The index / Horror
Careful, contextual coverage of the darker and stranger side of history, crime, culture, and the unexplained.
Lore & Explained · Movies
Why Bela survives the 2026 Other Mommy film but faces a different fate in Josh Malerman's Incidents Around the House, and what the post-credits moment means.
Oct 10, 2026
News · Movies
Paranormal Activity now runs on Broadway through February 28, 2027. Here's what its new live-theater ghost story keeps—and changes—from the movies.
Oct 10, 2026
News · Games
Blumhouse is developing Amanda the Adventurer with MatPat. Explore the VHS game mystery, the trilogy's settings and what remains unknown about the film.
Oct 10, 2026
News · Movies
The Purge gets a new town in IDW Dark's first Blumhouse comic. Here's what is confirmed for M3GAN and Happy Death Day, and why a third film isn't announced.
Oct 10, 2026
News · Movies
Molepeople opens August 27, 2027 with LaKeith Stanfield and Ben Mendelsohn. Separate Rob Savage's fictional horror film from New York's real tunnel history.
Oct 10, 2026
Lore & Explained · Movies
Trace Drew Hancock's Seasons from Matt Query's NoSleep story to Old Country and the 2027 film, with fiction separated from unconfirmed adaptation details.
Oct 10, 2026
News · TV & Streaming
I Let You In takes Talk to Me’s possession ritual into a six-part VR spinoff. Explore the hand, the Ibiza premise and what remains unconfirmed.
Oct 8, 2026
Lore & Explained · Folklore
What Gerald of Wales recorded about the werewolves of Ossory: the seven-year curse, a priest and communion, and the limits of the medieval evidence.
Oct 8, 2026
Lore & Explained · TV & Streaming
Mike Flanagan places Carrie within Stephen King’s Dark Tower cosmology. What his comments confirm, what the finale adds and why no crossover is announced.
Oct 8, 2026
News · Games
The Conjuring: Unspoken pairs Red Lion Inn’s Florrie legend with Vinea. Explore the real Avebury pub, old grimoire name and limits of the haunting claims.
Oct 7, 2026
News · Games
BrokenLore: ASCEND is dated January 7, 2027. Compare its masked tower monster with Toriyama Sekien’s rokurokubi image and Lafcadio Hearn’s detached-head tale.
Oct 7, 2026
Lore & Explained · Movies
Why is Clayface’s Matt Hagen a Hollywood actor? Trace Basil Karlo’s influence, Batman: The Animated Series and Mike Flanagan’s script for the DCU movie.
Oct 7, 2026News · Movies
The Exorcist: Martyrs follows detective Julie Miller after Father Sunday’s execution. Explore Mike Flanagan’s Legion influence and the Exorcist III parallels.
Oct 7, 2026
News · TV & Streaming
A24’s Crystal Lake tie-in places Jason’s drowning in 1971 at age 11. Compare the original film’s 1957 chronology and the prequel’s new Pamela backstory.
Oct 6, 2026
News · TV & Streaming
Netflix’s Bass X Machina now premieres November 3, replacing October 6. Separate its steampunk fantasy from the documented history of Bass Reeves.
Oct 6, 2026
News · Games
Gears of War: E-Day revisits Emergence Day. Explore its timeline, Marcus and Dom, and The Coalition’s plan to make the Locust frightening again.
Oct 6, 2026
News · Games
Halloween: The Game adds Halloween 5 and 2018 Michael Myers skins on October 27. Why the multiplayer crossover does not merge the film timelines.
Oct 6, 2026
News · Literature
Stephen King and Peter Straub’s final Talisman novel arrives October 6. Explore its authorship history and confirmed Dark Tower connection.
Oct 6, 2026
News · Movies
Pam Miras’ Birdsong follows a former ornithologist searching for a mythical bird and a missing partner. What is confirmed about the Filipino horror project?
Oct 5, 2026
News · Movies
His Monster’s October 5 digital release pairs a predatory creature with Japan’s Shōjō. Explore the sake-loving figure’s history in art and Noh theatre.
Oct 5, 2026
News · Games
Signal Veil’s haunted phone detects and parries spirits, while sanity affects combat. What the developers confirm about the upcoming survival horror game.
Oct 4, 2026
Lore & Explained · Haitian Folklore & Horror History
Trace zombie origins through Haitian and Caribbean traditions, slavery, Vodou, White Zombie and George Romero, with the documentary Black Zombie in context.
Oct 4, 2026
Lore & Explained · Games
Hellraiser’s LeMarchand, Lament and Genesis Configurations explained, from Barker’s 1986 novella to Revival’s October 8, 2026 game release.
Oct 3, 2026
Lore & Explained · Movies
Sam began in Michael Dougherty’s 1996 short Season’s Greetings. Separate his Trick ’r Treat mythology from Halloween history and the 2026 revival.
Oct 3, 2026
The Index · Science & Horror
ScareScore turns wearable data into a horror score. Explore what heart rate, HRV and movement reveal about bodily reactions—and what they cannot prove.
Oct 3, 2026
Lore & Explained · Movies
Ti West’s Ebenezer trailer amplifies Dickens’s ghosts and grave imagery. What A Christmas Carol contained in 1843, and what the new film has yet to confirm.
Oct 3, 2026
Lore & Explained · Movies
Joko Anwar connects Ghost in the Cell with deforestation, prison corruption and collective action. Explore his stated themes and the film’s fictional horror.
Oct 3, 2026
Lore & Explained · Games
Valor Mortis rewrites Napoleon and Waterloo as body horror. Separate its fictional plague and resurrection from real Napoleonic history.
Oct 3, 2026
News · Movies
Wounds stars Jack Kilmer and Paris Jackson in a fictional effects-artist nightmare. Its new teaser precedes an October 8 Screamfest premiere.
Oct 3, 2026
Lore & Explained · Movies
Why Night of the Living Dead entered the U.S. public domain, which rights remain separate, and what Room418’s planned vertical adaptation means.
Oct 2, 2026
News · Movies
Twilight of the Dead has wrapped filming with Kate Beckinsale, the Paz Brothers and Greg Nicotero. Here are the confirmed details and release-date status.
Oct 2, 2026
The Index · Movies
Infirmary’s missing guard is scripted fiction. Director Nicholas Pineda explains the real hospital, body cameras and experiences behind Shudder’s horror film.
Oct 2, 2026
Lore & Explained
The Crypt Keeper began as an EC Comics horror host in 1949, became John Kassir’s puppet emcee on HBO, and returned for AMC FearFest 2026. Here’s the documented history.
Oct 2, 2026
News · Movies
R.L. Stine’s Afraid of Clowns is coming to Tubi in 2027. Here’s the confirmed cast, Redhaven setting, Jem Garrard’s role and what remains unknown.
Oct 2, 2026
News · Movies
Neon is developing an SCP Foundation anthology movie for a 2027 theatrical release and says the film will use the same Creative Commons ShareAlike model that governs the SCP Wiki. Here's what is confirmed, what the license means, and how the separate A24 project fits in.
Oct 2, 2026
News · Movies
Lionsgate has acquired Dylan Clark's Portrait of God feature adaptation, with Chase Infiniti starring and Sam Raimi and Jordan Peele producing. Here's what is confirmed and what remains unknown.
Oct 2, 2026
News · Movies
Mike P. Nelson will direct the new Saw film for Lionsgate and Blumhouse. James Wan produces, but its final title, cast and release date remain unconfirmed.
Sep 30, 2026
News · Movies
Silt, formerly Lake Vernon, has unveiled its first trailer. Here is what its cosmic-horror campaign confirms about the cast and fall screenings.
Sep 29, 2026
News · Movies
Deathgasm II: Goremageddon plays select Alamo Drafthouse theaters around September 29, 2026, before its October 13 digital release.
Sep 29, 2026
News · Movies
Kristen Stewart will star as a haunted clairvoyant in Olivier Assayas’ supernatural film Spiritual World, with filming planned for February through April 2027.
Sep 29, 2026News · TV & Streaming
Carrie is now streaming on Prime Video, but Mike Flanagan's proposed three-season story is still a creative hope, not a confirmed Prime Video renewal.
Sep 29, 2026
News · TV & Streaming
Ben Hardy has been cast as Daniel West in Prime Video's eight-episode Stillwater adaptation, based on the Skybound horror comic by Chip Zdarsky and Ramón K Pérez.
Sep 28, 2026
News · Movies
James Jordan has joined NEON's They Follow, the sequel to It Follows. Filming has already wrapped, Maika Monroe returns as Jay, and no release date has been announced.
Sep 28, 2026
News · Games
Fortnitemares 2026 is live. Epic has now confirmed Freddy Krueger's boss role, possessable Five Nights at Freddy's animatronics, new horror weapons and more October crossovers including Slender Man and The Purge.
Sep 28, 2026
Trailer · Movies
Watch Shudder's official Hallowarrior trailer, released September 23, 2026, with the confirmed October 16 streaming date and film details.
Sep 28, 2026
Lore & Explained · Literature
Why does Mary Shelley's creature compare himself to Adam and Satan? A close reading of Paradise Lost in the 1818 Frankenstein.
Sep 26, 2026
Trailer · TV & Streaming
Watch FX Networks' official trailer for American Horror Story: 13, uploaded September 10, 2026, with confirmed U.S. premiere information.
Sep 26, 2026
Trailer · Movies
Watch A24's official Backrooms trailer, first uploaded March 31, 2026, and find context on Kane Parsons' film and the older internet fiction.
Sep 26, 2026
Trailer · Games
Watch Konami's official launch trailer for Silent Hill: Townfall, uploaded September 21, 2026, with its release details and source.
Sep 26, 2026
News · Games
Konami says Silent Hill: Townfall launched September 24, 2026, on PlayStation 5, Steam and Epic Games Store. Here are the confirmed details.
Sep 26, 2026
Lore & Explained · Literature
What is The King in Yellow? Separate Robert W. Chambers's real collection from its fictional forbidden play, and understand Carcosa and the Yellow Sign.
Sep 25, 2026
Lore & Explained · Literature
Who is Nyarlathotep? Follow Lovecraft's changing portrayals, from a disturbing showman to a manipulator in the Dreamlands and a presence in darkness.
Sep 25, 2026
Lore & Explained · Movies
Is Count Orlok the same as Dracula? Compare the 1922 Nosferatu with Bram Stoker's novel, from appearance and plague to the crucial sunlight ending.
Sep 25, 2026
Lore & Explained · Literature
Mary Shelley's creature can speak, read and argue. Explore his appearance, creation, crimes and ending without confusing the novel with later films.
Sep 25, 2026
Lore & Explained · Literature
What is Cthulhu, and is he really dead? Understand R'lyeh, the cult, the boat scene and the difference between Lovecraft's story and later lore.
Sep 25, 2026
Lore & Explained · Folklore
Werewolf traditions range from ancient transformation stories to early-modern trials and modern horror rules. The full moon was not an original universal feature.
Sep 21, 2026
Lore & Explained · Folklore
Vampire traditions were never one universal mythology. Balkan revenant beliefs, New England practices and later fiction each have different histories.
Sep 21, 2026
Lore & Explained · Folklore
The Necronomicon was invented by H. P. Lovecraft. Later published books used the title, but real ancient names do not make their ritual systems ancient.
Sep 21, 2026
Lore & Explained · Urban Legends
Hanako-san is a modern Japanese school ghost, not a documented dead child. Her third-stall ritual, variants and 1990s media boom show how living folklore travels.
Sep 16, 2026
Lore & Explained · Urban Legends
Spring-Heeled Jack emerged from 1830s London reports of assaults, frightening disguises and impossible leaps. What is documented, what newspapers shaped, and how a Victorian scare became a monster.
Sep 16, 2026The Index · Folklore
SCP-173 started as a single 2007 post on 4chan's /x/ board. It's now a Creative Commons-licensed, collaboratively written fiction universe with thousands of entries -- and it has never claimed to be real.
Sep 13, 2026
The Index · Dark History
Elizabeth Báthory was investigated for servant deaths and confined without trial in 1611. The 'blood bathing' story didn't appear in print until over a century later.
Sep 13, 2026
Lore & Explained · Movies
The Blair Witch, Elly Kedward and Rustin Parr were invented for a movie. Here is how Haxan Films built the mythology, how the 1999 marketing blurred fiction and reality, and what Maryland history actually says.
Sep 10, 2026
The Index · Dark History
Bram Stoker's own notes show he took Vlad's name and a scrap of geography, not his biography. There's no evidence Stoker even knew Vlad was called 'the Impaler.'
Sep 10, 2026
The Index · Dark History
Ed Gein admitted killing Mary Hogan and Bernice Worden, but he was tried only for Worden's murder. Here's the documented case, the 1968 insanity ruling, the grave robberies, and what horror films actually borrowed.
Sep 10, 2026
The Index · Paranormal
William Peter Blatty based The Exorcist on a real 1949 case involving a boy known for decades only as Roland Doe. Here's what's documented, and what the film invented.
Sep 9, 2026
Lore & Explained · Folklore
The real story behind the Backrooms: a 2002 renovation photo from a Wisconsin hobby store, a 2019 anonymous 4chan post, and how the internet built a shared mythology around both.
Sep 2, 2026
Lore & Explained · Folklore
Slender Man was invented in a 2009 Something Awful Photoshop contest by Eric Knudsen. Here's the documented history of how a deliberate creation became a shared internet legend.
Sep 2, 2026
The Index · Paranormal
The real Annabelle doll was a Raggedy Ann, not a porcelain monster. What the early reports, Warren claims and Conjuring films actually say about the alleged haunting.
Aug 29, 2026