Dark Horror Tales

 This week’s Horror Book of the Week is THE LADY OF THE LOCH. Written by Elena Collins, the book is on the bestsellers list for Gothic Fiction, Women’s Historical Fiction, and Occult Horror. 

  PLOT SUMMARY: During a prisoner transfer, Melina, a paramedic, gets into an accident. She must now try to get out of the ditch even though there's a threat looming outside. It is said that the mistakes we make, and the ones we don't atone for, haunt us forever. It is only when we make amends, or ask for forgiveness, can we truly move ahead.

 Talk to the hand takes a whole new meaning in A24’S latest horror movie. After premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, TALK TO ME was well-received by critics and spurred a bidding war with A24 finally winning the rights to distribute the film. 

  Part One Her bare feet flew across the filthy ground. The tree branches struck her as she ran through the woods and then she leapt over a rock and onto the road. She stumbled but didn’t stop.  Behind her, she heard him bellow, “Stop! Stop, you little harlot!”  She grew terrified and picked herself up promptly and ran. She saw the road that led to the bamboo groves and headed towards it. 

  Plot: While trying to escape her past, a woman rents a house at a very cheap price. But there is a catch: she must follow the house rules. A new start. How many of us would love to start things afresh and escape the mistakes and tragedies of our past. A new start requires money and the kindness of strangers.

  This week's HORROR BOOK OF THE WEEK is Down the Hollow.

  PLOT SUMMARY: A cult known as the locusts are given a chance to do whatever they want to a family of their choosing for three hours. There is evil at the door, Evil in your garden, Evil standing in plain sight, yet no one looks out the window even though the whole house is made out of glass. That's the one thing that is going to irk you as you watch the movie. Four men, in skeleton masks and black hoodies, stand in a well-lit garden. There are lights in every room of the house to further illuminate the garden. Yet,  no one inside the house notices these four obvious figures just loitering in the garden. The movie at first resembles the Purge franchise and you find yourself expecting a twist especially when the characters are introduced. EVIL AT THE DOOR Movie Plot Daniel returns from an exhausting day at work to find Liz in his living room. She quietly asks how was work and he passes a derogatory remark while boasting about his title. His wife Jessica isn't too pleased tha

  Fear the dark no more. The fifth installment in the Insidious franchise is officially called INSIDIOUS: THE RED DOOR. 

  This week’s Horror Book of the Week is YOU CAN’T HIDE. Written by Blair Daniels, the book consists of 30 tales of terror that are bound to keep you up at night. 

  PLOT SUMMARY: Madeline and Owen discover that their time travel experiments have yielded several copies of Madeline that appear every day. It is up to Owen to get rid of them. Let's assume time travel was attainable and the process easily conducted, would you be willing to go through with it? If there's one thing several time travel-themed stories have taught us is that there are ALWAYS repercussions. ALWAYS.

  Legendary Entertainment has acquired rights to the 1978 movie FACES OF DEATH, and plans to turn it into a horror franchise. 

  This week's HORROR BOOK OF THE WEEK is The Root Witch by Debra Castaneda. The book was released in September 2022 by Second Rodeo Books.

  PLOT SUMMARY: When a shut-in, Ken notices something odd happening in one of his videos, he realizes he may be haunted. It seems that when the pandemic hit, everyone was forced to stay indoors as much as possible to curb the spread. The only means for interaction became through video calls and chats. The movie makers took advantage of this setback to center movies around video conferences and surprisingly a few of them worked effectively.

  Filmmaker Robert Rodriguez is back with another thriller. The filmmaker who js behind films like Sin City  Spy Kids, and Once Upon a Time in Mexico, now brings you a brand new thriller starring Ben Affleck.

 This week's HORROR BOOK OF THE WEEK is GHOST EATERS, a novel by Clay Chapman. If you liked the movie Flatliners, you will enjoy this book that has been described has having shades of it. Published by Quirk Books in September 2022, the novel is on the bestsellers list for Occult Horror Fiction and Ghost Thrillers. The book has been praised as being thrilling and terrifying with a smart exploration and dealing with subjects of grief and addiction. Customers who bought the book enjoyed the story but some thought the ending was rushed and that the characters, especially the lead, was not well etched. Quick Review of the Sample: The writing is definitely captivating and you will be pulled into the story immediately. The description gives this fictional world color and substance. The story takes a turn quickly and you will find yourself wondering what is going to happen next. The Plot (Taken from Amazon.com) Erin hasn’t been able to set a single boundary with her charismatic but reckles

  Plot Summary: Crime Novelist Grace Miller involves herself in the investigation of her sister's murder against Detective Ed's wishes. There was a time when famous novelist Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of the fictional Detective Sherlock Holmes, was asked to solve real murders. Following that, many movies, TV shows and books began writing characters who were somehow recruited to help detectives solve cases. Remember the TV show Castle? Anyway,  here comes yet another Movie where a bestselling author who writes crime fiction, manages to help solve her sister's murder. Now here's a quick review: the movie is unfortunately, terribly boring. I do like Alyssa Milano which is why I decided to watch this movie in the first place. To my disappointment,  the actress clearly doesn't bring her A-game to the movie. And her chemistry with the actor playing the Detective was very lukewarm. In some scenes it appeared she had to push herself to kiss him. That's how reluct