as in haunting
fearfully and mysteriously strange or fantastic
the spookish interior of a Victorian mansion that had seen better days
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Another episode, directed by Andrew DeYoung, sees Tom accidentally ingest potent hallucinogenic mushrooms, with Rhys nailing absurdist humor and a haunting flashback.—
Emma Fraser,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026 -
The work was haunting, elegant, and emotionally precise.—
Thomas Rom,
ARTnews.com,
8 June 2026
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When an Arietid streaks across the daytime sky, the ionized trail will bounce distant signals right into the antenna, resulting in an eerie short burst of music or voice breaking through the static.—
Jules-Pierre Malartre,
Space.com,
8 June 2026
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Premiering at the 2016 SXSW festival, this true crime documentary highlights the disturbing attack on Payton Leutner by her 12-year-old friends, Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser, who slashed her 19 times in a bizarre attempt to appease the fictional, eerie internet figure known as Slender Man.—
James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 June 2026
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Phillips first made waves with his short Other Side of the Box, which amassed more than 30 million views on YouTube and centered on a couple who is gifted a mysterious box, to disastrous and creepy results.—
Aaron Couch,
HollywoodReporter,
2 June 2026
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Carl caps the already difficult day by trying to impress Tom with his museum-like collection of historical battle dioramas, complete with a creepy mini-figure of Ruffage leading his Gulf War tank platoon.—
Matt Cabral,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 June 2026
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“Spookish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spookish. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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