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Oh okay.

I guess the Paranormal sub-genre can be added to my least favorite sub-genre. There are very few from that sub-genre that I invest time in watching. After watching last night's episode of History Of Horror, I could not help feeling annoyed. Last night's episode mostly focused on the most commercialized and unrealistic Paranormal films, that perpetuate misconceptions about ghosts and evil spirits. The Shining was the only Paranormal Horror film, that was worth mentioning. Stir Of Echoes and The Amityville Horror were unacknowledged. Then again, those 2 movies didn't fit Hollywood's misconceptions for this documentary series. Originally, The Amityville Horror was a 1979 film based on the novel, that heavily documented the real life home owners of the house in Amityville, New York. The married couple heavily supervised the author because they did NOT want him to over exaggerate their horrorific experience. Everybody can discard those other Amityville Horror remakes and sequels because they have nothing to do with the real life story of the home owners from 1975. The Lutz Family actually bought the house because they thought they were buying The Amityville Horror house for a great deal, since it was already furnished. They didn't know the house they bought stayed on the market for a year because the mass murderer, Ronald DeFeo Jr killed his parents, 2 brothers, and 2 sisters. The Lutz's moved in literally 1 month after DeFeo Jr. was convicted for murder. The spirits in that house terrorized The Lutz Family so badly, they fled within less than a month of owning and moving into that house. The Lutz's claimed blood literally oozed through the walls and floors. I'm so glad we never had any of those horrific experiences in our houses. From personal experience, some ghosts can be obnoxious with the games they play. Some can be used as a guide letting people know when someone has died or will be dying soon. Meanwhile, some can be angry and want to hurt and/kill people. Believe it or not, a ghost tried strangling me from behind 12 years ago, when I was in the middle of working on a research paper after midnight in our dining room. As soon as I jumped, it let go of my neck. When Hollywood filmmakers over exaggerate everything, it doesn't surprise me that skeptics don't believe in paranormal or supernatural phenomenon. Most of what is shown in the media is misleading and only validates skeptics.

I remember seeing the commercials for the movie, Grindhouse years ago but never saw this Thanksgiving spoof.

Actually, no I have not. Considering the amount of family feuds and sometimes serious brawls, that break out during this time of season, you would think that Hollywood filmmakers would make more Thanksgiving Horror Movies. At least I would think so, anyway.😂

You have a point about the turkey but ThanksKilling looks terrible. A while ago, I discovered that only $3,500 was spent on or should I say wasted on this movie.

Happy Birthday! Hopefully, you enjoyed your day!

Will be about ghost stories. In less than 2 1/2 more hours, it should be on. The re-airing will be back on at 4:15/3:15 am Central.

Plain and simple, it's a political year and almost everything on Adult Swim's Toonami block is political. It's really a matter of what does and doesn't fit their political agenda at the time. The media has been going on about "gun violence," since the mid-90's. Now, it's ALL the media and social media wants to keep going on about. That, along with "Russian hacking."

Wow! It has almost been a month, since I last posted in this thread. To give a quick follow-up regarding my submissions for writer reviews, it looks like I wasted my time. Or should I say, that the company wasted MY time? After spending time revising and submitting 3 of my short stories to be reviewed at Writer's Relief, they e-mailed me a bogus message claiming, that they were unable to review my work due to the "sheer volume" of submissions. Like, seriously? Here's the real kicker, they told me to submit MORE in 2 more months. HA! If they have so much to read from various writers, that they can't seem to review them, what sense does it make to tell us to keep submitting? While Writer's Relief wastes our time, I will continue to write and revise other stories for submissions to other companies. Not only have I been submitting short stories, but I also managed to squeeze in time to read Stephen King's short story, "Children Of The Corn." It has been years, since I last watched the movie based on the short story. While reading "Children Of The Corn" on Friday night into early Saturday morning, I couldn't help feeling annoyed with the main characters, most specifically the wife, Vicky. If you have never seen the movie or read the short story, the movie is way better than the story. Reading "Children Of The Corn" mostly consisted of Burt and Vicky trying to "save" their failbag marriage, while fighting on a road trip to Nebraska. The couple was supposed to have been visiting Vicky's sister and her husband. Vicky and Burt were fighting in the car, while running over a boy. The boy's throat was already slit by the Children Of The Corn and he was trying to escape. It was a failed attempt on his part, especially after Burt ran him over in the street. Anyway, the Children Of The Corn don't appear until it gets closer towards the end of the story. Storywise, the movie is a lot better and is scarier than the actual short story, that Stephen King wrote. Honestly, I feel disappointed after reading it. Throughout the story, I was looking forward to Vicky's death. She was just that annoying.

The next episode is supposed to be focusing on the paranormal. My guess is that History Of Horror will be airing tomorrow night, if not again on early Monday morning.

UEMB is looking pretty dead, lately. Looks like nobody missed much on here. In case anyone missed this past week's episode of History Of Horror, it will be back on in less than 1/2 hour. The topic's about Vampires. Earlier this week, I watched it on DVR. Anyway, carry on. I'm going back to reading Stephen King's "Children Of The Corn."

ThanksKilling looks really contrived and unrealistic. Come to think of it, this movie also looks like it could be a shitty live action film made by Adult Swim. So, how bad is ThanksKilling? Is it as horrible as the 2012 remake of Silent Night, Deadly Night (Silent Night) or like the 2001 Slasher, Valentine?

Who has ever seen, much less heard of ThanksKilling? For years, I have wondered why some holidays like Valentine's Day and Thanksgiving barely had any Horror Movies. Well, there are at least 2 or 3 for Valentine's Day and at least 1 of them was shitty. Apparently, the same can be said for ThanksKilling. Not that I have ever watched it, but judging by the trailer, ThanksKilling looks like someone's shitty YouTube film project. Who has actually watched this film?!

Happy Birthday! Enjoy your day!🎉🎈🎂

On late Sunday night, I missed Eli Roth's History Of Horror. The topic was about Vampires. Depending on how exhausted I am, I may have to DVR it tomorrow morning. These last 3 days have been exhausting. Speaking of vampires, I normally enjoy watching Vampire films. However, they have become overkill like the Zombie craze. It also doesn't help that Twilight ruined vampires. I suspect that the author of Twilight ripped off the Underworld franchise but made it a teenage love triangle among a vampire, human, and a werewolf. Underworld released in 2003. Literally 2 years later, there's suddenly a novel titled "Twilight." Hmmm... You can argue that vampires and werewolves always existed, but the "Horror Love Triangle" with a vampire, human, and "lycan" seems too coincidental to me. I have yet to watch any of the other Underworld films. Then again, I really don't want to watch them, especially when they have nothing to do with Selene and Michael as the main characters.

Still creepy yet nostalgic. After re-listening to these old audiobooks 5 years ago, I noticed there was no mentioning of Billy's mother fighting with Gremlins in the kitchen and killing that 1 Gremlin in the microwave. That particular scene caused the biggest uproar about Gremlins being rated PG and was the main reason why the PG-13 rating was launched in 1984.

Those who are interested, all 5 Gremlins audiobooks are up.

If anyone is interested, I managed to find the Gremlins Audiobooks. Hardee's used to sell Gremlins' merchandise in the 1980's, including the audiobook adaptations of the film. Out of curiosity a few years ago, I did a little research on mogwais. Turns out the word, "mogwai" is Cantonese for "monster," "evil spirit," "devil," or "demon." Supposedly in Chinese folklore, mogwai are "harm-inflicting demons," that reproduce during the mating seasons. Rain triggers their reproduction. Mogwai can also personify ghosts of unrelated family members and will swear vengeance on humans, who have cause them anguish when they were still alive. BTW: Mogwai are supposed to resemble that scaly, reptilian appearance like in the movie, Gremlins. Now, Gremlins starts to make more sense.

If anyone is interested, Urban Legend will be airing in less than 2 hours on Starz. There's not much, that I will be watching tonight. Meanwhile, if anyone is interested, I can share the Gremlins audio books in a different thread. Let me know!

It's amazing. You assholes have wasted YEARS smearing my name and reputation to other posters around the boards, especially on holidays YET you're always quick to make cameos in my threads. Why? I want absolutely NOTHING to do with you. Have you noticed that I avoid posting in the same threads and sub-forums as you like the plague? Stay the hell away from me!

As as woman, I've never had that experience. If the character is obnoxious, I'll usually rejoice after his/her death. After visiting my Goth friend's dorm room years ago, she told me that she just came back on campus after seeing the House Of Wax remake. Supposedly everyone in her hometown's movie theater gave Paris Hilton's death a standing ovation. The thought of that is hilarious.

How many people do you know do this? How and why did this become a thing? For the last 3 years on other social media sites, I have belonged to Horror communities/group pages. Sometimes male fans will post a meme that reads, "Horrorflix and chill?" It would be understandable, if a couple was streaming a porno as a part of foreplay. As much as I enjoy watching Horror, the last thing on my mind is sex. This is especially when that person barely knows my erogenous zones. So, this "Horrorflix and chill" thing, am I in the minority here? I simply don't get it.

Even though there are some Shojo Anime, that have turned Ringu's character Sadako into spoofs like Sunako from The Wallflower and Sawako from Kimi no Todoke to only name 2, J-Horror never resonated with me. There's nothing about the sub-genre that scares me. Neither do Hollywood's Americanized remakes of Ringu (The Ring) and The Grudge.

Judging from the looks of some earlier Slashers, you could say they had more Exploitation and Splatterpunk Horror elements to them. Like I said in a previous post, after movie critics, the MPAA, media watchdog groups, parents, and Christian zealots protested and demonized the Slasher Horror sub-genre, more films went direct to video. On Monday morning, the Going To Pieces documentary showed the original Silent Night, Deadly Night trailer. Even though I already watched the movie 4 years ago, it didn't scare me as much as the trailer still does. The fact that its trailer still gives me goosebumps says something about the advertising. I found it amazing that in Going To Pieces, they showed all these angry white mothers with signs protesting Silent Night, Deadly Night on the streets. They even went as far as calling Tri Star Films on their phones to have the movie banned nationwide in 1984. Were the commercials, billboard ads, and movie posters for Silent Night, Deadly Night scary? Absolutely. The thought of a serial killer dressed like Santa Claus with a bloody ax going down a chimney is frightening. As much as most people hated the advertising, the filmmaker, and the movie in 1984, I think it was somewhat genius regarding Santaphobia. However, I think the advertising was slightly misleading. The advertisers really should've focused more on the protagonist being traumatized by a man dressed as Santa Claus, who murdered and raped his parents in front of him as a little boy, and would later become a serial killer dressed like him for his job. Eventually, more filmmakers had to delete scenes, in order to get an R-rating and be released in theaters. A lot has been toned down over the years. Although, it seems like some filmmakers have started focusing on making Torture Porn, which seems more like Exploitation Horror than anything.