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The Halloween season is here, and Peacock has unveiled it’s massive slate of horror and family friendly frights to keep you busy all spooky season long. Peacock’s highly anticipated Crystal Lake series isn’t the only highlight in their catalog. Look for full franchise marathons, Halloween staples, indie gems, and more this September and October. Here’s […]
Universal Orlando has added a tribute to a team member who recently passed away to the H.R. Bloodengutz house at Halloween Horror Nights 35. Halloween Horror Nights Tribute to Late Team Member Kenneth Leeming, a Universal Orlando Resort team member and podcast host, passed away in early September after being struck by lightning on his ... Read more
There are now multiple killer scarecrows in R.L. Stine’s Pumpkinhead 2; THR has unveiled the trailer that shows multiple Pumpkinheads on the attack. This year’s Terror on Tubi celebration will premiere R.L. Stine’s Pumpkinhead 2 on October 9. Based on the story by R.L. Stine, this continuation of the wildly popular movie begins when a […]
Reign of Terror Haunted House in Thousand Oaks opens its 2026 season on September 25, adding two new walk-through sections, Backwoods and The Blue Bayou Hotel, plus a reimagined Funhouse. The Southern California haunt runs 18 nights through early November, with tickets on sale now from $39.99. Backwoods sends visitors through overgrown wilderness and decrepit […]
Fuzzy’s Taco Shop has brought back its Halloween “Draco” menu for 2026, and this year it adds a new item: the Draco’rrito. The seasonal lineup runs through November 8 and pairs the returning Draco Taco II with two vampire-themed drinks, a $5 Modelo Draft, and a National Taco Day deal on October 6. The Draco […]
The house where Lizzie Borden’s father and stepmother were killed in 1892 still stands at 230 Second Street in Fall River, Massachusetts, and it is open to the public as a museum and bed-and-breakfast. Netflix’s “Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story” has sent a lot of people looking it up, and yes, you can visit: tour […]
This fall, the pet aisle is full of Halloween. Glow-in-the-dark dog harnesses, viral ghost-dog yard decorations, and bacon-shaped treats have all arrived for 2026, and Joyride Dogs just added a limited-edition glow-in-the-dark collection to the pile. The new glow-in-the-dark gear Joyride, a direct-to-consumer harness brand, launched its 2026 Halloween collection with glow-in-the-dark harnesses and matching […]
A24 has posted the theater-only Slayground teaser online: security-cam feeds from inside Jeremy Saulnier's Halloween haunt, and a countdown clock.
A24’s new Halloween-set horror movie formerly known as October has been officially retitled Slayground, and a first look teaser that
Drew Barrymore has made no secret of the fact that she’d love to see Casey Becker return to the screen in a future Scream movie, but given her character was brutally – and definitively – butchered in the iconic opening moments of Wes Craven’s original slasher classic, there’s probably a good chance we’ll never see […]
AMC’s annual FearFest Halloween programming event is back for 2026, and to celebrate its 30th anniversary year, The Crypt Keeper
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AMC and Shudder pulled off the impossible earlier this year when they became the streaming home for Tales from the Crypt, a beloved horror series that was only available on physical media, making it challenging for contemporary horror fans to enjoy. This was a momentous occasion in its own right, but the fun doesn’t stop […]
The sequel to Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End is on the way this Halloween season, with Prime Video announcing that Apocalypse Z: New World will begin streaming October 30. It’s the end of the world as we know it. And the beginning of a new one. Watch the official teaser trailer for Apocalypse […]
A24 dropped a mysterious teaser trailer for an upcoming horror movie ahead of Resident Evil in theaters this weekend, and that official promo for Slayground is now online. So what is Slayground, you ask? Well, it turns out this is Jeremy Saulnier’s (Green Room, Rebel Ridge) new horror movie for A24, which previously had a much […]
Frightworld packs five haunted houses under one roof inside a former North Buffalo Kmart, and for its 2026 season it has built a new one. Hallow Grounds takes visitors into a rotting 1947 harvest festival where the Graves family’s devotion to Halloween turned deadly, and it joins four returning haunts: Mainframe Massacre, Carnival Boneyard, Grindhouse, […]
Urban Death Tour of Terror “Ultra” walks guests through a dark maze, into a theatre for a live show of wordless horror vignettes, and back out through a second maze, all in about 45 minutes. Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre Group runs the immersive horror-theatre attraction in North Hollywood on select Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from […]
The beauty of Halloween is its duality: it has traditions, but it’s also the only holiday that encourages novelty. SeaWorld Orlando’s Just One More Chapter is an ode to BookTok. Set in a gothic garden, it’s populated by masked, shirtless men drawn from dark romance archetypes. And it’s taken the internet by storm. The most-liked […]
Woods of Terror, the haunted attraction in Greensboro, North Carolina, is mourning a member of its family. Laurie, whom the attraction called “a very special member of our Woods of Terror family,” died on September 11, the haunt’s opening night, after a medical emergency at the event. Rather than hold a formal service, her family […]
Barnes & Noble is giving away a free LEGO Halloween build at more than 470 of its stores the weekend of October 9 to 11, and some stores are already full. A Free In-Store LEGO Mini Build The LEGO Halloween Build Event is a costume-optional, in-store LEGO mini build that runs about an hour. Barnes […]