Saturday Movie Review - The Woman in White

Greetings!
I regret to say that my first 'Saturday movie review' is a few days late, as unfortunately from late Friday night until just this afternoon I've been feeling terribly ill.

But, as I feel a good deal better now, I randomly picked a movie off of my list to review, here goes:
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THE WOMAN IN WHITE

Based upon Wilkie Collins Victorian mystery, the gothic tale tells of a pair of half sisters, Marian and Laura whose lives end up caught in a grand conspiracy revolving around a mentally ill woman dressed in white. As the story unfolds, murder, love, marriage, and greed stand between the two sisters and happy lives. Their only hope is the secret the woman in white waits to tell them.

I found this movie to be well acted, quite suspensful and it was a very good mystery plot. It's based in the Victorian times, but unlike many Victorian based tales, this one had a considerably darker asthetic, something I would liken to the general feel of 'Dracula'.

It shows quite a decent look into the treatment of women at the time, conspiraces, Victorian fashion, Victorian asylums, abusive relationships, and it would be well counted as a mystery murder story.

I give this movie a 9 out of 10, and I recommend you take a look if you're into this sort of genre.

Marian and Mr. Hartright

Well, I guess that's it for today. As soon as I'm really up and around there should be an outfit post/hairstyle post. Until then,

Farewell!

Long time Post - Hopeful end of Hiatus and Saturday Movie

Greetings, all readers.
Again, I'm sorry I haven't posted anything except Friday the 13th things in quite a while so I hope to be getting on well again with outfit posts (I got my Medieval dress yesterday!) hairstyles, monthly posts and a new addition of random movie reviews and room design and art posts.

And, even though it IS a tad silly, there will be talk of my miserable baby bat experiences.

I'm also putting up a little poll at the moment, so vote for your favorite topic on this blog to read about.

Okay, well that's the end of this mini post, later this evening I will post the first movie review post...I just need to pick a movie first.

Farewell!

Friday the 13th Things - 13 Halloween Activities for my Future Reference

Greetings!
I am sorry to have not posted much, but between the rush that is catching up on late schoolwork, working double to pay off my medieval dress, and the fact that I haven't been sleeping all that well lately due to stress and bad dreams, I don't really have much good to say.

Also, I regret to say that on November 17 I forgot to acknowledge that it was a monthly celebration, me being 5 months as a Goth. Ah well. Come December it'll be the grand celebration of 6 months, I will catch up then.

Now, on with Friday the 13th Things Survey.
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            Friday the 13th Things - 13 Halloween Activities for my Future Reference

1: Carve Jack o' Lanterns and Turnip Lanterns

2: Buy a myriad of candles and put them all over my future house.

3: Take my future children out to Trick or Treat

4: Tell stories about the origins of Halloween to my future children

5: Dress up in a traditional costume (Not one of those silly fairy/fireman/princess outfits, rather zombie, mummy, GHOST, vampire, such.)

6: Visit the local graveyard before sundown on Halloween, and yes, I'd take the kids.

7: Teach my future family how to bob for apples.

8: Make sure that my future family feels that Halloween should be defined as much of a holiday as Christmas, no less! (This is something my own parents and sister don't feel strongly about, had it not been for me, they would've just considered it another day.)

9: Watch a Tim Burton movie every year. :)

10: Bake Apple/Pumpkin Pies

11: Eat a lot of candy. :)

12: Play Nox Arcana all over the house.

13: Visit Ireland and celebrate there.

Well, that's it!

Farewell!

Book Review: The New Death and Others

Greetings!
Someone dropped a comment the other day, asking if I'd write a review on his book. Here it is:
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Title: The New Death and Others

Author: James Hutchings

Type of Book: A collection of short stories and poetry.

Subject Matter: Mythology, fairytales, poetry, morals, dark writing.

-The New Death and others is an entertaining book, a type of Dark fairytale scene with a side of poetry and a touch of 'modern' type writing.

-It has a very folklorish/legend type feel overall, and the characters are well presented and very realistic.

-This book mainly caters to an older audience, although childlike fairytale stories and morals are presented.

-The style is quite a mix of both informal and formal, modern and old classical literature.

My personal thoughts on this book:

This book was an interesting read, and I'd recommend it for all fans of folklore, poetry and dark themed literature.

The style of each of the short stories differs, or even intertwines old and new, such as classic deities speaking in modern times. Although The New Death and Others was a little too abstract for my personal tastes, those who appreciate thought inducing and less straightforward terms of fiction will probably find they most enjoy reading it.

I don't know much about what literature Goths would enjoy, but this seems like something that may be liked by those of you reading this review.

I take an example from one of the poems that I liked, "The Prince of the Howling Forest"

"On a miserable island they left him alone.

Though he carried no crown, though he sat on no throne

Death has crowned him at last, for in death he is known

as the Prince of the Howling Forest." <----This stanza is the end, but this part was my favorite.

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Well I guess that's it. I am sorry I have nothing more to say, but I guess the best thing to do now is to have a look at the book yourself and draw your own opinions.

Again, as I've said: Don't be put off by my personal ideas, I am very picky about what I like to read. For those more open minded than me this may be an absolute jewel. :)

Overall:

Well written, if a bit abstract, a mix of fantasy and modern times, dark morals and tales, and a side of gloomy poetry and legend.

I hope you thought this review was alright, and that you'll read the book!

Friday the 13th - My 13 Top Favorite Songs

Greetings!
Life has been dreadfully slow of late, the most 'interesting' thing was having the living daylights scared out of me by four swooping magpies raking their claws across my head...Gosh, I can hardly wait for nesting season to be over.

But now for the Friday the 13th post to come...However, I am changing '13 favorite childhood TV shows' to 'My 13 favorite songs', as I didn't watch much TV as a child.

                                            My 13 Top Favorite Songs
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1: Alice Cooper - Life and Death of the Party

2: The Cure - Just like Heaven

3: The Damned - Eloise

4: The Sisters of Mercy - Temple of Love

5: Nox Arcana - Phantom Toccata

6: The Cruxshadows - Deception

7: Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead

 

8: The Sisters of Mercy - When you don't see Me

9: Alice Cooper - Welcome to my Nightmare

10: The Cure - Mint Car

11: Kansas - Carry on my Wayward Son

12: Nox Arcana - Temple of the Black Pharaoh

13: Nox Arcana - Hallowed Ruins

Well, there you have it!

Of course I listen to a lot more music than this, but this group always has my highest vote...And Nox Arcana is AMAZING, I just can't stop listening to it...especially the organ and choir tracks...

Farewell!

Friday the 13th Things - My Favorite TV shows/Movies

Greetings!
This Friday the 13 things post is supposed to be my favorite TV shows, but as I don't have 13, (I don't watch much TV) I'll state movies.

                                     My 13 Favorite Movies and why I like them.


1: Lord of the Rings: Because I love anything J.R.R Tolkien wrote and even if the movie trilogy is a bit off center, it's still ranking among my top favorites. (Fantasy, medieval, magic, languages, AWESOME?)

2: The Wedding Singer: As I already talked about in an earlier post, I love this movie because it's 80s, a musical, and it's kind of cute...hehe. Yeah I'm still rambling about George...

3: Pirates of the Caribbean: Who am I to pass up a fantastic pirate movie with several of my favorite actors?

4: Zorro: I like old period movies, so of course this set was a fanastic view. Plus I thought the actors were quite good.

5: Alice in Wonderland: Yay Tim Burton! And awesome actors...

6: Repo! The Genetic Opera: It's a Gothic Rock Opera. That's just good. :)

7: The Hangover: Heh, I often like a good average comedy sometimes, this was one that I especially liked.

8: Benny and Joon: This movie, is just so cute. I've seen it 3 times now and still want to see it again.

9: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: This was funny, and yay Tim Burton!

10: Interview with the Vampire: Yes...I know it's not accurate but I still liked it...

11: The Corpse Bride: Cute, just CUTE! and YAY TIM BURTON :D

12: The Crow: Made me actually tolerate crows now. :P

13: The Phantom of the Opera: Musical!!

On another note, I will tell about the TV shows I actually DO watch.

1: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: At first I thought I'd hate it, but It's actually pretty fun.

2: Supernatural: Love love love.....The Paranormal, humor, awesome actors...

3: The Addams Family: This is just...awesome.

4: The Munsters: I like it better than the Addams, it inspired me to decorate my room with cobwebs...:D

5: Merlin: Yes, quite historically inaccurate, but rather charming all the same. A nice take on the legend.

Well that's all.

Farewell!

Halloween Costume Post/Other Party Photos

Greetings!

As promised, I did form a Halloween costume this year, just to photograph.

TO be honest, I had no idea what to do this year, I thought first to be 'The lady of cobwebbing'...but that didn't sound too good, so I figured I'd just experiment and see what happened. That being THIS:

As you can see, a cross between my own style, Lydia Deetz and Mrs Lovett.

Full outfit. :)

And yes, I did include Mrs. Lovett's striped tights.

Another pie photo.

And considering the day before Halloween was my sister's boyfriend's birthday, I wore this costume while we had our little celebration.  Here's the photos:

Me, My sister and her boyfriend.

"What a waste! I have now started mass production by making the pies smaller..." :)

"Ah, a new pie will be along shortly."

                                                                                                                                        

Happy Halloween!

Greetings!

I hope you all had a fun and spooky Halloween/Samhain/All Hallows Eve.

I thought for me it'd be a letdown, as again this year I was unable to trick or treat...:( But it still turned out to be quite fun anyway.

I carved 4 turnips (Traditional Irish Jack o' Lanterns!) and two home grown pumpkins. Sadly, they look quite green, being Australian, but they look quite cute non the less.

Here's pictures:

I carved them myself. :)

Some of my candle collection alongside.

Lanterns!

Farewell!