for as much as i appreciate the impact jaws left in terms of horror, it's a shame that so many people came away from the movie hating sharks and thinking they're a threat to humans when they aren't. sharks don't even attack humans unless they're a massive threat or if they accidentally mistake them for seals, otherwise they're really docile toward humans ! i think shark killings went up as a result of jaws. in any case, fantastic video ! loving these longer videos lately ^-^
Yes! So sad! It did in fact have an effect on people killing sharks and the author felt so badly about it that he has kind of made it his mission in life to try and help make people aware that he didn't write it with that intent and that sharks don't deserve to be killed over it.
Describing FITA as 'soul-stealing' is so accurate, and the irony is that it is a standard 12 year old girl read for kids who are into horror/ true crime. Literally we all read like 15 VC Andrews books in middle school.
It's even better when you realize that Andrews wrote it based off of her life being trapped and other experiences. And given that she was confined to a wheelchair it makes you really wonder what all happened to her. Because she wrote a lot more stories that all have similar things for example the one where the child is forced to be her brother after her brother dies. It makes me wonder if there was some really messed up stuff happening to VC.
There's about five books in the Flowers in the Attic series. I enjoy her writing so I've read most of them, but I feel like if you read the second one, you'll have to read the third and so on because it will feel unresolved. You decide if you want to open that can of worms.
Reading Flowers in the Attic (and all Of Andrew’s books) used to be a right of passage for middle school girls (11-13) in the US. That’s bonkers looking back.
16:03 It’s funny that you say that, when Steven Stephen was giving an interview and they did ask him about Jaws and what he thought of the book iteration, he said that he initially found many of the characters unsympathetic and wanted the shark to "win".
I lived for Virginia Andrews books when I was a teenager in the 90’s. There are five books in the Flowers in the Attic series, the last one Garden of Shadows being a prequel that focuses on the grandmother as a teenager.
I read Flowers in the Attic when I was in 5th grade and it traumatized me big time. VC Andrews was my first author that was horror, but my parents knew nothing about them. The books Heaven and My Sweet Audrina were sooo disturbing to me. I recently reread a couple of them and I was just like no, I can't do it. lol
I read it really young also. I thought it was going to be a haunted house book or something. . . .im pretty sure it broke something in my brain. I read a lot of her books afterwards also. . .
I remember reading an interview with VC where she talked about how a lot of these stories were based off of things that happened to her people she knew, and I'm just like man her life was really messed up does anybody ever look into that kind of stuff? Like how much of this story was her experiences?
Gavin, you should watch the Watcher RU-vid Channel. Shane and Ryan have a series called ‘Ghost Files’ where they do paranormal investigations. P.S. You’re putting out some great Horror/Halloween Content. P.P.S. Your T-Shirt is absolutely iconic.
Gavin I just wanted to say that you are gorgeous and such a fine and good hearted man. Your family and friends are so lucky to have you in their life. I hope that you get everything that you want in life and that you wake up happy and satisfied everyday for the rest of your life!
I read Jaws this year because I’m terrified of sharks and the ocean but I’m morbidly curious about it and I love the movie. The parts about the shark good. All of the stuff about the wife literally made me furious. It just gave me the major ick.
I'm having such a fun night in watching everyone's spooky reading vlogs!!! (I thought I was clever when I came up with the idea to read as many horror books as I could in 24 hours lol)
I found your channel with your haunted castle video and have been binge watching since. You’ve inspired me to get back to reading as well, so thank you 😊🎃!
I read flowers in the attic for the first time...and I had the same reaction/feeling . I went in completely blind, (never watched the films/telemovies) which at the end of reading the book, made me feel completely numb/scarred as to summarise "objectively" how I felt about the book/what I read.
Ring is a trilogy. In book two, the virus is investigated in more depth and the intersexuality becomes relevant. In book three, everything is completely turned on its head. Absolutely huge plot twist at the start. These books are sci fi not horror, and you can only enjoy them if you're not expecting horror.
This is a great Halloween night watch 💛🎃 I'm sad because I waited all night for trick or treaters, but no one showed up. This is a good way to end the night though.
The ring scarred me as a kid too and I hadn't even seen the movie, I just knew about the curse and had seen pictures of Sadako/Samara and her victims with their twisted, warped faces. The first time I tried to watch scary movie 3 I didn't even get past the title card because my fear of the ring was so strong XD
The FITA sequels (the original series anyway…we don’t talk about the ones entirely produced by her ghostwriter postmortem) just get more and more messed up as the series goes on. There are also *a lot* of retcons from book to book, although a lot of them are due to characters having different amounts of info about the family and their history. The one prequel worth acknowledging, Garden of Shadows, is especially messed up, because it delves into the family dynamics from the young grandma’s perspective.
PS, I did see your door move. Can you get any historical data about the house you're in. Try to find out if anything traumatic happened? It would make a great creepy vlog. Possible use a voice recorder, or emf detector. I'm curious.
I have been reading ring and I’m glad someone else is like what is going on with this “friend” ??? I was also ticked off the MC said nothing to the police about his friend.
I don't remember which scream it was... i think it was 2? That scarred me in regards to public bathrooms, specifically movie theater bathrooms. Even now if I have to use a public bathroom, I hurry in and out because of the scene with the knife stabbing the person in the head
YAY!!! from all the Instagram shares (Ashleigh, Becca and Gavin) totally excited, knowing that there maybe new Halloween videos from everyone's channel :) stay spooky !!!👻
Loved this!! But I almost missed it as I didn’t realise it was you from the thumbnail. I’ve never read Jaws, but I have read The Deep and the racism and fixation of black people and rape is in The Deep as well.
My brother had the same experience you did with Jaws. He had nightmares too. He still won't watch Jaws. I read Flowers in the Attic long ago, and I don't want to read it again either.
I enjoyed Flowers in the Attic for pretty much the reasons you said you didn't. Not sure what that says about me, as I enjoy books that create negative feelings in me but hey ho. Earlier this year I read the prequel which is about the grandmother. It was an interesting read as it showed she was never really a good person, but how her experiences shaped her into someone worse. I would say that yes, there is some sort of resolution with the mum in a later book, but the books tend to follow the same theme of being heart breaking.
Yes a long vlog🦇🎃 I've been sick for basically a week now with a nasty stomach bug 😢😢 RU-vid is the only thing distracting me from feeling horrible. especially your videos always have such a friendly and relaxed vibe
Ring 2002 scarred me as a kid too lol Was watching it with my younger sis, got scared, turned to sis and the she was sleeping! And that actually made me less terrified but I still did not forget that🤣
Maybe it’s Charles, he liked you at the castle. Also the Ring scared me too! I had weird stuff happen to me after seeing that movie and I couldnt sleep for weeks (I was about 15 lol)
I grew up in Minneapolis Minnesota, the land of 10,000 lakes. Sharks are not in our lakes, but its all I could think about if I wiped out water skiing. Yep, it still spooks me. Flowers in the Attic books I read really young. Disturbing books that I shouldn't have been reading.
This past summer I introduced my 16 year old to the movie Jaws. At the beginning she kept saying, "I don't understand how this made people afraid to swim." By the end she was saying, "I'm never going into a lake, ocean, or pool again!" LOL
If I had to do this, it would be Jaws, independence Day, and Jurassic Park...I'm still terrified of Jaws and Jurassic Park, but my worst fear is being eaten alive by something like a shark. Volcano movies scare me too...and zombies. I can't do it. I watched them when I was about six or seven and I still can't watch Jaws or Jurassic Park in my thirties...
I am so glad Stephen Spielberg had the sense to cut the Hooper/Ellen affair nonsense. The few elements of sexism, homophobia and racism were hard to read also.
I think I will skip the book for Jaws and stick with the movie 😉 I agree that Flowers in the Attic is very sad and depressing, but also very good, as in very well written. I do wish that the brother raping the sister wasn't in there though because like you said, it's hard to have sympathy for him after that. I literally just bought all three ring books yesterday and now I am afraid to read them! I am not sure I will like it. I love the American film. It came out when I was sixteen and it was the scariest movie I had ever seen! I can't imagine watching it at ten years old! 😱 I loved seeing your trip with your friends, especially the ghost part 😃
I really liked Ring! Concidering it became the most terrifying book I've ever read 🤣 but it's because of the movies... I fear them for life, and the book just reminded me from those scenes and I relived them 🙈 I think if you are not familiar with the ending, it's a great twist to experience, made me want to continue with the series and torture myself a bit more 😅🙈
Hi, can't say enough how much I enjoy watching your reviews including One Piece since it became part of my life too. Your book reviews are great. So I don't know if you have read books by Dave Pelzer. If you haven't, try looking into it. There are 3 you should start on if you're interested. The first is, A child called It. Anyway, I will continue enjoying your book reviews.
I read Jaws for shark week over the summer. 1⭐️. I wanted the shark to eat the wife. I hated everyone and it was more about this stupid affair than the shark! Ugh.
Okay, Jaws. I. Definitely preferred the movie to the book. The Deep, another of Benchley’s works that was turned into a movie, in my opinion was a better book. I have never watched Flowers in the Attic but I did think the first book was based on a true story and the rest were fictionalised. I could be wrong about that. The Ring Trilogy (Ring, Spiral and Loop) took a very different turn from what the movies suggested. I did end up finishing the trilogy for the sake of finishing it and deemed them to be neither fantastic nor absolute trash. Again, I would have to say I prefer the movies.
When you first said you were going to read Ring, I tried to warn you. The sequels are just as bad. I DNF'd the third book because it was just unnecessarily gross and I have better things to read.
Apparently, Steven Spielberg hated the book and by the time he finished it he said he was rooting for the shark. I liked the book but hated all of.the characters I was rooting for the shark. I tried reading the ring and while I liked the atmosphere and the investigation. I haaated the main characters I hated them both. Dnfed it.
there is a sequel to the flowers in the attic called petals of the wind, That may help the ending! v.c. andrews books are all like this they are considered thriller fiction for young adult. She only wrote like the first 2 or 3 books and then she passed away and the rest of her books under her name are ghost written. In this series there is only 2 books! You would be fine just reading the sequel there is only 2.
