Cosmic horror tends to be synonymous with H.P. Lovecraft, but others, from Thomas Ligotti to Nathan Ballingrud, show the many ways in which tales of a monstrous world can scare the hell out of us. By Tobias Carroll.

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ScreenPrism is the hub for film and TV analysis. Currently, we are building the largest digital library of film and television inquiry and related content by producing original articles, curating content from other esteemed sources and facilitating user generated comment and discussion.

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Find out how and why our skin acts so weird when we're cold, scared, or moved. It's positively hair-raising!

What do Michael Myers and Kevin McCallister have in common? We make a case for Home Alone as a slasher movie.

ScreenPrism is the hub for film and TV analysis. Currently, we are building the largest digital library of film and television inquiry and related content by producing original articles, curating content from other esteemed sources and facilitating user generated comment and discussion.

A knife in the eye. A splash of acid in the face. Murder. Comedy. Ah, the theater! By Eric Grundhauser.

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I posted this a few years ago on my old YouTube account.. Linnea liked it, and currently has it on her YouTube account as well... I just re-edited and posted to my new art channel today... Next one is brand new!

If this time of year makes you nostalgic for dusty video rental stores, have I got a treat for you.

A series of horror movies established how monsters would look, sound, and behave for decades to come.

Halloween is upon us and we all know what that means! Scary monsters everywhere! But while we're all used to seeing hundreds of different horror monsters in popular culture, did you know that almost all of them fit neatly into 5 simple categories? All thanks to Noel Carroll's Taxonomy of monsters!

Sometimes, though, you want to mix things up and see what other fun you can get out of Halloween. As an absolute Halloween freak and internet beachcomber, I’ve pulled together some more obscure (but no less fun) ideas for how to spend your October.

Looking over the 25 films ranked below, all of which opened in the United States sometime before today and after January 1, 2000, it’s possible to imagine a future when the turn of the new millennium will be thought as a renaissance period for scary movies.

There’s been a mine fire burning underneath Centralia, PA for 50 years. Why do people still live there, and why do they hate Silent Hill? By Duncan Fyfe.

Aaaarghhh… je voudrais un bonhomme de neige!!! “Aaaarghhh… do you want to build a snowman!!!” Once again Live Rasoloarison @Liverasol has captured the essence of the infamou…