Happy Month of Horrors! The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampire by Grady Hendrix is a fun gothic novel to dive into in case you are finding October dull and boring. “We’re a book club,” Maryellen said. “What are we supposed to do? Read him to death? Use strong language?” ― Grady Hendrix, The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires Desperate Housewives meets The Twilight Zone and it works. In America’s favorite southern …
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It’s that season of the year. Snowy evenings, foggy mornings, and early sunsets. Shadows on the streets. The quiet in the house with the radiator buzzing in the background. The quiet outside as everyone stays in avoiding the cold. The quiet everywhere. Winter is the time for ghosts to come calling. I know Halloween month is for spooky stories, but where is the fear in silly costumes and golden autumn light. No, it is the …
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Directed by Kamal Amrohi, Mahal is one of the first gothic horror movies to be made in Bollywood which would later inspire a series of Haweli main bhatakti aatma genre of movies. It also launched the careers of Lata Mangeshkar with her haunting rendition of ‘Aayega, Aayega’ and Madhubala with her expressive face. The review contains spoilers and if you plan to watch the movie don’t read ahead. So, What’s it about? Our hero, Hari …
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Gothic sci-fi horror, steampunk action and some good old detective fiction all rolled into one makes Chasm City a page turner. Tanner Mirabel, the protagonist, who is a security expert, and a hired assassin, has your attention from page one. The novel moves in flashbacks & we learn a lot more about why Tanner worked at Sky’s Edge, and why he was one day on the way to Chasm City. The mystery sustaining the pace …
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Gullible Governesses, Gothic Manors, and Ghosts The Turn of Screw still giving the chills more than hundred years later. If there was ever an award for a book that builds fear just by its atmospheric set up, then Turn of the Screw would be a strong contender. Old Country house manor -check. Angelic, golden haired, creepy children- check. Conspiring servants – check. Floating shadows – check. Unhinged potentially misunderstood heroine – check. The Turn of …
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I often approach contemporary writers with some trepidation, much like Margaret Lea, the narrator of The Thirteenth Tale. I need not have worried, because this gothic tale hooks and reels you in as you open its first pages. It was November – Diane Setterfield The book’s opening sentence is simple and yet it contains the promise of a dark, grim ghost story. For in the end, this is what The Thirteenth Tale is; a ghost …
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Before Bram Stoker made love (or hate) for Vampires mainstream, a 100-page story by Sheridan Le Fanu, written in 1872, laid the foundation for Dracula. Carmilla is a gripping gothic tale steeped in darkness, cold, and death. It begins innocently enough, but even then, the sense of anticipation of something about to go wrong is palpable. The opening lines that describe the estate and its location set the tone for horrors that will unfold. Nothing can be …
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Winter is here. As temperatures plummet across the northern hemisphere and people scurry inside warm houses, it is the perfect time to settle into that recliner, grab a cup of hot cocoa and read a book. What else are you going to do? (Yes, you can always binge watch Netflix, but is that what you really want to do with your life? What I read is determined by how my day was, what I am …