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Dead Leaves: 9 Tales from the Witching Season by Kealan Patrick Burke My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is definitely a good collection of short stories for Halloween. Each story invoked the feeling of autumn, Halloween, and the darkness that lingers just around the corner as the witching season is upon us. The two stories that I absolutely enjoyed were "The Tradition" and "The One Night of the Year". I highly recommend this book to fellow Halloween enthusiasts and horror book lovers. View all my reviews

The stories in Joe Hill's FULL THROTTLE can go from meth-dealing bikers to a secret door that opens to fauns, from ghostly patrons returning way past-due books to a bookmobile to a field of tall grass that is like a fatal dose of LSD. Not one of these stories was a dud, and I enjoyed them. I have read "Throttle" (a story about a biker gang being chased down by a ravenous semi), "Wolverton Station" (a train station that is populated with werewolves), "By the Silver Water of Lake Champlain" (A Loch Ness type monster washes ashore), "Thumbprint" (a story about a woman back from Iraq who is being hunted by someone in the states), "Twittering from the Cirus of the Dead" (a story composed of a series of Tweets by a young girl who takes a nasty trip with her family and they wind up at a strange circus), and "In the Tall Grass" (a pregnant woman and her brother are stopped by a voice yelling for help on the side of the road,...

🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃/5 Trick 'r Treat (2007) Directed by Michael Dougherty Written by Michael Dougherty Starring Dylan Baker, Rochelle Aytes, Anna Paquin, and Brian Cox If an alien landed on Earth today and asked what Halloween was I would show that alien Trick 'r Treat . Still gaining popularity twelve years after its release ( Spirit Halloween has a lot of Sam merch), Trick 'r Treat is the Halloween go-to movie besides Halloween (1978) and, if you're too scared for horror flicks, Hocus Pocus (1993). And if it isn't your go-to Halloween movie it's either because you haven't watched it or you hate Halloween and having a good time. I rewatched Trick 'r Trea t for my Instagram challenge #OctoberMovieChallenge and I'm glad I've done so. I am trying to actually sit (or lay in bed) down and watch movies this October. I'm a dad and an author, so I rarely get the chance to really indulge in a movie unless I'm in a movie theater wh...

Creepshow the TV series is what fans of the horror genre have wanted. Watching the first episode of Creepshow made me feel like a kid again; watching something scary on TV that I shouldn't be seeing. This is great horror television. It doesn't need to rely heavily on sex, politics, or anything else that we've already seen. Creepshow brings us the weird, the twisted, the bizarre, and the spooky. The intro is awesome. I love how they incorporate comic book style dialogue on some of the scenes. And the cinematography is beautiful. The first episode "Gray Matter/The House of the Head" is a perfect introduction to the show. It highlights what the movie was about: monsters/creatures and the unknown/supernatural. I honestly can say that I had fun while watching this show and at the same time I felt the suspense and I felt creeped out. "Gray Matter" , directed by the great Greg Nicotero , is an adaption of the short story of the same name by t...

Rating: 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃 /5 Directed by:  Andy Muschietti Written by: Gary Dauberman Story by: Stephen King Starring: James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Bill Hader, James Ransone, Bill Skarsgard, Isaiah Mustafa, and Andy Bean It Chapter Two , to me, is better than the first chapter and feels like a throwback to '80s horror films, but of course, with a modern twist. I honestly did not know what to really expect before watching It Chapter Two . I remember being kind of like "WTF is going on?" when the Beverly and Mrs. Kersh teaser was released. I was like, "Why is there an old lady doing the running man in the darkness of her kitchen?" and then "Why does this horror movie trailer feel like Avengers: End Game ?" Aside from that, everything else looked great. And now, after watching the film, I found out that It Chapter Two is without a doubt horror movie of the year and better than its predecessor. One of the things that I really liked about the ...

Title: Maria the Wanted and the Legacy of the Keepers Author: V. Castro Publisher: Neilsen  My Rating: 4/5 Maria the Wanted and the Legacy of the Keepers is a very unique, thrilling, and a fresh new take on the vampire genre. V. Castro has created something very special that I want to continue to read more of. In a world where we need more Latinx voices in literature, Maria the Wanted is a perfect addition to the cause. I honestly didn't know what to really expect before I read this book. I read a tiny bit of the summary, but I wanted to go into this book fresh. I'm glad I did because there are a lot of twists and turns and crazy surprises; even up to the end! The Keepers are an organization of vampires who are based in England and care for humanity. They're not the killing-human type. We get Lucifer, a funny vampire named Vlad from Vegas, ancient vampires, a runaway-slave with a very sad story, a man who owns a boxing joint -- there's a whole lot going on an...