Playing hide-and-seek with a large, intimidating-looking dog might sound like a bad idea. One viral video proves the opposite. Instead of fear, viewers get pure comedy as a so-called “scary dog” ...

Lights off. Headphones on. This is how I usually play horror games and enjoy giving myself some genuine scares. From Resident Evil 7 to the recently launched Silent Hill, I have played many horror ...

Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers and Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler in the melting room on Stranger Things. Image via Netflix Feel free to connect with him or check out his work. He's everywhere — ...

References to jump scares and startle responses in the horror film literature routinely demonstrate a certain psychologizing impulse. According to Martin (2019), the jump scare that often provokes a ...

Silence really is golden — and homeowners are willing to pay more for it. Specifically, when traffic noise fades, home values tend to creep up. A new academic study by the National Bureau of Academic ...

Sarah Paulson is serving up some jump scares in her new movie "Hold Your Breath." According to the official synopsis, "In 1930s Oklahoma, amid the region's horrific dust storms, a woman (Paulson) is ...

Paranormal Activity, one of the most recognizable franchises in modern horror, is about to do something none of the others have ever done. It’s coming off the screen and into your reality as part of a ...

This article contains spoilers for the first episode of the HBO Max series It: Welcome to Derry. In the first episode of It: Welcome to Derry, it’s immediately clear that the local high school has a ...

It’s a big, scary world out there, but that’s never stopped us from some additional big screen thrill-seeking. While some movies are scarier than the sum of their parts, we’re getting a little more ...

Evan is a Communications student based in Edmonton, Alberta. Formerly a sports writer, he was drawn to Game Rant by his longtime passion for video games. An avid gamer since the age of 13, Evan has ...

Just in time for the fall season, CU Boulder Today is spotlighting groundbreaking research from PhD candidate Elora Williams (Behavioral Neuroscience; mentored by Susanna Molas) and Assistant ...

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