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St. Louis Area Cleans Up After Devastating Tornado

Apr 23rd 2011 – 8:30PM
Jeff Roberson, AP

Jeff Roberson, AP

ST. LOUIS -- Debris from splintered homes covered the ground in neighborhoods around St. Louis, while topped trees and overturned cars littered lawns and driveways. From the air, one home looked like a dollhouse that had had its roof lifted off. Looking down, the dining room table and other contents could be seen, damp in...

'Dead Island': The Goriest Video Game Trailer of All Time? [VIDEO]

By Mary Phillips-SandyFeb 17th 2011 – 6:10PM

A trailer for "Dead Island," a forthcoming video game from developer Techland, has fulfilled its mission: People are buzzing about "Dead Island." The game's plot centers on a couple who find themselves stranded on a tropical island full of zombies. A controversial promotional video reverses chronology, starting with an...

Zombie Valentine's Day: Til Undeath Do Us Part

By Tony DeconinckFeb 14th 2011 – 4:38PM
Rob Sacchetto

Rob Sacchetto

With Valentine's Day upon us, everybody is in full forced-romantic mode. Right now, people are frantically planning dinners, buying flowers and thinking about chocolates or other gifts, but nobody is asking the important question here: What about the zombies? Rob Sacchetto Zombie Portraits...

Architects of Terror: Behind the Scenes of America's Legendary Haunted Houses

By Tony DeconinckOct 28th 2010 – 4:34PM
Todd James

Todd James

(Oct. 28) -- Back in January, while most of us watched the NFL playoffs and broke the last of our New Year's resolutions, Todd James was already plotting and scheming, engaging his imagination to dig deeper and find even more diabolical ways to scare you blind with fear. Ten months later, Halloween is upon us, and James...

G'Day, Dead Mates: Zombies Lurch Through Sydney

By Ed MazzaOct 27th 2010 – 7:01AM
Brendon Thorne, Getty Images

Brendon Thorne, Getty Images

(Oct. 27) -- It was an unusual sight, even for Sydney: hundreds of zombies, staggering, lurching and falling down in the streets of the city's business district. At least it was Sunday. Halloween isn't confined to Oct. 31 anymore, as zombie uprisings spring up in cities around the world throughout the year. But this...

Background on horror

Horror films are a film genre seeking to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears.

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