Category Archives: 31 in 31

#31in31 – Nightbreed: The Director’s Cut

“What’s below, remains below.” Story: A guy picked the wrong shrink to tell his troubles to. Before you know it  guy is dead…but he’d been to see the monsters of Midian. Now he’s one of the Nightbreed. But his killer … Continue reading

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31 in 31 – A Place of One’s Own

“I’ll be hanged if I’ll be dictated to by a woman who’s been dead for 40 years! “ Story: Downton Abbey meets Insidious. A young woman takes a position as a companion to an elderly woman who has just bought … Continue reading

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#31in31: The Last Witch Hunter

What?  It’s in theaters.  And FWIW, this would be hella cool “on the Blu-Ray” Story: Centuries ago, a guy named Kaulder kicked the Witch Queen’s ass.  But maybe not as thoroughly as he thought.  Luckily, she cursed him with immortality, … Continue reading

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#31in31: Day of the Dead

Synced with the 31 Day Horror Movie Challenge “This is a great big 14 mile tombstone! With an epitaph on it that nobody gonna bother to read.” Story: The dead are up and about. Where’ya gonna go to keep safe? … Continue reading

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#31in31: Flavorwire’s Creepiest Houses in Literature

Okay, so the title is really “20 of the Creepiest Haunted Houses, Castles, and Mansions in Literature“.  But Sarah Seltzer has nailed it, from quaint homes with a sinister secret to full blown mansions with full-blown ghosts, they’re here and … Continue reading

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#31in31 – Zombeavers

Synched with the 31 Day Horror Movie Challenge “This doesn’t make any goddamn sense!” Story: Zombie. Beavers. In the Woods. People stumble on them. Hilarity ensues. Scares: Not really, unless you’re new to this genre. Splat factor: From scene one … Continue reading

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#31in31: Crimson Peak

Story: Edith Cushing (heh), a young woman with dreams of being a ghost story writer, suddenly falls in love with a dashing but mysterious man. When she moves from the USA to the UK to be with him, things slowly … Continue reading

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#31in31 – The Babadook

Synched with the 31 Day Horror Movie Challenge “Happy Birthday, sweetheart.” Story: A woman who lost her husband the day her son was born tries to move on with her life.  She’s failing.  But perhaps reading her son a bedtime … Continue reading

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#31in31 – Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead

“What did we learn? “NEVER GET OUT OF THE TRUCK!” Story: Aww, shooting stars in the Australian sky. So pretty. Hey, where’d these zombies come from? And why is that creepy scientist “looking for a cure” just as scary? Scares: … Continue reading

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#31in31: WaPo’s “Where to live if you want to survive the zombie apocalypse”

And now for something completely different: zombie prep! It’s one thing to think you’re prepared.  But all that prep isn’t gonna do squat for you if you’re in city-central when the zombie apocalypse (Zombalypse?) hits.  So in its effort to … Continue reading

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