Blogtoberfest – Page 12 – Dahlia DeWinters

Blogtoberfest – Scary Stories – Survivor Type

Yes. It’s a Stephen King story. No, it’s not one of the ones that have been made into a movie. However, I will tell you right now, even thinking of the story…it is one that I’ve read twice and not one that I will come back to any time soon. It’s a story about a shipwreck, just like Cast Away, but King grabs your hand and forces you down a path to make you closely examine the situation: You are stranded on a desert island with little hope of rescue…and little food. How far will you go to survive? You’ll see what one man’s desperation will lead him to. The story is not available as a stand alone, as far as I know, but as part of Skeleton Crew, an older selection of stories that are King at his best, at least in my opinion. (Not that it matters, really,… Continued

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Blogtoberfest – Magic (and not the Mike kind)

This is a movie that scared the mess out of me when I was a teenager. First of all, I am no fan of ventriloquist dummies. I can’t stand them, they scare the heck out of me. Give me a movie with a dummy and you’ve got me scared. A looooooong time ago, back in 1978, there was this movie trailer that ran on television. Mind you, this was back in the fun 70s where the cars waiting in line for gas would queue in front of my parents’ house. This trailer wasn’t anything NEAR Silent Hill 3d (which by the way also frightens me with its grotesqueness) but was creepy just in the fact that it featured a dummy. The movie was directed by Richard Attenborough, the kindly old John Hammond in Jurassic Park. You’ll also find Burgess Meredith, Ann-Margaret, and Here’s the creepy trailer. According to Wikipedia

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Halloween Costumes that Murder Childhood

I let my children dress up. That’s it. I’m beyond the stage where I’m going to put on a purchased costume and parade around. As a woman of a certain age, I know when its time to give the children the spotlight and fade into the background. However, as a woman of a certain age, I’ve lived long enough (thank the good Lord) to witness the diabolical attempt at destroying my childhood with devious sexiness. Note the following horrible sexy costumes that shouldn’t be. There will be no commentary. Just scroll down, seeing your childhood go down in flames while your eyes melt down your face a la the Nazis at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark. [slideshow_deploy id=1244] Yay! I wrecked your childhood too! D

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Blogtoberfest – Funny Halloween Movies

Oh, you sneaky Blogtoberfest, you almost got me, didn’t you? Clever girl. But I am not going to make the same mistake I did a few nights ago and scare myself so much I’m sitting up and jumping and shadows. No. Today’s blog post is about the fun and/or campy Halloween movies. Unfortunately, there is an evil clown in one of them, but it’s balanced by a gangsta Woody Harrelson. Which brings me to my first move, Zombieland. Zombies scare me but I watch ’em anyway. It’s something about the apocalyptic, nomad type existence that happens after such devastation that I enjoy. I like Zombieland because the lead guy isn’t a big ol’ tough zombie-killing hero, no sir. He’s a scared little beta dude, running for his life. “Double-Tap” indeed. A fun film to watch with excellent zombie-killing sequences that make you think “I could do that”. Let me tell

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Blogtoberfest – Myths and Legends

The Blair Witch Project was a movie that consisted of three explorers going to find a urban myth, I guess, in the form of a witch that roamed the forest. Most of know how that turned out…not very well. I was actually scared somewhat by the movie, even though I knew it wasn’t true – the narrative was pretty effective! I am a huge fan of the show “Fact or Faked” and I glean a lot of the my information about local legends from that and Weird NJ. I truly enjoy reading about the weird stuff that happens just beyond our field of vision. Being a resident of the lovely Garden State, let’s begin our trip there…. The Jersey Devil (From the Weird NJ Website http://weirdnj.com/stories/jersey-devil/) Legend has it that in 1735, a Pines resident known as Mother Leeds found herself pregnant for the thirteenth time. (Leeds is the name

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Blogtoberfest – Scary Urban Legends

We all know ’em, don’t we? The friend of a friend of my cousin who….they all start out that way and always end badly for that sort-of person we kinda know. They even made a movie (or three) about it, then there was that television series that acted them out (badly) for you. Let’s talk about a few of these, shall we? And remember to leave the light on…. The Clown Statue Murderer: An Urban Legend The story of the clown statue murderer is an urban legend. It is not a true story but can spark fear in anyone who reads it. It has been passed around as a chain letter online since 2004. Here is the story: “A girl in her teens is babysitting for a family in Newport Beach, Ca. The family is wealthy and has a very large house – you know the sort, with a ridiculous