Welcome to Litsy!

#hhs #hhs24 #hauntedhallowswap

I'm not sure how I'd describe my aesthetic, so here are some images I like?
-Watching scary movies; anything from silly scares to slashers. Same for reads
-Visually/decor, I like sheeted ghosts, cute bats, and pumpkins more than fangs and blood
-I like stories based on mythology
-My cat is gone, but I still love this image. A dusty library with a hint of magic
-The classic monsters have endured for a reason 🙂

BOOK MAIL!!!!
A book filled with so many of my loves was too hard to resist 🖤

Universal monster movies are the first thing I think of when I hear the word “horror”.
#teamstoker #chillingphotochallenge

My favourite photo in the Spotlight section is of Boris Karloff in full Monster make-up genteely sipping his four o'clock tea from a china cup and saucer. Quintessentially English 😀

A bit fuzzy as I couldn't get a good angle on it, but this is the portrait of Elsa Lanchester - The Bride of Frankenstein - in the National Portrait Gallery. In the same room are portraits of Conan Doyle, Aldous Huxley and (my favourite and profile pic!) Mervyn Peake.

This isn't an encyclopedic, in-depth history of the studio and films: it's not for scholars. It *is* a fun overview, delightful and entertaining and has sent me back, with a renewed interest and appreciation, for the films which as a kid I used to stay up late to watch on TV, lights out, tucked under a blanket on the sofa, wondering if I, though pure of heart, might turn into a wolf when the wolfbane bloomed when the autumn moon was bright! 🐺🌚