horror
The Strain Recap: 1.3: Gone Smooth
The title for this week’s episode of The Strain is both my favourite title for an episode (from any TV show ever) and one of the most horrifying things I have ever had the joy to come across. We...
Coincidence? I Think Not….
Some would say I’m pushing my luck reading this while up in the Great Canadian North. Did I bring this book with me on purpose? Or was it just a funny accident…. Shhh. It’s a secret....
The Merciless
Forgive us, Father, for we have sinned Brooklyn Stevens sits in a pool of her own blood, tied up and gagged. No one outside of these dank basement walls knows she’s here. No one can hear her scre...
The Merciless
Merciless is a good creepy read. but I didn't lose any sleep over it.
Parasite
A decade in the future, humanity thrives in the absence of sickness and disease. We owe our good health to a humble parasite - a genetically engineered tapeworm developed by the pioneering SymboG...
Cain’s Blood
Unlike Chelsey who had no idea what she was getting into when she began The Strain I knew exactly what I was getting into when I finally willed myself into reading Geoffrey Girard’s Cain’s...
Project Cain / Cain’s Blood
An interesting premise to release two books one for teens and one for adults. Yet does Project Cain deliver on it's promise?
Project Cain/Cain’s Blood
Cain’s Blood and Project Cain are two different novels written about the same fictional event. In both, scientists have been doing unpleasant things for the military and these unpleasant things escape...
Project Cain Spoilers
How often do you come across serial killers in YA? Not often, which is why Chelsey and Alexandra picked u Project Cain. Turns out this book is its own special hell...
Strained: The Horror of a TV Show Turned Novel
I was promised horror, discomfort and a lingering sense of dread. What I got was bludgeoned into boredom by pages upon pages of unnecessary details and irrelevant points of view that slowly sucked the...
Feed
Who can say no to zombies? Clearly Chelsey and Alexandra can't. Give a warm welcome back to literary critic super team as they take on Mira Grant's Feed!
Genre: Zombie Realism
Of the horror genres that are cycling through the public consciousness, the shambling threat that is zombie realism has caught my attention. It started with Warm Bodies. R and his mind that surpassed ...
Watching Cabin in the Woods
I was one of those Whedon Fangirls who knew about The Cabin in the Woods when it was originally mentioned years ago. I’ve been following the Science Fiction-Fantasy-All round nerdy awesome blog ...
Day 8: A Book That Scared You
He poisons their dog, tries to sniper their son, loosens the bolts on their tires, and somehow manages to stay outside the law. I am not a fan of scary things. I dislike scary movies, and generally do...