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Special effects may be lacking, but vintage horror films still manage to keep our palms sweating and blood pumping; a look back at retro horror films, stories, books and characters that prove everything is scarier in black and white.
An Environmental Horror Story
In a paper just published in Nature, Hana Jurikova from the Center of Ocean Research in Kiel, Germany, and colleagues detail a global catastrophe a quarter billion years ago that resulted in the extinction of about 70 percent of land life and 95 percent of life in the ocean. Even insects were hit hard, with many whole orders in that class becoming extinct. Current lines of evidence indicate that the trigger was not a meteorite impact, but huge amounts of lava being extruded in Siberia over tens of thousands of years—during which time enormous amounts of greenhouse gases were pumped into Earth’s atmosphere.
By Mark Xavier3 years ago in Horror
India’s Abandoned Island of Colonial Horror
For decades, an obscure speck of an island—measuring less than one-third of one square mile—was the site of the brutalization of thousands of convicts and political prisoners amidst a luxurious British colonial settlement. Today, the jungle has reclaimed the land of Ross Island, shrouding in foliage its gruesome past. Giant knots of Ficus tree roots ensconce the dilapidated remains of opulent bungalows, and have taken over a ballroom where couples once waltzed. Some 800 miles away from the coast of mainland India, the island in the Indian Ocean is now swaddled in eerie desolation and overgrown vegetation.
By Mark Xavier3 years ago in Horror
Echoes of Hollowwood Farm
Nestled deep in the countryside, far away from the prying eyes of civilization, stood an old and weathered farmhouse known as Hollowwood Farm. The locals spoke of it in hushed whispers, for it was said to be haunted by an evil presence that had plagued the land for generations. No one dared to venture near the farm after sunset, fearing the malevolent spirit that roamed its dark corridors.
By The Truth Speaks3 years ago in Horror
A Reporter's Descent into the Haunting World of "Blood Magic"
November 12th 1986 Darkness shrouded my existence as I stumbled through the halls of the abandoned mental asylum. My name is Rose, a once ambitious reporter who had become trapped in this nightmarish place. The stories I sought to uncover had brought me face to face with a horror beyond comprehension.
By I did Something3 years ago in Horror
