Happy October! The best month, for everyday revolves around horror, at least it does for me. October means a Midnight Society Movie Night special month of fun. Tis be called Midnightober Movies! Shudder TV has already been celebrating. They started the #61DaysofHalloween at the beginning of September. Every night at 9 pm EST people watch a movie on Shudder and a few of us live-tweet! https://twitter.com/Shudder/status/1311685977363144704 Shudder posts a schedule each week. I missed so many, but I'm ready to jump in now and take advantage of this party[...]
Yearly Archives
2020
0 September arrives and with it the announcement of this months live-tweet movie pick. Lyle. Watching movies, especially scary ones, is better with friends. Join me, by pushing play and adding your tweets to the mix. Welcome to... Written and directed by Stewart Thorndike, Lyle, a modern reimagining of 'Rosemary's Baby', premiered at the 2014 Outfest in Los Angeles and features award-winning actress Gaby Hoffmann as Leah. Movie poster for the 2014 film Lyle TW: Child death. Though, for me, the movie handled this well. We know what happens, and it is[...]
It's a special day today because it's Jenna Lehne's birthday! You know Jenna as an amazing middle grade author (Bone Tree will be out in April 2021), murderino, Pitch Wars mentor alum extraordinaire, and one of the amazing members of the Midnight Society. You can say hello to her on Twitter. Jenna, we're celebrating you today by throwing you a big, ghosty party in the greenhouse by the cemetery. Everyone will meet at the woods at midnight. Follow the candlelight, deep, deep, deeper into the forest until we reach it. You know it, the old greenhouse, nea[...]
The White Fox is almost here and it's full of lush secrets and surprises. I'm here today to share a sneak preview with you! “These woods can be treacherous. You never know which trees will curl their roots around your ankles, which foxes will prance right down a foxhole with you in tow.” After their world-famous actor mother disappeared under mysterious circumstances, Manon and Thaïs left their remote Mediterranean island home—sent away by their pharma-tech tycoon father. Opposites in every way, the sisters drifted apart in their grief. Yet[...]
Today is a special day, because we are celebrating our favorite undead enthusiast Amy Giuffrida's birthday! Amy loves vampires (seriously, just count the Buffy gifs on her Twitter), and so we're celebrating today with a vampire party! If you don't know Amy, start by getting to know her on her Twitter. She is an amazing writer, literary agent, and home renovation master! First, let's start out with a fancy drink, shall we? We'll kick this party off with a Vampire Bite cocktail we found at Champagne & Coconuts! Next, I'm going to put on a fancy[...]
Time to announce this month's live-tweet choice, so I'm heading back to Shudder and one of their newest releases La Llorona. (Do not confuse this with the 2019 movie The Curse of La Llorona, which I enjoyed, though not one of my favorites.) Get ready, it's almost time for... I'm excited! The poster for the 2019 film La Llorona Written and directed by Jayro Bustamante, the Spanish film La Llorona played at film festivals around the world. This award winning movie promises to delve deep into the emotional impact of choices and how they can affe[...]
Most of you know that I absolutely adore Gretchen McNeil, not only as a badass author but as a professional and creative that I admire immensely. One of my favorite novel series of hers is Get Even. Guess what? It came to Netflix! TODAY! Here's a little bit more about Get Even. The Breakfast Club meets Pretty Little Liars in Gretchen McNeil’s witty and suspenseful novel about four disparate girls who join forces to take revenge on high school bullies and create dangerous enemies for themselves in the process. Bree, Olivia, Kitty, and Margot have no[...]
I like slasher films, such as watching the good times unfold at Camp Crystal Lake. Did you hear about the new show Killer Camp? Thursday, July 16th, the new reality TV series Killer Camp premiered on the CW, and I'm watching right now. Let's see if this is any fun. Poster for new CW show Killer Camp It begins with... "11 real-life strangers applied to be on a show they thought was called 'Summer Camp'." Oh...a little bait and switch? I'm game. A yellow school bus travels down a tree-lined road, and the passengers, all types of people, different[...]
Today, we're lighting candles and chanting ancient songs to celebrate Mary's birthday. You know her as the queen of writing schedules, slinger of spooky words, and drinker of iced coffee out of skulls (literally). Today we celebrate Mary because we're so thankful she's alive and in our lives! Don't forget to stop by Mary's Twitter and wish her happy birthday! You can't kick off a party without some fun drinks, so today we made something special. It's called a Witch's Heart, and it's made with apply brandy, shimmery liquor, grenadine, and dry ice! You ca[...]
Today is a special day. Why? Because we're celebrating the birthday of our favorite podcaster, metalhead, and dog dad. Brian is the author of the Parted Veil series, co-founder of the Thrash It Out podcast, and a devoted lover of Mister Roger's Neighborhood. He's also an incredible, hilarious, brilliant human that makes this world a better place. To celebrate, we're throwing you a spooky metal party, headlined by none other than one of your favorites. It would make sense that our party in the graveyard would be led by Ghost! https://www.youtube.com/watc[...]