Serious literature is great, but sometimes a little spoof never hurt anyone either! I’ll be really honest, I don’t do scary. I love true crime, mystery, or suspense but a big HELL NO to thrillers. As much as I’d like to read some Stephen King, I just don’t think it would be a good idea. I already don’t sleep enough as it it.
That being said, I could read Goosebumps books when I was younger … during daylight hours. Maybe some Nora Roberts as JD Robb … again during the day. I don’t like being scared just for the sake of it. This may stem from my early childhood when I saw Chucky while my babysitter’s teenage son and his friends were watching it and I was ruined from there on out. Or I’m a wuss. We may never know.
While the the thriller genre isn’t my bag, I do enjoy the festivity and fun of the Halloween season. I like the silly spookiness of Hocus Pocus, the creepy cobweb decorations, and pumpkins carved as jack’o’lanterns. I love dressing up, seeing kids in their costumes, and eating passing out candy. Just don’t take me to a haunted house. Ever.
So that I can have the best of both worlds and get into the Halloween spirit, here are 7 spooky spoofs to make you laugh!
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls
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Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters
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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
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Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter
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A Fate Totally Worse than Death
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Naked Came the Manatee
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Hahaha I love the title, “Naked Came the Manatee” hahaha.
I loved Pride and Prejudice and Zombies!! I thought it was a brilliant reimagining of a classic story. 😁
I think that’s what I love about these stories, silly spin on a classic!
Hahaha. These look like some fun books. I think I suffered a similar fate as you… scary movie seen much too young = no horror reads now. Lol. I could get behind these ‘spooky spoofs’ though!
Clearly we’re the REAL reason for the ratings on movies haha!
Hahahahahahaha. Just might be….
I loved Goosebumps growing up too—that is about as scary as I can go. Even now…
I like your Pinterest image for this one!
Thank you! I love how you do multiple Pinterest images for your posts! I have a hard enough time designing just the one haha!
Takes me forever!!
P.S. That sea monster is ridunk!! HAHA
LMAO right?!
Bahahahaha these are PERFECT Halloween reads, not too scary!! I’ve been meaning to read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies for aaaages… I came across one in the same vein just yesterday in a thrift store, Android Karenina (spoofing Tolstoy’s classic), which sounded hilarious!!
Haha I’d probably like that one better than the real thing!