On this most celebrated of holidays, I wanted to take a break from the typical HeyRube content and pose a philosophical debate of sorts: This year, I am particularly struck by how common circus and freakshow themes have become associated with the horror genre in general, and Halloween in particular. It seems nearly every seasonal [...]

Yesterday, HeyRube readers were taken into a dark world, one that involved a tortured monkey, a crazed ringmaster and impending horror. Sound like a good time to you? I concur. This creepy carnival narrative is the backdrop for Circus of Fear, a 3D haunted house based out of Colorado. Here’s what you need to know [...]

On a moonless autumn night, in a small hamlet in Northern Colorado, the wagon train of a small traveling circus has rolled into town and set up its tents in a mostly vacant field on the outskirts of town. In their rush to unload the wagons, feed the animals and set up the circus before [...]

This year’s Halloween season was filled with freakish festivities, but Six Flags New England encountered a few problems. On a Saturday night, a fire broke out in the park’s Haunted House, leaving patrons trapped inside. The decorative cobwebs on the exterior of the building caught on fire. Officials say no one was hurt and the [...]

Pendark is a Houdini-style mentalist working in Austin, TX and this is his latest promo material. The design was done by Steve Busti, owner of Austin’s Museum of Weird. Inspired by 19th century magician’s posters, this flyer illustrates the long standing cultural associations between magic and the occult. Fittingly, Pendark is gearing up for a [...]