Thursday 31 October 2024
Halloween explained to children
Halloween is here and before it is over, I wanted to share with you two pages from Charlie Brown's Fourth Super Book of Questions and Answers. A friend of mine had it and thought little of the book (or Halloween). I was fascinated by the book and had been wanting it since then. As it is out of print, I am sharing it here today.
Les provisions pour les Halloweeneux
Happy Halloween!
La pizza de l'Halloween
Wednesday 30 October 2024
First Jack O'Lantern
Les chauves-souris
Tuesday 29 October 2024
The Werewolf and the Train
Première neige
Monday 28 October 2024
A druid for scarecrow?
L'Ankou
Rowan Trees (against the Forces of Darkness)
Feu de foyer
Sunday 27 October 2024
A thought on Dracula
Danse macabre à l'orgue
C'est une tradition sur ce blogue: je partage une vidéo de la Danse Macabre de Camille Saint-Saëns quand l'Halloween approche. Assez récente et jouée à l'orgue. L'orgue étant peut-être l'instrument de musique officieux de l'Halloween, plus que le violon.
Saturday 26 October 2024
Monstrum on slasher movies
Quick countdown to Halloween post as I really wanted to blog about it: Monstrum made a video recently about slashers. It is very good and I had to share it. To be honest, I only ever truly love one slasher movie. While I love horror, I prefer old Gothic stories with ghosts and vampires, but I digress. All the same, as always, it's fascinating.
Les loups-garous de Thiercelieux en film
The old man fighting the Forces of Darkness
L'Halloween à Chicoutimi
Friday 25 October 2024
Reese's Pumpkins
La citrouille de (grand-)papa
October Pumpkin Patch
Les fantômes et les araignées
Thursday 24 October 2024
The Weird Sisters
Wednesday 23 October 2024
Beware the Witch
L'automne au Saguenay
Tuesday 22 October 2024
Werewolf Mask
Champ de citrouilles
Monday 21 October 2024
Scarecow Jack
Soupe à la citrouille
Sunday 20 October 2024
Gibbet Hill (a "new" ghost story by Bram Stoker)
For today's countdown to Halloween, some great news for the amateurs of gothic horror, like myself. Especially those, again, like myself, who are fans of of Dracula. My wife pointed me to this article: they found a long lost ghost story by Bram Stoker, after 134 years. It is titled Gibbet Hill and I hope to find a full copy online soon. Until then, I don't want to read too much about it. Stoker had written just when he had started working on his most famous novel, so that ought to be interesting not only as a bona fide horror story, but on a genetic perspective: there might be some tropes or themes common to both short story and novel. Or not. Either way, what a timely discovery, just before Halloween.
Tourtière
Saturday 19 October 2024
Dracula's Daughter
Les Nuits de l'Épouvante et Lovecraft
Friday 18 October 2024
Spiced Pumpkin Pie Tea
Chocolats de l'Halloween chez Première Moisson
Thursday 17 October 2024
Halloween Choco-Lollies
L'Halloween en vitrine
Wednesday 16 October 2024
In a Glass Darkly
Gâteau Faumage à la citrouille
Tuesday 15 October 2024
Spooky Jack
Citrouille gonflée
Monday 14 October 2024
A Warning to the Curious
Okay, here is another post for the countdown to Halloween, just because something struck me: I don't blog about and read enough of M.R. James these days. A few years ago, he was synonymous with Halloween: I had to read at least one of his ghost stories in the weeks leading to Halloween. Sometimes months: I discovered him during a dark and stormy night of May in Liverpool. But I digress. Anyway, if I may suggest some classic terror for you tonight, try A Warning to the Curious. There is no gore, no monster jumping out of the shadow, but a solid, subtle, "corner of the eye" type of ghost story, where tension and fear are slowly and meticulously built. It's absolutely terrifying. There is a BBC adaptation available on YouTube, but the original is still the best. You can read it here, among other places online. I don't want to give anything away, but in a nutshell this is an archeologist's worst nightmare, especially if he happens to be a medievalist.
Chanson hommage à l'Action de grâce
Je sais que je l'ai déjà bloguée par le passé, mais cette chanson est un classique instantané et il faut bien souligner l'Action de grâce. Je me rappelle l'avoir vue et entendue et grande première, dans ma vingtaine, ça ne rajeunit personne.