Lightning flashes across the sky, illuminating a castle. A ghost calls out the name of a lover who once spurned them.

It was the perfect setting to plot two of the most influential horror stories of all time. A group of young writers and their friends ventured on a vacation in May 1816 that was supposed to be filled ...

Inspired by European Gothic Stories, Southern Gothic is an underrated horror genre, best shown by '50s masterpiece "The Night ...

In the wake of such influences, crime novels (and films) got bloodier and horror novels grew longer. John Connolly’s first ...

Boise State English Professor Tom Hillard is a lifelong lover of horror films and scary stories, but he credits his ...

Poe's haunting stories and poems, full of mystery and melancholy, remain timeless classics. His legacy as the master of ...

Be it Dracula to Buffy's Angel, these alluring blood-suckers have inspired artists from Andy Warhol to Lindsey Mendick.

Whether you are watching a horror classic, such as “The Shining” or “Poltergeist,” or laughing at the over-the-top antics of “Beetlejuice” or the “Ghostbusters,” ghost stories abound during Halloween.

The one emotion that every person has felt at one point or another is fear. Usually, the source of our fear is the unknown or ...

Numerous Gothic and horror literature classics have been adapted for the screen, often simplifying or changing the original ...

The intersection of gothic novels and food offers a rich, spooky tradition for literary scholar Dr. Alessandra Pino and food writer Ella Buchan.

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