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Six years ago I came across a magazine that had me so addicted I just couldn’t put it down. I had to buy every issue I came across! The magazine is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded by its original Editor-In-Chief Rod Gudino in 1997 who handed the position off to Jovanka Vuckovic in December 2005. The magazine’s current editor-in-chief, as of the December 2009 issue, is Dave Alexander. Rue Morgue covers horror in all media: films, books, websites, comic books, music, etc. Each issue includes feature stories, opinion columns, and numerous reviews. It has quickly become a leading horror magazine on the market as well as having a very healthy online presence, including weekly broadcasts of Rue Morgue Radio. Luckily, the founded and publisher of my favorite magazine had time for some of my questions. Rodrigo is a man with many talents. As you can see below…. (continue reading…)

This director is going to be the next big Italian director…err well he already is. See Last House in the Woods when you have a chance.

Gabriele was born in Rome and started making movies when he was sixteen. He was trainee as assistant director with filmmakers Antonio Manetti and Marco Manetti working on many music videos of famous Italian artists (Alex Britti, Gigi D’Alessio, 883). At the same time he was film critic and he graduated at the University La Sapienza in Rome with a degree thesis on Italian Horror Cinema. The Last House in the Woods (2006) was released by Minerva Pictures and was worldwide acclaimed in many international film festival as Montreal World Film Festival and Philadelphia Film Festival winning the prize at Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre Film Festival for best lead actor (to Gennaro Diana) and the jury prize at Fantaspoa for “best bloodbath”. With the title “Italian Chainsaw” the movie became Top Ten seller in Japan and was also released in Thailandia, Malesia, Indonesia, Singapore, Russia and Spain. In 2008 The Last House in the Woods (2006) was acquired by Lionsgate
and Ghost House Underground, a horror genre company led by Sam Raimi, and nationwide released in USA and Canada with the International title “The Last House in the Woods”. The movie was hailed as one of the best DVDs of 2008 by Bloody Disgusting and brought back the world’s attention to the Italian Horror genre. (continue reading…)

Over the July 4th weekend, I had the pleasure of meeting and interviewing Anthony Brownrigg. Brownrigg, a local film director here in Dallas, kindly answered a few questions for me, allowing me to get to know him better and giving me insight into his past film projects. He also gave me some background information about his upcoming film entitled Archaic Redemption, due to release next year. His high energy, wonderful sense of humor, and very obvious passion for the film business made writing the column below exciting and enjoyable!

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