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31 days of Halloween, day 23: found footage
Horror novels don’t have “footage,” but they can include documents, testimony, and photographs to try to fool you into thinking the novel is something real.
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31 days of Halloween, day 22: boogeymen
It’s one of our earliest fears, the boogeyman in the closet. This creature goes by many names, but a few things remain the same: he is a shadowy entity who preys on children.
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31 days of Halloween, day 20: book / movie pairings II
I’m coming at you with a few more book/movie pairings. I chose not to pick book-to-movie adaptations, but rather books and movies that complemented each other.
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31 days of Halloween, day 19: creepy dolls
Dolls are totally creepy, even when they aren’t in a horror movie. And when they are, you’d better watch out…
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31 days of Halloween, day 18: fairy tales gone bad
Dark fairy tales are one of my favorite things. I love taking a familiar story, especially one that ends “happily ever after” and, well, making it not end that way. Some of the original fairy tales are pretty horrific on their own, actually.
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31 days of Halloween, day 17: highway to hell
Discovering the unknown can dredge up a variety of fears, and where best to meet the unknown than on a road trip? Instead of snacking on gas station food and singing along to the radio, these stories take us on a literal journey as the characters try to escape the monsters that follow them.
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31 days of Halloween, day 16: attack of the Katies!
Being a horror lover, I am always excited when I find a horror novel with my name in the title. It has happened more often that I thought it could. There are plenty of scream queens named Katie too!
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31 days of Halloween, day 15: imaginary friends
Little kids are usually pretty creepy in horror. One of their creepiest habits is having an imaginary friend, who usually turns out to be a ghost or a demon.
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31 days of Halloween, day 14: buried alive
Did you know there’s a word for live burial? Vivisepulture. Back in the Victorian era, this fear was so common that people would rig breathing tubes and bells in their coffins so they could alert others to the fact that they were buried alive. Books: “The Premature Burial” by Edgar Allan Poe isn’t a novel,…
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31 days of Halloween, day 13: triskaidekaphobia
Triskaidekaphobia is a fear of the number 13, which is perfect for today!
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