Creepy, spooky, and scary middle grade books for kids are often readers’ favorite kinds of books. Here are the best scary books for brave readers! Because if your readers love a good jolt of ...

When Ellenor Riley-Condit was in fifth grade, she learned about the legend of Bloody Mary. At a sleepover, she and two friends looked into the bathroom mirror and said “Bloody Mary” three times, and ...

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I love horror stories for children, perhaps because I wasn't really allowed to experience many of them as a child. For me, experiencing a horror story aimed at younger viewers creates a particular ...

When it comes to the realm of horror, most films are distinctly made for adults, as they often include blood and gore, or heavy topics like horrific murders or tragedies. Also, their primary purpose ...

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Halloween is just a few weeks away, and it’s officially the spookiest time of the year. Parents who want to share their love for horror with their children don’t always have a lot of options. For ...

Ah, family camping: Sleeping under the stars, s’mores by the fire… time seems to pass a little slower in the woods, doesn’t it? And for kids, that magic just seems to be magnified. One of the things ...

In Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960), Marion Crane looks up at the house looming in the night sky behind the Bates Motel, its hybrid New England/Victorian style oddly out of place. We’re left with the ...