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The Lamparagua by May Crommelin - a spooky tale for Halloween

Especially for Halloween, we present a selection from the chilling new anthology Your Own Dark Shadow: A Selection of Irish Horror Stories.

Books • 31 Oct 24

Leatherface returns in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

5 horror video games to play for Halloween

Whether you're after a high-stakes horror, a fun multiplayer with a spot of carnage, or even a spooky comedy, video games are one of the best ways to enjoy Halloween.

Gaming • 29 Oct 24

Coraline: 'A deceptively dark and unsettling tale for children.'

Horror films for kids, from mildly spooky to downright scary

You're going to see a lot of lists like this at Halloween, but many of them are frankly all over the shop.

Listicles • 28 Oct 24

Untangling the Hallowe'en story - we didn't really invent it

I've been recording and sharing content about Hallowe'en from around the country and beyond for the past 20+ years...

Folklore • 14 Oct 24

Twiggy Woman - Oein DeBhairduin's spooky tale for Halloween

Especially for Halloween, we present an extract from Twiggy Woman, the new book from award-winning author Oein DeBhairduin.https://epic.rtegroup.ie/epic/b/1413434#clipper

Books • 31 Oct 23

Dracula - listen to the classic RTÉ Players production

We creep into Dead Man's Month with a chilling classic from the archives: Dracula by Bram Stoker, adapted for radio by the late, great P.J. O'Connor...

Bram Stoker Festival • 31 Oct 23

Paranormal Activity: 'I literally slept with the light on for months afterwards'

Boo! Lauren Murphy on the horror movie that haunted her dreams

I love horror films. Spooky horror films. Gruesome horror films. Paranormal horrors. Horrors with aliens, horrors with demons, horrors with axe-wielding serial killers. That wasn't always the case, though.

The Lauren Murphy Column • 14 Oct 23

The new classic horror films to watch on Halloween night

Halloween, The Shining, Scream, The Exorcist… all classics. But what are the new classics from the past decade that can proudly sit by those mentioned above?

Film • 29 Oct 22

Halloween never ends: the horror franchise that refuses to die

Film • 12 Oct 22

The best horror video games for Halloween

Gaming • 29 Oct 21

Classical Halloween - the 3 spookiest classical music pieces

Music • 28 Oct 21

How To Have a Great Stay-At-Home Halloween!

For Halloween this year, we've got to think outside the box...

Make & Do • 30 Oct 20

Exploring Halloween's ancient Irish roots with Billy Mag Fhloinn

For Irish folklore expert, Billy Mag Fhloinn, Halloween is all about connecting with the ancient past and recreating an imagined sense of that experience to tell new stories.

Arts and Culture • 02 Nov 20

Get spooky with Samhain Family Festival this Halloween

This Halloween, prepare for an epic scare as the otherworldly descend upon the vaults of EPIC, The Irish Emigration Museum for Samhain, Ireland's virtual Halloween festival.

Halloween • 28 Oct 20

Spook-tacular! The top 5 scary kids shows

Liam Geraghty, producer of the brand new kids podcast, Spooky FM writes for Culture about the nostalgic pop culture for kids around Halloween.

Halloween • 28 Oct 20

The Most Frightening Thing - listen to a chilling Halloween tale

The latest presentation in Drama On One's Long Short Story series is a perfectly macabre fiction of close encounters with the undead...

Bram Stoker • 29 Oct 20

Listen: Vampirella by Angela Carter

Vintage vampires and super creeps... Enjoy a season of Hallowe'en highlights from the RTÉ Drama on One team...

Bram Stoker • 29 Oct 20

Sunday Miscellany: Hallowe'en by Declan Hughes

Tales of swaggering 11 year old boys robbing apples and letting off bangers - 10 for 50p in Moore St ....

Sunday Miscellany • 15 Oct 20

InstaTerror - Peter Dunne on his Instagram horror story

Peter Dunne writes for Culture about his new project InstaTerror, an 'Instagram horror story' created for this year's Bram Stoker Festival, which takes place from October 25th -28th.

Bram Stoker Festival • 21 Oct 19

Inside Deathcember - 'tis the season to be scary

Irish actor Johnny Vivash writes for Culture about his new movie Deathcember, 'a cinematic Advent calendar of horror' consisting of 24 short films by 24 international directors, which receives its world premiere at this year's IFI Horrorthon Festival.

Film • 20 Oct 19

Top 10 Halloween tips - how to creep it real

The spooky season is almost upon us! Here's a few tips from Ireland's Halloween experts Film Fatale, the events team behind this year's monster Halloween ball, Danse Macabre, at the RDS, Dublin.

Halloween • 22 Oct 19

Bodhran player Kevin Meehan (centre) and assorted spooky creatures at the launch of Púca

Puca Festival to celebrate Halloween's Irish roots

A new three-day festival, Púca, will celebrate Ireland as the original birthplace of Halloween, exploring and evoking ancient tradition in the company of cutting-edge Irish creative talent.

Festivals • 16 Aug 19

Why John Carpenter is the ultimate Master Of Horror

In 1961, Howard Ralph Carpenter, a Kentuckian music professor, sat his son down with a pair of bongos and taught him a simple 5-4 beat exercise to practice with...

Film • 05 Nov 18

Watch: Ghost Train - a spooky short film for Halloween

A special Halloween treat - watch this sinister short tale from Screen Ireland and writer/director Lee Cronin.

Irish Short Films • 31 Oct 18

Watch: The Faeries of Blackheath - a creepy Halloween tale

A special Halloween treat - watch a spooky short film from Screen Ireland, written and directed by Ciaran Foy, the creator of big-screen fright fests Citadel and Sinister 2.

Irish Short Films • 31 Oct 18