Halloween Journal Prompt #17

Halloween Journal Prompt: If I’d be face to face with Frankenstein, what would I ask him – and what might be his answer?

A.M. : Hello Doctor Frankenstein.

Thank you so much for taking the time to answer my questions, I know how busy you are and I have heard you are buried in your work right now.

I was wondering, as you work in your lab, can you tell me what two songs pop into your mind? I mean, when you are sewing flesh  or sawing bones and fitting them all together again do you hear any songs in particular?

Dr. Frankenstein:

I’ve found that these two songs speak directly to my situation, or maybe they inspired my current project. I’m not sure:

A.M. :

Well. That was interesting. 

Do you have time to read? Are you working your way through anything right now?

Dr. Frankenstein:

I do love to read, most of the books I read lean heavily into academics, but this one is not only informative it’s absolutely  fascinating.  It begs the question, does evil grow like a weed in an unattended garden and do humans just pluck the flowers and feast on the fruit as they stroll through the grounds? Or do we plant the seeds and harvest them when their time has come?

It’s called The Wisconsin Death Trip.

 Wisconsin Death Trip, is a poetic and disturbing collection of photography and newspaper accounts about life in small-town America.

A.M:

Doctor, when you are feeling a bit off center and wobbly, do you take a nip of anything in particular? You know, something to bring your feet back to ground?

Dr. Frankenstein:

I am found of a Whiskey Cobbler, but to be perfectly honest sometimes I dose myself with laudanum when my days are particularly rough and I can’t wind down and sleep. Have you ever tried it? No? It’s a miracle drug Miss Moscoso, just remember to shake the bottle if you decide to use something like Godfrey’s Cordial. The Laudanum settles on the bottom of the bottle and it’s affects  can be lethal instead of  sweet and pleasurable.

Now, you do indeed find the idea of Godfrey’s Cordial that off putting ( as it would appear by the look on your face when I describe the ingredients to you)  if you have the taste for Whiskey, try this:

Ingredients:

·         2 Wine glassfuls of whiskey

·         1 Tablespoonful of sugar

·         2 or 3 slices of orange

Directions:

“Combine all ingredients, then fill a tumbler with ice and shake well. You can imbibe through a straw”.

A.M. Thank you for taking time away from your lab to chat with me-

Dr Frankenstein: It was my pleasure, may I ask Miss Moscoso, if I could see you eyes in the light by the window? No? You’re in a hurry? Pity. Such a pity. I could find use eyes just like yours. Yes. Just like yours.

 5 Things I associate with fall:

Crunchy golden and blood red leaves scattered on my front lawn

white bones in ditch at the end of the road  that floods in the Spring , the brittle bones were pitted by sun and rain and the heat of summer and the cold of winter.  They have gnawed on by a dog named Darwin.

Peanut butter Taffy wrapped in purple and black waxed paper nestled in a bowl on my kitchen table.

Pumpkins and apples waiting on my kitchen counter for their surgeries to begin

Firewood stacked against the side of my house, a summer home for mice and food for my  summer dusted fireplace.

Instead of listing my top 10 favorite Halloween Movies for this prompt, I’ve decided to add new movies I’ve watched got on my watchlists-

Journal Prompt#7  Make a top 10 Halloween movie list.

Over the weekend I watched three horror films that I added to my Summerween viewing fun.

Right now I’m heavily into Folk Horror movies because they’re slow burn stories and I love those kinds of books and movies.

These three movies fall into that category and I enjoyed them because of  of the Human Centric threat that is posed in each movie:

A Tale of Two Sisters:

(streaming)

There’s a scene called ‘ the dinner scene ” which was my favorite part of the movie. In this scene the rug is being pulled out from under your feet and you don’t realize it until the end of the movie- you don’t know that this was the point when you were being shown reality has gone bye-bye. I thought the way it was written was super clever and it haunted you AFTER the movie ended. I think it’s great when a movie does that.

Hokum:

(streaming)

Straight up ghost story that happens in a hotel after all the guests except one  have left because it’s the end of the season. It’s not like the ” Shining. ” in case you’re wondering.

The main character started off as a jerk and I was sort of hoping he’d get it but as the movie went on I actually started to feel sorry for him and by the end I was rooting for him all the way.

Calls:

( APPLE tv )

This is a tv movie that is in the strictest form a Radio play- not an audio book because there is more then one voice.  Each segment is a stand alone episode but they are all going to the same place. That being said, the stories are emotionally exhausting. I got caught up in the loops and pulled into the drama of it all. It was wonderful.