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Midnight Society Movie Night: Lyle

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[...]

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Horror Book Alert: Bloody Red Nose

On Friday the 13th, a new horror anthology entered the world, bringing light and love...and CLOWNS...okay, maybe not all light and love. But this collection of 15 stories isn't about the scary clown holding a blood-colored balloon, you know the one right outside your house...RIGHT NOW THE ONE THAT IS COMING TO KILL YOU? Just kidding! Maybe... Anyway, this book focuses on taking the creepy killer out of the clown and give us what clowns fear instead.     In a world filled with menace, dare to paint on a grin. The world is full of images of scary[...]

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#Horror TV: Channel Zero: Butcher’s Block

If you haven't heard of Channel Zero on SYFY channel, you should go check it out. The first season, Candle Cove, was creepy fun as a childhood terror refused to be forgotten, as a lost brother was found. The second season, No-End House, dove into the pain of the past, of how...just maybe...we'd rather live without it. The third season, Channel Zero: Butcher's Block has just finished, the final episode played last night. I haven't watched it yet...but I will, then return to share my thoughts. SyFy channel describes their show as... BUTCHER’S BLOCK, the third[...]

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Haunting Ideas…The Bye Bye Man

Yesterday I took myself to see The Bye Bye Man. Don't think it... Don't say it... This horror /thriller movie, based on the chapter "The Bridge to Body Island" in Robert Damon Schneck's book The President's Vampire, was directed by Stacy Title and written by Jonathan Penner and opened on Friday, January 13th. Don't think it... Don't say it... I love movies. I love seeing them in the theater. I wish the theater sold dark chocolate M&Ms...but peanut had to do. I was the only one in the theater. I love when that happens. Don't think it... Don't say it[...]

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NaNoWriMo… The Fear is Real

We’re celebrating NaNoWriMo this week at The Midnight Society. Because, let’s be honest…it can get a little scary. I am not participating. I have never attempted the crazy race to write 50,000 words in one month. Dude, that’s insane. So I have been watching the tweets and FB posts as the month progresses and cheering you on, because you’re nuts and by nuts I mean FANTASTICALLY CRAZY AWESOME! The month began with hope and planning, with excitement and readiness to write all the words. However, the excitement has faded. Word counts vary from ahead of[...]

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To Defeat Fear

My kids are too old for trick-or-treating and no trick-or-treaters come to my house... so...On Halloween, I took my kids on a road trip (BECAUSE HALLOWEEN IS IMPORTANT!). We immersed ourselves in the scariest night of the year at my parents' house. My dad has a spectacular set-up, so I donned my demon persona and strategically placed myself amongst the creepiness of dancing skeletons, a coffin, demons, and a graveyard. Colored lights and a spooky soundtrack created the perfect atmosphere. I didn't jump out at people. I didn't threaten them with a chainsaw. I s[...]

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What are you afraid of?

When I was growing up, the main question on the playground was "What are you afraid of?"  I was afraid of the usual things; the dark, werewolves, zombies, ghosts, etc. My friends were afraid of spiders and snakes. I remember thinking that they obviously didn't know what a zombie gnawing on a torn limb looked like, otherwise that'd be on their lists too.   I also thought that as I grew up, my list of fears would slowly but surely shrink. Instead, it grew. The thing about fear is that it's unlike any other emotion out there. It doesn't just go away. It g[...]

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Emotion Brings Horror to Life

So, I had a blog idea all set, then I took myself to see... And I tossed my original idea out the window. I am a fan of the Insidious films. I've seen the first two oh so many times and I love them. The Lamberts fight to survive against an evil threatening to tear their family apart. The ideas in this movie fascinate me. The images send shudders of delight through my horror-loving brain. The character who interested me the most was Elise, the psychic, the one with the power to see what haunted them, to guide them into the Further to do what had to be done[...]

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Infographic: Why are we afraid of the dark

Confession time, because I find myself in a horrific situation and it just keeps on going: I HAVE NO INTERNET AT HOME. About a month and a half back I decided to switch providers because I wanted more bandwidth for less money, and the transfer process in in its second week with no respite in sight. Let me tell you something, Midnighters -- where I live its as cold as a witch's ***** and I ain't shuffling off to the library to make use of the free wifi which I need to research my next article (which, by the way, was a fun little exploration of the Bell Witch Haun[...]

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The Werewolf Curse of Argentina

Argentinians take their folklore seriously. And rightfully they should. According to legend, the seventh son born to a family is cursed to become a werewolf who feasts on the bodies of unbaptized babies. Yep. I'd take that pretty seriously too. But they take things to a whole 'nother level in Argentina. In fact, their president gets involved. In order to thwart the curse, there is a long-standing tradition where the leader of the country legally adopts any seventh born son. This way, the son is no longer technically part of their original family, and no longer co[...]