Horror fiction

It will feature a cast of mortals, gods, and mythic monsters gallivanting all around the ancient Greek world

A tribute to the 20th century master of horror fiction, H.P. Lovecraft, and 25 films (including 12 maiden efforts in the competition section), are but some of the highlights of this year's Horrorant Film Festival, an event dedicated to the thriller and horror genres which will be taking place at cities around Greece from May 10 to 16.

A tribute to H.P. Lovecraft and a competition featuring 25 films (12 of which are maiden efforts) are but some of the highlights at this year's Horrorant Film Festival, an event dedicated to the thriller and horror genres with movies from around the world. The event will be held at the Ideal and Aavora cinemas, both in central Athens, from May 3 to 9.

Horror literature fans may not have noticed, but now there is a new master of horror stories. She is called Shelley, but she is not the popular English writer  who created Frankenstein, but is ... a powerful algorithm developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Thousands of people around the world donned zombie costumes Saturday to mark World Zombie Day, a fundraiser to combat hunger that was filled with fake blood and braaaaiiiins.

A tribute to British gothic horror this summer promises nights of terror and hair-raising fright. Classic spooky films, including "Dead of Night" and "Horror of Dracula," are among the wide range of masterpieces that will be screened and they are sure to make your skin crawl.

BELGRADE - Ajay Kumar claims that his real motive in making a Right to Information Act request to assess India's zombie and alien-fighting skills was to draw the government's attention to the real issues of terror and poverty. While mentioning Will Smith, he took a dig at the Indian Government for relying on the US.

"Fulci on crack!" was the verdict by Eli Roth, the cult American horror director, of Turkish director Can Evrenol's debut feature "Bask?n" (Raid), comparing Evrenol to Lucio Fulci, the late Italian director, the so-called "Godfather of Gore." The Lincoln Center Film Society said, "A wildly original whatsit that reconfirms Turkey as the breakout national cinema of the moment."

Within the scope of Istanbul's Bosphorus University's Psychological Consultancy Symposium, a graduate of the university, psychologist Cenk Erdem, will give a conference on "Horror Cinema" at the university's Ayhan ?ahenk Hall on May 2 at 3:30 p.m.

A Brazilian hidden camera show recently planned and executed the most terrifying prank ever, starring a horde of blood-thirsty zombies, an empty subway train and several unsuspected victims.

What would your reaction be if your train pulled into an empty station, the train doors didn’t open and an army of zombie dropped by to say hi? Watch the amusing -yet terrifying- video.