Hallowed Out
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For Julia Snowden of the Snowden Family Clambake, Halloween takes on a whole new meaning in the...
Halloween Party Murder
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Small town traditions are celebrated throughout Maine during the holiday season. But when it comes...
Ross (3284 KP) rated Insidious (2010) in Movies
Nov 27, 2017 (Updated Nov 27, 2017)
The film follows a fairly similar trajectory: weird things happen, the house is haunted, no its not the house its the child that's haunted, demons, triumph, happy ending. I don't think that's a spoiler as it describes 90% of the recent horror films.
A family with three young children move to a new home and soon one of the children bumps his head and ends up in a coma. From there some weird things start to happen.
Rose Byrne is excellent as the housewife struggling to raise her three kids and write music to kickstart her new career. It is her who experiences most of the unpleasant visitations, being stuck at home all day with the baby and her son in a coma. In one particularly creepy scene in the new house, she plays the role superbly (and I will never again listen to Tiptoe through the Tulips without shivering).
As with most decent horror films, this doesn't try to do anything new with the bulk of the film, but has an underlying new idea shaping it (and revealing that would be a spoiler!) that looks to explain the haunting.
Apart from Rose Byrne, I found the rest of the cast really quite poor, but they're acting during the haunting scenes didn't manage to spoil them too much.
Overall, a great creepy film that ticks all the boxes and leaves you wanting to watch the sequel.
Shallow Graves (The Haunted #1)
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Not all houses are made of brick and stone... Robert Watts is having the worst day of his entire...
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Sarah Betts (103 KP) rated The Fade in Books
Dec 31, 2019
This book is strange. The first half is a slow burn creepiness which I did not mind at all. Then the last fourt of the book is at breakneck speed and really confusing.
So. Plot. Haunted house. Dead girls. Creepy small child. Angty guy with past.
I liked the writing although the main character Haley seemed to be written about twelve instead of fifteen and that was...odd.
Also I really really hated the ending. I'll fully admit that that's a me thing though and has absolutely nothing to do with the quality of the writing.
Awix (3310 KP) rated The Legend of Hell House (1973) in Movies
Mar 21, 2020
Understated, almost pseudo-documentary atmosphere works in the film's favour; the actors also know to underplay it until the big histrionics are required. Unsettling soundtrack by radiophonic genii Delia Derbyshire and Brian Hodgson is a major plus. The script goes a bit nuts towards the end (don't think too hard about the plot) but the journey to get to this point is more than worthwhile.
The Master of Rampling Gate
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Set in the gasslit streets of 1888 London and the wild moors of the countryside beyond, The Master...
Sword of Doom (1966)
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Merciless swordsman Ryunosuke Tsukue (Tatsuya Nakadai) is a government assassin in feudal Japan who...
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Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated Dreaming Darkness #1 in Books
Sep 22, 2021
Volume One Contents
•The Girl in the Carnival Gown
Brilliant didn’t see that coming at all!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
•Last Stand
Oh I really liked this and I’m sure it would be fabulous as a full book. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
•Nos Galan Gaeaf
Yay an early visit to cainsville I so miss it!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
•A Haunted House of Her Own
Brilliant absolutely loved it! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Overall I love this little collection would definitely like to see more!!
Tremors Through Time
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She's made mistakes and paid the price, but Deidre Chisolm is no quitter. She'll never again be a...
Time Travel Romance