Books to Pick Up:

• The Shining by Stephen King
  This classic modern American horror follows aspiring writer Jack Torrance at his new job at the Overlook. As the off-season caretaker at the atmospheric old hotel, he'll have plenty of time to spend reconnecting with his family and working on his writing. But as the harsh winter weather sets in, the idyllic location feels ever more remote . . . and more sinister. And the only one to notice the strange and terrible forces gathering around the Overlook is Danny Torrance, a uniquely gifted 5-year-old.
• A Dowry of Blood by S. T. Gibson
  Enjoy this saga of obsession, desire and the lengths we will go to protect the ones we love. Saved from the brink of death by a mysterious stranger, Constanta is transformed from a medieval peasant into a bride fit for an undying king. But when Dracula draws a cunning aristocrat and a starving artist into his web of passion and deceit, Constanta realizes that her beloved is capable of terrible things.
• Through the Woods stories by Emily Carroll
  Journey through the woods in this sinister, compellingly spooky collection that features four brand-new stories and one phenomenally popular tale in print for the first time. These are fairy tales gone seriously wrong. Travel to Our Neighbor's House – though coming back might be a problem. Or find yourself a young bride in a house that holds a terrible secret in A Lady's Hands Are Cold.
• Diavola by Jennifer Thorne
  Anna has two rules for the annual Pace family destination vacations: tread lightly and survive. The gorgeous, remote villa in tiny Monteperso seems like a perfect place to endure so much family togetherness, until things start going off the rails – the strange noises at night, the unsettling warnings from the local villagers, and the dark, violent past of the villa itself.
• Misery by Stephen King
  In this American psychological horror thriller novel, readers meet Paul Sheldon, a bestselling novelist who has finally met his biggest fan. Her name is Annie Wilkes and she is more than a rabid reader – she is Paul's nurse, tending his shattered body after an automobile accident. But she is also his captor, keeping him prisoner in her isolated house.
• Bittersweet in the Hollow by Kate Pearsall
  When a girl goes missing in her secluded Appalachian town, 17-year-old Linden, who can taste other people's emotions, recovers haunting memories of her own disappearance and explores the legend of the Moth-Wigned Man, leading her to wonder if there are some secrets best left buried.

DVDs to Check Out:

• IT (Rated R)
  A malevolent force in a small New England town takes the shape of a clown, but “It” isn't clowning around. Instead, It terrifies youngsters with their innermost fears, bringing some to their untimely doom – until a group of wily neighborhood kids fight back.
• Get Out (Rated R)
  A young African-American visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point.
• Insidious (Rated PG-13)
  This is the terrifying story of a family who, shortly after moving, discovers that dark spirits have possessed their home and that their son has inexplicably fallen into a coma. Trying to escape the haunting and save their son, they move again only to realize that it was not their house that was haunted.
• Freaky (Rated R)
  Seventeen-year-old Millie Kessler is just trying to survive high school when she becomes the newest target of the Butcher, her town's infamous serial killer. The Butcher's mystical ancient dagger causes him and Millie to wake up in each other's bodies, and Millie learns that she has just 24 hours to get her body back before it is permanent. While Millie races against the clock to reverse the curse, the Butcher discovers that having a female body is the perfect cover for a little killing spree.
• Christine (Rated R)
  She was born in Detroit on an automobile assembly line. But she is no ordinary automobile. Deep within her chassis lives an unholy presence. She is Christine, a red and white 1958 Plymouth Fury whose unique standard equipment includes an evil, indestructible vengeance that will destroy anyone in her way.
• The Woman in Black (Rated PG-13)
  A young lawyer is ordered to travel to a remote village and sort out a recently deceased client's papers. While he works alone in the client's isolated house, he discovers the vengeful ghost of a scorned woman who is terrorizing the locals. This leads him on a desperate race against time when he discovers her true intent.

What to Watch on Kanopy:

• Suspiria (Rated R)
  A newcomer to a fancy ballet academy gradually comes to realize that the school is a front for something far more sinister and supernatural amidst a series of grisly murders. This is Italian horror-master Dario Argento’s best-known and most acclaimed film.
• The House at the End of the Street (Rated PG-13)
  After moving with her mother to a small town, a teenager finds that an accident happened in the house at the end of the street. Things get more complicated when she befriends a boy. A double murder is not an accident.
• Relic (Rated R)
  When elderly mother Edna inexplicably vanishes, her daughter Kay and granddaughter Sam rush to their family’s decaying country home, finding clues of her increasing dementia scattered around the house. After Edna returns just as mysteriously as she disappeared and her behavior turns increasingly volatile, all begin to sense that an insidious presence in the house might be taking control of her.
• The Babadook (Rated TV-MA)
  In this terrifying thriller, a mother must protect her son from an evil, supernatural entity that has escaped the pages of a children’s book and is lurking in their home.
• The Crazies (Rated R)
  A small rural town finds itself in the grip of an infection, which sends its hosts into a violent, homicidal frenzy.
• Talk to Me (Rated R)
  When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.

And don’t forget to check out the Halloween activities at your BCLS branch!