Tell me some scary and/or mysterious things that are local to your area, but not necessarily well-known to the rest of the world. [more inside]
posted by amyms on Sep 30, 2009 - 65 answers

[Creepy statue filter] I moved into a new place a couple of months ago, and there was a creepy statue left outside. Does anyone know what the hell this thing is?
posted by grieserm on Sep 20, 2009 - 25 answers

Music Mix Filter: Long story short, next week the model at my event is coming dressed as the Alien Queen from the ALIEN movies. I have no idea what kind of music to play for the background. The film scores seem obvious but who wants to listen to clanking and increasing strings for 3 hours? I can either go scary-horror-sci-fi or campy-alien-novelty songs. Ideally I could do both. What kind of weird space music recommendations do you have? Gotta have songs about alien invaders?
posted by The Whelk on Jun 30, 2009 - 33 answers

Childhood Trauma Filter: Please ID this frightening memory... [more inside]
posted by moxiedoll on Jun 11, 2009 - 6 answers

Looking for something along the lines of the theme to the movie Halloween, the Dark Knight Soundtrack or the background music to this amazing commercial [more inside]
posted by MaddyRex on Apr 24, 2009 - 14 answers

I want a book that I have to put into the freezer. I've read this question, which was looking for thrillers, and this post looking for short stories, but I can't seem to find a thread looking for scary, engrossing novels where supernatural is okay. [more inside]
posted by Addlepated on Mar 31, 2009 - 31 answers

My boyfriend and I watched "Them" or "Ils"(the French title) this weekend and loved it. We're looking for other horror/suspense movies that aren't TOO heavy on gore, but have great atmosphere or are outstanding in some other way. We've also enjoyed Suspiria and The Vanishing (Spoorloos). Any ideas for other movies (foreign or not) that we should check out?
posted by odayoday on Mar 3, 2009 - 52 answers

Some time ago either on MeFi or BoingBoing there was a link to a bunch of songs that I *swear* were Christmas songs played in the wrong key or one half-tone down or something... Does anyone have any idea what I'm talking about and where I could find this (again)? [more inside]
posted by mrzer0 on Dec 24, 2008 - 8 answers

What the hell is going on in the video linked here? Warning: really fucking disgusting.
posted by yellowbinder on Dec 9, 2008 - 9 answers

What makes a scary film scary? [more inside]
posted by unSane on Oct 28, 2008 - 30 answers

Please recommend some spooky, scary websites for late-night, Halloween Season reading. [more inside]
posted by interrobang on Oct 20, 2008 - 12 answers

Help! I need to find a collection of short, scary stories for my junior high school students! [more inside]
posted by I_love_the_rain on Oct 19, 2008 - 19 answers

I'm having a last minute panic attack about the travel arrangements for my trip to Ireland and I leave tonight. Should I have stuck to the bus/train? [more inside]
posted by saraswati on Aug 25, 2008 - 24 answers

Recommend some books/collections of short stories or even poetry I would like if I am looking for some disturbing reads. I mean the kind of horror/thriller/sci-fi/fantasy/creepy stories that stick in your head for days after you read them causing you to think about them over and over or leave you too scared to turn off your bedroom lights and go to sleep. [more inside]
posted by nougat on Jul 21, 2008 - 49 answers

Please help identify this childhood book. I'm 90% sure it was english, otherwise it could have been written in spanish. The book was wider than tall, probably 15" by 10", very colourful but dark and weird at the same time. The only page i remember is one where s the main character is walking through a cave or forest and all these very interesting animals/creatures looking at him. (I think there's also page with just eyes surrounding him in the dark). The creatures are oddly drawn and very interesting and it was scary if anything. I believe this was a hand-me-down but eitherway I had it late 80's early 90's. I know the details are vague but i'm just hoping someone out there can bring me to peace. Thankyou
posted by 0.0.0 on Jun 25, 2008 - 6 answers

I need some good horror film ideas because I feel like I've seen them all. [more inside]
posted by Holy foxy moxie batman! on May 13, 2008 - 48 answers

Best way to deal fairly with non-spam, malicious comments on a personal blog? Deleting them straight away, or allowing such comments but following up with an answer/reply? [more inside]
posted by gemmy on May 9, 2008 - 14 answers

So I wanna write a horror novel. God knows where I start. How can I make it scary, as opposed to a soppy middle of the road thriller?
posted by bobbyone on Apr 19, 2008 - 30 answers

Please help me figure out the titles of two movies that freaked me out as a child, one involving a space expedition and one involving a mummy. [more inside]
posted by Inspector.Gadget on Apr 14, 2008 - 9 answers

I'm trying to track down something I remembered watching on television a long time ago. The only thing I can really remember is the climax of the story, which I vaguely recall was about these parents or caretakers (babysitters, perhaps) telling two young children about some kind of bogeyman. At the end, a giant arm reaches through the front door and grabs them while the children watch. I have a feeling it could have been an episode of an Outer Limits type show, or maybe a Trilogy of Terror type thing.
posted by wolfsleepy on Mar 18, 2008 - 10 answers

On the way to Henry's Market to buy the avocados for guacamole, I was listening to a story on NPR about the automobile industry's unwillingness to adopt stricter mileage standards at a time when gas is $100 a barrell yadda yadda. There are plenty of examples of companies that are unwilling to adapt their business practices in changing times, like the recording industry's fiasco with peer2peer file sharing and drug companies' ip battles. I imagine three hundred years in the future we will all be driving our garbage-powered plastic flying cars (or working at home) looking back on the time when oil was this hypervalued commodity and people were willing to kill other people over it and we will think how sad a time that was. My question, then: Are there examples from the past of companies or whole industries that used to be in a situation similar to oil, big pharma, RIAA, etc. that are now less causing of worry among the general public than they used to be? My roommate suggested railroads, and that makes sense to me. Any other examples?
posted by billtron on Jan 13, 2008 - 21 answers

I need gag vids. The kind that start all sweet and innocent and then the monster jumps out and stuff like that. Another is the kind in which your computer is "taking a picture" of you but the picture is actually of a monkey. Please see... [more inside]
posted by snsranch on Dec 9, 2007 - 6 answers

What is the best way to transport a an arcade game cabinet (Ms. Pac-Man, if you must know) across town and then up the stairs? [more inside]
posted by fiercecupcake on Dec 5, 2007 - 17 answers

Yep, it's yet another I found this scary-looking bug in the garage question. What is it?
posted by eschatfische on Nov 11, 2007 - 11 answers

My girlfriend and I are looking for a sexy, scary movie. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Nov 4, 2007 - 39 answers

Help identify a strange and creepy children's song from my past that seems ungoogleable. [more inside]
posted by trinarian on Nov 3, 2007 - 22 answers

It's that time of the year: I'm looking for good horror movies for kids. [more inside]
posted by the_W on Oct 21, 2007 - 42 answers

Know any creepy songs? [more inside]
posted by Bookhouse on Sep 28, 2007 - 135 answers

Help Me Remember This Book! version 100457: I have a visual memory of a picture book that I came across in elementary school (mid 90s) which featured a distinct sketchy, inked, scribbly style of illustration to accompany some really gruesome, horrifying stories. [more inside]
posted by dorothy humbird on Sep 24, 2007 - 9 answers

How can I read this scary book without going crazy? This may sound silly, but I swear it's serious.... [more inside]
posted by lunasol on Sep 7, 2007 - 24 answers

That painting of the scary giant rabbit hunting peasants to put in the wicker basket on its back. What's it called and who painted it? Will enslave or devour the farmer and his daughter?
posted by nowonmai on Aug 19, 2007 - 5 answers

Help me find the perfect book(s) to make my summer complete. I've got a strong preference for almost realistic horror and things that might creep me out. Bonus points for books that involve old school sanitariums. Of course you'll find more specifications in the [more inside]
posted by tastybrains on Jul 3, 2007 - 25 answers

Asking for a friend, and as an update to old askme. Since it's been more than a year, how hazardous is it to continue to use the p2p torrent sites? [more inside]
posted by Dave Faris on Jun 25, 2007 - 12 answers

Name the scary movie I can't remember. In one scene tarantulas crawl all over a bed and floor of a bedroom (I think it was a child's). I want to say that the plot may have involved a man who could bring about people's worst fears, but he may have been the devil. [more inside]
posted by banished on Apr 25, 2007 - 7 answers

Name-that-appleii-game-filter: I played it on an Apple IIe. When I was a children. And had nightmares about it. [more inside]
posted by Baldons on Apr 10, 2007 - 7 answers

How to deal with extremely nosey/creepy neighbors? [more inside]
posted by mintchip on Dec 21, 2006 - 45 answers

What are your favourite, most scary, campfire-esque, "torch under the chin" type stories.... [more inside]
posted by MarvinJ on Oct 25, 2006 - 9 answers

Haunted House near Providence, RI? [more inside]
posted by awesomebrad on Oct 15, 2006 - 7 answers

Frightening flicks involving feminine fears? (This is a good question for gender studies, psych, and cinema studies majors!) [more inside]
posted by np312 on Oct 2, 2006 - 55 answers

How to tell a family friend that I don't want his help finding me a job in his line of work? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Aug 23, 2006 - 15 answers

I would like to get an educated guess about what this black spot is in some old x-rays. [more inside]
posted by the giant pill on May 15, 2006 - 8 answers

A question about a spooky musical composition. [more inside]
posted by user92371 on Mar 9, 2006 - 6 answers

Help me identify a scary movie from my childhood. [more inside]
posted by d-no on Feb 24, 2006 - 4 answers

What are your favorite horror movies? [more inside]
posted by entropy on Nov 28, 2005 - 49 answers

Haunted by a movie. About ten years ago I was in France and I saw a chilling suspense movie on late-night TV. I'm not sure that it was French - maybe Dutch or German, with subtitles? I remember little: the music-box/bells theme, the murderer's slow grace, and a scene where the detective fills a room with steam to recover a victim's traced final message. A little more (and a spoiler) inside. [more inside]
posted by Marquis on Nov 10, 2005 - 3 answers

How do I make a cheap, recognizable Harriet Miers costume for Halloween? [more inside]
posted by sohcahtoa on Oct 24, 2005 - 19 answers

Why do blythe dolls creep me out?
posted by netsirk on Sep 29, 2005 - 22 answers

this comment made me wonder: what is it like to witness an epileptic seizure? [more inside]
posted by mdn on May 27, 2005 - 31 answers