Witches dance and werewolves howlVampires bite and ogres growlGhosts and ghouls come into the lightJoining the fun on Halloween night Children line up to trick or treatLaughing and skipping down the streetBehind each mask, who will it beTake off the mask and who will you see One day each year the two worlds meetMonsters come…
Montague Rhodes James was an English medievalist scholar and author, employed at both Eton and Cambridge (where he eventually became Vice-Chancellor). His ghost stories are widely considered to be among the best in the English language, and they have been very influential on subsequent horror. He drew upon his own studies and work as inspiration…
Night is falling Light the candles one by one Stoke up the fire Keep the dark at bay Out there is the unknown The borders are thin on nights like this And who knows what waits Out in the foggy black At the end of the track In the unknown forest What lies in wait…
Stand on the shore of the lake at midnight Wait for the moment and soon there will be Voices whispering up through the waters Songs from the drowned lands calling to me Bells toll fitfully, lost in the darkness Children’s laughter echoes below Lights flicker faintly through the dark waters Up through the years from…
This is the first Stephen King novel I have read. (I have seen the movie adaptation of this, which I enjoyed very much.) I have to say, I was wondering initially why it is considered a scary book, even though I was enjoying it. I was waiting for the scares, and they just weren’t happening…
Ghost stories since the dawn of time seem to be filled with fear, scares, the haunting of malevolent spirits out to harm the living (or at least terrify them.) But why is there such a widespread tradition of ghosts as a fearful, bad thing? What if ghosts were friendly? Not all cultures see the dead…
Back in 1959 the original version of “House on Haunted Hill” was a very B-grade, cheap movie, with only two aspects of it worth watching. One is Vincent Price, and the second is the relationship of the couple, where their hatred of each other has vitriol positively dripping off the screen. As such, the remake…
Flame flickers in the eyes of the pumpkin Grin stretches wide over darkness within Squatting at the doors of all the houses Standing sentinel on All Hallow’s Eve Flickering orbs scan the night for unwanted visits Ghosts and spirits and devilish things Jack-o-lantern stretches mouth wide Devouring the evil that wanders abroad Jack-o-lantern guards hearth…
Ghosts emerge around every corner An answer to questions you dare not ask Here we are! Look at us! This is how you too shall end Roaming restless never at peace Wailing forever in the dead of night We are the lost souls, waiting for you Come and see, come and be Join with us…
I’ve said more than once that I am very partial to ghost stories, so I thought I’d talk about a few ghost films I particularly like, that you might want to check out. These are in no particular order of preference, and I make no claim to them being the best. They’re just movies I…
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