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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 on Nov 11, 2007 - 11 answers

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

Help identify a strange and creepy children's song from my past that seems ungoogleable. [more inside]
posted 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 on Oct 21, 2007 - 42 answers

Know any creepy songs? [more inside]
posted 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 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 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 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 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 on Jun 25, 2007 - 12 answers

I'm looking for instances (either from movies or tv) of vampires or any other undead-type monsters menacingly floating outside someone's window. I'd like to see clips or pictures of such a scene if you got em. Also, if you have any examples from books, video games or anything else, I'll take those too. [more inside]
posted on Jun 20, 2007 - 27 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 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 on Apr 10, 2007 - 7 answers

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

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

Haunted House near Providence, RI? [more inside]
posted 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 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 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 on May 15, 2006 - 8 answers

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

Help me identify a scary movie from my childhood. [more inside]
posted on Feb 24, 2006 - 4 answers

What are your favorite horror movies? [more inside]
posted 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 on Nov 10, 2005 - 3 answers

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

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

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