Featured Halloween Posts
Aug 08
The 1940s occupy a fascinating place in horror history. The decade inherited the monsters, Gothic architecture, fog-shrouded landscapes, and supernatural traditions that had made horror enormously popular during the 1930s—but filmmakers were beginning to find new ways to frighten audiences. Monsters did not disappear. Universal Pictures introduced one of its most enduring creatures with The …
Aug 07
Halloween movies do not have to leave you hiding behind a blanket. Sometimes the best way to celebrate spooky season is with ghosts, witches, vampires, zombies, and monsters that make you laugh more than they make you scream. The best funny Halloween movies combine just enough supernatural weirdness with comedy, memorable characters, and autumn-night atmosphere. …
Aug 04
Hidden among the forests of northern Czechia, Houska Castle is a remarkably preserved medieval stronghold with an unusually dark reputation. Its Gothic chapel, isolated setting and centuries of architectural change have inspired one of Europe’s most enduring supernatural legends: that the castle was built over a passage leading directly to hell. Stories describe a bottomless …
Jul 22
New Orleans has inspired ghost stories for generations. Its centuries-old buildings, elaborate cemeteries, historic hotels, courtyards, churches and narrow French Quarter streets provide an atmospheric setting for tales of restless spirits and unexplained encounters. But the city’s reputation for the supernatural is inseparable from its very real history. Fires, epidemics, slavery, immigration, religious traditions and …
Jul 21
Hundreds of weather-beaten dolls hang from trees, fences and buildings on a small chinampa hidden among the canals of Xochimilco in southern Mexico City. Some are missing eyes. Others have lost arms, legs or heads. Decades of sun, rain and humidity have left many with cracked faces and faded features. This unsettling place is La …
Jul 20
Looking for a fun Halloween activity that kids can play at home, in the classroom, or during a Halloween party? These Halloween I Spy games combine pumpkins, ghosts, bats, witches, black cats, spiders, candy, and other spooky-season favorites with searching, counting, matching, and puzzle-solving. Below you’ll find 20 Halloween I Spy and observation games for …
Jul 18
Few things create an autumn atmosphere as quickly as scent. Pumpkins, falling leaves, cool evenings, old wooden houses, bonfires, forests, and warm spices all have aromas that seem made for Halloween. With a compatible essential-oil diffuser and a few carefully chosen oils, you can add another layer of atmosphere to a Halloween party, movie night, …
Jul 16
Eureka Springs, Arkansas, already looks like the setting for a ghost story. Victorian buildings cling to steep Ozark hillsides, narrow streets wind through the historic district, and grand hotels dating back more than a century overlook the town. It is also one of Arkansas’s best-known destinations for paranormal tourism. At the center of that reputation …
Jul 15
Halloween Octopus Pot Pie turns classic chicken pot pie into a wonderfully strange Halloween dinner. Each individual ramekin is filled with tender chicken and vegetables in a creamy sauce, then topped with golden pastry shaped into an octopus, complete with curling tentacles and black olive eyes. It looks elaborate enough to serve as the centerpiece …
Jul 14
Halloween is one of the most recognizable celebrations of the year. Every October 31, glowing jack-o’-lanterns appear on porches, children dress as ghosts and superheroes, families visit pumpkin patches, haunted attractions open their doors, and trick-or-treaters travel from house to house collecting candy. Yet Halloween did not begin as a night of plastic skeletons, chocolate …
