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 ...

Indigenous stories often have teachings behind them, and scary ones are no exception, say three storytellers. Richard Van Camp, who is Tlicho from Fort Smith, N.W.T., has written 30 books in many ...

If you fancy making your weekend a gruesome one, look no further than a ‘grotesque’ horror movie from 2019 that’s been added to Amazon Prime. Directed by Andre Ovredal and co-written by Guillermo Del ...

Indigenous peoples have been haunted by stories of eerie figures, beasts and spirits for as long as anyone can remember. In communities across the continent, people have been telling tales of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Arizona is home to numerous local legends, myths, and supernatural tales. Five notable legends include the Mogollon Monster, Skinwalkers, and the Lost Dutchman's Mine. Other famous stories involve the ...

In the time of the coronavirus, a Toronto-based theatre critic in search of plays to review must head off the beaten path. He might even find himself slipping along a muddy one leading through a ...