Rue Morgue Magazine #63

ONCE UPON A TIME IN SPAIN’S DARKEST DAYS
Guillermo del Toro speaks about his exquisitely violent fairy tale masterpiece, Pan’s Labyrinth. Plus: An interview with star Ivana Baquero and a look at the rise of the horrific children’s fable.
by Jovanka Vuckovic

BLACK TIDINGS
Bob Clark looks back on a career in horror that culminated with his seminal Canadian slasher film, Black Christmas. Plus: Interviews with John Saxon, Andrea Martin and more!
by Paul Corupe, Jovanka Vuckovic, John W. Bowen and Dave Alexander

A GRIM FAIRY TALE
Acclaimed painter Camille Rose Garcia envisions a dark universe in her new illustrated picto-novellette, The Magic Bottle.
by Kirsten Anderson

DIARY OF A GHOST HUNTER
Award-winning British journalist Will Storr discusses his extensive investigation into the plausibility of ghosts, with some surprising results.
by Monica S. Kuebler

NOTE FROM UNDERGROUND:
Christmastime.

DREADLINES:
Romero returns to indie roots for new Dead film, British company launches first horror serial for cellphones, Stoker Awards and World Horror Convention combine forces in Toronto.

THE CORONER’S REPORT:
Weird stats and morbid facts. The Rue Morgue Sick Top Six Instances of Saw’s Cruelest Crimes.

NEEDFUL THINGS:
Simon Marsden’s The Haunted Realm calendar, Monster Guitar Picks, Vampire Condoms, Ghastly Greeings Holiday Cards.

CINEMACABRE:
Reviews of Saw III, Tideland, City of Rott, Tomie: Revenge, Headspace, Dead Waves, The Plague, The Curse of Lizzie Borden, Ax ‘Em, Axe, and The Grudge: Ju-on 2 goes head-to-head with The Grudge 2. Reissues presents Richard Stanley’s Dust Devil and two films from Teruo Iishii, Japan’s king of cult. Reviews of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, Street Trash: Meltdown Edition and The Other.

CINEMARQUEE:
The Inner Sanctum Mysteries (1943-45).

SCHIZOID CINEPHILE:
Alice, Sweet Alice.

BLOOD IN FOUR COLOURS:
Featuring four reissued modern classics, plus reviews of Blessed Thistle, Beowulf the Legend (Convention Edition), ’68, The Dark Horse Book of Monsters, Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall.

THE NINTH CIRCLE:
Spotlight: Two new collections of haunting photography. Plus! Reviews of Creepy Crawls: A Horror Fiend’s Travel Guide, Black Sabbath Doom Let Loose: An Illustrated History, Read By Dawn Vol. 1, Dark Shadows: The Salem Branch, Jeff Strand’s Pressure, and more!

TRAVELOGUE OF TERROR:
The Screaming Heads – Burk’s Falls, Ontario.

THE GORE-MET:
Menu: Bagman.

AUDIO DROME:
Spotlight: DigitMovies Italo-horror soundtracks. Reviews of Rock `n’ Roll Nightmare OST, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning OST, Monster Genocide, The Uniquiet Void, Super Heroines, Headspace, Zombina and the Skeletones, Diabolos, Necrophagia, Fatal Thir13en, and more!

PLAY DEAD:
Betrayal at the House on the Hill, Ultimate Ghosts `n’ Goblins, F.E.A.R.

CLASSIC CUT:
Roman Polanski’s Repulsion.