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We Were Never Supposed to Go There
It started as a dare. Everything stupid in high school does. We were sitting behind the gym, passing around a cigarette and pretending not to care that graduation was two weeks away and none of us knew what we were doing after. The woods loomed behind the chain-link fence, dark and heavy. Everyone called them Deadwater Woods. They said a girl named Elise went missing there ten years ago and that sometimes you could still hear her crying if you got close enough.
By Summy3 months ago in Horror
The Woods Behind Hollow Creek High
Every school has that one place everyone talks about but nobody really goes to. For Hollow Creek High, it was the woods behind the football field.
By Summy3 months ago in Horror
The Reflection
he first time Nora saw the reflection move, she thought it was a trick of the light. She had been living alone in her grandmother’s old house for three weeks, cleaning it out after the funeral. It was a creaky, narrow place that smelled faintly of lavender and dust, with mirrors everywhere. Her grandmother had loved them, though Nora never understood why. There was one in nearly every room, some small and ornate, others tall and warped with age.
By Summy3 months ago in Horror
The Protest That Wasn’t: How Early 80s Horror Movies Turned Outrage Into Advertising
They Tried to Ban It! (Or So the Poster Said) It’s a line horror fans know by heart: “The movie they tried to stop.” In the early 1980s, it seemed every horror movie promised that someone, somewhere, was outraged about it. If protesters weren’t real, they’d be invented. If bans didn’t happen, distributors whispered that they almost did. Outrage wasn’t bad for business — it was the business.
By Movies of the 80s3 months ago in Horror
Smile is a Terrifying Horror Experience
I wasn't interested in watching Smile for a long time. I had seen the trailer to the first film, and I was not interested. It looked like it was going to be a jump scare fest, and I felt like too many great scenes were spoiled in the trailer. Then I finally decided to give the film a shot, once I heard that it was put on Netflix.
By Emy Quinn3 months ago in Horror
An Owl in the Daylight
Today, I saw an owl, and I really, really hated it. I live in the countryside of Jamaica. It’s a very green place. There are trees everywhere, so many trees. We have lots of fruit trees, like mango trees, ackee trees, and apple trees. These trees grow so big and tall. They reach way up into the sky, and their leaves make lots of shade on the ground. It’s usually a very peaceful and happy place to be. I love living here because it’s quiet and full of nature’s sounds, like birds singing in the morning and crickets chirping at night. But today, something happened that made me feel not so peaceful. It made me feel very strange and uncomfortable.
By Diana Crooks3 months ago in Horror
Zashiki Warashi: The Playful Japanese Ghost That Brings Fortune and Fear
The Zashiki-warashi is a fascinating Japanese mythical being, a ghost child with a reputation both for tricks and for having phenomenal good fortune for the family in which it resides. Its roots lie deep within Japanese myth of the northernmost Tohoku region, building a complex figure that is as much about tricks as it is about tragedy.
By Kyrol Mojikal3 months ago in Horror
The Jack O’ Lantern Man
Every Halloween, someone in town wakes up to find a jack-o’-lantern on their porch — always carved differently, always flickering with a strange green flame. Most think it’s just a harmless local prank.
By Logan M. Snyder3 months ago in Horror
Hvis Lvset Tar Oss
The five of them ran through the park. They could hear the hunters behind them, coordinating their moves with radios. They knew the hunters were attempting to corral them, or at least keep them outside until dawn. The five had to find sanctuary before then or perish as sunlight covered the city in its glowing rays.
By Jamais Jochim3 months ago in Horror
The Terrifying Tale of Mohan Vashini
Thousands of years ago, an ancient and mysterious book was written – a book so powerful that even today, people hesitate to read it. Its name is Uddha Mareshwar Tantra. In it, Lord Shiva speaks directly to Goddess Parvati and reveals a secret so powerful, it could change the course of a person’s life forever – the secret of the 36 Yaksinis.
By Dev3 months ago in Horror
The Shadow in Room 313
It was already past midnight when Sarah’s car broke down on the lonely stretch of highway. Her phone had lost signal hours ago, and rain lashed against the windshield like a warning. She spotted the faint glow of a sign through the storm—“The Hollow Inn — Vacancy.”
By Iazaz hussain3 months ago in Horror
The Ending to Society Traumatized Me
I had seen the ending to this movie when I was in college. I decided to check out the ending out of curiosity, while I was having a lovely dinner in the lovely cafeteria that served damn good food.
By Emy Quinn3 months ago in Horror