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The cover for Lord Huron\u2019s album \u201cStrange Trails,\u201d which \u201cThe Night We Met\u201d is featured on. | Photo from Apple Music<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Oct 22 2025 | Jaylin Emond-Hardin | Entertainment Editor<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Fall is officially upon us, or, as fans of the \u201cTwilight\u201d franchise like to say, it\u2019s when the weather starts to feel like \u201choa hoa hoa\u201d \u2014 the intro for \u201cEyes on Fire\u201d by Blue Foundation, which is featured in the soundtrack of the franchise\u2019s first installment.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This curated list is meant to embody the feeling that \u201cTwilight\u201d and \u201cEyes on Fire\u201d emulate: foggy Pacific Northwest days, a blue filtered world and enough emotions to blur the line between longing and magic \u2014 where love feels both dangerous and inevitable, the air smells like rain, and everything aches in muted shades of gray and silver.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Movies:<\/b><\/p>\r\n

\u201cPractical Magic\u201d<\/b> \u2014 The Owens sisters \u2014 played by Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman \u2014 hail from a line of witches where any man who loves an Owens woman meets his untimely demise. The film combines romance, comedy and supernatural family drama as the sisters attempt to break the family curse. Equal parts warm and spooky, it explores themes of love, loss and sisterhood. \u201cPractical Magic\u201d is available to stream on HBO Max and is free with ads on Tubi.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cThe Lovely Bones\u201d<\/b> \u2014 After she\u2019s murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon \u2014 played by Saoirse Ronan \u2014 watches her family from the afterlife as they grieve and her killer remains at large. Alternating between Salmon\u2019s desire to help solve her murder and the living characters\u2019 attempts to heal and find the truth, it\u2019s an emotional adaptation of Alice Sebold\u2019s novel of the same name. The film is currently streaming on Paramount+.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Shows:<\/b><\/p>\r\n

\u201cTwin Peaks\u201d \u2014 <\/b>Set in the Pacific Northwest in the early \u201890s, \u201cTwin Peaks\u201d follows FBI agent Dale Cooper as he investigates the murder of Laura Palmer. There, he discovers a town full of secrets, surreal visions and supernatural undercurrents. The series itself mixes noir-style investigation with quirky small-town characters and the persistent sense that something wrong is happening under the surface \u2014 all with the iconic surrealism of showrunner David Lynch. The original 1990 series and the 2017 return are both streaming on Paramount+.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cBates Motel\u201d <\/b>\u2014 A prequel series to Alfred Hitchcock\u2019s iconic film \u201cPsycho,\u201d this series follows Norma and Norman Bates as they open the titular Bates Motel. Throughout the series, Norman Bates\u2019 fragile psychology unravels under his mother\u2019s intense, codependent influence, and it\u2019s a slow-burning character study, chronologizing Norman Bates\u2019 descent under his mother\u2019s increasingly desperate attempts to protect him from outside influences. \u201cBates Motel\u201d stars iconic actors, including Vera Farmiga, Freddie Highmore and Olivia Cooke \u2014 known for \u201cThe Conjuring\u201d universe, \u201cThe Good Doctor\u201d and \u201cThe House of the Dragon\u201d respectively \u2014\u00a0 and is streaming on Amazon Prime.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Books:<\/b><\/p>\r\n

\u201cIf I Stay\u201d by Gayle Forman <\/b>\u2014 After her family gets in a catastrophic car accident, 17-year-old Mia has an out-of-body experience where she sees her loved ones struggle with grief and she decides whether she should stay alive or pass with her family. Set in Portland, Oregon, the novel explores love and memory, while also forcing the reader to consider the emotional weight of the choice between life and death. The novel is followed by its 2011 sequel, \u201cWhere She Went,\u201d which continues Mia\u2019s story three years after she woke from her coma.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cThe Near Witch\u201d by V.E. Schwab <\/b>\u2014 Schwab\u2019s debut novel follows Lexi in her small town of Near, a place that doesn\u2019t welcome strangers and believes the past should stay buried. When a boy appears on the moor and children start vanishing from their beds, the townspeople suspect he is the cause. But Lexi doesn\u2019t think that\u2019s the case. As she investigates, Lexi uncovers the truth about the \u201cNear Witch,\u201d someone once thought to be a bedtime story. Weaving folklore with fear and feminine strength, Schwab\u2019s writing is poetic, creating less of a fast-paced fantasy and more of a haunting love letter to ancient legends.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Music:<\/b><\/p>\r\n

\u201cThe Night We Met\u201d by Lord Huron <\/b>\u2014 One of my all-time favorite songs, \u201cThe Night We Met\u201d is a haunting ballad, drenched in longing and regret. The narrator mourns a long-lost love, stuck in the moment everything changed. With the desperate wish to return to the night when things were still \u201cperfect,\u201d the narrator focuses on the pain of losing the person he loves most. With soft reverb and echoing vocals, the song captures the ache and melancholy of memory so well, it leaves listeners aching for a time they might not even be sure exists. This song\u2019s power lies in its restraint \u2014 it doesn\u2019t try to explain love and loss, it allows listeners to actively feel it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cAll I Want\u201d by Kodaline <\/b>\u2014<\/span> This raw, emotional anthem talks about heartbreak, loneliness and the lingering hope that love might return to the narrator. The beginning is soft, like a confession, before it swells in an emotional crescendo, and expresses the painful contraction of loving someone who\u2019s gone but being unable to let them go. While the lyrics are simple, they are deeply human: \u201cIf you loved me, why\u2019d you leave me?\u201d Kodaline\u2019s emotional vocals and the song\u2019s build are what make it cathartic, not sad, but a cleansing of everything that was left unsaid.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Of course, last on this list is any of the multitude of media in the \u201cTwilight\u201d franchise; they are, after all, what inspired this list, so how could I leave them out? All movies in the series are currently streaming on Disney+ and Hulu, which have seemingly become the permanent home for them for the time being.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

With the weather turning foggy, it is the perfect time to wear Henleys, get lost in a small town and accuse the brooding boy from biology of being a vampire.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Contact the author at howlentertainment@wou.edu<\/span><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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