Horror

Underrated horror movies to watch on Halloween

A good scary movie has that perfect balance of fear and fascination, the kind that lingers long after the credits. Whether you're after a psychological or ghostly scare, here are some excellent, underrated horror movies with the right atmosphere, mystery, and emotions for Halloween.

KHERO KHATA / The veil of shadow

He had consistently disregarded the villagers' accounts of bhoot-prets as local folklore. To him, they were just stories to scare the gullible

KHERO KHATA / Trapped in the bite

I woke up with the taste of blood in my mouth

KHERO KHATA / The ghost of Arun Das

Raise no alarm, if on a night dimly lit,

FICTION / VAMP

Anyone could see that they were a couple very much in love. Always laughing at each other’s jokes. Finishing each other’s sentences. Name the cliché and you’ll find them living up to it without question. 

BOI MELA 2024 / Trends in horror and graphic novels at this year’s Boi Mela

According to the publishers, the classic horror books are among their best selling novels this year.

FICTION / Screams and Schadenfreude

TRIGGER WARNING: Suicide, death, and gore.

FICTION / White-eyed Corpse

The beast bellowed below Mushfiq’s bedroom window, propelling rushes of tingles within him. He smiled.

ESSAY / On the many flavours of horror in children’s literature

What do we make of the mysterious thread that connects these stories not by genre, but by an imagination so wondrous they leave room for an underlying horror, and the many things that can mean?

February 10, 2024
February 10, 2024

Screams and Schadenfreude

TRIGGER WARNING: Suicide, death, and gore.

January 10, 2024
January 10, 2024

White-eyed Corpse

The beast bellowed below Mushfiq’s bedroom window, propelling rushes of tingles within him. He smiled.

December 5, 2023
December 5, 2023

On the many flavours of horror in children’s literature

What do we make of the mysterious thread that connects these stories not by genre, but by an imagination so wondrous they leave room for an underlying horror, and the many things that can mean?

December 3, 2023
December 3, 2023

Hunt

Talespeople presents The Screaming Shorts, partnered with Daily Star Books and Star Literature.

December 2, 2023
December 2, 2023

Séance In The 70's

Talespeople presents The Screaming Shorts, partnered with Daily Star Books and Star Literature

November 22, 2023
November 22, 2023

They came out at sunset

The deeper the night, the louder the sound.

November 21, 2023
November 21, 2023

Rapture

“Rapture’s coming, son. We best be happy when we embrace the Lord,” was all I heard him say as he pushed a needle into my arm.

November 20, 2023
November 20, 2023

Game

My mother took me on her horse and started to ride south. I clutched my bleeding arm, the pain snapping me fully awake.

November 19, 2023
November 19, 2023

The cabin

If you're Red-marked, you may be forever scarred.

October 31, 2023
October 31, 2023

1 new message

'1 new message' is the top winner of DS Books and Star Literature's Halloween writing contest Spook-off in the two-sentence fiction category.