Oh the HORROR!!!
I have had my fill today of total shit storms brought on by narrow minded bigots (the ones that make horror a reality).
SO I decided to write something fun.
Most people that know me here know that I love the paranormal, cryptids and generally anything scary. I love horror films (not gory, but scary ones), love ghost stories, love creature features. I love jump scares....
Throughout the year I have certain times that I watch or certain movies & read certain books. I am only going to mention the horror side of it in this article (I do a Mother's Day movie marathon, but they are not horror movies - well, my husband says they are).
In April I watch movies with Tim Curry (his birth month). Movies like the mini series IT, Legend, Congo. I also watch Clue (not a horror film, but HILARIOUS).
On July 4th - it is Jaws because as the mayor says "Tomorrow is the 4th of July and those beaches will be open".
Every September (a few months away) I only read books (or short stories, serials) written by Stephen King (his bday is 9/21). I also watch movies adapted from his writings.
AND of course Halloween on Samhain. The original one, not the sequels, not the remakes - the 1978 version. Which has no blood in it, but is spooky as hell. For the rest of October I watch a lot of the Hammer films on TCM.
In December I read A Christmas Carol and watch as many versions on film as I can. My son buys me at least one new one every year - I have an awesome collection.
Twice a year my sister and I have a horror movie weekend where we seclude ourselves with a whole bunch of horror films. We sometimes go with series, such as one weekend it might be Conjuring connected movies ( The Conjuring series, The Nun , the Anabelle series) or it might be The Predator series. We have done Dracula weekends (so many of those out there). We have done Wolf-Man weekends. We have also have had weekends with just a hodgepodge of horror films (no theme). This past April our weekend included The Shining and then Doctor Sleep. We do a lot of drinking and snacking on these weekends.
So lets here if for some horror. What is your favorite horror movie? What is your favorite horror book?
My favs:
Movie - the original Halloween - reason: it scared the crap out of me with little to no blood
Novel - Ghost Story by Peter Straub - reason: The hair still raises on my neck when I hear the description of the nightmare they all have.
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Something fun.
If you're looking for fun horror this one tickled the funny bone...
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil - Official Trailer (2010) - YouTube
Thanks. I will check it out.
Great movie!
OMG I love that movie!
I will have to look that up. It looks funny.
It takes the classic teens/college students in the woods with supposedly psycho hillbillies horror and turns it on its head. It also has Alan Tudyk who is one of my favorite actors since watching him on the old sci-fi show 'Firefly'. Also Tyler Labine is hilarious and if you've never watched the old show "Reaper" that's another one to check out.
If you like Tudyk check out Resident Alien. It's a pretty good show.
I saw the first season of that. Didn't see the second.
I don't think the second season has premiered yet. I can't wait for it
I watched every episode of the first season up until the last episode. The second season comes up soon.
For some reason I was thinking it already aired. I thought I remembered they took a break for a little while then came back.
Memory fading....
I think I did miss the last couple of episodes then.
What a trailer. It's an anti-thesis to the hillbillies sociopath? I missed that one.
I watched it las night. It was amusing. Loved the chainsaw fighting off the wasp scene...I laughed so hard.
Mrs. Gee found the old soap opera Dark Shadows recently from the late 60s and early 70s and watched every episode. It took her about 6 months. There's over 1200 episodes. They're pretty good but I only watched about 100 of them with her. They have vampires, ghosts, ghouls, frankenstein type monsters, haunted houses, zombies, time travel - parallel dimentions, witches, and pretty much every other type of monsters. When she was done she asked me, "What am I going to do now?" LOL.
Oh my goodness. I loved me some Barnabas Collins and Angelique. Who could laugh like that?! I have not heard the original soundtrack from Dark Shadows or Angelique's laughter since that era of television—I can still hum the tune and hear the laughter.
(Now that I think about it the late great Lawrence Olivier must have been channeling Angelique when he laughed at the end of his monologue for Thriller.)
Wrong actor , that was Vincent Price , Not L.O.
The one that I always got wrong was the voice at the beginning of the Iron Maiden song. I always thought that was Price and several people pointed me in the right direction.
Thank you! You are correct. I got my great actors mixed up! The great Vincent Price in this case.
(Ain't aging grand. We have seen a great many (good) people pass through this 'lot' we exist in.)
Yep, used to watch that.
Fav movie - The Sixth Sense...that movie had me jumping, then the ending....WOW!
Fav book - The Stand by Stephen King. He shares a birthday with my boy.
I've always enjoyed "Charmed". I know you didn't ask for fav TV shows based the genre, but that was a really good series
I read The Stand every other September - the even years. SO I will be consuming it again this year.
I didn't think about TV shows. Hmmmm. I like Charmed, but I think my fav would have to be the X-Files.
I believe!
So do I.....
The Stand is one of my favorites by King.
There is another author that I really like, Robert R. McCammon who has a book called Swan Song. Its about the survivors of a nuclear holocaust. It's excellent.
That's sounds right up my alley
I have read a few of his books. I cannot recall if Swan Song was one of them.
There's a total synopsis there. Really good book.
It's also a good against evil type of book. Good wins in the end.
The Exorcist
book and movie.
Both are on my list of reads & watches. I usually watch & read every couple of years or so. I think I am due.
My favorite King book was, ''Cujo''.
The movie would be ''The Shining''.
That one really bothered me. I felt so bad for the dog.
In which one did the little boy die? The book or the movie? I hated that
Not sure about the movie (couldn't bring myself to watch it). He dies in the book.
Then he didn't die in the movie. There's usually a twist in one or the other.
Like in the Mist by Stephen King - in the book - or short story - they live in the end - in the movie version - the main character kills everyone but himself
Another one I really did not like. I don't know what it was about that one, but it bothered me deeply.
Me too. If he had waited less than 5 minutes - the National Guard or something like that - came along.
That was just weird to me. They made it that far just to give up...
He should have shot himself first...Maybe they would still be alive. Haha
Yea, one of the few King movies & stories I have watched & read only once.
When Jack Nicholson stuck his head into the hole he smashed in the door and shouted "Here's Johnny!!!" I laughed so hard I couldn't focus on the rest of the movie.
At the beginning movie as we sat in the theater i turned to my brother, Paul and said "He looks just like Uncle David". AND he did. Exactly.
Movie = Dark City. An out of the ordinary sci-fi horror. Well worth the watch. (and it has Riff Raff from Rocky Horror in it)
I hate rereading books, but will generally check out one of the King family books.
I will definitely give the movie a look.
I reread a lot of books (my softcovers are so worn).
That looks really interesting. I'll have to look for that one
I found Anne Rice's The Witching Hour horrifying...
I have never read that. Think I will have to check it out.
Makes my arm hairs stand up remembering it!
Now I am very intrigued.
That is my ALL TIME FAVORITE ANNE RICE BOOK
Surprised, I thought it would be Exit to Eden or one of the Sleeping Beauty books.
I'm not interested in soft porn or any other kind
Speaking about Sleeping Beauties, it's practically my bed time. I get up at 4:30
You're always surprising me, girl.
Exactly, the better to come on strong in the early AM.
NT is not my life. Maybe yours . . . it's just a distraction to me - an amusement.
That's what I live for
Same here.
It surprises me when people expect you to be waiting here on this site for whatever they type. Or they expect the mods to be here 24/7/365. As if they don't have lives.
Another top tier horror genre read that I would highly recommend is the Passage Trilogy by Justin Cronin.
Will check into those as well.
Thanks for the recommendations.
Also check out Dan Simmons, Children of the Night.
It's A really different and interesting vampire horror novel.
Excellent
Dan Simmons - sounds familiar - gonna have to look him up.
Oh Yeah!!!! I have not read Children of the Night, but i have read The Terror.
A lot of his other books are not even in the horror range - but that one was excellent - Children of the Night. I never read the Terror.
I think I have read many of his books, not realizing who the author was. Gonna have to go through the list again.
The Passage Trilogy isn't just horror. It's literature.
Gonna have to hit the library to check all the suggestions I have gotten out.
I can't think of a horror book that I've read, but there have been a lot of effective scary movies because I tend to imagine myself as being the protagonist in movies, and I think of Play Misty for Me and Duel in that regard. However, the horror movies that have had lasting effects on me were Jaws and The Birds.
Seen all of them. Enjoyed them all as well.
I grew up reading mystery & gothic novels - Phyllis Whitney, Barabar Michaels - I was reading adult books when I was 8. I moved to Stephen King when I was 12. Devoured horror since Carrie. I still read mysteries (JD Robb, Lillian Braun (may she rest in peace), Patterson). I also love Preston & Childs duo. Not to mention the non-horror Stephen King novels. I love to read.
I don't think I've read anything by Stephen King that I haven't liked, even his stuff that's not strictly horror, like Stand By Me. But I think my favorite is either The Stand or Bag of Bones.
I did not enjoy Cujo or Pet Semetary. I also was not a fan of the Tower series, but enjoyed them more since they have been tied into most of his other books.
Have you read From a Buick 8? It became a favorite of mine right away - same with Duma Key.
I've read From a Buick 8, but not Duma Key.
I liked Pet Semetary and Cujo, but the endings bothered me.
I liked Pet Sematary a lot. Duma Key was pretty good. But IT was it for me.
Salem's Lot was good too.
I thought it was very good.
The book, Sleeping Beauties, he wrote with his son Owen was a tad disturbing.
It is very difficult for me to pick a favorite King book. I like so many.
IT was very good. I have people complain about the length, but he needed it.
Have you read The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon? Good book, shorter than some but damn powerful.
My second King book read. Loved it.
Sounds familiar. Like you I've read almost all of them, but not the Tower series.
My parents had a copy of The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. I started reading it while I was visiting, and it was gone the next time I was in, so I never finished it. I need to get a copy, or the e-book.
Same here - in both movies - the little kids died - I HATE THAT
I LOVED the Dark Tower series. The movie was pure garbage. There was so much left out of it that it really was unwatchable if you're familiar with the books.
I really enjoyed. My daughter did as well, even though she doesn't like "horror". Funny how you mention Stephen King and people go "Oh no - he's too scary & gross", not realizing he wrote non-horror stories that became major movies - Shawshank, Green Mile, Stand By Me.
Misery and Dolores Claiborne were both excellent books tho not horror. The movies were pretty good, too
Yes they were. I read & watch at least once a year.
Needful Things was pretty good but the ending was kind of bogus.
Yea, the ending was a bit of let down....the book described the guy getting away better than the movie showed.
Same with The Green Mile.
Same. I feel like kids should be off-limits. I know that's my problem, and not the author's, but still.
I hate how Gage like dies - twice
A new six-part series just started on AMC, Dark Winds on a book by Tony Hillerman an excellent mystery writer (numerous awards) and he mixes it with the spiritual world of the Navajo. Rober Redford is the Ex producer.
Joe Leaphorn, Jim Chee, and Bernadette Manuelito are back as the Navajo tribal cops.
Who knows perhaps the skin walkers will be in this one.
Back in the day my dad and I read a number of the Hillerman books. We'd pass them back and forth. The Blessing Way was one of our first.
Tony passed away a few year ago and his daughter, Ann started writing and I read her first two books and she kept all of Tony's characters and she is as good a writer as Tony was.
My favorite is ''Skin Walkers''.
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For books, H.P. Lovecraft is one of my go to authors.
Classic! Can't remember which, but when I was 12 - 13 years old, one of Lovecraft's books gave me nightmares for 2 days. Maybe "At the Mountains of Madness".
I think "At the Mountains of Madness" gets everybody. Regardless of age.
I believe they are finally trying to adapt it for the big screen. Won't do the book justice though.
I don't see them coming anywhere near the the book.
Ghost Story was awesome.
A local horror enthusiast's Facebook group I recently joined is putting on a double feature on Saturday - Sleepaway Camp & Piranha. I have my ticket though I may not stay for all of the second feature. I'm old and need to get my beauty sleep... LOL.
It has been years since I watched Sleepaway Camp, but my sister and I watched Piranha as part of our "Creature Feature" weekend back in December.
Maybe it is my age but most horror films are not scary to me.
I guess I have become jaded and cynical...
I can understand that. I have found as I have gotten OLDer that it takes more to scare me when it comes to movies - but I still like to read scary books & get that shiver or watch a movie where something jumps out to get that shiver. Takes my mind off the true horrors in my life and in the world.
I prefer the ones that are not gory because to me that isn't scary, but gross. I like jump scares....
Yeah, slasher flicks are not scary at all.
I actually like a good tingle or shiver. Haha It just seems to get rarer and rarer.
I would take a good psychological thriller over a slasher film.
I do enjoy the thrillers too.
I can't stand slasher films - they're all gore for the sake of gore.
And they really have no plot. Just run around being chased.
I will admit I was a fan of the original Halloween with Jamie Lee Curtis.
No blood in that movie at all - just creep city. That is my go to October 31st movie.
I always thought this was hilarious.
That's one of my favorites.
"Why don't we just get into the running car?"
"To the cemetery"
I love that. Right at the end. Hahaha
I love that commercial. Hide behind the chainsaws....and the look on the killer's face as he shakes his head & sighs. HILARIOUS!!!!
Out in theaters next week (June 24th) - based on the novella written by Joe Hill (Stephen King's son) - The Black Phone
That looks weird.
A boy is kidnapped and held in a basement where he communicates with the ghosts of the past victims through an old black phone that isn't hooked up. Yup weird shit ensues.
I was wondering about that movie when I saw the ad.
I loved his Heart-Shaped Box and Horns.
Heart-Shaped Box was the first Joe Hill book I read. I still can't figure out why it hasn't been made into a movie yet. I think it's been optioned and Hill said he wanted Russel Crow to star in it way back in 2014. I haven't read or saw horns yet.
My first too. Not sure why they didn't follow through.
All Jeepers Creepers 1, 2, 3. and more. . . .
I did get a kick out of Jeepers Creepers. He was sooooo freaky. His truck was spooky.
I didn't really care for the third one.
It was ok. I waited so long the third - I had hoped they were going to move on to his next waking.
I loved them all. Want more.
Stephen King's Storm of the Century
Stephen King's «STORM OF THE CENTURY» // Full Movie // Thriller, Mystery, Horror, Drama
Always wanted to see a sequel to this movie! Did not happen as far as I know.
The Crazies wasn't too bad.
Haven't seen that one.
The Town That Dreaded Sundown? - Again - the original not the remake.
I think I saw the crazies, but looking at a trailer, I barely recognize the plot. I will have to check it out!
I own that - Book & mini series. I would love to see a sequel.
Did you watch Rose Red? Loved that one too....A prequel was written by Ridley Pearson
I will have to put in on my list and look for it. I am in the market for a good 'fright.'
When I was young I remember going to the theatre to see Friday The Thirteenth part 3 in 3D.
What I remember was he squeezed someone's head and the eyeball popped out in 3D.
Was really weird.
I liked the original, but the sequels turned me cold - it was all like Jason walking through the woods slashing with a machete...
I remember when I saw the original, at the end when she went after the woman and chopped her head off the audience started cheering.
I was still stunned at who the killer was at the end. Even when I was done watching it I was like - HUH??? really - the mom????
Thirteen Ghosts (2001) - Official Trailer
Thirteen Ghosts (2001) - Official Trailer
13 Ghosts. To this day, I am 'disturbed' by this movie. Such that I want to watch it a second time, but am . . .'concerned' about what it will do to my psyche!
I liked the original.
The one I saw listed from the 1960's? I have not seen it. But wouldn't the effects been 'less'? BTW, I loved the concept of a glass house in this movie. The use of written runes on doors.
I prefer the originals of most movies since they had to rely more on acting, music, and true chill producers rather than special effects. Most remakes and new "horror" movies rely too much on special effects and gore for my taste. I do not like gore. I prefer true chills, not grossness.
BTW, I have "Rose Red" up for watching on Youtube.
I love that mini series.
Okay.
I just watched three hours of "Rose Red" on Youtube and then it seemed to end abruptly. I don't know what to make of the presentation. It probably could be better if I could find a better version or complete version. But, I am surprised the movie is so long?! Okay, now I see that was the series 'slammed' together on Youtube, but the 4 hours plus movie cut off when mommy (and the professor) show up on the property!
It was actually a mini series on TV. You got to find the ending.
I will look for it (more). Thank you!
Great, fun ghost movie.
Thanks - will check it out.