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2amysisson
I plan to re-read The Rebel Witch by Jack Lovejoy for Halloween. It was something of a childhood favorite of mine.
3LibraryPerilous
Songs:
"Red Right Hand," Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
"Ghost Town," Katie Melua
"Your Ghost," Kristin Hersh
"Do the Strand," Roxy Music
"I Put a Spell on You," Screamin' Jay Hawkins
and Nina Simone's version
Too lazy to do links for the rest:
"Werewolves of London," Warren Zevon
"Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)," Concrete Blonde
"Bela Lugosi's Dead," Bauhaus
"Howlin' for You," The Black Keys
"Little Drop of Poison" and "Whistlin' Past the Graveyard," Tom Waits
"Thriller," Michael Jackson
"Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered," the Ella version, of course
Night on Bald Mountain, Mussorgsky
"Halloween on the Barbary Coast," The Flaming Lips
"My Beloved Monster," The Eels
"A Nightmare on My Street," DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince
"Red Right Hand," Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
"Ghost Town," Katie Melua
"Your Ghost," Kristin Hersh
"Do the Strand," Roxy Music
"I Put a Spell on You," Screamin' Jay Hawkins
and Nina Simone's version
Too lazy to do links for the rest:
"Werewolves of London," Warren Zevon
"Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)," Concrete Blonde
"Bela Lugosi's Dead," Bauhaus
"Howlin' for You," The Black Keys
"Little Drop of Poison" and "Whistlin' Past the Graveyard," Tom Waits
"Thriller," Michael Jackson
"Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered," the Ella version, of course
Night on Bald Mountain, Mussorgsky
"Halloween on the Barbary Coast," The Flaming Lips
"My Beloved Monster," The Eels
"A Nightmare on My Street," DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince
4LibraryPerilous
>2 amysisson: That looks like a fun book. I'm going to go with a reread of The Perilous Gard, thanks to a comment @Oandthegang made on another thread.
6mstrust
I'm currently reading Death Makes a Holiday, a non-fiction that covers all aspects of the holiday, including where our fear of tampered candy comes from.
I have several favorite short stories like The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Devil and Daniel Webster. I can also recommend the horror stories of Ambrose Bierce and British author R. Chetwynd-Hayes.
My list for movies would include:
It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Trick r Treat
30 Days of Night
The Legend of Ichabod Crane (Disney)
Sleepy Hollow (Burton)
I have several favorite short stories like The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Devil and Daniel Webster. I can also recommend the horror stories of Ambrose Bierce and British author R. Chetwynd-Hayes.
My list for movies would include:
It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Trick r Treat
30 Days of Night
The Legend of Ichabod Crane (Disney)
Sleepy Hollow (Burton)
7patchygirl
ET for films. I'm a (middle-aged) Brit. Steve Roud, author of The English Year (if you haven't met it, I'd warmly recommend this book) reckons that ET was a major influence in re-popularizing Hallowe'en in recent years in England.
There were Brits who celebrated Hallowe'en anyway, of course. Strong traditions in Scotland and I love the pre-war party reminiscences in Nella Last's War. There's a Hallowe'en party in the Chalet School series, as well - I'm blanking on the title - I think it's Exploits of the Chalet Girls.
There were Brits who celebrated Hallowe'en anyway, of course. Strong traditions in Scotland and I love the pre-war party reminiscences in Nella Last's War. There's a Hallowe'en party in the Chalet School series, as well - I'm blanking on the title - I think it's Exploits of the Chalet Girls.
8mstrust
Here's flavorwire's list for the scariest short stories:
http://flavorwire.com/483530/50-of-the-scariest-short-stories-of-all-time/view-a...
http://flavorwire.com/483530/50-of-the-scariest-short-stories-of-all-time/view-a...
9edwinbcn
I started reading The Golden Apples by Eudora welty. I had some difficulty getting used to the style, at first. The Golden Apples is a collection of stories that are interlinked, so that the book forms a tpe of hybrid between short stories and a novel.
The first story, "The Golden Apples" befittingly is set during Hallowe'en. It describes and occurrance that is at once so likely and unlikely that some wonder whether they have seen a ghost. For all its shortness, it is a very powerful story in that it clearly sets the scene for all stories in the by-gone days of slavery in the South in the period of leading up to the Great War.
The first story, "The Golden Apples" befittingly is set during Hallowe'en. It describes and occurrance that is at once so likely and unlikely that some wonder whether they have seen a ghost. For all its shortness, it is a very powerful story in that it clearly sets the scene for all stories in the by-gone days of slavery in the South in the period of leading up to the Great War.
10Oandthegang
>9 edwinbcn: Sounds tempting.
12mstrust
Some non-fiction Halloween books:
Extreme Pumpkins
Ray Villafane's Pumpkins, These to for carving inspiration
A New England Autumn
The Horror Of It All, a look at horror films, especially ones from the 80's
Extreme Pumpkins
Ray Villafane's Pumpkins, These to for carving inspiration
A New England Autumn
The Horror Of It All, a look at horror films, especially ones from the 80's
13SassyLassy
Suggestions from MsNick in the Club Read group:
The Sentinel
Harvest Home by Thomas Tyron
Finders Keepers by Stephen King
End of Watch by Stephen King
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
House of Leaves
and from Varielle
Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie
The Sentinel
Harvest Home by Thomas Tyron
Finders Keepers by Stephen King
End of Watch by Stephen King
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
House of Leaves
and from Varielle
Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie
14LibraryPerilous
Ooh, Harvest Home looks v. interesting.
I haven't decided what to read for Halloween this year. So many choices ...
I haven't decided what to read for Halloween this year. So many choices ...
15SassyLassy
While in a real book store this weekend, I discovered this book:
The Penguin Book of the Undead: Fifteen Hundred Years of Supernatural Encounters
Naturally I had to buy it. The book looks at historical accounts of supernatural activity from Greeks and Romans to the Reformation.
Ghostly stories can be found in The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories: From Elizabeth Gaskell to Ambrose Bierce
The Penguin Book of the Undead: Fifteen Hundred Years of Supernatural Encounters
Naturally I had to buy it. The book looks at historical accounts of supernatural activity from Greeks and Romans to the Reformation.
Ghostly stories can be found in The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories: From Elizabeth Gaskell to Ambrose Bierce
