Ever since I'd read that Tim Burton was working on this, I knew I was gonna have to go see it. And now after seeing the trailer (http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809834155/video/4367764/standardformat/), I know I'm gonna have to tie myself to the ( Read more... )

I used to be scared of the dark. When I was a little kid, I went through a period where I couldn't sleep without the light on. I'd get up at night to go down the hall to the bathroom and was scared that some frightening wolf creature was going to come tearing around the corner and attck me. Of course, I knew there wasn't a big scary wolf ( Read more... )

And Frida is one of them. The first time I watched it was with gin and tonic. I've watched it since then. But I think tonight is the first time I've watched it with alcohol again. This time it was Chianti (I checked the spelling this time - it is, in fact, spelled with an I). And each sense was just turned on - was just "there". Theatre ( Read more... )

I watched Dracula (the Francis Ford Copala version) the other night, and was singing Phantom last night and started thinking... why, in these stories (aside from the fact that they're already straying from the book) does the girl not go with the the older, more mysterious, more passionate guy? Ok, yeah, he's "evil". But is there some story some ( Read more... )

Nine Inch Nails on Halloween - serriously : ) I think I can safely say this was one of the coolest things EVER ( Read more... )

After finishing Half-Blood Prince, I'm very much craving other dark-toned stories now. I'm wanting to go back and read Order of the Phoenix (which isn't as dark as this one) or some of the very dark fanfics I read a year or two ago. Not only am I craving dark, but I'm craving dark Harry Potter - which is awful, 'cause she hasn't started the next ( Read more... )