Haunted by Tamara Thorne

 

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Five "Spooky Shivers" Stars

Atmospheric Haunting!

A small taste of what lies within:

David Masters, an author along with his daughter, Amber move into Baudey House that sits on the California coastline. The house is well known around the town of Red Cay for having a sordid history and for being haunted. Though David and Amber do not truly believe in ghosts so they just shrug off the town talk, but when the ghosts make their presence known the Masters family will be getting a rude awakening! 

That is about all I can hand out with a small taste so if you want to know more then go read this book!

Thoughts:

This story just reached in and grabbed me! I love haunted house stories and the author, Tamara Thorne weaved her haunting magic within these pages as everything that is connected to ghosts and spooky atmosphere lies within this book! 

I loved the characters in this book as there are quite a few but each one shines within the pages of this book. The story moves at a good pace bringing all the haunting tones to a creepy crescendo and it took me on a haunted ride into this author's mind! 

Another great book by Tamara Thorne and looking forward to reading more of her stories. 

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Mischief Night Massacre: Ten Tales of Halloween by Jason Parent

 

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Four "Halloween Horror" Stars

Chills and Thrills!

A small taste of what lies within:

This book has 10 short story collections. I am just going to list out a handful with a cryptic statement to give you a taste of what lies within:

Russian Dollhouse:

An old abandoned house that friends go to check out on Halloween and they see horrific things that are worse than nightmares.

Keeping Up Appearances:

A robbery goes south when the homeowners are not what they seem to be.

A Not Not-So-Scary Halloween:

A sister and brother are visiting relatives in Florida for Halloween and their cousin tells them about the alligators that roam the area.

Ride Like the Devil:

A carnival ride that has got a bad rap as something bad happened in the past.

Last Halloween:

Something is hiding out in the woods that will cause some high school friends to wonder what they have stumbled across.

Thoughts:

The other stories in this book collection you will need to discover for yourself as they will take you to horror places that delve deep into the recesses of this author's mind! 

The stories locked within these pages will give you chills and thrills as you read them as the author threw a little bit of every kind of spooky in this book! For a Halloween collection of stories all of these creepy tales have the atmosphere of all things Halloween. 

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Psycho by Robert Bloch

 

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Four "Killer Thriller" Stars

Thrills & Chills!

Thoughts:

I am not doing a small taste within as I am sure everyone knows about the movie Psycho and have read the book as well. So I am just giving out my thoughts on the story.

This was my first time reading the book though I have watched the movie more than a dozen times. The movie does stay close to the book - it almost parallels the book except for the size of Norman Bates. The book has him being heavy and the movie has him being thin. Other than that I thought the movie stayed true to the book. 

I think the movie is creepier but I could feel the dread and terror slowly seeping under my skin as I read the story. The story moves at an even pace - I wouldn't really consider it a slow burn as the story just seems to move along at a good clip and brings the spookiness of how Norman affects those around him. All in all a great classic horror thriller that I am happy that I finally read. 

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The Ninth Gate (1999)

 

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Four "Horror Suspense" Stars

Streaming service: Tubi

Release date: 1999

Main cast: Johnny Depp, Emmanuelle Seigner, Lena Olin, and Frank Langelia

Story Synopsis:

Dean Corso (Johnny Depp) specializes in tracking down rare and exotic books for collectors. Dean is hired by Boris Balkan (Frank Langelia) to track down books that might be genuine to a book that he owns which is a satanic text called the Nine Gates. Balkan wants Corso to make sure that the book Balkan owns is genuine and to find out if the other books out there are genuine or forgeries. Corso is on a ride for his life when mishaps start happening to him on his quest to find the books. 

Thoughts:

This was a great movie - lots of intrigue and suspense. There is quite a bit of occult vibes running through the film and it kept me glued to my seat to find out what was going to happen to Corso on his pursuit to finding the books. I don't remember seeing this movie before either - I have seen it as far as advertising but never sat down to watch the movie. It is quite lengthy too - around 2 hours and 15 minutes long. All in all a great movie and I am glad that I finally watched it.  

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The Nineth Gate movie trailer

Bedbugs by Lee Andrew Taylor

 

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Four "Bites and Blood" Stars!

Infested Intrigue!

A small taste of what lies within:

The town of Lemonsville has been invaded by alien infested bedbugs and it has turned the town upside down as the residents are being attacked to the point that they don't know what they are all going to do as these bedbugs are deadly and unseen! Can the residents of the town survive the onslaught? 

No spoilers here as you will need to read the book to see what happens! 

Thoughts:

This was my first time reading this author and this story starts out with some action which never lets up throughout the whole book! There are quite a few characters to keep up with but the story never slows down and there is also quite a bit of gore scenes within the story as well which made me grab my gore suit! 

The author goes into some descriptive details with the gore scenes which started making me squirmy and also I was itching some throughout this story. Another author added to my discovered list. 

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Annabelle Comes Home (2019)

 

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Five "Leave the Lights On" Stars

Streaming service: Tubi

Movie Year: 2019

Movie Cast (Main): Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Grace McKenna, Madison Iseman, and Katie Sarife

Story synopsis:

Ed and Lorraine Warren keep the possessed doll Annabelle locked up in their artifact room in their house. But when they go away for the evening and leave a baby sitter in charge of their daughter is when things go awry as Annabelle brings to life the evil spirits in the artifact room causing havoc and terror in the household. 

Thoughts:

This is one scary movie! I was freaked out through most of it as the tension and the jump scares kept me on the edge of my seat! It was almost as scary to me as watching the first Conjuring movie which also freaked me out. 

This movie gave me the "heebie jeebies" and almost made me want to leave the lights on in my room. I watched this movie in the dark - not a good idea. lol   The movie gets five stars from me for keeping me spooked!

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Tomb of Gods by Brian Moreland

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Five "Tomb Terror" Stars
 

Spooky Suspense!

A small taste of what lies within:

Imogen Riley is on a quest to learn what happened to her grandfather years ago on an Egyptian archaeological dig and what he discovered if anything on the dig but to do that Imogen will need to retrace her grandfather's footsteps into an unknown world of Egyptian intrigue to learn the truth! 

That is about all I can hand out on with a small taste without giving away spoilers so if you want to know more then go read this book!

Thoughts:

This book was one spooky ride into the historical Egyptian realm as the author, Brian Moreland takes the reader deep into a supernatural world of terror! This book kept me flipping pages and staying up to the early morning hours reading as it was hard to put it down with so much happening within its pages! 

There were lots of spooky moments and quite a bit of dread feelings along with some claustrophobia moments as well. There were a few characters within the story but they were easy to keep track of throughout the book. I have come to love books by Brian Moreland as his stories are told in descriptive detail to the point that you feel that you have been transported into his world. The visuals of the story just pop right out of the pages and keep you suspended within the story. 

Another great book by this author added to my favorites shelf. :)

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