What's On The Horizon For True Crime Fans

True Crime Week is officially coming to an end. I thought I would wrap up this special event with some suggestions of books, TV shows, and movies to watch out for in the next year or so. A lot of these do not have definitive release dates, and therefore are subject to change.

1: Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile 

Pretty sure we all saw and freaked out over the pictures of Zac Efron looking scarily similar to Ted Bundy that he posted on his Instagram while filming this movie.

I love that it seems to be focused on the girlfriend he had at the time of his arrest, and her journey to work through those events. It's a different perspective than I thought it would be and it makes me more interested in seeing the movie.

2. Sadie by Courtney Summers (goodreads)

While not directly inspired by real life events I think true crime obsessives will be curious about this book. It's has a Serial like podcast at its core and focuses on the story of a girl named Sadie who went missing attempting to find her sister's killer, and a radio personality who becomes interested in her story and and attempts to find her by retracing her steps.

3. The Staircase

I have not watched the original episodes that make up this true crime documentary, but with the announcement of new episodes coming to Netflix this summer I am going to have to change that immediately.

4. Dirty John 

This popular podcast has turned into an upcoming TV show with Connie Britton and Eric Bana attached to star. I don't know much about this one, except that it involves a con man. I am hoping to listen to the podcast before the TV show starts.

5. The Devil In The White City

Leonardo DiCaprio is set to star as HH Holmes in a movie based on the wildly popular book of the same name. This one is the most likely to be pushed back from 2018/2019 because there hasn't been very many details released, and it has been in development for some time. Here's hoping it makes some progress soon as I think it has the potential to be really good.

6. Theodore: The Documentary 

This is a documentary about Ted Bundry from Celene Beth Calderon. I have heard quite a bit about this documentary and how it is going to have a focus on the victims and their families. I also was impressed that part of their Indiegogo campaign funds were donated to RAINN. It sounds like it could be a well researched documentary and one that I am hoping is released this year. It may be delayed as they are still in the process of filming. You can still check out the details of the documentary on the Indiegogo site even though it is no longer available to pledge money for. 

Anything I missed? Something you're waiting for that is not on my list? Let me know in the comments!

Weekly Obsessions

The awesome Kelly at KellyVision started posting a weekly post highlighting whatever she happened to be obsessed with that week. I LOVE this idea, so much in fact that I will be doing it myself every Saturday.

BOOKS

Cover Of All Of This Is True by Lygia Day Penaflor (goodreads)

Not only does the premise of this one sound AMAZING but the cover is just as incredible. I love that it has almost a true crime feel to it. 

The crossing out of the word true also immediately makes a statement about what this book is. I am in love witht eh vivid red that was use as it's going to be eye catching on shelves. I am even more excited to dive into this one! 

TV/Movie

Zac Efron As Ted Bundy

Zac shared another photo on his Twitter account that offers up a clearer look at his Ted Bundy. The makeup artists on this film are incredible because Zac looks so strikingly similar to Ted Bundy in this photo. It's more than a little eerie.

Copyright belongs to Zac Efron (from his Twitter)

This photo, obviously, caused me and my friends to freak out and completely lose all chill. We're all looking forward to a movie poster and trailer. I am encouraged by the fact that this is going to be focused more on Ted's girlfriend at the time than Ted himself as I think that has the potential to offer up something new to say about this much talked about case.

OTHER

HappyHello Bookmarks (link)

I am sure I have mentioned these bookmarks before. They are super cute and I have quite the addiction to them. I love that a wide varitety of fandoms are offered so there is something for everyone. She even offers amazing customs so you can request your favourite characters.

copyright @ HappyHelloCo

I am currently obsessed with the above Steve and Dustin set from Stranger Things. You should check out her Etsy shop and get a few for yourself!


What are you obsessed with this week?

Weekly Obsessions

The awesome Kelly at KellyVision started posting a weekly post highlighting whatever she happened to be obsessed with that week. I LOVE this idea, so much in fact that I will be doing it myself every Saturday.

Lots of exciting things to share this week! It's been a fun week of me flailing with my friends about a wide variety of stuff, but the biggest freak out definitely happened because of Zac Efron.

TV/MOVIE

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile begins production 

Zac Efron shared this photo on his Instagram account and basically caused me to have a bunch of discussions about it with my friends. We all had a lot to say about this photo.

copyright @ Zac Efron (linked from his Instagram)

Zac is, of course, playing Ted Bundy (if the 'Meet Ted' caption didn't already clue you in). This offers up the first look at him in character. The movie started shooting this past Thursday according to the director (and what I assume Zac was acknowledging with this photo).

OTHER

Porcelain Wolf Bath Bombs

I recently stumbled upon this bath bomb company that makes these amazing sounding horror movie inspired bath bombs. I pretty much want to try all of them. It's such a unique premise and offers up some pretty interesting sounding bath bombs.

Here are a few of my favourites from the website:

Prom Queen (inspired by Carrie)

According to the website it smells like Caramel Apple and will turn your water a blood red as it dissolves. The dark red part on top is a 'coconut glycerine soap'.

JAWSome (inspired by Jaws)

This one has a scent called  Lathyrus Odoratus Beach Breeze and it comes with a cute little Life Savers candy attached to the box. It starts off turning your water a pretty blue colour until the dark red inside starts to seep out giving the 'shark attack' effect. I was able to get one at Hot Topic and am fully in love with these bath bombs now that I have used it. It's a creepy (yet fun) effect and perfect for those who are horror movie fans. 

The Oogie Man (inspired by The Nightmare Before Christmas)

The scent listed for this one is Gummy Worms which I am guessing is fruity and sweet. It also apparently comes with a pack of gummy worms candy for you to eat while enjoying this bath bomb. I really love the fun little touches (like the lights around the box) to the packaging for these.

The Nightmare (inspired by Nightmare On Elm Street)

The scent listed for this one is Cotton Candy and it turns your bath a blood red colour. The bomb itself is made to look like Freddy Kruger's sweater and the slashes on the packaging are a nice touch.

I am hoping that Hot Topic gets more of these in as I only saw JAWSome and Arachnophobia while I was there. These seem to be harder to ship to Canada, so I may have to enlist the help of a friend to get some of these.

New York Magazine's Best Performers Shot Horror Film series

I stumbled across this purely by accident. I noticed a link to New York Magazine's list of the Ten Best Performers of 2017. They celebrated by shooting some horror inspired shorts with the actors on the list. 

Actors like Timothee Chalamet, Nicole Kidman, Saoirse Ronan, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Daniel Kaluuya (just to name a few) made the list and offer up chilling performances in videos entitled things like "The Vampire", "The Cannibal", and "The Psycho Killer" (so most of them are playing off horror movie tropes).  

Timothee Chalamet as The Cannibal

They all are excellent and worth a watch if you're at all interested. You can see all of the videos by visiting the New York Times website (the videos will auto play). They are only a few minutes each (at most) and each offers up their own brand of chills.

What are you obsessed with this week?