Your Horror Concierge awaits...
Hi! 👋🏾
First off, I'm raising my glass of sparkling cider (because we're fancy like that) to welcome you to Horror Concierge!
Here we believe fear isn’t something to run from, it’s something to run on. Horror is the new power move, and you, my friend, are right on time.
I’ve always been fascinated by the unknown, captivated by the thrill of a really good scare and the way horror stories could take me on a rollercoaster of emotions.
As a child (I’m talking like 8 years old), I would stay up watching The Exorcist from behind a pillow but reveling in the fact that I could say each line word for word (“The power of Christ compels you!”) and Michael Jackson’s Thriller, where his werewolf transformation was the best thing I had ever seen!
And books weren’t safe from my devoted consumption either, as I remember being introduced to Stephen King with Firestarter, and have made it a bucket list goal to read every book he’s ever written.
My intention for this newsletter is to create a place where we could connect over our passion for horror, explore the depths of the genre together (as well as my unfiltered takes on horror culture that'll have you nodding along or ready to debate over your favorite drink), and empower each other to live our best lives along the way.
What’s In it for You?
🆓 Free Level
Every Friday, you’ll receive the free column, Freakishly Good, Your Weekly Horror Edit, that serves up must-read and must-watch curated picks that are worth it. Because you love horror, but your time is precious.
The struggle is real right?! I know you still can't decide what to watch or read next, despite having 1,827 movies in your streaming queue and a TBR pile that could double as a side table?
I see you! I am you!
So think of this as your personal horror concierge (see what I did there?) helping you skip the endless searching and scrolling for what to read or watch and get straight to the good stuff.
Because ain’t nobody got time for bad horror books or movies!
But here's where it gets even juicier…
💥 Paid Subscription
For the horror devotees ready for more, the paid Horror Concierge newsletter subscription unlocks premium content that gets even better, where each week you'll receive one of my four exclusive columns that rotate monthly:
👑 Horror & Her - We'll analyze films and books that resonate with our real-world experiences, complete with journal prompts, affirmations and challenges that connect the dots between horror themes and personal growth. Think horror with a higher purpose, complete with your very own Horror & Her Playbook and Growth Guides. Because who says you can't find life lessons in a slasher film?
💀 Spook Your Mood - Perfectly paired book and film recommendations for every life situation, moment or mood. Had a day where your coworker took credit for your work? There's a revenge horror story with your name on it via your customized Horror Movie & Book Mood Pairing Cheatsheet. (Because sometimes the best therapy is watching karma play out on screen or in the pages of a nail-biting book that understands exactly how you feel.)
🌍 Dark Passport - Your monthly visa into the world's most fascinating horror, where we look at foreign horror movies that believe it or not, are powerful roadmaps for female resilience, and unpack how women across cultures use supernatural storytelling to challenge boundaries, claim power, and rewrite their narratives. Explore destinations with Virtual Horror Tourism Guides, where we connect these films to real haunted locations, eerie folklore and must-visit cultural sites.
📚 Horror Handbook - Your skeleton key to the brilliance of horror’s most iconic (and underrated) subgenres. Far from those dry "history of horror" snooze-fests, we rip open a different subgenre, dissect its origins, evolution, and cultural impact, resulting in definitive Horror Starter Packs for each one. If you want to geek out on horror like never before, you need this in your life.
✨ Plus you’ll also get priority access and early-bird discounts on upcoming programs, events, merchandise, and special bonuses that I'm cooking up in my lab.
Ready to upgrade your horror experience and get a front row seat to a movement built just for women like you? Get the full Horror Concierge newsletter for just $12 a month or get a 25% discount for the year, where you get three months of your subscription complimentary!
If you’re already loving the vibe, then go paid because that’s where we go even deeper, fiercer, and unapologetically unstoppable.
I'm so excited to have you here!
To get you started, here are 3 of our most-loved posts that shows how horror can become your greatest asset, perfect if you want a taste of what’s brewing inside our dark, delicious little universe:
Kimberly
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