Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
| release date | September 24 1986 |
| studio | Dark Sky |
| director | John McNaughton |
| writer | John McNaughton |
| starring | Mary Demas, Michael Rooker |
| rating | R |
| tagline | Yeah, I killed my Mama... |
Take The Expanded Ultimate Horror Challenge!!! How Do You Rank Now?
We have heard your cries! MANY of you felt that the The Ultimate Horror Challenge wasn’t comprehensive enough! So we included an additional 20 films that round it out a bit more. Many of these are from your suggestions! But this still isn’t a list of every horror movie ever made. And it still doesn’t contain every major work of every horror auteur (there’s still no John Carpenter’s They Live or Wes Craven’s The Last House On The Left). READ MORE
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Details on Rue Morgue’s Double Halloween Issue!!
Today we received details and the cover art for the 9th Anniversary Halloween double issue of Rue Morgue, my favorite horror mag. This 140-page tome is perfect bound and the same price as any other issue- a special Halloween treat from those cool cats at Rue Morgue to you. Read on to see everything that will be featured in issue #61, which will focus on remembering the great Lucio Fulci. (more…) READ MORE
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