While she is fond of telling Merry stories that include the characters from her favorite Richard Scarry books, suddenly the innocent tales start to take a dark turn, terrifying the younger girl.Īs it turns out, Marjorie is seeing a therapist, and is believed to possibly be schizophrenic, but as her odd behavior escalates, her father starts to believe she is possessed. Merry and Marjorie are quite close, but Marjorie has started to exhibit some strange behavior recently. John and Sarah are parents to 14-year-old Marjorie and 8-year-old Merry, and the family is under financial strain due to John’s current unemployment. It’s spooky, unsettling and mysterious, and I still get a cold chill down my spine when I think about it.Ī Head Full of Ghosts introduces us to the Barrett family. Boy, is this a good one! I read it on a flight to and from Ohio in March of last year, and it was a hard one to shake. Let’s start with the most recent horror novel on my list, Paul Tremblay’s A Head Full of Ghosts. So, I am putting together a short wish list of my favorite horror novels that I think would make great films. Many favorites have, of course, but let’s face it, most of those are Stephen King adaptations (and those films are a mixed bag at best). Horror novels are quite often adapted as films and tv/mini series, but it seems like a handful of my favorites, such as A Head Full of Ghosts, have just not been fully appreciated enough to receive a screen version yet.
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