#214 Sep/Oct 2023 Halloween Special Issue

Original cover art by DAVID SEIDMAN! FEATURES RUE MORGUE rings in 26 years of terror with a look at the role that artificial intelligence plays into our fears – real and imagined – with some key players in the field of speculative horror fiction. Plus! The world’s first CYBER-CRYPTID, DARK NIGHT HALLOWEEN WORLD, the AI horror art in AILIEN REALMS. Plus! A curated list of LITERARY HORRORS waiting to be made into next year's movies, and RUE MORGUE’s picks for books that deserve another shot at adaptation. A crash course in all things FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S, including director EMMA TAMMI on her bringing the popular horror-survival game franchise to the big screen and more! CHUCK PALAHNIUK returns with NOT FOREVER, BUT FOR NOW, a biting new satire that lampoons stuffy British privilege with a streak of drugs, debauchery, and bloody murder. For those who like their metal as pitch-black as their morning caffeine fix, the SATANIC TEA CO. has something brewing for you. A look inside General Mills' iconic MONSTER CEREAL line and brand new flavour featuring its first female mascot! DEPARTMENTS NOTE FROM UNDERGROUND Technophilia 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 Pet Sematary: Bloodlines REISSUED & RE-ANIMATED REVIVED: Trick or Treat on 4K UHD BOWEN’S BASEMENT DUG UP: Race With the Devil (1975) BLACK MUSEUM EXHIBIT: Robot Monster (1953) BLOOD IN FOUR COLOURS INKED IN: Mark Russell’s Cereal: Sweet Darkness THE NINTH CIRCLE SPOTLIGHT: Steven E. Wedel's Werewolf Saga THE FRIGHT GALLERY ON DISPLAY: The Killer Key Art of Creepy Duck Design DEVIL’S IN THE DETAILS CURIO: Heads AUDIO DROME NOW PLAYING: Occult rock PLAY DEAD PLAYING: My Friendly Neighborhood and Burnhouse Lane VS DEBATE: Is the miniseries format superior to feature films for adapting horror?