Bump in the Night Theatre's Jump Scares, Vol. 1 offers a sampler platter of spooky stories in an intimate setting.

In his 1984 short story, Gramma ... While possessions and ghosts can definitely be scary, true monsters are the true stuff of nightmares. Plus, Gary's encounter with the man in the black suit ...

Since he was a little kid, Ramone Menon has always imagined the birth of Jesus must have been pretty scary. […] The post ...

For me, when the scary stuff is explained, the unease goes away. In short stories and films, such exposition is not expected. The narrative structure is less predictable. The auteur only has so ...

Andy Richter has a great scene at the beginning of “Scary Movie 2.” Playing sing-a-longs on a piano to a cocktail party of wealthy fifty- and sixty-year olds, Richter starts into Mystikal’s ...