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# Resources: Episode 10: Boo Without Goo: Scary Movies For the Squeamish
- URL: https://there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast.ghost.io/episode-10-boo-without-goo/
- Published: 2017-07-06T21:44:23.000Z
- Updated: 2025-02-03T15:55:52.000Z
- Author: Carla Pettigrew
- Tags: Newsletter, #Migrated-1738597973835, #Import 2025-02-03 15:53

> Hecate: O! Well done! I commend your pains,  
>  
> and ever one shall share i’ the gains…  
>  
> Sec. Witch: By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.  
>  
> Open, locks,  
>  
> Whoever knocks!  
>  
> —[Macbeth](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780743477109), Willam Shakespeare

[Listen to “10: Boo Without Goo: Scary Movies For the Squeamish” on Spreaker.](https://www.spreaker.com/episode/43132360) Paid subscribers can listen to this episode [ad-free on Substack](https://there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast.ghost.io/p/there-might-be-cupcakes-episode-92).

### Scary movies for the squeamish: the list of 31 films

1. [Paranormal Activity (2010)](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/0032429251596)
2. [Paperhouse (1990)](http://www.amazon.com/Paperhouse-Charlotte-Burke/dp/B00HSD0PKC/ref=as%5Fli%5Fbk%5Ftl/?tag=bibliothera01-20&linkId=4ae81acf79bd86bf2143cb3e05add8c7&linkCode=ktl), based upon the young adult novel [Marianne Dreams](http://www.amazon.com/Marianne-Dreams-Faber-Classics-Catherine/dp/0571313272/ref=as%5Fli%5Fbk%5Ftl/?tag=bibliothera01-20&linkId=94a68ef254176c2f1573dedfa09c6260&linkCode=ktl), by Catherine Storr
3. [Lady in White (1988)](http://www.amazon.com/Lady-White-Blu-ray-Lukas-Haas/dp/B0192PEQ7Q/ref=as%5Fli%5Fbk%5Ftl/?tag=bibliothera01-20&linkId=205978be475ca873814028a2e23b99a7&linkCode=ktl)
4. [The Changeling (1980)](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/0663390002308), with the amazing George C. Scott
5. [What Lies Beneath (2000)](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/0191329204573), with Harrison Ford and Michelle Pffiefer
6. [1408 (2007)](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/0796019815246), the first [Stephen King](https://theremightbecupcakes.com/tag/stephen-king/) on the list–original story from the collection [Everything’s Eventual: 14 Dark Tales](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781501197963)
7. [Storm of the Century (1999)](http://www.amazon.com/Stephen-Kings-Storm-Century-Becky/dp/1573625779/ref=as%5Fli%5Fbk%5Ftl/?tag=bibliothera01-20&linkId=cae3da21b65fa6a0b52dc963bd8a9ac0&linkCode=ktl), and there’s the second Stephen King ([screenplay](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780671032647))
8. [The Others (2001)](http://www.amazon.com/Others-Nicole-Kidman/dp/B00OI2MIJW/ref=as%5Fli%5Fbk%5Ftl/?tag=bibliothera01-20&linkId=da840c191a954ed6a0224ae4edd34ec9&linkCode=ktl)
9. Dark Water: both [the original (2002)](http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Water-2-Disc-Special-Blu-ray/dp/B01IWXJVMY/ref=as%5Fli%5Fbk%5Ftl/?tag=bibliothera01-20&linkId=38c4e8ecdeb49ffdf3387e28bd95bce4&linkCode=ktl), directed by [Ringu](http://www.amazon.com/Ringu-Nanako-Matsushima/dp/B000088NQR/ref=as%5Fli%5Fbk%5Ftl/?tag=bibliothera01-20&linkId=ca983ad74df6bd8ee102b63ff1855eaa&linkCode=ktl) and [Ringu 2](http://www.amazon.com/Ringu-2-Miki-Nakatani/dp/B0009X765A/ref=as%5Fli%5Fbk%5Ftl/?tag=bibliothera01-20&linkId=c69db2acf287fdc5ff610a6ab7329e48&linkCode=ktl) director [Hideo Nakata](https://amzn.to/39BFShY), and the [American remake (2005)](http://www.amazon.com/Water-Unrated-Widescreen-Jennifer-Connelly/dp/B000AWYOGE/ref=as%5Fli%5Fbk%5Ftl/?tag=bibliothera01-20&linkId=44beff76af400875553b911eb3b32065&linkCode=ktl) with Jennifer Connolly; based upon the short story *Floating Water* (浮遊する水; *Fuyū Suru Mizu* from the collection [From the Depths of Dark Water](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781932234220) *Honogurai mizu no soko kara* ([Kanji](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanji): 仄暗い水の底から) by [Koji Suzuki](http://amzn.to/2sRwYVI)
10. [Rose Red (2002)](http://amzn.to/2sLhg3k), lookee, Stephen King again
11. [The Haunting (1963)](http://www.amazon.com/Haunting-Julie-Harris/dp/B004WNTGYM/ref=as%5Fli%5Fbk%5Ftl/?tag=bibliothera01-20&linkId=e4e3212e18e4f81fbb11267646fde62e&linkCode=ktl), based upon Shirley Jackson’s [The Haunting of Hill House](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780143039983)
12. [Skeleton Key (2005)](http://www.amazon.com/Skeleton-Key-Kate-Hudson/dp/B000I9S690/ref=as%5Fli%5Fbk%5Ftl/?tag=bibliothera01-20&linkId=61b38c5f93632820ca5fe2e1c0ad09bf&linkCode=ktl)
13. [The Ward (2010)](http://www.amazon.com/Ward-Amber-Heard/dp/B0052DP1RC/ref=as%5Fli%5Fbk%5Ftl/?tag=bibliothera01-20&linkId=e76f55be40e0901cf40ad5ecf0fab09b&linkCode=ktl)
14. [Summer of Fear](http://amzn.to/2uPGgD0), sometimes also known as Stranger in Our House (1978), based upon the [young adult novel by Lois Duncan](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780316099073)
15. [The Ones Below (2015)](http://www.amazon.com/Ones-Below-Cl%C3%A9mence-Po%C3%A9sy/dp/B01H8T8ZUC/ref=as%5Fli%5Fbk%5Ftl/?tag=bibliothera01-20&linkId=f726e1abc3918560f18222ab617e7c93&linkCode=ktl)
16. [It Follows (2014)](http://www.amazon.com/Follows-Maika-Monroe/dp/B00VVXI6OM/ref=as%5Fli%5Fbk%5Ftl/?tag=bibliothera01-20&linkId=217e46ec7dff7f0d58aac037f3f11708&linkCode=ktl)—warning for the opening scene, as with others in this movie, the violence happens off-screen, but the result is grotesque
17. [Jessabelle (2014)](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/0031398210863)—warning for one dead goat carcass shown
18. [The Caller (2011)](http://www.amazon.com/Caller-Rachelle-Lefevre/dp/B005JAF41Q/ref=as%5Fli%5Fbk%5Ftl/?tag=bibliothera01-20&linkId=fb493c91be9aa19b23c7d02febafa275&linkCode=ktl)
19. [Return to Oz (1985)](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/0786936233780), based upon the second, third and fourth books in [the Oz series](http://amzn.to/2tmqilO): [The Marvelous Land of Oz](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781950435425), [Ozma of Oz](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781950435449), and [Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781950435463)
20. [The Watcher in the Woods (1980)](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/0786936234220)
21. [Emelie (2015)](http://www.amazon.com/Emelie-Sarah-Bolger/dp/B01C5AI7NE/ref=as%5Fli%5Fbk%5Ftl/?tag=bibliothera01-20&linkId=ebfd2d18c508aa64c7d41ad5270b5ad1&linkCode=ktl)
22. [The Visit (2015)](http://www.amazon.com/Visit-Olivia-DeJonge/dp/B019969042/ref=as%5Fli%5Fbk%5Ftl/?tag=bibliothera01-20&linkId=c4951605273ae858f165f9fe3bc587ea&linkCode=ktl)
23. [Rosemary’s Baby (1968)](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/0715515100816), based upon the [novel by Ira Levin](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9798200715206)
24. [The Blair Witch Project](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/0012236107736) plus the short [Curse of the Blair Witch](http://www.amazon.com/Curse-Blair-Witch-Frank-Pastor/dp/B009K0HW2K/ref=as%5Fli%5Fbk%5Ftl/?tag=bibliothera01-20&linkId=789003d1392c2038c465920d29758091&linkCode=ktl) (1999)
25. [Unfriended (2014)](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/0025192287312)
26. [Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/0786936234206), based upon [the novel by Ray Bradbury](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781501167713)
27. [The Good Son (1993)](http://www.amazon.com/Good-Son-Special-Blu-ray/dp/B071Z7HDXS/ref=as%5Fli%5Fbk%5Ftl/?tag=bibliothera01-20&linkId=9b58c465b0776a67a29f36ea925b41c9&linkCode=ktl), script written by novelist Ian McEwan, famous for [Atonement](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780385721790)
28. [The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/0717951000774)
29. [The Houses October Built (2014)](http://www.amazon.com/Houses-October-Built-Brandy-Schaefer/dp/B00OCECH38/ref=as%5Fli%5Fbk%5Ftl/?tag=bibliothera01-20&linkId=742c9d24d2edb7f0a6bf4c6005a61a3c&linkCode=ktl)—this is a remake of the 2011 original by the same filmmakers, I have not seen the original. This is one of those movies that you will finish watching and swear it was gory. I promise you—no gore. None.
30. [One Hour Photo (2002)](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/0024543062165)
31. [The Woman in Black (2012)](http://www.amazon.com/Woman-Black-Daniel-Radcliffe/dp/B0081KTHEQ/ref=as%5Fli%5Fbk%5Ftl/?tag=bibliothera01-20&linkId=3d49ed01c75be8a1ed50ad7cc61279f1&linkCode=ktl), based upon the [novel by Susan Hill](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780307950215)

bonus movie that I apparently inserted off the cuff during production: [The Witch (2016)](http://www.amazon.com/Witch-Anya-Taylor-Joy/dp/B01BT3SCUG/ref=as%5Fli%5Fbk%5Ftl/?tag=bibliothera01-20&linkId=1bd43faeb6c3a329f999d3be7c213963&linkCode=ktl)

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#### All books added, as usual, to [our bookshelf at Goodreads](https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/2800966-carla?shelf=there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast&utf8=%E2%9C%93)

### Suggested book this week from Audible, my lovely sponsor:

#### **Danse Macabre**, by Stephen King, narrated by William Dufris. You can [purchase it here, through Audible’s partner Amazon](http://amzn.to/2tWZk64), or [get it for free through my sponsor link from Audible](http://audibletrial.com/mightbecupcakes), by signing up for a 30-day trial of Audible’s services. Either way, you are helping to support There Might Be Cupcakes, and I thank you heartily and humbly.

If you would like to purchase it in print, and still support me, you may do so by buying it through Amazon in [Kindle format](http://amzn.to/2sS19w3), or from Bookshop in [paperback format](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781439170984), and thank you! I highly recommend it–it is my favorite book on the history of horror, what’s good about it (and what should be avoided)…and it reads like you’re having a beer and conversation with a good friend.

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![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/6d/f5/6df583d7-3da2-455c-b104-e0c5ab8c796a/content/images/2025/02/https-3a-2f-2fsubstack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f615fb635-806b-4068-a59d-384b41d99bbd_900x300-jpeg.jpg)

Fairuza Balk, Return to Oz (those are not podcast headphones)

**From the list:**

#### Addendums to Rose Red:

not without goo:

book: [The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life At Rose Red](http://www.amazon.com/Diary-Ellen-Rimbauer-Life-Rose/dp/0786868015/ref=as%5Fli%5Fbk%5Ftl/?tag=bibliothera01-20&linkId=e955535ddf40794e2833af7187f81468&linkCode=ktl), and [accompanying movie](https://amzn.to/3pVXdIl)

#### Addendum to Something Wicked This Way Comes:

the books:

series order:

1. [Dandelion Wine](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780553277531)
2. [Something Wicked This Way Comes](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781501167713)
3. [Farewell Summer](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780061131554)
4. [Summer Morning, Summer Night](http://www.amazon.com/Summer-Morning-Night-Ray-Bradbury/dp/1596062029/ref=as%5Fli%5Fbk%5Ftl/?tag=bibliothera01-20&linkId=6f0f20b5c70a222ca37f664d3b84cdef&linkCode=ktl)

#### Addendum to Dark Water:

the book tangents:

[Koji Suzuki](http://amzn.to/2sRwYVI) is also the author of the Ring novels:

1. [Ring](http://amzn.to/2uvfr7I)
2. [Spiral](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781942993933)
3. [Loop](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781932234251)
4. [Birthday](https://amzn.to/2F2r3cg)
5. [Rings](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781945054242)

#### Addendum to Rosemary’s Baby

The novel has a sequel: [Son of Rosemary](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781605981116). If you cannot figure out the riddle given in a reasonable amount of time, hit me up.

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My podcast recommendation this week: [Faculty of Horror](http://www.facultyofhorror.com/), [Andrea Subissati and Alexandra West’s](http://www.facultyofhorror.com/) monthly graduate course on [horror movies](https://there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast.ghost.io/tag/horror-movies/). Do your homework; here there be spoilers, and they grade on the curve of a knife.

- [episode index](http://www.facultyofhorror.com/episode-index/): where you can search by filmmaker or film title
- [helpful Podcasts 101 course](https://www.facultyofhorror.com/about-our-podcast/) provided by their college–very quick audit

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##### Music used in this episode: [“The Haunted Metronome”, by Pixyblink](http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Pixyblink/Classwar%5FKaraoke%5F-%5F0023%5FSurvey/63%5FThe%5FHaunted%5FMetronome)

##### Quoted in this episode (and not already mentioned)

- [Heart-Shaped Box](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780061944895) by Joe Hill
- [John Wick](http://amzn.to/2sShq4h)
- [The Family Reunion](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780156301572) by T. S. Eliot (listen for recitation of T. S. Eliot’s [“The Love Song of J. Albert Prufrock”](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780486400617) during a scene in [It Follows](http://www.amazon.com/Follows-Maika-Monroe/dp/B00VVXI6OM/ref=as%5Fli%5Fbk%5Ftl/?tag=bibliothera01-20&linkId=217e46ec7dff7f0d58aac037f3f11708&linkCode=ktl))
- [Cell](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781501122248) by Stephen King
- [It](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781501142970) by Stephen King
- [Frederic Brown](http://amzn.to/2tmCAdZ)
- [Chuck Palahniuk](http://amzn.to/2sS77wQ)
- [Zombie Haiku: Good Poetry For Your…Brains](http://amzn.to/2tmC13P) by Ryan Mecum

[Listen to “10: Boo Without Goo: Scary Movies For the Squeamish” on Spreaker.](https://www.spreaker.com/episode/43132360)

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