For Halloween, we requested writers and editors round The New York Instances for the items of artwork or tradition that they flip to after they want an excellent scare. The result’s a group of audio tales that can ship a chill down your backbone, make your hair stand on finish and maintain you entertained.
The Spookiest Video on YouTube
Madison Malone Kircher, an web tradition reporter on the Kinds desk, says “Ghost Car” is probably the most scary on-line video she has ever seen. Warning: This one has a leap scare.
The Scariest Opera
The ultimate scene of “Salome,” Richard Strauss’s 1905 opera, may comprise the scariest track ever written, in response to our classical music critic, Zachary Woolfe. He discovered it “completely terrifying” when he first heard it as a toddler, and its depth nonetheless overwhelms him years later.
The Scariest Factor I Know Concerning the Universe
Our cosmic affairs correspondent, Dennis Overbye, is aware of a number of alarming issues concerning the universe. However the one which haunts him most? At any second, with out warning, the entire thing may merely disappear.
The Scariest Track I Know
Jon Pareles, chief widespread music critic, describes why “The Downward Spiral” by 9 Inch Nails, off the 1994 album of the identical identify, is “completely designed to make your pores and skin crawl: structurally, sonically and psychologically.”
The Scariest Episode of TV
Margaret Lyons, a tv critic, dives into an episode of “The X-Recordsdata” so horrifying that executives felt compelled to drag it from syndication.
The Scariest Poem I Know
César Vallejo’s “Piedra Negra Sobre Una Piedra Blanca,” or “Black Stone on a White Stone,” isn’t what you may consider as a conventional Halloween poem. There aren’t any ghouls or goblins in it. However for Juliana Barbassa, deputy Books editor, studying this poem brings up a query that’s way more haunting: “Once we think about our single life, our one alternative to dwell nicely,” she asks, “are we doing that?”
The Scariest Horror Film You (In all probability) Haven’t Seen
Chances are you’ll know Freddy and Jason and Chucky, however Erik Piepenburg, who writes a horror column, want to introduce you to “The McPherson Tape.” If you watch this 1989 film, he says, “You’re watching the beginning of a style.”
