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Weekly Prompt:
Q: What is your favorite scary story?
A:
I’m not sure I have a favorite, however there is one sub-genre that truly interests if not frightens me. True Crime scares the shit out of me. While I will never take a shower after watching Psycho I know that Norman Bates will not try to stab me dressed as his mother because he is a fictional character However, novels like Helter Skelter and In Cold Blood creep me out because these crimes actually happened. Charlie Manson may be in jail but it terrifies me that people like him actually exist.
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Beginning:
DISARM THE TOY INDUSTRY
Printed in angry block red letters the slogan gleamed out from the large white button like a neon sign. I carefully reread it to make sure I had not made a mistake.
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Meanwhile,the lamp itself had attracted a considerable personal following among cruising prides of pimply-faced Adolescents who night after night could hardly wait for darkness to fall and the soft, sinuous radiation of Passion to light up the drab, dark corners of Cleveland Street.
My Thoughts
I’ve seen the movie and watched the play but I’ve never read A Christmas Story. It is such a cult classic and love the lamp scene no matter how perverted.
A Christmas Story: The Book That Inspired the Hilarious Classic Film by Jean Shepherd
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A beloved, bestselling classic of humorous and nostalgic Americana—the book that inspired the equally classic Yuletide film.
The holiday film A Christmas Story, first released in 1983, has become a bona fide Christmas perennial, gaining in stature and fame with each succeeding year. Its affectionate, wacky, and wryly realistic portrayal of an American family’s typical Christmas joys and travails in small-town Depression-era Indiana has entered our imagination and our hearts with a force equal to It’s a Wonderful Life and Miracle on 34th Street.
This edition of A Christmas Story gathers together in one hilarious volume the gems of autobiographical humor that Jean Shepherd drew upon to create this enduring film. Here is young Ralphie Parker’s shocking discovery that his decoder ring is really a device to promote Ovaltine; his mother and father’s pitched battle over the fate of a lascivious leg lamp; the unleashed and unnerving savagery of Ralphie’s duel in the show with the odious bullies Scut Farkas and Grover Dill; and, most crucially, Ralphie’s unstoppable campaign to get Santa—or anyone else—to give him a Red Ryder carbine action 200-shot range model air rifle. Who cares that the whole adult world is telling him, “You’ll shoot your eye out, kid”?
The pieces that comprise A Christmas Story, previously published in the larger collections In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash and Wanda Hickey’s Night of Golden Memories, coalesce in a magical fashion to become an irresistible piece of Americana, quite the equal of the film in its ability to warm the heart and tickle the funny bone.
From the Hardcover edition.
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It’s getting to that time of year, too. Thanks for sharing, sounds like a lovely book.
Yes it is, I can’t believe how fast the holidays crept up on us.
At the recommendation of my stepfather, I’ve read a couple of books by Jean Shepherd. He captures the era so well, and with such humor. The movie is one of a kind.
There is no question that the movie is one of a kind — and so quotable too! I’m looking for to reading the book.
Thanks for reminding me. Such great memories.
Anytime, I always need a reminder or push to reread memorable books too.
I enjoyed reading Helter Skelter, but yeah, it was pretty horrifying. The truth is sometimes scarier than fiction!
I enjoyed Helter Skelter as well, even though I was sickened by it. There is no question in my mind the truth is scarier than fiction!
I don’t know any of the thrillers mentioned but they do sound scary! Old follower. Have an amazing weekend!
OMG, I absolutely love true crime. It’s my favorite genre, and it can be SO scary.
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I love true crime and watched both of those. And a Christmas Story is something we watch every Christmas, over and over, even though we have no children. It has become a tradition in our household.
My sister loves this movie and has to watch it every year. I don’t care for it at all, so I doubt I would want to read the book, but I hope you love it! I’d love for you and your readers to check out my BB & 56… http://tinyurl.com/LisaKsBookReviewsSAI
I love the sound of this one! Both my father and my husband adore this movie and this book would be a great gift! Thanks for sharing!
I should read this one! The movie is like a backdrop to Christmas dinners everywhere…but I don’t think I’ve ever seen it all the way through.
Thanks for sharing…and true crime frightens me, too.
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Watching the movie is a tradition in our family. I may need to make reading this book a tradition, too.
Here is my Friday 56: https://coffeeandcatsblog.wordpress.com/2016/11/18/friday-56-16/#comments
All these Christmasy books are reminding me that I need to start Christmas shopping, haha. Hope you enjoy your weekend!
I think most everybody watches the movie during the holidays. I haven’t read the book though. I spotted Ralphie’s bunny suit in Walmarts! LOL For real.
I know what you mean! I love watching documentaries on serial killers etc but its really hard to believe that there is that type of evil out there.
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That beginning though… lol
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