Across five seasons, Stranger Things introduced many terrifying creatures to torment Hawkins' citizens and threaten the ...

Plenty of film crews go to extreme lengths to create scary movie scenes for horror films, thrillers, etc. Sometimes, however, the truly terrifying stuff is going on behind-the-scenes. Everyone was ...

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) ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is embarrassing, but scary movies freak me out so much, I watch with my hands covering my eyes. More embarrassing still? I keep going back for more. We all know that feeling of being terrified by ...

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 ...