#evil sam/bram

[blimbo-buddy]

stan is reminding me of Wallace from Wallace and gromit idk why

I'm also turning this into a recent-ish See Inside AU art dump

Drawing 1: Just something really simple with Halo

Drawing 2 : Gay people with Halo and Leah as a rabbit and Hyena

Drawing 3: Leah fucking hates her Grimacing Beast form and does everything she can to hide it. It’s revealed eventually but Halo helps her calm down from it

[alethianightsong]

Ok, so in the original Bram Stoker novel, sunlight is not lethal to Dracula. He just loses most of his powers. I'm bringing this up cuz I want a horror comedy where the hero, sensing dawn, tears off the curtains as a last-ditch effort only to have the vampire go "Aw shit, there goes most of my fancy powers. Guess I'll have to beat your ass the old-fashioned way" then proceeds to just deck the hero cuz a vampire at half-strength is still a fucking vampire.

[thequeerlibrarian]

Read in 2023

January

1. Ash Princess by Laura Sebastian - 5/5 ⭐

2. The Silmarillion by Tolkien - 4/5⭐

3. Seide und Schwert by Kai Meyer - 5/5⭐

4. Lanze und Licht by Kai Meyer - 5/5⭐

February

5. Drache und Diamant by Kai Meyer - 5/5⭐

6. Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo - 5/5⭐

7. The Art of Starving by Sam J. Miller - 5/5⭐

8. The Magician’s Nephew by C. S. Lewis - 4/5⭐

9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis - 5/5⭐

March

10. Chain of Thorns by Cassandra Clare - 5/5⭐

11. The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis - 2.75/5⭐

12. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo - 5/5⭐

April

13. Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo - 5/5⭐

14. One last stop by Casey McQuiston - 3.5/5⭐

15. You Deserve Better by Anne-Marie - 3.75/5⭐

16. Lady Smoke by Laura Sebastian - 5/5⭐

17. Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia C. S. Lewis - 5/5⭐

18. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader C. S. Lewis - 5/5⭐

May

19. The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis - 5/5⭐

20. The Last Battle by C. S. Lewis - 4.75/5⭐

21. King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo - 5/5⭐

22. Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo - 5/5⭐

June

23. Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Book by Suzanne Collins - 5/5⭐

24. Summer poems by Hermann Hesse - 5/5⭐

July

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August

25. Star Wars: Brotherhood by Mike Chen - 4/5⭐

September

26. Harry Potter 1 reread for work

27. Harry Potter 2 reread for work

October

28. Harry Potter 3 reread for work

29. Babel by R.F. Kuang - 4.5/5⭐

30. Poems ll by Hermann Hesse - 4/5⭐

31. Poems by Shakespeare - 4/5⭐

32. If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio - 5/5⭐

33. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka - 4/5⭐

34. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - 4.75/5⭐

35. Coraline by Neil Gaiman - 4/5⭐

36. Watership Down by Richard Adams - 4.5/5⭐

37. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum - 4.5/5⭐

38. Star Wars: Stealth by Karen Miller - 5/5⭐

November

39. Star Wars: Wild Space by Karen Miller - 5/5⭐

40. Crush by Richard Siken - 5/5⭐

41. Star Wars: Labyrinth of Evil by James Luceno - 4/5⭐

42. Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers - 4/5⭐

43. I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Se-hee - 5/5⭐

44. Was fehlt, wenn ich verschwunden bin by Lilly Lindner - 5/5⭐

45. Dracula by Bram Stoker - 4/5⭐

46. Hamlet by William Shakespeare - 4/5⭐

47. Die Farbe der Rache by Cornelia Funke - 4.5/5⭐

48. Star Wars: Siege by Karen Miller - 5/5⭐

December

49. The girl who decided to go for it by Alice Bromell - 5/5⭐

50. Pride and prejudice by Jane Austen - 4/5⭐

51. Star Wars: Jedi Quest - Path To Truth by Jude Watson - 4.5/5 ⭐

52. Macbeth by William Shakespeare - 3.5/5 ⭐

53. The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater - 5/5⭐

54. Murtagh by Christopher Paolini 4.5/5⭐

55. Star Wars: Jedi Quest - The Way of the Apprentice by Jude Watson 4/5⭐

56. Star Wars: Master & Apprentice by Claudia Gray 4.5/5⭐

57. Just eat it by Laura Thomas 5/5⭐

58. The picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde 5/5⭐

59. Star Wars: Padawan by Kiersten White - 5/5 ⭐

60. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Graphic Novel - 4/5⭐

61. Star Wars: Attack of the Clones Graphic Novel - 4/5⭐

62. Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith Graphic Novel - 4/5⭐

63. Star Wars: A New Hope Graphic Novel - 4/5⭐

64. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Graphic Novel - 4/5⭐

65. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Graphic Novel - 4/5⭐

66. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - 5/5⭐

67. Star Wars: The Trail of the Jedi by Jude Watson - 4/5⭐

68. Star Wars: The Dangerous Games by Jude Watson - 4/5⭐

69. Über mir die Wolke by Clara Louise - 4/5⭐

70. The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater - 5/5⭐

71. Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater - 5/5⭐

Dnf:

✖️ Star Wars Episode I

✖️ A Court of Thrones and Roses by Sarah J Maas

✖️ A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St. Clair

✖️ Luft nach unten by Aron Boks

[sincerely-bats]

Romantic F/os

(Not Comfortable Sharing)

Dick Grayson (DC) 💍

Leon Kennedy (Resident Evil)💍

Karl Heisenberg (Resident Evil)

Buggy the Clown (One Piece)

Trafalgar Law (One piece)💍

Monkey D Luffy (One Piece)

Roronoa Zoro (One Piece)

Sabo (One Piece)

Charlotte Katakuri (One Piece)

Remy LeBeau (Marvel)

Logan (James) Howlett (Marvel)

Egon Spengler (Ghostbusters)

Stanley Pines (Gravity Falls)💍

Link (Twilight Princess)

Billy Hargrove (Stranger Things)

Cooper Howard (Fall Out)

Zuko (ATLA)💍

Elijah Kamski (Detroit Become Human)

Billy Loomis (Scream)

Stu Macher (Scream)

Quincey Morris (Bram Stoker's Dracula)

Leo Wyatt (Charmed)

Sam Winchester (Supernatural)

(Conditional Sharing

Loki (Marvel)

Wade Wilson (Deadpool)

Eddie Munson (Stranger Things)💍

Jonathan Byers (Stranger things)

Crocodile (One Piece)

Smoker (One Piece)

Shanks (One Piece)

Marco (One Piece)

Eric Draven (The Crow 1994)

Spike (Buffy The Vampire Slayer)

Bradley Uppercrust III (An Extremely Goofy Movie)

Harley Quinn (DC)

Roy Harper (DC)

Fred Weasley (Harry Potter)

Bill Weasley (Harry Potter)

Dogday (Poppy's Playtime)

Tim LaFlour (Senseless)

Wally Darling (Welcome Home)

Lestat De Lioncourt (Interview With The Vampire)

Prince Nuada (Hellboy Golden Army)💍

Edward Teague (Pirates Of The Caribbean)

Luis Sera (Resident Evil)

Jotaro Kujo (JJBA)

Stevo Levy (SLC Punk)

(Comfortable Sharing)

Franky (One Piece)

Corazon (One Piece

Ted (Bill and Ted)

Paul (The Lost Boys)

Dwayne (The Lost Boys)

Marko (The Lost Boys)

David (The Lost Boys)

Ches/Chive (Metal Family)

Dean McCoppin (Iron Giant)

Kyle Rayner (DC)

Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)

Gwaine (Merlin)

Luci (Disenchantment)

Bobby Zimmeruski (Goofy Movies)

Crawl (Son In Law)

Monty (FNAF Security Breach)

Fred Jones (Scooby Doo)

Gavin Reed (Detroit Become Human)

Chilchuck Tims (Dungeon Meshi)

Severus Snape (Harry Potter)

Thranduil (Lord Of The Rings)💍

Sammy Lawrence (Bendy and the Ink Machine)

Quill (LOZ)

Revali (LOZ)

Mordred (Merlin 1998)

The Joxter (Moominvalley)

Cale Tucker (Titan A.E)

[horrorgirlspoll]

HORROR GIRL DUOS: THE BRACKET

all match-ups were randomly generated this time around. because i couldn't fit full names in, characters and sources are under the cut! polls will start on the 20th and follow the same format as last time (round 1 is one week, 2 and 3 are one day, 4 and 5 are one week)

Maxine & Pearl (X Trilogy) vs. Sam Carpenter and Tara Carpenter (Scream)

Jennifer Check & Needy Lesnicki (Jennifer's Body) vs. Cindy Campbell & Brenda Meeks (Scary Movie)

Kirsty Cotton & Tiffany (Hellraiser) vs. Carmilla & Laura (Le Fanu's Carmilla)

Amanda Young & Lynn Denlon (Saw) vs. Juno Kaplan and Sarah Carter (The Descent)

Claire Redfield & Sherry Birkin (Resident Evil) vs. Ginger Fitzgerald and Brigitte Fitzgerald (Ginger Snaps)

Sadako Yamamura & Kayako Saeki (Ringu/The Grudge/Sayako vs. Kayako) vs. Lilly & Carley (The Walking Dead)

Nancy Thompson & Kristen Parker (A Nightmare on Elm Street) vs. Lucie Jurin & Anna Assaou (Martyrs)

Melanie King & Georgie Barker (The Magnus Archives) vs. Heather/Cheryl Mason & Alessa Gillespie (Silent Hill)

Jennifer & Fiona Belli (Rule of Rose/Haunting Ground) vs. Pamela Voorhees & Nancy Loomis (Friday the 13th/Scream)

Laurie Strode & Annie Brackett (Halloween 1978 + RZ) vs. Baby Jane Hudson & Blanche Hudson (What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?)

SCP-105/Iris Thompson & SCP-166/Meri (SCP Foundation) vs. Gale Weathers & Sidney Prescott (Scream)

Nina Sayers & Lily (Black Swan) vs. Mandy & Regina (12 Hour Shift)

Sadie Cunningham & McKayla Hooper (Tragedy Girls) vs. Hélène Delambre & Veronica Quaife (The Fly 1958 + 1986)

Christiane Génessier & Louise (Les Yeux Sans Visage) vs. Tiffany Valentine & Nica Pierce (Child's Play/Chucky)

Zoe Benson & Madison Montgomery (AHS: Coven) vs. Lucy Westenra & Mina Harker (Bram Stoker's Dracula)

Sharon & Janice (Possibly in Michigan) vs. Eleanor Vance & Theodora (Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House)

[thebumblecee]

Since it’s spooky season: what are your fav spooky movies / series/ soundtracks / books / fan fics? Fav horror trope / characters?

Oh ho ho so it’s spooky season 365 days of the year in my life!!

This is the kind of question that pleases my little goth heart 🖤

So I try and watch a horror film every night, I think I’ve ran out of them on Netflix and we’re making our way through the entirety of Shudder now.

I don’t have one fav I have a lot sooo

Slasher: Scream franchise, Halloween, Friday 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street. Happy Death Day.

Torture porn: Saw franchise (went to opening night of the new one I fully recommend it. I cried. It’s so good.)

Haunting: the Conjuring Cinematic Universe, Paranormal Activity series, It Follows, Th13teen Ghosts. God there’s so many ahaha

Found footage: Hell House LLC, V/H/S series and of course the og of them all Blair Witch Project. As Above So Below as well.

Demon films: Insidious series, I’m weirdly fond of the Pope’s Exorcist, Prey for the Devil.

Monster: Barbarian, House of Darkness, 28 Days Later, Shaun of the Dead, Evil Dead (the new one is SO GOOD). Cobweb.

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TV: Haunting of Hillhouse, Bly Manor, American Horror Story to an extent. I don’t actually watch much TV ironically.

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Books: anything by Shirley Jackson, i adore. She’s amazing. M.R. James. Mary Shelly. Bram Stoker.

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Lmao there is a fanfic and it’s an old school My Chemical Romance one called the Unholy Verse. I could only DREAM of writing something that incredible. It’s haunted me for about 12 years.

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Troupes in horror I love is things like the person you have been with the whole film is actually dead/a demon/the bad guy. I’m pretty good at guessing but still it hypes me up every time.

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Soundtrack wise I’m a bit weird and noises make me anxious anyway so not really 😂

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Billy Loomis you did no wrong ♥️ he did lots wrong I don’t condone his actions.

Also, Sam Carpenter from the new Screams ♥️♥️

John Kramer is correct 99% of the time I won’t hear of it.

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I do spooky ghost/macabre tours where I am a grisly history fan as well.

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You’re probably thinking Cee is there anything you don’t like?

Yes, I don’t like artsy horror. I hated Skinamarink - I know it was critically acclaimed but no. I wasn’t crazy on Noroi - The Curse either which was a shame. I usually love East Asian horror ☹️

RIGHT I’m going to stop talking now, I think I’ve probably creeped you all out.

Anyway, horror and macabre my beloved 🖤♥️

[cathygeha]

REVIEW

Long Past Midnight by Jonathan Maberry

Perfect stories to read as All Hallow’s Even approaches! Starts with four children on a ghost hunt getting quite a surprise and ends with a teen talking to a ghost that brings her a glimpse of what might be expected of her in the future.

I thought that I would read a few stories to see if I like this author and then move on to something else only to find out that every story in this compilation seemed to build on the previous one and draw me into the Pine Deep community with a desire to see how all would turn out. I have a feeling there is more for me to hear about this small town in Pennsylvania and the humans, and not so humans, that interact as they occupy the same part of the world .

This writer has a way with words and created unbelievably believable situations that had me happy nobody came in unexpectedly while I was reading. I was immersed in the stories, cared about the characters, wanted to find out what would happen next, and realize now that I am totally invested in the characters and want to know what happens next with Crow, Val, Sam, Mikey, Ledger, Val, and Djinn.

I am delighted to have found a new author that writes creepy, atmospheric, haunting stories that will stay with me and have me looking for more by Jonathan Maberry.

Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington Books for the ARC – This is my honest review.

5 Stars

BLURB

SOME STORIES CAN ONLY BE TOLD . . . LONG PAST MIDNIGHT   Five-time Bram Stoker Award-winner Jonathan Maberry weaves a chilling web of small-town terrors, local legends, and hair-raising tales set in the eerie world of Pine Deep, Pennsylvania. . . . Four children explore an abandoned house that’s supposed to be haunted—and discover something far more terrifying than any ghost. A rash of fatal accidents in the town of Pine Deep keeps a cemetery worker busier than ever—because the dead won’t stay buried. Ex-cop Joe Ledger searches for a missing witness in “the spookiest town in America”—but finds there is no protection program against the forces of evil. . . .   “Jonathan Maberry’s horror is rich and visceral. It’s close to the heart . . . and close to the jugular.” —Kevin J. Anderson “Maberry’s works will be read for many, many years to come.” —Ray Bradbury “Maberry supplies plenty of chills, both earth-bound and otherworldly.” — Publishers Weekly “Maberry will scare the hell out of you.” —Tess Gerritsen “This guy is good.”—Joe R. Lansdale

[rogerdeakinsdp]

HORROR FILMS + LANTERNS/KEROSENE LAMPS

THE AWAKENING (2011) dir. Nick Murphy THE EVIL DEAD (1981) dir. Sam Raimi TAKE SHELTER (2011) dir. Jeff Nichols THE WITCH (2015) dir. Robert Eggers THE EVIL (1978) dir. Gus Trikonis INSIDIOUS (2010) dir. James Wan ANNABELLE: CREATION (2017) dir. David F. Sandberg THE BROTHERS GRIMM (2005) dir. Terry Gilliam THE NUN (2018) dir. Corin Hardy DEAD SILENCE (2007) dir. James Wan THE REAPING (2007) dir. Stephen Hopkins THE FINAL GIRLS (2015) dir. Todd Strauss-Schulson FEAR STREET PART THREE: 1666 (2021) dir. Leigh Janiak SILENT HOUSE (2011) dir. Laura Lau & Chris Kentis BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA (1992) dir. Francis Ford Coppola THE OTHERS (2001) dir. Alejandro Amenábar WINCHESTER (2018) dir. The Spierig Brothers

[docgold13]

Monster Movie Musts

This Halloween season it is always nice to end your night with a good creature feature.  But what to watch?  What are the best vampire, werewolf and all around ghouls of the night movies out there?  Fear not!  I have you covered.  Here are one quasi-expert’s picks for the best of the best:

The ten Best Werewolf Movies

Ginger Snaps (2000) directed by John Fawcett

The Company of Wolves (1984) directed by Neil Jordan

Werewolf of London (1935) directed by Stuart Walker

The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) directed by Terrence Fisher

Wolfen (1981) directed by Michael Wadleigh

An American Werewolf in London (1981) directed by John Landis

The Wolf Man (1941) directed by George Waggner

The Howling (1981) directed by Joe Dante

Cat People (1982) directed by Paul Schrader

The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020) directed by Jim Cummings

The ten Best Vampire Movies

Dracula (1931) directed by Tod Browning

The Hunger (1983) directed by Tony Scott

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014) directed by Ana Lily Amirpour

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) directed by Francis Ford Coppola

London After Midnight (1927) directed by Tod Browning

Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) directed by Jim Jarmusch

Let the Right One in (2008) directed by Tomas Alfredson

Cronos (1993) directed by Guillermo del Toro

Horror of Dracula (1958) directed by Terence Fisher

Mark of the Vampire (1935) directed by Tod Browning

The ten best Frankenstein movies

Frankenstein (1931) directed by James Whale

Young Frankenstein (1974) directed by Mel Brooks

Bride of Frankenstein (1935) directed by James Whale

The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) directed by Terrence Fisher

Frank3nst3in (2015) directed by Bernard Rose

Flesh of Frankenstein (1974) directed by Paul Morrissey

Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell (1974) directed by Terence Fisher

Gothic (1986) directed by Ken Russell

House of Frankenstein (1944) directed by Erle C. Kenton

Gods and Monsters (1998) directed by Bill Condon

The ten best zombie movies

Night of the Living Dead (1968 ) directed by George A. Romero

28 Days Later (2002) directed by Danny Boyle

Shaun of the Dead (2004) directed by Edgar Wright

Train to Busan (2016) directed by Yeon Sang-ho

The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988) directed by Wes Craven

The Girl with All the Gifts (2016) directed by Colm McCarthy

I Walked with a Zombie (1943) directed by Jacques Tourneur

Dawn of the Dead (2004) directed by Zack Snyder

Evil Dead II (1987) directed by Sam Raimi

Re-Animator (1985) directed by Stuart Gordon

enjoy!

[blimbo-buddy]

I would love to know about rodent kid/evil rat baby. Is it still a rat in this au or some other kind of rodent? Whats its relationship with bram like? Do you have any ideas for how it joined the party n how that differed from canon rat baby?

Good questions! (Rat Child will be referred to as Rodent Kid in this post)

To start off: It's kind of hard to say what Rodent Kid exactly is.

It does retain some more rodent-like qualities, but it also looks strangely. "Rabbit-like"

However, what the characters can't get over is how strangely human it looks and acts

Especially in it's eyes

Nobody is sure what exactly it is, even if it reminds them of a weird mutated rabbit

When Bram finds it, he doesn't think it even feels right to call it a rabbit, but he doesn't know what kind of rodent it'd be

So: Rodent Kid as a nickname was born

Some characters do call it Rabbit Kid, but it's official name in the au is Rodent Kid

Second answer: It's relationship with Bram somewhat follows the OG dynamic with Rat Child and Sam

You know how Rat Child copies Sam, to the point where it's a battle move that it can use? Same case here

Unfortunately: It's not good when Bram is a rather unpredictably angry and frustrated guy who can't control his emotions well

RK (Rodent Kid) and Bram are kind of like a strange dysfunctional child-and-parent duo; They care for each other and do honestly need each other (RK for literal reasons and Bram for psychological/mental reasons) but they fight a lot, Bram gets frustrated with this freak and RK lashes back like an angry child

Shows up often when RK interacts with other characters like this interaction with it and Leah (Evil Leigh). It's tricky, it tries getting what it wants with deception

Third answer: Yes and no

The way Bram finds RK is different

Unlike finding Rat Child in a baby crib, Bram finds an old rusty pet cage on the ground covered by sheets

He uncovers it and Rodent Kid is revealed

Note, this is based on an interpretation of the og source material and isn't canon to the game: A popular idea is that Rat Child was once a baby that fused with/gained features of a rat after being Cursed.

So; Rodent Kid was once a baby.... rabbit or rodent that either fused with or gained features of a human baby (Still ages as quickly as Rat Child though)

I'm not so solid on what happens after this but Bram still does end up keeping it. Don't know how to approach The Wall Face thing because I'm stuck on it and whether Bram should just lose an arm like OG Sam or sacrifice a leg instead somehow

[jenelle-annalee]

Books Read in 2022

1. A Court of Silver Flames- Sarah J. Maas

2. Told After Supper- Jerome K. Jerome

3. The Crazy Ladies of Pearl Street- Trevanian

4. To Kill a Kingdom- Alexandra Christo

5. The Father Christmas Letter- J.R.R. Tolkien

6. The Book of Doing and Being- Barnett Bain

7. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August- Claire North

8. Northern Lights (Golden Compass)- Philip Pullman

9. The Subtle Knife- Phillip Pullman

10. The Amber Spyglass-Phillip Pullman

11. The Skincare Bible- Anjali Mahto

12. The Popular Culture Reader- John L. Nachbar Wright Jack, & Deborah Weiser

13. Another Roadside Attraction- Tom Robbins

14. Angels and Demons- Dan Brown

15. The Da Vinci Code- Dan Brown

16. The Vintage Tea Cup Club- Vanessa Greene

17. A Woman of Independent Means- Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey

18. The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart- Holly Ringland

19. Humankind: A Hopeful History- Rutger Bergman

20. Goddess- Kelly Gardi

21. Wild Animals I Have Known- Ernest Thompson Seton

22. Femme Fatale: Cinema’s Most Unforgettable Lethal Ladies- Dominique Manon and James Ursini

23. Crazy for the Storm- Norman Ollestad

24. The Power of Body Language: How to Succeed in Every Business and Social Encounter- Tonya Reiman

25. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase - Joan Aiken

26. Coffee, Tea, or Me? - "Trudy Baker" aka Donald Bain

27. Fifth Avenue, 5 AM: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman- Sam Wasson

28. Audrey: Her Story- Alexander Walker

29. The Complete Films of Audrey Hepburn - Jerry Vermiyle

30. Audrey Hepburn: An Elegant Spirit, a Son Remembers- Sean Hepburn Ferrer

31. Gigi- Collette

32. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes- Anita Loos

33. Chalice- Robin McKinley

34. Dragon's Bane - Patricia Wrede

35. The Golem and the Jinni- Helene Wecker

36. The Prince and the Dressmaker- Jen Wang

37. The Path Made Clear- Oprah Winfrey

38. Lumberjanes- Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Gus Allen, and ND Stevenson

39. The Hidden Palace - Helene Wecker

40. Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World- Penelope Bagieu

41. Strange Practice- Vivian Shaw

42. Dreadful Company- Vivian Shaw

43. All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories Of Queer Teens Throughout The Ages- edited by Saundra Mitchell

44. The Library at Mount Char- Scott Hawkins

45. Grave Importance- Vivian Shaw

46. Verity- Colleen Hoover

47. Bravely- Maggie Stiefvater

48. 1602- Neil Gaiman

49. She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs- Sarah Smarsh

50. Gallant- V.E. Schwab

51. Lore Olympus Vol. 1- Rachel Smythe

52. I'll Have What She's Having: My Adventures in Celebrity Dieting- Rebecca Harrington

53. Lore Olympus Vol. 2- Rachel Smythe

54. Moon Cakes- Suzanne Walker & Wendy Xu

55. The Tea Dragon Society- Katie O'Neill

56. The Tea Dragon Festival- Katie O'Neill

57. Travels with Foxfire: Stories of People, Passions, and Practices from Southern Appalachia- Foxfire Fund Inc.

58. My Year of Rest and Relaxation - Ottessa Moshfegh

59. Seance Tea Party- Reimenga Yee

60. Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics- Dolly Parton and Robert K. Oermann

61. Lightfall: The Girl and the Galdurian

62. Tidesong- Wendy Xu

63. Name of the Wind- Patrick Rothfuss

64. The Girl from the Sea- Molly Knox Ostertag

65. Lightfall: The Shadow of the Bird

66. Neon Gods- Katee Robert

67. The Lighthouse Witches- C. J. Cooke

68. Six Crimson Cranes- Elizabeth Lim

69. I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life- Anne Bogel

70. The Secret History- Donna Tartt

71. The Near Witch- V. E. Schwab

72. The Good Demon- Jimmy Cajole

73. The Illustrated Man - Ray Bradbury

74. Nettle & Bone- T. Kingfisher

75. Dracula- Bram Stoker

76. My Best Friend's Exorcism- Grady Hendrix

77. Batman: The Ultimate Evil- Andrew Vachss

78. World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments- Aimee Nezhukumatathil

79. Odd and the Frost Giants- Neil Gaiman

80. How to Hygge: The Nordic Secrets to a Happy Life- Signe Johansen

[batboyblog]

So you want to get into Horror?

So last year a friend of mine confessed to being scared of horror movies and hadn't seen any, but wanted to try. So every day of October we watched a horror movie. I tried to organize it in chronological order making a kind of history of horror. I understand some classics are missing and later movies I picked as classics were really my judgement, but if you've never done horror, don't get it etc, this list is a pretty good place to start and by the end you'll be able to talk to most horror fans

Psycho (1960) dir. Alfred Hitchcock

Rosemary’s Baby (1968) dir. Roman Polanski

Night of the Living Dead (1968) dir. George A. Romero

The Exorcist (1973) dir. William Friedkin

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) dir. Tobe Hooper

Carrie (1976) dir. Brian De Palma

Dawn of the Dead (1978) dir. George A. Romero

Halloween (1978) dir. John Carpenter

Alien (1979) dir. Ridley Scott

The Shinning (1980) dir. Stanley Kubrick

Friday The 13th (1980) dir. Sean S. Cunningham

An American Werewolf in London (1981) dir. John Landis

The Evil Dead (1981) dir. Sam Raimi

Poltergeist (1982) dir. Tobe Hooper

The Thing (1982) dir. John Carpenter

Creepshow (1982) dir. George A. Romero

Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) dir. Wes Craven

Terminator (1984) dir. James Cameron

Day of the Dead (1985) dir. George A. Romero

The Return of the Living Dead (1985) dir. Dan O'Bannon

The Lost Boys (1987) dir. Joel Schumacher

Evil Dead II (1987) dir. Sam Raimi

The Silence of the Lambs (1991) dir. Jonathan Demme

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1991) dir. Francis Ford Coppola

Army of Darkness (1992) dir. Sam Raimi

Scream (1996) dir. Wes Craven

From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) dir. Robert Rodriguez

The Craft (1996) dir. Andrew Fleming

Event Horizon (1997) dir. Paul W. S. Anderson

The Sixth Sense (1999) dir. M. Night Shyamalan

The Blair Witch Project (1999) dir. Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez

The Others (2001) dir. Alejandro Amenábar

28 Days Later (2002) dir. Danny Boyle

Let The Right One In (2008) dir. Tomas Alfredson

Jennifer’s Body (2009) dir. Karyn Kusama

The Cabin in the Woods (2011) dir. Drew Goddard

It Follows (2014) dir. David Robert Mitchell

The Witch (2015) dir. Robert Eggers

Krampus (2015) dir. Michael Dougherty

Get Out (2017) dir. Jordan Peele

enjoy your trip into horror

[lillian-ashcrofts-notebook]

So as an ERB fan...

So as an ERB fan there are some battles I would love to see happen such as: 1) Audie Murphy ( one of the most honored soldiers in history ) V.S. Captain America. 2) Joseph Smith ( Founder of Mormonism ) V.S. L. Ron Hubbard ( Founder of Scientology ) with a Guest Run-In of Jim Jones ( Johns Town Cult Leader ) or David Koresh ( Waco Cult Leader ) 3) Buffy the Vampire Slayer V.S. Abraham Van Hellsing with Guest Run-In of Sam and Dean Winchester or Ash Williams ( Evil Dead ) 4) Captain Picard V.S. Captain Nemo 5) Bram Stoker ( Author of Dracula ) V.S. Stephenie Myers ( Author of Twilight ) with a Guest Run-In of Marry Shelly ( Author of Frankenstein ) 6) Patrick Bateman ( American Psycho ) V.S. Jeffery Dahmer with a possible Guest Run-In of Norman Bates. 7) The Phantom of the Opera V.S. Liberace with Guest Run-In of Little Richard 8) The Shadow V.S. Zorro with a Guest Run-In of Robin Hood 9) Frasier Crane V.S. D.R. Loomis ( from Halloween ) 10) Barnabus Collins ( From Dark Shadows ) V.S. Edward Cullen ( Twilight ) 11) The Three Musketeers V.S. The Three Stooges 12) Heinrich Himmler V.S. Dick Cheney 13) Peter Pan V.S. Alice Liddell  14) Cortana V.S. Skynet 15) J.M. Berrie ( Author of Peter Pan ) V.S. J.K. Rowling ( Author of Harry Potter )

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,ABOUT ME

Tagged by @cinefantastiquemitho

Favorite Places :The theater,movies ,book store ,theres a nice Pizza restraunt near where I live .my room 

Favorite Shows: The Simpsons,Blackadder ,Gargoyles, I Claudius ,Avatar the Last Airbender,The Muppet Show ,Over the Garden Wall ,Star Trek ,Justice League Unlimited ,Star Trek Deep Space 9 ,Samurai Jack ,Batman,Batman the Animated Series ,Twilight Zone,Teen Titans ,Whats My Line,Darkwing Duck ,The Adventures of Brisco County Jr 

Favorite Foods: Peporoni Pizza ,sausage scrambler ,cheeseburger,sauteed mushrooms ,steak,bacon,blueberry pie ,tacos 

Favorite Books: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens ,The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde ,Macbeth by William Shakespeare ,The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien, Dracula by Bram Stoker ,Alices Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll,The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling,The Second Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling ,I Am Legend by Richard Matheson , Howls Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones ,  The  Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy  by Douglas Adams,   The Dead Zone by Stephen King , Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck,   The Neverending Story by Michael Ende , The Princess Bride by William Goldman ,Beowulf by unknown author , The Odyssey by Homer , Watership Down by Richard Adams

Favorite Animals: Cats ,dogs,wolves,tigers,foxes,lions

Favorite Subjects: Theater, Cinema, Animation ,Mythology 

Favorite Class in School: History, Drama, Literature.

Favorite Movies: Willard by Glen Morgan ,Metropolis by Fritz Lang , The Good The Bad and the Ugly by Sergio Leone ,The Night of the Hunter by Charles Laughton , Watership Down by Martin Rosen , Little Shop of Horrors by Frank Oz,Star wars by George Lucas,The Empire Strikes Back by Irving Kershner ,Return of the Jedi by Richard Marquand ,Amadeus by Milos Forman ,The Evil Dead by Sam Raimi ,Lawrence of Araibia by David Lean, 20′000 Leagues Under The Sea by Richard Fleischer , 12 Angry Men  by Sidney Lumet ,The Princess Bride by Rob Reiner ,The Lion King by Roger Allers & Rob Minkoff , The Producers by Mel Brooks, Murder on the Orient Express  by Sidney  Lumet ,Death of the Nile by John Guillerman ,Clash of the Titans by Desmond Davis ,The Mark of Zorro by Rouben Mamoulian ,1776 by Peter H Hunt ,Streets of Fire by Walter Hill , Jesus Christ Superstar  by Norman Jewison , The Crow  by Alex Proyas and many others 

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Weekend Top Ten #489

Top Ten Redeemed Villains

Film journalist and writer Helen O’Hara has a particular pet peeve she occasionally vents spleen about on the Empire Film podcast: namely, when a villain becomes sufficiently popular, they are often turned into some kind of hero. There are dozens of not hundreds of examples of this throughout all kinds of fiction – compare Bram Stoker’s Dracula to the character played by Adam Sandler – although I do agree that probably the most egregious example is how Jurassic Park’s ultimate dino-bastards, the velociraptors, become day-saving plucky sidekicks to Chris Pratt’s Wood Woodsman in the Jurassic World movies (and don’t think I’ve forgotten about Sam Neill talking to them in Jurassic Park III, either). So, yeah: you got a cool villain? One that we like being around? Funny gags, interesting schtick? Oh, but they kill a bunch of dudes, that’s not nice. Hey, what if they were only killing bad people…? Yeah, now they’re an anti-hero and we can totally sell toys about them. That seems to be the way it goes.

And y’know what? Yeah, sure, it’s reductive, and sometimes silly; sure, it means we keep having to think up worse baddies for these not-quite-so-bad-baddies to fight (looking at you, Venom: Let There Be Carnage). But often, it’s great. I think when done well, the villain redemption story can be fantastic. And I say this because one of my all-time favourite comic book stories is literally just about that. As you will see shortly.

I think one of the reasons I like some of these stories is because it’s kind of a reverse Macbeth; it shows us the tragedy of true hero who is undone by their evil deeds, but we get the evil deeds front-loaded. Instead, we see tales of utterly flawed, reprehensible people, desperately attempting to atone, knowing it’s impossible. On the other hand, we also get characters who are just a hell of a lot of fun to be around, but with their worst excesses sanded off – in these cases, they’re not mass-murdering, genocidal megalomaniacs. This is always fun too, because a bit of naughtiness goes a long way.

All of this, of course, is inspired by the finale of Loki, a thoroughly enjoyable jaunt through time and space, starring everyone’s favourite mewling quim. I don’t want to say too much about it, partly because Loki himself will be cropping up rather soon, but as far as “baddies who aren’t quite as bad” go, he’s up there, ain’t he? I mean, how many deaths was he responsible for in Thor and The Avengers, and yet by Thor: Ragnarok he’s clearly been forgiven. Which is one of the weird things about “redeemed villains”, really; at what point do we just require our heroes to shrug their shoulders and say “meh” when it comes to the evil deeds of their former nemeses? In the case of Megatron, for example, the issue of his culpability and him eventually having to answer for his crimes is a constant background plot element; but for someone like Harley Quinn, for instance, there’s no way Batman can just “let her off”, right? I mean, whichever flavour of Quinn you like, she’s still killed a bunch of people, yeah? We can’t just write it off as “brainwashed by the Joker”. This creates a permanent tension, whereby these characters – and it’s not just Quinn – must realistically only occupy the shadows, never really a part of normal society, because there’s just no realistic way they’d be allowed to operate openly. There’s too much blood under the bridge.

Now, there are some notable “villains-turned-heroes” that I’ve not included here. For a start, there’s no Black Widow or Hawkeye, no Scarlet Witch or Quicksilver; that’s because by the time I was reading comics, these guys were all firmly established as heroes. Sure, in the sixties they were villains, but despite the darkness in their history, I feel like their good-guy credentials have been pretty well established since then. Similarly Catwoman; yeah, okay, she’s a thief, but her “redemption” (such as it is) into being a kind of beyond-the-law vigilante who protects her area of Gotham feels like part of the furniture now. There was, actually, a briefly-interesting wrinkle around the time of Infinite Crisis and 52 where Batman wondered whether her personality had been altered by the Justice League and he didn’t know; whether he could trust her recent altruism, or whether it magically induced. Sadly this didn’t last long, and by the time of the “One Year Later” time jump, Batman was back to having an on-again-off-again with Selina. There’s also no Darth Vader, because we don’t really see him as a redeemed hero. Sure, at the end, he’s all good again and he chucks the Emperor down a well. But then he has the good sense to cark it, so we don’t get to experience Old Man Anakin at all. In my opinion, this don’t count. Only characters who we see, extensively, as “redeemed heroes” are eligible. I mean, okay, The Grinch is on here; but in that case, the whole book is about his redemption. And he’s clearly a good guy at the beginning, he’s just sad! And yes, I know, I could equally have had Ebenezer Scrooge, but I’ve read both books and I prefer The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, okay?

Fun game: which is better, the 1966 Grinch animation, or The Muppet Christmas Carol?

Anyway, Loki was great, and even if the whole “baddy is now a goody” trope is tired and obvious, I hope that there’s proof here that with care and dedication it can work, it can be good. But not if they’re bloodthirsty dinosaurs. That just doesn’t make any kind of sense.

Megatron (IDW’s Transformers comics, 2014-18): the entire idea of “Megatron becomes an Autobot” is ridiculous. It’s stupid. Megatron is the leader of the Evil Decepticons; why would he become an Autobot? It’s an about-face so extreme as to defy any kind of belief. It smacks of corporate shenanigans, of toys to promote, of barrel-scraping extremism. And yet. It is sublime. For ages we’re left wondering whether it’s a feint, a con; and even after the answers start to come, the layers are revealed, Megatron’s neuroses laid bare, and the extent – and futility – of his redemption becomes stark. Under the pen of writer James Roberts, Megatron becomes a genuinely tragic figure; a hero totally undone by himself to the point of unforgiveable destruction, but one whose heart is, ultimately, in the right place. There are moments – “don’t change back”, the phone call with Optimus, Rodimus lying about the Matrix – that are just heartbreaking in their honesty and tragedy. Megatron, a generic evil leader, an enjoyably hissable super-fiend, a megalomaniacal space-Hitler, has now become – in this incarnation at least – my favourite Transformer. It’s phenomenal.

Magneto (Marvel comics and adaptations, from about 1982 or so): I don’t remember Magneto not being a complex character. He’s the militant Malcolm X to Professor X’s more peacefully-minded Doctor King. I must confess I’ve read little of the original sixties X-Men comics, but I’d wager back then he was a more straight-up villain – I mean, he was the leader of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, for crying out loud. But all my life he’s been on a spectrum from militant hero to terrorist with a just cause; sure, he’s a murderer (and possibly skirted with genocide), but his ultimate aim is equality and protection for his people. This nuance – the bad guy to root for – has bled into his cinematic persona, to the point where both incarnations (the McKellen and Fassbender variants, if you will) end up as part of the X-Men at least half the time. The end result is some fantastic scenes and a complexity that is far, far beyond even the most sympathetic villain.

Harley Quinn (DC comics and adaptations, from about 2007 or so): Harley started as a comedy sidekick to the Joker, literally an unnamed henchwoman who was so popular even before her debut episode was finished that she became the squeaky-voiced Noo Yoik moll we all love. Over the years, her relationship with the Joker became more toxic, and her actions more violent, but she increased in popularity to the point where she had to step out of Mister J’s shadow. There were some good comics stories, especially with her relationship with Poison Ivy and Catwoman, and despite some missteps the New 52 really did showcase her well for the most part. So now we get to the point where she headlines her own movies in a blistering performance from Margot Robbie and stars in an excellent animated series; a wisecracking bonkers femme fatale, a violent jokester out for herself but, generally, not someone trying to take over the world. Sure, she’s definitely not a “good guy”, but she does seem to have a sense of the greater good nowadays, and I can’t see her fighting the Justice League (well, unless Amanda Waller makes her).

Loki (MCU movies and shows, from 2012): I’ve not read enough Thor comics to chart Loki’s evolution through the years, although the 2014 Journey Into Mystery series written by Keiron Gillen does an excellent job of presenting a more sympathetic reincarnated Loki trying to “go straight”. Here I want to talk more specifically about the MCU Loki, and Tom Hiddleston’s performance. Right from the very start he was a vainglorious little creep with an inferiority complex, but even when conspiring against his family, he was coming from a place of pain: feeling passed over and lied to. Hiddleston brought depth to the role that made Loki’s descent into villainy believable and tragic. This is exacerbated in The Avengers, when he teams with Thanos to invade the Earth, and despite the widescale destruction even here he has a couple of moments of nuance where he realises he may have bitten off more than he can chew. Despite all his transgressions, Thor sticks by him, and as such his softening and acceptance does not come out of the blue; there’s no sudden unexpected turn to goodness. It’s a layered and complex performance, subtly drawing out the nuance and emotion across multiple movies, until he’s willing to die for his brother in Infinity War. And, despite the clock kinda being rolled back, all of this is reinforced in the series Loki.

T-800 (Terminator 2: Judgement Day, 1991): I guess here we make a bit of a change because there’s no emotional evolution, no subtle shift from darkness to the light. The baddie Terminator is killed in the first film, and a different, reprogrammed one pops up in T2. But that’s not to say there’s not nuance and development; “are we learning yet?” Just as the Terminator in the first film was relentless in its pursuit of Sarah Connor, here T-800 is doggedly protecting young John. This leads to some great scenes between the two of them, and a slowly thawing relationship between Sarah and the robot. As she says in the film, of all potential father figures, he was the perfect choice. This builds across the film, the T-800 softening its edges and becoming more “human”, until the final, tragic scene as he has to die to save the future. “I know now why you cry”. Thumbs up.

Discord (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, 2013-2020): I was going to have Q from Star Trek on this list, but really I don’t think he’s ever truly a villain, is he? Maybe in the first episode of TNG, “Encounter at Farpoint”, but whilst he does evolve over the course of the show he’s more-or-less fully developed from the start as a trickster whose selfish concerns do not necessarily run counter to the crew of the Enterprise (I mean, he’s so powerful, he could kill them all if he wanted). However, John de Lancie’s second-most famous character (sorry, Al Kiefer from The West Wing) absolutely is the antagonist in his first couple of appearances, wreaking chaos across Equestria and having to be defeated using the Elements of Harmony. His subsequent turn towards the light is well-played as he becomes friends with Fluttershy and actually begins to feel remorse for his actions. What’s great about this is, for the most part, he’s still a massive git, playing all kinds of tricks on the Ponies even if he’s not trying to conquer anything. This all culminates in his genuinely saving the world at one point, and also gives us the tremendous song Glass of Water.

Prince Zuko (Avatar: The Last Airbender, from 2005): another subtler take that was there from the start, Zuko is a maligned prince whose father is a tyrant, and who seeks to get back into dad’s good books by capturing poor little Aang, the Avatar. His relentless, dogged pursuit grows increasingly desparate, but his good uncle Iroh is there to try to straighten the young prince out. Through mishaps, disasters, and accidental team-ups, Zuko’s opinion on Aang softens; he’s even saved by the Avatar at one point. The scales slowly fall from his eyes regarding his family and their crimes, and he begins a long road to seek the trust of Aang and his friends, turning against his own family. This culminates in him eventually becoming the Fire Lord himself and having to fight his tragically insane sister. Although Zuko is redeemed, helps save the world, and is basically a king, his family troubles lend a permanent sense of tragedy to the character that reinforces his nobility and strength.

The Grinch (How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Dr. Seuss, 1957): I’ve already (for some reason) written about the Grinch in my intro, but just to reinforce it: this is an entire book about a bastard, a mean-spirited grump who’s so pissed off all the time that he decides to ruin Christmas for an entire town just to be a git. It’s a hilarious book, but it’s totally a book about a baddie. However, there is the glimmer of a point to his dickheadedness: although I’m sure there’s an element of self-loathing and self-pity to it all, his issue appears to be the commercialisation of Christmas. He thinks it’s all false and the Whos all phony, hence he tries to destroy the trappings of the holiday. Only when he realises that there’s more to it, that they really do believe in it all, does his heart grow three sizes. It’s such an emotional, euphoric change, that it upends the entire book: now, here’s a story about redemption, about a guy going good. It’s a beautiful moment and a terrific ending, and makes the Grinch himself a sympathetic character. Sorry, Ebenezer.

Starscream (IDW’s Transformers comics, 2013-18): whilst Megatron’s slow turn to niceness was predicated on empathy and a realisation of the horrors he’d inflicted, Starscream’s is much, much different. Always a power-hungry narcissist with an inferiority complex, he literally murders his only friend and cynically renounces the Decepticons just to become the leader of unified Cybertron, and once he’s actually in power he spends most of his time scheming to maintain and reinforce that power. However, his complicated, antagonistic relationship with Windblade, and the actual responsibilities of his office, mean that by the time his crimes are exposed, he’s willing to take the blame and defend his world and his people. Through dark means he achieves his ambition, and the very power he sought ends up redeeming him to a surprising degree, and in the end he literally sacrifices himself for Cybertron. He’s still a bugger all the way through, but he’s a delightful, complicated, hilarious bugger. The best Starscream, and as Starscream is always the best, that’s saying something.

The Riddler (DC comics, 2006-2011): I’m not sure how niche this one is, but it feels like a small footnote in Riddler’s long history, and something that – sadly – I can’t see many writers using again. I’ve always like the interpretation of Riddler as someone who’s not interested in crime for crime’s sake, and doesn’t want to kill people, but just wants fame, respect, wealth, and to prove he’s the smartest. As such, after suffering a head injury (yep, that old trope) he renounces his criminal ways and becomes a private investigator. What’s brilliant, though, is that he’s a smarmy, charismatic, fame-hungry celebrity private investigator; loudly trumpeting how he’ll solve a case and pitting his detective skills against Batman’s. It’s the perfect evolution for a character who tends to either be used as a second-rate Joker or a Seven-style clue-obsessed serial killer; neither of those are compelling or interesting, in my opinion. What’s even cooler is that he’s actually a good detective, and could really help people and the city if he cared about more than himself; if this characterisation had carried on permanently maybe we’d have seen even more nuance develop. Sadly it was not to be and sometimes I think I’m the only one who likes my Riddler to be a selfish oaf but, ultimately, not a sadistic madman.

Blimey. Wrote a lot this week. Oops!

[incblackbird]

Heiya :D What are your faovurite movies and shows?

Listen... as a huge film buff, I am unable to be short about this question. So you’re getting a top 20 fav tv shows and a top 40 fav movies (and I still had a hard time, there were so many more I wanted to include) Tv Shows:

1)     Trust (from 2018 about the kidnap of John Paul Getty III): nobody seems to know this show exists and it’s SO FUCKING GOOD! Go watch it!!! 2)     Breaking Bad 3)     American Horror Story (Asylum, Freak Show and Cult) 4)     Mindhunter 5)     Penny Dreadful 6)     Spartacus 7)     The Haunting of Hill House 8)     Vikings (up until season 4, after that it got horrible imo) 9)     Game of Thrones (for Theon) 10)  Hannibal 11)  Bates Motel 12)  Fargo 13)  Six Feet Under 14)  Kulderzipken (this is a Belgian show that I watched with my family over and over again as a kid, it’s hilarious and I love it) 15)  Misfits 16)  Wentworth 17)  The Walking Dead 18)  Shameless 19)  Stranger Things 20)  La Casa de Papel

Movies:

My top 4 has been the same for ages so I don’t think it’ll change anytime soon, the rest is sorta interchangable though and yesterday and tomorrow i’d give you an entirely different list, possibly even with some different movies on there :) And yes, 28 out of 40 movies are horror movies (and many others are disturbing even if not considered horror) sue me.... 1)     A Clockwork Orange (1971, Stanley Kubrick) 2)     The Evil Dead (1981, Sam Raimi) 3)     Old Boy (2004, Park Chan Wook) 4)     Das Cabinet Des Dr. Caligari (1920, Robert Wiene) 5)     A Ghost Story (2017, David Lowery) 6)     The Man Who Laughs (1928, Paul Leni) 7)     Autumn Sonata (1978, Ingmar Bergman) 8)     Naked Lunch (1991, David Cronenberg) 9)     Carnage (2011, Roman Polanski) 10)  Saw (2004, James Wan): This is the only one on the list that I don’t actually think is a great movie objectively, but it was the movie that got me into movies and my first big obsession so it has a special place in my heart and I still think it displays a lot of creativity and I wish it could be viewed without the awful sequels in mind. 11)  Vincent (1982, Tim Burton): It’s a short film, just 6 minutes long, but it’s still my fav thing Tim Burton ever did! 12)  A Bay of Blood (1971, Mario Bava) 13)  Sleepy Hollow (1999, Tim Burton) 14)  Hereditary (2018, Ari Aster) 15)  Suspiria (1977, Dario Argento) 16)  The Skin I Live in (2011, Pedro Almodovar) 17)  The Lighthouse (2019, Robert Eggers) 18)  Piercing (2018, Nicolas Peche) 19)  Pan’s Labyrinth (2006, Guillermo Del Toro) 20)  A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014, Ana Lily Amirpour) 21)  Enemy (2013, Denis Villeneuve) 22)  Donnie Darko (2001, Richard Kelly) 23)  The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993, Henry Selick) 24)  Vampyr (1932, Carl T. Dreyer) 25)  Hellraiser (1987, Clive Barker) 26)  Lost Highway (1997, David Lynch) 27)  Nosferatu: Phantom Der Nacht (1979, Werner Herzog): I love the original as well, but I’m a bit more crazy about this remake 28)  Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992, Francis Ford Coppola) 29)  Brazil (1985, Terry Gilliam) 30)  12 Angry Men (1957, Sidney Lumet) 31)  The Favourite (2018, Yorgos Lanthimos) 32)  Funny Games U.S. (2007, Michael Haneke) 33)  Black Sunday (1960, Mario Bava) 34)  Faust (1926, F.W. Murnau) 35)  From Dusk Till Dawn (1996, Robert Rodriguez) 36)  The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974, Tobe Hooper) 37)  Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988, Stephen Chiodo): probably the most shamelessly entertaining movie on this list! 38)  Meshes of the Afternoon (1943, Maya Deren) 39)  Valerie and her Week of Wonders (1970, Jaromil Jires) 40)  The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014, Wes Anderson) Honorable Mentions: Possum (a British horror movie from 2018 that nobody knows about but that’s super awesome), Hugo (from Scorsesse), Audition (from Takashi Miike), Paths of Glory (Kubrick’s most underrated movie imo, it’s talked about so little!) and Under the Silver Lake

 @moviestorian, @janiedean, @cafeleningrad & @like-a-word-on-a-wing now I’m really curious to know your top whatevers of movies and tv shows! :)