Monster Inside McKamey Manor Hulu Documentary screenshot

Was Monster Inside: America’s Most Extreme Haunted House meant to serve as a warning or a cleverly disguised promo? That’s among the things I wondered after watching the Hulu documentary about the notorious McKamey Manor last year. A lot of accusations were made against owner Russ McKamey about just howContinue Reading

Screenshot of Halloween Send a Cake Choices

I don’t remember where I first saw an ad for Send A Cake, but I was instantly intrigued. Even more so after I sent one to a friend who said, “I wish I’d recorded that. I had no idea stuff was going to come flying out at me!” (They adviseContinue Reading

Monster Inside McKamey Manor Hulu Documentary screenshot

“Whatever happened to McKamey Manor?” I wondered not too long ago. In one of those serendipitous twists of fate, the Universe answered in an unlikely way. I was flipping through Hulu last week to see what new shows they had for Friday the 13th weekend, and boom. That’s when IContinue Reading

Dark Matter TV Darktober 2023 keyart

Well, it turns out I didn’t thoroughly research all the horror streaming services out there after all. I missed one. Dark Matter TV. What’s that saying? “Better late than never.” That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. Especially because that saying also applies to “Darktober,” their month-long Halloween programmingContinue Reading

Screenshot of Spirit Halloween Hitchhiking Ghosts masks

Could the Hitchhiking Ghosts masks give Scream‘s Ghostface a run for his money? I think so. Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion Holiday may not have thrilled me, but Spirit Halloween’s Hitchhiking Ghosts masks made up for it. If there weren’t copyright issues, or if Disney went a little darker with its scaryContinue Reading

Gruesome twosome in Darkest Deal

You’d think a previous traumatizing Halloween Horror Nights experience would’ve been enough to last me a lifetime. Well, like myself, you’d be wrong. As I’ve admitted before, I’m a bawk, bawk chicken butt when it comes to Halloween-style haunted houses. Venturing to haunted places? No problem. Watching horror movies lateContinue Reading

This Frightfully Fresh gift card is among the horror-themed ones you'll find at Fandango.

Rotten Tomatoes is getting into the Halloween spirit with curated horror watchlists. But they’re also offering some creepy-cool horror-themed gift cards redeemable at Fandango and Vudu. All of this is well-timed, considering a lot of scary movies are releasing in theaters and/or becoming available to stream. Let’s check it out.Continue Reading

Show logos for MGM+ Halloween Marathon 2023

MGM+ invites horror fans to tune in on October 31, starting at 11 AM ET/PT, to their Halloween marathon. (If you dare…) They’re cramming five of their most chilling shows into 12 hours of spooky good programming. The marathon consists of their top series and hit documentaries, including Chapelwaite, FROM,Continue Reading

Teal pumpkins

Have you spotted any teal pumpkins for sale anywhere? If you shop at CVS, you might have. Or maybe you’ve seen one in someone’s yard or on their porch and thought, “Oh, what an interesting color,” and wondered where they got it. Or maybe you thought it looked like anContinue Reading

Blood Wedding in The Morutary

Technically, The Mortuary Haunted Mansion wants couples (plural) to enter their Blood Wedding Ceremony contest. As they put it, the popular New Orleans haunted attraction is “a haunted house…in a real haunted house.” This year, their theme is “Blood Wedding,” but they’re also hosting an actual wedding—or not (we’ll getContinue Reading

Scarecrow pumpkin in front of Haunted Mansion Disneyland

“I’ve got some good news and some bad news,” my friend Alicia texted me a few days before I was set to meet her in Anaheim. “Haunted Mansion is closed. They’re getting it ready for Halloween. The good news is, Haunted Mansion Holiday opens our last day, so we’ll getContinue Reading

31 Nights of Horror poster

31 Nights of Horror is back for its fifth year. The streaming event celebrates Halloween season with programming that streams every night in October on both Shout! TV (broadcast edited versions) and Scream Factory TV (uncensored). We’re talking double features every night of fan-favorite horror films of all genres. Thrillers,Continue Reading