Stranger Things 5: Fan Theories Running Wild in the Upside Down
Stranger Things Character Arcs Broken Down: Who Dies in Season 5?
Toxic Avenger Forgives $5 Million in Medical Debt — and Why Nerd Horror Is Picking Up the Torch
We’re stepping in to create character cards, short-form videos, and other social media-ready content celebrating the film, its cast, and its legacy. It’s our way of making sure fans still get to enjoy the kinds of creative assets that would normally keep the buzz going, while honoring the spirit of the team’s choice to put people over profit.
Witchboard (2025) Review: Dream Logic, Gore, and Occult Vibes Power This Wickedly Fun Remake
If you’re going to remake a cult classic, you better bring something fresh to the table—or in this case, to the kitchen. Director Chuck Russell (A Nightmare on Elm Street 3, The Blob) does exactly that with Witchboard (2025), a bloody, bold reimagining that swaps suburban séance for a New Orleans restaurant startup gone terrifyingly wrong.
REVISITING THE CRYPT OF MUPPET HORROR
Revisiting the crypt of muppet horror: a world where horror meets Henson’s Muppets. In a dark corner of reality that is familiar, yet eerily different, prepare for terror, laughter, and an existential crisis as your favorite felt friends star in their creepiest and most iconic roles yet.
SENSELESS BY RONALD MALFI: BOOK REVIEW
Senseless is a Los Angeles centered, thriller filled with vampires, a human fly, a monkey, doctors, detectives and Hollywood predators. When the mutilated body of a young woman is discovered in the desert on the outskirts of Los Angeles, Detective Bill Renney, assigned to the case can’t deny the similarities between this murder and one that occurred a year prior. As Renney struggles to find suspects, clues and a grip on reality he must overcome ghosts pursuing him from all directions.
Is it a serial killer? A copycat killer? And how do a human fly, a vampire, an author on the run from her past, a narcissistic Hollywood producer and his drug addict son and a Hollywood shrink fit into the puzzle? They will all converge on Renney to make Senseless an unforgettable rubiks cube of horror you won’t be able to put down.
THE ALGORITHM FEEDS
The video was everywhere, a shaky, low-light livestream. A woman in her twenties. Makeup—perfect. Ring light—glowing. She leaned toward the camera, mid-sentence.
THE DAMAGE OF GATEKEEPING IN HORROR
I have been having a blast on the NoSleep Subreddit, sharing horror stories and interacting with horror fans in fun, immersive ways. As a professor of Transmedia storytelling at RIT, community building and engaging is so important to me. Having been the Creative Director at DeviantArt and having overseen the development of many communities through curation and moderation, I was so excited to have the opportunity to play on Reddit with the Nerd Horror concept.
BLACK MIRROR MADE A TRANSMEDIA GAME YOU CAN PLAY FOR SEASON 7
Black Mirror is back for season 7 on Netflix and along with it, comes some transmedia horror that brings the episode into the real world. Peter Capaldi's 'Plaything' episode introduces the creepy little game Thronglets—and Netflix has made the game a reality you can play right now.
Fuck Your Tragedy: A Review of Chuck Tingle’s BURY YOUR GAYS
Bury Your Gays is a masterstroke of horror metafiction—sharp as a kitchen knife, heartfelt as a queer found family hug, and soaked in that signature Chuck Tingle sincerity that turns satire into sacred rage.
SEE EMILY PLAY
This is a warning. If you hear kids calling outside your window after 2AM—don’t go. Don’t answer. And whatever you do, don’t say your name.
There’s something wrong with my street, and it starts after midnight. You’ll hear laughter—children playing. Sometimes tag, sometimes jump rope, sometimes just… calling.
But we all know better. You don’t open the window. You don’t peek through the blinds. You never go outside.
I told Emily this, but she didn’t believe me. She thought it was just some dumb story I made up to scare her.
She doesn’t think that anymore.
Because she’s gone.
THE DIRT WITCH
My best friend stole a cursed crystal. Now she’s gone, and someone—or something else has her face.
We were just two art students crafting costumes for Comic Con—until my best friend stole a strange red crystal to cosplay the Dirt Witch, a local legend known for vengeance and blood. Now she’s missing… and something wearing her face won’t stop staring at me.
THE JESTER
My family is dead and everyone thinks I killed them—but it was the Jester, I swear.
I didn’t hurt anyone. He did. He tricked me. It was all just a joke. A bad joke.
I’m getting out tomorrow. Ten years in juvie. They say I’ve made “progress.” That I’ve “accepted responsibility.”
But they’re wrong. I didn’t kill my family. I was the victim. Preyed upon by that toy—that evil thing.
The Jester.
THE FEAST
I should have known something was off the moment I downloaded an app specializing in underground food pop-ups. It was just another weak attempt by me to fit in with the young millennials at work. But this was the perfect chance to get Vanessa to go on a date with me.
“Sublime Bites” had no address, no reviews—just an invitation-only system and the promise of a "once-in-a-lifetime underground dining experience." As a programmer whose whole world is based on logic, I should’ve been skeptical. But as a single, socially awkward man trying to impress his way-out-of-his-league date, I was admittedly desperate.
THE HOLE
I still dream about the fire. The way the flames clawed at the old barn, the smell of burning wood and something worse. The way my little brother screamed for me to save him.
ROOTS
My uncle Jonas was a recluse. I thought he was interesting, but nobody else in my family could stand him—especially my mom, his baby sister. She blamed Vietnam. It wrecked him, stole the big goofy brother she once loved, and replaced him with an imposter dredged from the putrid mud of a battlefield. When the war ended, Uncle Jonas moved in with my grandma and never left. After she died in the late ’90s, when I was just a kid, he and my mom fought bitterly. She wanted to sell the house, but he refused. Being the oldest, he had just as much claim to it as she did, and he dug his heels in.
HARVEST OF ASH
Jaycen’s parents always told him that progress came at a cost. He just never thought the cost would be their lives.
The fire in the main house cast long, twisting shadows across the greenhouse as the masked men dragged him forward. The air reeked of burning plastic, blood, and gasoline. His mother’s screams had stopped. His father’s body lay somewhere in the inferno, their life's work crumbling with them.
POWER CHORD APOCALYPSE
Power Chord Apocalypse
Troy’s off key voice bellowed through the room as Wolf’s fingers moved up and down, strumming and wishing his vocal chords could match that ego. Nothing he could do could drown out the weak voice of his lead singer. But he had no other options now and he just wanted to play with a band and hope they’d notice his talent.
THE HUDSON ABDUCTION
The river was calm, moonlight shimmering on its dark surface as Jake cast his line. Beside him, Ryan cracked open a beer. "Perfect night," he murmured.
Then, the sky split open.
An eerie orange light descended, wrapping around them. Their limbs went stiff. They could think—they could scream in their minds—but their bodies refused to move.
Final Transmission
Aten floated alone in the sealed wing of the Odyssey-9, the emergency lights flickering in erratic pulses. His hands trembled as he replayed the events in his mind. Europa. The ice. The way something moved beneath it. How the parasite clung to his suit, invisible, waiting.