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A gruesomely excellent deck of cards for Halloween

Feast your eyes on Póstumo, aka “The Deck of the Dead.” This grisly twist on your traditional 52-card deck is the damn-fine work of Obsidian Abnormal and Darren J. Gendron (the same duo that brings you Hello With Cheese), and it is nothing if not inspired. Write the creators: We remixed the suits into spades,…

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The latest John Dies at the End trailer includes 100 killer moments

Just in case you weren’t already pumped for John Dies at the End, there’s this insane new trailer. Although, why weren’t you already pumped? It’s based on the mind-boggling novel by Cracked’s David Wong, and the film is directed by Bubba Ho-Tep’s Don Coscarelli, with a cast that includes Paul Giamatti. Early buzz is really…

Trailers Charlie Jane Anders

The 20 Most Unintentionally Terrifying Movies of All Time

Sometimes, Hollywood sets out to make a fun movie for kids — and it winds up being nightmare fuel for everyone, including adults. Whether it’s Dumbo’s drunken severed elephant head monster dreams, or the helping hands from Labyrinth, supposedly cute movies have been freaking us out for years. Here’s our collection of the most terrifying…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Who needs to sleep ever again? Listen to the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark audiobook

The candy gets eaten and the costumes put away, but the chill that comes with a well told scary story never quite leaves you. Send a few shivers up your spine with the audio version of Alvin Schwartz’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, narrated by actor George S. Irving. [via GeekTyrant]

Books & Comics Lauren Davis

5 horror movies so gruesome, the makers were investigated for cruelty and murder

When you’re sitting in a dark theater watching some particularly gory act of horror, it can be easy to forget that it’s all just corn syrup and clever tricks. But every now and then, an especially ingenious special effect—or an especially gullible audience—has prompted police and courts to get involved. Here are five cases where…

Movies Lauren Davis

7 Short and Spooky Webcomic Stories to Keep You Awake All Weekend

There are plenty of epic horror webcomics that pull us through the zombie apocalypse, follow missions with multi-species monster hunters, and track demons both tragic and terrifying. But some horrors are best experienced in bite size. Here are seven scary short stories from the evil minds of webcomickers. His Face All Red by Emily Carroll:…

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The 55 Scariest Moments from Science Fiction and Fantasy Movies

It’s Halloween, which means just one thing — time for a horror movie marathon! But what should you watch? What classic movies have at least one guaranteed freak-out moment? Here’s our definitive list of the 55 most terrifying scenes from the most horrific science fiction and fantasy movies. Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1978) Scariest…

Movies Meredith Woerner

American Horror Story shows us what a “mossy bank” is. Unfortunately.

American Horror Story is back and doing what it does the best, juggling 18 different plots whilst balancing atop the breast of a naked nun. The show went full-tilt bananas last night, and we welcome the return to crazytown. In just one episode, we saw Sister Jude’s backstory, a demon, a whole lotta bare ass……

Television Meredith Woerner

10 Novels That Are Scarier Than Most Horror Movies

You can’t do jump-scares in a book. There’s no computerized special effects, or actors covered with gruesome makeup and KY jelly. You can always put a book down for a few days. And yet, the creepy prose of horror’s greatest writers has the power to hold you trapped in a spell of terror that no…

Books & Comics Amanda Yesilbas and Charlie Jane Anders

The History of Sexy Monsters

Monsters are horrifying, revolting… and often alluring. It makes sense that so many monsters would be hawt, since they’re the ultimate predators and they need to be able to lure us into their clutches and stuff. But also, monsters represent the forbidden, and sexy danger, and they can get away with wearing outfits that the…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

First Trailer for Evil Dead Reboot: Behold the New Necronomicon!

Here’s your first taste of the brand new, super dark Evil Dead reboot. If it’s good enough for producers Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell, is it good enough for you? Do you like the gory green Saw-esque tint? It certainly does make all the blood pop on screen. Directed by Fede Alvarez, this new movie…

Trailers Meredith Woerner

“Children’s Day at the Morgue” might be the best damn Halloween song ever

“Thriller,” Screaming Jay Hawkins’ “I Put A Spell on You,” and “Halloween Shindig” by Ed Twilley and the Creepers are obviously Halloween classics. But few songs balance “eternal sleep” and “clean holiday fun” quite like the late Sheldon Allman’s 1961 tune “Children’s Day at the Morgue.” (Allman was also the singing voice for Mr. Ed.)…

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The Geekiest Baby Halloween Costumes from All Over the Internet!

There is nothing more adorable than a baby in a costume. Nothing whatsoever. But it’s especially great when geeks turn their little offspring into cosplay superstars, shaming the rest of the scabby-kneeded kids on the block. Kneel before Tron Baby, Dobby Babby, Wednesday Baby and BABY Gimli! Here they are the best geeky baby costume…

io9 Meredith Woerner

A sneak peek at IDW Publishing’s latest horror comic, Let’s Play God

Courtesy of IDW Publishing, here’s an exclusive first look at Let’s Play God, a horror book that goes by the tagline “Siouxsie and the Banshees meets Halloween.” This issue hits stores this Wednesday, October 24. Here’s the rundown: Let’s Play God #1 (of 4) Brea & Zane Grant (w) • EricJ (a & c) Punk…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

This abandoned sanatorium could be the real-life version of the one in American Horror Story

San Haven is a former tuberculosis sanatorium in the Turtle Mountains, right on the border between North Dakota and Manitoba. Built in the early twentieth century, the lush grounds and gorgeous buildings attracted patients and medical staff from all over the country into the region for decades — until the TB epidemic died down in…

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How One Man Turned His Real-Life Mugging into a Creepy Horror Movie

After getting attacked by a gang of kids, director Ciaran Foy used images and inspirations from his own experience and turned it into a horror movie about a pack of feral mutant teens. Titled Citadel, the movie follows an agoraphobic main character, who’s still trying to get over his first encounter with the “hoods” as…

Movies Meredith Woerner

And now, the first horror film ever shot entirely in Antarctica

Judging by the trailer, South of Sanity is your typical no-budget horror movie, in which a bunch of spirited amateurs have a go at their very own The Thing ripoff. A bit of fun for all involved, but nothing too special. Except those amateurs just happen be from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), which means…

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Cinema’s Spookiest Houses, Each Cut from a Single Piece of Paper

Marc Hagan-Guirey a.k.a Paper Dandy, creates spooky scenes using nothing but paper and scissors. Employing the paper cutting art of kirigami, his “Horrorgami” sculptures recreate haunted houses from classic horror films, and are then blacklit with a spooky glow. Hagan-Guirey will be showing his Horrorgami sculptures at London’s Gallery One and a Half starting on…

Movies Lauren Davis

Paranormal Activity 4 will make you root for these movies to die

Paranormal Activity 4 has done what no other Paranormal Activity has accomplished before it: made me root for the death of this horror franchise. It’s criminally boring and horribly stupid. And I love these movies. I love the shtick, love the sisters — hell, I even love the stupid name they gave the demon in…

Movies Meredith Woerner

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A gruesomely excellent deck of cards for Halloween

The latest John Dies at the End trailer includes 100 killer moments

The 20 Most Unintentionally Terrifying Movies of All Time

Who needs to sleep ever again? Listen to the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark audiobook

5 horror movies so gruesome, the makers were investigated for cruelty and murder

7 Short and Spooky Webcomic Stories to Keep You Awake All Weekend

The 55 Scariest Moments from Science Fiction and Fantasy Movies

American Horror Story shows us what a “mossy bank” is. Unfortunately.

10 Novels That Are Scarier Than Most Horror Movies

The History of Sexy Monsters

First Trailer for Evil Dead Reboot: Behold the New Necronomicon!

“Children’s Day at the Morgue” might be the best damn Halloween song ever

The Geekiest Baby Halloween Costumes from All Over the Internet!

A sneak peek at IDW Publishing’s latest horror comic, Let’s Play God

This abandoned sanatorium could be the real-life version of the one in American Horror Story

How One Man Turned His Real-Life Mugging into a Creepy Horror Movie

And now, the first horror film ever shot entirely in Antarctica

Cinema’s Spookiest Houses, Each Cut from a Single Piece of Paper

Paranormal Activity 4 will make you root for these movies to die

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