The title is based on the 1950s EC Comics series of the same name and most of the content originated in that comic or the other EC Comics of the time (The Haunt of Fear, The Vault of Horror, Crime SuspenStories, Shock SuspenStories, and Two-Fisted Tales).
Judulnya berdasarkan pada serial EC Comics 1950an bernama sama dan sebagian besar kontennya berasal dari komik tersebut atau karya EC Comics lainnya pada masa itu (The Haunt of Fear, The Vault of Horror, Crime SuspenStories, Shock SuspenStories, dan Two-Fisted Tales).