#suspense
Dementia (1955) a.k.a. Daughter of Horror
Very much my shit. Spent the rest of the evening humming and singing the music, for which I humbly apologize to my SO and my dog. Might make the perfect double feature withCarnival of Souls(1962)? [letterboxd] [tubi]
Bernice Bobs Her Hair(1976)
This was produced for public television as part of a series called “The American Short Story.” Given that information, the vibe you have in your head is probably accurate. So charming. Shelley Duvall is one of a kind and she is a pitch-perfect Bernice. [letterboxd] [kanopy]
Night of the Devils (1972) orig.: La notte dei diavoli
I’ve decided that Russian stories adapted by Italian filmmakers is a winning micro-genre. [letterboxd] [kanopy]
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BONUS:
Rosy Dreams (1977) orig.: Ružové sny
This movie wasn’t new to me, but I watched it again for the first time since college and it was just as great as I remembered. Slovak film has never gotten its due attention. Maybe I should do a feature series on Slovak cinema??? This year marks 100 years since their first feature film too… [letterboxd]
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As always, if you’re interested in any of these and need any specific content warnings ahead of time, feel free to ask!
Mini Review: The Woman in the Window || WILD (but author is a scam artist so BOO)!
- Title:The Woman in the Window
- Author:A.J. Finn
- Publisher: William and Morrow
- Genre: Suspense, Mystery, Thriller
- Pages: 449 (Kindle edition)
- Where to buy:Amazon,Book Depository
- Trigger Warning: Talks about Agoraphobia
SUMMARY:
Anna Fox lives alone—a recluse in her New York City home, unable to venture outside. She spends her day drinking wine (maybe too much), watching old movies, recalling…
Teaser Tuesday
romantic suspense SAVED, by H.L. Anderson is currently on sale for 99 Cents: July 8 - 14
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Romantic suspense novel SAVED, by H.L. Anderson is on sale for 99 Cents July 8-14. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076HXN8WS
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The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn is an instant #1 New York Times bestseller! Let us know if you’ve read it!
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A bit of incredibly straightforward writing advice I wish someone had given me years ago:
Suspense = unanswered questions in the reader’s mind
If you want to create suspense in your story, raise a question and delay the answer. You can do this on the story-level by raising what’s called a “story question” (Will Jack find the murderer?), but you can also do it on the scene or sentence level. And the questions don’t have to be big, either. Witness the tantalizing glory of simply withholding some basic information in the first line of a scene:
After twenty years of truffle-hunting, I thought I knew everything. But what I found in the forest that day deeply disturbed me. I’d never seen anything like it.
At this point, the reader’s like, HOLY SHIT WHAT IS IT??You’ve dangled a question, they want the answer, and they’ll probably feel anxious until they get it. That’s suspense. Want to keep it going? Delay gratification.
Around noon I noticed something shiny sticking up from the mossy leaves around an old oak tree a few miles from the lake. Instinctively, I patted my holster: My pocket knife hadn’t fallen out, and my satchel of coins was also accounted for. I bent down, squinting. The jagged shard of metal glinted blue, then red. It seemed to be vibrating, too, as if it had an electrical charge.
WHAT IS IT HOLY FUCKING CRAP WHAT ISIT????
There’s a bit of an art to this, of course. You’ll eventually want to answer this question, then raise another. Generally, smaller questions (what’s that shiny thing in the leaves?) deserve quicker answers than bigger ones (will Keith and Jeremy fall in love?). You’ll need to experiment with proportion; feel out how many unanswered questions is too many (readers can only hold so many questions in their minds at a time), how to toggle between plot lines, when something is deserving of suspense and when it is not, etc. But the overall principle is really basic and adaptable.
Hope this helps.
drama recommendation!
so this is a horror/thriller webtoon adapted into a drama series,surprisingly its actually REALLY good! the suspense will keep you at the edge of your seat.i dont wanna rave about it but i have definitely never seen any Korean drama like this before (am not a fan of Korean dramas tbh) and the fact that its adapted off a webtoon,makes me happy and looking forward to other webtoons of this genre that might be made into a TV series or a movie in the future :)
i havent read the webtoon tbh,but i recommend the drama series for those who are interested…..its called……
strangers from hell / hell is other people
Favourite character so far? The Yang Seungbae of the series of course :)
Whenever there is murder in the webtoon realm,there has to be a bunch of clueless,incompetent cops and one who actually wants to do their job right ….. lol
#FridayReads - Audrey Miller’s Birth Order
#FridayReads – Audrey Miller’s Birth Order
In Audrey Miller’s Birth Order, an OBGYN misses the delivery of her most important client. When she returns, she realizes that there were some discrepancies with the delivery that did not make sense. What she finds is a conspiracy of royal proportions.
As you know, I get my ARCs from BookSirens, and this one really stuck out to me considering that interview that Megan and Harry did not too long…
Book Review: Little Cruelties by Liz Nugent
Lately I’ve been reading mostly crime thrillers. And after finishing Little Cruelties by Liz Nugent, I’m still trying to decide if that is what it is or not. Heck, I’m still trying to decide what I thought of it. But that’s not a bad thing, is it? Books that leave you thinking are usually really good ones.
Plot Details
The Drumm brothers, William, Brian, and Luke, are only a few years apart.…
MARZ Rising - Chapter 63: Aefen
The fallout of the cult of Grimm-worshippers finding a Crater full of liquid Grimm and some insight into just who the leader of this group is.
(Also Velvet being iconic in the background and some cute moments thrown in)
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The missing girl part 35 -
Saoirse blinked ones, all around him seemed like reduced into slow motion. His ears were hurting from the metallic ringing , cold air blew in his face then absolute silence. The forest had become a tomb.
Then another blink and there it was, it looked like the red glowing eye filled the entire sky blotting out all the stars above.
Saoirse: “ Annnnnaaa ! ” even his screams sounded slowed down
Anna was gradually lifting her arms up towards the eye that focused in on her. Saoirse was able to see from her lips moving that Anna seemed to talk to it…why would she not get the hell away from it ?
His body felt like it weighed ten tons, each step was a torture and his mind kept insisting that he would never make it in time. Though it wasn’t like Saoirse to give up.
Saoirse: “ Ahhhhhhh ! ”
He screamed charging up all his energy and gave it his all to run as fast as he could to catch onto Anna.
Each second counted…
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The missing girl part 34 -
Anna had lost all sense of time and direction, like under a spell she had followed blindly the voice of her missing sister. She kept calling out for Hannah and asking where she was ? But Anna would never get a direct answer but just hear whispers here and there calling out to her.
The woods were dark and the cold had reached her bones. It got harder and harder to concentrate on the whispers. She greeted her teeth when the air began to fill with a low metallic hum.
Saoirse had struggled his way through the woods, madly searching for Anna. He hadn’t stopped to catch his breath or anything when behind some trees he could finally make out her shape.
He called for her as loud as he could but Anna gave no reaction.
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The missing girl part 32 -
Saoirse hadn’t been sleeping well since he was waiting for an answer from Anna and when the phone had rang he jerked up…phone tumbling off the bed. He quickly rolled to the side of the bed to grab his phone off the floor. Impatient to see Anna’s answer but it wasn’t her.
The message came from the main nurse, well technically it came from Miss Bennett . It was a warning about the strange eye in the sky and that Anna could be in danger.
After reading it Saoirse had immediately called the Grey residence and the mother had picked up telling him that Anna was no longer in her room. The father went to look for her together with the neighbor Billy.
Out of it Saoirse immediately got changed and snuck out of the house. On his way he quickly texted the rest of the team about the current situation.
Once he was out in the fields he started to call for Anna on top of his lungs. He knew he had to find her, no matter what, he couldn’t afford to fail not after all they went through and he really cared and liked Anna.
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The missing girl part 30 -
The silence was broken by a low metallic ringing in the air…it brought with it a sense of dread. As if under a spell or perhaps a curse since their tragic day - Lisa Bennett and Anna Grey both opened their eyes at the same time.
The window in Anna’s room flew wide open letting a terrible cold gush of air inside that carried a cry. It sounded like the voice of her poor sister Hannah. Could if really have been ? In horror she stared at the ceiling feeling the madness grow within.
Simultaneously Lisa Bennett stormed out of her room at the mental facility screaming like she had been possessed by some unnatural force frightening the night shift on duty.
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GOOD TIME
Directed By: Joe and Benny Safdie
Run Time: 101 mins
Starring: Robert Pattinson, Buddy Duress, Benny Safdie
