Top 3 Haunted House Movies There are so many great ghost movies. Some are scary. Others are funny. Sometimes the ghosts are real. Other times there is a different explanation. These are my top 3 haunted house movies. This list doesn’t include movies that have other haunted buildings or houses that are haunted by demons or entities…
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Creepy Christmas Past – My Top 3 Christmas Horror Movies from Years Past
My Top 3 Christmas Horror Movies from Years Past Jack Frost – Weird and chilling, jack frost is about a serial killer who is transformed into a snow monster. St. Nicholas – A vicious, supernatural murderer stalks victims in this scary and exciting holiday horror movie. And All Through the House (Tales from the Crypt,…
Lana Mott’s Top 5 Female Villains
My Top 5 Female Villains by Lana Mott As the days get darker earlier up here in the Pacific Northwest, I hunker down with my Netflix for some Female Villainy. For me, a villain is someone who knowingly causes another person harm to get what they want. And if the villain can wear stylish footwear…
Top Five Favorite Recurring TV Antagonists
One of the best things about a television series is that characters can be carefully explored over the life of the show. This is especially important for antagonists because if there’s not a lot of time to develop them, such as in most movies, they can become cardboard villains. Even if a character is simply…
Vampire Week: Zenobia Renquist’s Top Vampire Films
It’s Vampire Week on the Compelling Beasts blog and I, Zenobia Renquist, am here to tell you about my favorite vampire films. I won’t say movies because not all of them are movies. Some are TV series, some are animated features and some are anime series. I don’t discriminate when it comes to my favorite…
Vampire Week: Elle Jefferson’s Top 5 Vampire Movies
TOP FIVE Favorite Vampire movies of all time (and yes I was able to whittle it down to 5 but not easily) Twilight But not just any of the movies, though I’ve seen them all, the one that really grabbed and offered me more is Breaking Dawn Pt. 2 (though that doesn’t mean I…
Vampire Week: Lisa Emme’s Top 5 Vampires from Urban Fantasy
My Top 5 Vampires from Urban Fantasy by Lisa Emme While I have to admit a couple of my vampires from the Harry Russo Diaries would definitely be on this list, I figured that went without saying. So here are the other vampires on my list: Jean-Claude – Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series by Laurell…
Vampire Week: Liv Rancourt’s Top Five Favorite Vampires
A couple weeks ago I saw Kate’s request for bloggers who wanted to talk vampire. Since I’ve got a long-standing relationship with the unholy undead, I eagerly volunteered. My thing for vampires goes back to the ’70s. When I was in second grade, my sister used to make a point of watching Dark Shadows – the original TV show,…
Vampire Week: On Screen Vampires: Top Ten Picks by Lily Silver
On Screen Vampires: Top Ten Picks by Lily Silver Why do vampires make irrestistable anti-heros? They’re usually brooding and somber, troubled, suave, cunning and treacherous, and yet we love them. I’ve been a vampire girl since I was a kid. Nothing more exciting for me on TV or the movies than a vampire in the…
Vampire Week: Margo Bond Collins’ Top Five Favorite Vampire Books/Series
My Top Five Favorite Vampire Books/Series A Guest Post by Margo Bond Collins The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black I loved Black’s short story of the same name and was initially a little disappointed to discover that the novel was not, in fact, a continuation of the same story but rather a new story set…
Vampire Week: Rachael Kosinski’s Top Five Most Colorful Vamps and What to Do if You Met Them
Five of Lit’s Most Colorful Vamps and What to Do if You Met Them Okay, so it’s October and we all love vampires—even if you roll your eyes and swear you don’t. They’re, for lack of a smoother word, cool: metaphorically and usually physically. By most definitions, they’re sophisticated, fashionable, knowledgeable, and their flirtation skills…
3 Most Anticipated Shows of 2015
The countdown is getting closer. Some shows you watch to pass the time. Others you anticipate. The following three shows are the ones I’ve been waiting for this year. It’s probably not a surprise that all three involve supernatural compelling beasts. Z Nation – What I love most about this show is that it’s a…