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Dark entertainment.
No apologies.
A home for people who like their entertainment with the lights off.
Vetted recommendations across true crime, film and TV, books, and podcasts — plus the occasional rant. No algorithms, no fluff. Just one opinionated editor who gives zero fucks about being objective — telling you what to watch, read and listen to, and what’s not worth your Saturday night.
If you’re fascinated by the darker side of culture, you’re in exactly the right bloody place.
All Things Dark is a horror and true crime recommendations site covering film, TV, books, podcasts, and dark entertainment.
Film & TV
Horror, thrillers, and the darker corners of screen culture. Scenes that stay with you, stories that bruise a little, and the moments you still think about in the dark.
Why Britain Does Dark Comedy Better than Anyone Else
British dark comedy is a cultural institution. Here’s why no one else comes close — and four shows that prove it.
True Crime
Real cases that never quite let you go. No sensationalism — just bad decisions, strange interviews, and the kind of truths you can’t unhear.
Scientology: The Most Elegant Con in Human History
A failed sci-fi writer, a galactic warlord, Tom Cruise, and a woman who hasn’t been seen since 2007. Here’s everything Scientology doesn’t want you to know.
The McStay Family: Here’s What Happened and Why It Won’t Leave Me Alone
A family vanishes. Four years of the wrong theory. A skull in the desert. The McStay family murders, and why this one stays with you.
The Watcher House: Letters From a Suburban Horror
657 Boulevard. Letters from a stalker. No answers. The Watcher house case is the suburban horror story that refuses to end.
The Bain Family Murders: A Whodunnit That Refuses To Whodunnit
The Bain family murders: a crime scene built like a trapdoor, a country that picked sides, and thirty years later nobody agrees on anything.
The Canon
Where to start. Required viewing and listening for the terminally curious — the stories that define ALL THINGS DARK. The ones you argue about, obsess over, and carry with you once the lights come back on.
Oddities
Folklore, oddities, urban legends, and the beautifully unhinged. The strange corners of culture you shouldn’t explore at 2 a.m. (so obviously you will).
Don’t Summon These: The Most Terrifying Demons in Mythology
Some of them want your soul. Some want your marriage. One will kill you AND your summoner just for existing. A guide to the most terrifying demons in mythology — and why the people who summoned them regretted it immediately.
Paper Cuts
Books that slice deeper than they should. Psychological horror, bleak thrillers, and the stories that crawl under your skin and make themselves comfortable.
Casting Crimes: Hollywood Clearly Didn’t Read the Book
Book to film casting crimes, ranked with zero diplomacy. Plus the rare miracles that prove Hollywood can get it right — when it bothers to try.
Dark Places
Travel for the terminally curious. Haunted towns, unsettling histories, eerie landscapes — the places with more past than people.
Edinburgh: The Most Haunted City on Earth
Edinburgh doesn’t just have ghosts — it is one. The most haunted city on earth, dissected layer by layer.
Chewie’s PICKS
Not the latest. Not the loudest. These are the stories that linger — the ones that crawl under your skin, get under your ribs, and refuse to leave. Carefully chosen from across true crime, film, books, and the darker corners of culture. New? Start here.
The Bain Family Murders: A Whodunnit That Refuses To Whodunnit
The Bain family murders: a crime scene built like a trapdoor, a country that picked sides, and thirty years later nobody agrees on anything.
These Japanese Urban Legends Will Ruin Your Life (You’re Welcome)
Eight Japanese urban legends that were already in your house before you heard their names. Sleep well.
Chew Crew Essential True Crime Podcasts
Ten true crime podcasts ranked by how badly they unsettle you — not how many downloads they have. The canon, as it should be.
Chew Crew Essential True Crime Docs
Ten of the best true crime documentaries ever made, ranked without mercy. The Jinx, The Keepers, Devilsdorp — the ones that got under our skin and stayed there.
Hereditary vs. The Babadook: Grief in a Monster Suit
One screams. One whispers. Both know exactly where you live. Hereditary vs Babadook — the definitive grief horror face-off.
The Haunting of M. Night Shyamalan
Genius at 28. Hollywood’s cautionary tale by 40. Back from the dead by 50. The M Night Shyamalan filmography is the strangest career in modern cinema — and one of the most interesting.
Worth A DOOMSCROLL
Enter the void
Occasional dispatches from the dark. Extra pieces, offcuts, and the things we save for later. If it’s not worth opening, it doesn’t get sent.
