The definitive horror movie guide for fans of killer animals and “nature strikes back” movies. When Animals Attack: The 70 Best Horror Movies with Killer Animals
provides a fascinating and entertaining insight into the
cinematographic world of animals on the rampage. From well-known
predators such as sharks and lions to unusual killing machines like
turkeys, elephants, frogs, cats, and rabbits, there is no shortage of
the species on display in this book. Leading
horror writers and filmmakers present their favorite “animals attack”
films through in-depth essays. Some of the films are touching, some are
repulsive, and some are just plain silly. Not all of these horror movies
line up with the critical consensus, yet they have one thing in common:
they have made the heart of the writer beat faster with excitement.
Seventy leading horror authors,
bloggers, and filmmakers have contributed to the book. To name a few:
Paul Kane, Alex J. Cavanaugh, Christine Rains, Jonas Govaerts, Aaron
Christensen, Warren Fahy, Matthew House, Stuart R. West, Kate
Larkindale, Doug Lamoreux, Michael McCarty, Mark McLaughlin, Beverly
Gray, Chris Hewson, and many others.
I'm so excited to be a part of this amazing collection. I don't often write nonfiction, but this was right up my alley. I love horror movies, especially with creatures. I wrote about Snakes on a Plane, and just thinking about the movie makes me grin.
A huge thank you to Vanessa Morgan for putting this together. I'm honored to be part of it. Click on over to her blog. She's having a celebration giveaway!
Some
cats need nine lives to make a difference. Avalon only needed one.
From
Amazon bestselling author Vanessa Morgan, Avalon is the heartwarming
and once-in-a-lifetime love story of a girl and her neurotic Turkish
Van cat.
With
humor, the author details how Avalon made other creatures cringe in
distress whenever he was around, how he threw her dates out by means
of special techniques, and how he rendered it almost impossible for
her to leave the house. Avalon was so incorrigible that even her
landlord ordered her to get rid of him. But beneath Avalon's demonic
boisterousness, Vanessa recognized her own flaws and insecurities,
and she understood that abandoning Avalon would be the worst she
could do to him. Thanks to her unswerving loyalty, Avalon transformed
into a tender feline, and even landed a major role in a horror movie.
In turn, Avalon made it his mission to be there for his human
companion.
By
turns jubilant and deeply moving, Avalon is a memoir for anyone who
has ever been obsessively in love with a pet.
Small
changes often caused major disturbances. When we removed a DVD from
the cupboard, or put a pen on the living room table that he wasn’t
used to seeing there, Avalon pitched himself near the problem area
and vocalized his complaints as if he was a muezzin calling to
prayer. He only stopped if the space returned back to normal.
Intelligent
and calculating as he was, Avalon had also developed a technique to
prevent Ballon and Tigris from using his
litter boxes. Each time he heard the scratch scratch scratch in the
litter, he settled into attack mode behind the bathroom wall, wiggled
his behind, and leapt onto the other cat as soon as it emerged,
making it jump. It worked every... single...
time. Proud, Avalon walked away from the crime scene with his nose
pointing airwards.
Borat,
our guinea pig, was initially the best one off, but ended up the most
miserable. What kept him safe at first was Avalon’s fear of
rodents. Cats may be considered deadly predators, killing a median of
2.4 billion birds and 12.3 billion mammals a year in the United
States alone, but whenever Borat had free range inside the apartment,
Avalon went in a large circle around him, avoiding him at all cost.
Eventually,
Avalon ferreted out a way to make Borat twinge in distress whenever
he approached. It
started
when I taught Avalon not to throw up on the bed and carpets. Those
lessons must have been meaningful, because Avalon didn’t
vomit
in those places anymore.
Instead he
aimed for the guinea pig's head. As soon as he felt a hairball
mounting, Avalon ran as fast as he could toward Borat's cage, leaned
in, and puked his heart out.
Author
bio
Vanessa
Morgan is an author, screenwriter, and blogger. Two of her works, The
Strangers Outside
and A
Good Man,
have been turned into films. Her short film script Next
to Her
is currently in pre-production. When she's
not working on her latest book, you can find her reading, watching
horror movies, digging through flea markets, or photographing felines
for her blog Traveling
Cats
(http://travelling-cats.blogspot.com).
Avalon has appeared in several of her books and films.
