I’m a firm believer in remaining open to all possibilities, so I’m always on the lookout! Do you have a favorite cryptid story or legend? Is there one that you want to believe is real? I want to believe! And I absolutely LOVE hearing people’s stories of supposed encounters with these creatures. Are you a believer or a skeptic when it comes to cryptids? The hair! The hiss! Her rejection of the Monster and his decision to destroy them both.so great. And the entire iconic climax where the Bride is brought to life and revealed is a stunning piece of filmmaking. I love the relationship between the Monster and the blind man and the tragedy that follows. We really feel the Monster’s loneliness, his longing for connection, and the pain of being rejected and loathed by the villagers-being shot at and locked in a dungeon.
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I love the way the movie opens with Mary Shelley as a character. Is it yours as well, or do you have a different favorite?īride of Frankenstein is my favorite. The Bride of Frankenstein is Vi’s favorite of the films. It was great fun (and a great source of inspiration!). Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, The Mummy, Creature from the Black Lagoon-all of them! I re-watched them again while I was working on The Children on the Hill. I am a huge fan! I loved them growing up and still love them. That said, they’re definitely works of fiction! (Thank goodness!) Are you a fan of the Universal Monster films of the 1930s-50s? I put some of my own childhood memories in there and used people in my family as jumping-off points for these characters. There’s definitely more of me in this book than any book I’ve written. Are Vi, Iris, Eric, or any of the other characters in the novel inspired by or based on specific individuals? I’ve always wanted to write a book exploring themes of monsters and the monstrous a story inspired by my own childhood with my grandmother, my lifelong love of monsters, and the greatest monster story ever: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. I loved the old black and white monster movies, and spent hours roaming the woods with my younger brother hunting for monsters and building traps for them, sure that they were out there watching us. My grandmother’s patients and ex-patients were frequent guests in our home and fixtures in our lives. Back then, there weren’t the boundaries and confidentiality rules we have these days. I grew in the 70s raised by my psychiatrist grandmother. What was your inspiration for The Children on the Hill? Her latest novel is The Children on the Hill and she recently talked about it with Daryl Maxwell for the LAPL Blog. She lives in Vermont with her partner, Drea, and their daughter, Zella. Jennifer McMahon is the author of ten novels, including the New York Times best-sellers Promise Not to Tell and The Winter People.
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