BRYAN W. ALASPA

Elevators: those claustrophobic steel boxes that whisk us between floors in a blink. We trust them, rely on them, but only when we're...

In the world of horror fiction, there’s one setting that continues to pop up across movies, books, and short stories: the creepy hotel....

In a genre packed with ghosts, slashers, and monsters, one unexpected icon continues to haunt our dreams: the ventriloquist dummy. These...

When you think of horror settings, you probably imagine creaking mansions, shadowy forests, or crumbling asylums. But there’s another...

We don’t often think of maps as terrifying. They’re just tools: paper guides, digital GPS assistants, lines and symbols meant to help us...

When most horror fans think of urban legends, a few familiar names rise from the grave—Bloody Mary, Slender Man, the Hookman. But there’s...

Weather terrifies me. It has since I was a kid. Other people talk about how relaxing thunderstorms are, but for me, they were always...

There’s something uniquely unsettling about staring at a book, letter, or inscription written in a language you don’t...

When it comes to horror, we often think of ghosts, vampires, serial killers, or monsters from beyond. But lurking in the corners of our...

When we think of horror, it's usually images of blood-stained halls, creaking doors, or chilling monsters. But there's a deeply visceral...

Ryan Coogler’s Sinners marks a bold departure from his previous work in Creed and Black Panther , it’s a genre-blending vampire...

There’s something deliciously unsettling about the idea of a book that shouldn’t exist —a tome that whispers from the shelf, that drives...

When we picture haunted houses, we often imagine old mansions, rotting Victorian wallpaper, and long-forgotten graveyards. But in modern...

When we think of horror, we often picture terrifying monsters, gore, or creepy visuals, but there’s one element that often gets...

There’s a strange kind of fear that doesn’t rely on monsters, blood, or screams. It’s the feeling you get walking through an empty...

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...