Recent Chilling Tales
LUCIFER on Fox – Sympathy for the Devil Can even the Prince of Darkness be redeemed?
Lucifer is ultimately a character study and morality play in the form of a police procedural with Ellis’s Lucifer displaying more than a little of the fish-out-of-water indignation of Sleepy Hollow’s Ichabod Crane to help keep things fun amidst the crime and carnage. Also adding to the fun are all the corny “speak of the devil” puns and the fact that the former Prince of Darkness is always quite open as to his identity — um, the name is a pretty big clue — but no one ever believes him. Other than those few with whom he is truly vexed and shows his true appearance, and they are driven mad, but they were bad in the first place.
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Slenderman Secret – The Image Behind the Stabbings Journey from meme to the real world
Slenderman did become “real” when humans believed he was real and took action accordingly. This is the ultimate compliment for a meme — “an idea, behavior, or style that spreads from person to person within a culture” — when it jumps from concept bandied about on the Internet, to causation in the real world. Suddenly, Slenderman was “fleshed out,” so to speak.
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Ghosts of Edinburgh Castle Scotland's haunted fortress on the hill
Tortured souls from centuries ago reportedly still linger in the castle’s many halls, chambers, and dungeons. Those who wander these passages today report strange sensations such as a sudden drop in temperature and feelings of being watched. Some experience unexplained sounds, a ghostly touch across the face and burning on the arm, or a tugging on one’s clothing. Photographs snapped at the site reveal patches of fog, sometimes colored green.
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CRIMSON PEAK Finds New Home On Home Video Guillermo del Toro fans can embrace Allerdale Hall in all its HD splendor in Blu-ray/DVD/Digital HD combo pack
After Edith meets Thomas Sharpe (Tom Hiddleston), he whisks her away to England after the tragic death of her father, to live at the decrepit Allerdale Hall with Tom and his too-close-for-comfort sister Lucille (Jessica Chastain). It won’t be long before the terrifying truth of Crimson Peak comes calling, with Edith caught in a game of cat-and-mouse between the living and the dead.
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Touring HAUNTED AMERICA FAQ with Author Dave Thompson on After Hours AM/America’s Most Haunted Radio Talking ghosties, ghouls, and associated denizens of the country's haunted history
Among book highlights are America’s very first ghost story, our most haunted cemeteries, haunted ghost towns, musical ghosts, poltergeists, haunted amusement parks, and a boatload of additional spooky madness.
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THE X-FILES 2016 Secret Weapon: Mid-Life Crises Series return takes full advantage of Mulder and Scully in middle age
Most importantly, THE X-FILES 2016 has seen the reestablishment of David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson’s Mulder and Scully as one of the most iconic pairs in TV history. Other than the rather joyless opening ep, which was perhaps inevitably heavy on exposition and table setting, this has been an immensely satisfying season with a wider emotional range than we have seen before from the stars and their characters. That emotional range has been built upon a potentially very sensitive matter: their respective mid-life crises.
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FREAKS OF NATURE Blu-ray – Vampires, Zombies, Aliens, Cameos Invade Mixed monster film way better than it has to be
Director Robbie Pickering never sticks to neither a character-oriented film nor a splatterfest, and the results can sometimes be a little jarring. But for what it’s worth, Freaks of Nature features a great video/audio combo to keeps the laughs flying and ensures anyone interested won’t be left wanting more. It is what it is — a horror comedy — and for a straight-to-video affair, it’s way better than average.
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Examining THOUGHTFORM Movie and Bizarre Death of Olivia Mabel on After Hours AM/America’s Most Haunted Radio Filmmakers from Elftree Media talk real-life mystery
On tonight’s mysterious and disturbing episode of After Hours AM/America’s Most Haunted Radio, 9-11pE, with hosts Joel Sturgis and Eric Olsen, we will be examining the bizarre real-life death of Olivia Mabel, whose story is being turned into the short horror film Thoughtform by Elftree Media. In the 9pE hour, Joel and Eric will review the week’s paranormal and peculiar news, then at 10pE we will be joined by Thoughtform filmmakers Ian McNeny (producer, editor), Joe Moralez (producer, sound), and Martyn Eaden (writer, director).
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THE WALKING DEAD Heading Into Heinous Predator Territory The name "Negan" has been uttered
After hearing rumors and speculation based upon developments in The Walking Dead comic series, which the TV series loosely follows, we finally hear the dreaded name “Negan” uttered on the screen in the opening four minutes of Sunday’s episode, called “No Way Out.”
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Weird Valentine’s Day – Goat’s Blood, Poetry, Martyred Saints, and a Box of Chocolate Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it
Like many major Western holidays — Christmas, Easter, Halloween — Valentine’s Day has pre-Christian pagan roots, specifically in the ancient Roman celebration of Lupercalia, which was observed February 13-15 for over 1,000 years before being abolished at the end of the 5th century. Lupercalia was an odd blend of spring purification ritual, fertility rite, and tribute to Lupa, the she-wolf who suckled the infant orphans Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome.
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