Reviews by Aisley

“Reader beware…you’re in for a scare.” Quite possibly the most iconic line of my childhood that, arguably, began a lifetime-love of all things haunting and horror. There was nobody else quite like R.L. Stein that could take childhood fears, play with young emotions and create a series of books so daunting and yet entertaining as Goosebumps. As years progressed, I would find myself being drawn in more and more to the horror genre; always looking for a scarier movie, a spookier costume at Halloween, a more haunting location to visit and explore. Now, of course, horror certainly isn’t for everyone, but the hidden beauty of fear is that a tone can be set within the genre to cater for individual limits. Take Halloween for example…traditionally a once-a-year night, dedicated to enabling children to dress up in exaggerated, often humorous, ghoul-ish costumes and eat a year’s worth of sugar in a matter of hours. It has only been in more recent years that the haunting holiday has began edging toward a more adult nature, seeing the opening of terrifying scare mazes and paranormal events, growing in popularity year after year.