VIDEO: Neil Gaiman’s Halloween Recommendations

In this video, Neil Gaiman says, “Give people scary stories.” He then goes on to recommend a set of books, films, music and apps that you should try:

Books

• A book by Joe Hill (Heart-Shaped Box is offered up by the Google page, as is the rest of this book list)
• Krabat by Otfried Preussler
• The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
• The Shining by Stephen King
• The Time of the Ghost by Diana Wynne Jones
• The Woman in Black: A Ghost Story by Susan Hill

Films

• Being There
• The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T
• Life of Brian
• 12 Monkeys
• Harlan Ellison: Dreams With Sharp Teeth
• Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields
• The Bride of Frankenstein
• Cat People

Music

• Sunday In The Park With George by Stephen Sondheim
• Theatre Is Evil by Amanda Palmer
• Live At Hollywood High by Elvis Costello
• Love at the Bottom of the Sea by The Magnetic Fields
• Avalanche by Thea Gilmore

He also goes on to recommend some Android apps. I’m not sure that apps like Audible, Google Drive and Yelp really evoke the idea of Halloween…unless maybe you’re using them in haunted house? Or something.

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