LORD OF DESTRUCTION After more than five decades, Gojira, the original, darker version of Godzilla, finally arrives in North America, on DVD. Plus: On set at Toho studios, up close in the famous rubber suit, a Godzilla primer and more! by Joseph O'Brien, Norman England, and Chad Hensley TERROR FROM BOMBAY Yes, Indian horror movies have dance numbers. This is their story. Plus: Hindi horror films reviewed. by Paul Corupe CINEMA OF PAINFUL IMPULSES In an exclusive interview, legendary surrealist Jan Svankmajer discusses Lunacy, his most malevolent feature to date. by Stuart Andrews BLOOD PUDDIN': THE HORROR PIN-UPS OF JOE CAPOBIANCO Feast you eyes on the most gruesome gals in modern pin-up art. by Jovanka Vuckovic UNLEASHED IN THE EAST: LOVECRAFT IN JAPANESE LITERATURE Rue Morgue investigates The Great Old Ones in Japanese lit. by James Grainger NECRO-HUMOUR APOSTLE Meet Robert S. Rhine, a jack of all trades whose horror is steeped in the blackest of humour. by David L. Tamarin

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NOTE FROM UNDERGROUND: Monsters. DREADLINES: Nacho Cerda wraps first feature, The Abandoned; Rue Morgue president makes film debut at TIFF; Monsters HD searching for next generation of horror pros THE CORONER'S REPORT: Weird stats and morbid facts. The Rue Morgue Sick Top Six Instances of Backwoods Brutality. NEEDFUL THINGS: Norris-Head Bust, Creature Co-op Monster Hats, GWAR Action Figures, Custom Skull Lamps CINEMACABRE: Featuring: H6: Diary of a Serial Killer, Straight into Darkness, Monster House, Lady in the Water, Desperation, Satan's Playground, Creepy Canada Season 3, The Zodiac, The Booth and more! Reissues presents Jigoku, Rock 'N' Roll Nightmare, Singapore Sling, Bare Behind Bars, Amazon Jail, Succubus, and much more! CINEMARQUEE: The Amicus Collection SCHIZOID CINEPHILE: Ed Hunt's The Brain. BLOOD IN FOUR COLOURS: Man-Bat: The Return, Deadman #1, The Exterminators: Bug Brothers, The Night Driver, The Savage Brothers, Halloween: Autopsis THE NINTH CIRCLE: Spotlight on online fear fiction project MuyMal.com, also featuring DVD Delirium Vol. 3, David Cammell: A Life on the Wild Side, Gospel of the Living Dead: George Romero's Visions of Hell on Earth, Gary Braunbeck's Destinations Unknown, Classic Tales of Horror: Vol. 1, and more! TRAVELOGUE OF TERROR: The Grande Masquerade - Montreal, Quebec, Canada THE GORE-MET: Menu: Eyes of the Chameleon and Live Feed AUDIO DROME: Featuring Claudio Simonetti's new band Deamonia, plus reviews of Onethirtyeight, Phantom Rockers, Rezurex, The Spook, The Barbarellatones, The Other, Vena Amori, Terrorizer, and more! PLAY DEAD: Jaws Unleashed, Resident Evil: Deadly Silence, Night Watch CLASSIC CUT: Peter Bogdanovich's Targets