Middle Country Public Library Podcast

We wrap up this special series of podcasts highlighting the library's 31 Days of October with a few suggestions from Sara and Nicole to satisfy your Spooky Movie cravings!

Sara's Picks are listed here, along with links to reserve for MCPL cardholders:

Crazies:

The Strangers- 2008

Scream- 1996 Wes Craven

Summer of 84- 2018

Pyscho- 1960 Alfred Hitchcock

Ghosts:

The Shining- Stanley Kubrick 1980

Beetlejuice- 1988 Tim Burton

The Ring- Gore Verbinski

Poltergeist- 1982

Vampires:

Bram Stoker’s Dracula- 1992 Francis Ford Coppola

Blade 1998

Lost Boys 1987 Joel Schumacher

Interview With a Vampire- 1994 (Anne Rice)

Zombies:

Dawn of the Dead- 1978 George Romero

Re-Animator- 1985 Stuart Gordon

Shaun of the Dead- 2004 Edgar Wright

Train to Busan- 2016 Yeon Sang Ho

 

Nicole recommends flicks from Common Sense Media here.

Sara and Nicole read some scary stories to get you into a spooky mood. Part of MCPL's 31 days of October series.

Salem's Lot

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

This week's music credits:

The Chamber by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4486-the-chamber

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Past The Edge by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4997-past-the-edge

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Wizardtorium by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4639-wizardtorium

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Sara has just the right movie for us to watch on this week's Movie Chat... 1982's The Thing, starring Kurt Russell and directed by horror legend John Carpenter. Be warned! There are spoilers ahead...

MCPL card holders can reserve the DVD here

Listen to Ennio Morricone's soundtrack via Hoopla Digital instantly here

Check out the IMDb listing

Nicole has a list of the top scary TV shows for kids (mostly from the late 90s, early 2000s) that you might be interested in...plus she reveals her top 5 favorite Are You Afraid of the Dark episodes.

10 Kids Shows that Were Actually Pretty Scary

Are You Afraid of the Dark?

Sara has a bit of a challenge for Nicole and Sal : she has cleverly created fake horror movie plots. Can they tell the difference between Sara's and the the real plot? Listen to find out!

 

Welcome to the 31 days of October! All this month we will be highlighting the spooky, scary, and sometimes silly.

Nicole has a nice collection of kids spooky books from the NYPL:

https://www.nypl.org/blog/2018/10/24/kids-halloween

Sara has selected some brand new fiction books that are meant to spook you:

Cruel acts / Jane Casey
The Poison Garden
The boatman's daughter
The patient / Jasper DeWitt
The hollow ones / Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan
Don't turn around / Jessica Barry

Want to SEE something scary? Check out Sal's horror movie list:

Carrie
Halloween
The Ring
2 Lava 2 Latuna
Ma
Don't Breathe
The Shining
The Omen
Night of the Living Dead
A Quiet Place
6 Souls
Psycho
Dead Silence
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Green Inferno
Rosemary's Baby
Get Out
Deathgasm
Silent Hill
Saw
Alien

Listen to our Movie Chat : Alien episode here

Bonus: Here is the episode of How Did This Get Made that Nicole mentioned!

Sal's pick for the next movie chat is Disney/Pixar's 2007 gem, Ratatouille starring the voice talents of Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm, and Janeane Garofolo.

Have an MCPL card? Reserve the BluRay here.

Ratatouille on IMDb

10 Things You Probably Didn't Know about Ratatouille

Can you guess what the best selling console video game of all time is? Do you think Sara and Nicole can get it? Listen to find out as Sal tests them both with some video game trivia from Statista. Plus learn about our great video game collection at the library!

Statista is available to anyone who visits the library during normal business hours. Just ask a librarian for assistance in getting you on.

Did you know that we have a huge collection of video games for Nintendo, XBOX, and Playstation? Browse our catalog here.

Sara is making us hungry with some recipes she downloaded from the great resource, RBDigital, available to MCPL cardholders. Nicole once again shares some book horoscopes, plus Sal is trying to lose some weight before gaining weight during the holidays.

Download some cooking magazines plus much more at RBDigital https://www.rbdigital.com/middlecountrylibraryny/service/magazines/landing?

Bite-Size Salted Caramel Cheesecakes- Rachel Ray
Flourless Chocolate Tarte- A Taste of Home
Chocolate Cake in  a Pumpkin- Food Network
Cauliflower with Anchovies and Oil-Cured Olives- Eating Well

September Book Horoscopes are here

Need to lose weight? Try MyFitnessPal or LoseIt

Eat this, Not that! by David Zinczenko

Eat this, Not that Supermarket Survival Guide by David Zinczenko (eBook)

This week it's Nicole's turn to pick a film, and she used an MCPL Teen's recommendation: 2019's Just Mercy, starring Michael B. Jordan and Jaime Foxx.

The film is based on a true story, and this book by Bryan Stevenson. MCPL cardholders: Use these embedded links if you'd like to reserve the DVD or BluRay.

If you'd like to learn more about the organization depicted in the film, the Equal Justice Initiative, click here.

If you want to take a look at the original 60 minutes interview mentioned in this episode, click here.

Nicole has some info on detoxing your family's digital use; Sara has some fun trivia about dogs on National Dog Day.

https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/lifestyle/dog-facts/