ORLANDO, Fla. — When I told my fellow Halloween Horror Nights attendees that I’d never visited a haunted house before, they recoiled in mild panic. Why was I, an easily frightened amateur, willfully ...

Every Halloween, many spooky season enthusiasts head out to haunted houses for some real-life scares. But if you'd rather keep the horror close to home, then your next best option is watching movies ...

Two of this year’s most-talked about films, starring Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Pattinson, and Stellan Skårsgard make inherited family estates feel particularly spooky.