#205 Mar/Apr 2022

FEATURES This spring, Finland-based horror filmmakers HANNA BERGHOLM and ILJA RAUTSI release HATCHING, their feature-length exploration into the bond between mother and child… and the results are traumatic. Plus! HATCHING screenwriter ILJA RAUTSI proves he is no stranger to satire with his unique brand of caustic horror shorts and Aleksandr Ptushko’s SAMPO a.k.a. THE DAY THE EARTH FROZE (1959) restored in 4K! Benjamin Christensen’s HAXAN, a film that originally first cast its spell one hundred years ago this year, still works its dark magic. Plus! Rue Morgue traces the many attempts over the years to lend sound to HAXANs stunning visuals. Poetry may not be the first thing that comes to mind when someone says “horror,” but HORROR POETRY is thriving. Plus! Anna Cheung’s WHERE DECAY SLEEPS. Rue Morgue salutes the phantasmagoric life and art of VERNE LANGDON. DEPARTMENTS NOTE FROM UNDERGROUND Omelette for Easter POST-MORTEM Letters from fans, readers and weirdos THE CORONER’S REPORT Weird Stats & Morbid Facts, Expired Minds, Shadowland and more! NEEDFUL THINGS Strange trinkets from our bazaar of the bizarre CINEMACABRE The newest films and reissues, featuring featuring Mickey Keating’s Offseason REISSUED & RE-ANIMATED REVIVED: Alligator Breaks Out on 4K/Blu-ray BOWEN’S BASEMENT DUG UP: Blood Rage (1987) BLACK MUSEUM EXHIBIT: Lady in a Cage (1964) BLOOD IN FOUR COLOURS INKED IN: Joe Mulvey and Rich Douek’s Happy Hill THE NINTH CIRCLE SPOTLIGHT: Ed Simon’s Pandemonium: A Visual History of Demonology THE FRIGHT GALLERY ON DISPLAY: The Witchy Craft of Slutfocate DEVIL’S IN THE DETAILS CURIO: Elizabeth Báthory, video game designer AUDIO DROME NOW PLAYING: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre soundtrack PLAY DEAD PLAYING: To VR of not to VR VS DEBATE: What horror movie has the most misleading poster?