S6.3 Good Supernatural Fiction

BOOKS

• ANSON, Jay -- The Amityville Horror -- Flies in the attic! Walls that drip blood! Pigs that fly! (And you thought your faulty plumbing was a problem.)
• DICKENS, Charles -- A Christmas Carol -- A good ghost story any time of the year.
• KING, Stephen -- The Shining -- Lots of ghosties here.

TELEVISION

• The Twilight Zone -- Umm, do I really need to explain this? (SciFi Channel)
• The X-Files -- Two FBI agents investigate paranormal stuff. A great show! (TNT, SciFi Channel)
• Scooby Doo -- Teen sleuths and their dog investigate eerie mysteries. My favorite cartoon. ;-)(Cartoon Network)

MOVIES

• The Blair Witch Project -- Something in the woods is trying to get you. Filmed in a pseudo-documentary style. (1999)
• Candyman -- Clive Barker movie inspired by Mary Worth-type urban legends. Tres scary! (1992)
• The Changeling -- George C. Scott stars in a chilling yarn about a house haunted by the spirit of a murdered child. (1980)
• The Entity -- Barbara Hershey plays a single mom who is being tormented by a randy spirit. (1983)
• The Exorcist -- A modern story of demonic possession. Linda Blair vomits pea soup. (1973)
• Ghostbusters -- Comedy about ghost-catchers in New York City. (1984)
• The Haunting -- A classic tale of a haunted house. Based on The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. (1963)
• Phantasm -- The scariest horror/scifi/mystery you will ever see. Features Angus Scrimm as an interdimensional murderous undertaker. (1979)
• Poltergeist -- A family experiences otherwordly activity centered around their young daughter (Heather O'Rourke). (1982)
• The Ring -- A videotape that curses all who watch it. Freaky ghost girl action. (2002)
• The Shining -- Based on the Stephen King novel about an old hotel haunted by lots of mean ghosts. (1980)
• The Sixth Sense -- A lonely little boy can see dead people. Shyamalan's masterpiece. (1999)
• The Uninvited -- A classic haunted house story set in pre-war Cornwall, UK. (1944)
• Witchboard -- Tawny Kitaen is tormented by an evil spirit conjured up with a ouija board. Actually a decent movie despite a low budget. (1985)

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