“The Devil’s Playground”: 50 Memes About All Things Horror That Are Not For The Fainthearted
August has ended, and for true horror lovers, the most wonderful time of the year has already begun. The weather is starting to cool down, and it’s the perfect season to binge horror films, listen to spooky podcasts and embrace the increasingly long evenings we’re starting to have.
And if you’re a horror enthusiast yourself, you’re in for a treat, pandas. Because we’ve taken a trip to The Devils Playground on Facebook to find some of the most relatable sick and twisted memes. From dark jokes about the joys of horror to memes that will make all introverts and antisocial individuals feel seen, we hope you enjoy scrolling through this spooky list. Keep reading to find a conversation with Kendra of Black Girl Horror, and remember to upvote all of the pics that tickle your inner Wednesday Addams!
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Or make a movie adaptation out of something that hasn't had the chance yet but would make a great movie.
"Contagious" by Scott Siegler would make a great movie if somebody ever would have the guts to pick it up
Load More Replies...Ive always wanted someone like steven speilberg to remake Day of the Triffids.
They're currently doing a TV series, that's coming out December 20th this year!
Load More Replies...There is a great book called The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom. (don't worry it's not overly religious stuff). Loved this book, found a film version with Jon Voight and Jeff Daniels, so disappointing.
Too bad the author, Mitch Albom is so insufferable.
Load More Replies...As does Wonko the Sane, who built his house inside out, the have a getaway from the asylum (HHGTTG)
I thought about this response but you beat me to it. In any case, Australia turned out cool so maybe there's hope for us yet 😁
Load More Replies...Funny how most of the ones they leave, choose politics as a career too
My son's (10) theory on aliens and Earth; Aliens came here a long time ago and put us here to see how we would do. And the reason they have not come back for us is that we have failed.
The Devils Playground Facebook page describes itself simply, as “a horror community for everyone who shares a love of all things horror.” They also inform visitors that the account is “not for the easily offended,” but despite their warnings, the page has become incredibly popular. Amassing over 319k followers over the past decade, this account is a favorite of Facebook users from all over the globe. Through sharing relatable memes and jokes about what it’s like to be an antisocial lover of spooky season, The Devils Playground has become a place for those who wish it was Halloween all year long to gather and bond.
To learn more about why so many people love spooky pages like this, we reached out to horror enthusiast and the woman behind Black Girl Horror, Kendra. She shared that she first got into horror at a young age, by watching films like People Under the Stairs, Tales from the Hood, and Child’s Play. “Horror comforts me,” Kendra says. “I love plot twists and jump scares. I get so lost in the world of horror!”
Engineers of BP, could I hook those up to one or several generators and enjoy 100% green, zombie-powered electricity?
Sounds like a solid plan. I will also be doing this.
Load More Replies...You're just going to be surrounded by ripped zombies that can outrun you
Nah, their legs will fall off after a few miles :)
Load More Replies...They keep knocking their heads on the column. It’s good
Load More Replies...The book series "The Forest of Hands and Teeth" has at least one locale that used zombie powered treadmills for work.
SPOILERS FOR THE BOOK: I read the book, and while it had an interesting premise, the first 200 pages were all "this car has terrible vibes but it's not evil or anything" and then she kills about half a dozen people and still nothing happens for another 200ish pages, and finally there's a car fight that ends, and the book ends with Christine maybe coming back.
It's called suspense, and it's not for everyone.
Load More Replies...There's a scene in the book where Christine kills someone by smashing through their house and pursuing them up the stairs. It's not in the movie. I NEED A REMAKE WITH THIS SCENE.
Normally that shirt costs an arm and a leg, but today it's half-off.
Kendra also shared that anyone can be a fan of spooky and scary things. “I think our love of horror brings us together, but there is no typical horror fan,” she noted.
We were also curious if there were any common misconceptions about horror enthusiasts she’d like to dispel. “I think a common misconception is you are a little weird if you like being scared. There is no one type of horror fan, so I think this is false!” Kendra added with a laugh.
A job that guarantees no live human interaction, and it only costs me $80/hr?! Yes please.
Throw in some health insurance for us sad-state Americans and I'm there!
I really really want to be the graveyard person of undefined gender. Just there. Probably cleaning graves. Leaves the day to do other things
Most would prefer it if she doesn't get moisturized
Load More Replies...I liked the episode where Cassandra was arguing with Rose under a hospital, and she reveals that the last time her skin that got destroyed was from her front, and now she was using the skin from her back to which Rose replied "So, you're talking out of your ars..." before getting cut off
Theres face from morning nickelodeon!!!! Thats why they changed it too scary for the kids 🤣🤣
Nope, this is from Doctor Who. Her name is Lady Cassandra & she claimed to be the last human left alive. She had hundreds of cosmetic surgeries to get to that supreme state of flatness...& she has her next one booked for tomorrow. Her best known phrase is 'moisturise me!' which she would yell at her servants when stressed.
Load More Replies...Lol! I remember how freaked out celebrities got when wide-screen tvs and HD became more common. None of them wanted their wrinkles and pores displayed like that!
I'm between the second one and the last one (and the third one, but we aren't gonna talk about that) on most days.
We also asked Kendra for her recommendations of some of the best horror content to start checking out as spooky season approaches. “My favorite horror movies are Get Out, Insidious, and The Conjuring universe,” she told Bored Panda. “My favorite horror podcast is Urban Legends with the Ghost Brothers. My favorite horror book is Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson.”
And of course, if you’re interested in hearing more recommendations, be sure to visit Kendra’s blog Black Girl Horror!
Have you seen her lately?, 😱 She has had record-breakingly bad plastic surgery. She looks exactly like Jabba the Hut in a different color. I am not kidding, unfortunately. 😰 There oughtta be laws preventing people from doing that kinda thing. 😞
Load More Replies...I never thought there could be another Morticia as good as Carolyn Jones. I was wrong.
That moment when you finally find the perfect position and then you have to pee
Looks like me when I try to stretch my legs and not disturb the cat
Load More Replies...Me because my tiny cat takes up the entire bottom half of my bed and yells at me if I try and stretch out.
And you know how you find the perfect position? So cozy. So comfortable. So utterly perfect. Until about 30 seconds later, when you realize that there’s something wrong with it. Something that simply cannot be ignored.
My life since shoulder surgery 3 months ago.
Load More Replies...For a previous Bored Panda article featuring photos from the Terrifying as [Heck] subreddit, we reached out to horror enthusiast and photographer Rick Jones to hear how he got into shooting frightening photos. “I've loved horror since I was very young (some might say too young),” he shared. “I recall being about 5 or 6 years old drawing monsters with blood-drenched fangs and chopped limbs, and I always watched any monster movie on TV that I could.”
“The horror photography grew from my lifelong passion for horror and my fine art background,” Rick explained. “It was a way to bring the two things together. I do most of my own makeup and sculpting, painting, and staging as well as lighting and photography so it's great that I get to smash all those practical skills into my genre passion!”
Training and learning skills to build skyscrapers without safety harnesses and hard hats. Having lunch while sitting on beams hundreds of feet in the air.
They used to allow for 1 death for every million spent on a building project - and everyone was fine with that.
Load More Replies...They're swinging. If you look at the beam above them there are two attachments for ropes.
Load More Replies...Swings are no safer. In first grade three kids - within days of each other - fell out of their swing and hit their heads on the pavement and had to get stitches.
are we not gonna talk about the kid whos falling off the f*****g thing in the back
Oh my, I'm going to try this with my grandma for when she decides to speak 45min about the cousin of the neigbor who lived down the street when my mother was 2yo....
Thankfully his fall from Grace landed him near a coffee shop
Load More Replies...Ever seen a single business that can operate without caffeine? Yeah, thought so
Two rules for Comicon; Don't carry anything, and make it easy for yourself to go for a wee. Trust me on this.
Me every Monday...and Tuesday, and Wen..oh, you get the idea! Except Sat and Sun! My evilness needs to recharge batteries
When it comes to what he decides to shoot, Rick says he’ll take pictures of anything he finds cool. “Sometimes that's a popular character such as Freddy Krueger or Valak the nun, and sometimes it's something original that came from my own head,” he explained. “My favorite themes are my own unique twist on a popular theme - for example, I once shot an art nude model as the Bride of Pinhead, and she was fully covered in pins all over her body. It was a wild idea, but fans loved it.”
Ha ha that was my first thought too. And doesn't she just cut his feet off in the book?
Load More Replies...The most frightening movie I've ever watched! She's just brilliant in it.
This role was played so brilliantly by Kathy Bates. I wonder if she got an Oscar for it? Or at least a nomination?
Yes, she got the "best actress" academy award for "Misery" in 1990.
Load More Replies...Especially love the pic of Bates holding a urinal. Now that says, "Date me, dammit!"
Hey, I'm the woman here and I'd be much more focused on the Jeepers Creepers logistics, too... and what mechanic did he go to gain those "extra ponies," put in that heart-rattling horn and refresh the ol' gal after his 27 years of hibernation, I ask you?!
Well he's a crafter, he probably had other skills as well, but the car tags and plates, hmm, maybe he he took the plates off of one of his victim's car then peels off new tags from New victims' or random cars when he wakes. He did get the guy's dirty laundry out of the car when it was parked
Load More Replies...The truck was made from parts of other trucks that Jeepers collected from wrecks he caused. The personalized number plate is what he put together and is not registered. Any police officer that tries to pull him over becomes a victim. Jeepers is ancient and has collected a lot of knowledge, probably from absorbing the minds of his victims when he eats. This will allow him to learn how to make suped up engines as a good number of victims probably drove custom cars they rigged themselves and will also explain the horn being mostly cobbled together from random parts. The weapons built into the truck are definitely not standard or 'off the shelf'
Her: I bet he's thinking about other women. Him: If you clean a vacuum cleaner, doesn't that just make YOU the vacuum cleaner??
My theory: He has a team of human familiars who take care of things like this in exchange for not being chewed.
Rick also previously shared that he finds real life things to be even scarier than fantasy horror. “Vampires, zombies, demons, etc. - I am utterly fearless. I don't actually believe in anything supernatural anyway,” the photographer admitted. “But real life crime, serial killers and that type of thing, is pretty scary because despite my passion for gory horror flicks, I don't actually like ‘real’ horror.”
“I have created a few shoots which depict murder victims and realistic gore, but when you are creating these images, you are so engaged in the art form, and detached from the reality that it doesn't feel disturbing,” Rick continued.
And sometimes they're just birthed by your parents. You and your sibling with a telapathic link
Call her "feisty" and watch her chase your SUV through an amusement park.
the small ones can be dangerours too. my cat is in here, and her size makes her cute, while she is killing mice and my hands.
or hire paid actors that say 'we'll miss you boss' in an exaggerated mafia boss-esque voice
At my funeral, I want someone to open the lid and either pull out a gun and fire a couple round into me (real or blanks, won't really matter to me at that point) or drop a grenade inside (flashbang) then leave, muttering something about "having to make sure."
Load More Replies...Then speak into an earpiece and say something like "Yes, can confirm he's definitely dead this time, sir."
At the end of the funeral, put a mobile phone to their ear and say "It's done" and then walk away
my plan is for them to stick both my middle fingers up so anyone who looks in the casket gets flipped off
I want my friend to play another one bites the dust at my funeral. XD
As far as why the rest of us are drawn towards horror, Rick says it comes down to morbid curiosity and fascination. “At least that's what draws me to it, so I can only assume it works for other people too,” he shared. “Photos are different to film because you are forced to study one static moment forever, so disturbing images can be far more confronting in still photos than in film.”
Did he ever come back? Like I thought he just walked off one day.
Load More Replies...Stop speaking...back away quickly...return, maybe, once I have had my second cup.
Or the color corrected footage obviously shot during the day. The film Nope showed how this can be done well, though.
Load More Replies...Pft, Session 9 did night very well thank you, 70's & 80's schlock horror. In fairness it was still better than most current dirge.
Cinema from silent to 1975: Night = daytime with a neutral-density filter, complete with shadows. Cinema 1975 to 2000: Night = deep blues. Usually wet. Cinema 2000 to present: Night = blackout with glimpses of movement and indistinct dialogue.
There was a point in my maturity where I realised night time didn't look like this and it honestly hasn't completely registered that I was scammed my entire childhood
“I grew up during the 1980s in the UK during the ‘video nasty’ era, when horror films on home video were relentlessly censored and banned,” Rick added. “Now, as a horror artist myself, I experience this censorship often. Trying to showcase dark works of art on social media can be a thankless and frustrating task, at the best of times. For those of us who love this stuff - and there are a LOT of us - we absolutely relish it! We don't want to force it on people who hate it so there's endless calls for artists to be given better tools to be allowed to show their work rather than just face flat-out bans all the time. The horror genre is populated by some of the nicest people in the world, and it is a vibrant, friendly community. I kinda hope that the tech platforms figure this out one day and give us a break.”
hey annabeth! How's Chiron? Tell the wine dude I said hi.
Load More Replies...I'm a person that has really dark humour. I'm so bullied for it it is insane.
That explains SO much. Seriously though, thanks! I didn't know that, and it really does make sense.
Load More Replies...The fine system in Switzerland is based off of income, so the fine for rich people isn't pocket change. One guy got a 1 million dollar speeding ticket
I remember going to the cinema with friend and parents for her 10th birthday (back in the 60's). For a 'treat' she was allowed to pull the emergency alarm on the tube....fine £10, parents paid, and I was weirded out.
We hope all of you horror enthusiasts and antisocial pandas are enjoying these memes! Whether you celebrate spooky season year round or you’re just beginning to dip your toe into the world of ghosts and ghouls, keep upvoting all of the pics on this list that speak to you and enjoy scrolling through. Then, if you’re interested in checking out another bizarre and creepy article from Bored Panda, feel free to visit this one featuring the Cult of Weird!
I can't hear news anyone having a baby without that going through my head! Lol
Load More Replies...ALL babies look like a potato. No, ma'am, yours is not the exception.
Yeah. Instinctively. He didn't just rob an ATM with his best friend who that cop was asking for. It was completely coincidence that he lied about his friends whereabouts
Yes - it was his criminal instincts and instinct to protect his friend that set in motion our survival of Skynet. Mullet kid never gets the credit he deserves!
Load More Replies...Lying to the police is NOT acceptable at Salute Your Shorts place (can't remember where exactly...)
And Leela. And Pat in Smart House. She gets pretty consistent work.
She is one hell of a strong woman. I got a lot of respect for her during Married with Children tragedy. I don't think I could have continued
Nah, yer real father wasna a Geordie fae Byker Grove man!
I’m Christian, my father was the pastor of my church, and I grew up going to a lot of funerals. This is hilarious.
You're right. There is a special place in hell reserved for me. It is called the throne.
In Hell, you get a stoppage after two rounds , then look embarrassed - till they eat you
Best movie pick up line goes to the movie Up, for "I was hiding under your porch because I LOVE YOU"
That's usually how it goes. Everyone is complicated once you get to know them.
I'm too old for that. You can decide right away if you can deal with me.
ALL houses in England are haunted! LOL! Some spirits are just more polite, as the British are wont to be... some have major senses of humor as ALL Brits are wont to have!
Load More Replies...but also remember those devils might not see merely Christian items as a threat
Load More Replies...When they say "based on a true story" what they REALLY mean is "this fictionalized account is absolutely nothing like the true story it is supposedly based on."
Or it says that before the movie starts. So you know you have to stop it: it won't be good!
I see your comment and raise you "The Exorcism of Emily Rose".
Load More Replies...Exorcizamus te, omnis immundus spiritus, omnis satanica potestas, omnis incursio infernalis adversarii, omnis legio, omnis congregatio et secta diabolica. Ergo, omnis legio diabolica, adiuramus te... cessa decipere humanas creaturas, eisque æternæ perditionìs venenum propinare... Vade, satana, inventor et magister omnis fallaciæ, hostis humanæ salutis... Humiliare sub potenti manu Dei; contremisce et effuge, invocato a nobis sancto et terribili nomine... quem inferi tremunt... Ab insidiis diaboli, libera nos, Domine. Ut Ecclesiam tuam secura tibi facias libertate servire, te rogamus, audi nos. The Winchesters say you're welcome.
I PREFER horror that is entirely fiction. I can't with based on true stories.
Unfortunately, *based on a true story* doesn't really mean anything. So many that say that are almost complete fiction.
"My demons and I do not care what you think about our mental illness."
Frank was a bigger bad guy the Cenobites. He was just a jerk all the way around,
Load More Replies...Someone needs to properly adapt the Books of Blood. And Barker needs to finish the Art.
Last time I did this at the supermarket I came across another woman who was also singing along. Squeals of delight ensued and we ended up doing a song and dance routine through the bread isle while her boyfriend watched in bemusement. 10/10 would do that again.
I wish I could like this comment more than once 😄
Load More Replies...I've noticed many memes on this topic but I just can't relate. Almost 42, still wouldn't go to bed before midnight if my life depended on it🦇🦇🦇
49 and same happens here. Between larks and owls I've been a bat all my life. The huge difference lays in the mornings. I swear the 7 am gravity trippled over the past few decades.
Load More Replies...I love relaxing in the peace that is the wee small hours, when no one is about and the phone never rings. I go to bed very early so I can get up early enough to enjoy it.
Truth. Last night Friday night after a long week at work I went to bed at 6:30 pm.
My mother is 83. Most nights she'll say "guess I'll wrap it up" around 3 am
Oh yes, this is amazing because it's totally me now. There's nothing good for me after 9 except my wonderful sleep
I enjoy reading in bed at night so I try to have early nights. I am 49.
The hotel we stayed at while attending my aunt’s funeral was having a clown convention, for real. It was a strange stay
Thank goodness they are not reading books to children - someone would think they are grooming.
The Lutzes made up everything that happened in Amityville Horror. I was scared when I was 12 and read the book in 1992, but come on. (And yes, I know it’s not specifically about that story.)
So in a way, they were the original Blair Witch Trial
Load More Replies...Me and my BFF went to see the original The Exorcist. When it came out. We went to Catholic school and didn’t realize we went to see it on Good Friday. We were on Easter break. Why we weren’t struck by lightening, I don’t know. It was THE terror movie back then. We sat through the entire thing having to suppress laughter, we thought the special effects were so bad. My parents were away on a golf holiday, so she was staying at my house. That night I waited until it was quiet and she is probably just about asleep. I started making “Reagan possessed” sounds. Scared the living daylights out of her. She passed has away and her husband is giving me her ashes as I have a plan. In the meantime, I know, some night, when I least expect it….. she’ll have her revenge🤣
I watch real murder shows and then start hearing weird noises outside my window.
Real or stuff that could happen doesn't bother me but watch paranormal and I'm not sleeping...
Load More Replies...Go watch the movie and then you'll get the reference. It's called "Them".
Load More Replies...She's not gonna fake it! She's not gonna fake it any more!
In the movie They Live, putting the glasses on reveals the real world of aliens and propaganda
Load More Replies...I think the bottom picture is the lead singer from twisted sister
Load More Replies...The only movie that was ruined by the presence of Keanu. He just wasn't right for the role. (Movie is Dracula with Gary Oldman and Winona Ryder).
I only ever get comments on my kids being cute. A quick exchange then on our way. Except once a lady asked me, after saying my kids were cute, if I knew of any kids she could adopt. She then went into this long story of how she gave hers up and regrets it. Uh no lady, I don't know of any kids you can have. Please get the hell away from us.
Apparently I have a really good resting b***h face. This is not a bad thing
Why’d this get downvoted? What, did someone not like that episode?
Load More Replies...Not seen this Chucky movie, but I'm gonna watch it just for this scene !
can someone fill me in? i dont know what those are
Load More Replies...Damn I thought this was just a silly play on mushrooms/"magic" mushrooms and so everyone tripping NOT unalive not something YOU "should do" or "wouldn't this make a funny prank" but more like all jokes in this vein, it's funny bc there's an unthought of twist the ppl didn't think could happen with lazy speech. I did not know about the Leongatha poisoning. That sucks, but I'm pretty sure this joke wasn't about any real situation, just a "suppose if this were to happen" and it's funny. It's like fairy tales, making you think twice about your environment. Don't bash the joke, bash the idiots who committed the crime. Besides, isn't this thread about dark humor anyway?
After reading up on it, it may not have been intentional anyway. Ppl in the states forage mushrooms a lot for personal consumption. Sometimes they get it wrong. It seems the woman panicked and may have thrown away possible evidence, but a good look, but not necessarily intentionally evil
Load More Replies...Giving other people drugs without their express permission is never, ever funny. They might have chronic medical conditions, allergies, or contraindications because they're taking other medications.
That's why it's a joke and not a self help guide. Dark jokes are like fairy tales or fables, the message is be aware of your surroundings and speak clearly and specifically so these things don't happen. You can't help what others may do but you can be aware of the dangers of life
Load More Replies...Let us keep an innocent happy vibe? He looks "wasted" to me so I am going to say those were magic mushrooms, and keep my mind happy.
So I scrolled through the source page, going all the way back to March. They post multiple times per day (March 13 had SEVENTEEN posts), and yet I didn't see this one. Which means BP had to really search to find it, which makes including it at this particular point in time even more tactless/tasteless.
In fairness, it could be a coincidence. I would imagine most of the people who produce lists like this have folders filled with saved images/links/posts. Personally, I had completely forgotten about the Leongatha story until I saw the top comment
Load More Replies...Worst movie ever. I hate that I wasted an hour and a half of my life on that dreck. Only watched it 'til the end because I promised my niece I would. Awful. Cannot recommend. Unless it is a choice between this and dysentery and even then I'd have to think about it.
Load More Replies...They're not sitting in judgment; they're waiting their turn at the giant water slide.
No one is really afraid that they're alone in the dark. What we're all afraid of is that we're NOT alone in the dark.
I watch horror movies all year round and sometimes on my days off i will watch a nice early 9am horror movie while eating my breakie, im not weird you're weird 👹
Playing devil's advocate: I think the Buffy books based on the TV show are better than the TV show.
"Killer Klowns From Outer Space" - A cheesy movie that punched *waaaay* above it's weight when it came to how much fun it was to watch!
When life closes a door it's sometimes better to get out some boards and nails to make sure that damn thing won't open again
Put down the mines and sentry gun for good measure
Load More Replies...limousine riding, jet flying, kiss stealing, wheelin' and dealin' son of a gun!
Load More Replies...You just have to have the patience of a chair - they have to deal with a lot of asses, too
Strangest pick up line for a threesome ever! (Foursome, if you count the demon.) 😜
seriously. loved em as a kid - from the same area, went to their museum, named my raggedy ann doll annabelle lol... then more and more stuff started coming out about them - including ed being a total creep! i dig the conjuring movies but yeah they are puuuuure fiction!
Load More Replies...This old fart at Tampa airport was staring at me while we were waiting at baggage claim the other day and when I stared back he started walking closer but the bags started coming and he deviated. Wonder what was about to go down…
The worst thing is that horror movies often depict healthier Lovestories than actual romantic movies.
Pfft. Where are Gomez and Morticia (from the proper, not Wednesday, ick)
Why in candy pink romance movies do couples kiss in the rain all the time? They don't catch the flu afterwards?
Is there a difference? Unless you’re talking about the characters, because I don’t know what characters these are
I think the top one is the Notebook? Not sure tbh. The lower picture is Bram Stokers Dracula.
Load More Replies...younger (10 yo) me loved this movie. i am now a fully fledged horror movie lover.
Actually, the UK is 4th on the list of best dental care worldwide, with America at 9th. Denmark is 1st followed by Germany in 2nd and Finland in 3rd
Load More Replies...Well this brought back unwelcome memories. I'm still pretty sure I have multiple strains of herpes now. I certainly have emotional scars. *shudder*
Wall-mounted toilets are about as rational as ceiling-mounted refrigerators.
When you're going home at 3am in a taxi and you hit every single red light and tha metre keeps changing from 10 to 15 to 20 and you just pray you have enough money to get you home or near home
Don't use it! He is pierced and you are going to have a child! That's the curse!
Don't forget to say the three magical words before putting it on, otherwise it may not work
A lot of these weren't even horror memes, or about life with a picture from Halloween or something. It was a bit disappointing
You wasted how ever long reading this article?
Load More Replies...A lot of these weren't even horror memes, or about life with a picture from Halloween or something. It was a bit disappointing
You wasted how ever long reading this article?
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