Halloween Horror

“It is an auspicious night, don’t you think?" The spirit gestured out over the mist covered graveyard before them. “Tonight is All Hallows Eve,” he breathed, “Halloween!” Melvin’s eyes widened as he turned his gaze to follow the ghosts’ hand. Distant howling floated back toward them on the chill breeze. “Tonight phantoms rise up from this last plot of hallowed ground. They assume form and substance and walk amongst the living!" A shiver ran down Melvin’s spine.

Twins Kieran and Kaytlin enjoy living on a secluded wooded estate, until strange events take place around their home after Kieran buys a mysterious painting. Kaytlin is convinced the painting is a mystical object, but Kieran is convinced that nothing is wrong. Who's right? Is it a coincidence, paranormal, demons, or something else?

In the wake of his parents’ tragic deaths in a house fire, fourteen-year-old Richard has been sent to live with his aunt and uncle in the remote, insular town of Ballantyne, where he quickly earns a reputation as an outcast. When a classmate named Tom goes missing, everyone suspects that the angry new boy is responsible for his disappearance. And no one believes Richard when he says the telephone booth out by the edge of the woods sucked Tom into the receiver like something out of a horror movie.

Four young adults go on a multi-state road trip to find the scariest haunted house. After touring several haunted houses, they receive an email with a video inviting them to the world's most terrifying haunted house. They played the video and listened. The video said, "You are invited to enter Nightmare Manor, the scariest place on earth. The most frightening haunted house in the country is only open on Halloween night. Reserved for the bravest souls only. Let it be known that no one has ever completed the tour. If you accept our invitation and arrive at your appointed time, you ...

Fate brings together a soldier and a time traveler Breanna is a reasonable woman, she doesn’t believe in things like, teleportation, or time travel. But after months of finding herself in other places, and living through events that haven’t taken place yet, she’s beginning to think there actually might be something more beyond normal. Recovering from an injury he'd sustained in combat, Ethan decides to lay low at his brother's place until he's back to his normal 100%. After seeing a ghost he automatically assumes he's lost it. Then Breanna comes into his life and all the pieces of the...

Holmes und Watson glauben hinter „Draculas“ Geheimnis gekommen zu sein. Und es scheint, als hätte ausgerechnet Alice Familienalbum sie auf die richtige Spur gebracht. Doch da Alice bereits gebissen wurde, läuft die Zeit unabdingbar.

Jason Hill performs this creepypasta scary story by Craig Groshek and Blair Daniels. A man stood on my doorstep. He stayed so still, I would've thought it was a photograph, if not for the bugs fluttering by every few seconds. His body melted into the shadows around him, but his face shone brightly. Or, not his face. A white mask. And it was covered in blood.

Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson werden von Alice gerade genötigt in ihrem Familienalbum zu blättern, als Holmes eine dringliche Depesche erhält. Der Bürgermeister von Bran/Siebenbürgen bittet um Hilfe, da sich in seiner kleinen Stadt unerklärliche Vorfälle ereignen. Es mehren sich blutleere Leichen und schnell spricht man von einem Vampir. Zu Holmes und Watsons Leidwesen lässt sich Alice natürlich nicht davon abbringen, die beiden nach Transsilvanien zu begleiten. Holmes beschließt den Grafen in seinem Schloss aufzusuchen und den Dingen direkt vor Ort auf den Grund zu gehen.

A fast moving tale of terror that takes place on Halloween night when a bunch of teens, thinking they are at a radio station's haunted house, find themselves taking a hayride to the real thing. It is the 20th anniversary of the McConnell farm slaughter, and several of the teens start to realize the special effects are a bit too realistic. How many will survive the night?

Holmes, Watson und Alice werden von dem Grafen gebeten mit ihm zu dinieren und darüber hinaus eingeladen, auf Schloss Bran zu nächtigen und die Ermittlungen morgen fortzusetzen. Während Watson in dem Schlossherren einen blutrünstigen Vampir vermutet, versteht Alice sich mit ihm ausgezeichnet und setzt mit dem Grafen den Abend in stiller Zweisamkeit fort. Als die Drei am nächsten Morgen zum Frühstück erscheinen, ist der Graf jedoch nicht anwesend spurlos verschwunden.

Alice ist verschwunden! Entführt, wie Holmes bei der Besichtigung ihres Zimmers besorgt feststellt. Holmes und Watson beschließen nach Alice zu suchen und gelangen dabei in ein düsteres Kellerverlies. Dort machen Sie eine schreckliche Entdeckung.

Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson werden von Alice gerade genötigt in ihrem Familienalbum zu blättern, als Holmes eine dringliche Depesche erhält, in der steht: „Verehrter Mr. Holmes! Benötigen dringend Ihre Hilfe. Blutleere Leichen häufen sich. Unerklärliche Vorfälle! Reisen Sie so schnell es Ihnen möglich ist an! Sie sind unsere letzte Hoffnung! Hochachtungsvoll, Alexandru Serban -Bürgermeister von Bran / Siebenbürgen“ Zu Holmes und Watsons Leidwesen lässt sich Alice natürlich nicht davon abbringen, die beiden nach Transsilvanien zu begleiten.

Nachdem Holmes, Watson und Alice gut in Bran angekommen sind, suchen Sie den Bürgermeister der kleinen Stadt auf. Dieser führt sie sofort zu einem neuen Tatort. Ein Mädchen aus einem Waisenhaus soll des Grafen Draculas jüngstes Opfer sein. Kurzerhand beschließt Holmes den Grafen in seinem Schloss aufzusuchen und den Dingen direkt vor Ort auf den Grund zu gehen. Überraschenderweise werden die Drei schon erwartet.

Nathan used to be terrified of Krazyland when he was a young kid. Now that he's 12, the spooky-themed arcade games aren't that bad. He even enjoys stomping on plastic spiders and battling a creepy doll with big plastic eyes.

Scarpside House is famed for its beauty, its isolation and its legendary parties. Tonight, it hosts the Penny Club soiree, an annual gathering of lucky men and women from all walks of life, coming together to celebrate their survival against the odds. But this year, their luck is running thin. Accidents do happen, after all. And some are long overdue.

This third and final collection of Classic Ghost Stories contains these chillers: "Mr. Justice Harbottle" by Joseph Sheridan Lefanu; "The Seventh Man" by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch; "Some Haunted Houses" by Ambrose Bierce; "Miss Dulane and My Lord" by Wilkie Collins; and more.

A boy with a misshapen skull just wants to be normal in Evans Light's "Pumpkinhead Ted", a short story selection from Bad Apples: Five Slices of Halloween Horror.

A brother and sister creep out of the darkness with bags full of deadly tricks in Gregor Xane's "The Riggle Twins", a short story selection from Bad Apples: Five Slices of Halloween Horror.

The trick of accepting redemption is finding something in yourself to redeem. A scary Halloween-themed ghost tale from Michael Lynes in The Trick.

Sixty years after the terrible events at Hill House, history is set to repeat itself. When a group of actors set up a rehearsal retreat in an old abandoned property, they think they have found the perfect inspiration their upcoming play, The Witch of Edmonton. But they soon sense a hostile presence in the house. As horror after horror unfolds, soon the question is: will any of them survive Hill House?