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dark-but-just-a-game · 2 years

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#moodboard #christopher pike #the last vampire #the last vampire 6: creatures of forever #sita is an icon #90s YA horror #90s horror #fave writer #vampire lit

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classichorrorblog · 1 year

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Tales From The Crypt - "Easel Kill Ya" - (1991)

#Horror #TVEdit #Horroredit #Tales From The Crypt #Easel Kill Ya #The Cryptkeeper #John Kassir #CHB #Quotes #1991 #90s

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the-watcher-in-the-sky · 1 year

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Happy holidays!

#merry christmas #home alone #classic movie #movie #film #christmas movies #christmas mood #merry xmas #horror blog #black and white blog #black and white #90s movies #90s #xmas #merry chrismas 2022 #classic film #kevin mccallister #merry christmas ya filthy animal #happy holidays

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studiolemonboy · 2 months

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This is a background color test (using CMYK halftones) for with one of locations in my comic.

Atomic Video is a location in the town of Cherry Creek from my new YA cosmic horror comic set in 1990's New England. "Cherry Creek Paranormal Club" (formerly Peach Creek Paranormal) follows Paranormal Club Members Louise, Jean, Alejandro, Christine, and Sam as they uncover the dark secrets bubbling up to the surface and threatening to destroy their town, all while navigating their last year of middle school.

Atomic Video is the video store where Alejandro's horror-buff older brother, Francisco, works, and it becomes a frequent meeting spot for the Club outside of school. Francisco, in his infinite movie-trope related wisdom, sometimes acts as an esoteric guide to the weird world of movie monsters and high-concept sci-fi shenanigans that the Club may face on their quest for the truth. He also lets them hang out and play on the arcade cabinets. Don't ask about his break-up with the goth bookseller at Black Cherry Books across the street; it's still pretty fresh.

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iloveplayrehersal · 4 months

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I want a world where Stu from Scream is related to Bee from the Babysitter somehow idk why but it seems like it would be funny

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femmeraege · 1 year

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Almost every woman I have ever met has a secret belief that she is just on the edge of madness, that there is some deep, crazy part within her, that she must be on guard constantly against ‘losing control’ — of her temper, of her appetite, of her sexuality, of her feelings, of her ambition, of her secret fantasies, of her mind.

#𝖋𝖊𝖒𝖒𝖊𝖗𝖆𝖊𝖌𝖊: a 21+ independent, selective multimuse ft. muses from various media & my own creation.

𝐀 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐘 𝐈𝐍: hell is a teenage girl // no one likes a mad woman but they made her like that // rage inherited from your mother // grief disguised as screaming anger // the terror in silent fury // holding a grudge because it’s all you have.

𝐈𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐱 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐬 | 𝐏𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭

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marypsue · 5 months

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I don't want to sweep and mop my kitchen floor, I want to be showered with attention and praise and also questions about my OCs.

#maybe i will go and sweep and mop the kitchen floor and then try drawing some OCs #do some colouring tests #i have not given up on the idea of making a fancy die-cut 90s-YA-horror-style cover for Fearleading Squad

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l3monsoda · 1 month

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I have this stupid romanticized fantasy where I have a teaparty book club. It's a normal book club that meets periodically but when they do it's a tea party and everyone sips teas and eats finger sandwiches and has fun being dainty while talking books.

This dream will never come true because it requires a set of impossible to achieve conditions. First a friend group or social circle of similarly inclined individuals large enough to pull from to get a group of 4-7 people big enough for interesting conversations. Second all members of said group would have to have the necessary amount for free time to actually read the book AND a consistent enough schedule to plan for and attend meetings on a regular basis. Third the only way to maintain sustainability for something like this is if either each member takes turns hosting or there is some kind of money pool and or distribution of tasks for setting up tea which is another time and resource factor that members would have to be able to afford.

And even if by some far away and out of reach middle class dreams miracle all these factors DID manage to come together it STILL wouldn't work because literally no one in my social circles like any of the books I do so I would have to read books I don't like every month or no one would join. Or more likely I'd try it for a few months just get tired of the book choice and eave and every one else would go on living my fantasy without me because just like how I never get the aux cord, no one is letting me curate the book club reading list.

#soda rants #it's a beautiful dream but alas #literally ever book I have ever recommended has always been ignored #no one likes my taste in books and it's insulting #I was too old for the hunger games dystopia bubble and too sick if the hary potter hype even before Rowling opened her mouth #i just really love fairy tale retellings classic scifi and cosmic horror #oh and victorian monster mysteries #and stories about super villains apparently?#that last one sort of snuck up on me lol #but like also 90% of the time I don't want to read out of the ya section #like let's read something to our age group folks #it's fine once in awhile for sure but I don't want to stay confined to the ya section when there is so much fun to be had elsewhere #let me have my tea parties and book talks and be happy!#is that too much to ask?

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danielstalter · 11 months

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The Prom Queen was an exceptionally fun and bloody romp through Shadyside. It pulled off having a large cast of characters much better than many of its Fear Street predecessors, at least so far as the five prom queen candidates went. I can’t say the same for the boy characters; they all kinda blended together aside from being suspects. There are also some great examples in this book of how you don’t have to be a killer to be a total fucking creep. It was kinda funny how the students and parents were all anxious about the recent murders in Shadyside, as though murders don’t happen there all the time. It was also pretty ridiculous that the school would put on a play and do the prom on the same weekend. I mean, Shadyside is hardly a normal town, but maybe this was a tradition in some high schools. I can’t say for sure. It sounds like a logistical nightmare to me. In fact, I would say my biggest issues with the book were the baffling decisions made by the minor adult characters. I was pleasantly surprised by the twist at the end. That alone elevates this book for me. The plot may have followed a familiar Fear Street formula, but I felt like The Prom Queen was one of the best-executed books to use it.

Score: 4

Find my full review with spoilers snark, and memes over on my blog: https://www.danstalter.com/the-prom-queen/

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tgon · 4 months

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Ghosts of Fear Street, Fright Christmas | Review

Title: Ghosts of Fear Street #15 – Fright Christmas Author: Stephen Roos (as by R.L. Stine) Cover Artist: John Youssi

INTRODUCTION

The cover artwork got my hopes up. Never before has Silent Night looked so loud loud loud! Unfortunately the plot is less interesting. The ghostwriter must have organized a White Elephant Plot Exchange, because the entire story is lifted from A Christmas Carol. It’s safe to assume R.L. Stine forgot this book exists, too, because he penned his own adaptation of the Dickens classic in 2017 entitled Young Scrooge.

I was fully prepared to skip this book. Bah humbug. But last night I was visited by The Ghost Of Christmas Past. The spectre said unto me, “Fright Christmas had an audiobook adaptation in 1997 starring Kieran Culkin. This wasn’t the most successful Christmas project for the Culkins, but skipping it could be seen as an insult. If they have the power to put a star in Hollywood Boulevard for Macaulay, think about how easily they could put you in the ground!”

Well, I’ve had a sudden change of heart. Let’s give this book a chance! One last toast to has-been ghosts, the review will be soon.

STORY REVIEW

Kenny Frobisher is less of a “peace on earth” guy and more of a “piece of work” guy. When his sister visits Santa in the mall, Kenny spoils the occasion by calling it all fake. He even rips Mall Santa’s beard off! Maybe Kenny is banking on the resale value of coal. Anyways, Kenny wisely dips out after the beard stunt sparks a child riot. He sneaks into a secret control room, pushing past a big sign that says DANGER! KEEP OUT! So maybe Kenny is also banking on the resale value of Darwin Awards.

Kenny decides to flip some random switches, which was quality entertainment in a pre-internet America. This great plan backfires when Kenny locks himself in. Kenny fears that the ghostwriter is copying another story from the 1840s ⁠— until the door mysteriously creaks open. He emerges to discover an abandoned mall. He must have stayed past closing time. Or maybe he timetraveled to the early 2020s.

Santa rises from the shadows, but this fella ain’t holly-jolly. He looks ticked. Truly chilling. If that doesn’t scare you, have you considered SANTA is an anagram for SATAN? Truly chilling. Kenny yanks down on Santa’s beard, but this one doesn’t detach. Uh oh. Santa reprimands Kenny for his naughtiness and warns that the boy will be visited by three spirits. Kenny flees to Dalby’s Department Store, which is a cute bit of continuity, as this store is an important location in the main Fear Street series. Kenny decides it’s a super good time to nap on one of the luxury beds. Yes he’s trapped in a mall and haunted by ghosts, but it’s 8:59 (PM!!) and he’s sleepy, dagnabbit.

Kenny wakes up to the revving of a motorcycle. He meets an intimidating biker named Night Watchman. The guy claims he’s been watching Kenny all the time, but I guess “All Hours Watchman” doesn’t sound cool. This dude shows Kenny a flashback, a day when Kenny bullied some kid named “Tiny Timmy” in front of the whole school. Of course, Kenny enjoys revisiting this memory. To keep his grip on the situation, Night Watchman simply rams Kenny with his bike. Truly an underrated rhetorical strategy.

Eyes snapping open, Kenny finds himself back in the department store. The bed has been torn to shreds. He meets a wintery ghost named Ice Man. This fixes a huge problem in the original Dickens story: the total lack of wrestler-style character names. Ice Man whisks Kenny away to show him how the Frobishers are handling Christmas Eve without their son. Kenny’s sister seems pretty upset, but Mr. Frobisher offers helpful advice such as

“These things happen, honey.”

Think that sounds cold? Turns out, the family is only sad because their dog is lost. They haven’t even noticed Kenny is gone. I guess if you live on Fear Street, you develop an Oregon Trail mindset. Sometimes we have two kids, sometimes we have one kid, oh well what can you do.

Kenny is woken once more, this time by techno lights and crazy music, and he finds himself in an open grave. After all, you can’t spell GRAVE without RAVE. There’s also an unknown figure skulking around above him. Kenny pleas for help, but the figure turns out to be a hooded ghost. The spooky dude points a skeleton-finger at Kenny, and a hoard of ghost kids descend on our protagonist. Oh my God, they killed Kenny!

Back in the mall again, an electrician shakes Kenny awake. The boy fell asleep in the control room. Feeling a sudden change of heart, he buys a gift for his sister. When Kenny gets home, the family dog has indeed gone missing, just like in his dream. Luckily, Tiny Timmy happened to catch the dog and returns it, upgrading him to Regular Timmy. But then Timmy reveals a spooky skeleton-finger, signifying that he was the mysterious ghost from Kenny’s dream. I made a visual aid to convey the terror.

THE VERDICT

If you’d like to create your own adaptation of A Christmas Carol, it might be beneficial to follow this simple set of rules: Don’t.

So concludes our third Biennial Holiday Special. Maybe by 2025, Elon Musk will buy this blog for billions of dollars and replace me with an AI. If you don’t want me replaced by a robot (or maybe you chuckled while reading this entry), feel free to leave a like or drop a message.

BEST QUOTE

“Sorry, Kenny,” Dad said softly. “We were reading A Christmas Carol. I know how you hate it.” “Not anymore, Dad,” I said, […] “I love it! It’s one of my favorite stories now!”

Why? At what point was that experience anything other than traumatizing?

#books #horror #nostalgia #review #ghosts of fear street #fear street #goosebumps #stine #90s #christmas #holidays #xmas #ya books #yabooks #1990s #90s aesthetic #90s vibes #90s kids #spooky

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dark-but-just-a-game · 2 years

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#christopher pike #witch #90s teen horror #classic #90s YA lit #moodboard #mine #favorite writers

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rocker0486 · 1 year

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First book of the year, done. I read "The New Year's Party" by R.L. Stine as part of the Fear Street Super Chiller series. My goal is to read at least 30 books this year.

#bookworm #Book Worm #Books #Book Lover #Book Collector #Books of Tumblr #R.L. Stine #Fear Street #90's Kid #Horror #Horror Book #Thriller #YA Book

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pastel-rights · 2 years

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Finally drew my lost mafia AU reference for Etolie [I used Chiaki for the base but Etolie isn’t really Chiaki? I mean she could be-] and her little gremlin assistant, Neo [his hair glows neon green in the dark 🤭]

#ringmaster doodles #oc #ocs #weapon cw #body horror cw #just in case ig #I mean neo has no mouth 90% of the time except for the 10% of the time when he’s speaking and really big eyes barely any eye white so ya kno #*know #neo’s eyes are weird because they’re completely black but they’re also not #so the actual eye color is black but I don’t really like using black for lineart so his eyes are whatever color the lineart is lmao

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studiolemonboy · 2 months

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CMYK color test for the comic I’m working on!

Cherry Creek Paranormal Club is about a middle school paranormal investigation club hunting lovecraftian mutants in their New England town in the 90s. This is an ongoing project that I'm really excited about. Let me know what you think!! :))

(ps I'm also building a playlist of 90s indie folk music to write this story to, lmk if you have any recs :))

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aria0fgold · 5 months

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Idle games are like cocomelon to me.

#aria rants #does that make sense?#im enjoying this hacking game more than i thought i would (bitburner)#i spend less time doing the hacking and more time just watching the numbers go up #like in one hand i know im just sitting here playing the most boring game known to man #just clickin stuff to get more stuff to increase my own stuff #and just basically letting it run in the background 90% of the time while i just watch vids in youtube and scroll tumblr #but like at the same time im also like: this is the most entertaining game ever im obsessed with it #im sleepy yall but i also dont wanna sleep i wanna get enough money to get my augments #also like thats another thing. the augmentations in this game is like: whoag....#its like... body horror. imagine having so much chips and nanobots and wtv injections the augments have added to ya #to the point that you practically cease to be human. you look human but you arent human anymore. youre like... an android

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zenon-the-zequel · 9 months

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revisiting Fear Street starting with Lights Out

#i was too weak for these as a youth #but i can handle my horror now #fear street #rl stine #lights out #90s #horror books #ya horror #books #book #reading #horror #90s horror #90s ya #mine

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