Halloween is a real Treat!

As Halloween approaches, scary themed items will be everywhere. If you're thinking about entertaining guests with a good old spook fest I suggest you come into the Warsaw Community Public Library and check out our Halloween material

To set the mood, we have CDs with scary sounds and music, “Halloween Howls” or “Scary Sound effects” are some of the titles the library has. Want to bake up some scary treats? We can assist you with a few books on baking, “Halloween Sweets and Treats” by Ruth Owen or “The Halloween Cookbook” by Sarah Schuette just might be what you need. How can a party be complete without the decorations? Well WCPL has you covered on that as well. We have “Horrorgami” by Chris Marks, if you are interested in making Halloween themed origami. In need of a costume idea? We have “Stick or Treat” by Patti Wallenfang. If you prefer one book to meet all your needs then “Gooseberry Ghastly-good Halloween” is a great one to check out. Goodies baked, decorations and costumes complete, all that's left is choosing some great Halloween movies to scare your guests.

If you are looking for a movie that's not so scary and can be enjoyed by all then “It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown” is just the movie to get your party started. If you’re a Zombie fanatic then “Night of the Living Dead”, which was released in 1968, is a perfect choice. These flesh eating ghouls are just as terrifying as their modern-day counterparts. If you're just not into all the scare and instead prefer comedy, we have that too. “Shaun of the Dead”, “Zombieland”,“Beetlejuice” all mix horror with comedy and are great films to watch on Halloween.

Not into the whole Halloween party scene? Prefer to spend the holiday night home alone? Why not curl up with a scary novel? “Dracula” by Bram Stoker and “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley are horror classics. If you prefer modern literature why not try Stephen King's “The Shining”, Anne Rice's “Interview with the Vampire”, or the Newbery award winning “The Graveyard Book” by Neil Gaiman.

Warsaw Community Public Library has all your Spooky needs for the Halloween season. We are even participating in the Spooktacular on November 1^st. So bring out the kids for some fun and treats. We are open from 9AM to 8PM on Monday-Tuesday, 9AM-6PM Wednesday-Friday,10AM-2PM on Saturday and closed Sunday.

World War Z has shambled into the Library

For more than 40 years, blank-eyed creatures have shambled across our movie screens, providing us with midnight movie screams, blood, guts and gore. World War Z is the latest in this ever growing movie genre. I admit I love everything that is zombie! In fact in our house we are prepared for if and when the Z apocalypse finally arrives. I have always felt that I could survive a zombie outbreak and that out running these fellows would be a piece of cake. (Not so much now) World War Z introduced me to zombies that simply cannot be out run, or hacked to death with a machete. No, these undead initiates a new kind of fear. They act almost superhuman.

WWZ wastes no time in getting started. Less than 10 minutes into the movie and we are thrown in! Brad Pitt plays Gerry Lane, a former military man who goes back to work for the military in return for securing his family shelter during the zombie apocalypse. They send Gerry around the world investigating a possible cure for the zombies, or a weapon to use against them.

It is truly an impressive movie, especially considering it is PG-13. For being a zombie movie, it doesn't have many action scenes, and this might come as a surprise, but there is very little blood and gore ANYWHERE. I saw this coming 15 minutes in and thought, oh no...but truth be told, this doesn't ruin the film. While I tend to like the gore in a zombie film, WWZ proves you don't really need it to be horrific.

I highly suggest it to zombie fans, and to anyone else that wants a scary, enthralling tale. However be warned, if you are into the slash and run zombie films, then you won't find this as entertaining. And if you're expecting WWZ be a dead on version of the book then understand it isn't even close! But it is certainly one of the most gratifying zombie movies in years. And if nothing else watch it because Brad Pitt proves he's still a big-screen star. Even when he's being chased by hordes of the undead, he is cool, unflappable, and ridiculously good-looking.

So why not shamble into the Warsaw Community Public Library and check out World War Z or another Zombie flick? We have a wide assortment of items to meet all your Zombie needs.