The Owl of St Barnabas
We lived in the city when I was a child in the 1980s. It was and old industrial city that hadn’t changed much since the 1800s. There were new buildings here and there but that was in the centre, where I grew up much of the old mills and warehouses still stood alongside the old tenement buildings. We lived in one of them. It had been converted in the 1950s but it still looked tired. My parents had done a great job making it homely but to a young boy it’s lack of outdoor space was always a problem. There was no green space around us for me to play in and though on Sundays, when they were both off work, my parents would try their best to find me somewhere to play it was short lived. During the week there was nothing for me, especially during the school holidays. As I got older I began to wander and soon I found the only grass anywhere near me. The churchyard of St Barnabas’ became my quiet place, my countryside.
Simon CurtisPublished 12 days ago in Horror
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I’m a big fan of horror movies. When I was 6, I asked my dad if I could watch Child’s Play. Well, I didn’t just ask him, I annoyed the hell out of him until he said yes. It was love at first sight. Since then, I’ve been watching every single suspenseful, eerie, scary, supernatural, or however you wanna call them, a movie I can.
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Alesia McNealPublished 2 months ago in Horror
The Word in “Hereditary”
The world is made of language. The word is primary, more primary than the speed of light, more primary than any of the physical constants that are assumed by science to be the bedrock of reality. — Terence McKenna, Shamans Among The Machines
MoviesPlusBooksPublished 2 months ago in Horror
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Most of our world remains unexplored, so what otherworldly creatures rule the skies, lurk in the darkest depths of the ocean, in the densest of forests or even are lurking under our feet? Here are 10 strange creatures that may be out there.
Kevin HarnessPublished 2 months ago in Horror
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From time to time there appears a person endowed with an intellect far above the average, someone capable of seeing things that normal man can barely observe. I am not referring to a superior being from an evolutionary point of view, but to that individual endowed with a special gift, to his or her ability to cross borders with his or her thinking.
Manga MoonPublished 2 months ago in Horror
I Don’t Believe in Ghosts, But
I grew up in the ’80s and ’90s and was much more interested in comedies or movies of youth like Ferris Bueller’s Day Off or Breakfast Club. And although I enjoyed sci-fi movies like Back to the Future or Ghostbusters, it was more for the acting, special effects, and the fact they poked fun at the entire paranormal or supernatural sci-fi genre.
S.A. OzbournePublished 2 months ago in Horror
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Movie Review: 'Nocturna Side A' and 'Nocturna Side B'
After watching Noctura Side A and Nocturna Side B, I sent a message to my Everyone’s a Critic Movie Review Podcast Co-Host, Bob Zerull, that indicated what I had watched and that I would have trouble sleeping that night. So haunting, engrossing, and agonizing is the Side A-Side B duo of Nocturna movies in their psychological horrors and soul aching sadness that I was unsure I was capable of sleep anymore. Nocturna Side A and Nocturna Side B are the kind of movies that etch themselves into your subconscious.
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Are you afraid of the truth? or maybe you don't believe yet. I guarantee you will after this. For many years you have heard a lot of theories about aliens and UFOs, and I'm ready to reveal the truth to all of you even if I get trouble for revealing it. I'm going to start with my personal experience and story and I will tell you what they really are. Get the campfire ready and the marshmallows going.
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Every year for my birthday, my mom and dad send me old home videos, they transfer them from a VHS to a disk so I can watch them on my TV. My birthday is tomorrow so I've been on the lookout for a package. We didn't have any videos of me before I was a year old, my dad said it was because they didn't think to film videos before then, they always hate how late they started filming but I'm just glad they started to begin with.
Marissa MoorePublished about 15 hours ago in HorrorFaint of Heart
My first client of the evening is Marcel, a two-hundred-year-old pianist who has a habit of losing his head. Literally.
Gigi BlackthornePublished about 16 hours ago in HorrorThe Blue Moonlight: The Awakening
A small beam of yellow illuminated the tunnels ahead, a lump forming in my throat. Musty cold air nipped at my skin, Johnny beaming next to me. Stupidly, he had convinced me to venture with him into the underground tunnels of my forest. Perhaps it was my tiny little crush that forced me into this situation. My black tights clung to my long leg, a black lace rockabilly dress hugging my hourglass figure. Stale water dripped onto my worn combat boots, the decaying rock crunching underneath my boots. Breathing deeply, my trembling fingers twisted my long black wavy hair into a side braid. My emerald green eyes searched desperately in the darkness ahead of me.
Brittany MitchellPublished about 20 hours ago in HorrorLiminal Spaces
The first day I brought Miley home was only a week after I moved into my new house. She was hesitant to go inside, and I actually had to carry her over the threshold and into the living room. I’d never had a dog before and I had no idea how to pick them up so I just carried her like a baby. Even though pit bulls aren’t the biggest dogs out there, I’m a very short person, so we were quite the spectacle.
Annie Marie MorganPublished about 20 hours ago in HorrorTomoka's Carnivorous Pink Cloud
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J.A. HernandezPublished about 20 hours ago in Horror
The Beloved Prometheus
My fellows at the college asked if I was married. Truthfully, I told them no, but I hoped to be soon. They asked if I had a paramour. Tentatively, I said yes. It was easier than the truth.
Isaac KaarenPublished about 20 hours ago in Horror
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