#206 May/Jun 2022

Features original cover artwork by MATTHEW THERRIEN! FEATURES Children wielding uncanny powers with tragic consequences have led to some of the most terrifying moments in genre history. This issue, RUE MORGUE looks at two new iterations; THE INNOCENTS, an extreme fairytale from Norway, along with the fiery reboot of Stephen King’s best-selling novel FIRESTARTER. Plus! Your handy guide to the horror genre’s most notable psychic children! Celebrating its 100th birthday this year, Richmond’s EDGAR ALLAN POE MUSEUM expands its collection of rare manuscripts, coffin fragments and more. Plus: EAP Museum curator CHRIS SEMTNER explores the more spectral aspects of the writer’s legacy in his new book HAUNTING POE. Scores of direct-to-video distributors have come and gone since Rue Morgue first launched in 1997, but New Jersey’s WILD EYE RELEASING has remained vital with their outrageous brand of Z- horror and sci-fi cinema. Plus! Five Wild Eye titles that must be seen to be disbelieved! Stop-motion mastermind PHIL TIPPETT unveils MAD GOD, the magnum opus that has taken him two decades to craft. DEPARTMENTS NOTE FROM UNDERGROUND Estoy bien. 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 Chloe Okuno’s Watcher REISSUED & RE-ANIMATED REVIVED: They Look Like People (2015) BOWEN’S BASEMENT DUG UP: Attack of the Eye Creatures (1967) BLACK MUSEUM EXHIBIT: The Phantom of the Monastery (1933) BLOOD IN FOUR COLOURS INKED IN: Black’s Myth Volume One by Eric Palicki THE NINTH CIRCLE SPOTLIGHT: Chris Kelso and David Leo Rice’s Children of the New Flesh THE FRIGHT GALLERY ON DISPLAY: The Heavy Metal Hellscapes of David Paul Seymour DEVIL’S IN THE DETAILS CURIO: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise reappraised AUDIO DROME NOW PLAYING: Mac Sabbath’s Drive Thru Metal PLAY DEAD PLAYING: Deadside and Loving It VS DEBATE: Who gave the best cinematic portrayal of the Devil?