There was a time when horror wasn’t just for adults. In the ’80s, movies given a PG rating and touted as family films would sometimes be terrifying. It shaped us growing up. By the time the end of the ...

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The fact that the meaning of that drawing remains unknown to this day, and the perpetrator has still not been caught, ...

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At the risk of sounding like an old hag, let’s rewind our minds back a few years and remember what being a kid was like on a gorgeous Saturday morning. Unlike my peers, I personally was always up at a ...

Public-domain horror has given us killer Pooh bear, murderous childhood icons, like Steamboat Willie-era Mickey, and a graveyard’s worth of “sure, why not?” premises. Some are fun, some are… choices.

One of the greatest "Transformers" cartoons is 2010's "Transformers: Prime," animated with CGI of cinematic craftsmanship and told with convincing gravitas. Part of that gravitas comes from the ...

Although cartoons are often marketed towards children, some animated movies or shows are so unsettling, so creepy, so downright terrifying it’s hard to imagine any kid being entertained by them… ...

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