If you're planning a camping trip with the kids—whether it's in the forest or backyard camping—picture this scene: Everyone is gathered around the roaring campfire. The marshmallows have been roasted, ...

Your eyes are red and white candy spirals, your brain is mince pie, and Elf on the Shelf, having glared at you for weeks, has returned to his desk job with the surveillance state. We know horror at ...

As Halloween creeps ever closer, I find myself trying to make the season last as long as possible. From strolls through a local graveyard to getting lost in a corn maze to watching black cats frolic ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. When the sun vanishes early and the chill of darkness comes on deep and fast, there has always been an instinct to ...

In anticipation of Halloween, I just picked up a complete collection of the ‘Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark’ book series (Alvin Schwartz, 1981; 1984; 1991), which I loved as a kid (despite a few of ...

Am I the only one who is tired of seeing so many haunted house movies with the same formula of watching the living get the pants scared off them by the dead? I would actually rather watch a ghost ...

The winds have brought a familiar chill to the air, and the leaves are turning. Fall is back, and the Halloween season is in full swing. That means carving pumpkins, candy and, of course, ghost ...