31 Days of Scary Movies {31}

Hocus Pocus

Director: Kenny Ortega

Stars: Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy

Rated:  PG

Released:  1993

Length:  96 Minutes

Synopsis:  

After 300 years, three sister witches are resurrected in Salem Massachusetts on Halloween night, and it us up to two teenagers, a young girl, and an immortal cat to put an end to the witches reign of terror once and for all. -IMDB-

My Thoughts:

Where do I even begin to explain how scared I was the first time I watched this movie.  I had chills everywhere.  I had goosebumps for hours.  I never wanted to be a witch for Halloween again.  

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I love this movie.  And it is a Halloween movie I had to put it on this list.  And I had to end my 31 Days of Scary Movies on a good note!  This month has been the best month of my life!  I wouldn't trade it in for anything.  Thank you for everything!!!  I hoped you enjoyed it as much as I did.

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31 Days of Scary Movies {30}

Halloween

Director: John Carpenter

Stars: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis and Tony Moran

Rated: R

Released: 1978

Length: 91 Minutes

Synopsis:

A psychotic murderer institutionalized since childhood escapes and stalks a high school girl and her friends while his doctor chases him through the streets. -IMDB-

My Thoughts:

Welcome to my all time favorite movie!!!  I can remember watching this movie the very first time.  I couldn't get enough.  I love the fact that you never see him kill someone.  You see the knife then the face of the victim.... that's it.   I love the fact that 80's scary movies did this.  I think that this effect is scarier then seeing the gore.  

If you haven't seen this movie....the original, not the remake...you must go and see it.  It in my book is the best scary movie out there.  It is worth your time!!!

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31 Days of Scary Movies {29}

Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning

Director: Grant Harvey

Stars: Katharine Isabelle, Emily Perkins and Nathaniel Arcand

Rated: R

Released: 2004

Length:  94 Minutes

Synopsis:

Set in 19th Century Canada, Brigette and her sister Ginger take refuge in a Traders' Fort which later becomes under siege by some savage werewolves. -IMDB-

My Thoughts:

Can you tell which movies my husband picked out?  I really do love some...okay most of the movies he has picked out in the past.  This one is also part of that list.  I had never seen any of these movies.  I never knew they existed.  But now I want to see them all.  

You meet these 2 sisters that are basically orphans and they go to a fort to spend a couple nights there.  While they are their they find out that there are some werewolves there that on a killing rampage.  

How bad can this movie be....okay don't answer that.  But it really was a good movie.  Please give it a chance. :)   

31 Days of Scary Movies {28}

Paranormal Activity 2

Director: Tod Williams

Stars: Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat and Molly Ephraim

Rated: R

Released: 2010

Length: 91 Minutes

Synopsis:

After experiencing what they think are a series of "break-ins", a family sets up security cameras around their home, only to realize that the events unfolding before them are more sinister than they seem. -IMDB-

My Thoughts:

I <3 THESE MOVIES!!!! I really do love them.  I love how scared I get and how I can't sleep at night after I watch them.  To me that is a true scary movie!  A movie that you can't take your eyes off of but at the same time you can't watch either.  I have chills just thinking about it.

This movie is supposed to be from before the first one is filmed.  There is a family that is trying to document this part of their life because they don't want to miss a thing.  But while they are documenting this time in their life, they are to experience paranormal activity in their house.  This is not just any kind, this is extreme!!!!  The family in this movie is related to the family in the first movie.  And the third movie was just recently released in theaters.  I can't wait until I have time to go and see it!! :)

I hope you have a chance to watch all these movies.  But if you listen to anything that I have to say I hope you this is this......WATCH IT WITH SOMEONE!!!

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31 Days of Scary Movies {27}

Serial Rabbit: Splitting Hares

Director: Brett William Mauser

Stars: Bradley Bates, Kimberly Lynn Campbell and Sergio Cantu

Rated: Not Rated

Released: 2009

Length: 102 Minutes

Synopsis:

When the Serial Rabbit, San Antonio's most feared murderer, embarks on a violent killing spree days before Christmas, both the police and a group of professional hitmen furiously attempt to hunt the brutal bunny down. This third blood-soaked installment of the Serial Rabbit horror series also stars Will Scoville as detective Harvey; Amanda Nutting as his partner, Maxine; and Chris Patrie as ruthless crime lord Bugsy. -Netflix-

My Thoughts:

This movie, as you can see, is not supposed to be scary.  Once in awhile I like to watch movies that they try to be scary, but turn out to be stupid.  Well I am sorry to tell you, this is one of those movies.  It actually hurt to finish this movie.  I really don't have much to say other then, please do not waste your time with this movie.  If you like movies that are like this then more power to you if you want to watch it.  My husband thought it was hilarious.  Me not so much.  Sorry....:( 

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer

By: Michelle Hodkin

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Pages: 452

Source: Bought for review, and book club

Goodreads Synopsis:

Mara Dyer doesn't think life can get any stranger than waking up in a hospital with no memory of how she got there.

It can.

She believes there must be more to the accident she can't remember that killed her friends and left her mysteriously unharmed.

There is.

She doesn't believe that after everything she's been through, she can fall in love.

She's wrong. -Goodreads-

My Thoughts:

If you want a book that keeps you on your toes, and keeps you going in about one hundred different directions....this book is for you!  I don't even know where to begin telling you about this book.  How about I start by telling you that I love this book just as much as I love Wither!!!! I seriously can't wait until the next book comes out. *FALL 2012*!!!! I will be in line the day it comes out!!!

You meet this girl who really doesn't remember a couple days of her life.  All she knows is that she was with her best friends when they died.  THAT IS IT!!! I mean come one how great is that!!  I couldn't believe it.  But any who, her family moves to another state and she has to start all over...and there she meets Noah. Noah really helps her find out why she is here and what she needs in her life.  But there are always secrets, and there will always be secrets.  Secrets make the world go around!

Mara Dyer is bad ass.  She is probably one of the best characters I have ever read about in my life.  She doesn't put up with anything that she doesn't like.  She is what every 17 year old girl should be.  But she has one fear, she doesn't know what she is capable of doing.  

  I think it is funny that readers always want the lead male character.  Well in this book Noah, the lead male, is the bad boy that everyone wants but he doesn't want them.  See I have my Noah.  Noah reminds me a lot of my husband.  I think that is why I loved this character so much.  They both have the same sense of humor and they are both sarcastic. Ever scene with Noah in it reminded me of a memory of Seth and I.  I found this really odd because this never has happened to me before.


Oh Michelle Hodkin....you have really out done yourself.  This has to be one of the best books I have read all year so far!!  You are an amazing author!  The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer is everything that I would want in a book and more.  I think this should be on every person's must read list!



My Rating:


I give this book 5 out of 5 stars....like it deserves!!!!

:)

31 Days of Scary Movies {26}

The Ward

Director: John Carpenter

Stars: Amber Heard, Mamie Gummer and Danielle Panabaker

Rated: R

Released: 2010

Length: 88 Minutes

Synopsis: 

A thriller centered on an institutionalized young woman who becomes terrorized by a ghost. -IMDB-

My Thoughts:

Personally I love John Carpenter.  I think that he is one of the greatest directors of all time.  He knows his stuff.  So when I saw that he directed this movie, I thought that this  movie couldn't be that bad.  It really wasn't.  I thought that he really did do a great job.  

The movie is about young women that are living in a mental hospital of sorts and they start to get haunted by a ghost.  The main character really doesn't remember much about how or why she is there.  But all she can think about is getting out. While she is here she meets a group of girls that will soon become some of her closes friends.  So she has to make a decision on whether or not to escape, or have the ghost win the battle.  

I think that if you want to watch a movie that really doesn't make you jump but keeps you wanting more, this is the movie for you!