Scary Movie Book Club

Jaws by Peter Benchley

Peter Benchley's 1974 classic novel about a giant fish was then turned into a movie in 1975 directed by Stephen Spielberg.
(Fun Fact: Podbean won't allow a 4-letter title. Go figure.)
Did you love the book? Sad you borrowed it instead of buying a copy? Want to gift one to a friend? If you feel lucky Goodreads has a giveaway for the month of July. You could be one of the lucky 24 people to win.
We have a talk about movie posters. Susie mentions one and now looking it up finds that it's a fan design by Andrew Swainson, not the actual. You can see his movie poster here: https://www.andrewswainson.com/jaws
We hearken back to our Exorcist episode when we compare the cost of the shark ($500,000 each) to the cost of the refrigerated set ($50,000) without going back and checking some numbers.

The Birds

June's book is actually a short story, The Birds by Daphne du Maurier (1952) which was then turned into a movie in just over 10 years later in 1963 by Alfred Hitchcock who kept the title and concept but threw away just about everything else. It starred Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Suzanne Plechette, and Jessica Tandy.
 
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BONUS: Interview With the Vampire 1994

We chat about the 1994 movie adaptation of Anne Rice's novel of the same name.
Numbers are hard, so the intro says it's episode 4, part 2. It's actually our first BONUS (episode 5 part 2).
A group of vampires can also be called a coven, though we corrected ourselves to the word "nest". Never second guess your gut.
Anne Rice's pick for Louis was Tom Hanks. Who would be his Lestat? Contact us with your picks! scarymbc at gmail.com.

Interview With the Vampire

May's book is Anne Rice's Interview With the Vampire (1976) and watching AMC's TV series of the same name (2022).
Spoilers for the end of Season 1 start with a verbal warning to skip ahead at 39:44 and end at 57:37 when we say we're back.

The Exorcist

April's book/movie of the month is The Exorcist written by William Peter Blatty and adapted to film in 1973.
Special Thanks to Emily Schmidt of Tell Tale Books who set Kristine up with her copy.
Post-Recording Correction: It did not win best picture, it was the first horror film nominated for best picture, but the first win went to Silence of the Lambs.

Sandcastle AKA Old

For March we take a look at the graphic novel Sandcastle by Pierre Oscar Lévy and Frederik Peeters (2011) which was turned into a movie by M. Night Shyamalan and titled Old (2021).
During this episode we mention the website doesthedogdie.com, for those who need to know ahead of time if the dog survives the horror movie.

The Forbidden aka Candyman

February's book of the month is the short story 'The Forbidden' by Clive Barker, turned into the movie Candyman (1992).
Disclaimer: We recorded this during the winter holidays... the struggle to form sentences was real. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Misery

We take a dive into the world of horror starting with Stephen King's Misery. We discuss the book and the 1990 movie starring Kathy Bates and James Caan.