I remember watching your videos as a 14 year old, but then law school happened in my life and I kind of lost connect with your videos for past 2-2.5 years, last month I watched one of your recent videos and fell in love with your content all over again...slowly making my way through your videos that I have missed. LOVE THE CALM VIBES!!!!!
I love this video! I don’t really know why people are confused about cozy horror - I feel like so many classic horror movies are “cozy” horror, almost every middlegrade horror book can be considered cozy. Horror doesn’t just have to be gross or scary, just like not every romance has to just be a romance, etc. I’m glad people are finally acknowledging that it’s not such a limited genre, it’s such a huge umbrella and everyone can enjoy it ! 🥰
It's so funny, I wouldn't consider any of these Cozy Horror. Someone to Build a Nest in may be the closest. I feel like something more like Rachel Harrison's Cackle, or Carissa Orlando's The September House, or actually even T. Kingfisher's The Hollow Places, would be closer to my interpretation of Cozy Horror. There's a lot more humor, tea drinking and Autumnal vibes in those ones. I love the Friday Frights concept 🖤🧡😊
Personally I think you can never have too much Halloween decor. The vibes and colors of Autumn make me smile. That first movie you watched? That was my first Horror film seeing in the theater. I was nine years old when I saw it and it remains of mine to this day.
I watched a video on Someone You Can Build a Nest in, awhile back and they were billing it as 'cozy Horror' and I was asking people what that term meant, my mother looked at me and went BeetleJuice, and now I can back this being a thing
I think I speak for everyone when I say OBSESSED with your new decorations! I am going to have to track down that Skeleton reading Poe one because omg that is amazing. As for Cozy Horror, I recommend "The Whistling" by Rebecca Netley (especially the audiobook). It's set on a remote Scottish island and the atmosphere building is immaculate.
@marish_berry I would say it's definitely high on the spook list for me --- it's not filled with descriptive horrific scenes or anything, but the build up of eerie atmosphere did give me goosebumps and had me looking over my shoulder once or twice
Something wicked this way comes i think could be considered this. It has beautiful writing and a lot of heartwarming moments about family and friendship love but then we also have the dark side of it specially at the end
I hadn't heard of the concept of Cozy Horror before this video and I loved it as an introduction to the genre especially with your wonderful soothing energy which is a real pleasure. I love the video background with the mirror because it's giving me Jan Van Eyck 'The Arnolfini Portrait', 1434 vibes. Thank you so much.
Great video as always. Someone You Can Build a Nest in just moved up my TBR. But, Jesse, WHERE DID YOU GET THE BOOKISH HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS? I needs them! Lol
I've seen someone you can build a nest in described as horror fantasy romance and that sounds about accurate. I have leech waiting for me on my shelf but I have never seen it described as cosy, only as gothic horror. But I am very much looking forward to reading it! Love to hear that it is very good and that you liked the originality to it. But good to know it is going to be a challenging one diving in ahead of time.
A book I read and loved recently that I'd consider cosy horror is Bloom by Delilah S Dawson. It's a slow burn cottage-core romance novella, but lingering in the background always is this creepy, unhinged atmosphere. I loved it!
The way I gasped when you pulled up Leech in this Cozy Horror vlog 😂 Nothing cosy in there at all, gothic for sure, cold and winter vibes, yes, no cosiness to be found tho 🤣
Cozy horror books wasn't something I was expecting to ever see because they just seem so opposite it terms of how they're supposed to make readers feel. However, I am very intrigued about the first book that you mentioned even though you didn't love. Have you dived into folk horror or gothic fantasy at all?
Seconding everyone mentioning T. Kingfisher! Even their fantasy tends to have horror elements to them The first time I heard of cozy horror was actually a game I think came out last year called 'Dredge', which is an eldritch horror fishing sim
An important thing to remember, I think, is that "cozy" typically tends to mean....lower stakes and/or a more lighthearted approach to things, not quite as fast moving or high impact or action propelled, and/or oftentimes with some kind of a more heartfelt/heartwarming kind of message and/or an overall central family/community based or focused type vibe. (At least.... so far as I understand it?) If I'm not mistaken. It's definitely not something that is going to appeal as well for everyone's tastes as it appeals to the taste of some.
I’m with you on the anxiety of being around too many people. I had to go to Salem, MA today for an appointment and that place is always packed for the entire month of October. Too many people, and it’s only the second of the month - yikes!
I haven't watched the video yet, but I'm excited to see how "cozy" and "horror" go together! I'm intrigued, and maybe this will be a good step in the door for real horror! Will update this comment after I've watched! Edit: I actually love the idea of adding in a bit of mystery and an atmospheric setting. I might pick up Someone You Can Build a Nest in too. That one really intrigued me!
I feel you in the realising you are a horror fan much later than you should have. I only realise maybe last year that I was. And I have been enjoying horror media since I was a child. In early highschool one of my favourite shows was literally American Horror Story. But I didn't see what I like as horror. Partly because it never scared, and I am hard to scare to be fair. But I kind of saw it as me gravitating towards serious stories with a sense of stakes instead, and it took me years to realise that many of these things were classified as horror. I did realise most of my short story collections were horror but I just thought that was a coincidence. The first classic I read outside of high school was a gothic classic. My favourite tv series maybe now is Penny Dreadful, a show that combines multiple classic stories centred around Vanessa Ives (whom I believe is the show's interpretation of Mina, arguably Lucy, meanwhile their Mina feels closer to Lucy from the classic than not) while dealing with supernatural forces. Not in the show Supernatural way, but more that they are actively being hunted by them and Mina has been kidnapped by one and they trying to defend themselves and get her back. We have Dorian Gray, Victor Frankenstein and more. One of my biggest games last year were Bramble: The Mountain King, which is a horror game based off Norse mythology in which you follow this boy going through these woods filled with mythological creatures, some interested in eating him, to get his sister from a troll. Beautiful game and beautifully produced. And the other two big games were both also horror games. Most of my bookshelf, games and shows are horror so I keep picking them up. And I didn't realise I was a horror fan because I didn't see them as such.
I don't know if anyone else feels this way but I finally got to read The September House last month and I thought it was kinda cozy for the majority of the book. Like " 'sigh' I'm so tired of my ghost roomates" It definitely ramps up the horror quite a bit at the end though.
I got an eARC of Someone you can build a nest in and absolutely adored it! It was so fun yet also complexity and hints of horror. I adored Shesheshen and Homily, the way their relationship developed, and how both had personal growth throughout the story.
I haven't watched the video yet, but I'm excited to see how "cozy" and "horror" go together! I'm intrigued, and maybe this will be a good step in the door for real horror! Will update this comment after I've watched!
26:08 - I think "comforting" reads are more subjective than "cozy" reads, buut....maybe that's just me? (If only because "cozy" is an actual genre/category, not merely a general descriptor??) 🤔 Buuut, what do I know, really! Lol😊
I absolutely loved Someone You Can Build a Nest In! I feel like it had so many themes to think about: family, belonging, disability, surviving abuse, what is a "monster," and SO much coziness (okay, yes also a lot of ick, lol). I decided to buy my own copy about 50 pages in.
I don't know if I could get into cozy horror if the horror is too descriptive but Leech reminds me a lot of an anime I highly recommend, Parasyte. It's about unearthly parasites slowly taking over Japan. I didn't think I would like it because of the body horror/gore but love it because of the characters and because it brings about psychological/philosophical topics. I am also now realizing that I think The Last of Us TV show is cozy horror for me (definitely not the video game 😅). To me, cozy horror sounds like cozy mystery except with horror sprinkled or thrown in. I am slowly getting into cozy mystery biut I am not sure if I am ready for cozy horror. 😱
I would be super interested in knowing the reasons why you think you enjoy horror. Me personally, I am scared easily and I hate feeling that way so for me it’s fascinating to know what attracts other people to the genre :)
You should check out books by Andrew Joseph White! Im curious what you think of them! I absolutely loved The Spirit Bares its Teeth - its a YA Horror and I loved the writing and the characters
Leech is NOT cozy omg!! Ok there is one horror book that I think has some cozy elements to it - The September House. It does have scary moments, but it's cozy because our protag knows there are ghosts and she's not afraid of them
T. Kingfisher is a fantastic cozy horror author. Her books can be horrific, but they all contain her signature humor
I remember watching your videos as a 14 year old, but then law school happened in my life and I kind of lost connect with your videos for past 2-2.5 years, last month I watched one of your recent videos and fell in love with your content all over again...slowly making my way through your videos that I have missed. LOVE THE CALM VIBES!!!!!
ahh! thanks for coming back. i'm definitely a much more calm person... with moments of energy. haha.
I love this video! I don’t really know why people are confused about cozy horror - I feel like so many classic horror movies are “cozy” horror, almost every middlegrade horror book can be considered cozy. Horror doesn’t just have to be gross or scary, just like not every romance has to just be a romance, etc. I’m glad people are finally acknowledging that it’s not such a limited genre, it’s such a huge umbrella and everyone can enjoy it ! 🥰
Anything by T. Kingfisher is a cozy horror read for me
It's so funny, I wouldn't consider any of these Cozy Horror. Someone to Build a Nest in may be the closest. I feel like something more like Rachel Harrison's Cackle, or Carissa Orlando's The September House, or actually even T. Kingfisher's The Hollow Places, would be closer to my interpretation of Cozy Horror. There's a lot more humor, tea drinking and Autumnal vibes in those ones. I love the Friday Frights concept 🖤🧡😊
Personally I think you can never have too much Halloween decor. The vibes and colors of Autumn make me smile.
That first movie you watched? That was my first Horror film seeing in the theater. I was nine years old when I saw it and it remains of mine to this day.
Cozy horror for me has to be T. Kingfisher with What Moves The Dead!
Cozy Horror books is Like Metal music with clean vocals .
I watched a video on Someone You Can Build a Nest in, awhile back and they were billing it as 'cozy Horror' and I was asking people what that term meant, my mother looked at me and went BeetleJuice, and now I can back this being a thing
I would never have considered Leech cozy.
Absolutely love the decor, especially the snowglobe.
Yeah me neither, it definitely fit under the gothic horror category. more. I did love it though
I think I speak for everyone when I say OBSESSED with your new decorations! I am going to have to track down that Skeleton reading Poe one because omg that is amazing.
As for Cozy Horror, I recommend "The Whistling" by Rebecca Netley (especially the audiobook). It's set on a remote Scottish island and the atmosphere building is immaculate.
Is the Whistling very scary ? I can handle only mild scares 😢
@marish_berry I would say it's definitely high on the spook list for me --- it's not filled with descriptive horrific scenes or anything, but the build up of eerie atmosphere did give me goosebumps and had me looking over my shoulder once or twice
As a nerdy goth bookworm imma need your Halloween decorations for my regular everyday decor, please and thank you 🥺
Something wicked this way comes i think could be considered this. It has beautiful writing and a lot of heartwarming moments about family and friendship love but then we also have the dark side of it specially at the end
Excellent recommendation
I hadn't heard of the concept of Cozy Horror before this video and I loved it as an introduction to the genre especially with your wonderful soothing energy which is a real pleasure. I love the video background with the mirror because it's giving me Jan Van Eyck 'The Arnolfini Portrait', 1434 vibes. Thank you so much.
Anything by Darcy Coates could be “cozy horror”
My favorite Cozy-Horror-Romance is The Witchwood Knot, by Olivia Atwater. Love that one!
Great video as always. Someone You Can Build a Nest in just moved up my TBR. But, Jesse, WHERE DID YOU GET THE BOOKISH HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS? I needs them! Lol
Yes!! I want to know where the decorations came from 😅
I've seen someone you can build a nest in described as horror fantasy romance and that sounds about accurate. I have leech waiting for me on my shelf but I have never seen it described as cosy, only as gothic horror. But I am very much looking forward to reading it! Love to hear that it is very good and that you liked the originality to it. But good to know it is going to be a challenging one diving in ahead of time.
A book I read and loved recently that I'd consider cosy horror is Bloom by Delilah S Dawson. It's a slow burn cottage-core romance novella, but lingering in the background always is this creepy, unhinged atmosphere. I loved it!
The way I gasped when you pulled up Leech in this Cozy Horror vlog 😂 Nothing cosy in there at all, gothic for sure, cold and winter vibes, yes, no cosiness to be found tho 🤣
Rachel Harrison Is the best cozy horror ! Such Sharp Teeth is so good
While they're not the most interesting, Dollar Tree has some book/box decorations in their Halloween stuff.
Yaaay a book video for meeee
Ooo fall festivals are so fun!!
Wendy Webb books often feel like cozy horror to me, especially The Stroke of Winter.
Cozy horror books wasn't something I was expecting to ever see because they just seem so opposite it terms of how they're supposed to make readers feel. However, I am very intrigued about the first book that you mentioned even though you didn't love. Have you dived into folk horror or gothic fantasy at all?
cozy horror to me is, like, scooby doo and the addams family
Isn't Scooby Doo cozy mystery?
@@BookChats it's actually classified as "kid friendly horror mysteries"!
@@bluesey-182 ooo, Today I Learned
life happens and first video of you that i watched after years and you are much calmer lol
A Sorceress Comes to Call by T Kingfisher - cozy horror of the best kind
Seconding everyone mentioning T. Kingfisher! Even their fantasy tends to have horror elements to them
The first time I heard of cozy horror was actually a game I think came out last year called 'Dredge', which is an eldritch horror fishing sim
This is such a unique video! I always wonder how people pick up "cozy horrors" to comfort themselves😂
An important thing to remember, I think, is that "cozy" typically tends to mean....lower stakes and/or a more lighthearted approach to things, not quite as fast moving or high impact or action propelled, and/or oftentimes with some kind of a more heartfelt/heartwarming kind of message and/or an overall central family/community based or focused type vibe. (At least.... so far as I understand it?) If I'm not mistaken.
It's definitely not something that is going to appeal as well for everyone's tastes as it appeals to the taste of some.
Cozy horror, the first thing that came to mind for me is the manga series "The Girl from the Other Side"
I hadn't even considered the idea of cozy horror, but the novel I'm working on is definitely cozy horror. Huh. Good to know! 😄
I think Bloom and Cackle are both cozy horror, to add to other suggestions (throwing my weight behind T. Kingfisher)
Oh no! Not Cautious Traveler's looking at me from the library book pile 😱
Cozy Horror is something i wouldn't imagine as being good but I'm open to try new things. Thanks for expanding our horizons. 🎃
I prefer scary horror books. Never been into cozy books at all.
I'd never heard of cozy horror before! I don't really think it would be a genre for me but I really enjoyed your video :)
thanks morgan!
I’m with you on the anxiety of being around too many people. I had to go to Salem, MA today for an appointment and that place is always packed for the entire month of October. Too many people, and it’s only the second of the month - yikes!
I haven't watched the video yet, but I'm excited to see how "cozy" and "horror" go together! I'm intrigued, and maybe this will be a good step in the door for real horror! Will update this comment after I've watched!
Edit: I actually love the idea of adding in a bit of mystery and an atmospheric setting. I might pick up Someone You Can Build a Nest in too. That one really intrigued me!
I feel you in the realising you are a horror fan much later than you should have. I only realise maybe last year that I was. And I have been enjoying horror media since I was a child. In early highschool one of my favourite shows was literally American Horror Story. But I didn't see what I like as horror. Partly because it never scared, and I am hard to scare to be fair. But I kind of saw it as me gravitating towards serious stories with a sense of stakes instead, and it took me years to realise that many of these things were classified as horror. I did realise most of my short story collections were horror but I just thought that was a coincidence. The first classic I read outside of high school was a gothic classic. My favourite tv series maybe now is Penny Dreadful, a show that combines multiple classic stories centred around Vanessa Ives (whom I believe is the show's interpretation of Mina, arguably Lucy, meanwhile their Mina feels closer to Lucy from the classic than not) while dealing with supernatural forces. Not in the show Supernatural way, but more that they are actively being hunted by them and Mina has been kidnapped by one and they trying to defend themselves and get her back. We have Dorian Gray, Victor Frankenstein and more. One of my biggest games last year were Bramble: The Mountain King, which is a horror game based off Norse mythology in which you follow this boy going through these woods filled with mythological creatures, some interested in eating him, to get his sister from a troll. Beautiful game and beautifully produced. And the other two big games were both also horror games. Most of my bookshelf, games and shows are horror so I keep picking them up. And I didn't realise I was a horror fan because I didn't see them as such.
I also told myself no more Halloween decorations this year and ended up spending over $100.00 on more Halloween decorations. I love Halloween so much.
I don't know if anyone else feels this way but I finally got to read The September House last month and I thought it was kinda cozy for the majority of the book. Like " 'sigh' I'm so tired of my ghost roomates" It definitely ramps up the horror quite a bit at the end though.
Yes! I was going to recommend this one as a cozy horror for sure
I agree! That felt very Cozy Horror to me ❤
@@vanessafedis it very scary ?
Agree
I got an eARC of Someone you can build a nest in and absolutely adored it! It was so fun yet also complexity and hints of horror. I adored Shesheshen and Homily, the way their relationship developed, and how both had personal growth throughout the story.
I haven't watched the video yet, but I'm excited to see how "cozy" and "horror" go together! I'm intrigued, and maybe this will be a good step in the door for real horror! Will update this comment after I've watched!
I want to find some bookish Christmas decor but I never see anything other than ornaments.
Ummmm. Did you happen to get the IG handle or website for those cute crochet plushies at the festival?!
Firestarter by Stephen King!!!
26:08 - I think "comforting" reads are more subjective than "cozy" reads, buut....maybe that's just me? (If only because "cozy" is an actual genre/category, not merely a general descriptor??) 🤔 Buuut, what do I know, really! Lol😊
Maybe my brother being a horror enthusiast our entire life may have made me open to the idea of cozy horror also Halloween
Highly recommend Night TrainLorelei Savaryn and
The Creeping of dogwood house Eden Royce perfect for spooky season i just read them they were amazing
Darcy Coates has done cozy horror, particularly Ashburn house
Where did you get the waterglobe?😱
i feel like the book in the house in the dark of the woods might be cozy horror...if you are looking for more :D
Jesse!! Watch The Thing 1982
Hey hey jesse would you be interested in participating in some sort of collab with me?
You’re cuddled up with a skeleton on the couch and have been playing Dead By Daylight for 5 years and it just dawned on you that you like horror 😂🤭
😭😭😭
@@jessethereaderI’m glad you figured it out now, go live your best horror spooky life
Leech is definitely not cozy and it is definitely Gothic
I'm reading 'Someone You Can Build a Nest In' and absolutely loving it.
I absolutely loved Someone You Can Build a Nest In! I feel like it had so many themes to think about: family, belonging, disability, surviving abuse, what is a "monster," and SO much coziness (okay, yes also a lot of ick, lol). I decided to buy my own copy about 50 pages in.
Someone you could build a nest in by John Wiswell is probably classified as cozy horror
I don't know if I could get into cozy horror if the horror is too descriptive but Leech reminds me a lot of an anime I highly recommend, Parasyte. It's about unearthly parasites slowly taking over Japan. I didn't think I would like it because of the body horror/gore but love it because of the characters and because it brings about psychological/philosophical topics. I am also now realizing that I think The Last of Us TV show is cozy horror for me (definitely not the video game 😅). To me, cozy horror sounds like cozy mystery except with horror sprinkled or thrown in. I am slowly getting into cozy mystery biut I am not sure if I am ready for cozy horror. 😱
I would be super interested in knowing the reasons why you think you enjoy horror. Me personally, I am scared easily and I hate feeling that way so for me it’s fascinating to know what attracts other people to the genre :)
You should check out books by Andrew Joseph White! Im curious what you think of them! I absolutely loved The Spirit Bares its Teeth - its a YA Horror and I loved the writing and the characters
Leech is NOT cozy omg!!
Ok there is one horror book that I think has some cozy elements to it - The September House. It does have scary moments, but it's cozy because our protag knows there are ghosts and she's not afraid of them
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