Rue Morgue Founder Gives Glimpse of His "Last Will And Testament..."

Bloody Disgusting was given a first look at The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh, the debut feature film of Rue Morgue Magazine founder and publisher Rodrigo Gudino.

Synopsis: The film centers on an antiques collector who inherits a house from his estranged mother only to discover that she had been living in a shrine devoted to a mysterious cult of angels. As night falls, he comes to suspect that his mother’s oppressive spirit still lingers within her home and is using items in the house – especially the statues of angels – to contact him with an urgent message. The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh will feature a strikingly original narrative technique that glimpses into what the psychology of spirits.

The stills (below) feature Aaron Poole (as Leon Leigh) looking up at something presumably horrifying (and very much offscreen), a woman nailed to a doorway (the titular Rosalind Leigh?), and a behind-the-scenes still of Gudino directing Poole.


Since Rue Morgue's inception Gudino has steadily been cultivating his Canadian fright rag into an evolving multimedia empire, extending the company's creative pursuits into musical, podcast, convention, and short film endeavors. In 2010, Variety reported the company's first feature would be a remake of Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent's obscure Spanish western Cut-Throats Nine (1972), directed and co-written by Gudino with Harvey Keitel and Mads Mikkelson attached. The status of that film is as of yet unknown, though an August 2011 Twitch Film article cites complications steering the director into Rosalind Leigh as his first feature.

Rue Morgue Magazine has represented a gold standard for serious horror fans for several years now. Though Gudino has long since stepped down as the Editor-In-Chief, his imprint on the magazine remains. Rue Morgue has always been a unique, thoughtful, and fearless genre publication. I have little worry Rosalind Leigh will be anything less.

Extra Tidbit: Gudino was succeeded as Rue Morgue Editor-In-Chief by writer, filmmaker and tattoo enthusiast Jovanka Vuckovic (above).