Fannish 50: 2024: Everything is Murder edition: 47: Scary Movies

I like horror movies. I have borrowed plots from different horror movies for fic through the years. I prefer older films or the first of the franchise. This Christmastide I watched:

1. Jack Frost (1997). I enjoyed this. It was so camp, so ridiculous, so cheesy. I recommend it if you want a laugh. So the van carrying a serial killer and a van carrying Secret Stuff collide on a snowy night and the serial killer becomes a snowman. And (spoiler) there is a scene of the sheriff and the serial killing snowman wrestling in a truck bed filled with antifreeze. Crack-tastic.

2. Black Christmas (1974). I will probably watch this again. There are some cringe moments (the Margo Kidder character is an ugly drunk) but there were elements of it that are still pretty awesome. A killer haunts a sorority house at Christmas. And it's the origin of the phrase 'the call's coming from inside the house.'

3. Silent Night Deadly Night (1984). This was the first horror movie I ever saw and the only part I remembered was the best part (in my opinion). The killer grabs a half naked girl and impales her on the antlers of mounted deer. My uncle has/had A LOT of mounted animals around his house (deer, turkey, and other antelope, kudu, and horned animals he shot in Africa) so that made that part very memorable to a young okapi. But in general it's just sad. A traumatized orphan is abused by nuns and grows up and is forced by an employer to trigger himself at Christmas and goes on a spree with an axe. It was just sad (except for the chick impaled on the antlers).

4. Silent Night Bloody Night (1972). This is a bit contrived but very atmospheric. If you watch it at night with the lights out, you could probably scare the shit out of yourself. A man dies and leaves a house where a lot of tragedy has occurred, and a developer comes to town 15 years later to sell the house. And a killer is on the loose. There is a lot here about 'crazy people' i.e. people committed to mental institutions getting loose and being extremely organized and violent. That rankles. But it was scary in a retro way.

I really like the idea of BBC Sherlock getting an evil advent calendar from Moriarty.

Title: The psychopath's advent calendar, Day 1
Rating: Teen for implied violence/dark themes
Length: 500
Fandom: BBC Sherlock
Prompt: Listen
Summary: Sherlock receives a sinister Christmas gift from Jim Moriarty (inspired by Black Christmas).

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Into the Void: dr. zook edition

dr_zook gave me these questions *eep* over a month ago. I am supposed to ask anyone if they want questions but I think something like that will happen during the Snowflake Challenge, so I will hold off on that offer.

1) What's your favourite household chore?
2) Who was your first fictional/literary crush?
3) What's your favourite scent?
4) What's the musical overlap between you and your kids?
5) What are you looking forward to next year?

1. I don't enjoy doing household chores but the chore I appreciate most once it's done is vacuuming the car. Driving around in a car full of pine needles and leaves and dirt and crumbs and wrappers and other kiddie detritus is not fun.

2. My memory is not good. Maybe there were ones as a kid, but I really love Eva Green as fem!Sherlock, which would be in my late 30's when I first starting reading fanfic. I really didn't do shipping or that kind of thing until I found fanfic in my late 30's/early40's. She's like this:



3. Eucalyptus, mint, and citrus. Coffee, the ocean. Jojoba in very small doses.

4. Sadly, none. They will tolerate BTS but that's it.

5. Ah, this is a good question. Using my new planner! That's the only thing I'm looking for to. I know, I know, but yes. :/