#228 Jan/Feb 2026

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. Now, visionary director CHRISTOPHE GANS unleashes his latest nightmare with RETURN TO SILENT HILL. Plus! Gans’ BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF turns 25. 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: A SERBIAN DOCUMENTARY is only a documentary… Plus! A SERBIAN FILM co-writer directs his first feature, KARMADONNA. Should we be afraid? French synthwave artist CARPENTER BRUT fuses retro horror with ’90s rave music on LEATHER TEMPLE, the final entry of his LP trilogy. Plus! A closer look at Carpenter Brut’s LEATHER SAGA. Rue Morgue revisits the highlights, the hits, and the defining events that made 2025 unforgettable in our YEAR IN REVIEW. Here’s our annual look back at what scared, surprised, and inspired us the most. DEPARTMENTS NOTE FROM UNDERGROUND Clutching a Pearl Necklace 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 Aaron Pagniano and Zack Ogle’s It Needs Eyes REISSUED & RE-ANIMATED REVIVED: David Schmoeller’s Tourist Trap BOWEN’S BASEMENT DUG UP: The Victim (1972) THE GHOUL NEXT DOOR ODDITY: When a Stranger Taps BLOOD IN FOUR COLOURS INKED IN: Bruce Brown’s The Cats of Ulthar THE NINTH CIRCLE SPOTLIGHT: Sarah G. Pierce’s For Human Use THE FRIGHT GALLERY ON DISPLAY: The Monster Kid Chronicles of Louie Becker DEVIL’S IN THE DETAILS CURIO: Crème de la Crap of Cozy Horror AUDIO DROME NOW PLAYING: Last Exit Radio PLAY DEAD PLAYING: The Cabin Factory and A.I.L.A. VS DEBATE: Is A Serbian Film still indefensible?