Think you know your way around slasher films? From their heyday in the late 1970’s to the modern resurgence that began with Scream, here’s a collection of nine facts you may not have known about this classic horror sub-genre.
High atop a crumbling hill sits a collection of decayed Victorian mansions, time-worn facades that loom with knowing menace, who-knows-what lurking behind lacy curtains that seem poised to twitch in a phantom breeze. These ominous relics are not the abandoned homes… Read More ›
Heavy with symbolism, the eye has appeared as an iconic element in art and religion for thousands of years, from the Eye of Horus in ancient Egypt to floating nightmare globes in surrealist photography and film. This import we attach… Read More ›
Paralleling the growing popularity of photography and the rise of Spiritualism at the turn of the century, the late 1800’s and early 1900’s saw an explosion of so-called “spirit photography.” Photography enthusiasts ranging from dedicated mediums to well-known charlatans used a… Read More ›
The above black and white picture has been making the rounds of social media lately, a startling image of a man with two faces, one handsome, one wizened. The image is occasionally accompanied by text that purports to tell the odd… Read More ›
For people in the English countryside, April 24th was once a night for a macabre tradition, standing vigil to foresee who among them would die in the coming year. On this night, St. Mark’s Eve, those who gathered at the churchyard just… Read More ›
OK folks. I am not sure about you but I am pretty convinced that Horror GIF of the Week was the best weekly horror gif feature on the entire Internet this year. I checked on Alta Vista (apparently Alta Vista is… Read More ›
If you came of age in the 80’s and 90’s, you might remember a little series called Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. Ostensibly a children’s book, this series paired creepy folkloric tales and urban legends told by Alvin Schwartz with… Read More ›
Deep in the heart of Mexico lies an eerie place, a nightmare of automatonophobia bordered by the Xochimilco canals. (Photo via Through the Viewfinder) La Isla de las Munecas (The Island of the Dolls) is festooned with decaying dolls, hung… Read More ›
Costumed participants in a football match reported in the July 1920 issue of Polytechnic Magazine, via the University of Westminster Archives .
“…Deep dread and loathing of her solitude Fell on her, from which mood was born Scorn of herself; again, from out that mood Laughter at her self-scorn. “What! is not this my place of strength,” she said, “My spacious mansion… Read More ›
La Mort (Death), by Belgian symbolist artist Jean Delville, 1915.
