AS AN AVID READER of Rue Morgue magazine
and active Rue Mortuary member, I can hardly ex- press how impressed I was with RM#99. Literally every article piqued my interest; I must have read the entire issue from front to back in two hours. From the article on tattooist Paul Acker to The Human Centipede article, I couldn’t take my eyes off the pages. I hadn’t been so excited about an issue since your Return of the Living Dead article in RM#71! Both Gary Pullin and Justin Erickson com- pletely outdid themselves with the Freddy cover, and I think I speak for everyone when I say another Rondo nomination is in their future. This issue is just another reminder of why I live and breathe all things horror, and will always be a faithful reader of Rue Morgue. To all the staff at RM, thanks again for another wonderful issue, and keep on doin’ what you’re doin’! BRANDON LOVETT – HELL-IFAX, NOVA SCOTIA
I WANTED TO personally thank you for the great
review of our little movie that could, Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated. It is very reassuring that a large newsstand magazine would give micro-cin- ema the same attention as the big money produc- tions, and it is an honour to be in Rue Morgue, as both a fan of the magazine and a creator. I did want to point out that the writer of the NotLD:R review erroneously named our company “Wild Eye Pix” and not Wild Eye Releasing. Thank you again, and I look forward to presenting you with more pro- ductions
ROB HAUSCHILD, WILD EYE RELEASING –ADDRESS WITHHELD
WHEN I PICKED UP the latest issue of Rue
Morgue and spotted Eric Veillette’s review of Orlok the Vampire, I had to read it to find out what Rue Morgue thought of Keith Carter’s film. Just one week earlier, my wife and I went to the 1st Annual Georgetown Horror Film Festival here in Connecti- cut. The “festival” featured four horror shorts, judged by special guest Keith Carter, followed by a showing of Orlok the Vampire. Before the film even started, I commented to my wife that I was con- fused as to why he was taking a directorial credit for Murnau’s public domain film. We donned our 3- D glasses and settled in. Well, Eric summed it up best: besides adding new inter-titles, music and sound effects, as well as those ridiculous 1960s Batman bat-logos, this was nothing new for the Nosferatu fan. The 3-D was dreadful, and I had to take my glasses off to avoid a headache. Most of the people in attendance slowly trickled out, and
midway through, the chatter amongst those re- maining began to drown out the film. Poor Keith looked annoyed and a bit sad, but was it our fault? No. In the end, a smattering of folks remained and Keith stepped back up to take questions. My wife and I quickly got the hell out of there. This movie was shit. Bravo to Eric for his honesty in reviewing it.
DAN RICCHEZZA – REDDING, CONNECTICUT I’M WRITING TO let you know how much I en-
joyed the Paul Naschy tribute, a fitting send-off from Rue Morgue. I see that The Gore-Met provided an- other great list of must-watch films for true genre lovers. I have every one of the titles on the Naschy film list and then some. I throughly enjoyed the in- terview with Naschy, too. Thanks so very much for doing this for Naschy and his family and friends. He will be greatly missed. At least we still have his work to enjoy. RICK SNYDER – COPENHAGEN, NEW YORK
I WANT TO express my joy about RM#98’s cov-
erage of King Diamond (“The King”). I grew up in North Jersey and getting to see King Diamond and Mercyful Fate tour was much easier because we lived just outside of New York City. That’s what we would say when a King Diamond show was in town – “We are going to see The King.” I remember hear- ing about Gene Simmons saying that King Diamond stole his makeup patterns and his character. Gene Simmons would have had to get on a stepladder to kiss King Diamond’s ass in the talent department. Don’t get me wrong, I love old KISS and their shows were cool, but no comparison to the creative ge- nius of The King. P.S. I may have to send for another copy of RM#98 so I can cut out the pictures of The King and keep one mint like all my others! ROB POLLARD – NOBLESVILLE, INDIANA
CHAS. BALUN WAS THE ULTIMATE horror fan.
He knew what he liked and made no apologies for it. Chas. often saw the value in little-seen horror gems such as Mountaintop Motel Massacre. Per- sonally, I found his love of cannibal films inspiring. Many of us also shared his love for Fulci. His movie reviews set the gold standard for all horror fans. In closing, the horror community has lost a powerful voice, a brilliant writer and artist, and the true heart and soul of a horror fan! He will be missed by us all.
SHAWN MELTON – ADDRESS WITHHELD I’VE BEEN A HUGE FAN of horror movies since
I was little (thanks to my mom) and for years have wanted to express my love of those movies, but have found it quite hard to do. I thought of getting tattoos but felt that the “permanent” dark themes may give people the wrong idea as to what kind of person I am. Then, because I play goalie in ice hockey, I thought I should get a mask painted in an all-horror theme! I found Steve Nash at eyecan-
dyair.com and noticed that he has painted masks for a few NHLers such as Tim Thomas, Cam Ward, Jonathan Quick, etc., so I thought if he’s good enough to paint for those guys I’m sure he’ll be able to paint a mask for a pick-up goalie from Kingston. Steve is quite the horror fan himself and was thrilled to take on the project. We weren’t able to fit all the art on the mask because I like way too many horror movies, but I think your readers will like what he did with the ones that did fit (Evil Dead, Amityville Horror, House of 1000 Corpses, Friday the 13th, Shaun of the Dead and Battle Royale). I also had to show love for my favourite horror magazine. Yep, you guessed it, Rue Morgue! Since you guys were awesome enough to publish one of my letters in RM#77 I felt it was only fair to repay the favour! MIKE EDE – KINGSTON, ONTARIO
CORRECTION: We failed to credit Kevin Hodapp of
kevinhodapprockphotos.com for his live King Dia- mond photograph which appeared on p.25 of RM#98. Rue Morgue regrets the error.
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