This Abandoned Biblical Theme Park Has a Strange and Haunting History
Once a popular relgious-themed park in Waterbury, Connecticut, Holy Land USA closed its gates to the public nearly 30 years ago... but its colorful and sometimes dark reputation continues to the...
View ArticleBody Farms: Where Scientists Watch Corpses Decompose
Ever wonder what exactly becomes of you when you sign up to donate your body to science? Well, once you become a cadaver, your corpse can be used for all sorts of informative and educational purposes,...
View ArticleBagged and Boarded Comic Reviews: Indie Comics, Evil Superheroes, and More!
New comic book Wednesday has come and gone. The dust at your local comic shop has settled. An eerie silence descends as you finish reading your last superhero book of the week. Now it's time for...
View ArticleBefore Photoshop, There Were Creepy Headless Victorian Portraits
Whenever a new technology is developed, it is used... well, usually it is first used for porn. But second most popular after porn is using it to scare people. When photography was in its infancy,...
View ArticleDIY Monster Makers: Ultra-Detailed 1/6 Scale Custom Figures by RIP Workshop
The talented and prolific team at RIP (Rest In Pieces) Workshop specializes in incredibly detailed and lifelike heads and mods for action figures from a wide spectrum of genres and media. Obviously...
View ArticleCubli Brings Us One Step Closer to Robot Domination
Researchers in Switzerland have devloped something they are calling the Cubli. Using a sophisticated system of wheels and motors, the Cubli is a 15cm cube that can balance on its corner, jump, and...
View ArticleNECA Adds Ash Williams to Their Retro Line
Last year saw the launch of a new line of retro-themed action figures from NECA, with Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees being the first two to get the vintage treatment. With a whole lot of...
View ArticleExplore the Ruins of a Human Zoo
The Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale (or Garden of Tropical Agriculture) in Paris has been left abandoned for the better part of the 1900s. But this is more than just a spooky, beautiful modern ruin; it...
View ArticleExclusive 'Frankenstein Created Woman' Collector's Card + Blu-Ray Release Party
The classic Hammer film Frankenstein Created Woman is getting a spiffy new blu-ray release loaded with special features: episodes of "World of Hammer," commentaries, and a new documentary. Inside each...
View ArticleAliens to Blame for California Crop Circle?
Reports of strange and elaborate formations in crop fields date back to the late 1600s, and the phenomena known as crop circles continues to fascinate and bewilder, all these years later. Are they the...
View ArticleOur Five Favorite Vintage Vampire Board Games
These days you can't throw a rock without breaking a vital piece of a serious, strategic, horror board game. But just because the board game industry is blowing up now doesn't mean we didn't have...
View ArticleNew York Woman Finds Dead Frog in Her Salad
2013 will go down in history as the year that people discovered horrifying and disgusting things on and in their food. From spiders on grapes to a severed snake head in a bag of frozen veggies and...
View ArticleThe 'Sorority Party Massacre' Trailer Is Here
Ready or not, the 'Sorority Party Massacre' trailer is upon us! And judging from the sample, if you're looking for something along the lines of the 90's era murder mysteries ala 'I Know What You Did...
View ArticleThis Spiky Little 'Devil' is a Pocket-Sized Dinosaur
We've introduced you to many of the weird, terrifying and sometimes deadly creatures native to Australia, and the thorny devil is definitely one of the strangest Aussie oddities we've come across so...
View ArticleCriterion Teases 2014 Addition of 'Scanners' to Collection
The most prestigious home video treatment a movie can be given is inclusion in the famed Criterion Collection, which truly solidifies a film's status as an imporant piece of cinema. To date, only a...
View ArticleThis Abandoned Castle is a Gothic Horror Movie Waiting to Happen
Designed by British architect Milner in 1866, Castle Miranda became the opulent home to a wealthy French family in the Belgian village of Celles. Sadly, today it lies in ruins... but amazing...
View ArticleThe Sad, Final Days of Florida's Miracle Strip Amusement Park
First built in 1963 in Panama City, Florida, the Miracle Strip Amusement Park was a small park across the street from the beach, whose claim to fame was the Starliner wooden roller coaster, the first...
View ArticleFEARnet Movie Review: 'Bela Kiss: Prologue'
There are, of course, countless ways in which to wrap a vampire story in new clothes -- and yes, "countless" was meant as a pun (sorry) -- but you have to give the new German import Bela Kiss: Prologue...
View ArticleBook Review: 'Return of the Mothman' by Michael Knost
Bram Stoker Award-winning author and editor Michael Knost’s new novel, Return of the Mothman, is in some ways a classic monster story, drawing on the Mothman legend, but in other ways, it is something...
View ArticleR.I.P. Something Weird Video Founder Mike Vraney
The founder of Something Weird Video, Mike Vraney, died on January 2nd after a long battle with lung cancer. He was 56.Something Weird was founded in 1990 as a way for Vraney to rescue many obscure...
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