The tingly thriller “Presence” starts with a knockout premise: What if you told a ghost story from the perspective of the ...

A supernatural element was one of the foundations of Gothic literature. Adding ghosts to these tales linked them back to ...

Welcome to Horror Explorer, a curated column showcasing the month’s best movies, series, books and everything else spooky worth checking out. I’m William Earl, the editor of Variety.com and ...

Doing his own camerawork, the director gleefully enriches the haunted-house genre with a simple but ingenious device.

It’s a love story that ... prolific), Ghost of Myself (University of Queensland Press) will surely showcase his inimitable voice and enduring concerns. Another book I was lucky enough to read ...

Peter Straub, Bestselling American Horror Writer, Dies at 79Friend and co-author Stephen King has said the author's 1979 book, "Ghost Story," is his favourite horror novel. Rawi Hage, Billy-Ray ...

"Steven Soderbergh has made some big films" over the course of his career, from "Ocean's Eleven" to "Erin Brockovich", said ...

Rumaan Alam’s “Entitlement,” Ian Frazier’s “Paradise Bronx” and Lisa Ko’s “Memory Piece” are among 14 finalists for the ...

They’re selling “Presence” as a horror movie when it’s something else entirely: a ghost story as told from the point of view ...