New Horror 2023 – Day 8

“It’s a good thing to get beforehand with one’s work.”

“The Haunted House” by M.A. Bird (1865)

There’s a lot happening here for a published story from the 1860s. Even mention of a bosom. But it’s a tightly wound little tale and a fair warning to travelers. Maybe IATA but the comeuppance felt justified. You don’t deserve access to everything, bruv.

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“A power is grasped… brought down upon him… and there is pain.”

“The Evil Dead” (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) by Richard Floyd-Walker (1986-1987)

This is most definitely a fanzine, but they were selling it, and this unofficial comic adaptation of a movie feels like it’d cause a for-profit venture like this to get shut down. (Lawyers and copyright law have ruined me.) But props to this creator for getting into a multi-part adaptation and to the publisher for including it, even as it feels rushed at the end. Maybe I should watch this movie someday.

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“Goddamn, motherfucker got blood all over my best clown suit.”

House of 1000 Corpses dir. Rob Zombie (2003)

Most of the movie just feels like it’s wearing Texas Chainsaw Massacre on its sleeve, and it lost me. Then it gets interesting and weird! And proceeds to end way too quickly.