The United States stands out as the absolute champion when it comes to urban legends that still terrify people today. Research using data from Reddit and Buzzsumo shows that 21 of the most ...

From the mysterious Gimghoul Castle in Chapel Hill to the curious spinning angel of Oakwood Cemetery, the Triangle area is full of eerie urban legends to tell around Halloween. Here's a look at some ...

Olga Artemyeva is a film critic, screenwriter and film curator based in NYC. She has a PhD in Art History and teaches Film Studies. Her dissertaion was dedicated to the evolution of horror, and it ...

Monsters don’t just exist under your bed, they roam the streets of cities around the world, tormenting innocent souls. Whether you’re a skeptic or not, it’s worth hearing about the warnings of evil ...

Killer Legends is a 2014-released gripping documentary directed by Joshua Zeman. He along with researcher Rachel Mills, investigate the real-life crimes that gave rise to these chilling tales. The ...

Urban legends have been around forever, and even though the modes of communicating them have evolved over the years and centuries, they continue to be a source of fear and fascination, especially ...

Watching horror films around Halloween is like peanut butter and jelly — they go together perfectly. In 2023, the Caller-Times shared tales about cryptids that haunt Texas. The year prior, we put an ...

In Urban Legend Season 1, Master of Horror Eli Roth brings chilling urban legends to life. Each episode reimagines classic scares like the hook hand killer and the vanishing hitchhiker with modern ...

In the mid-1990s, horror was in a rut, but then came Scream in 1996. Wes Craven's meta slasher brought back the subgenre that had dominated the '80s, now with a fresh twist and a cast of up-and-coming ...