I guess I’ve always been attracted to the dark side, even when I was really young my favorite things were witchy, spooky and creepy. I can remember rushing home every day after school to watch Scooby Doo, my all time favorite cartoon.
I laugh at my husband because he said he couldn’t watch Scooby when he was little because it scared him. He still isn’t a big fan of scary movies either. Though he can handle going to all the crazy Halloween haunted houses when I can’t.
Weird.
Anyway, I digress.
When I was a child my bookshelves were lined with all kinds of creepy, spooky and scary ghost stories and kids books about Halloween and anything just a little supernatural. By the time I was 10 I was already reading Steven King and Dean Koontz.
I loved watching Tales from the Darkside, Twilight Zone, and of course- reruns of The Munsters and The Addams Family. Morticia Addams and Lily Munster were idols of mine, dark, scary, beautiful. Especially the original Morticia (not so much Angelica Houston).
Then later came Elvira- now there was a frightening figure of femininity that men everywhere lusted after.
The “Otherness” portrayed by these women was always intensely sexual. Lily was a nurturing mother but like mother nature her sexuality was apparent. Morticia was always appeared so slinky and darkly beautiful, and the refreshing flirtation between her and Gomez is something to hope for in a relationship isn’t it? And Elvira, well, she was just sex incarnate wasn’t she?
Did you know that Lily and Herman Munster were the first television couple to actually appear in bed together and Morticia and Gomez were always sexy and flirtatious while all the other couples on television sit coms during that time period (1960s) had no apparent sex lives and were never seen in bed together. With television showing such bland lifestyles how could you not want dark sexiness in your world?
For a little girl who dreamed of wild times and fantastic places emulating the dark beauties promised a much more interesting life.
And now look at the popularity of paranormal erotica and paranormal erotic romance today. These books are flying off the shelves. A lot of people are catching on to the allure of the dark side of sex and I couldn’t be more thrilled.
(This was a guest blog I wrote that originally appeared at http://www.morbid-romantic.net/2009/10/17/guest-blog-eternal-desire-by-roxanne-rhoads/)
Weird.
Anyway, I digress.
When I was a child my bookshelves were lined with all kinds of creepy, spooky and scary ghost stories and kids books about Halloween and anything just a little supernatural. By the time I was 10 I was already reading Steven King and Dean Koontz.
I loved watching Tales from the Darkside, Twilight Zone, and of course- reruns of The Munsters and The Addams Family. Morticia Addams and Lily Munster were idols of mine, dark, scary, beautiful. Especially the original Morticia (not so much Angelica Houston).
Then later came Elvira- now there was a frightening figure of femininity that men everywhere lusted after.
The “Otherness” portrayed by these women was always intensely sexual. Lily was a nurturing mother but like mother nature her sexuality was apparent. Morticia was always appeared so slinky and darkly beautiful, and the refreshing flirtation between her and Gomez is something to hope for in a relationship isn’t it? And Elvira, well, she was just sex incarnate wasn’t she?
Did you know that Lily and Herman Munster were the first television couple to actually appear in bed together and Morticia and Gomez were always sexy and flirtatious while all the other couples on television sit coms during that time period (1960s) had no apparent sex lives and were never seen in bed together. With television showing such bland lifestyles how could you not want dark sexiness in your world?
For a little girl who dreamed of wild times and fantastic places emulating the dark beauties promised a much more interesting life.
And now look at the popularity of paranormal erotica and paranormal erotic romance today. These books are flying off the shelves. A lot of people are catching on to the allure of the dark side of sex and I couldn’t be more thrilled.
(This was a guest blog I wrote that originally appeared at http://www.morbid-romantic.net/2009/10/17/guest-blog-eternal-desire-by-roxanne-rhoads/)
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I love paranormal romances, but do not watch scary tv shows or movies.
Thank the gods for repeats. I always loved Lily's bat necklace and wanted one only smaller. I love Scooby too. Yeah they were pretty lovey dovy on The Addams Family. I just wonder how she managed to get around in that dress. I'd be tripping all over the place but of course I'd have to fit into it first.
This is so me. I loved all this and Dark Shadows and even the Count from Sesame Street when I was little.
It's funny..everyone thinks that this paranormal stuff is new. I have been doing this since I was 6 years old running around the playground playing vampire..
I really enjoyed reading this
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