Come celebrate the successful end of the Black Museum’s initial run by raising a glass or two with the curators. Nocturne Nightclub (550 Queen st W) $5 entry (VIPs free) 19+ valid ID Special guest appearance by The Futureless Catering, music, and prizes courtesy of […]
Year: 2012
Lollipop Chainsaw Party with Rue Morgue’s Ronnie Mick!
Last weekend I attended the pre-launch party for Lollipop Chainsaw at EB Games in Toronto. This Buffy-the-Zombie-Slayer style game kicked off with a zombie-filled gathering on Sunday afternoon and Rue Morgue’s Ron McKenzie was kind enough to let me tag along. I played the game […]
The Undead And Theology
“Fire, Brimstone and PVC: Clive Barker’s Cenobites as Agents of Hell” in The Undead and Theology. eds Kim Paffenroth & John W Morehead. Wipf & Stock In Clive Barker’s 1986 novella The Hellbound Heart, Frank Cotton’s search for the ultimate carnal experience leads him to discover […]
Catherine (XBOX 360 & PS3)
A puzzle/platform/survival horror/romance RPG? This description was enough to get me to download the playable demo from XBL. You play as Vincent, a 30something guy with an ordinary job and a clingy girlfriend named Katherine who is pressuring him to get married. Then, after a […]
Back From the Dead: The Mortuary Returns!
The Rue Mortuary was an online horror forum that lived on the Rue Morgue website and was taken down last February. You might have heard people weeping in the streets. But behold, an Easter miracle! To quote Poltergeist 2: “they’re baaaack!” Stuart “Feedback” Andrews is now hosting the […]
“Capitol Couture”? Oh, give me a BREAK
K, really? Before I rant about how wrong, wrong, wrong and WRONG this is, I should probably preface my opinion by talking about how unfashionable I am. Merriam-Webster online lists several definitions of the word ‘style’, and guess what? They contradict: – “A distinctive manner of expression” – “The state […]
Rue Morgue Podcast: Savage Vengeance
In this hotly anticipated follow-up to the controversial ”I Spit On Your Grave” discussion, Feedback and Lady Hellbat discuss the supposed sequels to I Spit On Your Grave and address some comments posted to the blog about the last show
When There’s No More Room In Hell: The Sociology Of The Living Dead
The recent popularity of horror films featuring zombies is indicative of social tensions surrounding racism, globalization and rampant Western consumption. In the films comprising George A. Romero’s Dead series, differences between survivors become blurred when human value is reduced to sheer humanity. Romero’s films show […]