This is a book I've put off reading for a long time. In fact, I saw the movie with Tilda Swinton before I was brave enough to read the...

This is an ancient mould for ghost stories future writers will use for many and various hauntings.

This is a classic story combining dark fantasy, horror and coming of age.

George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four is a classic example, but it turns up in pop culture a lot in the 1950s.

Lovecraft experienced episodes of parasomnia ‘night terrors’ from the tender age of six.

Only days before a massive exhibition is due to open at the New York Museum of Natural History, there is a brutal series of murders.

Zombies have survived as long as they have is they're a useful stand-in for our fears. As our fears have changed, so have our zombies.

John William Polidori was working off a lot of mythology. Legends of vampires go back to the ancient Greek myths of Ambrogio and Selena.

The Return of the Obra Dinn - an Insurance Adventure with Minimal Colour.

With great power comes great responsibility. Light Yagami from Death Note runs with this philosophy with tremendous fervour, however,...

The central theme of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is duality and it's one of the most famous examples of the explorations of this theme.

They play on fears we've held as long as humanities been alive.

Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn.

If you ever wondered what a Black Mirror episode would look like if it threw all caution to the wind and went full-blown meta?

The kids are evil. You brought them into the world. They will take you out.

It is repulsive, but it's also beautifully written, engaging and well worth the read.