Dark Horror Tales

  PLOT SUMMARY: After finally getting pregnant, Lucy learns of a dark secret about her fertility doctor. Babies...sometimes when two people decide to get together and decide they want to spend a lot of time together with each other and have a family, they decide to have babies. Because the more, the merrier, right? In Lucy's case, it would seem she should have thought twice before making the decision to get a baby.

  This week’s Horror Book of the Week is TIDEPOOL by Nicole Wilson . The book was published on August 3rd 2021 and has reached in the top ten list for Gothic Horror and Occult Horror. Reviewers call it enthralling, atmospheric and riveting. 

  Following the success of Scream (the Scream requel or the 5th film in the franchise), a sixth film has been greenlit. Yes, Scream 6 is happening! Spoilers ahead…

  There’s something charming about Shining Vale, and no it’s not only because of the lead characters, charming as they both are. The horror-comedy show premiered in the first week of March.  The story is about a couple, Patricia and Terry who move into a new house for a fresh start following a cheating incident. The couple has kids: a temperamental teenager Gaynor and awkward younger son Jake.  The show begins with a message informing viewers that depression and possession sometimes have the same symptoms.  We then see Patricia and Terry enter their new home, and a real estate agent who gives them a large friendly smile. Clearly, she’s hiding something.  It is then revealed that it was Patricia who cheated on Terry with the handyman following which the couple attended therapy. Patricia is a writer and has been struggling to put out the next book even though her agent keeps bugging her about it.  Patricia deals with kids who don’t respect her anymore, an impatient husband and a terr

True love never dies. Or in the case of horror movies, true love is not allowed to die.  A new horror short film released by ACMofficial on Youtube shows just how far a man can go to get back the love of his life. 

  PLOT SUMMARY: Catherine has just moved into a new house with her family. Her husband is having an affair. He makes fun of her eating disorder. To top it all, she can sense a presence that seems to be warning her of danger.  How much do you really know a person? Staying under the same roof, eating your meals together, sleeping on the same bed...basically spending most of your time with that person. So imagine the shock when the person you thought you knew, was a liar. This is what forms the crux of the story of Things Heard & Seen.

 The “Horror Book of the Week” title goes to… DIABLO MESA , written by Douglas Preston.  The book was published on February 15th 2022 and has already climbed the charts in Occult Horror and Occult Fiction. 

  The first original short film to come out of Screen Gems (Sony Pictures’ genre label) and Ground Control’s horror film lab “Scream Gems”, BLINK was released on YouTube on March 15th.  The movie is about a girl called Mary who awakens in a hospital and discovers to her horror that she is unable to move. Worse, her assailant, the one who threw her out the window is with her. 

  Released in 2017, IT still holds the number one spot for highest grossing movies of all time. IT is the movie adaptation of a novel of the same name written by Stephen King that was published in 1986.  In 1990, the novel was adapted into a mini-series wherein Tim Curry played the role of the terrifying clown/IT, Pennywise. 

Image by 955169 from Pixabay    Once upon a time there lived a beautiful girl called Cinderella who was mistreated by her stepsisters and stepmother but was luckily aided by her fairy godmother who acted as a catalyst in her love story. Cinderella met the prince who fell in love with her and they lived happily ever after.  Except, of course, that isn’t what happened according to one version of the story. 

 If you’re having trouble sleeping, if you manage to sleep and have nightmares, and if you wake up in the morning and feel exhausted, chances are that you have been visited by the Boo Hag.  “Don’t let the Boo Hag ride ya.”  That’s what you’ll often hear from people in South Carolina who will attach this expression with the common “good night”. Saying this after good night is supposed to ward off the mythical creature known as Boo Hag.  So what kind of creature is the Boo Hag? 

PLOT SUMMARY: A group of investigators make a documentary on the infamous Conjuring House. They soon encounter something sinister in the house.   Haunted houses have always been a topic of speculation. Do they really exist? Are the hauntings real? Or is it just the pipes? Or maybe the change in temperature is what causes wood to expand and contract, thus making a creaking sound. The Conjuring was one of the creepiest haunted house stories because it was loosely based on true events. The Perrons, who lived there, experienced haunting from an angry spirit they believe was called Bathsheba. Ed and Lorraine Warren were called to investigate and they offered help.

  THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET By Catriona Ward is this week’s Horror Book of the Week!  The book has topped in Women’s Fiction and Horror Fiction. 

  On March 5th 2022, it was reported that the Sessho-seki, or the Killing Stone as it is known, was found split in half.  According to a popular Japanese Mythology, the Killing Stone got its name because anyone who came in close contact with it was killed immediately. It was rumoured to emit poisonous gas when touched. 

  Blink and you will miss it… Screen Gems is releasing a short film on March 13th which will be available on Youtube the next day. Titled, BLINK , the trailer shows a paralyzed woman being attended to by a nurse who asks her about how the accident occurred. 

  Have you ever hated someone to the point that you wished something terrible would happen to them? Can hatred run that deep?  Well, it appears for some people it does.  While we must have heard of voodoo dolls at some point or another, there is a ceremony in Japan called ushi no koku mairi that is performed during the hours of the Ox.

  On International Women's Day let us celebrate the great minds and great women directors who brought us such amazing and entertaining horror movies.  Here are some movies directed by women: 

  PLOT SUMMARY: A monk is tasked with a mission to protect the world from an evil spirit that keeps jumping from one host to another.  Can evil truly be destroyed?  Ever since we were kids, we've read stories about monsters and people with wrong intentions and beastly characters. In the end, they were always, ALWAYS, defeated. That is what gave us hope and let us sleep at night knowing that if there was any danger from anything unholy and bad, the "GOOD" will come and defeat it.  Then we grow up, become more aware of the world and realize those stories were mere fairytales.  Evil is never destroyed. It can be subdued but can it really be defeated and destructed completely?

  According to a popular myth, a Pontianak or Kuntilanak, is a vampiric being that feeds on men by ripping apart their bodies and organs. She often disguises herself as a young, beautiful woman and lures men just so she can feed on them.  There are plenty of stories surrounding the legend of this vampire creature and so of course, I wrote one too.  You can check it out here on YouTube:     This one is a little scary so be warned...

  The Death of Jane Lawrence: A Novel is this week's horror book of the week. Written by Caitlin Starling the book has topped the charts in Gothic Fiction. 

  Christina Ricci stars in a brand new horror movie MONSTROUS and plays Laura, a victim of domestic abuse at the hands of her husband. When she escapes with her son Cody, it isn’t long before he is lured to a nearby pond and encounters a woman. 

  The Legend of Amara Book II: The Tethering is set to release this month.  The Plot:  Six months have passed since Kiara sacrificed herself to the evil witch, Amara. The Protectors enlist Veer's help to keep an eye on Kiara and look for evidence of possession. They are certain Amara is controlling Kiara for her own devious means. Veer is certain Kiara is just an ordinary girl having a bit of fun as she heads off to college. But then he comes face to face with Amara and realizes there is some truth to the legend after all. Amara is back. And she wants revenge. Read The Legend of Amara Book I 

  According to a Japanese legend, Futakuchi-Onna (two-mouthed woman), is a yokai (a supernatural entity) that has a normal mouth on her face and the other on the back of her head. 

  PLOT SUMMARY: Makayla and Eric are a couple who is desperate to have a baby. When they learn that a woman can help them conceive, they are unaware of the woman's sinister intentions.  A mother's love knows no bounds. She will do whatever it takes to protect her baby. She will go to great lengths to do anything for her child. Just how far will she go? As shown in Blood Born, she will be ready to murder people and that too in a cold-blooded manner.