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RUE MOREGUE 107.

INSIDE ISSUE #107.

BAD TIDINGS.

Finlands Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale taps into the grim lineage of Santa Claus to deliver a Yuletide yarn for horror fans..

PLUS: Krampus and the Dutch slasher movie Sint..

by Trevor Tuminski, Jan Doense, James King and Alice Jaroschek.

DAMNATION AND ALCHEMY.

Guillermo del Toros debut feature, Cronos. To celebrate, the filmmaker talks about re-imagining vampires, building infernal machines and being exorcised as a child..

PLUS: The latest news on del Toros many film projects..

by Phil Brown and Stuart F. Andrews.

STROKES OF MIDNIGHT.

A new art book traces the legacy of Hammers vibrant poster graphics..

by Sean Plummer.

AXES AND EYEBALLS.

The Weird World of Eerie Publications opens the latest .

chapter on horror comics grisly history..

PLUS: The Horror! The Horror! Comic Books the Government Didnt Want You to Read..

by April Snellings and Dave Alexander.

CEREMONIA SATANICA.

Exclusive photos from Rue Morgues annual Halloween birthday bash..

by Ashlea Wessel.

NOTE FROM UNDERGROUND.

Hood for the holidays..

DREADLINES.

Famed Hammer director Roy Ward Baker dead at age 93; Jamie Foxx shepherding new multi-ethnic horror anthology show; Until the Light Takes Us duo mounting a horror feature..

THE CORONERS REPORT.

Weird stats and morbid facts. Sick Top Six: Diminutive Devilspawn..

NEEDFUL THINGS.

Elvira Action Figure, Zombie T-shirt, Catacomb Boxers, 2011 Zombie Pinup Planner..

CINEMACABRE.

CineMacabre features reviews of Black Swan, Paranormal Activity 2, Saw 3D, My Soul to Take, Giallo, Vampire Girl Vs. Frankenstein Girl, Lost Boys: The Thirst, Lake Placid 3, Ticked-Off Trannies with Knives, Terror Overload, Vindication and Aegri Somnia. Blood on a Budget tackles The Resurrection Game and Saturday Nightmares: The Ultimate Horror Expo of All Time! Reissues features reviews of Maniac: 30th Anniversary Edition (1980) Blu-ray, The Blair Witch Project (1999) Blu-ray, The Terror Within (1989)/Dead Space (1990), Crucible of Terror (1971), Curtains (1983) and Gamera vs. Guiron (1969)/Gamera vs. Jiger (1970)..

CINEMARQUEE.

Sh! The Octopus (1937)..

BOWENS BASEMENT.

The Incredible Melting Man (1977)..

BLOOD IN FOUR COLOURS.

Features Harbor Moon, plus reviews of Night of the Living Dead #1, Angel vs. Frankenstein II, Edge of Doom #1, X-men vs. Vampires #1 and Tomb of Terror #1..

THE NINTH CIRCLE.

Spotlight: Bob Fingermans Pariah. Library of the Damned flogs an undead horse. Plus, reviews of Touchstones of Gothic Horror: A Film Genealogy of Eleven Motifs and Images, When Theres No More Room in Hell: The Sociology of the Living Dead, Asian Horror, Riding the Bullet: Deluxe Special Edition Double, Werewolves and Shapeshifters: Encounters with the Beast Within, David Saunders H.J. Ward, Ghost Stories of Newfoundland and Labrador, and Allyson Birds Wine and Rank Poison..

TRAVELOGUE OF TERROR.

International Cryptozoology Museum - Portland, Maine..

THE GORE-MET.

S&Man (2006)..

AUDIO DROME.

Featuring cremation vinyl. The Blood-Spattered Guide tunes into Voltaires Spooky Songs for Creepy Kids. Plus reviews of Drammi Gotici (Gothic Dreams) OST, The Horde OST, The Vampire Diaries OST, Kreeps, Cryptids, October Rising, Thrall, Sargeist, and Stench..

PLAY DEAD.

Featuring reviews of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, Dead Rising 2 and Dead Space: Ignition..

CLASSIC CUT.

John Updike and Edward Goreys The Twelve Terrors of Christmas..