#Not a very Halloween themed spooky story but a spooky horror story nonetheless!

[luckyyyduckyyy]

GET YOUR SPOOKY HERE! FREE SPOOPY!!! SMALL AND SHORT SPOOKY!!!

^^^ Cover art for the fic that goes with this!!! vvv

*Please read the tags before reading!

vvv Summary, Clear full image, Close ups, and Yapping below! vvv

Summary:

Then someone new came along. Long after the encounters with death. Long after the obsession with words has settled in.

They had nothing to do with either of them, nor the daycare, and not even the other animatronics. Just a simple tour guide, bringing groups around place to place, with simple explanations, free goodies, and overly preppy cheer. It may have been in the job description, but they acted as if they were best friends with any animatronic they introduced – including them.

It felt wrong. It felt ugly. It felt as if the perfect smile on that face as they bestowed compliment after compliment on each tour was just that. Skin deep.

Drip

Are they as beautiful on the inside as they pretend to be on the outside?

Drip

_____________________________

A Moon centric horror story to celebrate spooky month/Halloween! Inspired by the song Bones by Will Wood and The Tapeworms. Enjoy!

⚠️ I do not condone this behavior! Check the tags before reading! This fic is heavily inspired by the song and leans into the anorexia and gruesome/literal aspects of its lyrics, if those subjects bother you please be careful as they're in this fic! ⚠️

Clean Version: (No words and No blur)

Close ups:

Yapping:

I'm very excited to post this! I've been holding onto it for a while now and I'm very proud of it! ^^

I really did want to wait until further into October to post these, but with the chance of being out of power for 2 weeks due to back to back hurricanes, I figured it's best if I post this now rather than risk being late. It's still spooky month, and plenty of people can enjoy the spooks any time! <3

I love horror stories, so hopefully this unnerves some of y'all hehe >:)

And of course it's Moon centric, I've accepted my bias at this point.

[haliespages]

🌲~ review of don't let the forest in by c.g. drews

4✨️

a perfect spooky read for fall, this was twisty and turny and threaded with dark fairytales and flower horror. i flew through this in two sittings, the story and macabre tone just perfect. it's fast paced and quick, a slip of a flower petal painted with blood.

i loved the psychological aspect of this and how it was well weaved into the plot, foreshadowing really did an amazing job here and the writing style was hauntingly beautiful, only accentuating the creepiness of this and the setting. i really found the book to read like a modern fairytale, similar structure and themes but also bringing in more recent touches, i half expected to see my arc turn into a leather bound edition and gilded title halfway through reading.

i loved the mc andrew and also thomas, their characterization being quite dynamic and i was heavily invested in them. the fairytale structure as i mentioned above only works in the characters favor, fitting them into static roles on page but still letting themselves develop past those and pull out a really fun twist i honestly only had inkling of...

as an aroace individual, i was estatic to see andrew as a fellow asexual and to watch his journey through self discovery and relationships. the actual romance section of the book is short, taking place mostly near the end but the pining and obsession starts out very early, giving you snippets of what's to come. it's not your usual ya romance, this one having a bit more of darker tones stitched through it, but still a lovely touch nonetheless.

don't let the forest in is a perfect tale of twisted fairytales and gorgeous prose, a lovely book to kick off the fall season. it comes out on october 29th, perfect for halloween!

[costellos]

a/n: here are all the Bucci gang asks from last Thurday’s Halloween headcanon ask game! I decided to compile them into one giant post bc... hoo boy... there were a lot. nonetheless, thanks for participating, friends! this was so much fun!! (also, side note, there are still a ton in my ask box. I’ll get to those sometime this week, so hang tight!)

tw: minor gore mention in Abbacchio and Fugo’s descriptions

❥ ┋ ❝ bucci gang & some misc. halloween headcanons!

bruno bucciarati.

╔ ——————————————— ╗

@buuni​ asked: ahhh the Halloween emoji game seems fun !! could I ask for Bruno 🍂 thank you !! And I hope you’re doing well this spooky season 🐇💕

╚ ——————————————— ╝

🍂 what their favorite fall activity is

participating in All Souls Day. although Bucciarati was raised Catholic, I don’t think he’d remain a practicing one. still, there’s something comforting about honoring the deceased. he’d tell you fun, little stories about his father and the kind of household Bucciarati was raised in. you can’t help but notice how happy he looks as he talks. how his eyes sparkle, that rare, genuine smile on his lips. at the end of the day, he tucks a chrysanthemum behind your ear and places a kiss on your temple. “I appreciate your patience, amore,” he hums, that smile still on his lips. “it means more to me than you’ll ever know.”

leone abbacchio.

╔ ——————————————— ╗

@heartsllabyul asked: OMGOMGOMG TOYAAAAAA 🍂🍿 with the loml leone abbacchio please 🥺

╚ ——————————————— ╝

🍂 what their favorite fall activity is

trying seasonal foods. Abbacchio finds a lot of it fascinating since “fall” isn’t really a season in Italy. it gets colder sure, but the culture around autumn isn’t nearly as big as it is in your country. he thinks a lot of autumn-based foods are odd. pumpkin spice anything tastes artificial to him, though he thinks butternut squash soup is decent. his favorite is spiked apple cider! but he’d never admit it. he thinks it’s entertaining watching you desperately search for some seasonal food that he’d like.

🍿 how they react to watching a horror movie

he doesn’t! Abbacchio doesn’t see the appeal behind horror movies. besides, his time as a police officer and mobster has made it difficult for him to see them as anything other than cheap entertainment. and that goes for slashers, psychological thrillers, and gorey flicks. despite all that, he’ll watch horror movies if you like them. he finds your interest endearing. he gets more embarrassed than he’d like to admit when you hold onto his arm as you watch.

giorno giovanna.

╔ ——————————————— ╗

anonymous: giorno + 🏠🍂? Abbababy Anon asked: Hmm hmm~ how about 🎃 for Fugo and Giorno?

╚ ——————————————— ╝

🏠 how they would react to being in a haunted house

pretty well! Giorno isn’t someone who scares easily. the most he’ll do is take a step back when something gets him. he keeps his fingers laced with yours, ready to advance (or abandon ship) whenever you’re ready.

🍂 what their favorite fall activity is

watching meteor showers. autumn is an astronomy hot spot, an event that he would love to share with you. anything about life and human existence is a topic of interest of Giorno. how to preserve it, how to observe it. he’d happily share everything that he knows with you. Giorno would take you far away from the city, far enough for you to clearly see the night sky, and far enough to be completely alone. but once the meteor shower starts, strangely, he wouldn’t be watching what seems to be falling stars. no, his eyes would be locked on his other favorite spectacle: the person sitting right beside him.

🎃 how seriously they take carving pumpkins

not seriously, and he’s not a big fan of it. he hates scooping out the pumpkin’s guts to start carving. the wet and sticky texture, along with the smell... no thanks. he’d rather watch you do it. and once you’re finished, he’d be happy to sprinkle some cinnamon in so that the pumpkin smells more palatable once it’s lit.

guido mista.

╔ ——————————————— ╗

@zellyroo​ asked: 🍂 and 🎃 w/ mista please? 💛💛

╚ ——————————————— ╝

🍂 what their favorite fall activity is

Mista loves picking apples. it’s a laid-back activity with a high return rate. spending time with you and getting food while feeding the Pistols? count him in. plus, he loves feeling like the perfect boyfriend when he has to help you grab those hard-to-reach apples. and dear god, don’t get him started on apple cider donuts. oof. he could eat 10, easily.

🎃 how seriously they take carving pumpkins

very seriously. he’s seen so many cool designs, how hard can it be? Mista quickly learns, however, that carving pumpkins is quite difficult. you laugh when you hear him curse under his breath as he tries to cut through it. the Pistols bully him for his ugly design, but it’s hard to understand them when their mouths are stuffed with pumpkin seeds. Mista just tells them to shut it. in the end, he gives up on his elaborate design, opting for something more simple. after all, he hates anything that complicates his life (and boy, is this stupid pumpkin doing just that). it comes out like any other jack-o’-lantern.

narancia ghirga.

╔ ——————————————— ╗

anonymous asked: Hi; May I ask 🧙‍♀️ for Narancia, please? Thank you! :D 🧡

╚ ——————————————— ╝

🧙 if they would dress up & what they would dress as

it would take a little convincing to get Narancia to dress up. he really, really wants to do it, but he doesn’t want to come off as childish! you’d have to tell him that everyone in the U.S. dresses up on Halloween. but once he’s convinced, he’s convinced. he’d be bouncing a variety of ideas with you; he’d probably have a new one every hour. in the end, he’d settle on something spooky with you, like dressing up as zombies! (much to Fugo’s dismay.)

pannacotta fugo.

╔ ——————————————— ╗

anonymous asked: 🧟‍♂️ 🍂 for Fugo! Abbababy Anon asked:  Hmm hmm~ how about 🎃 for Fugo and Giorno?

╚ ——————————————— ╝

🧟‍♂️ a non-serious fear that they have

zombies. the idea of a virus spreading, how it wrecks your immune system and makes you lose control of yourself... it reminds him too much of Purple Haze. on a less serious note, he just thinks they look gross. he’s seen his fair share of innards and bodily fluids during his time in Passione, but. still. eugh.

🍂 what their favorite fall activity is

corn mazes, surprisingly! it was one of those things he thought was stupid at first, but loved once he was actually in one. the maze attendant gave you both a series of riddles mapped according to different intersections in the field. Fugo had a blast trying to figure it out; after all, it was just one giant puzzle. he had a smug look for the rest of the day once he found out that he beat Mista’s time.

🎃 how seriously they take carving pumpkins

too seriously for it to be fun. being raised in a demanding household has built him to be a huge perfectionist. carving pumpkins was something he thought would be really easy until he got to it himself. the pumpkin’s rind is so difficult to cut through that it makes his lines look jagged. and god, he was not expecting it to be so messy. Fugo had this elaborate design planned out, but once he finished, he ended up with a standard jack-o’-lantern face. you’ll have to remind him that it still looks great.

trish una.

╔ ——————————————— ╗

anonymous asked: 🍂 and 🎃 for trish?

╚ ——————————————— ╝

🍂 what their favorite fall activity is

getting fall-themed coffee, obviously! but not pumpkin spice lattes. god, no. Trish thinks they’re overdone. she’d rather go for anything with caramel and / or cinnamon. bonus points if it’s sugary (bitter coffee is only tolerable). she laughs when you get whipped cream stuck on your top lip, but her honey-sweet giggle is always followed by her swiping her thumb over your face. it’s a great excuse to touch you.

🎃 how seriously they take carving pumpkins

not too seriously. at least not initially. she sees it as another part of American culture that she doesn’t understand. but when she sees how much fun you’re having, she can’t help but get into it herself. it’s a fun past time, albeit difficult (who knew these gourds were so thick?). Trish makes it her personal goal to make her pumpkin look nicer than yours. although she’s unsuccessful in her endeavor, she’d admit that pumpkin carving was “just okay” — aka really fun.

[tcm]

“Much More to Movie Monsters Than Meets The Eye” By Raquel Stecher

With his latest book Fright Favorites: 31 Movies to Haunt Your Halloween and Beyond, author and horror expert David J. Skal provides readers with the perfect guide for watching spooky films throughout October and the year. The book takes a look at 31 different horror films from NOSFERATU (‘22) to GET OUT (2017). Skal offers insights into how German Expressionism and WWI influenced early horror classics, how Val Lewton threw out horror conventions with CAT PEOPLE (‘42), how DRACULA (‘31) was a financial gamble and how more recent films like HOCUS POCUS (‘93) achieved cult status. If you’re worried that 31 horror films are not enough, don’t despair, as each of these films is paired with a bonus recommendation on a similar theme. Fright Favorites is now available from Running Press and TCM.

Raquel Stecher: Can you tell us a bit about your background as a cultural historian and horror expert?

David J. Skal: I was one of the original “monster kids” of the 1950s and ‘60s, who discovered the old Universal horror classics when they were first released to television, and for a while I couldn’t get enough of them, or of the fan culture they set in motion. I was an avid reader of magazines like Famous Monsters of Filmland, and when I came back as an adult to write about the history of horror entertainment from an adult perspective, it would never have happened without those photo-filled periodicals that engaged and obsessed me as a kid.

RS: In the book you discuss the connection between Hollywood and Halloween. Tell us a little about how that came about and how the two have become so intrinsically tied with one another.

DJS: In the golden age of American horror movies in the 1930s and 1940s, there was no supplemental merchandizing or other tie-ins to Halloween. It was still a pretty homespun holiday. The holiday’s potential wasn’t fully exploited by the film industry until after World War II, when we saw Universal franchising its monster characters as Halloween masks and costumes. In the ensuing decades, October became the major month for horror movie premieres, including studios other than Universal, and all the major theme parks got on the bandwagon, profitably extending their summer seasons with Halloween nights that are almost always tied in to some horror franchise or another, frequently of the slasher or chainsaw variety.

RS: What was the research process like for writing Fright Favorites?

DJS: Over the years I’ve done much more research for my books than I’ve been able to ever use, so Fright Favorites was an ideal opportunity to make use of information and anecdotes I’d never had room for in previous projects. As a result, it took about six months rather than the usual full year I most often devote to completing a book. Although the final selections were mine, the people at TCM are also—no surprise—very knowledgeable about movies with many favorites of their own that I was able to incorporate. There weren’t really any disagreements, just a bit of a juggling act to maintain a balance between the films included.

RS: In the book you wrote “Some early commentators on the medium worried that film might be nothing less than the arrival of living death. It is in horror movies that this pervading sense of the uncanny still speaks to us.” Were studios worried about making horror films? How did Universal's success with the genre affect the film industry as a whole?

DJS: In a way, the film medium itself is the very definition of the uncanny, bringing dead actors back to life, or its convincing simulacrum. This strange fact is always there, staring back at you. And remember, actors themselves have amounted to a species of shapeshifters, slipping in and out of identities in the manner of movie monsters. Film is a dream-like medium that has been irresistibly drawn to the fantastic and the bizarre from its very beginning, at least in Europe. American movies didn’t approach truly fantastic subjects until Universal took a chance with DRACULA in 1931. Previously, American films observed the tradition of explaining away any ghostly occurrence as a criminal conspiracy or ruse. But DRACULA, along with FRANKENSTEIN the same year, became two of the most influential and imitated films of all time.

RS: Stars like Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr., Vincent Price, etc. became known for their horror roles. How did some of these horror stars embrace the genre or how did it typecast them?

DJS: By definition, any “horror star” is already typecast, although some deal with the pigeonholing better than others. I once had the privilege of sitting in on a classroom visit by Vincent Price with a group of acting students who asked him if he resented being considered a horror star and how they could avoid being typecast themselves. He told them in no uncertain terms that show business was already a difficult way to make a living and that being typecast would be the best thing that could ever happen to them professionally. Most horror stars I’ve met or interviewed are grateful for their fame and the attention of their fans.

RS: Many horror stories have been revisited in remakes, new adaptations and re-imaginings. Why has Hollywood been so keen to revisit horror classics?

DJS: Horror is a genre with financial profit baked in from the get-go—it’s almost impossible to lose money even on a poorly made scary movie, which is why so many prominent directors have gotten their start in the genre. It’s a fairly risk-free way to take a chance on new talent. In terms of remakes, if a formula has worked before, why not do it again? Fortunately, the remakes usually veer substantially away from the original stories in ways that keep the legacy of one monster or legend perpetually alive. Horror evolves the way anything evolves—through endless change and adaptation.

RS: What are some of your personal favorite horror films?

DJS: I don’t have a number one, or number two favorite. I admire many films for individual reasons: directors, scripts, actors. People most often ask me what my favorite version of Dracula is. I tell them that it doesn’t yet exist, but it would be a master version of the story edited together from all the major adaptations, with actors from different versions interacting with each other. It would be a huge job, but if done with the right flair would be hugely entertaining and probably bring out important aspects of each version that you wouldn’t notice watching them individually.

RS: Some of the films you feature in Fright Favorites are also considered science fiction classics. How do the two genres of science fiction and horror complement each other?

DJS: Literary horror and literary science fiction are fairly separate categories, but on screen the genres tend to blur together. For instance, ALIEN (‘79) is a haunted house story set in outer space. INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (‘78) is an alien invasion story that’s also about zombies. Being a visual medium, movies tend to spotlight science fiction’s bizarre and grotesque imagery and end up emphasizing the horrific over the cerebral.

RS: How do horror films tap into the pervading anxieties and fears of their respective eras?

DJS: This is the through-line of most of my books: that horror entertainment amounts to a secret history of modern times, with each new cultural upheaval or trauma setting in motion identifiable kinds of stories and characters. The anxiety and fear need to be processed, but it’s always easier to deal with real-world horror if you don’t have to look at it too directly. WWI tore about human bodies like no previous war, and all through the 1920s and 1930s we looked at one disfigured face after another, even though the films weren’t about battlefield combat. Unprecedented numbers of mutilated men were returning to society, and they were being shunned. Nonetheless, they popped up in our cinematic dreams. During the AIDS epidemic, there was an explosion of books and films about another mysterious, blood-related scourge: vampirism. Repress awareness of an uncomfortable fact, and it will always rise somewhere else in a different form.

RS: What do you hope readers take away from the book?

DJS: So far, the book does seem to be engaging readers who have a general knowledge of horror entertainment but are curious to know more. The most important thing a reader might take away is the simple revelation that there’s much more to movie monsters than meets the eye.

[karnsteinreview]

Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

Carmilla on Goodreads

Release Year: 1872

Format I Read: audio dramatization (previously read the ebook)

Length: 2h 22m

Genres: Horror, Gothic, Vampires

This review is going to be a little different.

Since we’re in the midst of spooky season and Halloween is less than a week away as I’m writing this, I decided now would be a good time to reread and discuss this book. The fact that audible is giving away a dramatization of this book for subscribers also helped, and though I’ve read Carmilla before, the dramatization is the version I went with for the reread. The dramatization is really good, all the actors are wonderful and Rose Leslie in particular really said gay rights with her performance.

Carmilla is a book that I’m always surprised by the people who do know what it is and the people who don’t. I feel like it has gotten a lot more recognition over the past few years with the web series of the same name being pretty popular among internet gays, but even some people who watched that web series didn’t realize that it was based on a novella from the 1800s (though it said as much in the credits).

In case you don’t know, Carmilla is a novella that revolves around a young woman named Laura who lives in Styria with her father, and under weird circumstances they take in a house guest: Carmilla, a girl who appears to be of a similar age as Laura. Assumptions can be made when I say that this is a vampire story, and its ones that predates Dracula by several decades. It’s also very gay and the namesake of this very blog you’re reading now.

I don’t think spoilers really ruin the book, and I think a lot of the “spoilers” that I’m going to discuss are rather obvious, but here is your one and only spoiler warning. Normally I’d be more careful, but as I said, this is a different sort of review.

Given that I named my blog Karnstein Review, after the Duchess Karnstein herself, it should be fairly obvious that I adore this book. It’s a book I knew at least hinted at some sort of sapphic relationship between Laura and Carmilla, but when I’d first read it, I assumed it would just be hints. And subtle hints at that. It was written in the 1870s, after all. Well, it’s very very very gay. I’m not sure how else to describe it other than that. The gayness is not only overt, they blatantly discuss love and romance and kiss each other. It’s a lot more than I expected from a 19th book.

But, I also have to acknowledge that it is a 19th century book about a lesbian, and it’s one written by a man nonetheless. Things don’t end well for Carmilla and Laura’s relationship, and there’s pretty intense judgement on any kind of sexual feelings, much less sexual feelings between two women. The message that Carmilla’s seduction of Laura is wrong and immoral is as blatant as her seduction of Laura is. So why do I like this book so much?

Well, for one thing, I’ve always been a sucker for vampire stories (my god I only realized that pun after I wrote it). I think that a lot of queer people who grew up with religious backgrounds are drawn to vampires and vampire stories, and there’s a reason for that. Particularly with these older stories like Carmilla and Dracula, one of the major themes of vampire stories is sexual fear, desires, and moralizing about those things. Vampires represent something that we are told is dangerous. Something that can kill us and even hurt our very soul. Vampires will seduce you and take something from you that you need to live a normal happy life. They may even steal your salvation. In Carmilla when I was rereading it, I noted that her need for blood is never described as thirst or hunger. It’s called lust, specifically “lust for living blood.” Many who grew up with feelings for people of the same gender have been told similar things about those feelings. Vampires are those feelings. And these vampire stories were often written specifically to express and moralize about sexual feelings. Of course vampire stories are attractive to us.

With Carmilla the sexual moralizing plain, and it would definitely not be something I let fly in a modern book, but there’s something strangely familiar about it here. The book is told from Laura’s perspective, and she herself described her confusing and intense feelings for Carmilla. She’ll say she’s in love with Carmilla and repulsed by Carmilla in the same sentence and it doesn’t feel like a lie either time. She’ll be clearly very troubled by Carmilla’s overt flirtation and courting, but also keep doing things that put her close to Carmilla. She’ll keep flirting back and keep acknowledging the feelings that she has. It’s paradoxal, but it’s a familiar feeling. It’s someone just realizing that they have feeling for someone of their same gender and being very, very troubled by what that means. Laura’s words and thoughts feel very familiar to me, and I don’t think that J. Sheridan Le Fanu was purposely trying to accurately portray my own gay panic, yet he definitely did.

I don’t think that Carmilla is the perfect story. I keep imagining all the ways in which I’d like to rewrite it, which all involve me just giving Carmilla and Laura a happy ending, but I think it’s an important to the history of gay fantasy and horror. I also think that it’s a story that can still mean a lot and speak to queer people today, as evidenced by the very popular web series adaptation of it. It’s a book I would happily suggest, but it’s also a book I’d suggest you know what it is going in. It’s a lesbian vampire story written in the 1800s, and all the implications that come with that are true.

[anongoingsoliloquy]

It’s spooky season so that means Halloween themed posts here on the ol’ blog! Today I want to do The Creature of the Night Book Tag! I have a few Halloween posts I want to get up here, so stick around for all the spookiness!

1.       Vampire – Salem’s Lot - Stephen King

I just finished Salem’s Lot and I freaking loved it! The story revolves around Ben, a man who returns to his childhood home in the hopes to confront his childhood trauma. Instead he finds that all the monsters he feared as a child are real. This is a vampire story, but the vampires are actually terrifying predators. Danny, the child vampire, terrified me just like he did all those years ago when I first watched the movie! I highly, highly, highly, recommend this book! it is a perfectly unnerving Halloween read!

2.       Werewolf – Jughead: The Hunger - Archie Comics

This is a fairly new released comic, in which Jughead is a descendant of a long line of werewolves. It’s a fun horror story, separate from the rest of the Archie-verse. I don’t want to say too much about the story because I think it’s always better to go into comics with as little info as possible. But trust me, it’s a great Halloween read!

3.       Zombie – Generation Dead - Daniel Waters

Omg I read this book 11 years ago! Oh wow, I feel old! Generation Dead and it’s two follow up novels, are about a town whose teenagers won’t stay dead. All the teens that die in this town come back to life and no one knows why. The zombies are a metaphor for real life discrimination. These books stage rallies and are overall extremely reminiscing of the movements happening today. Maybe Daniel Waters saw the future when he started this series. These books are still super relevant, given today’s social/political climate. They are not scary or spooky in any way other than the blatant reflection of the real world.  

4.       Ghost – A Taste for Monsters -  Matthew J. Kirby

A Taste for Monsters is a tale of Jack the Ripper. The story revolves around the day maid, who is severely disfigured due to phossy jaw, of the Elephant Man, Joseph Merrick. Both she and Mr. Merrick are visited by the ghost of the ripper victims, who slowly begin to drain the life force from Mr. Merrick. This is a beautiful story of acceptance and love. It is not overly spooky, but the ghosts do provide an eerie atmosphere.  

5.       Witches – Hocus Pocus and the All New Sequel -  A. W. Jantha

Guys, a Hocus Pocus sequel, need I saw more?? I don’t want to say anything about the sequel (that doesn’t actually have a title) because you need to just go into it blind! All I will say is that it is a quality sequel and flows seamlessly with the original.

6.       Fey – The Iron King - Julie Kagawa

Not at all a Halloween read, but a very good story revolving around the fey realm. When Megan Chase’s little brother is kidnapped by fairies, she along with her best friend Puck and the Winter Prince Ash, Megan will have to travel through the fairy realm to bring her brother home.

7.       Demons – Cradle and All - James Patterson

Cradle and All is a great Halloween read if you, like me, love religious spookiness and the Catholic aesthetic. This novel is about two pregnant girls who claim to be virgins, and the private investigator/ex-nun’s struggle to decipher who is carrying the second coming of Christ and who is carrying a demon. I have a full review of Cradle and All here.

8.       Angels – City of Glass - Cassandra Claire

City of Glass is the third installment in the Mortal Instruments series, and in this book, the main character Clary comes face to face with TWO angels. One is chained up in a basement, but the other is in all his heavenly glory and it is great! I don’t want to give a synopsis for this one because it is the third in a series. It’s not a Halloween spooky read, but it is great nonetheless!

9.       Aliens – A Door into Ocean -  Joan Slonczewski

A Door into Ocean is the only science fiction that I have read, and the only book I’ve read with aliens…at least that I can recall. A Door into Ocean is a feminist novel about a planet that is only water and is populated by women. Their pacifist society is endangered when a neighboring society decided to ‘develop’ the watery planet and sends in an army.  

10.   Superpowers – End of Watch - Stephen King

You thought I was gonna pick a batman comic, didn’t ya?? Not today! For “superpowers”, I picked End of Watch because Brady Hartsfield emerges from his coma with, you guessed it, telekinetic super powers. I think this is a great Halloween read for all the people who don’t like creature/paranormal stories. End of watch, even though Brady has telekinesis, is very grounded in real life. No witches or vampires in this one! i have a review of the entire Bill Hodges series, you can read it here.

And there you have it! The Creature of the Night Book Tag! Keep an eyeball on this blog for more Halloween spookiness and thanks for sticking around while I disappeared for like two months. I will try to do better!

[djzena]

Alice Cooper's Prime 10 Halloween Songs To Die For Video

Every Halloween, darkish, vacation-themed background music emanates from the windows of countless households making an attempt to scare the daylights out of all the little children. Whereas many Zombie tracks would match on this list, we think Dwelling Dead Lady” is the quintessential Zombie Halloween music. The truth is, whatever really occurs in the song Marquee Moon” might as nicely be taking place on Halloween. Beneath now we have listed our Halloween Prime 5 charts that should provide you with inspiration and enjoyment whatever your plans! It nonetheless sounds creepy and strange now; one of the all-time iconic theme tunes - and it received the last word seal of approval from somebody who is aware of about these things, when Mike Oldfield combined it in with Tubular Bells , creating the final word Halloween mashup. Nursery Rhymes and Songs to Help Counting (PDF) - Learn these nursery rhymes to learn counting from 1 to 10. I have rewritten them a bit on the Halloween Music Lyrics web page to make them extra clear in trendy English. Just the band's title is sufficient to give some individuals a fright, and those with faint-of-heart music taste would certainly discover Jekyll and Hyde” as scary as, say, The Exorcist. The thought of zombies proved too much for my young, fragile thoughts on the time but now it's completely different. It's the single observe that's most related to Halloween shenanigans and general good occasions. If you like listening to Halloween Radio Stations and wanna support us retaining the Halloween Mood alive, you possibly can help by visiting our sponsors. If you're planning to throw a Halloween party for women solely, the track Flesh With out Blood” will enhance your girls' moods. Born and raised in Austin, Texas, Sarah was a mandolin virtuoso at a young age, and began performing with skilled musicians on the tender age of 12. Her stark mandolin and banjo ballads function a bluegrass flair that provides lots of Sarah's songs a Southern Gothic quality. And madness is pretty scary to me. Editor's be aware: This tune was really written throughout Floyd's post-Syd era. Certain, it's the most well-liked Halloween song on YouTube by a substantial issue, but it surely's hardly the only music to get the Halloween bump. A basic animated double-function, one part of this film notably tells the story of the Headless Horseman—an ideal choose for a darkish Halloween night time. Due to that, they associate nursery rhymes with not solely funny rhymes however colourful pictures or imaginative hand movements so toddlers and preschoolers enhance their language skills and their confidence as they act out nursery rhymes. Ask anybody to name a Halloween song, and I'm willing to guess that after Monster mash, Thriller is the second most frequent choice. Was going to pop in ‘Lullaby' but thought it was an excessive amount of of an obvious alternative. Go to The Learning Station online where you may listen to track samples from our whole assortment of award-winning CD's! In true punk rock type, this music talks about conformity, however whereas also containing imagery of Halloween. The scary halloween music is a necessity to the Halloween occasion or other related actions. L.K. Alchin from Nursery Rhymes, Lyrics, and Origins discusses some of the violent and controversial origins. As a result of HIYA it's SJP with superior cleavage and it is spooky as hell from the film Hocus Pocus. And current nonsense rhymes that have been part of this oral custom may very well be used or tailored to make references to current events. The author might attempt to explain their rhymes — often enough, with a parody origin. Choose songs which might be enjoyable for you and are certain to be a success with the company at your subsequent Halloween party! Only a yr or so in the past I was in search of a nursery rhyme guide for her and I purchased a couple of however haven't been thrilled with them. Even if this hadn't been used on the soundtrack to one of many scariest horror motion pictures ever made, it could have been downright sinister on its own. This superior floating ghost found on Dump a Day would make an amazing ornament for a Halloween Get together and it is very easy to make. That is so neat that your son has experienced the magic and mystery of music by means of this little song. This dance basic was been given a monster makeover and remains a agency favourite with many membership-goers. High off your spooky mise en scène with our forty-track set, under, and be sure to subscribe to the Marie Claire Spotify profile for all one of the best playlists. Right here we provide you a list of Prime 5 Halloween songs and the songs for children which make you this day more memorable and Joyful. There's an adult-only party and costume contest scheduled for each Halloween on the Excessive Seas cruise. Counting rhymes similar to One, Two, Buckle My Shoe ” and One Potato, Two Potato” are nursery rhymes that teach numbers and counting to very young children. I think they'll undoubtedly be persevering with this this yr - the Halloween and costume parties had been a huge hit on our cruise, it might be sad in the event that they stopped them.

The 10 scary halloween songs here offered are picked from the Billboard's high halloween songs. Who is aware of the place he was when this befell, but you can't hearken to this track without getting creeped out just a little bit. Somewhere between the swagger of Labyrinth's Goblin King and the ravenous appetite of Bowie's vampiric character in The Starvation, Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)” is the perfect mixture of gore, glam, and Eighties glitz. From somebody like Alice Cooper, lyrics like Hope you bought your issues together / Hope you might be quite ready to die” may've sounded significantly ghoulish, though in Fogerty's Bayou-via-Bay Area drawl, it comes off extra like an uncle whose calls you should really let go to voicemail. Jack Skellington and firm sings concerning the joys of Halloween in Tim Burton's epic Disney movie. The Addams Family is a classic Halloween movie and the characters make for nice costume inspiration. Read Extra with some fashionable-yet-spooky tunes then Halloween Hipster is your best guess. Right this moment, the ' holiday ' is widely known by kids and adults dressing up in costumes and attending events, the place a number of nice Halloween songs are played, and traditionally numerous games are performed. The hippie vibes of Donovan's psychedelic rock may not appear scary but the music's appeared in every part from Halloween III to American Horror Story. Nursery Rhymes and Lullabies - Ask a mother or father to learn certainly one of these nursery rhymes or lullabies before bed time.

[savaces]

Halloween Songs For Children

Here's the woods close to some deserted practice tracks where art faculty kids dangle up weird effigies to set the mood. Moreover this creepy pumpkin design, Makoodle also has some free Halloween bingo cards you possibly can download in a spider net or skull design. This Halloween playlist would not be full without Monster Mash.” Originally released by Bobby Borris” Pickett in 1962, horror punk legends the Misfits (minus Danzig) recorded a cover in 1997, with bassist Jerry Only performing the lead vocals. We have plenty of concepts and sources right here to help you make Halloween with your young learners enjoyable and academic. Amsterdam Spook presents its fifteenth annual Halloween costume social gathering on Saturday, October 31 on the Panama nightclub. The Shaggs' description is much less scary than the Misfits' description, although, and even means that it might be enjoyable.” Not particularly scary. You'll discover all of the creepy, spooky, and awesome songs to make All Hallow's Eve simply depraved. But in the event you're lacking the spooky soundtrack, your evening will likely be a bit, nicely, lifeless. In all cases, we've got one of the best Halloween playlist for all of your sexy cops, superheroes and bloody zombies. So don your witch's hat or pop in your vampire fangs and queue up the 14 songs under. In a few of his performances, together with the one depicted in the video above, he would use macabre props throughout performances, main some to argue that he was an early pioneer of shock rock.” He released I Put A Spell On You” in 1956 and the track shortly turned probably the most essential rock and roll songs of the period. Given the maintain they'll have over our imaginations, it's hardly surprising many poets have drawn on nursery rhymes as a source of inspiration. Dress up a couple of empty tin cans as Halloween characters and you have an excellent knock ‘em down game. A kind of songs everybody will know the phrases to without actually knowing how or why. These Nursery Rhymes for children have been handed down through the years and due to the quick nature of the verse can easily be remembered by most youngsters from a very early age. Halloween is basically a big excuse to decorate up and act like a freak in public. The theme for the legendary Exorcist, widely thought-about to be the scariest movie of all time, no words are needed to ship shivers up the spines of even the hardest of men. With the recent loss of the King of Pop I might be a traitor if I failed to mention this song. These spooky glowing ghost faces seen on Love This Pic are so easy to make, simply using balloons, glow sticks and a black marker! Essentially the most-downloaded Halloween track of all-time ought to be a staple in your scary soundtrack. This one is not so much for 2-steppers as those that like to swing their air guitar a la Sir Cliff, but nonetheless it is a Halloween favorite. That is proper, he did the Monster Mash, and having Bobby Borris” Pickett's huge Halloween hit on your playlist this weekend will virtually definitely go down as a graveyard smash. An all-time rock basic, this features the extensive use of cowbell - a late percussive addition steered by producer David Lucas after the monitor was thought finished. Here is our list of three common songs to play at a Halloween get together that fit proper into the temper. To capitalize on my boys' love of Halloween (and holidays normally), our mommy school activities this month are going to have rather a lot to do with pumpkins, scarecrows, owls, and foolish monsters. The first is a recording which you can simply listen to, whereas the second is a video that you may watch and see the ESL occasion vocabulary flashcards similtaneously hearing the correct pronunciation. My kindergartner LOVES this e-book filled with acquainted nursery rhymes and utterly intriguing new artwork. They're maybe finest recognized for their version of The Hearse Tune”; a a long time-old, morbid kids's tune that audiences would possibly know from its inclusion in Scary Stories to Tell in the Darkish. Halloween is arguably one of the vital enjoyable holidays of the yr, and but, so http://frozen.disney.com.au/sing-along-songs few appear conscious of the unbelievable plethora of Halloween music. Rockwell had been generally unknown earlier than this massive hit propelled them to #2 within the US pop charts. These songs are the type that get embedded in a younger thoughts for an entire lifetime. For Halloween it has a very thrilling sound to it. Once you listen to The Flight of the Bumblebee ” envision ghosts flying all over or goblins scurrying about. It's A Hip Hop Halloween Evening is a family-friendly Halloween track for party monsters of all ages! Other songs I prefer to sing this time of year include Tamlin and a fun tune I learned from Ian Robb called the Guy Fawkes Tune. Halloween was influenced by the ancient Roman competition Pomona, which celebrated the harvest goddess of the identical name. Because Spotify has a seemingly unlimited provide of Halloween playlists to choose from. Launched just earlier than A Nightmare on Elm Avenue four: The Dream Grasp in August 1988, and hitting the Scorching a hundred's top 20 that October — but under no circumstances affiliated with the brand new movie's soundtrack — the duo were ultimately sued by New Line Cinema for copyright infringement. You may print 8 Halloween bingo playing cards at Child Scraps and they are in an amazing 5X5 size that would be excellent for older children. There's a performance of The Workhouse Boy by Grendel's Bane on YouTube with the lyrics on the page and it is nicely creepy. Assembled earlier than you is a nightmarish checklist of hip-hop songs that could make Michael Myers choke on candy corn and even give Freddy Krueger nightmares. It has two very essential issues needed for a great Halloween jam: monsters and a dance suggestion. As a comply with-as much as last yr's Halloween top 10 , listed below are the 25 Prime Halloween Songs. Here is a good printable record of Halloween words There's a collection of fingers-on activities to do with kids and use the phrases and links to Spanish Halloween printable games too. Another iTunes youngsters's artist that I would recommend for Halloween is NOOSHI. I used to listen to this all the time once I was little, even when it wasn't Halloween. Though the film is before your little dancers' time, this groovy Halloween dance tune remains to be a dance transfer starter at the moment!