Holiday of Horrors

Heading to Stave Four, Arthur Rackham, 1915, A Christmas Carol

Silent Sundays: The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come (1915)

By Eva Halloween on December 6, 2015 • ( 0 )

Illustration by Arthur Rackham of The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come for the 1915 edition of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.

Seasons of Belief Grither Tales from the Darkside

Friday Night Features: “Seasons of Belief” Short Film

By Eva Halloween on December 26, 2014 • ( 0 )

Our 3rd annual TYoH Holiday of Horrors comes to an end this evening with an especially macabre Christmas-themed episode of the 1980’s horror anthology show Tales from the Darkside. Created by George Romero, Tales from the Darkside was two parts Creepshow and one part The Twilight… Read More ›

Christmas with Lovecraft and Friends by Nelson Evergreen

Happy Holidays From TYoH

By Eva Halloween on December 25, 2014 • ( 6 )

We’ll be back tomorrow evening with a special Holiday of Horrors edition of Friday Night Features, but in the meantime, here’s wishing you a happy holiday season from all of us at The Year of Halloween. I hope you’ll stay and… Read More ›

Jólakötturinn the Yule Cat by Hugleikur Dagsson

He Hunted Men and Didn’t Want Mice: Jólakötturinn the Yule Cat

By Eva Halloween on December 24, 2014 • ( 0 )

Far to the north, just below the Artic Circle, lies a land of steaming volcanos and eeriely lit skies. As winter descends in the northern hemisphere, night settles on Iceland, swathing the island nation in darkness for more than twenty hours… Read More ›

The Last of the Spirits by Harry Furniss for a Christmas Carol 1910

Silent Sundays: The Last of the Spirits (1910)

By Eva Halloween on December 21, 2014 • ( 0 )

Harry Furniss, The Last of the Spirits, eighth and final illustration for the 1910 Charles Dickens Library Edition of A Christmas Carol.

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas…It May Be Your Last: 11 Holiday Haunts

By frightpropsdrew on December 18, 2014 • ( 3 )

Post reprinted with the kind permission of our friends at FrightProps.com. It’s the time of year that spooks even the most die-hard haunter: the Holidays. The gleeful smiling faces of shoppers and blaring Mariah Carey Christmas songs are proof that the… Read More ›