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# Horror

All time
The Little Stranger: Lenny Abrahamson on the secret of directing a movie with a twist
Abrahamson’s follow-up to the all-conquering Room is a movie that defies characterisation.
# Here's Johnny
'Fear is an essential part of who we are': Here's why people watch horror films
“Why do we have Halloween? We like a bit of a purge to explore our darker side.”
# netflix and kill
From the vaults to the resurrections: Best horror movies to watch this Halloween
Please don’t make us watch alone.
# scare house
15 photos of Irish people having the shite scared out of them at Nightmare Realm
“Let’s huddle here ’til morning, be grand”
# Horror
Boy, 14, jailed after being caught with 22 packets of cocaine and 9 packets of heroin
The judge said during his hearing, “It certainly comes across to me that he is a dealer.”
# Disaster
Desperate search for survivors as Ecuador earthquake death toll passes 400
The earthquake is the biggest tragedy of its kind in Ecuador in 67 years.
# screamvention
Ireland's first ever horror convention will see zombies on the capital's streets today
You have been warned.
# Ohio
Murdered woman's corpse mistaken for Halloween decoration
The grisly discovery was made earlier this week.
# Horror
86 killed, 186 wounded in double bomb blast in Turkey's capital
The blasts took place at a rally for peace in the capital Ankara this morning. They represent the worst terrorist atrocity in Turkey’s history.
# 8 circle street
You can buy Buffalo Bill's house from Silence of the Lambs for €270,000
“May I use your phone please?”
# fear
Dublin Minion doctor: ‘I’m not afraid of the giant escaped Minion’
The man tasked with repairing the escaped inflatable beast says it’s a bouncy road ahead.
# Horror
Bodies of five babies found at house in France
Four of the bodies were in the freezer.
# oh the horror
Irish duo perfectly recreate the conversations we all have during horror movies
“Why do all the women have low-cut tops?”
# horror film
VIDEO: Men in Scream masks wanted over 'horrible' sexual assault
“This woman went through hell that night.”
# Horror
This mutant spider-dog prank is just pure evil
Hold us.
# Horror
Bin bag full of 'cat heads' found on the street in Manchester
“I can’t get over the shock of it.”
# Horror
This filthy car will make you feel really good about the state of your car
*shivers*
# so hangry
The 9 harrowing stages of coping with last night's Just-Eat outage
Chaos. Utter chaos.
# Horror
Palestinian family finds missing son 'by chance' - in YouTube video of his death
Salem Khaleel Shamaly was shot while out looking for his relatives.
# oh the horror
This short Twitter story by R.L. Stine will give you Goosebumps all over again
The spooky tale by the childen’s horror author will take you right back.
# SCREAM
Couple announce their pregnancy with brilliant horror film parody
Wonder how their family felt when they got this.
# Phoenix Park
Murder investigation launched after man’s body “engulfed by fire” in park
Gardai are still treating the death as suspicious as post-mortem continues on his burned body.
# Nope Nope Nope
11 things you don't want to think about before bed
Things that make you go “nope”.
# carrie on
NSFW: Here's everything that was wrong with the original Carrie movie
THE HORROR!
# the horror!
Man gets penis amputation after taking too much Viagra
Well that’s a hard lesson to learn.
# i got chills
Truly terrifying - horror series Goosebumps turns 21 this year
Does that mean we’re old? SCREAM.
# my shopping hell
9 reasons shopping is a special brand of horror
From the lighting to the changing room sweats, it’s just one thing after another.
# beaver fever
WATCH: Beaver documentary becomes horror film
You don’t mess with an angry beaver.
# 100 lashes
670k sign petition against rape survivor receiving 100 lashes in Maldives
A 15-year-old girl, who was raped repeatedly by her stepfather, is to receive a public flogging for having pre-marital sex with another man.
# actual horror
WATCH: The best (worst) horror movie trailer you'll see today
Sharks. In the sand. SAND SHARKS.
# RIP
Indian gang-rape victim dies
The 23-year-old died of severe organ failure in a Singapore hospital where she had been airlifted yesterday.
# Fail
VIDEO: Is this the worst parking effort of all time?
It’s certainly a contender.
# Horror
New Irish horror film animated by children
The film itself isn’t for children – but the animations by Irish young people add another edge to this scary tale by a talented director.
Voices
Column: When the economy’s struggling, horror movies do well
Scary movies succeed in a recession – because they reflect what is scaring us now, writes Darren Mooney.
# Horror
VIDEO: Check out this trailer for a new horror movie… about gardaí
A garda fighting tentacled sea monsters. What’s not to like?
# Horror
WATCH: Fernando Torres miss an open goal against United
All he had to do was…