#2.4 horror recs for halloween

Belle and Jenny chat all things spooooooky in this weeks episode. Belle is on a mission to read a really scary book (spoiler - we're struggling to find one!) We share our spookiest book recs along with some (not all that spooky) movie recommendations.

We'd love to know the scariest book you've ever, drop us a comment over on Instagram.

Books mentioned

• We Solve Murder by Richard Osmond
• Children of Paradise by Camilla Grudova
• Our Wives Under the Sea and Salt Slow by Julia Armfield
• The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
• Verity by Colleen Hoover
• The Whistling by Rebecca Netley
• Thin Air and Dark Matter by Michelle Paver
• Sharp Objects andThe Grown Up by Gillian Flynn
• The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
• Dark Tales andThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
• Things We Lost in the Fire by Marianna Enriquez
• The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward
• Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung
• Things We Say in the Dark by Kirsty Logan
• Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
• Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
• Rachel Harrison and Grady Hendrix's books

Movies & TV mentioned

• Hereditary
• Black Christmas
• Anna and the Apocalypse
• One Cut of the Dead
• The Shining
• The Blair Witch Project
• The Voices
• Mr Mercedes (TV)

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