Book Lovers Series

Book Lovers: Episode 30

Episode 30: My Heart Is a Chainsaw & The Only Good Indians

August 31, 2021


Fall is in the air and Halloween is only two months away, so that means it's the perfect time to talk about horror fiction and horror movies. While we start with a general discussion of the scary stuff we love (or appreciate at a safe distance), we then turn to the author Stephen Graham Jones and discuss his award-winning novel "The Only Good Indians" and his latest  book, "My Heart is a Chainsaw." We're huge fans and we hope you will pick both of them up.

If you liked this episode and you want to hear Jones read from and discuss his work, join us at SCPL for “A Nightmare on Church Street,” our virtual event with the author on September 17th at 7:00 PM. Go to spartanburglibraries.org and click on the event banner at the top of the page to sign up!




Titles discussed:

  • My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
  • The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
  • The Goosebumps series by R. L. Stine
  • The Fear Street series, also by R. L. Stine
  • Slaxx (also known as Jess’s new favorite bad movie)
  • Chopping Mall
  • The Stepford Wives
  • Get Out, directed by Jordan Peele
  • Midsommar, directed by Ari Aster
  • Hereditary, directed by Ari Aster
  • “Home” by George Saunders, from Tenth of December: Stories
  • Psycho, directed by Alfred Hitchcock
  • American Horror Story, created by Ryan Murphy
  • The Haunting
  • Se7en
  • The Thing, directed by John Carpenter
  • The Muppet Movie, directed by Frank Oz (this scene in particular(
  • The Child’s Play series
  • The Blair Witch Project
  • Paranormal Activity, directed by Oren Peli
  • It by Stephen King
  • Disappearance at Devil’s Rock by Paul Tremblay
  • Pet Semetary by Stephen King
  • Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
  • Poltergeist
  • Titles from the RA Corner:
  • Blood Quantum
  • The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
  • Dead by Daylight (video game)
  • History of Horror, produced by Eli Roth
  • Severance by Ling Ma
  • Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders