TNT’s new horror block marks the latest incarnation of Tales from the Crypt, which originated as a 1950’s EC Comics series created by William Gaines.

The Machinist is a 2004 English-language Spanish American psychological thriller film directed by Brad Anderson and written by Scott Kosar.

The X-Files was a tour of the American subconscious and the most idealistic show of its time. Next month, Mulder and Scully return to our screens – but how will their ambiguous stories work today? By Andrew Harrison.

Being the last man on Earth. By J. D. Daniels. (Feb.)

Largely eschewing digital FX when it doesn’t absolutely need them, SALEM evokes the provocative, immersive experience of Hammer Horror with providing the exploitative flamboyant edge of modern macabre. Add in a largely ingenious concept- a series following the Salem Witch Trials spurred on and manipulated by the actual witches- and SALEM offers something much more visceral and clever than those who mistake it for a CW-esque fringe frightener.

Le Manoir du diable, released in the United States as The Haunted Castle and in Britain as The Devil's Castle, is an 1896 French short silent film directed by Georges Méliès. The film, a brief pantomimed sketch in the style of a theatrical comic fantasy, tells the story of an encounter with the Devil and various attendant phantoms.

A scale model of HP Lovecraft’s Arkham city.

Ligotti’s stories seem almost violently unpalatable. They afford neither easy resolutions nor the seemingly ambiguous but ultimately fulfilling pleasures of so many mystery stories. By Austin Price.

A Unified Theory on Female Madness in Cinema and American Culture.By Angelica Jade.

You can't control the gibbering madness that lies waiting on the edge of our reality but for a small monthly premium you can ensure that you don't pay for it when things go eldritch.

To vanquish a vampire, one generally employs a stake, a cross, a string of garlic, or a combination of all three. But there's one highly effective anti-vampire weapon that few think to use: math. A surprisingly large number of academic studies—as in, more than one—have applied mathematical modeling to the concept of human-vampire co-existence. Using the depiction of bloodsuckers in various forms of media, from Bram Stoker's Dracula to True Blood...

“Oh God… oh Jesus Christ!” The terrific fear presented in Sergeant Howie’s screams (portrayed by Edward Woodward) uttering the words above as he beholds the monstrous human effigy known as the “Wicker Man”, has remained among the most iconic lines in British cinema.. By Micah Hanks.

At a time when other studios are furiously raiding the vaults of comic books and graphic novels, trying to find the next Marvel and DC Comics, Universal is deviating from the superhero movie playbook — at the same time it mimics some of its strategies.

The biggest way Constantine works is by using Hellblazer as a jumping-off point, rather than a stone-carved outline to be slavishly followed. In doing so, it creates a moody piece of modern, metaphysical noir.

Many of these films were a lot better than most people gave them credit for and definitely deserve a second look. Without further ado I give you my list of the Top Ten Most Underrated Horror Films from the 90’s.

Gunnar Hansen, known for his portrayal as Leatherface in the 1974 movie "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," died at age 68, according to his agent.

This is an amateur short horror movie made by a young filmmaker, based on one of my favorite creepypastas.

They're much more subtle. By Katelan Foisy.

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Jonathan Barnes reviews Lisa Morton's "Ghosts, A Haunted History," Roger Luckhurst's "Zombies, A Cultural History," and Sharla Hutchison and Rebecca A. Brown's "Monsters And Monstrosity From The Fin De Siècle To The Millennium."