tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post7502250822208329126..comments2024-03-29T08:07:36.632-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: Spooktacular Reading: The Reds share their faves by Jenn McKinlayJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-70185705225037379582021-09-17T13:14:32.096-04:002021-09-17T13:14:32.096-04:00I am one of these people who cannot watch horror m...I am one of these people who cannot watch horror movies nor read horror novels. <br /><br />DianaBibliophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764234701385787238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-64230361021444440502021-09-17T09:38:43.365-04:002021-09-17T09:38:43.365-04:00I love horror, but I can't read it often becau...I love horror, but I can't read it often because it does keep me up. I hate having to explain at work the next day that I'm dragging because I scared the bejeezus out of myself! But my recent is go-to is Joe Hill. That man keeps me up at night in the worst possible way!Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14344815219310665673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-20621647592387930362021-09-17T06:45:56.128-04:002021-09-17T06:45:56.128-04:00Well, the Headless Horseman is the high school mas...Well, the Headless Horseman is the high school mascot! (I just looked it up) They have a big Halloween festival. It's a charming small suburban town, a short train ride (side trip?) from Manhattan. 19th century estates, too,and some great art,courtesy of Rockefellars.Trisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08058396345946250313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-80991629878156277812021-09-16T22:55:27.608-04:002021-09-16T22:55:27.608-04:00I did the opposite - raised in New England and mov...I did the opposite - raised in New England and moved to the desert. I can testify that our history lessons in school ended with the Revolutionary War. What Civil War? I kid you not.Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589365995413467367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-91081717496786938002021-09-16T22:54:22.003-04:002021-09-16T22:54:22.003-04:00It is the epitome of terrifying. It is the epitome of terrifying. Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589365995413467367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-17671205604099501432021-09-16T22:54:02.162-04:002021-09-16T22:54:02.162-04:00I love the Wizard of OZ, but yeah those flying mon...I love the Wizard of OZ, but yeah those flying monkeys...SCARY.Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589365995413467367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-24065553759978312892021-09-16T22:52:49.872-04:002021-09-16T22:52:49.872-04:00We always watch Halloween on Halloween. It's d...We always watch Halloween on Halloween. It's deliciously terrifying. I'm not a big sequel person, but I did love the original Scream. So clever.Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589365995413467367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-70348399511280314672021-09-16T22:51:45.734-04:002021-09-16T22:51:45.734-04:00I haven't seen that - so I'll take your wo...I haven't seen that - so I'll take your word for it and pass.Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589365995413467367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-31181549107355075202021-09-16T22:51:11.816-04:002021-09-16T22:51:11.816-04:00Ooooh, I had no idea. I'd have loved to go to ...Ooooh, I had no idea. I'd have loved to go to Sleepy Hollow High School. Wow, ideas are bubbling!!! Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589365995413467367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-63780178173324908022021-09-16T22:49:30.226-04:002021-09-16T22:49:30.226-04:00Oh, I'm going to have to bump it up on my TBR....Oh, I'm going to have to bump it up on my TBR.Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589365995413467367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-57419001764125559192021-09-16T22:49:10.984-04:002021-09-16T22:49:10.984-04:00LOL. Fair point!LOL. Fair point!Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589365995413467367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-67858659681659207052021-09-16T19:48:54.499-04:002021-09-16T19:48:54.499-04:00Am I the only one who thinks "Bambi" and...Am I the only one who thinks "Bambi" and "Pinocchio" were horror movies? That forest fire, that whale. Ellen M. Kozakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18342774310814059158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-15969122854684980392021-09-16T18:36:46.351-04:002021-09-16T18:36:46.351-04:00Get Out was brilliant! Weirdly, I've never rea...Get Out was brilliant! Weirdly, I've never read Lovecraft - must correct that.Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589365995413467367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-76911460491226813442021-09-16T17:31:52.040-04:002021-09-16T17:31:52.040-04:00Can't end the day without mentioning Laurie R ...Can't end the day without mentioning Laurie R King's latest, Castle Shade.. I am halfway through reading this eerie Transylvanian Sherlock Russell tale. Coralee Hickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06691335135691119400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-41267763635283604702021-09-16T16:45:46.197-04:002021-09-16T16:45:46.197-04:00I have your latest on the top of my TBR pile, Jenn...I have your latest on the top of my TBR pile, Jenn, and I'm pretty sure there's no corsetry or croquet involved. Thanks for the kind words.Gigi Norwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00495357787099352860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-50786526994771956472021-09-16T16:43:09.150-04:002021-09-16T16:43:09.150-04:00I had to squinch my eyes, but in the end I loved S...I had to squinch my eyes, but in the end I loved Simone St. James' book "The Sun Down Motel."Gigi Norwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00495357787099352860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-17349786952183947482021-09-16T15:36:53.824-04:002021-09-16T15:36:53.824-04:00Nope, nope, nope. I am not amused by being terrifi...Nope, nope, nope. I am not amused by being terrified and never have been but you hit the exception right at the beginning. Because? My favorite aunt, who had no children until I was in high school, lived down the road from Sleepy Hollow. No kidding.She lived in Tarrytown, also mentioned in Irving's stories, and SH is part of the town. The burial ground in that story? Check. The bridge over the river? Check. The Dutch church? Check. All still there.In fact,my eventual cousins went to Sleepy Hollow High School. A special bonus, then and now, was Irvings own quirky home, overlooking the Hudson and open to visitors. So I have a personal love for this story. And. My younger daughter's birthday is Nov2 and we used to have Halloween themed parties. Kids wore costumes and watched the Disney version of the story. (Funny and quite scary)Trisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08058396345946250313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-31976441013483936362021-09-16T14:50:56.860-04:002021-09-16T14:50:56.860-04:00I used to read more horror, but it doesn't see...I used to read more horror, but it doesn't seem to be something that appeals to me these days. I used to read Stephen King some time ago, in the 80s and 90s, but his short-story collection Different Seasons with the story Apt Pupil in it just about did me in. But, I enjoyed some of his others, like Misery and Dolores Claiborne and The Green Mile and The Shining. One of my favorite books is by King, and it's a scary one, entitled The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. Rose Madder was the strangest I read of his. I keep thinking I will read him again, as there are books that sound interesting, but I just haven't. I do think he is a great storyteller.<br /><br />Of course, I've been a Poe fan since high school, and I have the Funko Pop figures to prove it. Hahaha! I also enjoy Shirley Jackson. I just read Mexican Gothic as a buddy read with my daughter, and there was some weird going-ons there. I usually read Simone St. James books, too, but I think they are pretty much light horror. I loved The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes, out in 2013. I'm a fan of Bram Stoker's Dracula and Elizabeth Kostova's take on it in The Historian (another favorite all-time book for me). <br /><br />I have a friend who loved Paul Tremblay's horror novels, and I actually have a couple, but I haven't read them. I also haven't read H.P. Lovecraft, who is considered one of the most influential horror writers of all time (he died in 1937), but my son has read him. <br /><br />I grew up with Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, and Alfred Hitchcock Presents. I loved those shows. Then, later came Rod Sterling's Night Gallery and Tales from the Crypt. I don't really care for horror movies though. A few exceptions are The Shining (a favorite movie), Dolores Claiborne, The Green Mile, Misery, The Others, and Get Out. I don't like horror movies that are all about gory, bloody scenes with no real plot. I think I prefer the older horror films that are less realistic about people dying in horrible ways.<br /><br />So, I guess I do like horror in small doses. Kathy Reelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17004247271452356577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-35320331754649732902021-09-16T14:15:21.181-04:002021-09-16T14:15:21.181-04:00Count me among those creeped out by the original &...Count me among those creeped out by the original "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" . . . .Joan Emersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06810313925049108163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-51219791103984763842021-09-16T14:12:10.934-04:002021-09-16T14:12:10.934-04:00Rhys and Debs, did you also feel, as I did, the sa...Rhys and Debs, did you also feel, as I did, the same horror about The Stepford Wives? That's one I did both read and watch. Karen in Ohiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846039203123720312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-85729360021481884542021-09-16T14:02:05.014-04:002021-09-16T14:02:05.014-04:00Growing up in the desert Southwest where trees are...Growing up in the desert Southwest where trees are sparse and the night is not that dark, I couldn't fathom the Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Then I moved to New England and watched in wonder as the roadside forest ate the light of the headlamps. I didn't want to fathom how dark it was inside the forest but boy, did the headless horseman makes sense. (I also had a lot of thoughts about how American History is taught and understood from a NE perspective, too, but that's a different post.) <br /><br />I get the point of that kind of "gentle" horror, but it really isn't my thing. I am very willing to accept that Stephen King is a genius without verifying it for myself.<br /><br />c d moultonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17899545521206329219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-9831862950289086362021-09-16T13:49:41.468-04:002021-09-16T13:49:41.468-04:00Oh Karen, I remember the Invasion of the Body Snat...Oh Karen, I remember the Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Freaked me out for weeks. And I can't handle anything too intense on TV any longer, although I loved all of the Helen Mirren Prime Suspects which were pretty intense.Authorrhysbowen@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11844065473614874365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-83620060325858676772021-09-16T13:05:35.626-04:002021-09-16T13:05:35.626-04:00No horror and not much suspense. Probably because...No horror and not much suspense. Probably because I read The Haunting of Hill House when I was in junior high, and it scared me enough for all time! I still won’t read it at bedtime. Cathy H-Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01160448354492781651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-4783587012963082742021-09-16T12:56:41.578-04:002021-09-16T12:56:41.578-04:00No horror readings nor movies for me...at my age I...No horror readings nor movies for me...at my age I don't need a racing heart to know I'm alive - as they say "if it doesn't hurt, it doesn't work"...and the pain is enough to know you are alive...I agree with one poster The Wizard of Oz is a horror movie - one of my friend got so scared she left the theater in tears!<br />Gramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01027824918114690029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-85215113698002823542021-09-16T12:19:58.511-04:002021-09-16T12:19:58.511-04:00I'm not much of a horror person in books. How...I'm not much of a horror person in books. However, I have this odd fascination with Slashers. Most years in October, I rewatch the original Halloween. I am obsessed with the Scream franchise and am looking forward to the new movie coming in January. Not quite so sure about the Halloween sequel. I'll watch it, but it looks like it is going to be brutal, and the last one was a bit too much for me.Mark Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567392254011373198noreply@blogger.com