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Bram Stoker’s Dracula and other Spooky Season traditions….
Posted on 10/21/24 at 9:28 pm
Posted on 10/21/24 at 9:28 pm
For about 10 straight years, I read the 1st part of Dracula during October. From Johnathan’s train ride to Vlad’s castle in Transylvania to the night he sees Vlad reverse crawl down the castle wall, it’s such a great piece of gothic horror. I think the rest is kinda crap, but that 1st piece is wonderful.
It was always a great way to start October and the Spooky Season. Not sure why I stopped that tradition. Anybody else have any annual October reading traditions to celebrate Spooky Season?
It was always a great way to start October and the Spooky Season. Not sure why I stopped that tradition. Anybody else have any annual October reading traditions to celebrate Spooky Season?
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Posted on 10/21/24 at 10:29 pm to Hot Carl
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Vlad reverse crawl down the castle wall
Most haunting image in all of literature
Posted on 10/23/24 at 7:54 am to Hot Carl
I read Washington Irving's Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
Posted on 10/29/24 at 8:20 am to Hot Carl
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
I've read it every year since I was 10.
This year makes 33 years. It's the ultimate Halloween book for boys.
I've read it every year since I was 10.
This year makes 33 years. It's the ultimate Halloween book for boys.
Posted on 11/11/24 at 10:06 pm to magildachunks
So I got into a horror kick during that 1st Fall of Covid. . Something about that time
Read the classics.
Dracula, Frankenstein, Something Wicked etc.
Then moved onto Stephen King and some newer Stuff.
My favorite of the classics was Dracula followed Hell House
Here is my surprise: Ghost Story by Peter Straub was my favorite “newer” book. Couldn’t put it down. Was better to me than any King book.
Couldn’t find anything else he wrote that was close, but that Novel was amazing.
Best book I’ve read lately was Summer of Night (Dan Simmons I believe)
Was a great book.
Read the classics.
Dracula, Frankenstein, Something Wicked etc.
Then moved onto Stephen King and some newer Stuff.
My favorite of the classics was Dracula followed Hell House
Here is my surprise: Ghost Story by Peter Straub was my favorite “newer” book. Couldn’t put it down. Was better to me than any King book.
Couldn’t find anything else he wrote that was close, but that Novel was amazing.
Best book I’ve read lately was Summer of Night (Dan Simmons I believe)
Was a great book.
Posted on 11/19/24 at 7:18 pm to Hot Carl
Why are you calling Dracula Vlad? He is not referred to as Vlad in the novel.
Posted on 11/19/24 at 7:19 pm to Dandy Chiggins
Shirley Jackson’s Haunting of Hill House
Posted on 11/29/24 at 11:14 pm to Dandy Chiggins
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Best book I’ve read lately was Summer of Night (Dan Simmons I believe)
Do yourself a favor and read the sequel “A Winter Haunting”. Very good but emotionally deeper than Summer
Posted on 3/5/25 at 9:55 pm to BordyLSU
Read it; really liked it. Great suggestion.
I read Children of the Night before your suggestion, but liked A Winter Haunting better.
Thanks for suggestion
I read Children of the Night before your suggestion, but liked A Winter Haunting better.
Thanks for suggestion
Posted on 3/6/25 at 4:03 pm to Dandy Chiggins
Gonna throw out A night in the lonesome October by Roger Zelazny as a good one for this thread.
Posted on 3/12/25 at 8:33 pm to Hot Carl
Agree. Same for Dracula here. Thought about trying Frankenstein next year.
Posted on 3/19/25 at 7:42 pm to Dandy Chiggins
quote:Agreed! I love re-reading Dracula. Recommend Rosemary”s Baby and Salem’s Lot for spook time readings.
Ghost Story by Peter Straub was my favorite “newer” book.
Posted on 3/26/25 at 3:03 pm to jbraua
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Agree. Same for Dracula here. Thought about trying Frankenstein next year.
Frankenstein was a bit of a slog for me. Unlike Dracula, I thought James Whale’s movie was an improvement over the source material.
If you liked Dracula, Stephen King’s Salems Lot is basically Dracula comes to America. You’d enjoy it.
Posted on 4/1/25 at 7:52 pm to magildachunks
I’m balls deep in this thread.
I read The Halloween Tree every year around spooky season.
Other recommendations:
- Halloween by Curtis Richards: a novelization of the film that has been out of print for like 40 years. It fleshes out Michael’s backstory and is overall a lot of fun.
- The Wendigo by Algernon Blackwood: listen to this later in the season when it’s really starting to get cold.
- Thirteen Tennessee Ghosts and Jeffrey by Kathryn Tucker Windham: spooky folklore that’s Tennessee centric. I believe she also has a similar one about Alabama.
- The Collection by Bentley Little: not necessarily Halloween, but great short horror stories that make Stephen King look like an amateur.
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Ray Bradbury
I read The Halloween Tree every year around spooky season.
Other recommendations:
- Halloween by Curtis Richards: a novelization of the film that has been out of print for like 40 years. It fleshes out Michael’s backstory and is overall a lot of fun.
- The Wendigo by Algernon Blackwood: listen to this later in the season when it’s really starting to get cold.
- Thirteen Tennessee Ghosts and Jeffrey by Kathryn Tucker Windham: spooky folklore that’s Tennessee centric. I believe she also has a similar one about Alabama.
- The Collection by Bentley Little: not necessarily Halloween, but great short horror stories that make Stephen King look like an amateur.
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