You can hate getting scared and still want to watch scary movies. I’m a little crying baby, but I didn’t let that stop me from enjoying The Babadook, or enjoying and then hating 10 Cloverfield Lane. My strategy for both was simple: Watch on the couch with a friend, pausing a little for drinks. It worked great, I only had two nightmares after each movie!

Over at GQ, my fellow scaredy-waredy powderpuff Jaya Saxena recommends the couch-with-friends strategy, plus some other ways to cope with scary movies when you aren’t a diehard horror fan.

As it is now October, the spookiest month, everyone is obligated to watch far more horror than they usually do. For me, this means an attempt to watch and rate as many horror movies from Netflix's library as I can in one month. If you're after a new horror to watch, here's what I think of everything streaming now on Netflix.

In case you haven't noticed, it's Friday the 13th, which means you're obligated to sit down tonight with your friends or family and scare yourself silly. Luckily for you, we've collected some great recommendations for all the kinds of horror you would want to indulge in.

There's some great horror being made in all mediums but let's be real - films are where horror shines the best. Here are some of the best, most terrifying horror movies for you to put on for your next movie night.

We've been through creepy stories to keep you up at night, and the best horror games that will put you in the protagonist's shoes, but what if you just want to sit back, turn the TV on and 'relax' with some creepy stories? Here are our top six scary shows to watch.

No matter how good a horror movie is, it'll never quite match the horrifying feeling of being in control of the main character's desperate struggle for survival. Horror games are uniquely terrifying for their interactivity - you're not allowed to just close your eyes when things get scary. Here's our pick of the five scariest horror games every horror junkie needs to play.

Want to spook yourself silly when you're meant to be sleeping tonight? Welcome to the world of creepypasta - first person horror stories that live on the internet and are just realistic enough to scare the crap out of you. As with all forms of horror the quality of creepypasta varies wildly, but we've collected ten of the best right here.

Ari Aster's Hereditary has been rightly hailed as one of the greatest and scariest horror films of all time. With that said, its deeply disturbing ending has left more than a few moviegoers scratching their heads in confusion. Just what the hell is going on?

Some people love to be terrified. Some more reasonable people dislike being scared, and want to enjoy a classic horror film without worrying about cheap shock tactics. For those people, there is Where's the Jump?, a database of jump scares in horror, thriller, and sci-fi movies.

Keen to have those grisly ghouls from every tomb close in to seal your doom? You're only a mere mortal, so surely you cannot resist the evil of the thriller? Or, perhaps more accurately, the horror. Want to scare yourself half to death and don't know where to begin? Well, you've come to the right place (or the wrong place, perhaps)

*evil laughter*

It's almost Halloween and the best way to ignore the trick-or-treaters banging at your door is to settle in, turn the volume up and play a few spooky films. Here are some of the best horror films you can find currently screaming on Australian subscription services.

Some people enjoy a good scare, but could do without all the spurting claret. If you're sick to death of so-called "torture porn" movies, this list of violence-lite chillers will provide the willies you crave without grossing you out in the process.

You know that creepy urban legend you heard about that thing in your town? Yeah, someone is probably telling that very same story in another part of the country right now. Here's why everybody seems to know the same spooky stories, no matter where they are.

It's that special time of year again when everyone is looking for a good scary story. And though podcasts more often conjure up the images of gentle interviews with creative types and soothing NPR voices, more shows are moving into the territory of old-school radio plays, producing unsettling (and addictive) stories from true crime to horror. I hope you brought an extra pair of pants, 'cause these podcasts bring the terror.

Watching a horror flick with a scaredy cat can be a major bummer for both parties, but it doesn't have to be that way. These tips will make all that horror more digestible for your fearful friends and family.