Hey Bookdragons! Since this meme went over really well last week I'm making it a weekly thing and you're all free to join in! Just tell me a horror novel you loved (it doesn't have to be a new release) and recommend a horror movie you love! That's it, as simple as that!
Teeth In The Mist by Dawn Kurtagich
Before the birth of time, a monk uncovers the Devil's Tongue and dares to speak it. The repercussions will be felt for generations...
Sixteen-year-old photography enthusiast Zoey has been fascinated by the haunted, burnt-out ruins of Medwyn Mill House for as long as she can remember--so she and her best friend, Poulton, run away from home to explore them. But are they really alone in the house? And who will know if something goes wrong?
In 1851, seventeen-year-old Roan arrives at the Mill House as a ward--one of three, all with something to hide from their new guardian. When Roan learns that she is connected to an ancient secret, she must escape the house before she is trapped forever.
1583. Hermione, a new young bride, accompanies her husband to the wilds of North Wales where he plans to build the largest water mill and mansion in the area. But rumors of unholy rituals lead to a tragic occurrence and she will need all her strength to defeat it.
Three women, centuries apart, drawn together by one Unholy Pact. A pact made by a man who, more than a thousand years later, may still be watching...
What I loved about Teeth in the Mist:
Dawn Kurtagich's books are all fantastic in their own way, but this one might be my favorite. Set in three times, we have Hermione, a newlywed bride in the 1580s who everyone begins to think is a witch or a demon and she's the reason her husband's workers, then her children, and her husband begin to disappear mysteriously.
Then in the 1850s we have Roan who is sent to live with a stranger at Mill House (the same house Hermione's husband was building in the 1500s) after the death of her oft-times cruel father. She's got a dark side to her that her father both nurtured and feared. But is she the daughter of the devil?
Finally, we have Zoey in the present time who goes to Mill House looking for answers years after her father went there (being obsessed with the place and looking for answers of his own about his origins) and lost his mind.
Mill House is the stuff of nightmares. Hard to get to, dilapidated and humored haunted, the sight of unexplained disappearances, and perhaps home to the devil himself. I love haunted house books but this creepy tale takes things to a whole new level.
Did I mention this is a retelling of Faustus? It's an awesome horror-fantasy mash-up and I loved every minute of it!
Movie Rec: Jennifer's Body
Okay, let me be frank: this movie isn't all that great but it kind of sticks with you after you're done watching it. And for some reason it reminds me of the book Last Things by Jaqueline West... I get those same kind of vibes.
"After a supernatural romp with a satanic emo band, hot cheerleader Jennifer (Megan Fox) is transformed into a demon with an insatiable appetite for high school boys."
We have Megan Fox, who I always tend to think of as the mean girl character, Amanda Seyfried who plays the annoying best friend (such a weird pairing you wonder how that happened), and Adam Brody as the lead singer of the satanic emo band. Adam Brody looks like someone who would play in an emo band.
We start out seeing Amanda Seyfried's "Needy" in jail but instead of the innocent mouselike character she is for the rest of the movie she's a bit of a badass.
The movie backpedals to before and we see Jennifer and Needy together as Jennifer convinces Needy to go to a bar to see an emo band nobody has ever heard of. It's clearly a local dive bar with small town people in it and the band is so clearly a fish out of water it's nearly comical. But Jennifer's into it despite Needy's concerns.
A fire breaks out, Jennifer leaves with the band, and hours later shows up at Needy's covered in blood which she then vomits all over the kitchen floor. Gross right? Well apparently the band thought she was a virgin and tried to sacrifice her for ultimate fame and fortune but it backfires and Jennifer becomes a monster.
The rest of the move basically dissolves into Needy trying to stop Jennifer from eating all the teenage boys in town, including Needy's loser boyfriend.
I've heard this movie called a "cult classic" and it's not really scary, just sort of stupid, so if you're looking for a low-budget-no-talent-spoof-of-a-horror-movie to watch with a bunch of friends on a boring Friday night then I definitely recommend this one.
This book was okay, I just didn't like it as much as the book I read before it. For some reason f/f romances are easier for me to get into than m/m. I also didn't get a lot of the 80s references. It was an interesting look at the AIDS epidemic in the 80s.
