Monday, October 23, 2017

Scary Reddit #5

More scares comin' atcha!

(from here)

Friday, October 20, 2017

Confused by Hellraiser's denizens, the Cenobites? Well have I found a reviewer for you!

Mr. H has horror movie news, reviews, and most notably, short videos explaining the origins and stories behind series and characters like Hellraiser, Alien, Godzilla, and other monsters. Here are a few of my favs.

Thursday, October 19, 2017

Mini-Horror, Mini-Stories

I have a long-form horror story mega-post coming later this month, but here's a few little guys you may also enjoy. Some are links, some are pics. Enjoy!

Dad, there's a monster in my closet...

My Daughter Is a Sensitive Child

The birthday.

Mandatory Euthanasia

Time travel exists, but it's more horrifying than you can imagine.

Chinese Whispers

I'm hiding underneath my bed right now

Bloody Mary is a Bitch

A Day Off In Hell

The Nice Man Invited Me into the Creepy House

My Dad Became One of Those Preppers

Patrick Albers claimed he was a Vampire

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

It's generational, #2

So, another night exposing a young woman to horror movies is on the horizon. Hooray!

For this viewing, we're going to have Ruby Gloom watch the original Poltergeist.

Damn you for existing this making the need to clarify.

Ruby enjoyed Nightmare on Elm Street, but her attention wavered in spots. Poltergeist is a bit more fast-paced, so I think she'll enjoy it more. Plus she's a Spielberg fan.

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one viewing later

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So Poltergeist was a marked improvement for Ruby. She said it was scarier, and she seemed more interested. I get it, there's other kids, and the story is more straight forward. Plus the effects are gory, and very up front.

There were a few moments we had to stop and explain: At the beginning I jumped in and advised about the 'end of the broadcast day' announcement and subsequent static. We also had to advise that, no, it was NOT good CGI, since there was no CGI (or very limited) in 1982.

There were a few moments that the adults traded looks: the face tearing off, the attempted rape of Diane by the poltergeist, and the real skeletons coming out of the ground. Ruby was freaked out, but took everything in stride. We ended the night watching some funny dog compilations, and discussing what she thought about the movie.

I'd call this another success.

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Take a look

A bunch of recommendations about awesome horror stuff, horror facts, documentaries, and other cool resources! If you can't get spooked, or want to learn something, these are the lists and videos for you.

Monday, October 16, 2017

Scary Reddit #4

Number 4, time for more, on to the horr-or! And no, I'm not sorry for that. Bwahahaha!

Friday, October 13, 2017

Minty Horriffic Arts

Minty, aka Mark Bishop, is a reviewer that's done quite a few horror-based reviews and fact compilations. Here are some of my faves!

10 Amazing Facts About The Blob

10 Things You Didn't Know about Pennywise (unless you read my IT Spot blogs)

10 Amazing Facts About An American Werewolf in London

Most Ridiculous Jaws Moments

10 Scariest Movie Scenes

Thursday, October 12, 2017

Beautiful Screamer

I've had vivid nightmares my whole life. Nightmares that would keep me awake for hours, worried about the monsters under my bed, chasing me, tracking me, coming to get me. Just before meeting Bahamute these dropped drastically in frequency, now a distant third to stress dreams and normal dreams, when I remember dreaming at all.

There are exceptions, however.

Recently, Bahamute and I took a quick trip to visit the inlaws. It was a great weekend, marred only slightly by my anxiety. The second night of our 2 night 2.5 day trip, I was tossing and turning. I managed to get to sleep, but my brain was overtaxed, and I started having very strange dreams.

The nightmare started when (in the dream) I needed to pee and excused myself to the basement bathroom (which is real, though not as nice as the upstairs bath). I looked down the stairs, and saw a second staircase going upwards.

Of course in reality, the stairs lead to a nice basement, not a void and another staircase. But I wasn't worried about that.

I was worried about the shadow person.

It was a cliche, but no less scary, since some cliches exist for a reason. A thing made of shadows, down on all fours, grinning at me with no mouth. It did one of those jumpcut teleport things, appeared at the bottom of my stairs, and chased me back to the living room.

I was screaming when the thing caught up. I grabbed it, and it was really soft and squishy, like one of those round microbead pillows.

"Look! Look!" I stretched it's grinning face in front of Bahamute and his mom. "Help me! Just look!"

The two of them were laughing, facing different directions.

"Just turn your heads!" I pleaded.

Then I woke up.

My nightmares have often returned to the well of 'something horrible is after me, but nobody will acknowledge it/believe me". Part of this stems from my love of 'turning of age' movies: nobody ever believes the kids in those things. Unless it's well written.

But I'm 30, damnit. I've come and gone of age. And my tales of horror have been met with incredulity, but usually not outright disbelief, or refusal to see what's going on. So I have no idea what that was all about.

When I woke from the dream, I wasn't scared, but more confused and exhausted. I think the nightmare was brought on by a combo of Markiplier binging and getting these blogs ready.

All told, it's been a while since I've had a regular nightmare, and not a stress dream. It was a nice change.