Thus, the suburban horror subgenre was born. I have to give credit to Siddons as her ability to fully flesh out characters is pretty good. No, the suburbs are not immune to the monsters of elsewhere. The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons started out pretty interesting as it was building up a bunch of unique characters that I thought would lead to some scary situations. These things don’t go “Never mind!” at the sight of a self-built dog house and some manicured shrubbery. Family secrets, haunted houses, monsters with pointed teeth. But sometimes, it’s not always what it seems. Oh, and don’t forget about the homeowner’s association, lurking in the shadows, desperate to write a violation for a too-tall shed or a car parked one minute too long on the curb.įor a lot of people, some less idealized version of this is their reality. Watch the 9-5ers get in their cars, coffee mug steaming in their hands, every morning at the same time, dress shoes shining in the light of the sunrise. Cannonball into swimming pools in every backyard (if you’re lucky, one might even have a diving board!). Stop by the block party on Halloween and the Fourth of July and a random Saturday in the summer. Welcome to the suburbs! Check out the rows of identical houses with picture-perfect lawns and little white picket fences.
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