Cartoons from the first half of the 20th century are creepy for a lot of reasons. For one, many of the lead animators in the early days of film had dark senses of humor. Secondly, while cartoons came ...

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New York-based artist Mike Chiechi, also known as Frank's Kid, puts a twist on childhood cartoons by crossing them with horror. You would think it’s just a fun experiment for an artist to mix such ...

Public-domain horror has given us killer Pooh bear, murderous childhood icons, like Steamboat Willie-era Mickey, and a graveyard’s worth of “sure, why not?” premises. Some are fun, some are… choices.

The '90s were a great time to be a young horror-loving kid. There were several gateway horror shows and movies that made genre fans out of an entire generation, preparing kids for the horrors of the ...

One of the greatest "Transformers" cartoons is 2010's "Transformers: Prime," animated with CGI of cinematic craftsmanship and told with convincing gravitas. Part of that gravitas comes from the ...

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