#thrillers
(1975)I only recently saw this, even though I saw the remake that came out in 2004. I assumed it was the same kind of thing so passed on watching the original.
I regret that. The original is so much better. And creepier. And darker.
Home Sweet Hell(2015)
“A suburban housewife (Katherine Heigl) with a cheating husband is not above killing the competition to preserve her domestic bliss.”
This movie was so bad. The story had good bones but, wasn’t filled or dressed well, which left it sloppy and just poorly executed. This is the type of movie an actor would star in after ruining their own career someway.
I will say there were some great cinematic shots in this though. I will give them that. This definitely got green lit because the lead actress signed on to do it prior and one of the producers thinks she’s a huge deal. Is that mean?
Watch it though. You’ll see.
The Houses October Built(2014)
“The film’s plot follows five friends who set out on a road trip in search of haunted house attractions, and find themselves targeted by a mysterious and disturbed group.”
It’s a found footage horror movie and it falls flat. It takes over half way through for it to get even semi-interesting. The acting is poor and the “casual” conversation among friends seems soooo forced and unnatural. The best acting came from a female cop that had about 2 lines in the beginning. There was no thrill here and thrill seeking is what the movie was all about. Yikes. I could never recommend this to anyone. It was just so bad. It could have been saved so many ways but, they wrote half a story and went with it. The ONLY woman in the group existed just to be a submissive tag a long character too and that was gross.
I’ll give them two things though. It was smart when they planned to film(during peek hours of some haunted houses and bourbon street nola) and some of the actual news footage they used in the beginning was smart as well.
I’m Thinking of Ending Things(2020)
The type of person that goes out of their way to come across as smarter than they are? They type of person that would have a top 3 list of movies they know you’ve never watched to make you feel dumb or uncultured? That’s the type of person that would rave about this fucking movie.
This movie is a mess! It’s based on a book that I hope is a lot better. The trailer is the best part. They make it look interesting and they drop past works of staff members(eternal sunshine) but, this fucking movie? Nope. This was executed so poorly. Not because little things were going over my head but, because little things could have been done so much better. Cleaner. Smarter. It was a wreck! Omg. It was scraps. I feel so bad that the author gave the go ahead for THAT.
TODAY IS THE DAY! The YA world finally gets to have more Malinda Lo to read! I had the pleasure of beta reading this book, and this deliciously dark thriller is one of my favorites by Malinda. Just look at this stunning cover!
Jess Wong is Angie Redmond’s best friend. And that’s the most important thing, even if Angie can’t see how Jess truly feels. Being the girl no one quite notices is OK with Jess anyway. While nobody notices her, she’s free to watch everyone else. But when Angie begins to fall for Margot Adams, a girl from the nearby boarding school, Jess can see it coming a mile away. Suddenly her powers of observation are more curse than gift.
As Angie drags Jess further into Margot’s circle, Jess discovers more than her friend’s growing crush. Secrets and cruelty lie just beneath the carefree surface of this world of wealth and privilege, and when they come out, Jess knows Angie won’t be able to handle the consequences.
When the inevitable darkness finally descends, Angie will need her best friend.
“Lo has delivered an intricate tapestry of narrative, woven in a labyrinthine pattern of secrets and colored with intersecting hues of Chinese-American identity, the dark intensity of relationships, and telltale stains of blood.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“With an active focus on female friendships and relationships, A Line in the Dark is a twisty, dark psychological thriller that will leave you guessing til the very end. The story follows two friends down a path of dysfunction and murder as one of them, Chinese-American Jess tries to balance the expectations of her family, her fraught relationship with Angie, and her mounting sexual attraction for her. Lo offers some impressive storytelling, a chilling plot, and mean girls aplenty.”—Teen Vogue
A Line in the Dark is available for purchase now.
Here is the gloriously creepy cover for A Line in the Dark (coming 10/17/17)! I am so grateful to @autostraddle for revealing it this morning and so thrilled by the reaction it’s been getting. I’ll leave you with a few links:
* Behind-the-scenes details on the cover process
*My Q&A at Autostraddle along with the cover reveal
* Pre-order links :) at Amazon,Barnes & Noble, or iBooks
This is one of my *favorite* Malinda Lo novels. I am SO excited for A LINE IN THE DARK release in the fall! And check out this creepily stunning cover. Congrats, Malinda!!! <3 cindy
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Ohhhh my goodness, this looks amazing. From the mind of Jordan Peele (Key & Peele), this is exactly what my spirit needs before Logan is released. Check out the trailer:
I used to think that pandemic was a thriller film, but now I realize it’s a thriller series!
Check out these beautiful recreations of Hitchcock’s famous thrillers trailers based on real-life paintings.
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Friday Reads: June 16, 2017
This Friday Reads is dedicated to saying good-bye to our Marketing Manager, Loretta. She is leaving Simon & Schuster Canada and moving onto bigger things, and we couldn’t be happier for her. So check out what she’s been reading her last week at S&S Canada, it might just be your next favourite book!
Andrea, Digital Marketing Associate: I’m nearly done The Visitors by Catherine Burns. It’s a haunting and unsettling debut novel about a timid spinster who lives with her domineering brother and “the visitors” who live in the cellar. I won’t say more except that it’ll leave you looking at your neighbours with new eyes and wondering if they’re as “normal” as they seem…
Siobhan, Assistant to the President & Editorial Director: I just finished reading the ARC of Until It Fades by K.A. Tucker, which was a break from what I have been reading lately. It was such a sweet and satisfying romance, with a strong female protagonist who doesn’t need a man, but finds love nonetheless. Did I mention the love interest is a chiseled yet sentimental hockey player? I’m here for it!
Jacquelynne, Marketing Assistant: I just finished reading I Believe in a Thing Called Love by Maurene Goo, and oh my gosh it was ADORABLE. I loved Desi’s over-achieving personality (reminded me a bit of myself when I was a teenager) and her two best friends who were total enablers in her crazy plan to get a boyfriend. I also learnt about K-Drama’s, and might dive into one or two this weekend. The way Maurene Goo wrote about teenagers, and the high school experience was very authentic and reminiscent of Jenny Han. The situations were SO awkwardly adorable that I caught myself cringing a few times, but couldn’t stop myself from laughing out loud on the subway. If you’re into cute, light, contemporary YA than this is the book for you.
Loretta, Marketing Manager: Sing, Unburied, Sing is incredible. I haven’t encountered writing this powerful since reading All the Light We Cannot See. The story of Jojo and his family is in turns sorrowful, shocking, and stunningly beautiful.
Jojo’s childhood is wrought with hardship. His daily challenges of poverty and abuse are overlain with the influence of the spiritual world; the ghosts in this place have stories to tell. They remind us of the circuitous nature of the past and the connectivity of life. They remind us of the importance of telling and listening to stories. This novel from Jesmyn Ward feels like a gift. It is a rare and beautiful thing.
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Now presenting Harper Perennial’s 2019 Olive Editions, featuring a thrilling mix of mysteries—on sale now! Get a free Harper Perennial tote, plus 20% off and free shipping, when you buy 3 or more of these beauties. Use the promo code THRILLINGOLIVES at checkout. Your bookshelf will thank you.
Olive Editions are available for a limited time only, so hurry! Offer ends October 31st, 2019. U.S. residents only.
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Today Only: Pre-order one of the “most anticipated thrillers” of the year (Vanity Fair), soon to be a major motion picture from Simpson Street starring Kerry Washington, who calls the novel “compulsively readable”: The Perfect Mother by Aimee Molloy (on sale 5/1)—just $4.99 in e-book.
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Servant Season 3 [2022]
cinematography by Mike Gioulakis & Jarin Blaschke
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Servant Season 3 [2022]
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Servant Season 3 [2022]
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This episode we’re talking about Thrillers! We discuss what makes a thriller thrilling, characters running around, helicopters, cozy thrillers, non-thrilling thrillers, and more!
You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts,Stitcher, Google Podcasts,Spotify, or your favourite podcast delivery system.
In this episode
Anna Ferri|Meghan Whyte|Matthew Murray|RJ Edwards
Things We Read (or tried to…)
- The Red Eagles by David Downing
- The Woman in the Purple Skirt by Natsuko Imamura, translated by Lucy North
- Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
- The Blinds by Adam Sternbergh
- While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams
- The Rook by Daniel O’Malley
- Rabbits by Terry Miles
- Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
- Books Meghan read and didn’t talk about
- In the Company of Killers by Bryan Christy
- Contagion by Robin Cook
- Five Total Strangers by Natalie D. Richards
- Flowers of Darkness by Tatiana de Rosnay
- Pandemic by Robin Cook
- Vortex by Catherine Coulter
Other Media We Mentioned
- Michael Jackson - Thriller(YouTube)
- The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, translated by Reg Keeland
- Airframe by Michael Crichton
- Museum, vol. 1 by Ryosuke Tomoe
- The 13th Warrior by Michael Crichton (originally titled Eaters of the Dead)
- The 13th Warrior (movie)(Wikipedia)
- Jack Reacher Series by Lee Child
- The Shining by Stephen King
- Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of ‘70s and '80s Horror Fiction by Grady Hendrix and Will Errickson
- Night of the Crabs by Guy N. Smith
- Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons(Wikipedia)
Links, Articles, and Things
- Are Thrillers All the Same? | #BookBreak(YouTube)
- Episode 078 - Supernatural Thrillers
- Episode 065 - Political Thrillers
- Episode 033 - Legal Thrillers
- Episode 004 - Psychological Thrillers
- Writing 101: What Is the Thriller Genre? Definitions and Examples of Thriller in Literature
- Chekhov’s gun(Wikipedia)
- Crucibles
- Matthew was mixing up The Crucible (the play about the Salem witch trials), with crucifixes and câlice (chalice) a Quebecois swear word
- Liberty Hardy at Book Riot
- Redshirt (stock character)(Wikipedia)
- Episode 134 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
20 Thriller Books by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) Authors
Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.
- The Secret History of Las Vegas by Chris Abani
- Her Name Is Knight by Yasmin Angoe
- When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole
- Bone Black by Carol Rose GoldenEagle
- They All Fall Down by Rachel Howzell Hall
- The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
- IQ by Joe Ide
- My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
- No Going Back by Sheena Kamal
- Lightseekers by Femi Kayode
- The Plotters by Kim Un-su, translated by Sora Kim-Russell
- Black Water Rising by Attica Locke
- Out by Natsuo Kirino, translated by Stephen Snyder
- A Burning by Megha Majumdar
- The Hatak Witches by Devon Mihesuah
- Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Down the River Unto the Sea by Walter Mosley
- The Hole by Pyun Hye-Young, translated by Sora Kim-Russell
- Girl Gone Missing by Marcie R. Rendon
- The Secret Talker by Geling Yan
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Join us again on Tuesday, December 21st when we’ll be talking about our favourite books of 2021!
Then on Tuesday, January 4th we’ll be discussing the genre of Architecture!
Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.
- The Secret History of Las Vegas by Chris Abani
- Her Name Is Knight by Yasmin Angoe
- When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole
- Bone Black by Carol Rose GoldenEagle
- They All Fall Down by Rachel Howzell Hall
- The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
- IQ by Joe Ide
- My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
- No Going Back by Sheena Kamal
- Lightseekers by Femi Kayode
- The Plotters by Kim Un-su, translated by Sora Kim-Russell
- Black Water Rising by Attica Locke
- Out by Natsuo Kirino, translated by Stephen Snyder
- A Burning by Megha Majumdar
- The Hatak Witches by Devon Mihesuah
- Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Down the River Unto the Sea by Walter Mosley
- The Hole by Pyun Hye-Young, translated by Sora Kim-Russell
- Girl Gone Missing by Marcie R. Rendon
- The Secret Talker by Geling Yan
Book Review: The Suicide House by Charlie Donlea
The Suicide House is the first book I’ve read or even heard of by Charlie Donlea. I would be lying if I said that I didn’t request it on NetGalley because of the cover. It is just beautiful! You might have seen me continue to post it in my Instagram story. That’s because I just love seeing it. (more…)
Fight Club (1999)
Cinematography: Jeff Cronenweth
Cast: Edward Norton (The Narrator/Jack), Brad Pitt (Tyler Durden), Helena Bonham Carter (Marla Singer), Meat Loaf (Robert “Bob” Paulsen), Jared Leto (Angel Face), Zach Grenier (Richard Chesler)
Based on the book by: Chuck Palahniuk
Director: David Fincher
duplicated post :P
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The Game (1997)
Cinematography: Harris Savides
Cast: Michael Douglas (Nicholas), Sean Penn (Conrad), James Rebhorn (Jim), Deborah Kara Unger (Christine/Claire), Peter Donat (Samuel Sutherland)
Directed by: David Fincher (Se7en, Alien3)
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