Blogtober 2019 – Over and Out

It is with some sadness that I prepare to pack away all things Halloweeny for another year. It's been a blast. October's been a super creative month for me what with both Blogtober and Inktober going on - I hope I can find a way to keep it up to the end of the year …

Countdown

If you could find out exactly when you're going to die... would you want to know? This movie has such a lame title I completely forgot what it was called when I went to buy the ticket. In the UK we have a quintessentially British quiz show of the same name - which tests vocabulary and …

Wounds

Don't call it in. Jill was happy with this pick because she wanted to see Armie Hammer die, which is as good as reason as any to be excited I guess. I was intrigued because this is the second full-length feature from Under the Shadow’s Babak Anvari. UTS was a properly eerie folktale with some …

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

I introduced you to my new favourite protagonist last week but I still want to talk about the full novel because I really loved it and devoured it in two days. For a Stephen King book it’s like a tasty snack rather than a main meal – and sometimes, that’s just enough to satisfy. Tricia …

Hallowe’en Party

Hercule Poirot takes on one of the most challenging cases of his career. I haven’t read nearly enough Agatha Christie, even though I know lots of her stories via their TV/Film adaptations. I’m not sure Hallowe'en Party was the best place to start but I chose it because of the title and I can’t say …

A.M.I.

A seventeen year old girl forms a co-dependent relationship with an artificial intelligence on her phone and goes on a murderous rampage.A.M.I. *Spoilers* My Review Cassie has recently lost her mum and via the medium of flashback, it seems she might have been driving the car that claimed her life. She spends a fair amount …

This is Halloween

In all the excitement of my lovely guest posts – thank you girls – I had almost forgotten to take a moment to think about what my favourite holiday means to me.  Kath has already touched upon the fact that Halloween hasn’t always been the most hands on in the UK. It was a thing …

GUEST POST: What Halloween Means to Me

By Kath Lambert Growing up in the U.K. Halloween was very different to how it was portrayed on American television. Yes, kids trick or treated but definitely not to the extent that they do in the US and the costumes have never been as inventive here either. We only ever seem to go for scary …

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

This week's pick is based on the classic novel of the same name by Shirley Jackson. Yet another unread book that lives on my shelf. Maybe I'll make time for it now because I feel it will probably pad out a lot of the characterisation. Still, this is the perfect kind of movie to enjoy …

Elixir

A little real talk today because what's scarier honestly than the human psyche? Amirite? I want to talk medication because it's a topic on my mind a lot lately. Years and years ago, while I was still a sixth form student, I had a job in an old people's home. I worked for The Chans …