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Debbiereadsbook (1849 KP) rated A Cold Christmas and the Darkest of Winters in Books
Dec 17, 2021
not bedtime reading but very good!
Independent reviewer for Archaeolibrarian, I was gifted my copy of this book.
A collection of 23 different authors come together to bring you short stories set around the winter season or Christmas.
Not a single one of these authors have I read before, and there is a varied bunch of tales here. Some are just sad but some are downright scary!
Loosely, they are "holiday" stories, but more are winter ones, rather than Christmas.
An eclectic bunch of tales that can be read at any time, but I'd recommend NOT at bedtime! You might stop on one of the scary ones, and get some weird dreams as a consequence, like I did!
I didn't read them all, I will be honest, but the ones I read were very good, or excellent. Just on the short side. but 23 stories across 360 odd pages is never going to produce novel length books.
4 stars
*same worded review will appear elsewhere
A collection of 23 different authors come together to bring you short stories set around the winter season or Christmas.
Not a single one of these authors have I read before, and there is a varied bunch of tales here. Some are just sad but some are downright scary!
Loosely, they are "holiday" stories, but more are winter ones, rather than Christmas.
An eclectic bunch of tales that can be read at any time, but I'd recommend NOT at bedtime! You might stop on one of the scary ones, and get some weird dreams as a consequence, like I did!
I didn't read them all, I will be honest, but the ones I read were very good, or excellent. Just on the short side. but 23 stories across 360 odd pages is never going to produce novel length books.
4 stars
*same worded review will appear elsewhere
Dean (6927 KP) rated Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984) in Movies
Dec 17, 2017
Santa Slasher
Hard to see what all the fuss was about by today's standards but suppose it was a bit shocking for '84. The film does look really dated now and is just unintentionally funny rather than scary or gruesome. A very poor film with cheap effects, bad acting and little plot. The good things are the typical 80's slasher feel to it, a few inventive kills. Hard to think it got 4 sequels!
HLD (99 KP) rated Resident Evil 7 biohazard in Video Games
Sep 5, 2017
Very intriguing story. (5 more)
Game play is a lot of fun .
It is a genuinely scary experience.
There's no shortage of things to find, collect, kill, or be killed by.
Wearing a diaper is advisable.
The storyline kept me hooked right up until the end.
Awesome, but could have been called anything...
Dean (6927 KP) rated Children of the Corn (1984) in Movies
May 2, 2018
I'm very disappointed with this! After hearing of it for so long and from a big Stephen King fan, I couldn't believe how poor this is! Looking very dated, thought it was an early 70's film not mid 80's! It's drawn out way too long even at 90mins. It's not scary, just weird. There was a re-make recently not to mention 7 sequels!! Hopefully they are a lot better!
Dean (6927 KP) rated Never Cry Werewolf (2008) in Movies
Apr 30, 2019
An ok horror comedy, with a made for TV feel to it. It's pretty much a copy of the cult classic Fright Night, but this time with a Werewolf in place of a Vampire. This time round it's a girl (Nina Dobrev from Vampire diaries) who has to fight the new neighbour. Not a bad werewolf costume but this is far from scary and not that funny. It's not a patch on Fright Night.
Victoria Green (34 KP) rated Halloween (2018) in Movies
Jun 9, 2019
While I watched the movie I liked the idea that it had kept the original theme music in the movie but at the same time, I thought it was too dramatic. I am not much for Horrors but I would say I would watch it again if the time came.
I would recommend it to my friend's and other people that are into jumping and scary movies.
I would recommend it to my friend's and other people that are into jumping and scary movies.
Dean (6927 KP) rated The Woman in Black (2012) in Movies
Feb 11, 2018
Hmmm a 12 rated "Horror" film?! Yep it doesn't really work, the only scares are predictable jumpy loud noise moments and spooky imagery. It has quite a dark story behind it though, it's just unfortunate that there is a real lack of dialogue with long quiet sections of Daniel Radcliffe walking round a creepy house. The production design is excellent though which adds to the right atmosphere, just not that scary for grown ups.
Books&Football (34 KP) rated Jaws (1975) in Movies
Jan 23, 2018
One of my all time favorites, I need to watch it every Memorial Day Weekend (2 more)
The first scary movie I can remember wanting to watch over and over.
So many great quotes
DAA DA
I never get tired of watching this movie. You just need to hear the first four notes of the score and you know what was going to happen.
Dean (6927 KP) rated Shutter (2008) in Movies
Feb 27, 2018
A pretty decent effort of a remake of the original Thai film. It compares well and the scenes are very similar, but the Thai version was more jumpy and creepy for me. Though that could be partly put down to knowing what was coming. The imagery of the ghost girl is no way as scary as the Grudge, Ring remakes. Enjoyable film well made and featuring a recognizable cast including Rachael Taylor from Transformers.
Dean (6927 KP) rated Pyewacket (2017) in Movies
Sep 27, 2018 (Updated Sep 27, 2018)
Missed opportunity
A slow burner of a horror which is more psychological creepy than really scary. It's very subtle with the scares which come about more from the atmosphere created. Unfortunately the ending felt rushed and fell flat. Also a couple of things just didn't fit in how the characters would act in certain situations.
Overall not bad, but after a slow good build up it falls apart a little at the end.
Overall not bad, but after a slow good build up it falls apart a little at the end.