In 1929, "The Skeleton Dance" rattled its bones onto movie house screens — or, at least the movie houses that hadn't banned the short animated film. It was the first entry in Disney's Silly Symphony ...

Halloween music has gone much the way of the holiday over the decades: accumulating camp and kitsch, confectionary fun, friendly monster-on-monster romping, and a sort of innocence that has made the ...

It was during “Hungry Like the Wolf,” which came early in Duran Duran’s set at Madison Square Garden, that I realized just how extra special this Halloween show was going to be. A dancer, dressed as ...

Duran Duran throw a virtual monsters’ ball in their video for “Danse Macabre,” the title track of their upcoming album, which comes out just before Halloween on Oct. 27. The music features the return ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. From the outside, Lucerne's Spreuer Bridge looks to be a peacefully bucolic ...

Duran Duran are getting back into the Halloween spirit with their new cover of Electric Light Orchestra’s 1975 classic, “Evil Woman.” The track will appear on the upcoming deluxe edition of the band’s ...

Fallout 4's main story revolves around the protagonist's missing son, four warring factions with their own views on the future of the Commonwealth, and the existence of synths, artifical people.

Hans Holbein’s “The Lady,” part of his “Danse Macabre” series, c. 1526 Anyway, on the morning of the day that I am writing this, a friend posted “feeling sick” in a Twitter group DM, followed by a ...

Frederick Wiseman, widely praised for his observational documentary films, has had a long and prolific career. His oeuvre includes Titicut Follies, High School, Basic Training, Public Housing, ...

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Stromae pictured at an awards ceremony in Paris earlier this year Pop star Stromae has cancelled a string of tour dates across Europe, saying he needs to focus on his health. The Belgian singer wrote ...

HAVEN Boxing and local dance company Danse Theatre Surreality will present Shadowboxing in Blue, Staying Strong Sundays: Boxing & Art, a FREE boxing therapy workshop and short performance on Sundays ...