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Is It Real? The Creepy House in Stephen King’s ‘It’
With more than 350 million copies sold, Stephen King is by far the biggest best-selling author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels in the U.S. — if not the world. His work has spawned countless movie adaptations and bone-chilling TV series, each earning more praise than the other. With an impressive […] More
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Is It Real? The Exorcist House, Fact vs Fiction
If you’re a horror fan like us, then you’ve already watched (and rewatched) all the major classics, which include The Shining, Halloween, The Thing, It and last but not least, The Exorcist. Now, there are a lot (and we mean A LOT) of movies out there related to exorcisms, but William Friedkin’s 1973 epic is […] More
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Is It Real? The Creepy Mansion in ‘The Haunting of Hill House’
We recently covered the new Haunting of Bly Manor, director Mike Flanagan’s so-called sequel to the epic mini-series The Haunting of Hill House. And while we were anxiously waiting for the series to drop on Netflix, we thought we’d try to distract ourselves by taking a trip down memory lane and re-watching the first season. […] More
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The Winchester House — The Haunted Mansion that Inspired the Name of Supernatural’s Winchester Brothers
The Supernatural TV series was an unexpected success and the Winchester brothers had quite a lot to do with that. If you’ve somehow managed to keep yourself away from CW’s massively popular show for its full 15 seasons, here’s a quick intro into the world of the Supernatural TV show: Following in their father’s footsteps, Sam and […] More
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‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’ — All You Need to Know About the Sequel to Hill House
For many of us, fall is equivalent to horror movie season. At the first strike of September, we start devising lists of movies to (re)watch curled up under a soft blanket, hot cocoa in hand. For horror and mystery aficionados, fall is the most wonderful time of year, for many reasons, one of them being […] More
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The Haunting of Thornewood Castle – Where Stephen King Filmed the Rose Red Miniseries
For horror fans, this quarantine is a great excuse to revisit old classics and favorites, be they in book form or TV/movie format. If, however, you’re not a horror aficionado but are out of things to read or watch, this is also the perfect time to get into the genre. We think the best way […] More
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Behind the Evil Eyes: The (Real) Story of the Amityville Murder House
Highlights The Amityville Horror House is real, and you can find it in Long Island, NY – though its now-infamous 112 Ocean Avenue address has changed to 108 Ocean Ave. Its tragic history started in 1974, when Ronald DeFeo Jr. killed his entire family (father, mother, two brothers, and two sisters) DeFeo’s brutal murders inspired […] More
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These 5 Homes for Sale Will Get You Into the Halloween Spirit
The autumn season is finally upon us, and there’s no better way to embrace the fall spirit than to go down the spooky path. There’s nothing like it, really; once that crisp morning air hits, it’s like everything comes back to life, and all we want to do as the day grows shorter is to […] More
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Zooming In on the Stanley Hotel, Stephen King’s Inspiration for ‘The Shining’
One time during the early 1970s, Stephen King opened an atlas at random on his kitchen table and decided that he and his wife would travel to whatever location it opens to. The atlas happened to open to a page about Boulder, Colorado, and that’s how the story of The Shining began. Or so the […] More
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Owners of House that Inspired ‘The Conjuring’ Say It’s Really Haunted
When Cory and Jennifer Heinzen bought the notorious Rhode Island house that inspired the horror movie ‘The Conjuring,’ they knew exactly what they were getting into. They’d always been fascinated with the supernatural, and they knew the sordid history of their new home when they moved in during the summer of 2019. So, the couple […] More
