#212 May/Jun 2023

Features original cover art by ROB BIRCHFIELD! FEATURES Drawing from David Cronenberg’s twin terror classic, star RACHEL WEISZ and writer ALICE BIRCH resurrect DEAD RINGERS into a deranged psychological television series. Plus! In celebration of VIDEODROME’s 40th anniversary, Rue Morgue catches up with rock icon DEBBIE HARRY to talk about her big-screen horror debut. Outlaw filmmaker GASPAR NOE sets the story straight with a new version of his magnum opus, IRREVERSIBLE, presented in chronological order. Plus! Rue Morgue speaks with the founder of LGBTQ+ label ALTERED INNOCENCE about their acquisition of Noe’s IRREVERSIBLE: THE STRAIGHT CUT. ALEXIS KENNEDY and LOTTIE BEVAN craft highly literate video games for genre fans. Their latest, BOOK OF HOURS, tasks players with unlocking the mysteries of an ancient occult library. Plus! The Weather Factory’s collaboration with Mysterious Package Company is a night of occult horror mystery in a box. Filmmaker TIM STORY embraces tropes and stereotypes with love and laughter in THE BLACKENING. DEPARTMENTS NOTE FROM UNDERGROUND Lady parts 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! REISSUED & RE-ANIMATED REVIVED: Indicator Brings Jean Rollin to 4K UHD IT CAME FROM BOWEN’S BASEMENT DUG UP: Cellar Dweller (1987) FILES FROM THE BLACK MUSEUM EXHIBIT: Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) BLOOD IN FOUR COLOURS INKED IN: Matt Kindt’s Hairball THE NINTH CIRCLE SPOTLIGHT: Andrew F. Sullivan’s The Marigold THE FRIGHT GALLERY ON DISPLAY: The Dreadful Needlepoint of the Witchy Stitcher DEVIL’S IN THE DETAILS CURIO: "Prestige horror" AUDIO DROME NOW PLAYING: Spoken word horror at the Nightlands Festival PLAY DEAD PLAYING: Bendy and the Dark Revival and Meg’s Monster VS DEBATE: What PG horror film was too frightening for a young audience?