Herein lies 15 horror stories so eerie they will haunt you for days, yet you won't be able to stop turning the pages.

Joe Hill doesn’t have to go very far to find the scariest book ever. Just up a rung on his family tree. “That's the gold standard when it comes to scaring the pants off people. No one's ever going to ...

We hold these fears to be self-evident: Go outside alone to see what’s making that noise, that weird skittering, metallic scratching, and you won’t be returning to your couch. Answer your phone at ...

While the masses may get their seasonal dosage of fear from the screen, there is a largely untapped market in the horror genre: books. Many believe reading to be a comforting, if not obsolete activity ...

Taylor Hunsberger is a culture writer, poet, and children’s librarian at the East Flatbush branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. She has presented work on the topic of children’s horror literature at ...

After watching The Ring at Rex Theatre in Bengaluru, my friends and I were so terrified that we decided to sleep in the same ...

The third season of Ryan Murphy’s “Monster” anthology series arrives on Netflix on Oct. 3. The eight-part miniseries, this time titled “Monster: The Ed Gein Story,” focuses on the eponymous serial ...

When we read a horror novel, it activates the brain’s fear response, releasing adrenaline and other stress hormones that put us on high alert, allowing us to experience a thrill without being in real ...