Scary Tales for Kids: One Last Run - Para-Octane

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Oh the horror, the indignity! The days when people would sit around the fire playing board games, take long walks and do jigsaw puzzles — all the time. Will Louis convince his parents that social media and technology are good things after all? Or will Louis have to find another way to make his voice heard?

In an age where the issue of technology and social media addiction is becoming ever more topical and debated, How to Update Your Parents provides a fresh outlook on the subject and shows both sides of the argument in a thoroughly entertaining, non-judgmental, and hilarious way. A successful mix of pedal-action, friendship and fantasy adventure, this is a very satisfying story for newly confident readers.

Anthony Horowitz, Antony Johnston Format: Brilliantly visualised, these graphic novel versions of the best-selling stories of boy spy Alex Rider add a fantastic new dimension to the original and terrific for getting even the most reluctant of readers to enjoy the experience of reading.

Following the death of his guardian, Alex is forcibly recruited into MI6 and so finds himself off on some seriously hair raising missions in which he faces terrible danger and the real risk of death. In the second in the series, PointBlanc he is taken from his own school and sent to infiltrate the mysterious Point Blanc Academy. Can he uncover the horrible secret behind what is going on? Alex Rider is a perfect hero. This is another brilliantly funny survival guide, the kind of book readers carry around so that they can read favourite passages out loud to friends and family. Huge fun and great for dipping into.

Chris and I, via the delusions of the world's premier only dangerologist Docter Noel Zone, are delighted to get this opportunity from Puffin to terrify children with tales of awful made-up things that could happen. I mean, are you completely sure that your cat isn't a baby dinosaur? In Stormbreaker, the first in the series, he pits his wits against a sinister organisation run by arch crook Darrius Sayle. To view other graphic novels click here. Alexander Mccall Smith Format: He spends some of the proceeds on tickets to the cinema and particularly likes musicals.

When he accidentally stumbles onto a real film set, his special talent is suddenly revealed: It makes him a local celebrity then, with the help of his friend Mr Ram, Hari uses his gift to spread happiness further afield. With his mother badly injured and in a coma he goes to stay with his uncle in his strange, crumbling house.

Fast-moving, with a great sense of the natural world as well as hints at supernatural beings — good and bad — this is a thoroughly satisfying tale of young people saving the day. Other authors creating addictive and irresistible page-turners for young readers include Steve Cole, Liz Pichon and Jim Smith.

October Book of the Month In a nutshell: Jimmy is determined to follow his dream of a company run by kids for kids, despite the scepticism of parents, teachers and the bank. Maddy is a warm, thoroughly engaging central character, with just a touch of the Emma Woodhouse about her, and the ballet scenes will leave readers itching to stand at the barre. A different take on the football story, this is fun and easy to read, and the banter between George and her mates is top division stuff.

But can he win over Miss Vowel, who seems to care more for her growing collection of school pets than any of her pupils? Guy hascreated a wonderfully grotesque cast of characters, headed up of course by awful Aidan, for whom I have a ridiculous soft spot, horrid creature though he is. A special 15th anniversary edition of this award-winning classic adventure from Eva Ibbotson in which orphaned Maia travels from England to the Amazon with her governess. Journey to the River Sea is about orphaned London schoolgirl, Maia, who, accompanied by her strict but kind governess, is sent to live with her ghastly relatives in South America.

Unlike her nature-phobic relatives, Maia loves her exotic, colourful new world. This is a journey of the spirit as well as the globe and the way Maia unfurls like a flower with each new adventure and encounter is one of the many reasons Journey to the River Sea is a classic. A warm, joyous book to be enjoyed by any generation. Orphaned Maia is sent off to stay with her relatives far, far away in the heart of the Amazon jungle.

As the horror of that is sinking in, the situation gets even more frightening and he meets a dangerous girl who is able to control others with her thoughts. Each title has a host of unique accessibility features to offer cracking reads to more children including reluctant and struggling readers and those with dyslexia or visual stress. Here at Lovereading4kids we are constantly selecting the best of their new and backlist titles to recommend to you.

This time the Kidds are in Russia and hot on the trail of some missing masterpieces of the art world. Chapter are short but always full of action, and full of appealing illustrations too. The Kidds are a fun bunch of people to spend time with and kid readers will feel well and truly part of the action. This is fiction to get even the most reluctant readers avidly turning the pages. Each child has an obvious revolting characteristic and each of their stories is hugely disgusting, richly inventive and cheeringly anarchic. Walliams has created a unique take on the classic cautionary tale.

There is a huge emphasis on surreal humour in this book. I hope children around the world will enjoy it, even the most reluctant reader. These stories are a joy and will have children everywhere reading all summer long. Only David Walliams could deliver such a wonderful book as such a terrific surprise.

In a short book of less than 80 pages Malorie Blackman delivers an exciting, incisive story with a credible, interesting central character and powerful message about the importance of taking a stand and fighting for what you believe in. Michela travels through space with her people on an Alliance spaceship commanded by her mother. Like all her friends she wears a Peace Maker non-aggression gadget.

When an apparently hostile spaceship demands they put forward a champion or face destruction, Michela steps up, with surprising results. The background is vividly described, and fascinating, whether you know your nunchaku from your shuriken or not, and Chris Bradford is an expert at keeping the tension high.

That means Martin is always in trouble of one kind or another. What would you do? When Martin asks his friend Padraic for advice about changing the gender balance in the Moone family home, Padraic suggest finding a IF — imaginary friend. Martin is hilarious as he tells of his search for a suitable choice. Just what a kind of a person should he pick? This time the wormhole drops all three into , i. Everyone thinks they know what it's like, going to school. But have you ever wondered what life must be like at a boarding school?

A school for young offenders? A school for the blind? With her trademark humour, insight, sensitivity and razor-sharp wit, Anne Fine explores these different worlds in a short story collection that will fascinate young readers. With crazy inventions, disappearing socks, half-men half-frogs, a moon chameleon invasion and, of course, plenty of super-sonic bottom burps, this is the gang's most explosive adventure yet!

Can they stop an alien invasion in its tracks, or is this actually the end of the world? Wimpy Kid fans will love this new boy-diary with a difference. Saddled with the name Timmy Failure, our narrator has clearly been dealt a tough hand. Luckily, he has a perky temperament and is not easily deflected from his ambitions. Timmy founds Total Failure Inc, the best detective agency in town.

Scroll down to read more reviews The boy at the centre of the story — we never learn his name — is poor, lonely and bullied by other children because of his selective mutism.

The dog he rescues from a car crash that has killed its owner is subject to its own set of painful compulsions, finding out why is one of the surprises and rewards of the story. This will absorb readers, from the opening page to its warm, uplifting final line. His life is quite literally an uphill struggle, but his instinct to help others leads him to a healing bond with an extraordinary little dog and ultimately to find his voice again. He doggedly persists until he achieves his goals — working hard to understand what the little dog is trying to communicate to him.

The final twist of the story highlights the lightness of touch and humour throughout. I have had a number of different occupations over the last fifty years: A Different Dog draws on many experiences in these fields. And of course, it also draws on my own childhood. It was a matter of putting my hand into the lucky dip of my own mind.

One of the influences on a writer would have to be the books that he or she has read themselves. But somewhere in the back of our minds are tucked the stories we have enjoyed in the past. Of the books that I loved when I was aged between thirteen and fifteen I can think of three which I turn back to and read again and again. They are still readily available more than fifty years later. Teenagers and adults love these stories.

I still have my old copies and like to look at their torn and worn covers which beckon me from years gone by. Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. A boy and a runaway slave on the Mississippi River. How I wished I was on that raft. And little did I know that I would still be amazed by their wonderful adventures all these years later. The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico. A girl, a bird and disabled man feature in this moving story. When you finish it you just know that there is an untold truth hinted at within the main story and it makes you think for weeks after you have read it.

This is a lovely story about a boy, an old man and a fish. I can tell you how I think A Different Dog came into being. When I was eight years old, I had to bury a dead dog. This unpleasant memory was the starting point for my new book. I began writing about how I felt while I was digging the grave for the poor animal. But as the story developed I dropped this bit out altogether and came up with a dog named Chase that was alive but very strange indeed.

As the wrapping paper came off, something else revealed itself and the story changed completely. It was not about death any more but had ended up being about … Well, what do you think? With their lives now in danger, fearless Fran steps up and deploys immense nerve in an effort to extricate them from this hugely hazardous situation. The sharp, snappy style combined with criminal-themed content not forgetting the white-knuckle ride of an escape scene… put me in mind of Alex Rider, only with the action rooted around three small town heroes-next-door, rather than an international hi-tech hero.

It opens with a scene in which a young rook is attacked by a larger bird. Nicky and his younger brother Kenny save it. For all his nerve Nicky is vulnerable, and things could easily go wrong for him, instead they start to look up. Bit like us, eh? November Book of the Month In a nutshell: The follow up to Railhead, this is set in a gleaming future world where trains, great, beautiful sentient machines, travel from one world to the next. Romance is never far away either, not least the romance of travelling on beyond the sunset.

Full of scenes and images that bring you up short, and driven by an unstoppable plotline, this is epic, dazzling stuff. In Holes, best-selling author Louis Sachar showed his understanding and compassion for a group of boys who have got outside the system. Bradley seems unable to change but then Carla arrives.

Carla believes in Bradley; gradually Bradley begins to believe in himself. Without preaching and with his familiar humour, Sachar tells a heartwarming story. Eyebrow-raisingly, heart-stoppingly pacey adventures starring the boy every would-be teen superhero wants to be, the Alex Rider books are now available as stylish graphic novels. The medium is perfect for these adrenaline-filled stories and, in the hands of some of the best comics artists of the day, the book looks terrific. The whole story is compressed into colourful pages, action conveyed entirely through the illustrations and speech-bubble dialogue and it has all the excitement and thrill of the novel — the shock ending will leave readers gaping!

How will he cope in the great outdoors? Wholly original and brilliantly plotted, Holes is a funny and poignant story about surviving. How Stanley survives and proves that the Warden has a different and far more sinister motive for wanting so many holes to be dug unravels in unexpected and wholly satisfying ways. Roddy Doyle was our Guest Editor in and chose Holes as one of his favourite books I read Holes in hospital a few years ago. I actually forgot I was in hospital, the book was so good. I had about ten pages left when a nurse told me I could go home.

Find more books that we think are great for reluctant readers here. The final shocking, heart-wrenching book in the jaw-droppingly stupendous Skulduggery Pleasant series. This is it; this is the end, the concluding part, the final outcome and as the curtain comes down there is a moment of hush, of quiet, of stunned silence before the applause starts, quite simply because this is the most incredible ending a series could ever wish for.

Be prepared for anything and everything; sniggers and cackles, gasps and groans, tears, shock and wonderment. Mr Landy, you wonderful wordsmith you…may you never walk through doors! Playing with Fire 3. The Faceless Ones 4. Kingdom of the Wicked 8. Last Stand of Dead Men 9. The Dying of the Light. Award-winning writer Cathy Macphail, master of the unexpected twist, leads readers into a tense and sometimes violent story before revealing the truth.

Newly arrived on an estate in Glasgow, Logan is thrilled when he finds a friend. Baz seems cool and assured and brave. All the things that Logan is not. Being friends with Baz gets Logan in with a cool group and provides some action. A LOT of action. When things begin to go very wrong for the boys Logan has to rethink just who Baz is. And he is surprised by the answer. When Paul sees his father shot in front of him and his mother arrested by the Germans he knows he must flee from everything he knows. To make the journey he has to along the treacherous Eagle Trail into Spain he has to put his trust in others but, dare he do so?

In addition to our Lovereading expert opinion for The Eagle Trail a small number of children were lucky enough to be invited to review this title. The Sea of Monsters: The Graphic Novel sees Percy Jackson come to life in this explosive graphic novel adaptation of Rick Riordan's blockbuster title. Featuring a faithful adaptation by Robert Venditti, stunning artwork by Attila Futaki, and sumptuous colours by newcomer Tamas Gaspar. An attention grabbing title and an arresting opening ensure Morris Gleitzman has his audience hooked.

And they will be well rewarded for being so. But alongside its effortlessly entertaining introduction, Bumface is also a thoughtful and serious book about the responsibilities that many children take on. Angus longs to be a pirate. He dreams of being bold, brave, wild and, above all, free. Instead, he is almost fully occupied looking after his younger brothers and sisters and he is pre-occupied by thinking of ways to stop his mother having another baby…. When Angus meets Rindi, he finds that he is not alone.

An entertaining and realistic view of contemporary childhood. To view other titles we think are suitable for reluctant readers please click here. Award-winning novelist Kevin Brooks made his mark with this, his debut novel. Martyn hates his father — and he has good reasons to do so — but he never meant to kill him. Martyn finds keeping up the stories gets more and more difficult as the lies get crazier.

Perfect for Reluctant Readers as well as keen readers. One of the best books ever about the realities of young boys forced into fighting in rebel armies and the effect it can have. Back home, Kaninda has been trained to carry a gun and use it. When he is taken from Africa by aid workers and brought to a different life in London he finds there are tribes and loyalties of a new kind. Unwillingly Kaninda gets drawn into local conflicts while he longs to return home and take revenge. A moving and thoughtful exploration of the scarring effect of violent conflict.

June Book of the Month In a nutshell: Benjamin finds himself by accident outside his old home and revisits memories of the garden and treehouse that 20 years ago were such a key part of his childhood. His father built the treehouse for him but it quickly changed from being a place of shared stories to something less happy — a hideaway from his mother, a hiding place for his father as he turned away from the outside world. The story is a painful one, years on Ben is still torn by conflicting loyalties, still angry with his father, still guilty for abandoning him.

His return brings some new perspectives, but no happy resolution. There is so much depth and reality to the relationship between his characters; I hope to illustrate something of those spacious places he has created in between the lines. The huge, ancient beech tree at the centre of this story is a real treat for an illustrator. An enjoyable and exciting contemporary story. Archie is devastated at the news his parents are splitting up. He and his dad are very close and when he realises that his father is leaving for another man — something his two sisters have already worked out — the shock has a physical impact.

Archie has already been the victim of bullying and, perhaps to avoid a repeat, has become friends with the bullies at his new school; he is terrified of their reaction to the news. Annabel Pitcher portrays Archie with real insight and readers will understand completely the agony he feels.

She chooses to end the story in a supermarket where the aisles, through their very prosaic normality, open up a world of hope and new beginnings. Published by dyslexia specialists Barrington Stoke, this will be accessible to all readers and is worth recommending to all readers.

Inspired by a passion to articulate the complex realities of life for teenagers — especially boys — around sexuality, loss, depression and family dynamics, Annabel has created an extraordinary narrator in Archie, a fabulous plotline and a cracking cast of characters as the story is propelled towards a remarkable final encounter. As an ex-English teacher, I have seen first-hand how much these books mean to readers who long to access stories but are daunted by words. As a mum of two sons, it was interesting trying to get inside the head of a teenage boy.

Beautiful full page illustrations by Alex T Smith send more shivers down the spine; one to read with all the lights on. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic teen readers. Jack is cruising along in year 10; not part of any group but not likely to be picked on either. And then Dean arrives. Dean is tough and fearless. But, when the Jack agrees to go away with Dean on holiday, he soon finds he is out of his depth.

Dean courts danger with tragic results and Jack is left considering a brief but influential episode in his life. Not only is he one of our favourite writers for children and young adults - a truly fantastic prose stylist — but he is also firmly committed to the same principles we are. Namely more young people, reading more. We are delighted to add to our list of titles by Kevin with the stunning The Devil's Angel. It's short and although it's not sweet, it packs a power in no way in proportion to its page-count. At its heart is the curious intensity of teen friendships, played out in one particular, lost summer.

We think it's brilliant; please do let us know what you think via twitter, Facebook or email. But fighting the three local bullies whose cruelty towards it seems to know no bounds is an incredible challenge. With his father drifting into depression and his younger brother needing constant supervision, Nicky has enough on his hands already but he knows the real value of nature and knows he cannot stand by and see such wilful destruction.

A powerful story about the importance of protecting wildlife. Rock Wars is now at the halfway mark and only six bands remain. But there's plenty of music to face offstage as well as on. With one foot still in the school of hard knocks, and the other in hard rock heaven, singer Summer has to get herself back on track after being hit by a motorbike. With its heady mix of glamour and grit, and a cast of characters who run the gamut from smart, self-aware cynics to easily led-astrays, this is a seriously addictive read. Put on your finest threads and dive into the mosh pit of a plot that has more pace than a speed metal B-side!

Each has suffered heartache and each has experienced loss, yet dealt with it in very different ways. They meet in unusual circumstances and soon find themselves battling for their lives. The introduction set me on high alert, it took me a few seconds to understand what I was looking at, it was certainly intriguing and I immediately wanted to know more. Matt Dickinson doesn't shy away from difficult subjects, he exposes pain, corruption, loss, fear and meets them head on, yet with undeniable sensitivity.

Yes, probably I am best known for my Everest adventures, but I have plenty of other themes that I want to explore. In my previous series Mortal Chaos, I based the stories around chaos theory and the chain reactions that cause disasters. With Lie Kill Walk Away I wanted to create a very different form of adventure, a thriller environment in which two teenage protagonists are trying, quite literally, to save the world. We think this is great book for reluctant readers and Matt agrees..

Reluctant readers are often boys with short attention spans. I am the same in my reading habits; I strongly dislike books that are overwritten or just way too slow. I can promise readers of Lie Kill Walk Away that they will be in for a very fast read. Having recently discovered that her dad is none other than global rockstar Johnny Jefferson, Jessie is settling in LA with Johnny and his new family. On her sixteenth birthday, Johnny springs an awesome surprise. There was a time when Luke Manchett was Mr Popular, but all that changed when he inherited a bunch of ghosts from his necromancer dad.

The central character Ant, imprisoned with her foster parents and little brother Mattie, is the kind of feisty, impulsive and courageous heroine who lights up the best YA. A political scandal unfolds when it emerges that not everyone was medically assessed before being put on the pacifying drug, suggesting that something far more sinister is going on. Told through several authentic first person narratives, and interspersed with revealing excerpts from medical reports, sociological texts and tweets, this gripping, politically-charged novel explores the big issue of how young people get lost and failed by society, and why they might turn to criminal and anti-social behaviour.

A fast-paced, thought-provoking rollercoaster of a read. As Maddie plans her pre-college summer vacation, her wealthy, flamboyant grandmother, Gram, drops a bombshell. Rather, this is a voyage for the dying and their loved ones, during which the passenger-patients aboard the good ship Wishwell will choose their time to be sent to sleep. This remarkable debut is abundant in life lessons live to the full, be fearless, be forgiving but perhaps the most gorgeous message of all comes from Gram. Every bit as poignant on the subject of popping your clogs as it is on popping your cherry a summary I reckon straight-talking Gram would approve of , this book will make you laugh, cry and emerge from its pages feeling monumentally uplifted.

This is all sorts of things: Ashley and Stewart are irresistible characters and this is set to become one of the most popular books of the year. Rye and Nisus are only six and thirteen when the great city falls. Both have suffered terrible tragedy and witnessed appalling violence. Following a leader who is determined to found a new Troy, the boys spend seven years voyaging towards their destination during which they train in all aspects of warfare in order to avenge the death of their respective relatives.

When the chance to be heroes comes, Rye and Nisus seize it. But will they survive? And where are the gods when they most need them? Village sweethearts Tilly and Harry are both willing to do what they can to help win the war. Harry joins up to serve in France and Tilly trains as a nurse stationed first near home and later in France. Despite their best intentions each of them finds themselves unable to keep promises made in the course of action. Can they still trust themselves? Can they trust each other? Linda Newbery sensitively charts the wider ripples of the war and its effect.

Tilly's such an appealing narrator — sympathetic, yet matter-of-fact and totally lacking in self-pity. Tilly's own experiences as a nurse are moving enough, but particularly distressing are her concerns for her brother Georgie who has learning difficulties — I'd never before thought about what happened to men who were fit enough to fight, but couldn't understand what was going on. For more information on nurses and medical care during the War and how the War affected those at home visit www.

There is a wealth of fascinating information plus an introduction to the book from Linda Newbery. When a beautiful girl befriends him in the middle of a freak snowstorm on the grim estate where he lives, he feels his life will take a turn for the better. But Cassie is no ordinary girl; soon Sam finds himself on a trail of revenge with the most dangerous consequences. Comic-mad Toby wakes one morning to find a man with a badly beaten up head staring at him from the end of the bed. Worse still, the man claims that Toby killed him!

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Toby sets out on a quest to discover the truth. The result is a quick witted detective story and well as an entertaining journey of self-discovery. Even with a new hair cut and contact lenses instead of his usual glasses, he feels like a misfit. Until the girls start noticing him! Ben seems to attract admiring glances wherever he goes but is that only because they think he is the actor from a top TV show?

An entertaining story about identity and confidence. A tour de force. Newbery's landscape is a joy to walk into. Paperback a Format Release Date: Add to that the wider truths it tells us about power and injustice, and we have one of the greatest books of the twentieth century. The experts at Barrington Stoke have put together a great guide with top tips to help you help your child to love reading - you can download it here. So with this in mind, our Editorial guru Julia Eccleshare , working closely with the Literacy Trust, asked parents and teachers to recommend books that they had found useful for less confident or unenthusiastic readers.

From this initial list Julia has selected a range of titles and put them into age categories. The list includes titles from both mainstream and specialist publishers but all from authors you are likely to recognise. The specialist publisher Barrington Stoke is a past master at convincing reluctant readers that books are cool and is at the forefront of this specialist publishing. When a reader is hooked on a story, his or her reading ability is proven to improve.

He reads more fluently — because he wants to read on! Here at LoveReading4Kids, with the launch of this genre, our aim is to get every reluctant or struggling reader to take that first step into enjoying the reading experience. Check out the latest activities in our KidsZone. The Colour of the Sun David Almond. Santa's High-tech Christmas Mike Dumbleton. Queen of Air and Darkness Cassandra Clare. A Life in Illustration Leonard S. Great books for all reluctant readers Turn reluctant readers into book-lovers, and struggling readers into confident ones.

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And less well known. Also, my choice for a good horror movie is Mama. Rebecca both the original movie and the two part series on PBS. Should scare the shit out of you. The orphanage Pans labyrinth Shaun of the dead The ring Japanese original The devils backbone Nightmare before christmas. My Favorites for this time of year: Plus I can get my family to watch most of them with me, which is even more fun.

The Ring terrified me as a teenager. The Descent is awesome too! Watched it in the theater, as a young teen as part of a birthday party. Scared me a lot. You need this in your life! I cannot believe no one has mentioned The Fly. The Fly is on Hulu right now and it has Jeff Goldblum and it needs to be watched right now during October. Burnt Offerings scared the crap out of me as a kid. Good choice for day one! The Ring Japanese version. Others on my watchlist for October are: We are all still here, Housebound, and The Invitation. I cannot do horror or psychological thrillers. That said, I loved watching Buffy and own the whole series.

If none of that works… uh… the most terrfying thing I can think of is the news. Reading through all the suggestions was like a trip down memory land-if it was a dark and scary lane. You are all as twisted as I am. I agree with so many of the above…esp. Cabin in the Woods and The Shining. I noticed Frankenweenie is out now but it is also very sad, and what about Rocky Horror? That must be on the list! Also have to add The Bad Seed — they are actually remaking it now, but I always like the originals best.

Original Children of the Corn. I used to — but then I saw Cat People version. Still creeps me out. Psychological thrillers scare the holy crap out of me, like Scanners. Little kids in red coats still freak me out. Babadook is a great scary film……but involves child abuse so it can be upsetting for certain people. One of my faves! The Rite, with Anthony Hopkins. Course, I love Silence of the Lambs. Ooooo The Amityville Horror is good too. Here are some of my weird favorites: Its the first horror movie in years that squidged me out.

There is a growing sense of dread and claustrophobia throughout. I haaaaaaaaate horror movies. I tried to make myself like them last October, when I watched a different classic horror film every weekend. And I know that as a fully qualified card carrying nerd girl, I need to fix this immediately. The Witch was a well acted movie but not much of a horror movie. I just found it so sad watching this family break down. The Prophecy is my favorite. Sequels were okay, worth it for Christopher Walden gleefully chewing up the scenery.

If you are looking for silly horror I highly recommend Aaah! Classics and scary as Hell!!! I just discovered a movie on amazon prime called Hell House, LLC — small budget, nobody well-known, but its a hidden gem, great scary creepy parts! On a non-zombie note Moose! I have 2 classic favs that I try to watch in October. One is The Ghost and Mr. My husband says Ju-On is really good and better than The Grudge. I second the suggestion of Crimson Peak. It is beautiful and a classic ghost story. Paranormal is a classic, too. Other than the Exorcist, which caused me to sleep with the lights on for a year, the scariest movie I ever saw was The Haunting of Hill House.

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Volume down after the Lions third roar when you start the album. Frailty, Shutter Thai one , and Mindhunters- ladies love cool James at his best. Ooh, also The Victim I love Thai horror , with a caveat. The last third of the movie is pretty shit, so when you hear Cut! The Blob, the version, was my introduction to horror movies and gave me nightmares for a decade. Scary movies creep me out and I avoid them like the plague. The People Under the Stairs. This became an immediate October staple for me after my husband showed it to me the first time.

You can also watch them the other way round. Sometimes you just need comedy! The Haunting — Hands down my favorite horror film. It scared me badly, but even scared the the kids who like that kind of thing. A couple of obscure oldies from Simone Signoret: Both are psychological thrillers with some serious twists and popcorn pitching moments.

Diabolique has been redone a number of times but the original is truly untouchable. You gotta follow up Shaun of the Dead with the rest of the trilogy! I had nightmares about that little african doll that came to life. My ultimate suggestion for this Halloween: The ending is truly terrifying. Carnival of Souls needs to be watched through the Rifftrax site. Guy chased on lone road by crazy truck driver. Jaws —not horror exactly, but scary and always good for a repeat viewing.

Happy Death Day was great. Great script, really well acted and a lot of fun. The original but the remake was fund too. For true ridiculousness, Jesus Christ, Vampire Slayer. I also really like the Dawn of the Dead remake. Oh, wait, and The Hidden! Kyle Maclachlan as an alien assisting Michael Nouri in hunting another alien.

I actually really like legitimately scary movies. Here are a couple that are very different from each other but I liked them both: My roommates were once talking about what movies scared them as children and they both thought the flying monkeys in the Wizard of Oz were terrifying. My choice was for scary childhood movie was Sound of Music.

It had nazis and dancing nuns. I do like some of the classics, though… Play Misty For Me is a totally underrated stalker-type movie. Of course The Shining, and Misery. Children of the Corn was pretty good the original, most of the sequels suck imo. I really liked The Omen, but I like creepy-kid movies in general… Orphan was another great one in that category.

Stephen King did a B horror movie on purpose and it was hilarious. I vote for Sleepwalkers, of course it helped that there was a woman behind us in the theater that did not understand the humor AT ALL. She kept screaming, best movie out experience ever. The first horror movie I saw was Asylum. It scared me immensely. Not the same level of horror movie being made today, but I still get creeped out thinking about it.

Not so much when I was a kid. My older sister she was about 13 at the time watched Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte through the buttonhole of her coat. Like that was going to keep her safe! Also a good oldie… Whatever Happened to Baby Jane. Bette Davis was great, voice like nails on a chalkboard! A few plot holes we found afterwards, but still enjoyable.

Lady in a Cage. But only if you like campy horror. Early s, starring Olivia de Haviland as a wealthy woman tormented by evil hippies who break into her house where she is trapped in an elevator. James Caan in an early role as lead evil hippie. The Decent women in a caving expedition scariest movie I have ever seen.

And also Murder Party. I ran a video store for 15 years, this is one of my super powers, recommending movies. Nicole Kidman totally rocked! Silence of the Lambs. Also I like the list. I watched it in 72, I was I never got over it!! I am the pretty thing that lives in the house, on Netflix.

Directed by Oz Perkins, son of Anthony Perkins. Cabin in the Woods! If anyone is looking for a really good, family-friendly Halloween movie, may I suggest The Ghost and Mr. Chicken , Don Knotts. Did you know that Lost Boys is considered a horror film? Maybe because of the vampires? But I nominate Lost Boys. Housemate and I watched it the other day because it has David Tennant, and ended up yelling at the screen about overuse of horror tropes and laughing the entire way through.

Very much on the Shaun of the Dead end of the horror spectrum. I just watched Lavendar and it was really good. American Fable was also really good. Oh and Hide and Seek. And it was quite scary, but mostly psychologically. The Hound of Hell. Campy, ridiculous grade-C film wherein a cult crossbreeds Satan with a German Shepard and chaos ensues. I liked it quite a bit. Mulberry St is really creepy. Mullberry St required a nightlight, they got the atmosphere so perfect.

My favorite horror movies are: Library Heather recently posted In which I ponder librarianship in the wizarding world — Part 2. For the really campy zombie movie.. Especially if you also need a laugh. Session 9—so scary and so creepy. Filmed in an abandoned insane asylum. Dracula — a film in the gothic romantic tradition starring Frank Langella and remake of the film with Bela Lugosi. Van Helsing — action film only loosely connected to the original Dracula; Interview with the Vampire Beetlejuice Release date March 30, Thirtieth anniversary!

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Night of the Living Dead George A. Romero and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies I just watched Terrifier on Netflix and it was fantastically creepy but also very gory. Wolf of Words recently posted The Final Girls I love Shaun of the Dead. Maybe throw in some old X Files episodes with monster. I was snowbound in the upstairs apartment of an old farmhouse watching the one where the guy can squeeze his body through any crack to come in and kill people when the local cops showed up at my door because neighbors reported suspicious activity on the property.

It was also 1 in the morning. Young Frankenstein to lighten things up? The Grunge freaked me out. I think because they used less CGI in the effects. Have a cheese plate ready to go with the movie. Anything from The Conjuring series. Makes you ask important life questions like Why the fuck am I watching the movie alone in the dark?

As Above,So Below, so different, so scary! Again, so out of the ordinary. This is my first time being brave enough to comment here, because I am an anxiety-riddled bag of weirdness, but could not resist sharing new horror-ish goodies. Also I love the original Carrie. The ring, It Follows, Babadook.

Both Alien and Aliens — skip the other sequels. Just watched Silence of the Lambs again last night. Stir of Echoes and The Changeling are the only two horror movies this fraidy cat can stand. A friend of mine would recommend Farm Hand. Scott has some of the scariest scenes I have ever seen in a movie. Personally, I liked the originality of the story. Things that scared the heck out of me as a kid: Trilogy of Terror with Karen Black.

The third story has a creepy Zuni Fetish doll that still haunts my nightmares Prophecy about a mutant bear. My mom laughed so hard at my cousin and I jumping and screaming. The Prophecy movies with Christopher Walken are pretty good, too. Fallen with Denzel Washington is a fantastic suspenseful creepfest.

One of th ReAnimator movies has a zombie cat in it. Let me know if you want more. Backcountry the wailing korean [psychological] it follows on netflix I think [creepy supernatural] train to busan korean on netflix now! There is a curse on the making of the movie where several of the characters including Carolanne actress died during the making of the movie! Hard to watch this one The old version. And check out some Korean horror, like The Host or Thirst. Korean horror movies area awesome! And everyone needs some Charlie Brown in their life. The Haunting of Hill House the original, not the remake.

Kingdom of the Spiders, Exactly what it says on the tin. Are you open to campy horror or B-movies? Last year my two high schoolers watched on YouTube and loved it. We are determined to bring dad into the fold this year. I teach a film class called Reading the Movies, and I show the following scary movies because they are horror multiplied by eek multiplied by I will shut my eyes and ears on that part… Twilight Zone Episode: Lamb to the Slaughter oh my my! Lucas recently posted Fabulously Fulfilled at Forty-Six: Have a Day you Dreamed of!

I am so going to raid this list. Curious to see how it holds up…. Unless you are freaked out by clowns in which case, avoid at all costs! Shadow of the Vampire is a brilliant What If study on the making of the first big-hit vampire movie, Nosferatu. Event Horizon — sci fi psychological thriller-horror with some gore. Ironically, those last two which have stuck with me forever despite only one viewing both starred Sam Neill. Dr Grant scares me? The trailer made me giddy with delight. It sounds all sorts of awful and fantastic!

Probably not but I love it anyway. II, Army of Darkness. But you must watch the original trailer for it first on YouTube. The Exorcist is it weird that I have a craving for split pea soup now? Mute Witness about a makeup artist accidentally locked in her building after work, trying to escape a killer. Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, grave-robbing. Not a horror flick but I thought of you when I saw it.

The Wolfen was a book my older sister made me read as a kid. I slept with a nightlight for a month after I read it. If you can find it, Paper House is haunting and creative. Inland Empire is the scariest Lynch in my mind. When A Stranger Calls version though, not the remake. I first watched this right about the time I started babysitting as a teenager and it definitely freaked me out a little but I loved it and have watched it over and over.

They had to change the ending because the original ending was so wacky. Made it through but still plenty stylish and scary. Invasion of the body snatchers with Sutherland. It terrified me as a kid. The Strangers scared me silly. I grabbed the legs of my 2 friends that I was sitting in between at a really well earned jolt and left marks. Also, The Ring made me kick off my shoe in a theatre because I was scared.

Borgman , weird, unsettling, Dutch. Nosferatu was really creepy for me. Glad to see Paranormal Activity in here. The sequels may be superfluous given the quantity of decent movies available and limited days in the month. Really I think October needs to absorb September; it just makes sense. A movie from the U. It is at times scary, and at times funny. Very good horror movie. Or the Swedish film: Let the Right One In. If you watch The Shining, it has to be the Jack Nicholson version.

I get the heebie jeebies just typing the title. Two of my other personal faves are the Babadook and Mama. Another vote for Crowhaven Farm. Have you seen HUSH ? It really sticks with you. Sort of horror, sort of not, but definitely zombies. Surprisingly good, low budget movies. The Babadook and Happy Death Day are very good too.

An Anthony Hopkins movie from — Magic. It also stars Ann-Margaret. I saw this one in and it still is with me. The first Saw movie — only the first one. So many great recommendations here! And, as a few other commenters have listed above, I was pleasantly surprised the movie The House of the Devil and by the The Invitation.

How about a Tim Burton movie? I love Nightmare before Christmas but you could go for Corpse Bride … or just a good ole Beetlejuice. Under the Shadow — an Iranian horror film on Netflix. Character driven, surprisingly creepy, not bloody at all. The Exorcist of course, classic. I wish I could enjoy horror films. I used to at least be able to cover eyes and plug my ears but that ended this year. If any on your list are on Netflix or Hulu could you add that to the list as you update so we know where to find them?

Just watched Winchester on Netflix. Supposed to be inspired by real events. It is definitely character-driven and interesting. Think you will like it. Dead again, Dead Calm, The Hitcher with the warning that the latter will ruin french fries for you for a long time. I am very much NOT a horror movie person. Stick me in with the happy bunnies and sunshine and rainbows crowd. The call is coming from inside the house. When a Stranger Calls — I love a good haunted house story! Best Nicholas Cage movie ever, possible exception of Moonstruck.

But since Cher is the star, not quite the same thing. Two words — Chainsaw Fight. How can you resist a campy horror flick that begins with Kevin Bacon peeing into a canyon and features giant murderous worms? Our dad used to take my brother and me to every horror film that came out, and this one ruined both of us.

Neither does my brother. We convinced our elderly babysitter to let us stay up and watch it—and then spent the night crying and frightened out of our wits. Identity with John Cusack, Amanda Peet. I like the psychological twist in it. Also, was kinda good another John Cusack. The whole Puppet Master series.

They get campy, but definitely nightmare territory. The original Phantasm is a classic. Hulu has a whole section on Horror. Are they scarier than our horror? Tucker and Dale Vs Evil. Its a horror comedy staring the brilliantly funny Alan Tudyk and Tyler Labine. Apparently I have a great fear of becoming possessed. Vicky recently posted Buy, buy, buy. More super fun than scary, and a series, not a movie only one season. Japanese man auditions girls to be his girlfriend.

Scariest movie ever made. The People Under The Stairs. Trilogy of Terror scared the pants off me as a kid. I thought it was only me until I read recently how much it terrified others. I just want to say I love you Jenny for posting this. I am taking care of my husband who had multiple surgeries yesterday-UPPP, sepotoplasty, and a paploma removal in the back of his throat.

This post is going to be good fun for the hubs and I to refer to while he recovers for the next few weeks. Also, I recently found The ritual lately on Netflix and it is pretty good! After all the horror the last song will make you laugh out loud! We just did on Netflix or maybe Hulu? Ooh ooh, The Orphanage. Spanish psychological horror movie with an absolutely soul-shaking ending.

Ok, I had never seen Burnt Offerings before but that was creepy and campy! The Witch was frightening! I am marred for life! HAs anyone mentioned Psycho? Ooh, ooh, and the Chuckie films? Completely campy bonkers retro pick: Barbara Steele and lesbian zombies? El Orfanato is a Spanish horror film and the debut feature of Spanish filmmaker J.

The plot centers on Laura, who returns to her childhood home, an orphanage. Bayona asked his long-time friend, director Guillermo del Toro, to help produce the film and to double its budget and filming time. The film opened at the Cannes Film Festival on May 20, , where it received a standing ovation lasting more than 10 minutes. It received critical acclaim from audiences in its native Spain, winning seven Goya awards.

The Houses October Built. This is a super low budget Netflix Horror film. It started as an actual documentary about the scariest haunted houses in the country. Friends go on a trip to explore them. Part way through production of this movie the creators of paranormal activity reached out to them and with this collaboration it became a fictional movie with real footage and some factual information about all of these haunted houses.

Thats exactly what makes it scary. The element of like how much of this movie is real and how many of these people are real creepy people. Author finds his recurring nightmares coming to life. Both are hard to find, though. They Look Like People on Netflix is a psychological horror film that really stayed with me while watching. Anything with Vincent Price. Would you rather Is on Netflix. Adding another vote for The Others, which I saw in an early comment. I was so excited to see the very first comment recommended Happy Birthday to Me!

One of my all time favorites! My brother and I always loved The Pit and the Pendulum. I love this blog, because I also have severe anxiety and yet I obsessively watch movies about demons, which scare the shit out of me. It pulls me out of my own obsessive worrying about my life and provides a real platform to express those feelings in a healthy way. Not so much horror, but definitely a great Halloween movie: Halloween is my fav of all time.

I also liked night of the comet, binge watch the paranormal activity movies in order. If you like Zombies go check out the walking dead walkers team for the heart walk in Austin. We walk as zombies….. I recently watched the movie Annihilation. I wasnt a big fan of the book, but I thought the movie was great! Not a movie…but a freaking awesome take on horror and crafts. Addams Family movies are my faves, also Zombieland, basically anything directed by Tim Burton. Saw it almost 20 years ago and am getting goosebumps thinking about it for the first time again.

They have free streaming films — an odd mix of things really. But they do have a horror category as well as cult classics: I seriously screamed at the previews in the theater. Definitely go see that. Otherwise, The Purge is just about my favorite series of all time in this genre. Also, The Strangers scared the bejesus out of me. I lived outside of town when I watched it at home and it was pitch black outside.

I was terrified to look at the window after dark for a long time or I still might be who knows. Also The Conjuring was super creepy and ditto on not yet watching the sequel. And then basically any slasher film will win my heart. Nothing makes me happier then a crazed maniac stalking unsuspecting people. I guess maybe you can tell by the length of this post if you are even still reading that horror is my fav fav fav genre of movies. And Girl with all the Gifts!

Great book — the movie was very well done. I got it on Redbox, possibly available on Netflix… A totally different take on the zombie apocalypse…. The Korean film based on and titled Hansel and Gretel is beautiful and disturbing, and I will forever stan the Alien and Resident Evil houses for kick-arse women heroes. But if you want pure psychological gore filled movies where the antagonist gets his comeuppance…yeah.

I will bookmark this blog. I recommend for everyone to read city of bones series. Anyone can download free novel books. As Above, So Below. My own kind muahaha. I get a lot of horror recommendations from http: I enjoy both of these, but someone saw The Traveler with Val Kilmer and thought, like I did, that they could definitely make a better movie than this. I am hoping for a full report on your favorites after your October Opus is complete. Still waiting to see the update for the next few days of watching….

Still waiting to see the update for the next few days of watching…sasabella. High Tension is a wonderful French horror film. Also 28 Days Later, a wonderful take on the zombie genre. Hereditary is sheer horror. Also, Veronica on Netflix is disturbing. Not really horror films, but a couple of slow burners that are thought provoking and existentially unsettling: Embers and Bokeh Coherence — sci-fi psychological thriller Sorry, Wrong Number — film noir psychological thriller.

Has anyone mentioned this yet? Hulu is doing one new horror movie a month for the next year. Their first one is The Body, and is really well done. And it was well done. The latest It is a surprising new favorite of mine. I also thought the casting and setting of the latest adaptation of the novel was great.

I like the Halloween comentary and Drag me to Hell, if those are ones you already own because they are hilarious and easy to stream. Just watched A Haunting in Connecticut and original Insidious movies parts one and two. And a rather large number of ventriloquist dummies! We do the October horror-fest too!

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My significant other will watch horror all year round, but we have an agreement that in October I will watch whatever he puts in front of me, as long as he has seen it first and can confirm that none of my Absolute No elements are involved.

• Revenge of the werewolf
• A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles: Volume 1, Sounds and Spellings (Otto Jespersen: Collected English Writings)
• Plum Punch: Life at Home
• Park Bench
• Daughters of Lyra: Science Fiction Romance Anthology
• A 1960s East End Childhood