HE IS LEGEND Celebrating the career of Richard Matheson, one of the genre's most enduring imaginations. Plus: Matheson's Horror Highlights and more! by Chris Alexander, Gary Butler and Brad Abraham HAIL TO THE KINGS, BABY! Bruce Campbell and Don Coscarelli team up with Joe R. Lansdale for Bubba Ho-Tep. by Brad Abraham FANTASIA: 2003 FESTIVAL WRAP UP The darkest cinematic goodies from around the world. by the Rue Morgue Staff HORROR IN THE HILLS REVISITED Anchor Bay immortalizes Wes Craven's The Hills Have Eyes. Plus: A brief History of Hillbilly Horror! by John Bowen A TRAVELOGUE OF TERROR A holiday to the heart of America's greatest darknesses. by Leon Marcelo RISE OF THE HORROR MANGA The Japanese horror invasion continues with the bold new wave of comic book titles from the Far East. by Sam Costello SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES Todd McFarlane unveils The Land of Twisted Oz.. by Rod Gudino TALE OF A BLACK MAGIC MANSION Media Blasters releases Flesh for the Beast. by Jen Vuckovic '80S WEREWOLF RESSURECTED! Joe Dante remembers The Howling. by Aaron Lupton  

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NOTE FROM UNDERGROUND: Zines and magazines. DREADLINES: Tobe Hooper re-imagines Toolbox Murders, Goyer caps of series with Blade: Trinity, Bye Bye Blacula: William Marshall Dies.