Last October, Spirit Halloween released three very creepy Hitchhiking Ghosts masks, one for each of them. I first learned about the forthcoming Haunted Mansion bar on a post about the masks. (Thanks again, Maria!) The bar’s official title is the Haunted Mansion Parlor, and it—along with Phineas, Ezra, and Gus—willContinue Reading
Bloody Mary and La Llorona are among two of the most popular paranormal folklore legends involving women. But there are also some other frightening female supernatural entities in myths, legends, and horror stories from around the world. Since March is Women’s History Month, and these phantom femme fatales have enduredContinue Reading
As you might expect, there’s some kind of spooky gathering happening somewhere in the U.S. every weekend in October, including paracons and horror fests. But they don’t just take place in October. Paracons and horror fests happen year-round. Some months, mainly the coldest, are slower than others. Typically, December throughContinue Reading
A vampire beauty pageant? By all accounts, that’s what the post of an old black-and-white photo of a man crowning a gothic-looking dark-haired woman portrayed. Back when I was still on what was known as Twitter, someone I followed posted it. He’s since deleted his account, or I’d share itContinue Reading
You might’ve heard of Movember, a movement that describes itself as “an annual event involving the growing of mustaches during the month of November to raise awareness of men’s health issues, such as prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and men’s suicide.” But what about Gnomevember? Have you ever heard of it?Continue Reading
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
“Winner of Ring contest gets $1 million for proof of extraterrestrials from Ring cam,” the CNET headline read. However, I only saw the first part of the headline, which registered as “Ring alien contest.” And the first “Ring” I thought of was the horror movie The Ring. Which completely confusedContinue Reading
AIMEE: The Visitor serves as a warning and cautionary tale of the extreme dangers of A.I. If left unchecked and unregulated, it has the power to ruin lives. That’s the premise for the new movie coming from Full Moon Features on September 29. AIMEE isn’t one of the characters inContinue Reading
Only 450 lucky souls will get to own copies of Spooky Sounds of the Morgue, the first vinyl record ever produced by Fright-Rags. That’s just one of the ways the horror apparel and collectible merchandise company is celebrating its 20th anniversary. That’s what it’s really known for: T-shirts. At least,Continue Reading
When Walt Disney released “The Skeleton Dance” in August 1929, people were already in love with Mickey Mouse. Disney’s dancing animated skeletons were the first in a new series called Silly Symphony. But people were not amused when they learned about it. “Why does Walt want to fool around withContinue Reading
What would happen if you asked AI chat services like Bard or ChatGPT, “What are some ways to test your psychic abilities?” Would they kick back the same answer? Or would they have different responses? Would one be more useful than the other? I’m always curious about how they’ll answerContinue Reading
Besides getting a new toy, the fun of the Tiny Terrors Blind Boxes from Full Moon Horror is that you never know which collectible character from the iconic Full Moon Features franchise awaits you. But what the heck are Tiny Terrors or Blind Boxes? And what are Full Moon HorrorContinue Reading
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