Horror

Get Awesomely Wrecked With “Drag Me To Hell”

With slapstick horror flick Drag Me To Hell, Sam “Spider-Man” Raimi returns to the genre that first inspired our love for him. Full of goofy gore, genuine chills, and a plot that plays nicely on our recessionary fears, this is the best summer movie yet. Before emo Spidey, Raimi created the Evil Dead trilogy, as…

io9 Annalee Newitz May 28

Elm Street Looks For “Special” Ladies For A “Special” Scene (Special Means Naked)

Ah it’s good to see that those who are rebooting the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise are staying in its classic horror genre wheelhouse, looking for naked ladies to fill up a “tasteful” pool party scene. Fleshbot has the goods on the casting call from the reboot stating: Joan Philo casting is searching for a…

io9 Meredith Woerner May 27

From The Terrifying Wastes Of The Cosmos Come Scary Old People

Writer Laird Barron plunges his razor-sharp rostrum deep into a Lovecraftian vein, with nine stories of brain-melting cosmic horror in The Imago Sequence. I don’t read much horror, but I enjoy it when I do; I love the Great Old Ones such as William Hope Hodgson and H.P. Lovecraft, there’s Clive Barker of course, Joe…

io9 Grey_Area May 22

The Death Row Inmate Who Turned His Toilet Into an Electric Chair

Michael Anderson Godwin was a murderer. He was awaiting South Carolina’s electric chair in 1989 when he decided to fix his TV set while sitting on his cell’s metal toilet. You can probably see where this is going. Being on death row is lonely, so having a TV is important to your sanity. Godwin’s was…

Tech News Adam Frucci May 22

The Pitching Machine With a Taste For Blood

11-year-old Mitchell Anderson had just finished practicing in the batting cage and was gathering balls in his helmet. Unfortunately for him, there was one ball left still rattling around in the machine. The ball shot out at 70MPH, striking Anderson in the skull. He wasn’t knocked completely unconscious and was surprised to discover his head…

Tech News Adam Frucci May 21

A Concert With Death As the Encore

On May 3, 1972, Les Harvey took the stage at Swansea Top Rank with his blues band Stone the Crows. It was raining, and he was soaking wet. He stepped to the microphone to sing backup to lead singer Maggie Bell. During a part of the song that didn’t require him to play guitar, he…

Tech News Adam Frucci May 20

The Coffee Machine That Dispensed Hot Death

Last month, Yogesh Singh was getting coffee from a machine in a stall while taking a break from helping his father run a tent shop. He was tired and needed a pick-me-up. He pressed the buttons and inserted his cup, waiting for his beverage to brew. But instead of dispensing coffee, the machine rumbled and…

Tech News Adam Frucci May 19

The Parachute That Killed Its Inventor

On February 4th 1912 Franz Reichelt attempted to test his latest invention — a parachute jacket — at the Eiffel Tower. He donned his apparatus and tentatively stepped to the edge of the viewing deck. He had multiple primitive video cameras pointed at him to capture this amazing feat. The video shows Reichelt standing on…

Tech News Adam Frucci May 18

Do You Trust Elevators? Maybe You Shouldn’t

In 2003, surgical resident Hitoshi Nikaidoh was stepping into an elevator when the doors closed shut suddenly, pinning him by the shoulders. This didn’t seem too bad until the elevator began moving upwards. Nokaidoh, on his way to do his rounds at Christus St. Joseph Hospital in Houston, Texas, struggled in vain to free himself…

Tech News Adam Frucci May 18

Childhood Nightmares Cannot Be Photoshopped Away

That is no CGI arm reaching into this frightened girl’s bedtime room. It’s a flesh-and-blood creature whose hideous claws and shocking maw are real enough to touch. This “horror photograph” is one of many created by Joshua Hoffine, who uses the tools of old-fashioned Hollywood – set design, makeup, and actors – to create his…

io9 Annalee Newitz May 6

The Horror of Serving Heaven, on “Supernatural”

On last night’s Supernatural, we discovered how hellish it can be for people who become the “vessels” of angels. Is there really a difference between demonic and angelic possession? Spoilers ahead! “The Rapture” was a terrific episode, partly because there was a lot of Misha Collins (Castiel), and a lot of backstory on what actually…

io9 Annalee Newitz May 1

Eleven Visions of Life After the Great Epidemic

Feeling worried about the impending swine flu epidemic? Just to make you feel more panicked, we’ve put together a list of 11 movies that show what happens when humanity is attacked by unstoppable viruses. 28 Days Later Disease: Rage virus Released by: Animal rights activists Symptoms: Zombification, flesh-eating Any humanity left? UK is quarantined and…

Movies Annalee Newitz Apr 27

Hell Is Filled With Chapped Bald Men And Amy Smart, In Seventh Moon Trailer

One of the directors of The Blair Witch Project has released the trailer for his next supernatural thriller, Seventh Moon, starring Amy Smart and the residents of hell unleashed on the world. Eduardo Sánchez’s Seventh Moon looks like a creep-out film where Amy Smart and her boy-toy wind up in the middle of hell on…

io9 Meredith Woerner Apr 22

SquishBot Can Shrink Itself Down to Infiltrate Your Home, Nightmares

Robots alone are scary. But shape-changing robots that can squeeze through small spaces and then grow into sizes of up to 10x their squishy size? I don’t like that one bit. SquishBot is a program to develop a new class of soft, shape-changing robot. The goal is to design systems that can transform themselves from…

Tech News Adam Frucci Apr 21

Everybody Wants To Rock, Even The Vomiting Penis Monsters

Thor and his bitchin’ hair-metal band practice their rawk anthem in a deserted country house, where something… evil lurks, in this awesome scene from Rock ‘N’ Roll Nightmare. I love the cup-vomiting rubber penis monster. Rock ‘N’ Roll Nightmare, from 1987, is just a cornucopia of rock awesomeness. It has some of the most ridiculous…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Mar 26

Who’s Going To Drive You Home Tonight? Your Dead Boyfriend! [NSFW]

There’s never been a weirder mix of teen sex comedy/romance and cyborg revenge/horror than 1986’s The Wraith… as you can see from this trippy scene featuring Charlie Sheen and Sherilyn Fenn. Warning: NSFW. Spoilers below. As near as I can figure out after watching the whole ultra-confusing movie, Fenn’s character, Kerri, was dating a guy…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Mar 18

Werewolves Are Running the Asylum in Hollywood

Hollywood production company 1492 has acquired the rights to blood-soaked comic Welcome to Hoxford, by renowned horror madman Ben “30 Days of Night” Templesmith. Get ready for fanged madness that will mangle your soul. Welcome to Hoxford is about an asylum where all the most violent inmates wind up, but never leave. When a psychiatrist…

Movies Annalee Newitz Mar 6

Call Me on My Skinned, Crying, Hermaphrodite Rotary Phone!

What the hell is wrong with this phone? I mean, rotary? Come on, this is the 21st century. [eBay via Boing Boing]

Gadgets Adam Frucci Mar 2

Big Dog Army Robot Will Change the Face of War Forever

If you were freaked out by the spooky Big Dog quadruped robot, you are going to love seeing it in action alongside US Army soldiers, following them like a smart giant dog. https://gizmodo.com/new-video-of-bigdog-quadruped-robot-is-so-stunning-its-368651 And that’s what it is: A really smart giant dog. Big Dog—which is being developed by robotics company Boston Dynamics—has some of…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Feb 26

Metal Skull Table Lamp Is Beyond Creepy

Well, this is the most terrifying table lamp I’ve ever seen. Why anybody would want to stare at this thing every time they sit on the couch is beyond me. The lamp’s name is Frankie, and it’s shaped like a skull with some sort of horrifying modification over where the mouth should be. The eyes…

Tech News Adam Frucci Feb 25

Get Awesomely Wrecked With “Drag Me To Hell”

Elm Street Looks For “Special” Ladies For A “Special” Scene (Special Means Naked)

From The Terrifying Wastes Of The Cosmos Come Scary Old People

The Death Row Inmate Who Turned His Toilet Into an Electric Chair

The Pitching Machine With a Taste For Blood

A Concert With Death As the Encore

The Coffee Machine That Dispensed Hot Death

The Parachute That Killed Its Inventor

Do You Trust Elevators? Maybe You Shouldn’t

Childhood Nightmares Cannot Be Photoshopped Away

The Horror of Serving Heaven, on “Supernatural”

Eleven Visions of Life After the Great Epidemic

Hell Is Filled With Chapped Bald Men And Amy Smart, In Seventh Moon Trailer

SquishBot Can Shrink Itself Down to Infiltrate Your Home, Nightmares

Everybody Wants To Rock, Even The Vomiting Penis Monsters

Who’s Going To Drive You Home Tonight? Your Dead Boyfriend! [NSFW]

Werewolves Are Running the Asylum in Hollywood

Call Me on My Skinned, Crying, Hermaphrodite Rotary Phone!

Big Dog Army Robot Will Change the Face of War Forever

Metal Skull Table Lamp Is Beyond Creepy

‘Andor’ Star Adria Arjona Is Joining ‘Man of Tomorrow’—But Maybe Not as Who You Thought

Here’s What Scientists Found When They Cooked Up Their Own ‘Mercury Rocks’

We Just Saw Behind the Scenes on ‘Godzilla Minus Zero,’ and It’s Bigger and Darker Than Ever

Roborock Qrevo Series Robot Vacuum and Mop Breaks Last Week’s Low, New All-Time Low With Nearly 40% Off

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Meta Thinks Its Smart Glasses Could Stalk People in a ‘Thoughtful’ Way

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Anker’s EufyMake E1 Finally Brings Printers Out of the Dark Ages

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HP Omen Max 45L Review: 4K60 Gaming Has Never Been So Easy

Ecovacs Winbot W3 Omni Review: Window Cleaning Robots Have a Long Way to Go

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