“Well, we’ll never see the blood properly if the movie is in black and white. It’ll be like watching Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’ with all that chocolate sauce used in the shower scene,” nagged Margaret.

Not only did Colin, her husband, wish he’d never downloaded the movie illegally, but he wished his wife would just stop nagging him all the bloody time.

Twenty minutes later, as the figure with the knife jumped back into their television set, Margaret’s last sight was that of the real colour of blood from the stab wound to her stomach.

“You wanted colour?” smirked Colin.

***

Written in response to the 99-word flash fiction challenge with the theme of ‘black and white’ over at the Carrot Ranch.

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54 responses to “Black And White #flashfiction”

  1. Charli Mills avatar

    Ha, ha! That last line has the perfect smirk! Good one, Hugh!

  2. WaltPage avatar

    Holy crap! lol

  3. samfiftysomething avatar
  4. Shallow Reflections avatar

    Great twist of the knife, Hugh.

    1. Hugh's Views and News avatar

      Thank you, Molly. Great ‘pun’ there. 😀

  5. Retirement Reflections avatar
    Retirement Reflections

    Another GREAT twist!

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  6. Liesbet @ Roaming About avatar

    Perfect, Hugh! How do you keep coming up with these??

    1. Hugh's Views and News avatar

      I’m not sure, Liesbet. These stories don’t always come easily. However, if one comes to me as soon as see a prompt, then it’s written down very quickly.

  7. dgkaye avatar

    Ouch. Snap! Well done Hugh Hitchcock LOL :) xxx

    1. Hugh's Views and News avatar

      Thank you, Debby. He’s a hero of mine. 🤩
      xx

      1. dgkaye avatar

        Why am I not surprised! :) xx

  8. Terri Webster Schrandt avatar

    Chocolate sauce in old b&w movies? And I thought they used real blood. Fun one, Hugh!

    1. Hugh's Views and News avatar

      Yes, evidently, they used chocolate sauce, Terri. It was mentioned in a documentary I watched about Hitchcock. Would never have been the same had the movie been shot in colour. Oh my goodness, I hate to think what people may have thought was coming from Janet Leigh if it was in colour. 😳

  9. John W. Howell avatar

    Good one, Hugh. I’ll not be watching any horror shows for a while.

    1. Hugh's Views and News avatar

      Or eating chocolate sauce, John? 😀

      1. John W. Howell avatar

        Oh. Now that you mention it. :-(

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