The best musical version of “The Hearse Song” I have ever heard – check out more of Harley Poe’s work online at www.chainsmokingrecords.com.  If you’re interested in purchasing the book this song/story was originally published in, click here to check out Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. The Hearse Song Source: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Author: Alvin ... Read More »

“The Big Toe” is a short horror film adaptation of the story of the same title as featured in Alvin Schwartz’s legendary book of scary folktales, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, about a poor boy who finds a big toe sticking out of the ground near a local cemetary.  Being the resourceful chap he his, he decides to ... Read More »

This short film was inspired by the short story of the same title, which is featured in the book Scary Stories 3 by Alvin Schwartz.  Check it out - it’s an amazing collection of horror stories, with the most freakiest hand-drawn pictures ever. If you enjoyed this tale, perhaps you would be interested in the following items: Read More »

Voiceover artist Jonathan Jones tells this tale from Alvin Schwartz’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark about a pair of young men who come across a strange creature in a farm field one afternoon.  Though they are not sure what “the thing” is at first, its purpose becomes clear many years later. The Thing Source: Scary Stories to Tell ... Read More »