The White Satin Evening Gown and the Horrors of Used Clothing
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I made a documentary about Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. (Now available to watch.) The three books consisted of over 80 stories of folklore and urban legends. It was impossible to appropriately address each and every story in a single documentary. This website, in part, is a chance...
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The People Under the Stairs, Daddy, and the Knight’s Tale: What’s Underneath It All
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I fondly remember not only seeing People Under the Stairs in the movie theaters in 1991, I will always remember that I oddly saw it 3 times in one weekend... a combination of seeing it with different friends, family, and just boredom I guess. But also, I loved it. I’ve...
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Hieronymus Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights is a Fascinating Specimen
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Before the internet... before television... when people read, sure, but the printing press was still a new thing. People had to get their innate desire for horror different ways. And gosh darnit, I think plenty of times good ol' Sunday church service was one of the main ways to get...
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The Pennywise Playground: Stephen King’s Derry, Maine
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There’s something undeniably beautiful about roots. From precious daffodils that pop up along the grassy banks by the side of the road, to the tarmac breaking, pavement cracking knuckles that emerge two, three, even four feet away from the tree that they sustain. If you were to think about the...
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Scary Werewolf Art (and Well, Werewolf Lore) Is Older Than You Thought
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It's a tale as old as time. Man hunts animal. Animal bites back. Man shape-shifts into monstrous hybrid beast. We tend to think of horror characters as things that are always modern. Or even if we acknowledge the past, we don't go much further back than the black-and-white era of...
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Tales from the Crypt’s Lover Come Hack to Me is Full of Fun
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For many Tales from the Crypt holds a special place in our hearts. People stumble upon horror in different ages based on when they were born, but they often fall into it around the same age: childhood. So for me the Tales from the Crypt tv show came along when...
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