It’s that magical time of year where my weird special interest becomes mainstream for a whole month! Actually, I guess that time is over; stores have already started to pack up their Halloween wares in favour of Christmas paraphernalia (but not before I could take […]
Author: LadyHellbat
The Faculty of Horror: Episode 11. Family Dinner: Texas Chain Saw Massacre
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, so Andrea and Alex take a bite out of Tobe Hooper’s horror classic and all the film and cultural theory that goes with it because the family that eats together, stays together.
The Black Museum Presents – Ghosts in the Machine: The Evolution of Found Footage Horror
From literary beginnings to its current status as a pop culture mainstay, found footage horror continues to make money and gain fans while bewildered critics look on. After an initial burst of popularity in 1999, it would be the influence of the Asian horror film […]
The Black Museum Presents – Killer Portraits: Iconography of the Horror Film Poster
Horror film posters have provide viewers with some of the most iconic images of the genre to date and, over the years, many have become collectible art pieces in their own right. But since the earliest entries in the Universal horror cycle, the primary purpose […]
Last Call of Cthulhu: The Black Museum’s Semester-End Party
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 […]
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 […]
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