Not every hotel stay goes as planned, and some take a turn into the downright bizarre. From mysterious guests and strange room changes to unexplained noises and creepy staff encounters, these stories ...

If you’re looking to scare an audience, a spooky story would do the trick. A tale of some hook-handed spree killer scratching at car windows is enough to make people nervous in parking lots for the ...

My colleague Ailsa Chang recently spent some time talking with NPR staffers about the movies. It is the latest in our regular series Cineplexity. Here's Ailsa. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #1: (As character) ...

In another recent Halloween-themed post here, I discussed the psychology behind the nature of ghost stories and, to a degree, horror stories more generally. In response to a comment about what I ...

Your subconscious will do everything it can to hold you back and stop you from stepping out of your comfort zone. We’ve all been there before: You’ve been manifesting and begging for something better, ...

On the Friday, October 31, 2025 episode of The Excerpt podcast: Fear fascinates us for a reason. Psychologist Coltan Scrivner joins USA TODAY's The Excerpt to explain how morbid curiosity helps us ...

James Ross II’s Parasomnia is real scary stuff. Real scary. Sure, it’s culling from every popular horror trend over the past decade—a bit of Insidious, a touch of Get Out—and while it may not be ...

Attention all ghouls, goblins and thrill seekers: If you love being scared, then get on the ghost train to horror in Amarillo and nearby and fasten your seatbelts because this could be a goose-bumpy ...

Phasmophobia maker Kinetic Games has revealed it "wouldn't write off" a sequel to the viral hit ghost-hunting game, but is keen to keep working on the current version "until we're really happy with it ...

Nature is awesome with its sunrises and sunsets, scenic landscapes, beautiful birdsongs, and refreshing oceans. Poets have written praises about its beauty, and songwriters have sung ballads about its ...

Adilkhan Yerzhanov is a prolific genre filmmaker in Kazakhstan, with almost 20 feature films to his name on IMDb. In fact, his 19th film, Kazakh Scary Tales, had its world premiere at the 2025 ...