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Walpole called the house his “little plaything ... the prettiest bauble you ever saw” and sought to imbue it with “gloomth” and wonder.
castles

14 Real Places That Haunt the Pages of Literature

Tour the real-world locations that gave iconic horror books their nightmares.
Holyn Thigpen September 24, 2026
Oshkosh, Wisconsin

The Original ‘Backrooms’ Location (John’s Hobbies)

In 2019, an anonymous photo of a windowless room with eerie yellow wallpaper was posted to 4chan from this building, launching 'The Backrooms', one of the internet’s most massive collaborative horror phenomena.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Horror Studies Archive

A treasure trove of material within the University of Pittsburgh Library Systems has spawned the world's first and only center for academic study of the horror genre.
Anwoth, Scotland

Anwoth Old Kirk

The ruins of celebrated theologian Samuel Rutherford’s church, featured in a 1970s cult horror film.
Brooklyn, New York

Spook-A-Rama

Coney Island’s last surviving haunted ride.
A winged serpent greets visitors to Spook-a-Rama.
amusement parks

Coney Island’s Last Surviving Classic Haunted Ride

Brooklyn was once the epicenter of a haunted ride arms race. Today, only Spook-a-Rama remains.
Pat Cassels October 6, 2025
Benshi would introduce and provide commentary for films like <em>A Page of Madness</em>.
horror

Remembering the Heyday of Japan’s Silent Film Narrators

Though the golden age of benshi was drowned out by the advent of sound, their art form is far from silenced.
Pat Cassels June 23, 2025
Augusta, Georgia

Pexcho’s American Dime Museum

An authentic recreation of a 19th-century museum for "working class folks."
Horror hotlines celebrated one of the genre's favorite tools of torture: the telephone.
horror

The Heyday of Horror Hotlines and Why We Still Love to Fear the Phone

A lesser-known subgenre of the 900-number boom allowed callers to connect with Freddy Krueger and chat with zombies.
Pat Cassels March 21, 2025
Tokyo, Japan

Deathmatch in Hell

Walls of VHS tapes adorn this Golden Gai B horror movie themed bar.
Even colorful rainbows can carry spooky superstitions.
horror

5 Superstitious Stories for Friday the 13th

Explore these tales of death, sacrifice, and bad omens—if you dare.
Roxanne Hoorn December 13, 2024
St. Charles, Illinois

Ghoulish Mortals

This horror movie and monster shop is like if a haunted house was a retail store.
A phenomenon known as "nocturnal death syndrome" inspired Wes Craven to write <em>A Nightmare on Elm Street</em> and introduce the world to Freddy Krueger.
horror

The Science of Fighting Our Nightmares

Researchers around the world are working on ways to regain control of our minds during sleep and battle the monsters that torment us.
Pat Cassels October 29, 2024
Elevated horror movies such as 2018's <em>Hereditary</em> use the jump scare in unexpected ways, bringing the worn movie trope, ah, back from the dead.
horror

The Startling History of the Jump Scare

From 1942's Cat People to cerebral jolts in Hereditary and Get Out, this cinematic scare tactic still shocks.
Gavia Baker-Whitelaw October 28, 2024
Christopher Lee as Lord Summerisle.
witchcraft

The Greatest Witch Movie Ever Made

Why do modern witches embrace "The Wicker Man"?
Pat Cassels October 23, 2024
Wilder, with Peter Boyle on the slab, in <em>Young Frankenstein</em>.
horror

The Metamorphosis of the Mad Scientist

An institution of horror movies, this iconic character has evolved along with our views on science itself.
Pat Cassels August 14, 2024
Bangor, Maine

The Sewer Drain from “IT”

This is the sewer drain that was the inspiration for the opening scene of Stephen King’s classic novel “IT”.
Rome, Italy

Profondo Rosso

Italian horror legend Dario Argento’s own shop hides a sinister museum-dungeon in the basement.