Would you like some blood with that?HOWIE RUMBERG faints at the sight of blood. So we sent him out to try some food that uses it as a main ingredient. How's that for a Halloween treat?
Scare tactics: politics, Halloween-styleMaybe my opponent is hiding under your bed, waiting for you to fall asleep so he can ... raise your taxes! HOWIE RUMBERG looks at how candidates scare the electorate.
Death in translationEach culture has its own way of memorializing the dead. asap asked AP photographers to capture tombstones in each corner of the globe.
Be very afraid, sports fansWe know what scares you in the real world. But what about the sports world? JOHN MARSHALL runs down the spooky side of sports.
'Take off your mask'In a season when disfigurements and ghoulish masks are celebrated as entertainment, CHELSEA J. CARTER talks to burn survivors about how they cope.
When Japanese monsters wrestleIf you always wondered whether Andy Warhol went to Japan and dropped some acid, Studio Kaiju might be for you. RAY ZABLOCKI chronicles the 'sport' that includes giant soup cans wrestling in this asap mini-documentary.
Me llamo DraculaYou think Bela Lugosi is the original count? Think again. JAIME HOLGUIN introduces you to the Latin bloodsucker.
No werewolves hereSearching for Dracula and coming up empty: EMERY P. DALESIO finds little horror in a Transylvanian university town.
Understanding kids without costumesLittle reviews, big opinions: they're too old to dress up, too young to drive. CARYN BROOKS offers a field guide to the kids who want the treats without the tricks.
Songs in the note of murderDrown her in the lake, land him in a hearse, raise up your glasses and sing another verse! HILLARY RHODES doles out modern murder ballads.
Why is spooky supposed to be fun?This time of year fans of fear flock to haunted houses. CARYN ROUSSEAU, a lifelong haunted house sissy, tries to overcome her phobia and find out why people like to scare themselves.
Scared socially consciousHorror movies aren't just for the living brain-dead -- TIM MOLLOY looks at some scary classics with a message.
Making it up as you goHollywood's KNB EFX won the Looks That Kill makeup prize at Chainsaw Awards. PAUL CHAVEZ talks slashes and gashes with Hollywood's best.
The great pumpkin shortageAre they out of their gourds? RAY KUGLER finds out why jack-o-lanterns are in short supply in some parts of the country.
Any witch way you canLiving in the history-haunted town of Salem, Mass., in Halloween season can be ... colorful. Resident LISA MARIE PANE takes a tour of her own town -- on foot, not broomstick -- and ponders.
Getting a head in the worldAs Halloween approaches, consider the skull, a potent symbol across the centuries -- but an ever-changing one. PETER HAMLIN pokes around the eyeholes seeking some insight.
