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Good evening readers! I don’t know about you but I’m so ready for Halloween; I’m ready for fall, decorations, and spooky stories. If you were following me last year, know that I like to at least kick things off by the end of August or beginning of September. And those of you who are just joining, first, welcome, and secondly my neighbors didn’t put anything up UNTIL October. Then, it was a hasty retreat to put up Christmas the following day or weekend after Halloween, real lame if you ask me. But while i wait for the world around me to get into the Augtober feels, I wanted to talk about Evil Dead Burns, let’s brew about it!

It’s been a few years since the last Evil Dead, which was evil Dead Rises. That one had me jumping everywhere and low and behold there were a few directors that came back to do this year’s Evil dead franchise. In fact, the same director created The Mummy this year as well, John Cronin. Evil Dead Burns is about Alice, who is recently widowed: her husband, Will Price, having died in car crash done by none other than a Deadite. In turn, during the funeral, Edgar, Will’s father get’s attacked by Will before he is cremated.

Alice, after her husband’s funeral goes to his family’s house for the wake, here’s the twist Professor Benjamin Price, is the late grandfather of the family! Professor Benjamin Price is widely known for his knowledge of the  Necronomicon and holds the key to destroy, the Deadites a dagger known as Kandarian. Unfortunately, or may not so unfortunate, the dagger is in the house along with the professor’s research and record tapes.

Slowly, the house is descends into chaos not sure where to run or whom, is NOT alive. Most of the scariest scenes are seen in the trailer, which was kind of a bummer, but to watch it in sequence was really cool. In the end Alice, takes on her husband with the Kandarian Dagger. They also, hint about the next Evil Dead as well, bringing back the mother from Evil Dead Rising.

Now, this movie like I said had me jumping all of the place, and I do love the Evil Dead franchise, BUT the last two movies had female leads. The heroine dukes out with the Deadites and makes it out. In this new installment, the male characters are either narcissistic assholes or weak and sniveling, which doesn’t sit well with me. The only real strong protagonist is Ash, it seems, which I mean I love Ash. All hail Bruce Campbell!

But what are your thoughts? Did you like Evil Dead Burns or Did you like Evil Dead rising more? Or Which is YOUR favorite Evil Dead, mine will always be the one with Ash and the 2013 Evil Dead, I think.

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Good evening readers! I hope everyone is enjoying a much deserved relaxing weekend. I could definitely go for one of those, but there is so much to do and get ready for because the Face Of Halloween competition this year is around the corner! But in order to prepare an opportunity knocked on my door quite literally in my neighborhood, let’s brew about it!

So, you know I did a piece on The Sir Henry’s Haunted Trail, not too many moons ago, and it was a BLAST, but I think what intrigued me more than getting the interview was the idea of being a part of this whole different world, filled with creative stories behind each haunted house and what it took to bring it to life. However, this year, something came across my table, a casting call.

I love to paint, sculpt, and the mechanics, but I never thought about actually being a scare actor, I mean it intrigued me but I wasn’t sure if I had the chops, then. NOW, after being in the Face Of Halloween(FOH) last year, and being more dedicated in creating a community on social media i.e. Facebook, Instagram, I’ve become more comfortable being on camera and in fact, LOVE it. So, when a casting call came around in my local area, I jumped on it. This place is called Pemberton Haunted Acres and this place is HUGE!

I was scared at first, for putting my name in the pot, because I never done something like this before but I had to try. THIS was the direction I wanted to go, something creative and fun. Not only that but the thrill of being behind the scenes, learning the process of BECOMING a creature or undead being, networking, making new friends, just the overall experience. The crew of Pemberton Haunted Acres, were FANTASTIC, I don’t know about the other participants trying out but I felt comfortable, relaxed and had a lot of fun doing the warm ups and improv, I think my favorite part was getting the owner and the other associates laughing during one of my improv sessions.

With that being said I’m excited to see if I get hired on to Pemberton Haunted Acres because it’d be a great experience and an opportunity to explore in direction that I feel best fits what I want to do as a career or part of a journey to another that is not just seasonal, but forever.

So, I say all this, and you’re wondering where the FUCK does Face of Halloween come into play? FOH has hinted on their social media to hang tight, since there aren’t any dates, yet , but if this year is anything like last year at the tail end of the competition, they were looking to see if we give back to our community, seeing as it is a fundraiser for the Starlight Children’s Foundation and all. So, not only is there an experience at Pemberton Haunted Acres it will help bolster what I do for my community as well.

But what are your thoughts? Have you ever gone to a haunted house or trail amusement park? Have yo taken part of one? Is going to or being a part of one on your bucket list like it is for me?

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Good evening my devoted readers! I hope everyone has accomplished their goals you’ve envisioned for yourselves, if not rest assured you can in August; make it yours. I know I had to pivot, I’ve been going on and on about this trellis, and now the day has arrived, let’s brew about it!

So, goals, they’ve got deadlines or you should have them in place. However, there’s always forces at play and for me it was the dream of having my own teepee trellis. I’ve never made a trellis before and when I seen on either Facebook or Instagram, I had to have one in my garden? Not exactly ground breaking, its a trellis done in a cone shape and you’re just growing some fucking beans up it. Nothing, wild but let me tell you for a girl who’s never grown anything but flowers, this started off with a lot of errors, at least with getting the beans started. Out of the first batch only 1 bean out of 8 survived in the mini greenhouse I bought from Lowes. The soil was too damp because I had overwatered the dirt; the beans can easily mildew is what I learned.

I also, did it backwards, I got all the makings for a teepee trellis the bamboo stakes, the plastic gallon pots, twine and dirt, but no beans! But those were the parts that were most expensive. I bought all but the dirt, bean seeds, and greenhouse trey from Amazon. Now, could I have bought the plastic pots at Walmart? Sure, I could have but I was able to bulk buy the pots and stakes from Amazon for a very good price; which lent me leftovers for future projects. The dirt and twine I bought from Walmart, and the seeds and green house trey from Lowes.

Also, the weather here in Florida is temperamental what with it being hurricane season and it’s been very rainy this season. The beans were ready to be staked and placed in the planter bed but the rain inhibited me from getting out there to clear the space and place them. But this weekend I made a break for it, cleared the bed and was abled to get them strapped in place. I wove the twine in and out through the stakes and so far its still standing. I doubt if there was a real hurricane that it would withstand it of course! But since I strapped it with twine I’d be able to cut it down quickly and take them to shelter IF they’re still alive.

Now, is this cost effective? I wouldn’t say that it was in some ways, the stakes were about 50 and so were the plastic pots, but again, bought in bulk for future projects. So, with that known, the least expensive item on this list was the seeds roughly a few bucks, the greenhouse roughly 8, twine was 5, and the dirt 10.

But I wanted to share the experience with you all, and I hope you enjoy it. I also, listed the links, so if you wanted to try your hand at it, here’s my list. Have you seen a teepee trellis before? Have you tried making your own trellis before?

Pots: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSVKPHL1?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

Stakes: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GF1KRHBB?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

Beans: https://www.lowes.com/pd/Ferry-Morse-V-BEAN-FRENCH-FILET/5016802415

Greenhouse: https://www.lowes.com/pd/Jiffy-36mm-Windowsill-Greenhouse-2-Pack/9207194

Twine: https://www.walmart.com/ip/GoodCook-Natural-Cotton-Cooking-and-Crafting-Twine-Ball-300-ft/431560497?classType=REGULAR&athbdg=L1102&from=/search

Dirt: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Expert-Gardener-Potting-Mix-for-Potted-Plants-1-cu-ft/1711862860

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Good evening fellow readers, I apologize that it’s been two weeks but I rather not fill these pages with a bunch of fluff and dry useless words. I’ve been dabbling in making videos and learning about lighting what with the softbox I got earlier this year, so it was a nice reprieve BUT I wanted to return here and talk about a book I just read, The Wife Upstairs, let’s brew about it!

So, Freida McFadden is no stranger to this blog, I’ve read all of her Housemaid series, The Housemaid, The Housemaid’s Secret, and The Housemaid Is Watching. All of which are great stories and the girl reading the audio has the perfect accent for Millie, if you need something to listen to or read start there, you’ll fucking love it.

BUT this book, The Wife Upstairs, had me, I thought I had it figured out, but I think Freida fooled me three times. It’s about a character named Sylvia, who’s and on the edge of being evicted when she picks up a caretaking job to care for an elderly mother of a famous and eccentric writer. Coming off the wings of a break up Sylvia has no prospects and the pay is too good. Low and behold the famous writer, Adam Barnett, isn’t needing a caretaker for his mother but his wife. Adam Barnett’s wife Victoria, had fallen down their spiraling staircase cause severe damage to her brain and her body.

While Victoria, may appear like a living vegetable unable to speak most of the time and if she does it’s one word. Victoria, a once vivacious doctor now, sits listlessly in her wheelchair unable to say her own name. Unlike, everyone in the house Sylvia treats Victoria with respect and care that she deserves, and slowly with as much strength as she can muster she hints to Sylvia that Adam Burnett is NOT what he seems, a devoted husband, but rather a monster laced with smiles and decorum.

The book is hauntingly realistic, and frighteningly scary, as Sylvia susses out the truth behind the sad crippled woman who shrinks away whenever her husband draws near. But seriously if you haven’t read any of Freida McFadden books, you need to. If you have, which one’s your favorite? I just seen one called The Witch, I believe that will be my next McFadden Read.

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Good evening readers, we are starting off the month of June with a bang! Last weekend I had hinted at an adventure last weekend, and this time it was outside the house, the backyard even, which was a nice change of pace. Although physically, my body was hurting but the ticket to go was expiring this weekend, so it was either give it up or push against the pain. So, Seaworld I went, let’s brew about it!

Now, the comparison between Busch Gardens Tampa versus Seaworld Orlando, feels rather unfair, but hands down Seaworld is WAY better. The connivence of Busch Gardens is undeniable, however, Seaworld is not only larger but the attention to detail made you feel transported into another world. Not so much beach themed, but European in ways with the thatched buildings, wild gardens and quaint secret places. Of course there were aquatic nuances, take Journey To Atlantis, their gift shop, had a semi circle alcove with aquariums along the walls, ceilings, and even the floor! It was a nice respite from the heat.

The rides were exhilarating my favorite is the Journey To Atlantis and the Manta. My adrenaline junkie heart was having a blast, but there are smaller rides if that is something more your style. The animal meet and greet areas where phenomenal and up close! There was also, an option to feed them as well, whether sharks, seals, etc. There were a ton of sit down and eat places, and I love that there were water stations everywhere especially, since it was very hot and sunny, weather stated cloudy, but what can you do.

Honestly, it was a wonderful experience to be in another world for a day. The only complaint was that it was super packed, but it is the July Fourth weekend so it is to be expected. If you haven’t been, definitely make a trip up there. But if have you been to Seaworld in Orlando, what’s your favorite ride? Is there an attraction that you feel you MUST see when you go?

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Good afternoon readers! We are about to wrap up June and next weekend is going to be an adventure!! But I’m wrapping up June with expanding the garden in the backyard. I have small plot for fruit and vegetables and a couple of pots, ho-hum, right? BORING!!! I have my heart set on a gothic-romantic-whimsy garden,, let’s brew about it!

I’ve talked about a teepee trellis and a pumpkin arch earlier this month. I intend to both, currently I have 3 green beans growing, I need 5 more to grow so I can set up the teepee trellis. So, for now, that’s on a pause, but I bought the arched trellis from Walmart. Initially, I was going to hand make the trellis with reinforced wire and iron posts, but after doing the numbers, the cost was too great and I still needed to get dirt and a garden bed liner. The Walmart trellis costed less than 200 hundred dollars, which had I done the original plan it’d be upwards of 500, So win-win. But not only was the price speaking to me, building it wasn’t difficult either.

I still need to get the garden bed liner so I can shape the space around it and of course add some flourishes, like a solar lantern for the center, weave some solar lights on the sides. I’m also, planning to place a patio set for 2 underneath the arch. I would love to sit underneath the arch and enjoy writing, sketching, eating a light lunch or just simply to sit peacefully with a cup of coffee or tea and enjoy the tranquility. These big ideas means more money than the number I said above, but it’s my dream garden. I already have the seeds I want to plant, but I can’t wait to bring to life the picture I have in my head AND share it with you.

What do you think? Am I going overboard with my ideas? Should I just place a fountain at the end and leave the space open? Or should I build this tiny escape from the busy world around me ? Let me know what you think. I’ve also, provided the link to the arbor trellis as well.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Trellume-Garden-Arch-Trellis-69-L-71-W-87-H-Rust-Proof-Grape-Thickened-Steel-Pipe-Climbing-Plants-Outdoor-Tunnel-Cucumber-pumpkin-Squash-Melon/20056056032

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Good morning, beautiful readers, I hope everyone is having a great start to your day. I’m enjoying the fruits of my labor in back patio. The garden has truly awakened the wisteria has swung back hard from the aftermath of the wild “cold” weather here in Florida. I was really worried how they drooped and the leaves fell off, but now every day new leaves unfurl and limbs are beginning to split from the main shoot. Anyways, today, is all about rekindling one’s own energy, let’s brew about it!

So, what do I mean about rekindling energy? I’m talking about that core of your person that makes you want to wake up every day. That surge of desire to take the day by the horns because you got something in mind to accomplish. I don’t know about you but mine had kind of plummeted for quite some time. I ‘d have pockets of inspiration and excitement but its been a bit of a drag lately.

That’s why in this post, I wanted to talk about NOT forgetting that part of yourself, which as you can tell I kind of had. I love to write and other art related things, not that I’m not writing here, but I love to create stories. I enjoy adventure, horror and comedy and building worlds and I just haven’t really in years it seems. But this weekend I felt the urge calling to me every softly, as cheesy as the fuck that sounds.

But yes, your girl sat down for an hour and let the fingertips fly across the keyboard sitting out in my favorite sanctuary aka where the garden grows. I imagined a world that I wanted to revisit, a place I thought about even though I have many. It started from a clip I seen of Jordan Peele, saying simply write for yourself, write for the movie that you want to see that hasn[t been made, yet and worry about selling it later. I think this is loosely a quote as I cant find that clip anymore. But in essence I wanted to envision a story I haven’t read, yet. I’m not belittling the books I’ve read but I felt there was something missing, a story, I want to see or write.

And so, dear readers, I feel that that writing part of me is ready to come out and tackle it again, I’m not going to put the chains of “you have to write X amount of pages a day” on myself. If I write a paragraph today then great, if I write five pages over the weekend that’s great too. So, with that being said, if there is something that you used to enjoy doing, don’t let it be snuffed out by the day to day or the stress of a crisis that piles on your plate like a holiday dinner. GO BE YOU, and you may be tired and you may feel like you don’t have it in you, but you can DO it. Just the other day, I got off of work and I didn’t want to do a review video on Facebook, but in reality I really did deep down. So, I put on the big girl pants and got to work, and I’m glad I did.

So, I’m leaving you with this my friends, you can go one more mile even when you think you can’t. It’s in there, just one foot in front of the other, one breath after the other and you will be glad of it, that I believe one hundred percent. Go, get out there and get after it my spooky friends.

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Good evening readers, I hope everyone is enjoying June so far. I know I’ve been covering a lot of movies lately and it’s due to my physical health, my shoulder and neck have gotten me down from doing more active projects. But I’m on the mend, and yes I have an appointment set. Luckily, for you and me I am still able to explore virtually via movies and this time its Obsession, let’s brew about it!

Obsession has been taking the theaters by storm, in fact it’s so far beat any movies this year so far. What’s Obsession about? Well, if you’ve been living under a rock this year it’s about a guy that likes a girl. Okay, it sounds basic, but bear would drop anything if Nikki said to come hang out; and at the same time can’t seem to find the words to tell her he likes her, or according to him,”love” her. Well, before he went to hang out with her and some friends, he went to a metaphysical store. Originally, he had intended to get her a necklace but ended up getting a one wish willow stick. Keep up with me here, sounds lame, but the store cleric warned him he can’t get his money back if something weird happens.

Bear rolls with it and tosses it in the back of his car to hang out with Nikki and their two other friends. FINALLY, Bear gets the chance to take Nikki home, ALONE, but chokes, he can’t tell her he actually really likes her-likes her. So, he makes his wish that Nikki would love him more than ANYTHING in the world. I almost couldn’t believe it that after he broke the stick Nikki, didn’t want to leave his side.

NOW, here is where it gets weird, the first night, she tosses between anger, obsession and crying fits, Bear of course is alarmed. But Nikki explains it away that she was on drugs that night. But it becomes clear that she WANTS him and doesn’t want to be away from him at all. AND BEAR let’s it HAPPEN, this “relationship” barrels down a scary rickety road, where Nikki behavior swings from stage 3 stalker love to hate, almost as if the real Nikki is fighting this “love.”

How does bear break the spell he has placed, it takes him forever to call the number on the back of the box, and the answer is simple, in order for the spell to break he has to die dissipating the spell’s attachment. I felt for Bear at first but his own selfishness damns everyone around him until it is much too late to fix Nikki and their other friends.

Obsession is a rapid fire and dark movie, that really makes you think back to EVER making a wish ever again, especially when it comes to wishing it on others. But have you seen Obsession? What do you think of the movie? If you haven’t, don’t eat popcorn, IT WILL FLY from your lap.

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Good evening readers, I hope you got your lickies and chewies because tonight is another night in for me. I’ve been in a lot of pain lately and haven’t been able to get out and about as I’d like to. So, I’ve been catching up on movies, and Hokum, brought the terrors, let’s brew about it!

Now, much can’t be figured out in the trailers for this movie when I first seen them. Usually, you get an idea of what is going on but I wasn’t so sure, but it turned out to be a really jumpy ride of a movie. So, it’s about a famous writer played by Adam Scott, his character Ohm, is due to finish his third installment to his book series, but writer’s block is taking it’s toll on him. Feeling, the walls closing in Ohm, decides to take a trip to Ireland where his parents honeymooned to lay their ashes to rest and hopefully finish writing his book.

Now, the character Ohm, I had trouble with because, well, he’s a dick to just about everyone. I sensed there was some serious character growth needing to happen, upon arriving Ohm overhears a tale about a witch that tricks passerby’s chaining them to her and taking them to a dark and ominous abyss filled with terror and pain. Again, a witch is mentioned when Ohm, visits the bar, learning that the honeymoon suite is locked to all due to the owner trapping her there.

There’s so many easter eggs in this movie that I’d be here for a long time and eventually write the movie, so let’s full speed this, Ohm, tries to commit suicide, his character is filled with hate anger, and loathing of the human kind. Ohm, tries to come back to the hotel to thank and apologize the bartender, Fiona, played by Florence Ordesh, however, Fiona has been missing the night he tried to kill himself. Ohm, unsure how to help find Fiona stumbles upon a local homeless man, Jerry, whom, is a friend of Fiona’s, who has a plan to break in because he’s seen Fiona’s ghost and believes she’s in the honeymoon suite.

Ohm, reluctantly follows Jerry and ends up locked in the honeymoon suite by the owner’s son in-law. Fiona is ACTUALLY in the room and there is indeed a witch! As Ohm, tries to find a way out his own demons he’s locked up are unraveling and as the witch draws closer, hotel is in danger of burning Ohm alive.

This movie, has the old world charm of a dark fairy tale, a character lost in his own pain of the past and a reluctant road of redemption. I really enjoyed Hokum, it’s a shame it didn’t get a lot of hype. But have you seen Hokum? If you haven’t make sure you watch it in the dark, it’ll have you seeing things lurking in the dark.

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Good evening fellow readers, and those who follow on Facebook, Spooky Darlings! I come to you with one of my favorite classic horror villains, the mummy. Now, this can be confusing, which mummy movie am I referring to? The Brendon Frazier Mummy movie that’s coming, because THAT’S exciting in its own, but I’m talking about Lee Cronin’s The Mummy, let’s brew about it!

I remember seeing the trailer for this during Scream 7 and immediately felt the sense of dread and excitement, a child mummy. But I’m getting ahead of myself, the movie takes place in Egypt where a family of 4 soon to be five live. The father, Charlie Cannon, is a journalist is about to get reassigned back to the United States and while distracted with his job offer his daughter, Katie Cannon, is kidnapped! 8 years later, after being accused of killing his own daughter, Charlie, is called by the authorities in Egypt, Katie has been found, ALIVE. But the term alive, is made loosely, as she’s extremely malnourished, unable to vocalize, and goes into panic attacks from sudden movements. The doctors express that she should be better at home healing, but I kid you not IF my daughter looked as sickly as she did I would NOT travel with her until she was better.

However, the Cannon family take her back to their home in New Mexico, unknown to them how she was found or why she is the way she is. Soon, it becomes apparent something is EXTREMELY wrong with Katie and her dark influences start to take a toll on everyone under the roof. Charlie desperate for answers as to WHAT happened to his daughter is able to connect with a detective back in Eygpt who uncovers, a dark secret, a deeply religious group aims to contain a great terrible evil by incasing it in a first born child or person to keep it contained. In the end, with the help of the detective, Charlie and his wife, Natalie are able to defeat this monstrous adversary.

Now, a lot of people talk about plot holes, but I feel for the most part this movie covers its basis, I do wish there was more screen time of the professor who transcribed the inscription, which is an easter egg for Evil Dead there. But all and all it had me jumping and screaming, which I haven’t done in a LONG time. However, what do you think of the movie? Have you seen it? What’s your thoughts on the twist of a child mummy versus a grown adult?

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