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Eleanor Vance, a timid single woman, is invited by Dr Montague to an investigation of Hill House, a house with a very dark history. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Oct 31, 2023 - 12 comments

We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a 2018 American mystery thriller film directed by Stacie Passon, written by Mark Kruger, and starring Taissa Farmiga, Alexandra Daddario, Crispin Glover, and Sebastian Stan. It was based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Shirley Jackson. [more inside]
posted by winesong on Nov 10, 2022 - 3 comments

This "historically engaging and pressingly relevant" biography establishes Shirley Jackson as a towering figure in American literature and revives the life and work of a neglected master. Still known to millions primarily as the author of "The Lottery", Shirley Jackson (1916-1965) has been curiously absent from the mainstream American literary canon. A genius of literary suspense and psychological horror, Jackson plumbed the cultural anxiety of post-war American more deeply than anyone. [more inside]
posted by winesong on Feb 18, 2020 - 4 comments

Flashing between past and present, a fractured family confronts haunting memories of their old home and the terrifying events that drove them from it. Netflix, full season. [more inside]
posted by skycrashesdown on Oct 14, 2018 - 73 comments

While investigating a ghost story for his latest novel, a skeptical Steven receives a call from his sister that triggers a chain of fateful events. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! on Oct 12, 2018 - 16 comments

A scientist doing research on the paranormal invites two women to a haunted mansion. One of the participants soon starts losing her mind. [more inside]
posted by MoonOrb on Jun 17, 2018 - 3 comments

This week's episode of Selected Shorts is of interest to Night Vale fans. [more inside]
posted by Shmuel510 on Nov 9, 2015 - 2 comments