First-generation Iranian American educator and author Ryan Bani Tahmaseb honors his father, an immigrant from Iran, and his ...

When it comes to fantastical book series that shaped our childhoods, Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians is one of ...

For most of human history, monsters were repugnant aberrations, breaches of the natural and moral order. What’s behind our ...

Staten Island's IlluminArt Productions brings the beloved demigod story to local audiences with affordable tickets and professional staging at On Your Mark Playhouse.

But the real puzzle isn’t whether de-skilling exists—it plainly does—but rather what kind of thing it is. Are all forms of de ...

Although the 2000s saw many hit TV shows from the fantasy genre, many other great fantasy TV shows were released before this ...

The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan After losing her job, Nina relocates to the Scottish Highlands to start a mobile ...

We all remember the excitement of a visit from the tooth fairy – but not all mythical creatures are friendly. Some of them ...

With its mixture of bloody costumes and scary themes, it can often feel like Halloween is luring kids into topics they are ...

It's that time of year again when you grab a tub of popcorn and settle in for a cozy evening with a familiar slasher film—a ...

The psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud discussed the roots of the uncanny in the familiar, something that is altered just enough to ...

Note that these aren't just dark fantasy films--they're often classified as horror from various sources, they just happen to ...