{"product_id":"dark-tales-from-the-mid-world-9798227239457","title":"Dark Tales from the Mid-World","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt's the Mid-World Arts Spooky Season Spectacular! Thirty-four tales of the uncanny, the weird, the disturbing, and the silly. Ghost stories, monster mashes, vamp vignettes, spirit scares, and a whole bunch more. It's All Hallows Eve. The trick-or-treating is done. You've collected mountains of candy. Now it's time for the monster show marathon on TV! (Swing with it, youngsters. This is something we used to do.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is that marathon. The television is warming up, the proper channel is tuned, and the independent artists of Mid-World Arts present to you a Harvest of Horror, a winning line-up of short \"shows\" and one \"movie of the week\" interspersed with catchy and creepy \"words from our sponsors.\" It's a callback to \u003cem\u003eThe Twilight Zone \u003c\/em\u003eor \u003cem\u003eThe Outer Limits\u003c\/em\u003e, and classic scary movies like \u003cem\u003eThe Thing from Another World \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Crawling Eye\u003c\/em\u003e. You get the tongue-in-cheek treatment from the laugh-a-minute ridiculousness of \u003cem\u003eMy Name is Vickie, \u003c\/em\u003e and more than one Hammer Films homage in \u003cem\u003eThe Demoniacal Machinations of Dr. Daedalus Slovak\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Diabolical Plot of Count Dracula \u003c\/em\u003e(you supply Vincent Price and Christopher Lee). You get the \u003cem\u003eCreepshow\u003c\/em\u003e vibes of \u003cem\u003eCautionary Tale\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Power of the Pen\u003c\/em\u003e. You get the inward-looking eye of \u003cem\u003eBlood on the Scarecrow\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBroken In\u003c\/em\u003e, and the large-than-life \u003cem\u003eWar of the Worlds\u003c\/em\u003e vibes of \u003cem\u003eScale\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eB-29\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's something in here for everyone who loves horror, loves to laugh at horror, and loves to think about the darker aspects of what it is to be human. Or inhuman; we don't judge. So put on your mask, rock that sheet that covers your ghostly body, and hold out your plastic pumpkin bag. Because Mid-World has a treat for you, and maybe a trick, as well. Boo!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Stephan Michael Loy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50871677321490,"sku":"9798227239457","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1653aefb-c310-4980-8f8a-8e4f185ae6a2.jpg?v=1737845682","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dark-tales-from-the-mid-world-9798227239457","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}