Avengers love Halloween too, and the hero that kicked off the Marvel Cinematic Universe is celebrating with some superhero pumpkins. The movie world has changed considerably since Robert Downey Jr's turn as Tony Stark in the original Iron Man, and all these years later it is still going strong. His Marvel alter ego has also managed to work its way into his decorations for Halloween this year, though as he revealed in a new photo he also had some help from his pal Spider-Man.

This Halloween, the creepiest event to attend might be a mass online social experiment hosted by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. MIT is famous for churning out some of the world's top engineers, programmers, and scientists. But the university's Media Laboratory is increasingly known for launching experimental projects in October that are designed to make us squirm.

Halloween night can be a frightening time. Only a fool would dare leave the house and brave the inky black outside, teeming as it is with ghouls, goblins and all manner of undesirable. The safest move would be to stay in, where all a person has to worry about is whether that sound – there it is again! – is the washing machine or a murderer closing in on his prey. In that spirit, the Guardian has assembled a guide to the spookiest films produced and/or released by Netflix for those with a taste for thrills and chills. Leave out the customary take-one candy bowl and hit play on one of the following:

Lucas has been waiting all day and night for a new friend to fly in his web. No sign of anyone yet...It's getting late and Lucas found book of scary stories to keep him entertained!

Get inspired by 07 Halloween advertising ideas. Those practical and effective marketing tips with suggested tools would complete your 2018 Halloween plan.

Just in time for Halloween, Deerhoof are releasing a 7 where they're playing the music of classic horror film ’The Shining.’ The single re-imagines two tracks from the soundtrack...

At least two police departments in Massachusetts are warning parents to inspect their children's Halloween candy for marijuana edibles. But there has never been a recorded case of any one giving cannabis candy -- or razor blade apples, or poisoned Kit Kat bars -- to trick or treaters, according to fact checkers and a University of Delaware professor who studies Halloween poisoning myths.

Dziady, Halloween’s Polish counterpart, has a rich tradition dating back to old Slavic times. Rather than Jack-O’-Lanterns, it’s linked to Karaboshka masks, the great literature of the Romantic era and, by some, to the Greek god Dionysus. Read on to find out what this grave custom is about and what place it holds in the universe of Poles.

These spooky guitars go beyond blood spatter finishes and horror movie kitsch.

This weekend's PC game deals include some Halloween Sales, and even more Halloween Sales, along with a new bundle thankfully not Halloween related, and did we mention the DRM-Free Halloween Sale?

Vampires are fodder for books, movies, and Halloween costumes. But for hundreds of years, they were scapegoats for disease.

The rise of marijuana edibles is having an unexpected side-effect this trick-or-treating season.

It’s hard to believe that it’s been nearly three decades since Marge first stepped out from behind that curtain to warn viewers about the spooky scenes they were about to witness. But that warning started a proud, hilarious tradition for The Simpsons, and 28 seasons later, the show has offered a triple-dose of tales to fright and delight featuring Our Favorite Family each and every year. The Treehouse of Horror Halloween specials allow The Simpsons to spoof classic movies, indulge in a little blood and guts, and have some macabre fun in a non-canon setting.

The Dark History of "Bedsheet Ghosts." By Lucas Reilly.

New Jersey is warning parents to look out for people slipping their kids marijuana-laced candy while trick-or-treating. But with no apparent evidence that's ever happened, advocates for legalizing the drug say it's nothing more than a Halloween scare tactic. The state attorney general's office published a document being shared by law enforcement agencies around New Jersey and beyond, including a warning about a "significant presence of marijuana candy and other edible forms in New Jersey and nearby states."

A Utah man has created a gigantic King Kong statue to sit centerstage in his front yard for Halloween. Ammon Smith, 33, has impressed his Salt Lake City neighborhood in the past, but this year he expects his 39-foot display to attract thousands of trick-or-treaters. In 2014, Smith created a pirate ship, followed be a skeleton train in 2015 and a giant dragon prop complete with Viking ship in 2016.

Every year, hundreds flock to Southern California horror experience the 17th Door. We went to a rehearsal to see how they prepare to frighten the masses.

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Special effects wizards have been using this technique to scare and mystify audiences for centuries. By Kevin Wong.