A-Z Blogging Challenge: Intro Post

This April, we're once again participating in the A-Z Blogging Challenge! There are nearly 1,700 blogs taking part this year; not all of them are horror-related, but there's more than enough to interest anyone. There's still some time to sign up if you'd like to take part too.

A special "shout out" should also go to Arlee Bird at Tossing It Out for starting the challenge in the first place. Thank you! :)

To view the list of this year's blogs, click the cut below↓

Liebster Blog Award

We recently got a Liebster Blog Award from Chris Hewson over at Not This Time, Nayland Smith! Thank you! :) So, after a little delay, we're going to pass it on to another 11 excellent blogs! (We did get a Liebster Award before, but the rules were completely different.)

The Rules.

Each person must post 11 things about themselves

Answer the questions the tagger has set for you

Create 11 questions for the people you have tagged to answer

Choose 11 people and link them in your post

Go to their page and tell them

No tag backs

We also tried to tag different blogs than we did last time. Since there are 4 of us writing for the blog, we skipped the "11 things about me" part and went straight to the questions:

1. New or early Batman movies?

Madame Luciel: Newer! Get it done! Wear better clothes! :D

Vagina Galore: Early of course!

Erinia Spooky: Early ones, I'm a huge fan of Tim Burton's Batman and classic movies in general! 

Lilia Tombs: I don't mind the early ones or the new ones. It's the films in the middle that were the worst...

2. What's the longest you have ever gone without sleep?

ML: 3 days

VG: Around 36 hours. Hurray for planes and insomnia at the same time.

ES: 3 days. Went to this gig and travelled during the night so I didn't sleep at all cos buses are quite noisy, and then the previous day we queued so I didn't sleep either, so yeah 3 days and two nights. I've never felt more dead in my life, zombies had nothing on me!

LT: 5 or 6 days. I stopped being tired and everything became hilarious...then I fell asleep lol

3. Your most hated TV show.

ML: Ones with terrible singing D:

VG: I love this question! It has to be either Gilmore Girls or Two and Half Twats (Men)

ES: I'm gonna say the news. They're depressing most of the time and not what I need when I try to relax watching TV!

LT: Reality TV shows and "singing" contest-type shows. You know the reaction Wednesday Addams has to Disney films in 'The Addams Family Values'? Well, that's me watching those shows.

4. Gamer or not?

ML: I Am playing a game right now...:D

VG: Hell yes. Hashtag nerdygirl.

ES: YUP! Though I used to play games way more back in the days, not because I stopped loving it but because I don't have much time right now!

LT: I do like games and I play them, but I'm not into them as much as some people I know

5. Favourite music?

ML: Aggressive electronic music

VG: As in genre, artist or band? Oh dear, well I'll make this one short and informative; Industrial & Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows

ES: Rock and metal in general though to be honest I listen to almost any kind of music except for latin music, reaggeton and all that awfully disgusting stuff.

LT:  I don't have a favourite band / artist etc. and I'll listen to anything that I find appealing, regardless of genre / language of lyrics. Film and game soundtracks are also something I enjoy.

6. Favourite movie genre?

ML: Sci fi horror

VG: Horror, sci-fi and... boobies.

ES: This one is pretty obvious but horror! I also love musicals... and Disney!

LT: Horror and its many sub-genres, sci fi, and experimental / art films, but as with music, I like all sorts.

7. The one country in the world you would love to visit.

ML: The Czech Republic!

VG: A country I haven't visited yet? United Kingdom.

ES: Japan, been wanting to go since forever, also the States, especially NY and Las Vegas! -always been a little dream of mine getting married there, but shhhh....-

LT: Out of the ones I haven't been to yet, New Zealand or The Czech Republic :D

8. Favourite book?

ML:  A Dictionary of Monsters and Mysterious Beasts by Carey Miller

VG: Nemesis by Agatha Christie

ES: Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles and the whole Harry Potter saga. Also Wuthering Heights!

LT: At the moment, 'The Metamorphosis and Other Stories' by Franz Kafka

9. Tea or coffee?

ML: Tea in the evening, coffee in the mornings!

VG: Tea, TEA!

ES:  I hate coffee. I'm 100% a tea person!

LT: Tea, but not tea with milk x.x

10. What's the craziest film you've ever seen?

ML: Santa Sangre? There's been crazier, but I want to say that one!

VG: Craziest? fu-huck. I honestly don't know. I cannot stand shitty movies, so I barely have seen any "crazy" crap!

ES: "A serbian film" was some pretty sick sh*t... also the Human Centipede. GROSS. And it comes from someone who loves gore stuff, but that was plain disturbing and disgusting! Deffo not my cup of tea...

LT: I think Andrzej Zuławski's 'Possession' was pretty “crazy”

11. What do you do to chill out after a long day?

ML: I make stuff

VG: Play games or read books, because what? I am, the nerdygirl.

ES: Usually I just sit in front of the computer and watch something, lately I've been watching lots of physics / astrophysics related stuff. I'm fascinated and it keeps getting more and more interesting! Also, when Brian Cox is on them, it gets even better...

LT: Depending on my mood, I do things like paint, draw, listen to music, watch films / documentaries, cook / bake, read, play games, spend time with my cats (or my friends...haha) or go for a walk in the graveyard near me (if it's raining it's more fun :D)

Blogs we're tagging:

The Rotting Zombie

Haunted Design House

Classic Movie Monsters

Horror Web

PUMPKINROT

[Retro-Zombie]

Promote Horror

Shit Movie Fest

Slash the Zombie

Dr Blood's Video Vault

Some Dark Romantic

Our questions:

1. What's the best horror-themed or spooky attraction you've been to?

2. If you had to come up with a new type of monster, what would it be and what would you call it?

3. What's the worst film you've ever seen (any genre)?

4. Best book you've read (any genre)?

5. If you could create a theme park ride, what would it be?

6. Would you rather have a zombie attack or an alien attack?

7. What's the food that scares you the most?

8. What music do you love / hate?

9. Would you rather live underground, in the sea, or in space?

10. Spiders: Creepy or cute?

11. If you could have any "super power" you wanted, what would it be?

Liebster Blog Award

Hello, dear devils and horror dollies! As I'm sure you've notices, HSL has been rather inactive lately, but in our absence the always fabulous Kei from Unfortunately Oh! has chosen HSL as one of her 5 for the Liebster Blog Award! 

So, maniacal cackling psychos in elevators full of blood to her for that :)

There's more good news too! Now I get to choose 5 blogs for a Liebster Blog Award too! 

The blogs below are always full of fantastic entries, so I highly recommend checking them out:

1. Holly's Horrorland A horrific blog filled with all sorts of scary delights! Holly was also the brains behind the Vampire's Day Soiree blog event.

2. Little Gothic Horrors A blog about everything gothic, spooky and strange! Emma, the very talented owner, also makes amazing little dolls called Little Gothic Horrors. (Alright, so she has over 200 followers, but I love this blog so I don't care :P)

3. Bethezda's Preoccupations Run by the gorgeous Bethezda, this blog often focuses on dark fashion and make-up, but there's plenty of other interesting topics included regularly too! (Again, 211 followers, but I'm still going to include this blog)

4. Something WicKED this Way Comes If you need a fix of Halloween in the sunny days to come, this is definitely the place to go. Creepy reviews and fascinating posts, all related to the best day of the year!

5. Wednesday's Attic Including posts featuring everything from Jan Svankmejer to coffin-themed furniture and more, this blog is brimming with all things gloriously strange, bizarre and unique.

Now these five lovely bloggers get the chance to pass the award along too!

These are the rules for passing it along.

• Choose 5 up and coming blogs to award with less than 200 followers.
• Show your appreciation to the blogger who awarded you by linking back to them.
• Post the award on your blog.
• Link back to the blogs you are awarding so that everyone else can pay them a visit.

Blog Events: Vampire's Day Soiree

What do you think of when you hear the date "February 14th"? Valentine's Day? Slushy cards? Candy hearts? Flowers? Blood-sucking vampires? What? You don't think of blood-sucking vampires? (I'm ignoring Erinia's answers here ;D) Well, you should, because as well as being Valentine's Day, February 14th is also Vampire's Day! At least...thanks to Holly at Holly's Horrorland it is! 

The Vampire's Day Soiree is a virtual event, in which those of us who would rather watch a horror than a romantic comedy, can immerse ourselves in everything dedicated to the scary sanguines and have fun viewing the offerings of the other participants too! All you need to do in order to take part is visit the sign up post at Holly's Horrorland (click the picture above), comment with your Name, blog name, and URL, and place a link from your blog back to the event page. Oh, and remember to make a vampire-themed post on February 14th of course!

Events: Blogger Zombie Walk

Do you like zombies? If you do, you've come to the right place! If you don't, well...you should read this anyway. Very soon - next week in fact! - the second annual Blogger Zombie Walk will take place, and this year we're taking part too, so you know it's going to be amazing ;P

Bloggers that want to participate can click the picture above to see full details on the Ghost Hunting Theories blog. Once you've registered, you'll need to make a zombie-themed post on Friday, 30th September, with a list (and link to) all the other participating blogs along with it. The list will be in the same order at every blog, so anyone who reads each post can easily follow the "zombie walk" to the next blog.