How a Universal Monsters bit part raised the question about the Creature of the Black Lagoon facing one of the biggest action movie stars of all time. The result is “1950s sci-fi with a touch of James Bond for the finale.”

Starring Eddie Murphy and Angela Bassett, 1995’s Vampire in Brooklyn is a horror comedy film directed by Wes Craven (1939-2015). Craven is considered by many to be one of the all-time best masters of horror films, seeing as how he often mashed together horror tropes with satire and humor.

Horror comedy comic book series Blue Devil starred a reluctant monster superhero who served as a kind of opposite-bookend to the legendary Swamp Thing series written by Alan Moore. “We were lucky to be around during one of those unusual times.”—Blue Devil co-creator Dan Mishkin

Watch Stephen King read from his new book, Holly. The horror author shares how he came to care so much for a walk-on character that he kept bringing her back. We also have more info about the book and about King’s epic work as an author.

Charlaine Harris is currently on a blog tour to celebrate the fifth installment in her Gunnie Rose series. She returns to the gritty and magical world of the fractured former United States. Lizbeth and her younger half-sister Felicia have finally been reunited, along with Lizbeth’s husband Eli and his younger brother, Peter.

In this clip from an interview about his career, Beetlejuice star Michael Keaton talked about working with director Tim Burton on the classic film and how he created the character’s distinctive look.

What would humans do if they got their hands on ALIEN TECHNOLOGY? They would exploit it for PROFIT. Check out our interview with filmmaker Vincenzo Natali about his sci-fi graphic novel lamenting the horrors of humans misusing alien technology.

The award-winning author of bestselling novels, short fiction, and comics, Joe Hill shares how he starts a book, what makes the best horror stories, and why some horror films just don’t work.

“Well, here’s the thing: My death was a real you-had-to-be-there kind of situation...” Ghosts in a graveyard (including SNL guest Chance the Rapper) sing about how they died.

Bram Stoker claimed that parts of Dracula were real. The author wrote Dracula in the 1890s, generating ideas based on both folklore and history.

Find out about the books in the dark fantasy comic book series by best-selling author Joe Hill and acclaimed artist Gabriel Rodriguez, including the crossover with Neil Gaiman’s Sandman!

Holly Gibney returns in this thrilling novel to solve the gruesome truth behind multiple disappearances in a midwestern town. “I could never let Holly Gibney go,” King says.

“But what does fear seek—at the end of the ride?” Over the years, various episodes of the Star Trek saga have touched on horrific conditions. On ST: Voyager episode “The Thaw”, the crew must fight with a bizarre computerized trauma. The video discusses one of the key scenes from the episode.

A look at all the books in the series about a werewolf who hosts a talk radio advice show for the supernaturally disadvantaged. “I realized that vampires and werewolves and other supernatural creatures living in the modern world would need their own advice shows,” the author says, “because Dr. Laura and Dr. Phil just wouldn’t know what to do with their problems.”

Go behind the scenes at the teen drama TV show The Vampire Diaries—looking at the drama, mistakes, and rewrites that were happening behind the cameras in Mystic Falls.

Author Christopher Flowers shares how being an English teacher impacts his stories, his unique spin on horror fiction, and his pet peeves that he’s seen other writers do.

An ordinary lunch hour explodes in an orgy of spurting blood and flying organs. In the video playlist, watch the official trailer, and also watch an interview with the director.

A look behind how these horror/mystery books impacted all the popular writer’s work. “My childhood trauma demonstrated to me very bluntly that the world was not at all benign.” Find out more about the author—and all the books in this important series.

The Return of the Living Dead introduced some popular concepts to the zombie genre. Watch the official trailer, and go behind the scenes of the making of the Return of the Living Dead.

Linking to news, reviews, and interviews with the urban fantasy author of the Hollows series. “It is very important to me that the series doesn’t just peter out.”