RUE MORGUE

Launched in 1997 by Rodrigo Gudiño, RUE MORGUE is the world’s leading horror in culture and entertainment brand, spearheaded by its multiple award-winning magazine, RUE MORGUE and RUE MORGUE DIGITAL; RUE MORGUE TV specialty horror channel; RUE MORGUE LIBRARY book series; RUE MORGUE PRESENTS FRIGHTMARE IN THE FALLS horror expo and RUE MORGUE PRESENTS CINEMACABRE MOVIE NIGHTS monthly film series.

Rue Morgue Special Issues

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER ONE VELVET VAMPIRES, RADIO PLAYERS

MOTHRA : POWER OF THE PROTECTOR

THE WITCH OF NORTH BENNINGTON • A TRIBUTE TO SHIRLEY JACKSON

THE SATURNINE QUEEN OF BRITISH HORROR • BARBARA STEELE’S RELUCTANT LEGACY

AN ANGEL FOR SATAN: THE BEST OF BARBARA STEELE

MOTHER OF TEARS, DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS

LADY SCHLOCK

RADIO MACABRE • APRIL SNELLINGS ON LUCILLE FLETCHER

DIRTY PILLOWS, FEMBOT FEAR AND THE RISE OF ELLEN RIPLEY

DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK: AN ALLEGORY OF HYSTERIA BY

FEMBOT FREAKOUT • THE CULTURAL LEGACY OF THE STEPFORD WIVES

“HE WAS LICKING ME” • HOW ANTONIA BIRD BECAME THE UNEXPECTED CREATOR OF A CANNIBAL CLASSIC

BEYOND CULT • THE HYPNOTIC ALLURE OF KAREN BLACK

WHO’S YOUR MOMMY? • THE BEST OF KAREN BLACK

SHE BURNS • THE PROBLEMS AND THE POWER OF CARRIE

IN SPACE, RIPLEY MADE US SCREAM • ON SIGOURNEY WEAVER, THE GREATEST ACTION HERO IN THE GALAXY

GET AWAY FROM HER, YOU BITCH • RIPLEY’S GNARLIEST KILLS

NO WEEPING VIOLETS • IN PRAISE OF DEBRA HILL

SLUMBER PARTIES, SCREAM QUEENS, THIS HOUSE IS CLEAN

ALL HAIL ELVIRA! • IDENTIFYING WITH THE MISTRESS OF THE DARK

PLEASANT SCREAMS • AN INTERVIEW WITH CASSANDRA PETERSON, A.K.A ELVIRA

ON THE NAKED AND THE DEAD • AN INTERVIEW WITH LINNEA QUIGLEY

HAIL TO THE QUEEN, BABY • JAMIE LEE CURTIS, THE FIRST FINAL GIRL

NOT IN MY MOVIE • A FEW OF THE FINEST FINAL GIRLS

ONLY WOMEN BLEED • DRILLER KILLER FEMINISM IN THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE

I’M INTO SURVIVAL • THE EVERYDAY HEROISM OF HEATHER LANGENKAMP’S NANCY

TINY FREQUENCIES • POLTERGEIST AND THE LEGACY OF ZELDA RUBINSTEIN

ANNE RICE • MOTHER OF VAMPIRES

LOST GIRLS • THE PRODIGAL DAUGHTERS OF ANNE RICE: OUR FAVOURITE FEMALE LITERARY BLOODSUCKERS

AX WOUNDS, PET SEMATARIES & WOLFING OUT

SOMETIMES, DEAD IS BETTER • LOOKING BACK ON PET SEMATARY WITH MARY LAMBERT

BLOOD, SWEAT AND PAPER CUTS • THE GORY GREATNESS OF HANNAH FORMAN’S AX WOUND 'ZINE

“THEY WISHED I WAS DEAD” • HEATHER DONAHUE AND THE ‘UNLIKEABLE’ HEROINE

OUT BY 18, DEAD IN THE SCENE • KAREN WALTON AND THE LYCANTHROPIC FEMINISM OF GINGER SNAPS

THE EYES OF KIER-LA JANISSE: THE WRITER/PROGRAMMER ELEVATES HORROR CULTURE

PARTS OF ME • A CONVERSATION WITH ANGELA BETTIS

SISTERHOOD AND SURVIVAL • GENDER EQUALITY IN THE DESCENT

BODY HORRORS & BEYONCÉ: THE FUTURE OF FEAR IS FEMALE

HORROR AND VISIBILITY • DR. KINITRA BROOKS AND THE VIOLENCE IN BEYONCÉ

BLACK WOMEN DESTROY HORROR • While horror has a long way to go before it becomes truly representational, there are still a number of female Black characters in horror who have made powerful imprints upon the genre.

SHE GLIDES THROUGH THE NIGHT • AN INTERVIEW WITH ANA LILY AMIRPOUR

INSIDE: FRENCH INVASION HORROR IN UTERO

DARKNESS DOWN UNDER • A LOOK AT THE BABADOOK WITH DIRECTOR JENNIFER KENT

THE FIRST CUT IS THE DEEPEST • RAW DIRECTOR JULIA DUCOURNAU'S CANNIBAL MASTERPIECE

GOING RAW: THE BEST OF FEMALE BODY HORROR

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