In 2007 a flood of spectacularly innovative direct marketing filtered through a variety of avenues from parcel mail to billboards and the internet for the smash hit vampire series True Blood. Vials of fake blood substitute, postcards written in cryptic code, false ads for Monster, MiniCooper and Diesel Jeans geared towards vampires inundated the masses [...]

I spied this press release on the PR-Canada.net website this morning. If you’re in Canada for Halloween this might be a good addition to your schedule of spooky entertainment… One Night Only! October 28, 2009 at 8PM a dramatic reading with original music of “Dracula The Un-Dead” — The Official Sequel to Bram Stoker’s Novel [...]

Celebrate 12 years of horror and madness at Rue Morgue’s FRANKENSTEIN FORMAL 12th Anniversary Halloween Party. (Saturday October 31, Revival 783 College St.; Doors 9 PM, $30/$25 advance from www.rue-morgue.com). Featuring your host Twitch Couvier, the Mad Doctor’s of Horror High; the Pom Pom Blood Wrestlers, Jill The Ripper, the Rue Morgue Go-Go Ghouls plus [...]

(Ottawa, ON) February 10, 2009 — The nominees for The 29th Annual Genie Awards were announced today by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television (ACCT). Leading the nominations are Ce qu’il faut pour vivre / The Necessities of Life with eight nominations and Tout est Parfait / Everything is Fine with seven nominations. Those [...]

Several horror authors will be on hand at Rue Morgue’s Festival of Fear next weekend, August 22nd – 24th. FOF is part of FanExpo Canada, which draws nearly 50,000 science fiction, fantasy, horror, author, comic book, anime, and video game fans to the Toronto Metro Convention Centre each year… CLICK HERE FOR A FULL UPDATE [...]

Here is the latest information on the 2009 World Horror Convention: Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is pleased to host the World Horror Convention in 2009. We have an International airport, a Via Rail train station, a Greyhound bus station, and for those who love to drive, we are a seven-hour drive from Minneapolis, MN. Theme: [...]