When October rolls around, many people turn to scary movies for thrills and chills. While vampires, ghosts, and monsters are often the stars, some of the most unsettling films draw from real-life ...

It is based on the non-fiction book by Wade Davis, a Harvard ethnobotanist who claimed to have documented the complex rituals and chemical compounds used in the process of creating a real-life zombie.

Despite its grittiness, horror is an inherently fantastical genre. While slashers and other horror subgenres lean towards realism, they also possess elements of a heightened reality. One could even ...