Former Seattle police officer turned true crime author Ann Rule recalls the chilling case of Randy Roth, a serial killer known for swooning women into marriage, opening hefty life insurance policies on them and then profiting from their tragic deaths. His story, among others in the anthology, reminds us that even the sweetest of charmers can have a dark side.

How the psychiatrists in The Entity represent the failings of the medical profession when it comes to women’s mental health.

A new take on the classic home invasion thriller genre in Duncan Birmingham’s debut feature film.

Strange Relics, Stories of Archaeology and the Supernatural, 1895-1954, is the latest utterly enchanting anthology from Handheld Press, bringing together the best in short story explorations of the past and supernatural literature.

Fresh Hell (2022), directed by Matt Neal and Ryan Imhoff, is the latest in post-pandemic found footage horror films centering around Zoom meetings, and for its part, has no problem identifying itself as a product of the lockdowns, explicitly citing the virus and the unrest it caused in the opening scene.

The perfectly creepy volume of flash fiction by artist Nora Thompson to get you ready for spooky season.

In Season 4 of Stranger Things characters dealing with mental illness and trauma are targeted and tortured by Vecna, leaving viewers to pick up the importance of getting help.

Celebrating the success of the James Webb Space Telescope with our favorite space-horror movies.

Since all of us are choking on inflation and likely aren’t going anywhere anytime soon, let’s take a look at the top road trip horror movies to watch this summer.

The retro-futuristic land of Phil Tippett’s newest release Mad God revives scary stop-motion animation in a mostly silent movie that pays homage to films across the dystopian horror genre.

Darren Aronofsky’s Requiem for a Dream (2000) dragged us down the rabbit hole of addiction. It was never considered a part of horror, despite its many genre tropes.

Sidney Furie’s film attracted a fair amount of attention—not least because this film, like The Amityville Horror before it, was based on a true, and well-documented, story.

The Outcast and the Rite: Stories of Landscape and Fear, 1925-1938, the latest single-author collection from Handheld Press, makes for both an enchanting read, and something that may be a tough nut to crack for readers new to horror.

The Book of Queer Saints, an anthology of queer horror fiction edited by Mae Murray, is a groundbreaking achievement in horror fiction, and an exemplar of the golden age of indie genre fiction.

In Horror Library: Volume 7, edited by accomplished anthologist Eric Guignard and published by Dark Moon Books, the reader is treated to stories from sharp social horror to thrillers with a supernatural flair.

With the Easter Bunny scheduled to make his rounds this weekend, the contributors at What Sleeps Beneath wanted to celebrate with delightfully creepy Easter eggs.

Digging Up the Marrow (2014), a found-footage comedic metacommentary on the horror community, is a fun watch, while also raising some interesting points on the disregard of disability and scapegoating of difference.

Based on real-life tragedies, Smiley Face Killers misses the potential of what could have been an enjoyable exploration of true crime.

When a Stranger Calls Back is a stalker-slasher that stands apart from other films in the genre, giving fans a more rounded, nuanced vision into how trauma might be dealt with in a horror film, without sacrificing the scares.

Shadow Atlas: Dark Landscapes of the Americas, an anthology released in 2021 by Hex Publishers, is a fantastical exploration of identity, landscape, and what happens when the two intersect.