BRYAN W. ALASPA

In the darkest corners of horror fiction lies a strange, obscure, and deeply unsettling subgenre; “lost episode” horror . These are...

In the age of streaming and eBooks, it's easy to forget that media used to have weight —not just physical mass, but a kind of presence....

There’s nothing quite like the terror of waking up, unable to move, your heart racing as something watches from the shadows. For millions...

Imagine waking up in the dead of night, completely unable to move. You try to scream, but no sound comes out. Your eyes dart around the...

We all know that creepy music and sudden shrieks are vital in horror movies. But what about sound in horror literature? How does an...

There’s something undeniably unsettling about places that have been left behind. From crumbling hospitals and decaying amusement parks to...

In horror fiction, timing is everything. There’s something uniquely terrifying about the witching hour—that eerie stretch of time between...

Horror comes in many forms—ghosts, slashers, monsters, demons—but there’s one fear that creeps in quietly, seeps into your bones, and...

When it comes to scaring the life out of us, horror is one of the most effective and enduring genres. From terrifying movie monsters to...

It’s hard to believe that we’re coming up on the 50th anniversary of Jaws —Steven Spielberg’s 1975 masterpiece that made millions afraid...

Not to sound like a grizzled old horror fan yelling at kids to get off my crypt, but let’s face it—modern horror, especially in the era...

Since the dawn of storytelling, horror has always found fertile ground in the spiritual, the forbidden, and the blasphemous. And few...

When we think of haunted or cursed objects in horror, our minds immediately jump to the usual suspects—creepy dolls (Annabelle, anyone?),...

Nature: it nurtures us, shelters us, feeds us—and sometimes tries to kill us. While haunted houses and masked killers get their fair...

What lurks in the woods? What howls in the distance late at night? What stalks the shadows, just out of sight, just beyond explanation?...

From the moment humans gathered around the first fire, we’ve been telling stories. And somewhere in those very first tales—scratched into...

There’s nothing quite like a child’s giggle echoing through a dark hallway to make your blood run cold. In horror fiction and film, few...

If you’re a diehard horror fan, you probably already love a good slasher, a creepy haunted house, or a blood-soaked monster rampage. But...

There’s something about the woods. Even on a sunny afternoon, when birds are chirping and sunlight filters through the leaves in golden...

I have always been a werewolf fan. If I had to choose between vampire and werewolf, being able to turn into a wolf wins out for me. But...