With a love of scary stories and folklore, Amanda Headlee spent her entire life crafting works of dark fiction. She has a fascination with the emotion of fear and believes it is the first emotion humans feel at the moment they are born. Most of her work focuses on dark fiction associated with folklore and cosmic horror. The fear of humanity’s insignificance in the vastness of the Universe intrigues her.
By day, Amanda is a program manager; by night, she is a wandering wonderer. When she isn’t writing or working, she can be found logging insane miles on one of her many bikes or hiking the Appalachian Mountains.
As an endurance athlete, Amanda is the shop ambassador for Giant of Bridgeport-Village Velo, guest rider for Dirty Kitten Racing, and an Orange Mud product ambassador.
Amanda wrote of monsters and lore in her debut novel, Till We Become Monsters. Her macabre short stories appear in several anthologies, such as Midnight from Beyond the Stars, CONSUMED: Tales Inspired by the Wendigo and Somewhere in the Middle of Eternity. She is also a book reviewer and co-editor for The Horror Tree’s Trembling with Fear.
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I agree and I think the film The Haunting (1963 original) is one of the most perfect examples of this. It has a inescapable nightmare quality and cuts viewers loose in this world without answers. If you think about it in the cold light of day, a bulging door should be stupid, not absolutely terrifying!
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The Haunting (1963) is my go to movie when I argue the point that imagination is the key to fear. The imagery and sound effects in conjunction with Eleanor’s mental instability causes more terror than an actual “ghost”.
There is something to be said when you show a ghost / monster / demon’s detached actions or effects rather than the actual entity / being itself. Allow the audience’s imagination run wild!
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I remember that Birds was my favorite of these growing up. While there were others that were funny like Tremors lol. Looks like a great site and i very much appreciate your take on horror and scary. Very refreshing. Keep up the great work!
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Thanks, Zachary. Glad you are enjoying the blog. Tremors messed me. It convinced me to never move to any location that has sandy soil. I am completely paranoid to visit any place that is not rocky, which is why I am a Northeastern gal – love my mountains and big rocks.
Hitchcock and Price are the original film boys of fear. Their movies always put a smile on my face and a tremor under my skin.
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I’ve felt that it’s always darkest before things get really terrifying! I totally agree about the 1963 “The Haunting.” I’ve only seen it on television, but even then it creeped me out. I’d love to see it sometime in a dark movie theater on the big screen.
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I would love to see that movie on the big screen as well “in the dark, in the night”.
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I am not sure why it ever took me this long to follow you Amanda – given my time spent over at The Sarcastic Muse – but it has been long overdue. Interesting to see that we have some stomping ground in common. Having grown up in a small town about eight miles north of Allentown, I am actually very familiar with Kutztown 🙂 Looking forward to more deep philosophical thoughts from the mind of Amanda 😉
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Dave, sorry for just seeing this comment. It came was while I was out on my sabbatical. Oh no – you are familiar with Kutztown 🙂 I lived in several areas between there and Allentown. Let me know if you ever visit this side of PA, we can grab coffee and talk about all things writing. I am in the Philly area (for now).
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So happy I finally came across your blog! I’ve been following “The Sarcastic Muse” for a while now. Loving your writing and looking forward to reading more! 🙂
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Thanks for visiting! Happy to have you as a new follower, Christina. Looking forward to talking with you more.
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