Hello, Kittens! I hope you're all well. October makes me one happy little creature, so I'm bloody fantastic. I have some exciting news to share, even though you probably know it already if you follow me on twitter. *Ahem - @raddestgirlever* I signed with a literary agent last week..ish! I'm now represented by Gina Panettieri, President of Talcott Notch! Gina is a total rocks star and I'm so excited to be working with her. I signed for my middle grade horror (obvs) and am excited for what comes next :) Anyhoo! Enough about me. As you may have realized, it[...]
0 Dolls and clowns. That's what I find VERY scary. There's a fascinating history about the hows and whys dolls scare people. Some believe that because they look so human, that we can't balance this with fact. The fact is that dolls are plastic toys, originally made for little girls to practice their social niceties on. Not to mention the fact that dolls do NOT age well. While humans get better with age, dolls tend to get creepier and creepier looking--hair breaks and falls out, skin loses color, eyes stop working, etc. I've posted many times about my third grade ex[...]
My parents let me watch way too many horror movies. I can remember watching Halloween when I was maybe, five years old. I watched the Exorcist when I was around seven. After, I remember sitting in my bunk bed, terrified to go to sleep. Because if I did, what would stop a demon from possessing me? I've always loved scary movies. But I've also been fascinated by the stories these scary demonic possession stories are based off of. Are they real? Or just real-ly fake? To this day, I find this topic so interesting, terrifying, and strange. To kick off Demon Week,[...]
It's October History Week at the Midnight Society, so of course I wanted my post to be related to horror movies in some way. So I decided to look back at the history of horror film releases in October, and what I found was kind of interesting. Over at www.the-numbers.com, you can check out movie releases by month and year. So, I started looking back at what horror films were released in October back in the day, and outside of a few milestone movies, October didn't really become a month known for horror flicks until the early 1980s. In fact, October didn't reall[...]
It's October! Time for #SocietyScreams, a month of spooky Halloween fun! So in honor of this fabulous time of scariness, I'm having extra movie live-tweeting creepiness! Next week is demon week, so I'm jumping on that train by live-tweeting all three Insidious movies. Monday, October 10th (YUP THAT'S THIS MONDAY, AHHHH!) at 9 EST, join me in watching... Movie cover for Insidious from google images A 2011 supernatural horror film was written by Leigh Whannell and directed by James Wan. The Lambert family Josh (Patrick Wilson), Renai (Rose Byrne), t[...]
While I'm still deciding on if I should write and publish under my married name or not, I had a chance to check in with my inner child, The Davis Girl. Coming all the way from 1987, here she is with what looks like a plate of cupcakes with the frosting licked off. Me: Hi, The Davis Girl, thanks for joining me today! The Davis Girl: Don't have much choice, do I? Me: Not at all. So, why do you write horror? The Davis Girl: Well, if I don't, how will they know what to do? Me: What? The Davis Girl: What. Me: Ok. When did you know you wanted to be a writer?[...]
Happy Birthday Anne Rice! Today is Anne Rice’s birthday, so what better way to celebrate our favorite month than to toast an amazing horror writer?! Absolutely. Nothing. Anne Rice (whose birth name is Howard) was born October 4, 1941, in New Orleans, Lousiana. Her first book, Interview with the Vampire was published in 1976. THIS put her on the map of horror! In 1996, Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise starred in the movie of the same name. I totally remember THIS movie having a fantastic impact on my love of all things vampire. So today, let's raise a glass an[...]
Nobody does Halloween like The Midnight Society. It's the most wonderful time of the year! Most of us, myself included, spend all year waiting for it to be October again. It's our time. If you've followed us for long, you know that we turn it up every October. Lots of great blog posts, themed weeks, tons of fun on twitter! You won't want to miss any of it. Here's an idea of what you have to look forward to: Keep up with us on twitter and use the hashtag, #SocietyScreams! Yes, you are seeing that calendar right! We'll be posting about October history,[...]
Hmm, do you perhaps know a little book called.... (If you don't, it's on sale for 99 cents right now, so get on that!!) Well, our favorite #HorrorTwins are back with a sequel! Are you ready for this? Serial killers? The perfectness of a book that celebrates all that is autumn? and.... murder? And, obviously, BEAUTIFUL COVERS! Look at the pretty!! HAUNTED (THE WOODSVIEW MURDERS, #2) Last October, corpses piled up in Woodsview, Massachusetts faster than autumn leaves in the dead of fall. The small town changed forever when Jeremy Kane, known as the Harvester, sl[...]
Scream Queens returned this week, and I couldn't be happier. I freaking love this show. And maybe the thing I love about it the most is just how much it embraces the humorous side of horror. See, I grew up on '80s b-horror movies, which means I like my horror with a big side of cheese. Evil Dead, Return of the living Dead, Night of the Creeps--there are plenty of examples of horror and humor going hand. Don't get me wrong--I love straight up terrifying horror as well--but I actually prefer to read those kinds of stories. When it comes to shows and movies, I wa[...]