Pagniano and Zack Ogle’s IT NEEDS EYES; David Schmoeller’s TOURIST TRAP in 4K; THE CATS OF ULTHAR reimagined; Sarah G. Pierce’s FOR HUMAN USE; The monster kid chronicles of LOUIE BECKER; LAST EXIT RADIO; reviews of THE CABIN FACTORY and A.I.L.A., and lots more! All this and the latest film, book, comic book, music, game and toy releases!

NOTE FROM UNDERGROUND

RUE MORGUE

POST-MORTEM • COMMENTS • QUESTIONS • CRITICISM

THE CORONER’S REPORT

A NIGHTMARE SURFACES

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO … • Robert Easton, “Dan Kester” from The Giant Spider Invasion (1975)

NEEDFUL THINGS

HANDMADE HORRORS

CRYPTIC COLLECTIBLES

HILLRAISER • HE FASCINATED AUDIENCES IN 2001 WITH THE FRENCH PERIOD MARTIAL ARTS HORROR FILM BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF. THEN HE FOLLOWED IT UP IN 2006 BY BRINGING THE EERIE WORLD OF SILENT HILL TO CINEMATIC LIFE… AND THEN HE WENT DARK. NOW, VISIONARY CHRISTOPHE GANS RETURNS TO THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR WITH YET ANOTHER NIGHTMARE

WHERE THE BEAST ONCE ROAMED • WITH MONSTERS, MARTIAL ARTS, POLITICAL INTRIGUE, AND REAL FRENCH LOCATIONS, BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF DEFIED LABELS. LOOKING BACK 25 YEARS LATER, CHRISTOPHE GANS REVEALS HOW THAT DEFIANCE BECAME THE FILM’S GREATEST STRENGTH

DARKEST MIRROR DOCUMENTING A SERBIAN FILM • BACK IN 2010, TWO ANGRY YOUNG SERBS MADE WHAT MANY CONSIDER TO BE THE SICKEST FILM OF ALL TIME. NOW THERE’S A FILM ABOUT IT. KEEP REPEATING: IT’S ONLY A DOCUMENTARY… IT’S ONLY A DOCUMENTARY…

BORN AGAIN, BLOOD AGAIN • A SERBIAN FILM’S CO-WRITER DIRECTS HIS FIRST FEATURE. SHOULD WE BE AFRAID?

BRUT FORCE TRAUMA • FRENCH SYNTHWAVE ARTIST CARPENTER BRUT FUSES RETRO HORROR WITH ’90S RAVE MUSIC ON LEATHER TEMPLE, THE FINAL ENTRY OF HIS LP TRILOGY

HIGH SCHOOL TO HELLSCAPE • CARPENTER BRUT’S LEATHER SAGA IS A TWISTED TALE TOLD THROUGH GLAM METAL, SLASHER TERROR, AND DYSTOPIAN SCI-FI

R.I.P. 2025 THE YEAR IN REVIEW

CINEMACABRE • FILM + DVD + REISSUES

OVERLOOKED, FORGOTTEN AND DISMISSED • THIS ISSUE: LANCE ACHES FOR ANTHOLOGIES

SHORT CUTS

DEEP WEB, DEEPER WOUNDS • FILMMAKERS AARON PAGNIANO AND ZACK OGLE PEER INTO THE INTERNET’S DARKEST BYWAYS IN THEIR NEW HORROR MOVIE IT NEEDS EYES

REISSUED & REANIMATED • UMBRELLA LURES YOU BACK INTO TOURIST TRAP

IT CAME FROM BOWEN’S BASEMENT • Wicker Basket Case

GHOUL NEXT DOOR • WHEN A STRANGER TAPS

BLOOD IN FOUR COLOURS

QUICK CUTS

THE NINTH CIRCLE • BOOKS

DANTE’S PICK

Cohabitation With Corpses • SARAH G. PIERCE’S DEBUT NOVEL FOR HUMAN USE IMAGINES A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE CAN DOWNLOAD AN APP TO MATCH WITH A DEAD BODY

LIBRARY OF THE DAMNED • NEVER TRUST A DRAGON

THE FRIGHT GALLERY • THIS MONTH: The Monster Kid Chronicles of Louie Becker

DEVIL’S IN THE DETAILS • A DUMPSTER INTO HORROR’S ODDS & CURIDS

AUDIO DROME

PODCASTS FROM BEYONE

DEAD AIR COMES TO LIFE

PLAY DEAD • NOW PLAYING > THE CABIN FACTORY, A.I.L.A.

IS A SERBIAN FILM STILL INDEFENSIBLE? • IN A WORLD WHERE IT’S OKAY TO AGREE TO DISAGREE, ONE FILM CONTINUES TO STICK OUT AS THE PROVERBIAL BRIDGE TOO FAR: SRDJAN SPASOJEVIC’S A SERBIAN FILM. BUT...