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Post by mikklynn on Aug 18, 2020 11:12:48 GMT
Janet Evanovich's Plum Spooky is funny. Thanks for the reminder, it can be part of my book. I haven't read this series, but can this be read as a standalone? Thanks! Yes, it can. She does a pretty good job with each book of including a basic introduction. |
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Post by sleepingbooty on Aug 18, 2020 12:03:40 GMT
Reminder that Netflix is helping us ease into the scary season by releasing the first season of Ratched in September and part 1 of season 5 of Lucifer later this week (already, eep)!
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Post by Skellinton on Aug 18, 2020 14:23:26 GMT
Lucifer =YUM sleepingbooty did you watch Sabrina? What did you think if so? |
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Post by sleepingbooty on Aug 18, 2020 14:42:01 GMT
I love-LOVE-loved the first season (or, you know, 'part' as Netflix likes to call it in this case). I still really enjoyed season 2. Season 3 was no bueno and painful to sit through. They went down the Riverdale fuckuppery route and I noped out of there (but still finished the season part). The fourth installment will be the final one and I really don't mind. They sabotaged this show. Here's to hoping they manage to salvage some of what made The CAOS fun and so engaging at first. Also, the acting from the young'uns doesn't get better. The actor playing Nick Scratch surpasses the others by far, here's to hoping he gets to break out elsewhere on Netflix. The adults, however, are a pure delight. Sabrina's aunts are everything, every little crumb of a thing. Obviously, I answered assuming you hadn't watched it. Apologies if you already have and didn't need any advice! (If so, what did you think of it?) I think the first two seasons are a definite must to get in the Halloween spirit. |
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Post by refugeepea on Aug 18, 2020 15:27:01 GMT
Along with movies for October, does anyone have ideas for books? I don't read horror, but don't mind creepy. Thanks for any suggestions. I liked this book by Wendy Webb. I also read this one but didn't like it as well. It was still a decent read.
Reminder that Netflix is helping us ease into the scary season by releasing the first season of Ratched in September and part 1 of season 5 of Lucifer later this week (already, eep)! I've seen some of Lucifer and oh my Satan is hot! I thought of another ghost movie that is quite different The Ghost and Mrs. MuirIt's one of those movies that when I see it on my DirecTV guide in October, I'm sucked in and watch. Really not spooky in the least but it might have been in 1947!
For those that get the TCM channel, here's the October schedule |
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Post by Skellinton on Aug 18, 2020 15:32:29 GMT
I love-LOVE-loved the first season (or, you know, 'part' as Netflix likes to call it in this case). I still really enjoyed season 2. Season 3 was no bueno and painful to sit through. They went down the Riverdale fuckuppery route and I noped out of there (but still finished the season part). The fourth installment will be the final one and I really don't mind. They sabotaged this show. Here's to hoping they manage to salvage some of what made The CAOS fun and so engaging at first. Also, the acting from the young'uns doesn't get better. The actor playing Nick Scratch surpasses the others by far, here's to hoping he gets to break out elsewhere on Netflix. The adults, however, are a pure delight. Sabrina's aunts are everything, every little crumb of a thing. Obviously, I answered assuming you hadn't watched it. Apologies if you already have and didn't need any advice! (If so, what did you think of it?) I think the first two seasons are a definite must to get in the Halloween spirit. Having grown up reading Archie comics I had to watch and completely agree. I liked the casting, because they all looked perfectly like the comics, except Ambrose, obviously. I still love Riverdale, as ridiculous as it is, I just love it. I do appreciate all the nods to the comics they toss in, and again the casting is perfect. The kids look just like the comics, except the boys are better looking. Jughead even has the bigger teeth of the old comics. I don’t know what happened to season 3 of Sabrina, it was so disappointing, I wonder if they will be able to fix season 4? I was just curious what you thought as I don’t know anyone irl who watched it, besides my husband. I hope Lucifer doesn’t disappoint, although I will watch no matter what. |
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Post by Skellinton on Aug 18, 2020 15:36:39 GMT
Along with movies for October, does anyone have ideas for books? I don't read horror, but don't mind creepy. Thanks for any suggestions. I liked this book by Wendy Webb. I also read this one but didn't like it as well. It was still a decent read.
Reminder that Netflix is helping us ease into the scary season by releasing the first season of Ratched in September and part 1 of season 5 of Lucifer later this week (already, eep)! I've seen some of Lucifer and oh my Satan is hot! I thought of another ghost movie that is quite different The Ghost and Mrs. MuirIt's one of those movies that when I see it on my DirecTV guide in October, I'm sucked in and watch. Really not spooky in the least but it might have been in 1947!
For those that get the TCM channel, here's the October schedule Thank you for the TCM list, some good ones. Not Halloweeny at all, but I cannot recommend Face In the Crowd enough. It is a must watch, especially with what is happening in the US. It is amazing and so weird to see sweet Matlock as such a Machiavellian character. |
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Post by sleepingbooty on Aug 18, 2020 15:56:57 GMT
I love-LOVE-loved the first season (or, you know, 'part' as Netflix likes to call it in this case). I still really enjoyed season 2. Season 3 was no bueno and painful to sit through. They went down the Riverdale fuckuppery route and I noped out of there (but still finished the season part). The fourth installment will be the final one and I really don't mind. They sabotaged this show. Here's to hoping they manage to salvage some of what made The CAOS fun and so engaging at first. Obviously, I answered assuming you hadn't watched it. Apologies if you already have and didn't need any advice! (If so, what did you think of it?) I think the first two seasons are a definite must to get in the Halloween spirit. Having grown up reading Archie comics I had to watch and completely agree. I liked the casting, because they all looked perfectly like the comics, except Ambrose, obviously. I still love Riverdale, as ridiculous as it is, I just love it. I do appreciate all the nods to the comics they toss in, and again the casting is perfect. The kids look just like the comics, except the boys are better looking. Jughead even has the bigger teeth of the old comics. I don’t know what happened to season 3 of Sabrina, it was so disappointing, I wonder if they will be able to fix season 4? I was just curious what you thought as I don’t know anyone irl who watched it, besides my husband. I hope Lucifer doesn’t disappoint, although I will watch no matter what. Oh yay, a fellow CAOS fan (well, pre-season 3, that is  )! I'm so glad they managed to do justice to your experience of the Archie comics (I've been reading them on my Kindle lately). I'm foolishly hoping for a turn-around for the final season. Who knows? We might get lucky. I thought it was pretty uncharacteristic for Netflix to change course so significantly for an in-house production. Fingers crossed now. I might actually rewatch the first couple of seasons as a build-up for Halloween! I don't think Lucifer will disappoint. Season 4, albeit far too short, was good. Netflix cleaned it up and reinjected a strong narrative into the show after taking it over. With Lucifer's twin coming to earth and playing imposter, it looks like season 5 will be another fun one with a good storyline to keep us guessing and watching. Did you hear about Tom Ellis finally signing for season 6 earlier this year? I love that we'll end with 6 seasons for the Devil's story... Since you like shows with young adults like Riverdale and the spookier stuff, did you catch Vampires on Netflix during spring? It's a French Netflix production but it's worth the subtitles. I thought it was pretty good and added a nice, new flavour to the usual vampire theme. |
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Post by Skellinton on Aug 18, 2020 16:10:23 GMT
Having grown up reading Archie comics I had to watch and completely agree. I liked the casting, because they all looked perfectly like the comics, except Ambrose, obviously. I still love Riverdale, as ridiculous as it is, I just love it. I do appreciate all the nods to the comics they toss in, and again the casting is perfect. The kids look just like the comics, except the boys are better looking. Jughead even has the bigger teeth of the old comics. I don’t know what happened to season 3 of Sabrina, it was so disappointing, I wonder if they will be able to fix season 4? I was just curious what you thought as I don’t know anyone irl who watched it, besides my husband. I hope Lucifer doesn’t disappoint, although I will watch no matter what. Oh yay, a fellow CAOS fan (well, pre-season 3, that is )! I'm so glad they managed to do justice to your experience of the Archie comics (I've been reading them on my Kindle lately). I'm foolishly hoping for a turn-around for the final season. Who knows? We might get lucky. I thought it was pretty uncharacteristic for Netflix to change course so significantly for an in-house production. Fingers crossed now. I might actually rewatch the first couple of seasons as a build-up for Halloween! I don't think Lucifer will disappoint. Season 4, albeit far too short, was good. Netflix cleaned it up and reinjected a strong narrative into the show after taking it over. With Lucifer's twin coming to earth and playing imposter, it looks like season 5 will be another fun one with a good storyline to keep us guessing and watching. Did you hear about Tom Ellis finally signing for season 6 earlier this year? I love that we'll end with 6 seasons for the Devil's story... Since you like shows with young adults like Riverdale and the spookier stuff, did you catch Vampires on Netflix during spring? It's a French Netflix production but it's worth the subtitles. I thought it was pretty good and added a nice, new flavour to the usual vampire theme. I did not watch that but will definitely add it to our queue. I don’t mind subtitles but for some reason on Netflix they are about a size 4 font which means one of us has to be near the tv and reading for the other! They are normal sized on other things, I don’t know why Netflix is so weird. I also didn’t know they had Archie comics on a kindle, I have a stack of my old digests and I break them out from time to time. They are pretty entertaining. |
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Post by sleepingbooty on Aug 18, 2020 16:19:05 GMT
Since you like shows with young adults like Riverdale and the spookier stuff, did you catch Vampires on Netflix during spring? It's a French Netflix production but it's worth the subtitles. I thought it was pretty good and added a nice, new flavour to the usual vampire theme. I did not watch that but will definitely add it to our queue. I don’t mind subtitles but for some reason on Netflix they are about a size 4 font which means one of us has to be near the tv and reading for the other! They are normal sized on other things, I don’t know why Netflix is so weird. , you can change them! Please don't suffer like this -->  ! Navigate to your Netflix account through a web browser. Go to your 'Account' and pick the profile you wish to modify the subtitles for. In the roll-out menu, you'll see 'Subtitle appearance'. Click that and modify to your heart's/eyes' desire! You're probably stuck on the small font size (small, medium, large). You can also change other aspects like the actual font and drop shadow to suit your vision best. Let me know if you can figure it out... |
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Post by JavaJones on Aug 18, 2020 16:19:39 GMT
Along with movies for October, does anyone have ideas for books? I don't read horror, but don't mind creepy. Thanks for any suggestions. I liked this book by Wendy Webb. I also read this one but didn't like it as well. It was still a decent read.
Reminder that Netflix is helping us ease into the scary season by releasing the first season of Ratched in September and part 1 of season 5 of Lucifer later this week (already, eep)! I've seen some of Lucifer and oh my Satan is hot! I thought of another ghost movie that is quite different The Ghost and Mrs. MuirIt's one of those movies that when I see it on my DirecTV guide in October, I'm sucked in and watch. Really not spooky in the least but it might have been in 1947!
For those that get the TCM channel, here's the October schedule The Ghost and Mrs Muir is one of my all-time favorite classic movies. Another great classic ghost story, delightfully spooky and romantic but not gory/scary, is The Uninvited. It still gives me chills after all these years. The Uninvited |
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Post by refugeepea on Aug 18, 2020 16:20:34 GMT
The Ghost and Mrs Muir is one of my all-time favorite classic movies. Another great classic ghost story, delightfully spooky and romantic but not gory/scary, is The Uninvited. It still gives me chills after all these years. The UninvitedOh, Thank you! |
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Post by marie on Aug 18, 2020 17:23:54 GMT
Along with movies for October, does anyone have ideas for books? I don't read horror, but don't mind creepy. Thanks for any suggestions. I liked this book by Wendy Webb. I also read this one but didn't like it as well. It was still a decent read.
Reminder that Netflix is helping us ease into the scary season by releasing the first season of Ratched in September and part 1 of season 5 of Lucifer later this week (already, eep)! I've seen some of Lucifer and oh my Satan is hot! I thought of another ghost movie that is quite different The Ghost and Mrs. MuirIt's one of those movies that when I see it on my DirecTV guide in October, I'm sucked in and watch. Really not spooky in the least but it might have been in 1947!
For those that get the TCM channel, here's the October schedule Thank you! I haven't heard of this author and added them to my Goodreads list |
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Post by sleepingbooty on Aug 18, 2020 17:35:43 GMT
Spiritfarer is now out on Steam for PC, Switch and Xbox, gamers! It's an indie game in which you are Stella, a girl who's taking spirits to the afterlife, and focuses on death and the importance of making memories with loved ones before you, too, pass on. If you like cosy management games à la Animal Crossing but would like to try something centered around life and death, this could be your thing. Early reviews are raving about it. Just another little something to get you in the Halloween spirit without all the fright...
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Post by sleepingbooty on Aug 19, 2020 15:16:16 GMT
Anyone in need of a family portrait idea for October?...  |
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Post by refugeepea on Aug 19, 2020 17:21:30 GMT
Anyone in need of a family portrait idea for October?... Hmmm. I do have a photo of my son with my entire family where he looks like he's going to murder his grandmother because she won't save him from the torture of being in a room with a bunch of people close together. Then there's the look on my great niece's face of a forced smile, like oh no, he's coming for me next. I could totally do a creepy Halloween spin. |
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Post by KikiPea on Aug 21, 2020 15:29:35 GMT
Ewwwwwwwwwwww!!! LOL
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Post by Skellinton on Aug 21, 2020 16:31:13 GMT
Those are awesome and know I am off to order some skull pans. Will go great with a jello brain for dessert. (JK, I don’t eat jello, that stuff is scary). |
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Post by sleepingbooty on Aug 21, 2020 19:09:49 GMT
I could totally do a creepy Halloween spin. Your son and niece are their own spooky movie franchise! |
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Post by sleepingbooty on Aug 21, 2020 19:15:30 GMT
Those are awesome and know I am off to order some skull pans. Will go great with a jello brain for dessert. (JK, I don’t eat jello, that stuff is scary). I have a silicone mould to make small Día de Muertos skull chocolates and it's my favourite Halloween thing...  I'm a simple woman. I see something skull-y, I want it.  |
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Post by refugeepea on Aug 22, 2020 4:22:58 GMT
A tutorial on how to make erasers into charms! It might be fun to dress up the spine of my binder. Or for those doing something more dimensional like memorydex.
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Post by refugeepea on Aug 22, 2020 4:28:02 GMT
Will go great with a jello brain for dessert. Oh, I've got one of those! I thought I had more egg molds for Easter and had a lot of leftover Jello. So we had brains too! I mean there's already deviled eggs. |
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Post by joblackford on Aug 22, 2020 5:10:19 GMT
Anyone in need of a family portrait idea for October?... WOWwww. I showed my husband and he didn’t say no... so... |
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Post by refugeepea on Aug 22, 2020 14:50:57 GMT
I thought this was a fun idea. Including actual candy wrappers. |
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Post by Skellinton on Aug 22, 2020 16:13:45 GMT
I thought this was a fun idea. Including actual candy wrappers. That is super cute, thanks for sharing! |
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Post by Charwee on Aug 22, 2020 16:57:39 GMT
Looking through the October daily hashtag on Instagram, I came across this: 
Which is a bit flipping exciting!
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Post by sleepingbooty on Aug 22, 2020 17:24:45 GMT
Looking through the October daily hashtag on Instagram, I came across this: Which is a bit flipping exciting!
I wonder which designer! KP needs to open that new shop already... |
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Post by sleepingbooty on Aug 22, 2020 17:26:30 GMT
WOWwww. I showed my husband and he didn’t say no... so... That can only mean one thing: you are now obligated to recreate it! |
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Post by sleepingbooty on Aug 22, 2020 17:36:58 GMT
For you cat lovers (tagging Skellinton ), this cute image (by Tiina Menzel) popped up on my Pinterest feed and would make for a lovely Project Life card/DIY die-cut:  I also thought this was a very clever twist on the good ol' pink flamingo garden décor for those who like to DIY:  ETA: Tiina Menzal has an online shop filled with gorgeous skeleton + cat goodies! |
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Post by joblackford on Aug 22, 2020 17:47:59 GMT
I am looking at skeleton flamingos at the giant store named for a river and spotted this important Q&A:
"Is the zombie flamingo truly alive, ie: does it have a thirst for flamingo flesh, or is it just plastic?
Answer: Well, Todd, I have it on poor authority that at night it searches for pink plastic flamingo brains, but as the pink species has migrated by the end of October, the zombie flamingos give up on nutrition and just go into hibernation on November 1st until their hopes are rekindled by the approach of next year's Halloween."
Someone also asked if they come in a coffin box. They do not.
I might buy two classic pink ones in memory of our late neighbor and a pair of skeleton ones to keep them company... probably not. but maybe.
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)! I'm so glad they managed to do justice to your experience of the Archie comics (I've been reading them on my Kindle lately). I'm foolishly hoping for a turn-around for the final season. Who knows? We might get lucky. I thought it was pretty uncharacteristic for Netflix to change course so significantly for an in-house production. Fingers crossed now. I might actually rewatch the first couple of seasons as a build-up for Halloween! 
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I'm a simple woman. I see something skull-y, I want it. 
