Meghan: Hey, Sarah! Welcome to Meghan’s HAUNTED House of Books. Thanks for joining us today. What is your favorite part of Halloween?
Sarah: I think the shorter answer is what isn’t my favorite part of Halloween! I love seeing all the fun and unique costumes (and occasionally dressing up myself), the crisp fall air, and of course the endless supply of horror movies.
Meghan: Do you get scared easily?
Sarah: It really depends. Paranormal things don’t scare me so much because I’ve always had a huge interest in them. It’s the things that could cause direct harm to me, like real people, that really scare me.
Meghan: What is the scariest movie you’ve ever seen and why?
Sarah: This is a really hard one! Off the top of my head, I think I would have to say Stephen King’s Apt Pupil. There is a particular scene in both the movie and the book involving a cat that disturbed me so much I will never, ever look at either of them again.
Meghan: Which horror movie murder did you find the most disturbing?
Sarah: Probably the murders that take place in Funny Games, which is incidentally probably my favorite movie of all time.
Meghan: Is there a horror movie you refused to watch because the commercials scared you too much?
Sarah: That’s never happened to me!
Meghan: If you got trapped in one scary movie, which would you choose?
Sarah: I would have to say The Haunting, that terrible 90’s movie based on Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House. It was the first horror movie I ever saw, and I always wanted to explore that gigantic house.
Meghan: If you were stuck as the protagonist in any horror movie, which would you choose?
Sarah: Anything paranormal! Probably Stephen King’s IT. I want to be in the Losers Club.
Meghan: What is your all-time favorite scary monster or creature of the night?
Sarah: Pennywise the Dancing Clown, of course. Chucky is a very close second.
Meghan: What is your favorite Halloween tradition?
Sarah: Scary movies in the dark. I will never get tired of it.
Meghan: What is your favorite horror or Halloween-themed song?
Sarah: Oogie Boogie’s Song from The Nightmare Before Christmas. Not to brag, but I can really belt that one out!
Meghan: Which horror novel unsettled you the most?
Sarah: We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver. I think the reason it’s so scary is because it’s an extremely realistic situation that could happen to anyone.
Meghan: What is the creepiest thing that’s ever happened while you were alone?
Sarah: My friends and I had been messing around with a Ouija board (I know, I know…) I went back to my apartment and none of my roommates were home. While I was in my room, I heard something fall and break in the kitchen. I went to investigate, but nothing was out of place, and I was still there alone.
Meghan: Which unsolved mystery fascinates you the most?
Sarah: So many! I think if I had to pick just one, I’d want to know what happened aboard the Mary Celeste.
Meghan: What is the spookiest ghost story that you have ever heard?
Sarah: The classic Lady in White. Can you imagine picking someone up off the side of the road, driving her all the way home, only for her to disappear and discover she was dead the whole time?
Meghan: In a zombie apocalypse, what is your weapon of choice?
Sarah: Probably a hammer. Easy to carry and good for bashing brains!
Meghan: Let’s have some fun… Would you rather get bitten by a vampire or a werewolf?
Sarah: Vampire, please! Can you imagine having to manage all that fur? Yikes!
Meghan: Would you rather fight a zombie apocalypse or an alien invasion?
Sarah: Aliens. Maybe they’re friendly after all?
Meghan: Would you rather drink zombie juice or eat dead bodies from the graveyard?
Sarah: What exactly is “zombie juice”? Is it like Bug Juice? I’m probably going with that just to be safe.
Meghan: Would you rather stay at the Poltergeist house or the Amityville house for a week?
Sarah: The Poltergeist house. Show me all the paranormal activity!
Meghan: Would you rather chew on a bitter melon with chilies or maggot-infested cheese?
Sarah: Bitter melon with chilies please. I don’t even want the mental image of the other thing.
Meghan: Would you rather drink from a witch’s cauldron or lick cotton candy made of spider webs?
Sarah: Depends, what is the witch cooking up? A potion? A delicious soup? I’ll take the mystery cauldron!
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Sarah McKnight has been writing stories since she could pick up a pencil, and it often got her in trouble during math class. After a brief stint teaching English to unruly middle schoolers in Japan, she decided she wasn’t going to put off her dream of becoming a writer any longer and set to work. With several novels in the making, she hopes to tackle issues such as anxiety, depression, and letting go of the past – with a little humor sprinkled in, too. A St Louis native, she currently lives in Pennsylvania with her wonderful husband and three cats. You can find her on Twitter and on her website.
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