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Blogtoberfest – Stephen King's Pet Sematary

Horror is different for everyone.  I don’t think the “experts” can agree on what horror is and thus there are tons of movies and books that represent the horror

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genre, as it should be.

I also believe that horror is different depending on where you are in your life.  What’s represents horror for a twenty-year-old might be old-hat to a forty year old. Books that resounded for me in my twenties are just “eh” now that I’m a lovely seasoned woman of a certain age.

But Stephen King’s Pet Semetary broke that mold.  It’s just as frightening now as when I first read it many years ago.

Here’s the blurb

“Sometimes dead is better….”When the Creeds move into a beautiful old house in rural Maine, it all seems too good to be true: physician father, beautiful wife, charming little daughter, adorable infant son — and now an idyllic home. As a family, they’ve got it all…right down to the friendly cat.

But the nearby woods hide a blood-chilling truth — more terrifying than death itself…and hideously more powerful.

 

SPOILERS  SPOILERS   sort of SPOILERS sort of  SPOILERS  SPOILERS 

My goodness, what a story.  It runs the gamut from the “real-life” horror of the death of a child and the grief that follows, to the otherworldly horror that awaits when the family tries to alleviate the grief that follows the death of a family pet.

The first time I read the story the scene on the hill wasn’t so horrifying.  You know why?  Because I didn’t have children of my own.  I think I was more touched by the death of the pet than I was by the other.  However, when I read it now, that scene on the hill makes my gut twinge and jump.  After reading it, I had to go “check on the children”.  Having children of my own makes the following scenes more poignant and so much more touching.

Sympathy turning to empathy.

SPOILERS END (they were half-assed anyway)

My theory of horror if you’re “just watching” it makes it a lot less scary.  “This could never happen to me because blah blah”.  When an ordinary situation turns into a “horror” situation, something that could happen to anyone, something that is plausible (with a little “what if” thrown in)  that’s when the true terror begins.

Pet Sematary is about grief, loss and at its core, the horror of not letting go and where it can get you.

 

 

 

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Five Scary Books – Lori Titus

As a fun part of Blogtoberfest, I asked my artist friends to send me their top five scary movies or top five scary books.  The results were varied and interesting.

According to Lori Titus:

My top five scary books are: 

 

5) Dark Rivers of the Heart by Dean Koontz

4) The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice

3) Fledgling by Octavia Butler

2) The Shining By Stephen King

1) My Soul to Keep  by Tananrive Due
lori-titus
Lori Titus is a Californian with a craving for all things dark and scary. She sleeps most days and powers through her nights with the help of caffeine and waking dreams. When not working on or plotting out her novels, she is a voracious reader and pet lover. Catch up with her latest work on her blog, The Darkest of Lore  (loribeth215@wordpress.com) catch her on Facebook, or follow her on Twitter or Instagram as Loribeth215. Her latest novel, The Art of Shadows, will be released in November 2016.

Want in on this?  Send me your bio, your site and your top five scary movies or top five scary books!


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Five Scary Books – Kenya Moss Dyme

As a fun part of Blogtoberfest, I asked my artist friends to send me their top five scary movies or top five scary books.  The results were varied and interesting.

According to Kenya Moss Dyme:

My top five scary books are: 

1. The Light at the End, John Skipp/Craig Spector
2. They Thirst, Robert McCammon
3. Storm of the Century, Stephen King
4. The Amulet, Michael McDowell
5. Whispers, Dean Koontz
kenya
Bio: Kenya Moss-Dyme began writing short-form horror in her teens and won several scholastic writing awards for her creative work. Prey for Me, the hard-hitting story of a monstrous child-abusing preacher, was her first published work, followed by the dark romance, A Good Wife. A lifelong fan of the macabre, she is now focused on publishing her nightmares and creating new ones. “Even as a child, I was never into princesses and cute kitten-y things; I’ve always found the witches and monsters more interesting because they have layers. There’s no layers to goodness and light.”

 

Site: http://www.kenyamossdyme.com/

 

Want in on this?  Send me your bio, your site and your top five scary movies or top five scary books!


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