THE HORROR OF MY LIFE CHAD NICHOLaS

​BIO
Chad Nicholas is an author who enjoys writing mysteries and thrillers. He also has a love for writing horror novels, despite the fact that he has to watch horror movies in the daytime, like a coward, or else he gets nightmares.

Speaking of Nightmares…

WEBSITE LINKS
Nightmare Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Nightmare-Chad-Nicholas-ebook/dp/B08BMZ64TF/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2J6A5YOBZHBFW&dchild=1&keywords=nightmare+chad+nicholas&qid=1595517707&sprefix=nightmare+chad+ni%2Caps%2C225&sr=8-2
Nightmare Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54454464-nightmare?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=V9eE4PnSCh&rank=1
Author Website: https://www.thechadnicholas.com/
Author Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thechadnicholas/

 
THE FIRST HORROR BOOK I REMEMBER READING


When I was in elementary school, the library carried The Great Illustrated Classics series. They had almost every one that was written, and they were my favorite books to read. Over a few years, I kept checking them out one by one, starting with the ones I really wanted to read, like Call of the Wild, but eventually the only ones left that I hadn’t read where the horror ones. The first horror novel I ever read was the Great Illustrated Classics version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
As soon as I started reading it, I started getting really creeped out by it, and started having nightmares, but it was so good I had to finish it.
 
THE FIRST HORROR FILM I REMEMBER WATCHING

The first horror movie I can remember watching was Jaws. I’ve seen a lot of debates about whether or not Jaws is a horror movie. On the one hand, when I think of horror movies, my mind goes more to movies like Halloween and The Shining. On the other hand, though, it’s got some of the most terrifying scenes in any movie ever made, and I can’t go swimming without immediately hearing the films score in the back of my head.
 
THE GREATEST HORROR BOOK OF ALL TIME

This is a hard question, since there are a lot of really great horror books out there, and my choice for the best switches pretty often. However, at the moment, I think my personal favorite is It, by Stephen King. Its just such a cool premise, a clown that feeds off children’s fears, and the characterization of the Loser’s Club is amazing.

The other aspect I like about It so much is how Pennywise is an actual character in the book. Instead of being treated like a random monster who has no thoughts or feeling, Pennywise is portrayed as more of an Arch Villain type character, who has a real grudge against the kids, and has his own unique personality.
 
THE GREATEST HORROR FILM OF ALL TIME

Halloween. There are some really terrific horror movies out there, but in my opinion, nothing comes close to the original Halloween. It’s just such a perfect example of building dread in an audience, without having to show excessive amounts of gore, but instead by slowing raising the tension. I also love how Michael Myers is portrayed. He is probably the only movie character where everything about him is iconic, despite the fact that he never spoke a single word.
Also, the score for the movie is amazing.
 
THE GREATEST WRITER OF ALL TIME

I honestly can’t answer this question. There are so many authors out there, that write so many different books that I love, in wildly different genres, that I can’t even come close to narrowing it down to just one.
 
THE BEST BOOK COVER OF ALL TIME

There are a lot of book covers that I love, like the cover for the original Pet Semetery, which has the artist drawn cat, or the cover for Jurassic Park, which looks amazing due to how simple it is.
However, in my opinion, the best cover of all time is easily Jaws. The image of the woman swimming, with the massive head of the Shark coming up from below is haunting, and in my opinion the most easily recognizable horror image of all time.
The other thing that makes Jaw’s cover so perfect, is how the title is at the top in massive letters, overshadowing the entire cover below it, once again making the woman look small in comparison, and furthering the sense of how massive the shark really is.
 
THE BEST FILM POSTER OFF ALL TIME

Also Jaws.
 
 
THE MOST UNDERRATED FILM OF ALL TIME

The Prestige, based on the novel by Christopher Priest. This movie isn’t really underrated, at least by the people who’ve seen it, but I do feel like it doesn’t get talked about enough. Even when people mention Christopher Nolan as a director, everyone seems to mention either Inception, Memento, or The Dark Knight. I feel like The Prestige deserves to be mentioned on the same level as those other films, just because of how perfect its foreshadowing and story its. Every time I’ve watched it, I see something I didn’t before, and that’s what I love in a movie.
 
THE MOST UNDERRATED BOOK OF ALL TIME

This is a hard question to answer, because I feel like most of the books I’ve read and loved are all highly talked about. However, I have realized that when talking about children’s horror, everyone gravitates towards Goosebumps, and for good reason. However, I remember reading a series when I was younger called the Baily School Kids, which I loved. It was about a group of school kids who kept investigating teachers that they thought were secretly monsters. It was a best-selling series when it came out, but I haven’t seen anyone talk about it in a long time, which is a shame.
 
THE MOST UNDERRATED AUTHOR OF ALL TIME

I honestly don’t know. There are so many great books out there that aren’t getting the audience they deserve, that narrowing it down to just one seems impossible.
 
THE BOOK / FILM THAT SCARED ME THE MOST

The answer to this question is actually not a book, or a film, but an episode of the TV show, Batman the Animated Series. The first episode of that show, On Leather Wings, features a transformation of Dr. Kirk Langstrom into the Man Bat, and as a child, it was the most terrifying thing I had ever seen. That was the first time I can remember being that scared.
Then, years later, my childhood fear came back in the video game, Batman Arkham Knight, when I tried to grapple onto a rooftop, and Man Bat jump scared me out of nowhere. To this day, that is still the most effective jump scare I have ever experienced.
 
THE BOOK / FILM I AM WORKING ON NEXT
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I am currently working on a new project, which carries over some of the same horror elements I used in Nightmare, but puts them in more of a crime thriller setting. I can’t reveal the title just yet, but I’m hoping to release it around this time next year.

Had it come back? No, it couldn't have. He had buried it for good. Or at least that's what Scott told himself. But what if it had? Was that why the scarecrow now watched him?
But the more Scott tries to ignore it, the more the evidence begins to pile up. So do the bodies. Because sometimes, the dead don't stay buried. Sometimes the monster survives.
As the bodies mount, and the secrets of his past grow more haunting, Scott must do whatever it takes to save his family. But what if by doing so, they find out what happened all those years ago? What if they realize what he did?
Scott learns that there is no escape from his own past, or the crows that have crawled out of it. He can only watch, as his life is turned into a living nightmare.

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