In another recent Halloween-themed post here, I discussed the psychology behind the nature of ghost stories and, to a degree, horror stories more generally. In response to a comment about what I ...

A simple premise and a three-minute minimum rocketed short director David F. Sandberg to Internet fame when his horror short “Lights Out” went viral. The quick flick landed on many folks’ radar, ...

"404 - Not Found." Another nifty new horror short to feature in October, this one just released online today. 404 is made by up-and-coming Phoenix-based filmmaker Daniel Mattei, and it's another fun ...

As much as revisionist history would have you think otherwise, women writers were pioneers in the horror genre. Ann Radcliffe's Gothic story The Mysteries of Udolpho was published in 1794, and it was ...

Because Hollywood execs want to make money and ensure that this generation of children will never sleep again, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark — a tome containing tales penned by a demon from hell — ...

Crowd-sourced fear is in demand. Oral traditions, in which village historians weaved tall tales to preserve the stories of their people — many of them ghost stories — have evolved and migrated onto ...

Halloween is synonymous with scary movies and an irresponsible overconsumption of candy, so it makes sense that Mars candy brands would try to combine the two. Teaming up with Fox, the company has ...

Yuvi Hecht's future is shining as bright as ever, even if his first TV series, Pretty Freekin Scary, was short-lived, getting cancelled after its initial season on the Disney Channel in 2023. The ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Short Scary Stories Shoot, reload and continue. Watch the dark corners. This year has been one of the most challenging for the video game industry, so what ...

Scary Movie 3: Comedy. Starring Charlie Sheen, Anna Faris, Leslie Nielsen and Simon Rex. Directed by David Zucker. (Rated R. 90 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) The list of actors in "Scary Movie 3" is ...