Episode 27: Happy Halloween! (The Horror Genre)

Trigger warning (suicide) from 28:06 to 28:38Happy Halloween! Join us this week as we celebrate the horror genre and talk about the spookiest books and movies. We also dive into our biggest fears and play a festive “would you rather” game.Books Mentioned: HOUSE OF SALT AND SORROWS by Erin A. Craig, SMALL FAVORS by Erin A. Craig, SALEM’S LOT by Stephen King, MISERY by Stephen King, “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe, MRS. POE by Lynn Cullen, “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe, “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe, “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe, “The Pit and the Pendulum” by Edgar Allan Poe, “The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe, THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE by Shirley Jackson, SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK Series by Alvin Schwartz, GOOSEBUMPS Series by R. L. Stine, ICE PLANET BARBARIANS by Ruby DixonMedia Mentioned: The Suite Life of Zack and Cody (2005), Girl Vs. Monster (2012), Haunted Mansion (2023), Pet Sematary (2019), Misery (1990), It (2017), The Office (2005), Spencer (2021), Psycho (1960), The Birds (1963), Contagion (2011), Halloween (1978)Instagram: @theliterariespodcast. TikTok: @theliterariespodcast. Intro music by Justyna Kryscio.