If you’re watching a scary movie and things get too intense, you’ve got options. You can cover your eyes and plug your ears, hit fast-forward, or even step outside. But scary books require your active ...

Whilst Andre Øvredal’s suburban Amblin-esque adaptation of Alvin Schwartz’ original book series of the same name leans heavily into familiar terror tropes, the ...

With the Del Toro-produced, Øvredal-directed horror adaptation of a series of urban legends tied together by some of the most horrific art ever seen in a children's book, audiences got some ...

MOST of us have had a spooky experience that can’t be explained at some point in our lives. Now Mumsnet users have been sharing their scariest stories – and some of them will make your hair stand on ...

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Seven experts have picked out what they think are the scariest books to read - perfect for Halloween. A truly scary story never leaves you - whether it's a particular scene in a terrifying film, a ...

Seeing the cover of Alvin Schwartz’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (1981) has a powerfully Proustian effect on me: my stomach drops a little bit and a shiver of twinned fear and delight runs down ...

A cat who suddenly started hissing at a mysterious object and unexplained knocking on a door are two of the submissions in the search for the nation's scariest stories. Greetings card marketplace ...

Scary stories are supposed to be, you guessed it, scary. Watch what happens to these ducks for example. Hey, not so fast ducks. When you write a scary story you need to frighten the reader.

From a WWIII torture chamber — to a viral haunted house with no end(?) in sight — these nightmares belong on the big screen. If you’re watching a scary movie and things get too intense, you’ve got ...