So you like horror movies, how about a real world event? NASA scientists predict a dramatic rise in coastal flooding caused by the “Moon Wobble”. There is nothing unusual about the moon wobble; it’s just the moon’s orbit swinging. The first documented instance occurred in 1728. Over an 18.6-year period, this wobble morphs into a cyclical pattern. However there have been some scary predictions about the upcoming Moon Wobble, In a new study conducted by …
It appears the night keeps getting scarier, as Universal Studios announced they will be including a Texas Chainsaw Massacre themed haunted house to their returning Halloween Horror Nights this year and, for the first time in Horror Nights history, a house will be dedicated to Universal legendary monster, The Bride of Frankenstein. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre themed maze will see guests returning to the scene of the original 1974 film as they venture through a …
NIGHTSTREAM will be returning this October as per official announcement. Organizers of American genre festivals across the country came together to launch NIGHTSTREAM in October 2020 to ‘present a dynamic and accessible virtual film festival.’ Returning once again for 2021. For the fall season, NIGHTSTREAM will bring a singular experience to audiences in the U.S. despite the current global climate of uncertainty. Several independent film festivals have teamed up to form the virtual festival: the …
There’s a call for horror writers from! In its third year, The Killer Shorts Horror Short Screenplay Competition will begin accepting submissions in July 2021. Known worldwide as the KILLER SHORTS HORROR SHORT SCREENPLAY COMPETITION, it showcases and connects international horror short screenwriters with managers, producers, and filmmakers. Scripts will be judged by a distinguished panel of industry experts. Over $5,000 in prizes will be available, including Final Draft 12 screenwriting software, Shudder Streaming Subscriptions, …
This Halloween season, Halloween Horror Nights will be returning to Universal Studios following its cancellation last year. Halloween Horror Nights 30 will run on select nights during September and October. As soon as Netflix’s “The Haunting of Hill House” was released, it became a worldwide sensation of unnerving proportions that elevated horror television. Directed, produced, and written by horror legend Mike Flanagan. There’s a dark story about the Crain family, haunted by the fear they …
One night in 1994, aspiring writer Kevin Williamson was housesitting for a friend when he happened across a news broadcast about American serial killer Danny Rolling, or ‘The Gainesville Ripper’ as he had been dubbed by the media. Over the course of four days in August 1990, Rolling had murdered five students in the town of Gainesville, Florida. As he watched the broadcast on TV, Williamson glanced over and noticed that one of the windows …
With the next installment in the ‘Conjuring’ universe, ‘The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It,’ expected to be released on June 04, 2021, we at Horrorfacts thought we would investigate the real life Warren case file that inspired this film. ‘The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It’ will focus on the real-life murder trial of Arne Cheyenne Johnson and the bizarre events that were part of this controversial murder case. What made this …
Ronald “Butch” DeFeo Jr., who was serving six concurrent life sentences at the Sullivan Correctional Facility in Fallsburg, New York, was transferred to the Albany Medical Centre in Albany, New York, where he was pronounced dead at the age of sixty-nine on Friday, March 12 at 6:35 PM. On November 13, 1974, a then twenty-three-year-old DeFeo took a .35-caliber Marlin Lever action rifle and murdered all six members of his family while they slept …
On October 17, 1941, Seventy-three-year-old retired railroad auditor Phillip Peters was found beaten to death in his Denver home. His murder would lead to one of the most bizarre cases the Denver police had ever experienced. Five weeks before his murder, his wife, Helen Peters, had fractured her hip and was recovering in the hospital. During the five weeks she was away, Mr. Peters’ neighbors had been kind enough to look after him. They invited …
Many paranormal enthusiast are using powerful EVP techniques rely on the abilities to create static sound waves in hopes that something or someone from the spirit world will be able to use this energy to communicate back to the listener on an audio band that that usually is not possible for human ears to hear alone. Some of the original instances of people attempting to use the Electronic Voice Phenomenon involved ghost hunters using a …