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Terrifying Plush Toys by Anna Sternik

UK-based artist Anna Sternik creates truly terrifying plush toys for kids, and sells them on her Etsy store. Featured below are some of her unholy creations. Let us know in the comments if you’d allow to play your kid with these! Continue reading »

“There’s No Safe Place in Humanity…”: The Terrifying and Bizarre Art of Peter Feiler

Dark scenes are revealed within the unconventional and highly emotive coloured pencil or ink drawings and paintings of the young Berlin artist Peter Feiler. Continue reading »

Scary Potter – Terrifying Alternative Posters For The Harry Potter Movies

Here are some terrifying alternative posters for the Harry Potter saga, created by illustrator Dylan Pierpont! With this series entitled Scary Potter, the artist pays tribute to this cult universe, focusing on the dark and horrifying side of the saga. Continue reading »

The Mudmen Of The Western Highlands – The Terrifying Tribe From A Remote Part Of Papua New Guinea


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Papua New Guinea is a land of Wig-Schools, Wig-Teachers and WigMen, impenetrable rain-forests, sweet potatoes and pigs. A land of the Cus-Cus, the Cassowary and thirty-eight species of Birds of Paradise. A land without sheep, goats, cows or milk. Continue reading »

Zdzisław Beksiński: Terrifying Visions Of Hell By Murdered Polish Painter

Zdzisław Beksiński was an incredibly talented Polish artist who depicted bleak and depressing, sci-fi scenes. Sadly, his life was cut short by a tragic murder. Here we examine some of his best work and recount his tale of woe. He eventually found an interest in sculpture, then photography and later painting. Those that knew him reported him to be a kind, humorous and well measured man who took little interest in over analyzing his own work. Beksiński’s pictures look ultra creepy and bleak to the extreme, but he himself actually found them amusing, he saw them as hopeful rather than apocalyptic. Continue reading »

An Artist Visualizes The Terrifying, Dystopian Metropolises Of Tomorrow

If you’ve never visualized dystopia, just look around. Visit a mega farm in California, a body of water near an industrial plant, or simply walk around Manhattan and let the rapidly evolving island for the rich, jet-setting class seep into your consciousness. If that doesn’t do the trick, San Francisco-based artist Michael Kerbow is here to take you on a tour of today’s dystopian milieu, and then extrapolate it all into a techno-induced future. Continue reading »

Ed Gein Style Horror Jacket Is The Most Terrifying Jacket Ever

Behold! This fashion statement might literally change your life.

Handmade by creatives Kayla Arena and Toby Barron, this jacket is made to look as if it were made from human flesh. Known as the as the Ed Gein Serial Killer Jacket, this terrifying fashion piece is guaranteed to turn heads. Continue reading »

Terrifying Photos From Streets Of China Covered With A Deadly Fog

The National Meteorological Center of China announced a “red” level of risk caused by fog in the northern and eastern regions of the country. According to local news agencies this is the first time such a warning has been issued. China has a four-tier color-coded warning system for severe weather, with red being the most serious, followed by orange, yellow and blue. Continue reading »

Russian Fisherman Posts Terrifying Creatures Of The Deep Sea, And People Want Him To Stop

Russian fisherman Roman Fedortsov’s twitter account is flooded with photos of the most bizarre deep sea beings ever. The man behind the camera works on a fishing trawler in Murmansk (extreme northwest of Russia), and uses his phone to document the “monstrous” creatures that get pulled in the fishing nets. Some argue that the strange fish look like something from a horror movie. Continue reading »

Horrorscope: These Terrifying Zodiac Signs Are Way Too Creepy

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With his Zodiac Signs series, the illustrator Damon Hellandbrand transports astrology into your worst nightmares, transforming the zodiac signs into terrifying creatures. Between Silent Hill and Alien, these very creepy zodiac signs will immediately turn down your desire to learn the predictions of your horoscope! Here: Aquarius Continue reading »

Asian Drivers Are Using Terrifying Reflective Decals On Rear Windows To Fight Against High-Beam Users

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Some Chinese drivers are declaring war on tailgating vehicles with their high-beams on. The newest weapons in this road conflict are freakishly scary reflective decals, that are only visible when the driver behind activates his blinding headlamps. Continue reading »

Artist Turns Lovable Cartoon Characters Into Terrifying Monsters

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Swedish tattoo artist Dennis Carlsson is responsible for these terrifying reinterpretations of beloved cartoon characters. Painted in Photoshop, he turns lovable characters like Pikachu, Winnie the Pooh, and Totoro into grotesque abominations. These illustrations are truly the stuff of nightmares. Continue reading »

Here Is The Most Terrifying Place On Earth

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Shivers run down one’s spine while looking at pictures of this unique place which is located near San Diego, USA. It is called Potato Chip Rock. The world’s most intrepid tourists climb to the very edge of this super thin rock to take cool pictures. Continue reading »

Is This Terrifying Swing Over a Hawaiian Valley Your Worst Nightmare?

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The site on Oahu, Hawaii is well known to offer one of the most gorgeous views in all of the island state — and that’s saying a lot. The U.S. Navy originally built the stairs as a way to access communications facilities along the ridgeline of mountains above Haiku Valley. Continue reading »

Terrifying Russian Architecture Which Looks Better From Above

The main highlight of these unique Moscow buildings is their architectural forms. At usual angles they may look absolutely differently. But the creative idea of architects is disclosed in full measure only if you look at the buildings from above.

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This is an experimental project of Russian architects Evgeny Stamo and Alexander Markelov. The residential house was built in 1972. The building was dedicated to the Olympic Games in 1980 and supposed to have 5 circles but after the second one the project was closed. Continue reading »

“The Voice Of The Night”: The Terrifying And Dark Fantasy Art Of Michael MacRae

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Gritty, dark fantasy, dystopian, and at times, creepy art is the crime today. The culprit is Michael MacRae, a talented artist from DeviantArt who has created a whole world on his own. By world, we mean that he has created art with a certain flow of continuity and with a story attached to each piece. Thus Michael is also a great storyteller. Continue reading »

Photographer Captures Terrifying Army Of Scarecrows On The British Countryside

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When Colin Garratt went to photograph the traditional sentinels of the British countryside, he found they ranged from the dapper to the downright sinister. Continue reading »

Japan’s Terrifying Road Is Enough To Give The Most Confident Driver Nightmares

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It is a hill start to give even the most confident learner driver nightmares. The Eshima Ohashi bridge in Japan – the third largest of its kind in the world – rises sharply so ships can pass underneath. The concrete road bridge spans a mile across Lake Nakaumi, linking the cities of Matsue and Sakaiminato. Continue reading »

Our Deepest Darkest Fears Turned Into Terrifying Cartoons

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Irrational fears, dark thoughts, and ghost stories from around the world. Deep Dark Fears tells stories about the creepy things that pop into people’s heads and won’t let them be. Animator Fran Krause has a webcomic where he draws his fears and those that people submit. It’s utterly horrifying. Continue reading »

Yup, We’ve Found The Most Terrifying Church In The World

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Here’s another excuse not to go to church! St. George’s church in the Czech Republic fell into disrepair in the 1960s after the cave fell in during a funeral. Taking that as a bad omen, locals abandoned the 14th-century-old church and held services outside rather than stepping foot inside the church. That is until artist Jakub Hadrava got involved. Continue reading »

10 Terrifying Images of What Coastal Cities Will Soon Look Like Underwater

According to a new study published in Science, sea-levels could rise over 20 feet by the year 2200. To appreciate the real-world impact this may have, Climate Central teamed with talented designer Nickolay Lamm to show how present-day cities would look with the impending sea levels. This disturbing slideshow illustrates just how imperative it is to begin reducing CO2 output into our atmosphere ASAP.

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Two Chinese Artists Created This Terrifying Hyper-realistic Sculpture Of The Falling Angel

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Sun Yuan & Peng Yu’s works always start with a paradox. Their early objects and installations are made from real cadavers or human fat tissues. Yet, even though playing on the speculative and the spectacular, they focus on the investigation of the paradox rather than merely exploiting the spectacular. Continue reading »

Pierre Schmidt’s Melting Faces Show Us The Terrifying Beauty Of The Subconscious Mind

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Artist Pierre Schmidt constructs surreal worlds filled with the inner horrors of the subconscious, both terrifying and beautiful. Using photo-manipulation, illustration, and collage, he combines both traditional and digital methods to create scenes of people with faces dripping right off their skulls. Continue reading »

Terrifying See-Through Sleeping Capsules Hanging 400 Feet Above Peru’s Sacred Valley

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Thrill-seeking travelers! You can now stay in Skylodge, a threesome of transparent pods placed 400 feet, that’s 122 meters, above the ground on a cliff-face in the Peruvian Andes. Continue reading »

Terrifying Kids Playground Inspired By The “Saw” Movie

Somewhere in Russia…