With Halloween coming up, we've decided that leading up to the Big Day, we're going to post a few lists of our favourite paranormal and horror reads! This week's Fangtastic Friday features our fave vampire books!
So, have a look and grab yourself some tasty novels! Here goes, in no particular order:
Fangtastic Vampire Reads:
1. The Vampire Diaries by L.J. Smith
2. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
3. House of Night by P.C. and Kristin Cast
4. Morganville Vampires by Rachel Caine
5. The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice
6. Evernight by Claudia Gray
7. Vampire Knight (it's actually manga, but it's AMAZING)
8. Sookie Stackhouse novels (True Blood) by Charlaine Harris
9. The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa
10. Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow
Grab some succulent new reads to sink your teeth into this Halloween!!
Friday 11 October 2013
Saturday 5 October 2013
Scary Saturday #1
Hello beautiful people!
First of all, we have to apologise for missing out on Fangtastic Friday yesterday, but we had a very good reason...
We were in the A+E because Sherry's sister got bitten very badly by their cat and had to go get checked out. Yeah, you read that right. A cat bite. You have permission to laugh, because she's fine now, and so is the cat. (We laughed afterward too.)
Anyway, that's our excuse for not doing Fangtastic Friday yesterday, so we hope to make it up to you all today by posting our first Scary Saturday post.
SCARY SATURDAY #1
Sherry's Review: Dream House.
*** 3.5 Screams ***
While flicking through the Sky movies horror section today Dream House was one of the few movies that actually caught my eye, mainly because I saw Daniel Craig’s name was in the description. The movies that are available on Sky are usually pretty rubbish but I was pleasantly surprised by this one. I thought it was going to be the usual predictable boring story of a family that moves into a new house to find that they are being haunted by the spawn of the devil...then they move out within a month.
This film was nowhere close. Without giving too much away, I will say that there is a very big jaw-dropping twist that will change the entire feel of the movie. Favourite thing about this movie: Daniel Craig's performance, it was refreshing to see him playing someone other than James Bond. The character in this story is the polar opposite of the usual hard-ass 007 types he portrays. I don’t really have a bad word to say about this movie, it was very clever.
It is definitely worth a watch. I know I’ll be watching it again.
First of all, we have to apologise for missing out on Fangtastic Friday yesterday, but we had a very good reason...
We were in the A+E because Sherry's sister got bitten very badly by their cat and had to go get checked out. Yeah, you read that right. A cat bite. You have permission to laugh, because she's fine now, and so is the cat. (We laughed afterward too.)
Anyway, that's our excuse for not doing Fangtastic Friday yesterday, so we hope to make it up to you all today by posting our first Scary Saturday post.
SCARY SATURDAY #1
Sherry's Review: Dream House.
*** 3.5 Screams ***
While flicking through the Sky movies horror section today Dream House was one of the few movies that actually caught my eye, mainly because I saw Daniel Craig’s name was in the description. The movies that are available on Sky are usually pretty rubbish but I was pleasantly surprised by this one. I thought it was going to be the usual predictable boring story of a family that moves into a new house to find that they are being haunted by the spawn of the devil...then they move out within a month.
This film was nowhere close. Without giving too much away, I will say that there is a very big jaw-dropping twist that will change the entire feel of the movie. Favourite thing about this movie: Daniel Craig's performance, it was refreshing to see him playing someone other than James Bond. The character in this story is the polar opposite of the usual hard-ass 007 types he portrays. I don’t really have a bad word to say about this movie, it was very clever.
It is definitely worth a watch. I know I’ll be watching it again.
Wednesday 2 October 2013
Wordy Wednesday #1
Wordy Wednesday is a weekly blog post we're going to start, where by we simply open a dictionary and pick a random word to post on the blog, along with it's definition. We feel that the English language is waaay underappreciated, and this is our way of trying to rectify that. (Also, Ember just really likes words.)
Today's Wordy Wednesday Word:
Vocabulary (noun)
1. all the words that a person knows in a particular language
2. all the words in a language
3. specialist terms used in a given subject
4. list of words in another language with their translation
Today's Wordy Wednesday Word:
Vocabulary (noun)
1. all the words that a person knows in a particular language
2. all the words in a language
3. specialist terms used in a given subject
4. list of words in another language with their translation
Tuesday 1 October 2013
Terrifying Tuesday #1
Muhahaha! It's Terrifying Tuesday here on the blog, and it's time for Ember and Sherry's reviews of the truly terrifying horror movie, Insidious 2.
Ember's Review: Insidious 2
*** 3.5/5 Screams ***
The first Insidious movie was a good movie, but not fantastic, so I wasn't sure what to expect of the second one. I was pleasantly surprised, however. Insidious 2 went deeper into the story, giving us a little more background on the main guy, Josh, and the uber-creepy ghost-demon thing that's attached itself to him. There were some very jumpy moments, and the amazing soundtrack created a decent sense of fear and intensity. The whole story was built up in a very clever way that I hadn't expected.
Overall, a very good movie, but definitely more jumpy than really scary. Better than the first by a long shot, though. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
Sherry's Review: Insidious 2
**** 4/5 Screams ****
When I heard the creators of Insidious were making a sequel I was ecstatic. I absolutely loved the first one...but I was kinda pissed about the ending. It left a lot of unanswered questions.
Ember, myself and my sister went to the cinema today to see it and I have to say I was not disappointed. It wasn't the most terrifying movie I have ever seen (That award goes to The Blair Witch project!! Panic attack galore) but it definitely had enough jump-worthy moments to be satisfying.
The story is an carry on from the first movie and unlike a lot of horror movie sequels it fits perfectly and is just as good as the first. All of the old characters return and you learn ore about the main villain from the first movie and there are lot of twists and turns to keep the entire movie interesting My favourite thing about the Insidious series is how good the music is; horror movies are not the same with a horrible backing track playing in the background so I have to give a huge high-five to the composer.
All in all I would give this movie a 4 Screams review, it's probably the best movie I have seen all year and I hope they make another movie; I can't stress how much I would love to see a new story in this world.
Ember's Review: Insidious 2
*** 3.5/5 Screams ***
The first Insidious movie was a good movie, but not fantastic, so I wasn't sure what to expect of the second one. I was pleasantly surprised, however. Insidious 2 went deeper into the story, giving us a little more background on the main guy, Josh, and the uber-creepy ghost-demon thing that's attached itself to him. There were some very jumpy moments, and the amazing soundtrack created a decent sense of fear and intensity. The whole story was built up in a very clever way that I hadn't expected.
Overall, a very good movie, but definitely more jumpy than really scary. Better than the first by a long shot, though. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
Sherry's Review: Insidious 2
**** 4/5 Screams ****
When I heard the creators of Insidious were making a sequel I was ecstatic. I absolutely loved the first one...but I was kinda pissed about the ending. It left a lot of unanswered questions.
Ember, myself and my sister went to the cinema today to see it and I have to say I was not disappointed. It wasn't the most terrifying movie I have ever seen (That award goes to The Blair Witch project!! Panic attack galore) but it definitely had enough jump-worthy moments to be satisfying.
The story is an carry on from the first movie and unlike a lot of horror movie sequels it fits perfectly and is just as good as the first. All of the old characters return and you learn ore about the main villain from the first movie and there are lot of twists and turns to keep the entire movie interesting My favourite thing about the Insidious series is how good the music is; horror movies are not the same with a horrible backing track playing in the background so I have to give a huge high-five to the composer.
All in all I would give this movie a 4 Screams review, it's probably the best movie I have seen all year and I hope they make another movie; I can't stress how much I would love to see a new story in this world.
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