South Park Elementary is on stage rehearsing for the schools play. Kyle begins to sing a song about Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo. Of course, no one has any idea…

Stan notices a new addition in their bus stop crew, an elephant standing alongside Kyle. At school, class lessons for the day involve genetic engineering (conveniently enough). Kyle questions the…

“Happy Birthday” to Stan’s Grandpa Marsh who just turned 102. How does the wizened Mr. Marsh feel about his birthday? He sums it up in five words; “I wish I…

The first Halloween episode starts off with the failure of the Mir Space Station, which crashes right on Kenny. An ambulance comes and takes his body off to the morgue….

The four boys are at Cartman’s house watching the “Terrance & Philip Thanksgiving Special” on television. During a break from the show, a Sally Struthers commercial convinces the boys that…

Mr. Garrison starts the day off with a special announcement; one of South Park’s own has won a national essay contest. Everyone is shocked to learn that the winner is…

The boys get together with Stan’s Uncle Jimbo and Jimbo’s war-buddy Ned for a hunting trip in the nearby mountains. After Cartman’s mom makes sure her “little” boy is safe…

Stan’s got a new dog named Sparky. Stan proclaims his pet to be the toughest dog on the mountain. Though while Stan thinks his dog is ready for fighting, Sparky…

While the boys are waiting for the school bus, Cartman explains the odd nightmare he had the previous night involving alien visitors abducting him from his bed. Meanwhile Kyle and…

How many times did Karloff and Lugosi play mad doctors? (And what were they mad at?) Many horror legends have taken their turn playing sinister scientists and frightful physicians, as…

Frankenstein is probably the most famous example of a man-made monster, but a great many other creepy creations have been fashioned by men, either by accident or on purpose, as…

Giant monster pictures have been thrilling audiences since The Lost World was released in 1925. Since then there have been films such as: The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms, King Kong,…

Long before Jurassic Park, dinosaurs roamed thru a variety of horror films, going all the way back to The Lost World in 1925.

A holdover from ancient tales, sorcerers have long fascinated movie audiences with their powerful use of black magic to achieve their evil goals.

Creatures from “out there” have captured the imagination of everyone from H.G. Wells to Steven Spielberg. Here’s a look at some out-of-this-world intergalactic beings.

Karloff’s parchment-skin portrayal of Imhotep set the standard for mummy movies, but many others have gotten “wrapped up” in their work over the years, as you’ll see.

The walking dead have been a mainstay of horror films for decades. Although usually confined to the West Indies, Hollywood has made sure audiences will fear zombies anywhere and everywhere.

King Kong’s Fay Wray is probably the most famous scream queen of the horror genre, but you’ll be surprised to see who else made the list!

Men didn’t have a lock on the horror movie. There were plenty of frightful females to go around, as you’ll see in this salute to demonic dames.

Ax-murderers, chainsaw-wielding madmen, serial killers, cannibals – they’re all here – and more!

An affectionate salute to the great showmen of yesteryear who figured out all sorts of gory gimmicks to keep audiences glued to their seats – and away from their TV…

More than just the Devil (although The Prince of Darkness has certainly figured into quite a few motion pictures), demons have been a mainstay of horror films since the silent…

Abominable snowmen, mole people, creatures from black lagoons. All these half-human/half-beast “hybrids” are here – and more!

Horror films have been peppered with people who didn’t need makeup and were actually born disfigured, most notably in the film Freaks. Take a look at those who managed to…

Perhaps horror’s greatest star, Karloff, of course, played the Frankenstein monster. But there’s so much more to tell. Here’s an affectionate look at this cultured Englishman.

Nothing like a good ghost story – except a century’s worth of films filled with more ghost stories!

Lon Chaney Sr. was the original Phantom of the Opera, but there have been other notable portrayals – and other notable phantoms!

Witches have been a favorite of fairy tales – and fright films – for centuries. Here’s a wicked look at a coven’s worth of portrayals.

Lugosi was much more than Count Dracula, as you’ll see in this fascinating salute to this complex Hungarian actor.

Hammer Films “reanimated” the Frankenstein franchise in the 1950s with its terrifying teaming of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee as doctor and “patient.” Take a look at how this classic…

Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale of good and evil has been a film favorite since early silent days. Various portrayals of the dual doctor are examined.

Of course there’s Lon Chaney Jr. as The Wolf Man, but other films have featured werewolves in surprising ways over the years.

A recovered Said ostracizes Huseni Mershah for turning his back on him when he was dying–and orders all the Muslims to cast him out. Impressed by Said’s power, Groves decides…

Beecher is released from the hole and Schillinger is left eyeless and weak. A riot breaks out after two white punks get into a fight over checkers. Frustration, sexuality, hate,…

Friction grows in the wake of two deaths–first Ortoloni and now Johnny Post–so Wiseguy leader Schibetta, Muslim leader Said, and Homeboy Jefferson Keane are brought together by Warden Glynn, who…

Governor Devlin has reinstated capital punishment in the state; and the first Oz prisoner scheduled to die is Jefferson Keane, who killed a Latino in a skirmish set up by…

The infiltration of drugs into Oz has reached unprecedented levels; and the undercover efforts of McManus and Glynn to find out who’s smuggling it in backfires in a deadly way….

Three generations of Alvarezes–all prisoners at Oz–are united when the partiarch, Ricardo, is found face down in his cell, suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. Meanwhile, Tobias Beecher, who as the neo-Nazi…

In the “Emerald City” experimental unit of Oswald State Penitentiary, we meet some of the diverse inmates who live within a pecking order of Homeboys, Latinos, Muslims, Irish, Aryans, and…

With Schibetta and the prison brass in a race to uncover Ortolani’s killer (for very different reasons), we see how inmates react to visits from both their wives and, in…