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The Haunting of Pennhurst Brings Back Memories and Uncovers Horrors

Pennhurst Asylum as seen in The Haunting of Pennhurst

I’ve been working in the haunted attractions industry for almost two decades now, and Pennhurst is a name I’ve heard plenty of times over the years. It’s always been spoken of as one of the top haunts in the country,… Continue Reading →

It Ends Will Test Horror Audiences

Growing up, I despised tests, which probably speaks more to the way I studied, than anything else. Standardized, multiple choice and essays… schoolwork always felt like a chore, and it took me about 16 years to finally perfect my approach…… Continue Reading →

August 28, 2026

The X-Files has a Frankenstein Problem

For good or for bad, the Zack Snyder Effect is alive and well within Hollywood. While movie studios previously released director’s cuts long before 2021, the DCEU filmmaker reintroduced the public to the process by dropping a black-and-white version of… Continue Reading →

August 17, 2026

Mala’s Supernatural Horrors Become Psychological Terrors

Horror films come in all sorts of shapes and sizes through a variety of subgenres, so when a supernatural story blending South Asian mythology with psychological terrors made some noise in the film festival circuit and, in the process, became… Continue Reading →

August 3, 2026

Exit 8 Makes You Question Everything You See

My first trip to IKEA felt like stepping into a maze designed by someone with some serious anti-social issues. I figured I’d be in and out in no time. I had a plan. I knew exactly what I needed, and… Continue Reading →

July 8, 2026

The Dead Place Comes Alive When David Howard Thornton Arrives

I was never one of the popular kids in high school. I wasn’t necessarily bullied, either. I just ran with a group that most people would have described as socially awkward. We were the band kids, the gamers, the movie… Continue Reading →

June 1, 2026

The Mortuary Assistant Understands Fear, But Not Storytelling

I honestly believe there are two types of people in this world: The people who think haunted attractions stop being scary once the customers leave and the people who have actually spent time inside one after hours. A few years… Continue Reading →

May 19, 2026

Weekend at the End of the World: Two Friends, One Cabin and the Apocalypse

There was a night in college when my best friend showed up at my door, convinced he had cracked the code to winning back his ex-girlfriend. His plan was, in his words, “bulletproof.” We would drive to Myrtle Beach, stake… Continue Reading →

April 29, 2026

The House Was Not Hungry Then: When Walls Speak Back

There’s an old phrase people like to say when they walk through an aging home: “If these walls could speak…” Usually it comes with a smile, a nostalgic shrug, an acknowledgment that a house holds stories long after the people… Continue Reading →

March 2, 2026

The Haunted Forest Gets Lost in Its Own Woods

Back in the mid-2010s, when I worked at Monster Mountain Haunted Attraction, I had what I still think is a genuinely solid horror-movie idea. Picture an outdoor haunted house tucked deep into the woods, fog machines humming, actors screaming on… Continue Reading →

February 10, 2026

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