Favorite Scary Movies!

I'm talking pee in your pants scary!!!!  Most people love scary movies.  We even set the mood with no lights (except the television screen), sitting on the edge of our seats, and it has to be night time!  

These are the five movies that made me sleep with the lights on for weeks or in some cases not answer the phone!!!!

#5. The Ring (Link)

A lot of people didn't think this was scary.  To them I say, picture this...
Sitting on the couch at the edge of your seat as the movie nears its end.  Not a sound can be heard but the breathing of your siblings on the couch with you, the occaisional howl of the wind against the house, and the annoying sound of the couch cushion as your sister adjusts her position once again.  Not a light is on in the house and the clock strikes midnight when the iconic scene flows across the scene.  (You know the one in the movie that afterwards the phone rings and you're given a set number of days to live)  The screen goes black leaving us in pitch darkness...and the phone rings!  AHHHHHHHH!  
So who called?  We don't know, because we didn't answer it. We learned our lesson from the fools on screen who got slaughtered.

#4. Nightmare on Elm Street (Link)

Yeah, yeah.  Lot's of gore as a dude hacks into some teens.  But the scariest part is the dream kills you (YIKES!).  We've all heard about if you die in your dreams then you'll die in real life, and I don't know about you, but I've had some really life threatening dreams (One involving a zombie apocalypse)!  Think if you couldn't wake up from your worst nightmare...

#3.  Poltergeist (Link)

I don't care what you say, if something tells me to vacate the house I'm packing my stuff.  And if it has a problem with me packing my stuff, well I can always buy new stuff!  

#2.  Child's Play (Link)

This ain't your comedy/horror Chucky from The Seed of Chucky - no this is a doll that kills people and not in a comedic relief way.  I think what made it scarier to me was my age.  I was a little girl when I watched this for the first time (around eight or nine) and I had a vast collection of dolls.  I still treat them with care and respect--just in case.

#1.  Paranormal Activity (Link)

This one takes the tops spot because...I jumped up and ran out of the room!  Yep!  I'm not ashamed to say that the person being thrown into a room was damn scary.  I wasn't the only one and was nearly taken down by a family member heading in the same direction.


At the risk of sounding cliche...What's your favorite scary movie?

My Favorite "Literary Works" of All Time (So Far)!!

We've all got our favorites!  This is my list of the top ten favorite works (so far)!

Number 10:  Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (to purchase (FREE))

I first read this book in third grade and then later while a sophomore in high school, and I was amazed at the difference in my perception of the book from the two.  Of course, both times I loved it!

Number 9: The Missing Piece by Shel Silverstein  (Link for Purchase)

This was actually read to us prior to graduation from High School and it stuck with me.  Now, I'm not sure what my peers got from this, but I found myself going...Ahhh!  It's the journey that is important!

Number 8:  The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (Purchase Link)

This was actually an assignment in the tenth grade no less, but I couldn't put it down!  Was it the happy books that I'd read up until this point in my life?  No.  But it left a lasting effect nonetheless.

Number 7:  The Harry Potter Series by J K Rowling (Purchase Link)

Did you doubt it would be here?  Anyways, I spent countless hours in the world of Hogwarts and the battle between good and evil!  I actually stood in line to buy a copy of the last three books in this series!  (I didn't have an E-Reader then!)

Number 6:  The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis (Purchase Link)

What's not to love about a parallel world to our own in which children become kings and queens?  During elementary and junior high, there was nothing better.  

Number 5:  Annabel Lee by Edgar Alan Poe (Purchase Link)

This wasn't his first work that I read in school, but it was the one that I memorized.  I have many favorites of his, but this one is my absolute favorite!

Number 4:  Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls  (Purchase Link)

When a kid tries to capture circus monkeys that are loose in the river bottom chaos ensues!  What can go wrong with monkeys, a fourteen year old and moonshine?

Number 3: Demon's Captive by Stephanie Snow (Purchase Link)

This was my first taste of erotic romance and anything remotely related to this genre.  Needless to say, it started a chain reaction!

Number 2:  Slave Boy by Evangeline Anderson (Purchase Link)

Like Demon's Captive was my first erotic romance, Slave Boy was my first m/m.  I was already eating Evangeline Anderson's books like cereal for breakfast, so i just searched her name on Amazon and bought everything.  With this one book I expanded my horizons.

Number 1:  Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (Purchase Link)

What is there to say about Of Mice and Men?  It was well worth the first read and more than deserving of the countless re-reads I put my book through.  WARNING: Tearing up at the end is unavoidable!

What are your favorites?