I LOVE a good psychological horror. One that curls your toes and has you peeking through your fingers because it's THAT scary. We all know that clowns and movie dolls terrifies me, but a main characters having multiple personalities? THAT IS FREAKING SCARY!! I mean, it could happen in real life! It looks like M. Night Shyamalan has done it again with SPLIT. The antagonist, Kevin, has 23 different personalities; with one still unrevealed. Abducting three teenage girls is just the beginning of this terrifying journey to discovering the beast waiting to come out.[...]
3 Are you a horror writer looking for the next big thing to thrill your readers? Sometimes all you have to do is look to the deep. I love vampires, ghosts and ghouls as much as the next gal, but I'm always trying to come up inventive ways to give my readers the creeps. When I read about the Cystisoma, a type of crustacean, I felt a tingling in the part of my brain that looks for oddities that could possibly terrify. Okay, so upon first glance, a sea creature that doesn't look much different when compared to a lobster or roach-type thing might not seem scary to[...]
Being possessed of a transient heart, I can whittle my bucket list into something that generally revolves around travel and experience. This is only ironic inasmuch as I am fond of staying home on my couch, until I'm not: until I've crammed a week's worth of clothes into a backpack and hopped on a plane to go adventuring -- to see what I ordinarily wouldn't see. I'm in the planning stage of another two trips -- three if you factor in DragonCon 2017. Two of those adventures are taking me back across the pond to Europe, venturing a little deeper into the land whe[...]
Dolls creep me out. Well, they did until a funny thing happened...I found a few photos online that got my attention. The first was a doll head that had been make into a pencil sharpener. I just HAD to have this, but after a little research I found that it was not to be. I set upon finding a doll head, so that I could make my own. What I found instead was a wonderful head to hold my pens. Yes. You heard that correctly and here's the photo to prove it! I used the rollers as pen holders in the dolls hair. I completely creeped my kids out, but I had a new collect[...]
I love David Lynch. He infuses everything he creates with a weirdness that is almost cosmic. There is a disturbing undertone to all of his works that is punctuated by moments of outright terror. Each of his films and shows are filled with moments that once you've seen them stay embedded in your mind forever. He has a way of placing the viewer inside of someone else's dream (or nightmare), and making us reflect on the darker parts of ourselves. I came to David Lynch by way of Eraserhead (1977), Blue Velvet (1986) and Wild at Heart (1990), the latter of which[...]
If you don't know about my love *cough*obsession*cough* of live-tweeting horror movies, well... WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? In my little real life world, I have no horror-loving friends, so I turn to my Twitter buddies to share in everything scary. Because watching movies with friends is better. Join me! We have ever so much fun! *hides the bloody knife* This month... A 2013 supernatural horror directed by James Wan and written by Chad Hayes and Carey Hayes. Meet the Perron family...Roger and Carolyn and their girls Andrea, Nancy, Christine, Cindy, and April. Th[...]
These Bat's the Spirit! balloons warm my cold heart. I love them. So cute. And they're 60% off right now. And, oh, what's that I hear? Look it... Look it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug1f0A30-F4 I can't stop myself. This kid is my mascot. Litographs has SO MUCH cool stuff. Frankenstein is one of my great loves, so I of course dig this tragic Frankenstein Temporary Tattoo. HAUNTED MANSION CIRCLE SKIRT. In purple. Unique Vintage has this in plus and, uh, minus? size. (Don't blame me, blame fashion for separating us.) I think you can expect top notch[...]
Another spirit has arrived in the graveyard after we played a little too hard with the Ouiji board that Faith brought to our last meeting. We regret that we killed Mary but only a little because she's a delightful spirit to add to our bunch. Mary actually already has a post live, because she's cool like that, but just in case you don't already know her, here's a little bit more about her. ***** Welcome Mary! Colonies of bats across Canada left their bell towers with a mournful flourish the day Mary Rajotte passed from this earth. Her Cancerian nature lent h[...]