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For its May 2006 issue, the Canadian horror publication ''[[Rue Morgue Magazine(magazine)|Rue Morgue]]'' featured a cover story on the Monsters HD network reporting that the channel also "aired the world television premiere of ''[[Bubba Ho Tep]]'' and broadcast a wide range of beloved classics like ''[[The Evil Dead]]'', ''[[The Texas Chain Saw Massacre]]'', ''[[Tombs of the Blind Dead]]'', ''[[The Tingler]]'', ''[[The Abominable Dr. Phibes]]'', ''[[Scanners]]'' and others, all presented in 5.1 sound, uncut and completely commercial free. ''Rue Morgue Magazine'' also noted that Monsters HD managed to secure licensing deals with all the major studios -- Paramount and their ''[[Friday Thethe 13th (franchise)|Friday the 13th]]'' franchise, MGM (which includes Sam Arkoff's AIP drive-in classics from Roger Corman), New Line's (post Paramount) ''Friday Thethe 13th'' movies as well as the 2003 version of ''[[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003 film)|The Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]'', the Universal horror classics, Sony/Columbia's [[Ray Harryhausen]] stop-motion monster films and oddball titles like ''[[Octaman]]'' and Joe Giannone's ''[[Madman (1982 film)|Madman]]''. Monsters HD's curation of horror films for 2006 were presented in ''Rue Morgue Magazine's'' "TV Terror Guide", which cited the channel's monthly marathons, weekly film festivals including thematic programming stunts like May's "Monsters Mother's Day" featuring Larry Cohen's ''[[It's Alive (1974 film)|It's Alive]]'' trilogy; August's "Jawsfest" featuring the first four ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'' films; September's "Zombiethon" featuring George Romero's ''[[Night of the Living Dead (film series)|Night of the Living Dead]]'', ''[[Dawn of the Dead (1978 film)|Dawn of the Dead]]'', and ''[[Day of the Dead (1985 film)|Day of the Dead]]''; November's "Monsters Goes Ape" featuring ''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]'' (1933), ''[[Son of Kong]]'', ''[[Mighty Joe Young (1949 film)|Mighty Joe Young]]'' and ''[[King Kong (1976 film)|King Kong]]'' (1976); and a Christmas schedule of "Killer Toy Stories" featuring films from the ''[[Child's Play (film series)|Child's Play]]'' and ''[[PuppetmasterPuppet Master (film)|PuppetmasterPuppet Master]]'' franchises."<ref name=RM56>{{cite news|last=Vuckovic|first=Jovanka|title=Rue Morgue Magazine May (56), pgs 22 - 24|url=http://www.rue-morgue.com/magazine/323-issue-56|accessdate=9 November 2012|newspaper=Rue Morgue|date=May 2006}}</ref><ref name=HM1 /> Monsters HD's program stunts for 2006 and 2007 also included a July "Japanese Giant Kaiju Fest" featuring various ''[[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla]]'' films from [[Toho]]<ref>{{citation|title=Godzilla Gets Monsters HD Marathon|url=http://www.multichannel.com/content/godzilla-gets-monsters-hd-marathon|publisher=Multichannel News|accessdate=17 November 2012}}</ref> and an October schedule featuring four titles from the ''[[Hellraiser]]'' film series and a Halloween marathon of six titles from the ''[[Halloween (franchise)|Halloween]]'' franchise.<ref>{{citation|title=Monsters HD Celebrates Halloween with Pinhead and Myers|url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/smallscreen/news/article_1365874.php/Monsters_HD_celebrates_Halloween_with_Pinhead_and_Myers|publisher=MonstersandCritics.com|accessdate=17 November 2012}}</ref>