Hello all! In the last few weeks, I’ve been on an Eastern European kick. Now it’s time for some creepiness much closer to home—at least my home. So I present to you not one, not two… but three real life creepy places right here in Montreal. Montreal is one of the first European settlements in North America. For two thousand years prior, the territory was inhabited by Algonquin, Huron and Iroquois tribes; in 1535, a French guy named Jacques Cartier arrived on the scene, named the St-Lawrence River, founded what would later be Quebec City, and then moved d[...]
Category
Cemeteries
7 Hollowland - the first book in the young adult dystopian series The Hollows... "This is the way the world ends - not with a bang or a whimper, but with zombies breaking down the back door." Nineteen-year-old Remy King is on a mission to get across the wasteland left of America, and nothing will stand in her way - not violent marauders, a spoiled rock star, or an army of flesh-eating zombies. The first line in this book is so awesome, that they had to put it right there in the book description. “This is the way the world ends; not with a bang or a whimper, but[...]
I like places. I like nature. I like places of nature. Forests can be pretty dope. They can also be pretty creepy. Forests don't necessarily even have to be legit haunted to creep me out. I attribute part of this to my horrible sense of direction. I can get turned around and be completely lost in ten seconds. Even when I'm positive I'm going in the right direction, there's a 90% chance I'm actually walking at a brisk pace in the wrong and opposite direction. I could totally see myself getting lost and starving in some woods. "We found her yesterday. Her stomach[...]
For those of you who didn't see my freak out about my CP finding a copy of Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice for me at BEA, here it is again... THIS is just how excited that there is a new installment coming out--featuring Prince Lestat. I CANNOT WAIT to see what Ms. Rice has in store for us this time! Hardcover, 464 pages Expected publication: October 28th 2014 by Knopf Publishing Group *** From Anne Rice, perennial best seller, single-handed reinventor of the vampire universe beginning with the now iconic INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE, THE VAMPIRE LESTAT[...]
Today I'm going to link over to a story I stumbled upon right before bed last night. The timing was unfortunate, as I initially got into bed to GO TO SLEEP. Well, sleep came slowly after reading this. I was pretty sure every bump in my house was something supernatural. Something supernatural that was probably coming to kill me slowly. (The sounds were actually coming from my dishwasher, but kitchen appliances been known to become sentient and squish and stab people. Maybe.) Click on OVER HERE to read about the dead girl who Facebook messaged her boyfriend from b[...]
Some people keep their skeletons in their closets. Other people turn them into decorative art? A few days back I bit the bullet and purchased my plane ticket to Europe. It'll be my third trip across the pond, and every time I go, I venture a little farther. It's been previously stated that I'm big into visiting cemeteries amidst the art museums and various nooks and side streets, but I'll take on the occasional cathedral if it's there. (Notre Dame was in my way in Paris, really. When you're standing under it's massive shadow and don't have anything better to do -[...]
Summertime is a great time for travel! The weather is warm, maybe you've got kids out of school... pack your bags, hit the road, it's time to take a trip! The world is a big place. So many places to see. May I suggest you go pretty much anywhere EXCEPT HERE: The Clown Motel. No, seriously, there is a clown motel. It's a motel, in the desert, with a clown theme, and it's haunted by clowns. Also, it's built next to an old cemetery which is the final resting place of hundreds of miners who died from the plague. I know... are you thinking what I'm t[...]
I was flipping through my TV channels the other night and came upon a remake of Psycho. It got me thinking...there have been many remakes of famous horror movies. All of which are really well done; however, I still like the original movies better. Vince Vaughn as Norman Bates? He plays a total creeper, but I still think the original version is scarier. A remake of Carrie? A Stephen King classic? I know many people have truly enjoyed this version, but I can't see Carrie as anyone other than Sissy Spacek! My teen loves horror flicks, so I've chaperoned many[...]
I grew up in Maryland, surrounded by civil war sites and colonial relics. There are old things back there. Old places. I love old places. For awhile we lived with my grandma. Behind my grandma's house, maybe a half mile away, was a very old cemetery. We had to cross some train tracks to get there and we'd always leave shiny pennies on the track, picking up the smashed ones from the time before. The cemetery was marked only by a short iron fence that sagged over, choked out with weeds and vines. The graves there were old--some of the oldest I'd ever seen as a k[...]
I had so much fun searching for a few new horror movies to watch. Here's what I picked up from my public library to help me get over my BEA hangover: Slither When I saw that Nathan Fillion stars in this film, I had to see it. He often chooses campy films to be in, so that's what I expect with this flick. http://youtu.be/2-f8wU6Fpeo The Thing I've really been into watching older horror films...they're usually very scary. http://youtu.be/5ftmr17M-a4 Shutter Island Leo DiCaprio is soft on the eyes, but from what I've heard this movie is scary. You have all the rig[...]