The 1953 animated version of The Tell-Tale Heart, narrated by James Mason. According to Open Culture, it received an X rating in the UK and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in the US. (Thanks, Kate Laity!)
A gallery of pictures of Ray Villafane’s incredible zombie pumpkin sculpture for the New York Botanical Garden.
Cracked provides a list of questionably haunted items, including an evil Zippy the Pinhead doll. Who will have the heart to tell Zippy creator Bill Griffith?
The Internet Archive has a collection of the old time radio show, Inner Sanctum Mysteries, sure to spookify any All Hallow’s Eve.
I was a little surprised to find that the new online version of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction is actually… encyclopedic! The entry on Challenging Destiny, for example, is really accurate. (Thanks Dave!)
John Carpenter presents a series of Halloween videos on Funny or Die, from a short about a Cat-Thrower to one about Charlie Brown, Blockhead.
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The Cultural Gutter 