Anyone remember that bombastic remake of Umberto Lenzi’s NIGHTMARE CITY? A hoard of starving undead threatening to take over the world with only the stoic might of LOU FERRIGNO (The Incredible Hulk), NOAH HATHAWAY (Neverending Story) and JUDITH O’DEA (Night of the Living Dead) to stop them? Throw in Director TOM “Sex Machine” SAVINI and you’re about to go on a wild tale of FLEX, LIES and VIDEO NASTIES from the more appropriately titled, THE NIGHTMARE THAT NEVER WAS!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN roughians, and welcome to THE MOST SCARCE Halloween movie franchise collectable in existence. Nowadays it feels like there’s more merchandise associated with Michael Myers than the band Kiss …including a Michael Myers/Halloween product so rare, even the blackest eyes can hardly see it! Enter, HALLOWEEN RETURNS TO HADDONFIELD!
MARVEL COMICS would introduce us to the very first comic book incarnation of ALICE COOPER back when they would dare to do such a thing (being the super cool, un-corporate, independent publishing company that they once were. And with it, taking on subjects of mental illness, substance abuse, murder, sexual misconduct (and innuendo) and somehow delivering it in a package of slapstick humor that would harken back to the type of situation comedy you would get from episodic television of the era….and not offend a damn soul in the process.
Greetings Roughian Readers of all things Fun and Mental! This time around, we’re talking about one of my favorite subjects. The darkest form of literature the world has ever known … CHILDREN'S BOOKS! That's right kids, nothing says trauma like a good scholastic panic-inducing read, like this malignant flora-ridden chunk of pulp…THE PLANT PEOPLE!
A biological experiment gone horribly wrong, gives birth to a man-made nightmare! The only thing between US and THEM are a small band of survivors who don’t deserve to live! On this BRAND NEW Episode, we Deep Dive into the bowels of Italy’s (and possibly the worlds) Best-Worst Zombie film, and we leave no undead granny’s with cats living in their bellies, unturned! Bring a scrub brush and a shot, …this ones going to leave a stink!
BLACK HONEY and Other Unsavory Things, the 2nd literary Rough House slab of creator-owned nightmare fuel, and the first to collaborate the fantastical writings of novelist, STEVE VAN SAMSON with the horror laiden art of DEREK ROOK to produce one bloody/sweet collection of short horror tales to keep the Halloween vibe going well past its expiration date!
Oh, YOU’RE SO COOL, ROUGHIANS! You can’t talk about the best 80’s vampire flicks without inviting this bloodsucker across your threshold - FRIGHT NIGHT! In 1988, a comic book adaption/series was published by the infamous NOW COMICS, and FRIGHT NIGHT began as a two-part adaptation of the hit 1985 flick before spinning out into a full blown, ongoing sequel. But unlike the actual film sequel, this baby goes full blown LEEEEEEROY JEEEEEEEENKIIIIIIINS all over the printed page!
The slasher has spread far beyond the confines of its cinematic birthing place, and into the realm of four-color slaughter. All the heavy hitters have had comics of their own…Freddy, Jason, Michael, Leatherface, even Chucky….but some real treats, as it so often happens with this genre, can be found in the off-brand entries in the slasher sweepstakes. GUTWRECHER was a three issue mini-series, which quietly debuted in 2008 to little fanfare or acclaim. Which is a shame, because it’s a great little subversion/love letter to the classics of the slasher genre. Let’s get into the GUTS of this one!
Rander Belmorn is far from home. He searches tirelessly for the one man who might be able to cure his dying son, but time is running out. The road, a frozen waste at the very edge of the world with a single lingering question …How do you kill a witch? And with that slogan ROUGH HOUSE releases their first full-length novel, MARK OF THE WITCHWYRM™! This is dark fantasy, …Rough House Publishing Style!
I suppose a little background is in order before we dive into the autopsy. Back in the 80s, at the height of the black and white indie comics boom, a handful of publishers had established themselves as the premier purveyors of the form. This included Dark Horse, Mirage, Fantaco, Arrow, and the startlingly eclectic Aircel Comics. Aircel prolifically put out comics from all conceivable genres, with a soft spot for weirdo, blood-soaked horror comics. And in late 1989, they unleashed the four-part slasher send-up Body Count! Crack the spine as we add another one for the fire!
JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE TO SPLASH IN THE SPLATTER!!!! Rough House Publishing announces the long-awaited comic book SEQUEL, GORE SHRIEK® RESURRECTUS VOLUME TWO! On MAY 24th, 2019 online pre-orders for the sequel to their FantaCo Enterprises licensed GORE SHRIEK® property went live, and this time they firmly promise that all “heads will roll” with this epic second installment! THE WARNING’S RIGHT ON THE COVER!
We’re back and if you thought the last set of conjured up comic book madness was, ….well, MAD, then we promise that we’ve only scratched the surface! Remember NORTHSTAR comics? Yeah, we miss ‘em, …not for what they were, but rather for what they were not….and they were NOT afraid to provoke and offend in the insane Adam McDaniel’s own little slice of WTF, ….TOOL! And if you thought we were underplaying it, you apparently haven’t lay your eyes on “BRUNDLECOW”!!
2019 marked a slew of new beginnings for the merry band of bastids known as ROUGH HOUSE PUBLISHING! With several new acquisitions and releases pending, we did manage to stop the van long enough to hit a truck stop bathroom, paid a Worcester hooker to get bent, …and brought on a new permanent member of the ROUGH HOUSE ARMY!
Join us in welcoming Rough House’s newest recruit, STEVE VAN SAMSON!
In this episode, Corpse Monger “RIPS” into grinding gear and slaps the DIE out of the DM’s mouth as the grave dirt is dusted off this short run comic book tie in series to the TSR roleplaying game with extreme prejudice, and a little 90’s love to help the horror go down. That there are other ghoulish figures populating the scene hardly seems to matter at this point. We’re in Hell.… You’ll be delivering the last rites of this R.I.P.!
ROUGH HOUSE PUBLISHING announces GORE SHRIEK® RESURRECTUS, the ongoing series which promises a return to the “Fangoria Age” of America’s most infamous horror comic book property! Each issue will be limited to 1000 copies and are expected to be devoured as fast as they are printed. And once gone, they are gone! The Resurrectus series is all about the future of the series, while honoring it’s past and the creators who made it all possible.
Crawling from the unhallowed grave of pulp media, ROUGH HOUSE PUBLISHING unleashes an all-new review and retrospective series entitled, ahem, … ROUGH-TROSPECTIVE!
On this inaugural episode, resident reverend MIKE “CORPSE MONGER” WASION, deep dives into the lesser known, but equally unrelenting, undead horror comic book oddity of which no one will be the same, …enter TALES FROM THE DEAD!
Hide anything that’s not stuck to the seat, fight your sex surrogate back into the dumpster and cancel your subscription to “BEAUTIFUL WORCESTER” because America’s favorite EQUAL OPPORTUNIST EXPLOITER has finally made its way to the interwebs, … ROUGH HOUSE PUBLISHING is in the, um, …house. Heh.
THE WAIT IS FINALLY OVER!!! After six long years, Rough House Publishing announces the release of the FINAL ISSUE of their trilogy of splatterpunk 1980’s horror comic book anthologies with, GORE SHRIEK RESURRECTUS VOLUME THREE! This one is BIGGER, BADDER and thee most FEROCIOUS of them all and you won’t believe how this one ends!
Rough House Publishing and Fantaco Enterprises ensures that THIS IS THE ONE YOU’VE BEEN SHRIEKING FOR!