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Carla Pettigrew

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Book Review: The Devil Aspect

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Book Review: The Devil Aspect

The Devil Aspect, by Craig Russell: Bookshop, Audible (15 hrs, 23 mins) The Devil Aspect by Craig Russell My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is an incredibly fascinating deep dive into another world, that of an insane asylum in Czechoslovakia, housed in an ancient and storied castle. This hospital

By Carla Pettigrew 29 Nov 2020
Movie Review: Omen IV: The Awakening (1991)

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Movie Review: Omen IV: The Awakening (1991)

Link to review at Letterboxd: very minor spoilers Omen IV: The Awakening (1991), originally (if my memory serves) a made-for-TV movie–if so, a very well done one I have great affection for this movie, even though the characters seem unaware of the Second Coming of Christ at the end

By Carla Pettigrew 18 Nov 2020
Movie Review: Near Dark (1987)

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Movie Review: Near Dark (1987)

Finally saw this classic dark vampire film. It’s really a vampire western. There’s even a tumbleweed. Review from Letterboxd (with minor spoilers): Young Bill Paxton hurts my heart in the best way. Lance Henriksen is beautiful and fascinating. That backlit silhouette scene (you can see it in the

By Carla Pettigrew 16 Nov 2020
Movie Review: Seven aka Se7en (1995)

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Movie Review: Seven aka Se7en (1995)

Link to Letterboxd review, which is fully quoted below. 5 stars, seen multiple, multiple times. Many spoilers abound. “We are not what was intended.” —John Doe’s diary Not noticed before: Excerpt from his diary: someone tapped on his shoulder on the subway and wanted to talk to him. John

By Carla Pettigrew 29 Oct 2020

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Hounds of Love: 64

lock-1 By Carla Pettigrew 27 Oct 2020
Movie Review: Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)

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Movie Review: Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)

Spoilers abound. From Letterboxd (please feel free to follow me there): Thoughts upon rewatching: 1. Ray Wise is awesome in horror. 2. It’s early in the year for a state football championship, way too early. 3. Where are the rest of the cheerleaders? Driving home? 4. Does the “lady

By Carla Pettigrew 29 Sep 2020
Vintage Knitting Resources

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Vintage Knitting Resources

You know I adore history, and I knit when my body will let me. When I can’t knit, there is always the pastime of looking at knitting patterns…and the cross-over hobby of researching and perusing historical knitting patterns. Here’s some pretty and fascinating resources I’ve found.

By Carla Pettigrew 17 Sep 2020
Episode 32: What the Dickens

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Episode 32: What the Dickens

Resources for the episode

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Still Haunted: 63

lock-1 By Carla Pettigrew 10 Sep 2020
Book Review (Change): Helter Skelter

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Book Review (Change): Helter Skelter

By way of Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties by Tom O’Neill with Dan Piepenbring: Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders by Vincent Bugliosi My rating: 3 of 5 stars Chopped stars off my rating after reading Chaos: Charles Manson,

By Carla Pettigrew 08 Sep 2020
Movie Review: The Other Lamb (2019)

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Movie Review: The Other Lamb (2019)

The Other Lamb (2019), dir. Malgorzata Szumowska, starring Michiel Huisman as Shepherd, the male leader of a female-only religious cult, and Raffey Cassidy as Selah, his daughter and his fascination No spoilers, unless you consider my religious extracurricular research as a spoiler: <blockquote>”Selah” is a word used

By Carla Pettigrew 02 Sep 2020

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Personal Hauntings: 62

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Horror, true crime, paranormal, disability through a literary lens, whimsy, writing in progress since 2017.

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Horror, true crime, paranormal, disability through a literary lens, whimsy, writing in progress since 2017.