John Carpenter's Suburban Screams key art

I was a little bummed, not to mention surprised, there weren’t more horror movies releasing for 2023’s second Friday the 13th. Instead, it seemed like Friday, October 6, was the biggest release day, with offerings like The Exorcist: Believer (in theaters), Pet Sematary: Bloodlines (Paramount+), and Totally Killer (Prime Video).Continue Reading

HBO Max Velma poster

Besides Halloween, many consider Friday the 13th one of the scariest days of the year. So maybe it’s no coincidence that the following are being released when they are. Let’s take a look at the spooky releases streaming in time for Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. Velma – HBO Max (Thursday,Continue Reading

Crystal Lake Peacock poster

“Crystal Lake? Is that really happening?” That was my first thought when I saw the photo a friend messaged me on Instagram. It depicted a teenager wearing a yellow shirt with “Camper” written on the back. He was standing in a lake with Jason Vorhees of Friday the 13th fameContinue Reading

Screenshot of the Fear Faire Friday the 13th Music Festival homepage

Ghost stories. Haunted mazes. Costume contest. Dead Man’s prom night. All of that sounds like activities you’d find during Halloween, right? But what if next year you didn’t have to wait until October to let your horror flag fly? What if you could wave it like crazy in early 2023?Continue Reading

Keeper of the Ashes: The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders documentary cover

Keeper of the Ashes: The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders started streaming on Hulu on May 24. It examines the murders of Lori Lee Farmer (8), Michele Guse (9), and Doris Denise Miller (10), whose bodies were discovered early in the morning on June 13, 1977, at Camp Scott in LocustContinue Reading

Crime scene tape in the woods or camp ground

June 13, 1977. It wasn’t a Friday (it was early on a Monday morning) when the gruesome discovery at Camp Scott in Oklahoma was made. An unthinkable discovery really. One of the saddest I’ve learned about in a long time, which I did thanks to a comment author Priscilla BettisContinue Reading

Vince Vaugh and Kathryn Newton in Freaky

I’ve been dying to see the horror-comedy Freaky ever since I saw the trailer for it back in the Fall. It hit theaters on Friday, November 13, 2020. I was hoping it would also release to VOD at the same time, but it didn’t. However, three weeks later it has.Continue Reading

November 13, 2020, marks the second Friday the 13th in 2020. The first one was on March 13. I had no idea when I updated the Weird Holidays & Observances page this year that Friday the 13ths in 2020 would be so memorable…or scary. Well, time will tell if thisContinue Reading

Aerial view of Winchester Mystery House with their l

Out of an “abundance of caution” due to coronavirus concerns, the Winchester Mystery House decided to close until April 1, 2020, which also means no Friday the 13th Flashlight Tours. As usual, I’m all kinds of behind on emails, updating the Ghost Tours & Ghost Hunting Events page, etc. InContinue Reading

Jack Osbourne and Katrina Weidman star in Portals to Hell

What kind of paranormal programming can you expect to watch on Travel Channel between March 4 through 14? It’s kind of a terrifying 10 days. In addition to the season premiere of Portals to Hell, there’s also a Friday the 13th, which you can spend binge-watching Travel Channel shows! Note:Continue Reading

Creepy scary Santa holding open a dirty bag in a menacing way

I was late updating the Christmas Haunted Houses on the Halloween Cons & Haunted House Events page this year, so I’m late getting this post out. Several haunts were open the weekend of December 6th and 7th to celebrate Krampusnacht. (December 5th every year. It’s one of my favorite listingsContinue Reading

Winchester Mystery House exterior

The Winchester Mystery House really is a mystery. Why did Sarah Lockwood Pardee Winchester spend millions transforming the eight-room farmhouse she purchased upon moving to San Jose, California, from New Haven, Connecticut, like she did? What was the purpose of all the doors, stairways, windows and skylights? Was there evenContinue Reading