Happily for me, my dad’s enjoyment of it meant convincing him to take me to see Ghostbusters a second time at the cinema was ...

Sourcing family friendly frightening fiction can be a bit challenging. That said, while straightforward horror texts rarely serve family audiences, the gothic is a mode of storytelling that has a long ...

The value of horror is that it gives us a safe space to process fear, writes Dr Aislinn Clarke ...

There’s something timeless about gathering friends at a sleepover and daring each other to play creepy games. Whether it’s ...

Whether it's brain development or spiritual openness, the creepiest declarations often occur when kids are between the ages ...

So far, this season of It: Welcome to Derry is 0 for 2 on Pennywise appearances but 2 for 2 on horrifying birth sequences.

Joe Hill doesn’t have to go very far to find the scariest book ever. Just up a rung on his family tree. “That's the gold standard when it comes to scaring the pants off people. No one's ever going to ...

I’ll set the scene… Four tweens plus me in my four-person tent, one of whom is particularly scared of the dark. All of us are ...

Despite a great performance from Chris Chalk, this week's episode suggests the titular creature just can't bring the frights.

My whole career is kind of throwing pasta against the wall and seeing if it sticks,” says Thiele, part of Teen Vogue's New ...

Welcome to Derry,” the latest adaptation of Stephen King’s epic 1986 novel about a deadly clown named Pennywise, has already ...

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 ...