Scary Stories
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and “WTF is Going On” Horror
Give me all the Queer horror you can shovel into my TBR pile. It doesn’t have to be the sole focus of the ...
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Origins and Meaning of The Red Spot from the Scary Stories Books
I made a documentary about Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. (Now available to watch.) The three books consisted of over 80 ...
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Adam Nevill’s The Last Days is a Unique Example of Transatlantic Horror
I was a wee boy that was always fascinated by death and those who mete it out. I think, being Scottish, that this ...
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Kealan Patrick Burke’s Sour Candy Reveals the Horrors of Parenthood
Children are terrifying. Many of us find ourselves in violent, little battles with them throughout the course of our day to day lives. ...
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The Cold, Dark World of Icelandic Horror
“Do you have any Icelandic horror movies?” That was the first question I asked after ducking into a hole-in-the-wall DVD store in downtown ...
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TJ Payne’s Intercepts, a Novel That Modernizes Cold War Horrors
Horror writers love an insanity moment. Evolving from the Gothic insane asylum movement, horror writers have deepened insanity as a literary device in ...
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Origins of The Haunted House and THAT Picture from Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
I made a documentary about Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. (Now available to watch.) The three books consisted of over 80 ...
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Agustina Bazterrica’s Tender is the Flesh Asks, Would You Eat Human Meat?
The flesh is sinful. It is dirty. It needs to be sanitised of germs and disease. It needs to be purified of improper ...
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Creepypasta: A Guide to Horror Stories in the Digital Age
Horror is, in a way, a historical artifact. Our scary stories reflect what we are frightened of and offer deep insights into certain ...
