author: diane hoh

Recap #246: Nightmare Hall 14: The Initiation by Diane Hoh by Wing on 21 November 2019

Wing recaps Nightmare Hall 14: The Initiation by Diane Hoh and wants to punch the protagonist in the mouth. A lot. BECAUSE SHE WON’T STOP LYING TO PEOPLE WTF.

Categories: Nightmare Hall recaps

Tags: adults are idiots, adults are useless, annoying main character, author: diane hoh, bad bffs, crazy means dangerous, obvious red herring is obvious, recaps by wing, threats are practical jokes, weaksauce bad guy motivation, whimsical notes

Tropes: Cheer on the killer, DED FROM STUPID, Dun-Dun-DUNNNNN!, Fuck My Little Pony! Friendship is not magic!, Gimme a blindfold and some stupidity, Mental health: with tact and sensitivity, Mwahahahaha!, My that's awfully convenient, Oh you wacky kids with your hi-jinks and your pranks, pointless foreshadowing for fun and profit, Red Herrings, Roses are red Violets are blue I'm going to fucking kill you, World of fail

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Recap #164: Nightmare Hall #13: Monster by Diane Hoh/Barbara Steiner by Dade on 21 June 2018

Title: Nightmare Hall #13: Monster Summary: Rumors are flying around Salem U. Stories about a monster roaming the campus. Tales of students viciously attacked in the dead of night. Abby McDonald thinks it’s all nonsense. A fraternity prank. A drama major giving an unusual “performance”. She has too much on her mind to worry about OMG! What happens next??? Read on… »

Categories: Nightmare Hall recaps

Tags: ACTUAL WEREWOLVES!, adults are helpful, annoying main character, author: barbara steiner, author: diane hoh, comments by wing, needs more werewolves, obvious red herring is obvious, recaps by dade, shady boyfriends

Tropes: Dun-Dun-DUNNNNN!, Gimme a blindfold and some stupidity, I beat you because I love you, Red Herrings, This recap is sponsored by the WWE

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Recap #153: Nightmare Hall #12: The Whisperer by Diane Hoh by Dade on 11 May 2018

Title: Nightmare Hall #12: The Whisperer Summary: Shea Fallon can’t tell anyone what she did. She knows it was wrong. Terribly wrong. But she had to do it – she had no choice. Anyway, she’s sure nobody will find out. Until she hears the whisper on the telephone. “You don’t have to worry. No one OMG! What happens next??? Read on… »

Categories: Nightmare Hall recaps

Tags: author: diane hoh, awesome lead characters, comments by wing, cool location, obvious red herring is obvious, recaps by dade, shady boyfriends, threatening phone calls, threats are practical jokes, weaksauce bad guy motivation

Tropes: Red Herrings

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Recap #145: Nightmare Hall #11: Last Date by Diane Hoh/Nola Thacker by Dade on 3 April 2018

Title: Nightmare Hall #11: Last Date by Diane Hoh Summary: A night you’ll never forget. Call me. Demi does it on a dare. She places an ad in the personals column of the Salem Chronicle. Lots of guys call. And the nights are everything she advertised. Unforgettable. Unforgettably frightening. Because one by one, Demi’s dates OMG! What happens next??? Read on… »

Categories: Nightmare Hall recaps

Tags: ACTUAL DEATHS!, annoying main character, author: diane hoh, author: nola thacker, comments by wing, obvious red herring is obvious, recaps by dade, shady boyfriends, storming off in a huff is mature, threatening phone calls, threats are practical jokes, weaksauce bad guy motivation

Tropes: Cheer on the killer, DED FROM STUPID, Fuck My Little Pony! Friendship is not magic!, Head injury? Walk it off, I beat you because I love you, Mental health: with tact and sensitivity, Oh you wacky kids with your hi-jinks and your pranks, Red Herrings, Roses are red Violets are blue I'm going to fucking kill you, Well that escalated quickly, World of fail

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Podcast #13: Funhouse by Diane Hoh by Wing on 29 March 2018

To celebrate 5 Years of Horror at Devil’s Elbow, Wing revisits our very first recap: Funhouse by Diane Hoh

Categories: Podcast

Tags: author: diane hoh, OMG GUYS WE ARE PODCASTING!

Recap #140: Nightmare Hall #10: Sorority Sister by Diane Hoh by Dade on 19 March 2018

Title: Nightmare Hall #10: Sorority Sister by Diane Hoh Summary: When Maxie McKeon pledges Omega Phi Delta, she figures she’s got it made. She loves her new sisters. And everyone knows Omegas throw the best parties and go out with the cutest guys. But someone on campus isn’t crazy about the sorority. That person is OMG! What happens next??? Read on… »

Categories: Nightmare Hall recaps

Tags: ableism, annoying main character, author: diane hoh, awesome lead characters, comments by wing, crazy means dangerous, recaps by wing, shady boyfriends, strong bad guy motivation, threats are practical jokes

Tropes: Continuity? Fuck that shit, DED FROM STUPID, He's dead! He's dead! HE'S FUCKING DEAD! ... oh wait he survived, Mental health: with tact and sensitivity, Oh you wacky kids with your hi-jinks and your pranks, This place deserves a lawsuit, This recap is sponsored by the WWE

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Recap #124: Nightmare Hall #8: The Experiment by Diane Hoh (Nola Thacker) by Dade on 2 January 2018

Title: Nightmare Hall #8: The Experiment Summary: Professor Maximillian DeLure. Award-winning poet, scientist, and professor at Salem University. Dark, sexy, attractive…dangerous. Caryl Amberly is excited to be one of the few students specially selected for his new seminar. Until she finds out what his previous students think of him. Everyone says he’s a real killer. OMG! What happens next??? Read on… »

Categories: Nightmare Hall recaps

Tags: ableism, adults are idiots, adults are useless, author: diane hoh, author: nola thacker, bad bffs, comments by wing, inappropriate teacher-student relationships, recaps by dade, shady boyfriends, weaksauce bad guy motivation, whimsical notes, WHY IS IT ALWAYS SPIDERS

Tropes: Continuity? Fuck that shit, Dun-Dun-DUNNNNN!, Fuck My Little Pony! Friendship is not magic!, He's dead! He's dead! HE'S FUCKING DEAD! ... oh wait he survived, I beat you because I love you, I hate the hot chick! (And she hates me.), Mental health: with tact and sensitivity, Roses are red Violets are blue I'm going to fucking kill you, This place deserves a lawsuit, This recap is sponsored by the WWE

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Recap #112: Nightmare Hall #7: Pretty Please by Diane Hoh by Dade on 4 December 2017

Title: Nightmare Hall #7: Pretty Please by Diane Hoh Summary: Johanna Dunn is strikingly beautiful, just like all her friends. Until the accident. Now her perfect face is scarred and bandaged. She’s embarrassed by the strange looks she gets on campus – even from her closest friends. A pretty face isn’t everything, is it? Somebody OMG! What happens next??? Read on… »

Categories: Nightmare Hall recaps

Tags: 90s attire, ableism, ACTUAL DEATHS!, adults are useless, annoying main character, author: diane hoh, comments by wing, crazy means dangerous, obvious red herring is obvious, recaps by dade, shady boyfriends, storming off in a huff is mature, strong bad guy motivation, threats are practical jokes, whimsical notes

Tropes: DED FROM STUPID, Dun-Dun-DUNNNNN!, He's dead! He's dead! HE'S FUCKING DEAD! ... oh wait he survived, He's the killer! He's the killer! He's … my LOVAH!, Mental health: with tact and sensitivity, Oh you wacky kids with your hi-jinks and your pranks, Red Herrings

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Recap #103: Nightmare Hall #6: Guilty by Diane Hoh by Dade on 6 November 2017

Title: Nightmare Hall #6: Guilty by Diane Hoh Summary: Katie Sullivan has everything – nice roommate, cool friends, and a great guy. Until the day she and her boyfriend are out on the river and their canoe overturns. She survives. He doesn’t. Katie can’t stop thinking about the accident, weighing the evidence, wondering if it OMG! What happens next??? Read on… »

Categories: Nightmare Hall recaps

Tags: ableism, ACTUAL DEATHS!, author: diane hoh, awesome lead characters, bad bffs, bad guy pov sucks, comments by wing, cool location, recaps by dade, strong bad guy motivation, threats are practical jokes

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Recap #93: Nightmare Hall #5: The Scream Team by Diane Hoh by Dade on 2 October 2017

Title: The Scream Team by Diane Hoh Summary: Delle has always been a cheerleader. And so she wants more than anything to make the squad at Salem U. Until she hears the horrible truth about what happened to last year’s cheerleaders… Once Delle thought she would die to make the team. Now she realizes she OMG! What happens next??? Read on… »

Categories: Nightmare Hall recaps

Tags: ableism, ACTUAL DEATHS!, author: diane hoh, author: nola thacker, comments by wing, crazy means dangerous, obvious red herring is obvious, recaps by dade, supernatural oooooh!

Tropes: Continuity? Fuck that shit, DED FROM STUPID, Dun-Dun-DUNNNNN!, He's dead! He's dead! HE'S FUCKING DEAD! ... oh wait he survived, I hate the hot chick! (And she hates me.), ME! It's all about ME!!!, Mental health: with tact and sensitivity, Red Herrings, This recap is sponsored by the WWE

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Recap #91: Prom Date by Diane Hoh by Tuesday on 27 September 2017

Title: Prom Date by Diane Hoh Summary: It’s the biggest event of the year at Toomey High-Prom Night. But Margaret and her friends wont be going. After all you need a date to go to a Prom… All they can do is envy the lucky girls who will be there. Popular girls like Stephanie and Kiki OMG! What happens next??? Read on… »

Categories: Other Recaps

Tags: ableism, ACTUAL DEATHS!, author: diane hoh, awesome lead characters, comments by wing, cool location, crazy means dangerous, obvious red herring is obvious, recaps by tuesday

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Devil’s Elbow Podcast #11: Don’t Eat the Mystery Meat by Tom B. Stone and The Roommate by Diane Hoh by Wing on 5 September 2017

Wing recaps Graveyard School series #1, Don’t Eat the Mystery Meat, by Tom B. Stone (aka Nola Thacker aka D. E. Athkins) and Nightmare Hall series #2, The Roommate, by Diane Hoh (ghostwritten this time by Nola Thacker [aka D. E. Athkins aka Tom B. Stone]). What sort of author shenanigans are these? Links mentioned OMG! What happens next??? Read on… »

Categories: Podcast

Tags: author: d.e. athkins, author: diane hoh, author: nola thacker, author: tom b stone, OMG GUYS WE ARE PODCASTING!

Recap #84: Nightmare Hall #4: The Wish by Diane Hoh by Dade on 4 September 2017

Title: Nightmare Hall #4: The Wish by Diane Hoh Summary: Alex is the first to notice the strange little booth at the back of the campus pizza place. Wishes granted, fortunes told says the sign on the glass. Inside sits The Wizard – an eerie wooden figure with sinister blue eyes. Alex’s friends make wishes. OMG! What happens next??? Read on… »

Categories: Nightmare Hall recaps

Tags: ableism, annoying main character, author: diane hoh, comments by wing, obvious red herring is obvious, recaps by dade, supernatural oooooh!, weaksauce bad guy motivation

Tropes: Continuity? Fuck that shit, Dun-Dun-DUNNNNN!, Fuck My Little Pony! Friendship is not magic!, He's dead! He's dead! HE'S FUCKING DEAD! ... oh wait he survived, McGuffin ahoy!, Mental health: with tact and sensitivity, Red Herrings

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Devil’s Elbow Podcast #9: Nightmare Hall #1: The Silent Scream by Diane Hoh by Wing on 14 August 2017

Wing recaps The Silent Scream by Diane Hoh, the first book in the Nightmare Hall series, and minus a bit too much red herring, it’s a fun and fantastic book. (Content: Discussion of suicide and abusive relationships.) Links mentioned in the podcast: Written Recaps: pointhorror.com Episode Media: The Silent Scream by Diane Hoh Let’s Do It: OMG! What happens next??? Read on… »

Categories: Podcast

Tags: author: diane hoh, OMG GUYS WE ARE PODCASTING!, series nightmare hall

Recap #78: Nightmare Hall #3: Deadly Attraction by Diane Hoh by Dade on 7 August 2017

Title: Nightmare Hall #3: Deadly Attraction by Diane Hoh Summary: The night Robert Q and Darlene meet, the attraction is immediate. The Big Man on Campus uses all his charm to sweep Darlene off her feet – and then dumps her a few weeks later. After all, he’s just playing around. Poor Robert Q. He doesn’t OMG! What happens next??? Read on… »

Categories: Nightmare Hall recaps

Tags: ACTUAL DEATHS!, author: diane hoh, awesome lead characters, comments by wing, recaps by dade, shady boyfriends, weaksauce bad guy motivation

Tropes: Continuity? Fuck that shit, DED FROM STUPID, Dun-Dun-DUNNNNN!, He's dead! He's dead! HE'S FUCKING DEAD! ... oh wait he survived, I beat you because I love you, My that's awfully convenient

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Recap #71: Nightmare Hall #2: The Roommate by Diane Hoh/Nola Thacker by Dade on 3 July 2017

Title: Nightmare Hall #2: The Roommate Summary: Four roommates share a suite in the Quad. Danni is beautiful and perfect, from her long blonde hair to her expensive clothes. Margot is mysterious – brutally honest or slyly secretive, depending on her mood. Lacey is a wild woman, who loves to party, party, party. And Maureen OMG! What happens next??? Read on… »

Categories: Nightmare Hall recaps

Tags: ableism, adults are absent, annoying main character, author: d.e. athkins, author: diane hoh, comments by wing, crazy means dangerous, obvious red herring is obvious, recaps by dade, series nightmare hall, threatening phone calls, weaksauce bad guy motivation

Tropes: Cheer on the killer, Continuity? Fuck that shit, Dun-Dun-DUNNNNN!, He's dead! He's dead! HE'S FUCKING DEAD! ... oh wait he survived, He's the killer! He's the killer! He's … my LOVAH!, ME! It's all about ME!!!, Mental health: with tact and sensitivity, Red Herrings, Well that escalated quickly

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Recap #67: Nightmare Hall #1: The Silent Scream by Diane Hoh by Dade on 5 June 2017

Title: Nightmare Hall #1: The Silent Scream Summary: Jess is eager to start college – until she arrives at her off-campus dorm. She can see why everyone calls it Nightmare Hall. Especially when she learns the dark secrets hidden within the house. A girl named Giselle hanged herself there. In Jess’s room. But was it OMG! What happens next??? Read on… »

Categories: Nightmare Hall recaps

Tags: 90s attire, author: diane hoh, awesome lead characters, comments by wing, obvious red herring is obvious, recaps by dade, supernatural oooooh!

Tropes: Dun-Dun-DUNNNNN!, I beat you because I love you, My that's awfully convenient, Red Herrings

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Recap #50: The Accident by Diane Hoh by Dove on 21 November 2016

Dove recaps the Point Horror staple, The Accident by Diane Hoh, where a nice girl swaps places with a ghost and, shocker, that turns out to be a Very. Bad. Idea.

Categories: Point Horror Recaps

Tags: author: diane hoh, comments by wing, cool location, crazy means dangerous, obvious red herring is obvious, recaps by dove, storming off in a huff is mature, strong bad guy motivation, whimsical notes, WHY IS IT ALWAYS SPIDERS

Tropes: Black Widow, Cheer on the killer, Continuity? Fuck that shit, DED FROM STUPID, Dun-Dun-DUNNNNN!, He's dead! He's dead! HE'S FUCKING DEAD! ... oh wait he survived, I hate the hot chick! (And she hates me.), Mental health: with tact and sensitivity, Oh you wacky kids with your hi-jinks and your pranks, Red Herrings, Roses are red Violets are blue I'm going to fucking kill you, This recap is sponsored by the WWE

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Recap #45: The Invitation by Diane Hoh by Dove on 17 October 2016

Dove recaps The Invitation by Diane Hoh where a bunch of unfortunates are invited to the coolest party of the year… as the victims. It’s like The Purge, only less happens and nobody cares.

Categories: Point Horror Recaps

Tags: ableism, adults are absent, author: diane hoh, comments by wing, crazy means dangerous, recaps by dove

Tropes: Cheer on the killer, DED FROM STUPID, Head injury? Walk it off, I beat you because I love you, Mental health: with tact and sensitivity, Oh you wacky kids with your hi-jinks and your pranks, Red Herrings, This recap is sponsored by the WWE

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Recap #44: 13 More Tales of Horror Part One by Wing on 26 September 2016

Title: 13 More Tales of Horror by Various Summary: A terrifying journey into horror – thirteen tales guaranteed to fill you with fear. What are the mysterious creatures stalking the woods at night, and who will be their next prey? A chilling game of cat and mouse! Who is the mysterious party guest in the OMG! What happens next??? Read on… »

Categories: Point Horror Recaps

Tags: ableism, ACTUAL DEATHS!, adults are absent, annoying main character, author: diane hoh, author: malcolm rose, author: stan nicholls, author: susan price, awesome lead characters, comments by dove, cool location, crazy means dangerous, metaphor abuse, recaps by wing, supernatural oooooh!

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