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Movie Review: Paranormal Activities

Posted on August 8, 2014 by C.A. Jacobs

One of the movies required for my Readings In the Genre The Haunted class for my Masters of Fine Arts in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University was Paranormal Activities. I first watched this movie a couple of years … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: The Others

Posted on August 8, 2014 by C.A. Jacobs

One of the movies for my Readings In the Genre The Haunted was The Others. This movie took a different look at hauntings and I enjoyed watching it. This review is going to have spoilers so if you haven’t watched … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: The Exorcism of Emily Rose

Posted on August 7, 2014 by C.A. Jacobs

One of the movies required for my Readings In the Genre The Haunted class for my Masters of Fine Arts in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University is The Exorcism of Emily Rose. One of the first things I noticed … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

Posted on August 2, 2014 by C.A. Jacobs

The first thing I have to say about The Lovely Bones (Horror 328 pages) by Alice Sebold is WOW. This book starts out with a gruesome and extremely unpleasant rape and murder of a young teenage girl and becomes one … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson

Posted on August 1, 2014 by C.A. Jacobs

The next book in the Readings In the Genre The Haunting was The Amityville Horror (Horror 315 page) by Jay Anson. This was a very different style of haunting than The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. I think one … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Haunting Of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

Posted on July 22, 2014 by C.A. Jacobs

The Haunting of Hill House (Horror 174 pages) by Shirley Jackson is the first book I’ve read out of the required Readings In the Genre: The Haunted for one of my classes this semester. As I tend to do book … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry

Posted on July 15, 2010 by C.A. Jacobs

I started and finished Patient Zero (Horror 421 pages) by Jonathan Maberry yesterday. This is the assigned reading for the SHU MA program in Writing Popular Fiction for January 2011. It’s also the first assigned reading for this program that I … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Neverland by Douglas Clegg

Posted on July 13, 2010 by C.A. Jacobs

I finally finished Neverland (Horror 288 pages) by Douglas Clegg last night. This is one of those books that I’m pretty sure I’ll never need to read again. It definitely built tension and there were a good many scenes in … Continue reading →

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