Meet Dorian Gray, who does have such a portrait. The eerie tale has everything you could possibly want this Halloween season: fancy clothes, parties, homoeroticism and a whole lot of betrayal. The book begins with a Dr. Montague inviting four guests to stay at Hill House for the summer, hoping to find evidence of the supernatural.
The home has a history of suicide and strange occurrences. Jackson is a master of exploiting the reader's imagination. Her simple and sublime prose about a home that could possibly be haunted is unnerving, and I found myself alternating between holding my breath and breathlessly turning the pages. Jackson sets the stage to hold the reader's mind hostage with what could come next. And that was with the lights on. Banned Books Week: We defend 30 challenged books including 'Beloved' and ''.
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Jamie Lee Curtis: 'Halloween Kills' expands on grief, trauma, rage and fear. Forty years after the first time, Jamie Lee Curtis slips into a hospital gown for a horror sequel, showing a vulnerable side in "Halloween Kills. Meanwhile, longtime residents Charity and Brett Chambers have a nice St. Bernard named Cujo that loves chasing wild rabbits in his spare time. During his latest safari, Cujo is bitten on the nose by a rabid bat. And, as you can probably imagine, all hell absolutely breaks loose.
What follows are very tense moments of terror inside a little car, as a mom tries to protect her son from the rabid terror that awaits them outside. He wrote a fine horror book. Cruel ending and all. Watch Cujo on Amazon. The only guy who can stop him is, you guessed it, a writer named Ben Mears, who already has a strained relationship with his hometown, which he abandoned years ago. Like a modern team of Draculian vampire hunters, Ben teams up with his new sweetheart Susan, a little boy named Mark, and some other townspeople to take down the vampire and his unholy creations.
All in all, this fat novel holds plenty of scares, including a school bus full of vampire children who hunt down the school bus driver who tormented them. We have goosebumps. Either way, this is the novel that never made you want to become a hotel caretaker. An alcoholic writer surprise! The job seems easy enough until all the guests leave and the doors shut behind them until the spring. Get to it, Constant Readers! Watch The Shining on Amazon. Additional writing: Paul Cunliffe.
Best Stephen King novels, 1. Beep, beep, Ritchie! IT made clowns scary for a whole new generation, and through the recent film adaptations, continues to do so. In this case, the residents are being turned into vampires.
Most memorable scare? That spells moon! It tells the story of rival groups of survivors following a devastating pandemic. Some are drawn to the mysterious year-old Mother Abagail in the fields of Nebraska, others to the terrifying dark-man, Randall Flagg, who makes his home in Las Vegas. Pre Covid, the idea of a global pandemic wiping out most of humanity was scary enough, now it seems horribly prescient.
How lucky romance writer Paul Sheldon is, to be rescued after crashing his car by a nurse, and his number one fan, Annie Wilkes. What follows, as he is kept prisoner until he writes the book she wants to read, is a brilliant exercise in tension.
Carrie is the novel that started it all and is still well worth a read. Carrie is a teenage girl who is abused by her god-fearing mother and the kids in her class. Ariana Grande. Cynthia Erivo. Saraciea J. Now You Know. Latest Entertainment. Get the Daily Inside Scoop Right in your inbox.
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