alloween again? It seems like only yesterday I threw out my mouldy jack o’ lantern… oh wait, that was actually yesterday. But the “seasonal” housewares that adorn the Rue Morgue Manor all year long are starting to appear in stores even as I write this in sunny July, so it’s once more time for us to spread our pages double-wide in our annual Halloween issue, and discuss what another year of Rue Morgue has brought.
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Celebrating her first anniversary this fall is our YouTube channel, Rue Morgue TV. Translating a print periodical to video format is trickier than it sounds, but over the course of the 40+ episodes we’ve launched, we hope to have offered you a peek behind the curtain at some of the names who have appeared in the pages over the past 22 years. And dousing Alison Lang in goo at the end of her episode on melt films? 100% her idea. Rue Morgue doesn’t create weirdos, but I can’t deny that we seem to attract the very best of them.
Our branching out into the wicked world of online video content won’t end with Rue Morgue TV, though – I’m pleased to announce our upcoming collaboration with MVD Entertainment Group: Midnight Movie Society. Launching in September, it’s a streaming video-on-demand service that’s curated to specialize in extreme underground, taboo and cult horror fare. We know our readers are well-versed in the classics and likely have DVD and Blu-ray collections that rival my own – think of Midnight Movie Society as your opportunity to get at the wilder and weirder stuff you won’t find anywhere else.
In spite of fond memories and exciting things to come, I do have some sad news to impart. On July 18, the Rue Morgue family was shocked and saddened to learn of the sudden passing of An- drew Bailes, known in these pages as the Gore-Met. A columnist for upwards of seventeen years, Andrew’s encyclopedic knowledge of the genre was an inspiration to many, and he will be missed. Now, on to the task at hand. Horror’s most celebrated monsters are the ones that can adapt to changing times to reflect changing fears – vampires, werewolves and zombies have been muddled, shaken and stirred for decades, and so too has the great granddaddy of sin: Satan himself. Of all the classic movie foes, the Devil is perhaps the most amorphous – whether he’s personified as a goat, a powerful lawyer or a malicious entity, his intentions are pure malevolence. Evil for evil’s sake? That’s some badass shit.
What’s more, narratives involving Satan force us to confront what evil even means, and by ex- tension, the very nature of goodness. Just like the witch, who received the Rue Morgue deep dive treatment in RM#178, the Devil has been re-evaluated in current times and even embraced as an icon of resistance and agent of social change. It’s all too easy to cast an action as “sin” without fully exploring the assumptions that come with that label, and if sin is in, as per the cliché, one can see why Satan has become the patron saint of all things deemed deviant (and that’s something we weirdos know a thing or two about).
My favourite movies involving the Infernal One are the ones that see him sitting back, kicking up his hooves and letting humanity do his dirty work: the implication that there is untapped evil in all of us that just needs the right circumstances to blossom is a truly tantalizing one, and I’m thrilled to see it being tackled in horror as of late. Whether you prefer your devilry in horns or high heels, there’s no denying the allure in living deliciously, whatever that might entail. From one sinner to another, happy Halloween!
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BRENTON BENTZ BENOIT BLACK JOHN W. BOWEN JESSICA BUCK JAMES BURRELL PEDRO CABEZUELO BRYAN CHRISTOPHER PAUL CORUPE D.D. CROWLEY DAKOTA DAHL ALEX DELLER CHRIS HAMMOND MARK R. HASAN
KACI HANSEN JOEL HARLEY RICK HIPSON
CLAIRE HORSNELL YASMINA KETITA LAST CHANCE LANCE KEN MICHAELS DEJAN OGNJANOVIC GARY PULLIN JEFF SZPIRGLAS ROCCO THOMPSON PATRICK WOODSTOCK
RUE MORGUE #190 would not have been possible without the valuable assistance of Sean Redlitz, Tomas Härenstam, Marcia Franklin and Al McMullan.
RUE MORGUE #190 is dedicated to the memory of Andrew “The Gore-met” Bailes. RIP.
COVER: SATAN Art by Rob Birchfield Design by Andrew Wright
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RUE MORGUE Magazine #190 ISSN 1481 – 1103 Agreement No. 40033764
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