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The UWT community has spent the last few weeks writing, on our We’re Listening whiteboard at the SNO 1 entrance, answers to the question:

What’s your favorite Fall movie?

Your answers would make for a great combo with some pizza and hot cider in a warm-lit blanket fort. And thankfully, all of them can be checked out on DVD through UW Libraries!

Halloweentown

Thanks to a visit from Grandmother Aggie, Marnie and her family’s tradition of ignoring the Halloween holiday are about to change in the extreme. It seems that Marnie’s mother Gwen has been hiding a big secret from her three children–all of them possess supernatural powers.

Twilight

Isabella Swan moves to gloomy Forks, Washington to live with her father. She begins her junior year in high school and becomes fascinated by Edward Cullen. He holds a dark secret which is only known by his family. To Edward, Bella is what he has waited 90 years for, a true soul mate. But he knows the further they progress in their relationship the more he is putting Bella and those close to her at risk.

Practical Magic

Sally and Gillian are sisters with a bewitching gift. Unfortunately, their gift also comes with a dark family curse: any man who falls in love with them meets a horrible end. When Sally meets the man of her dreams, she has one final chance to lift the curse and set their love lives free. With the help of their aunts, the siblings take on the dark side.

Hocus Pocus

After 300 years, three sister witches are resurrected in Salem, Massachusetts on Halloween night. It’s up to two teenagers, a young girl, and an immortal cat to put an end to the witches’ reign of terror once and for all.

The Dark Knight

With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to destroy organized crime in Gotham for good. The triumvirate proves effective. But soon the three find themselves prey to a rising criminal mastermind, known as The Joker, who thrusts Gotham into anarchy and forces Batman closer to crossing the fine line between hero and vigilante.

Dead Poets Society

Robin Williams portrays English professor John Keating, who, in an age of crew cuts, sport coats and cheerless conformity, inspires his students to live life to the fullest, exclaiming “Carpe Diem, lads! Seize the day. Make your lives extraordinary!” The charismatic teacher’s emotionally charged challenge is met by his students with irrepressible enthusiasm–changing their lives forever.

Corpse Bride

A young man is brought into the underworld of the dead after mistakenly wedding a rotting corpse as he practiced his wedding vows.

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Jack Skellington is the King of Halloween. He becomes bored with the same routine every year and decides to spread Christmas joy to the world. He shows his friends what Christmas is like, and he suggests doing Christmas this year instead.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Harry Potter, an orphaned child that has spent the first ten years of his life living under the stairs of his aunt and uncle’s house, is invited to join the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He learns his destiny lies in the realm of magic and fantasy.

BONUS SPOOKY BOOKS!

 

Did you know that UWT now has a Little Free Library? It’s located on the fourth floor of TLB and invites library users from our campus community and beyond to swap books with each other. Feel free to browse books from this area, pick up something new to read, or leave your own books that you’ve finished with without worrying about checkouts and due dates.

Click to learn more about the Little Free Library!

The Little Free Library now has its own question whiteboard, where recently we asked:

What’s your favorite spooky read?

Here are some of your answers!

Misery by Stephen King

Paul Sheldon is Annie Wilkes’ favourite writer. She loves all his books about Misery Chastain. When she finds Paul injured after a car crash and takes him home she learns that he has decided to end the series by killing off Misery. Soon Paul’s biggest fan turns into his biggest enemy and his nightmare begins!

Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley

A monster assembled by a scientist from parts of dead bodies is scorned for being ugly and swears revenge on his creator and the human race.

The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins

Carolyn’s not so different from the other people around her. After all, she was a normal American herself once. That was a long time ago, of course. Before she was taken in by the man they call Father. In the years since then, Carolyn hasn’t had a chance to get out much. Instead, she and her adopted siblings have been raised according to Father’s ancient customs. Now, Father is missing — perhaps even dead — and his Library stands unguarded. Whoever claims it will also inherit absolute power over life, death, and all of creation.

The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe

Among the great masters of the short story, Edgar Allan Poe retains his preeminence after more than a century. Ligeia, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Masque of the Red Death, The Cask of Amontillado brought the suspense story to a point of artistic perfection not since surpassed. Every sentence carries the reader irresistibly toward a climax which continues to build to the last line, even the final word.

These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall

 

To claim her inheritance, Helen Vaughan must spend one year in her ancestral home, Harrowstone Hall, and with her life and sanity at stake, she must unravel Harrowstone’s secrets, an endeavor that forces her to question everything she knows about her family and herself.