Today, an interview with the four girls at Diary of a Teenager. They've got a giveaway open, so go!
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post for ‘Death, Books & Tea’ - Halloween Fact File on the bloggers of
‘Diary of a Teenager’ (Yes, we know it’s generic)
Why
do you read scary things?
Issy - Grim fascination. Want to see
if it's actually scary (it's often not).
Abi - I love being creeped out.
Lily - Being scared is fun, and they
are often quite unpredictable.
Georgie - I love a good scare, but
I’m too much of a wimp to watch horror films.
What
flavour of scary do you like reading about-paranormal creatures, serial
killers, chill up your spine hauntings, or something different?
I - You can't have a flavour of
scary.
A - Serial Killers make things
entertaining; ghosts and clowns because they freak me out!
L - Ghosts and the paranormal.
G - Ghosts and serial killer related
scary because they’re both set in the real world and are more realistic than
paranormal (and therefore scarier).
Out
of everything in the world, what do you find scary?
I - Bad fanfiction and gore.
A - Clowns, dolls, asylums, creepy
ghost children.
L - Clowns, ghosts and my sister!
G - Being home along at night in the
winter (when it gets really dark) -
whenever that happens I have to lock all the doors, close all the curtains and
turn all the lights on. Oh, and all the generic scary stuff (above :D).
If
you could insert yourself into any horror novel, which would it be, who would
you be, and why?
I - I play more horror games than
books.
A - Hmmm, I don't think going into a
horror situation is a smart idea. I don't fancy dying.
L - I would rather stay at home in
front of the telly, to be honest!
G - As horror can get insanely creepy, I’d rather not be
sucked into any of them - I prefer to be the onlooker who knows what’s going on
(although the best horror catches you by surprise).
Classic
(pre-1970s) or modern horror-which do you prefer and why?
I - Modern horror - tends to be more
graphic and relevant.
A - Modern I guess, because I
haven't really read any classic horror but when we did Gothic Horror in English
I wasn't overly impressed.
L - Classic, because they're more original
with better ideas.
G - Because I haven’t read much
classic horror (I know, how dare I!)
I’d have to say modern horror, and also because modern horror is a lot more
realistic.
What's
the scariest thing you've read to this day?
I - 'My Immortal' - fanfiction.
A - Coraline!
L - Twilight!
G - It’s a draw between a few: Torn
by Cat Clarke (teenage murders), Unrest by Michelle Harrison (ghosts and
un-willing possession) and the Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
(memory loss and hallucinations). They’re not classic scary, but as I
previously mentioned, the best horror is realistic.
What
books scared you most as a child?
I - Not a book, but the lion from
Teletubbies.
A - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
L - I didn't read scary books
(Editor's note - “wimp!”).
G -
I didn’t read much horror as a kid, but I did read Harry Potter (a lot),
so I’ll say that. J
What
do you do to celebrate Halloween?
I - Dress up like a lunatic, cover
house in fake cobwebs, carve pumpkins and throw eggs at kids give out
sweets.
A - Go 'trick or treating' with
friends and then go to a party.
L - Trick or treating with my
nanny... Or nothing.
G - We sometimes go to our local
National Trust property which they decorate, and all the staff dress up
(ranging from a corpse bridal party and the child catcher). It can get really
creepy in the dark!
Any
fun Halloween stories you have to tell us?
I - Mum asked if a trick or
treater's hair was real. Was a wig.
A - We dressed my little sister up
as a cute little pumpkin one year.
L - Playing tricks on the trick or
treaters - offering them cooked spaghetti instead of sweets, etc. [One of them]
started shouting at us!
G - To be honest, nothing out of the
ordinary happens on Halloween - although once when we were at the NT property,
one of the staff [dressed as a vampire] tried to scare my little sister and she
went “Expelliarmus!”… Hilarious ;)
Any
other spooky books you want to share?
I - *thinks thoughtfully for a while
and then shakes head*
A - There’s a lot I want to read but
haven’t gotten round to yet ;)
L - Women in Black!
G - Apart from the ones I mentioned
earlier (which are a must read!)
there’s a really good short story collection from Neil Gaiman of ‘The Graveyard
Book’ called M is for Magic which
has some really entertaining, creepy
stories in it.
And
now, Issy’s interpretation of Halloween:
Thanks for having us Nina!
Lots of internet hugs,
Diary of a Teenager Team
(xxGEORGIExx, xDarkDream, ~Abi~ and LilyCaitlin) xxx
