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A Walk in the Clouds (1995)

6.8 (6 Ratings) Rate It

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When soldier Paul Sutton (Keanu Reeves) is on his way home after World War II, he realizes that he...

Funny sad romantic steamy

Lenard (726 KP) rated Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019) in Movies

Aug 21, 2019

Yesterday, I saw the movie based on the series of short story collections that inspired future makers of horror. It affected me so deeply that I decided to skip a Rifftrax screening. The actual film collects multiple horror tropes: haunted house, creepy hallways, reanimated corpses, spiders, supernatural serial killer, books. Most of the stories startle, but never terrify. The creature designs are phenomenal. The ending is kind of a letdown after all the thrills. However, one story completely disturbed me. Not the story or the creature, but the style. It used a lot of anticipation and narrative, but never showed much of the horror. It just built up tension and had one huge scare leading to a horrifying "ending" for one of the characters.

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Eleanor (1463 KP) rated The Shadows in Books

Jul 29, 2020

The Shadows

Alex North | 2020 | Thriller

9.0

(3 Ratings)

Book Rating

A thriller with some real chills. Returning to his home town for the first time in 25 years Paul is still haunted by the murder that occurred there in his childhood and with a copycat about he's not the only one finding it hard to forget the town's horrific past.

This is not a tale for the weak-stomached with some truly gory and creepy imagery. It's both well written by Alex North and the audiobook was a great listen (narrated by Hannah Arterton and John Heffernan.)

I did find the ending slightly anti-climatic but I think part of it was the build-up was just so good.

Thanks to Macmillan Audio, the author, and NetGalley for the copy.