First off, Happy first of Halloween!
I have decided, that in honor of October and in apology for not typing at all for a while, that I would do a daily exercise.
I simultaneously love and hate Halloween. I love the costumes and candy and general spoopy, but I cannot stand haunted houses and horror movies and anything scary.
Hilariously, I do love horror comics. Especially those by Junji Ito. They're so bizarre and well-written, and while I am extremely creeped out by some of them, others are absolutely fascinating.
So I figured: why not celebrate halloween month reading some Junji Ito and giving whoever may be reading this my opinions on the stories from his anthologies? One for each other day in October.
While reading, I have a rating system that I have decided to put in place, one I have called the "Four Cs":
Confusing: I had a hard time with this one. Maybe some of the plot elements didn't get through, or maybe I had a hard time finding it entertaining in any way.
Cool: This one was just... cool. Everything fit in all the right places, and where it may have given a shudder, it wasn't enough to last.
Creepy: This one was... weird. Actually able to have some kind of lasting effect and stuck with me, but not in the way the cool story did. Definately a spine tingle.
Chilling: These are the genuinely scary ones. The ones that I'm going to regret reading a second time because they kept me up at night. (fortunately the most infamous one is not being reviewed)
Of course, your mileage may vary on how scary they are. The ones I thought were cool someone else may be horrified with.
I will be reviewing Horror Anthologies 7-12 this month, just so I can avoid reading the Shouichi stories because they're creepy and I hate them. You may read them on your own.
So I'll see everyone tomorrow with my first reading and review.
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