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  • My Top 5 Favorite Kathy Bates Performances on American Horror Story

    For today’s post, I will be ranking Kathy Bates’ top five characters in American Horror Story, in my opinion.  To be clear, as with all the lists this week, I do not believe she gave any bad performances, she is an incredible talent, and this list just happens to feature the performances I enjoyed the…

  • Jessica Lange’s American Horror Story Characters, Ranked

    For today’s post, I have decided to do a ranking of all of the characters portrayed by Jessica Lange on American Horror Story.   This is the first of seven lists such as this, for Horror Week here at White Rose of Avalon.   As with every other list, it is subjective and I know…

  • Announcing Horror Week!

    For today’s bonus post, I am happy to announce that beginning tomorrow it will be Horror Week!   Now, what is Horror Week, you may ask?   Well, it is a whole week of best-of-character countdowns about the show American Horror Story!   I was inspired by re-watching some old seasons recently, and I thought…

  • Theda Bara, The Original Screen Vamp

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have decided to write about Theda Bara.   Bara was the original Vamp of the silent film era!   She was born in Cincinnati Ohio as Theodosia Goodman in 1885.   But, this would not be the name or backstory that the public would get once she rose…

  • The Concept of Being Buried Alive in Edgar Allan Poe’s Works

    For the final day of Gothic Romance Week, I have decided to take a look at the concept of being buried alive as it is used in Poe’s works.   The thought of possibly being buried alive is a core fear for many people, making the appearance of this in fictional works a truly horrifying…

  • Death and the Maiden in Edgar Allan Poe’s Works

    For day five of Gothic Romance Week, I have decided to take a look at the Death and the Maiden motif as used in Poe.   I did a video that spoke to this principal a few weeks ago.   In this post, I will be going a bit deeper into why Victorians were so…

  • My Top 10 Favorite Edgar Allan Poe Tales

    For day three of Gothic Romance Week, I have decided to do a countdown of my ten favorite Edgar Allan Poe Tales.    Number 10: The Cask of Amontillado ~This tale is one that has to do with a plot to murder a friend through means of deceit.   There is also the occurrence of…

  • Dark Faery Horror Lovers

    For today’s post, I have decided to discuss how my love of horror actually fits well into my Faery lifestyle.   I realize that many people may interpret my testament of living the Faery life as just being all about the light and sparkly things in the world. In truth, when we learn about the…

  • Mean Girl Movie Countdown

    For today’s post, I have decided to do a countdown of my five favorite movies featuring mean girls. Number 5: Mean Girls (2004) ~This film was written by Tina Fey and is based on the book Queen Bees and Wannabes.   It was a nonfiction book about adolescent cliques for parents.   She used this…

  • Jennifer’s Body, Jennifer Check Redeemed

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have chosen the titular character from one of my favorite films of the last twenty years.   Jennifer Check is one of the two lead characters in the film Jennifer’s Body, which was written by Diablo Cody.   Jennifer Check was portrayed by Megan Fox in this 2009…