Horror

Illegal Immigrants Meet An Underwater Horror On Their Journey To The US

Hoping to escape from Cuba to the US, a father and daughter hop a fishing boat. But in this short horror film, their immigration journey may come close to literal hell. Sea Devil was written, edited, and directed by Dean C. Marcial and Brett Potter, and it’s fresh from the Fantasia Film Festival and the…

Emily Carroll, one of our favorite horror cartoonists, has a new spooky webcomic story up. Like many of her comics, “When the Darkness Presses” plays with the web format to incredibly creepy effect. Also be sure to check out Carroll’s book of horror comics, Through the Woods. https://gizmodo.com/exclusive-horror-story-from-the-absolutely-chilling-thr-1606732634

The Best Halloween Costumes On The Internet

Happy Halloween, people! Tonight is the night — so paint on the makeup and get out your lattes and brooms, you Basic Witch. Here are the most jaw-dropping Halloween costumes we’ve found posted on the Internet this year. Weatherman from WDRB gets creative with the green screen. Watch the full video here.[via Brian Dies] Everything…

Every Horror Reference From The Cabin In The Woods In One Video

Thought you caught every single meta-reference in Drew Goddard’s fantastic horror feature Cabin in the Woods? Well now is the time to double check, because this video lays it ALL out. Brought to you by the folks at GoodBadFlicks, I agree with maybe 90% of everything they reference—minus the “sexy witches.” I think the cube…

The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow Was Inspired By A Yellow Fever Epidemic

A community paralyzed with fear, not knowing when an unseen presence will claim its next victim. Are we describing an epidemic or a supernatural predator? The similarity is not a coincidence in the horror story, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, whose author, Washington Irving, fled a yellow fever outbreak in New York. Writing in Smithsonian…

For A Movie About People’s Dark Sides, Horns Is Curiously Lightweight

In Horns, Ig Perrish grows a pair of horns, and gains a superpower that’s also a terrible curse. In Joe Hill’s novel, this turns into an exploration of the darkness in human nature, including misogyny and jealousy. But the new movie version, while fun, never brings enough depth to support its misanthropic premise. Some minor-ish…

You Have Chosen…Poorly: A Ranking Of Alternate Horror Film Endings

Watching a movie is like playing roulette: we have no idea which ending we’ll be seeing. Will it be the original, or another version inspired by a failed test screening, or “creative differences”? Sometimes the change is for the better; sometimes not. Here, we rank 13 alternate horror film endings from worst to best. I…

Concept Art Writing Prompt: He Does Not Sleep

Time to get your horror ideas flowing! For Halloween week, we have a monstrous Concept Art Writing Prompt. Do you have an idea for a story inspired by this illustration? Write it up and share it here! He Does Not Sleep is by Michael MacRae (via r/ImaginaryHorrors), and MacRae has attached his own piece of…

The Greatest Werewolf Art Of The Middle Ages And Renaissance

While they weren’t always depicted as shirtless teen heartthrobs, creatures who turn from human into wolf (and vice versa) appear in tales dating back to antiquity. So throughout the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, artists have had plenty of strange and creepy stories to inform their werewolf illustrations. A priest administering last rites to the…

What Supposedly Scary Story Made You Laugh Instead?

The line between terror and hilarity is kind of ill-defined at the best of times. There’s a reason why we have so many horror comedies. But sometimes, a movie, TV show or book sets out to be scary… and just winds up making you laugh. What’s the most unintentionally funny piece of horror you’ve ever…

The Motherlode Of Deliciously Disturbing And Disgusting VHS Horror Art

Remember the good old days of trolling the video rental horror section and just starring agape at the wondrous collection of VHS horror cover art? Well, this Halloween we’re ready to celebrate all things horror by taking you back to the days of grotesque VHS cover art in our massive gallery. Enjoy. April Fool’s Day…

The Perfect Lineup of Tabletop Horror Games for a Scary Game Night

Halloween is a great excuse to get together with friends and do some gaming. These horror-themed board and card games are perfect for playing in a single crisp autumn evening, and you might even prevent (or cause) the apocalypse. Zombies!!! A true classic from Twilight Creations, Zombies!!! has countless expansions and variations. The core of…

20 Horror Movies Where Almost Everyone Survives

Horror movies get their shock value from a high body count, right? The characters get killed off one by one, until there’s just one survivor left — often, this is the “Final Girl.” But actually, that’s often not true. Here are 20 horror movies where most, or all, of the sympathetic characters survive. Warning: Major…

Ritual Is the Cult Movie You Need on Halloween

In Mickey Keating’s 2013 meta-horror thriller extravaganza Ritual, the awesomely-named Lisa Marie Summerscales plays Lovely, resident of South Texas, whose turn ons include smoking at the beach, cruising dive bars and picking up guys with more prison tats than teeth. Spoilers ahead… The film opens with Lovely meeting a mysterious stranger named Tom after which…

What is the Scariest Short Story You’ve Ever Read?

What work of fiction freaked you out the most? What two-sentence horror story, short bit of prose, or even poem made your hair stand on end? Back in June we asked you all what was the scariest book you’ve ever read, and you did not disappoint. And now I beg of you, what was the…

Tons Of Horror Webcomics To Terrify You This Halloween

You were’t planning on sleeping this week, were you? Good, because we’ve got a list of webcomics to chill and thrill you. From post-apocalyptic epics filled with monsters to anthologies packed with serial killers, alien invaders, and nightmares come to life, here is something for every sort of horror fan. Top image from False Positive.…

Trick-Or-Treaters Are Way Scarier In The Post-Apocalypse

In this short horror film, amidst the ruins of a plague-wrecked society, a group of children go trick-or-treating, harvesting a few precious goods from their neighbors—some of whom are long past sanity. But beware, these are trick-or-treaters you don’t want to refuse. Marc Roussel directed the surreal horror short The Last Halloween, which he co-wrote…

Watch The First Scene Of Vampire Mockumentary What We Do In The Shadows

One of the most buzzed-about films at this year’s Sundance Film Festival is the mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows, following a group of vampire roommates, who are forced to learn about the modern world. This clip of the film’s first six minutes shows us what they’re working with. Flight of the Conchords’ Jemaine…

A Girl’s Teddy Bear Fights A Monster In This Trio Of Short Horror Films

Brent Sims’ Grave Shivers is an anthology of short horror films surrounding children at bedtime, with plenty of monsters and gore—and in one case, a little girl’s plus defender. Grave Shivers was funded through a successful Kickstarter campaign and it is great fun with its mix of practical effects and CG, although some of its…

This Is the Life of a Graveyard Tourist

You think you’re spooky? San Francisco author Loren Rhoads — former editor of gruesomely entertaining true-tales magazine Morbid Curiosity — visits cemeteries for fun. Just in time for Halloween, we quizzed her about her macabre life touring graveyards. Photo of St. John’s Cemetery by Loren Rhoads io9: The first issue of Morbid Curiosity came out…