Those are the spooky, scary movies that follow. Some aren’t entirely unheard of, but chances are, if you have heard of them, you’re well-versed in the horror genre. Entries are chronological, not ...

Public-domain horror has given us killer Pooh bear, murderous childhood icons, like Steamboat Willie-era Mickey, and a graveyard’s worth of “sure, why not?” premises. Some are fun, some are… choices.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scarecrows do a much better job scaring humans than they do scaring birds. If scarecrows were used to ward off birds, adds James P ...

Veteran animator and filmmaker Uli Meyer has given us exclusive access to the proof-of-concept teaser for his darkly comic live-action/animation hybrid Tricky & The Cereal Killers, a project that ...

Although wildfire season is over and the first snow has fallen in the Cascades, there are still some fall festivals ahead before Oregonians retreat to indoor activities. From celebrating mushrooms to ...

ZANESVILLE – Downtown scarecrows are returning for the fifth year, and some special treats are on the line for the 2025 winner. The annual Halloween lineup, hosted by Visit Zanesville, is returning ...

A pair of filmmakers who are southeast Iowa natives will be showing their movie “Field of Screams” at the Halloweenapalooza Horror Film Fest in Ottumwa later this week. Evan Runkle and Alix Moad, who ...

Hamish Steele, the gay creator of an LGBTQ+-inclusive cartoon Dead End: Paranormal Park said he will “be on the down low for the foreseeable” future following “scary,” “extremely nasty weird ...

I’m a sucker for scarecrow films, but even I can admit that there aren’t many worth crowing about. Outside of the consensus “best” within the crop, Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981), the sub-genre ...