tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405389493276969022024-02-19T02:53:58.998-08:00That Halloween BlogCounting down the Days 'til Halloween and sharing links to a curated Scare o' the Day, every day, all year round!!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489122997906415310noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140538949327696902.post-14259534838778862992014-01-10T11:41:00.000-08:002014-01-11T14:32:16.757-08:00293 Days 'til Halloween...<div>Scare o' the Day!</div><div><br></div>Apologies to readers of That Halloween Blog!!<div><br></div><div>I'll be moving over the next couple weeks and won't be able to post.</div><div><br></div><div>I will still be on Twitter and will do my best to continue tweeting a Scare o' the Day!</div><div><br></div><div>You can Follow me on Twitter @Scare_o_the_Day.</div><div><br></div><div>Today, I recommend checking out editor Mike Davis's awesome <i>Lovecraft eZine </i>for free, and spooky, Lovecraftian stories, informative and entertaining video chats, and fun <i>Call of Cthulhu RPG</i> action!<br><br>
</div><div>http://lovecraftzine.com</div><div><br></div><div>Mua-ha-haaaaa!!</div><div><br></div><div>Enjoy!!</div><div><br></div><div>and...</div><div><br></div><div>Happy Halloween!!</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489122997906415310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140538949327696902.post-77300033089873263432014-01-10T00:01:00.000-08:002014-01-10T00:01:00.346-08:00294 Days til Halloween...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scare o' the Day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Haunting of Sunshine Girl Network</span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Hunt for Black Eyed Kids</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's what I learned from watching <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/hauntedsunshinegirl" target="_blank">The Haunting of Sunshine Girl</a>'s first feature film: <em>The Hunt for Black Eyed Kids.</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">DON'T GO LOOKING FOR BLACK EYED KIDS!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">You might not be able to find one of them, but a Black Eyed Kid just might find you!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Black Eyed Kids are a creepy paranormal urban legend that began to be reported about on internet forums in the 90's. Typically, a BEK encounter occurs at night and involves a small, thin child approaching an individual, either at home or in a car, and asking insistently for a glass of water or a ride home. The child's eyes are disturbingly and completely black, and the BEK causes intense fear in the individuals they approach.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">There is a great deal of speculation as to who, or what, Black Eyed Kids are.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Aliens? Demons? Something worse?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Click the link below to watch Sunshine conduct her own investigation into the BEK phenomena. If anyone can get to the bottom of this urban legend, it'll be her!!</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ULF0G8aizo&list=PLPHpv1WKeohvDHWFJ9hH5MashqY1hUD1-&index=1" target="_blank"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Hunt for Black Eyed Kids</span></em></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">15 Part Play List</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enjoy!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy Halloween!!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489122997906415310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140538949327696902.post-76784555479258596062014-01-09T00:01:00.000-08:002014-01-09T00:01:00.735-08:00295 Days 'til Halloween...Scare o' the Day!<br />
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Paranormal Encounters?<br />
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Panic Attack Videos<br />
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Panic Attack Videos is a Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas, based crew of videographers who specialize in making videos that frighten the bejesus out of everyone who watches them... At least, that's their goal. They not only produce videos involving the paranormal but also set up scary, and fun, pranks on their friends. <br />
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You can see more of their scary clips on the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/panicattackvideos?feature=watch" target="_blank">Panic Attack Videos YouTube Channel</a> or at Panic Attack Videos' home on the web: <a href="http://scaryvideosonline.com/" target="_blank">scaryvideosonline.com/</a>. Make sure to subscribe to their channel!<br />
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The Panic Attack Videos clip below is not a fun prank, however. Although my previous post about Ouija Boards (<a href="http://thathalloweenblog.blogspot.com/2013/11/344-days-til-halloween.html" target="_blank">Read it here!</a>) seemed to debunk the paranormal nature of what's actually happening during a Ouija session, it still might not be a good thing to play around with.<br />
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The Panic Attack Videos crew find out that lesson the hard way!<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw4ksZGNjrM" target="_blank">Ouija Board - Horrifying Experience</a><br />
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Running Time: 3 min<br />
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Mua-ha-haaaaa<br />
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Enjoy!!<br />
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Happy Halloween!!<br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489122997906415310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140538949327696902.post-91699919220422220442014-01-08T00:01:00.000-08:002014-01-08T00:01:00.385-08:00296 Days 'til Halloween...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scare o' the Day!</span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Last of Us</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love video games. I really do. But I'll let you in on a little secret: I'm a terrible video game player. In fact, my buddy Ting once said, "Nobody loves video games more than Gib... and nobody's worse at them!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He was right.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although I've been playing games since the era of the Atari 2600, I've only ever beaten four of them: <em>Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, Halo,</em> <em>Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic,</em> and <em>Silent Hill 2</em>. This gen, I almost beat <em>Uncharted 2</em>, but I couldn't defeat the Russian bad guy at the very end of the game. I knew exactly what to do, but I still wasn't able to kill that immortal freak.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was due to my lack of video game skills, and a slowly deteriorating attention span, that I skipped several of the top titles released this year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also deliberately ignored much of the news, reviews, and promotional materials surrounding the release of <a href="http://www.naughtydog.com/" target="_blank">Naughty Dog's</a> PlayStation 3 swansong,<em> <a href="http://www.thelastofus.playstation.com/" target="_blank">The Last of Us</a></em>. Based on Naughty Dog's track record with the <em>Uncharted</em> series, I was certain that <em>The Last of Us</em> would be Game of the Year material. But, I didn't want an overload of information about it in case I decided to purchase the game. I wanted to go into it spoiler free.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As it turns out, I never did end picking up <em>The Last of Us</em>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fortunately for me though, my 21 year old cousin Drake got a copy of the game for Christmas. Drake is a pretty awesome gamer, and something of a machine when it comes to completing them. I got to spend about fifteen hours sitting in his room watching him beat the game, and although I was afraid at times that I might stroke out from deep vein thrombosis after sitting on Drake's desk chair for hours nonstop, I have to say that <em>The Last of Us</em> is easily one of the most satisfying emotional experiences related to a video game that I have ever experienced.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Smart, intense, dark, terrifying, rage inducing, sorrowful, hopeful, loving, caring, and ultimately righteous, Joel and Ellie's relationship in <em>The Last of Us</em> has to be considered one of the greatest video game achievements of all time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One observation about the post-apocalyptic world of <em>The Last of Us</em>. Every human survivor remaining in that world could receive a diagnosis of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The threat of assault, loss, and certain death is non-stop at all times in <em>The Last of Us</em>, and that kind of intense emotional strain would permanently alter survivors' brain chemistries. Naughty Dog did a great job showing what that kind of emotional toll would take on a survivor. Joel is a living example of a man plagued with hyper-vigilance and emotional detachment/avoidance. One can only imagine the kind of horrors he re-experiences, either from dreams, intrusive thoughts, or flashbacks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you have a <a href="http://us.playstation.com/" target="_blank">PlayStation 3</a>, you should really own <em>The Last of Us</em>. </span><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLGxubfC1Ik" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>The Last of Us</em> - VGA 2011 Trailer</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mua-ha-haaaaa!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enjoy!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy Halloween!!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489122997906415310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140538949327696902.post-72263729754019373502014-01-07T00:01:00.000-08:002014-01-07T00:01:00.451-08:00297 Days 'til Halloween...Scare o' the Day!!<br />
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"Instructions" written and read by Neil Gaiman<br />
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If you should ever find yourself trapped inside a fairy tale, Neil Gaiman's poem, "Instructions," offers some helpful hints on how to survive!<br />
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"Instructions" can be found in <a href="http://www.neilgaiman.com/" target="_blank">Neil Gaiman's</a> magical collection <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fragile-Things-Short-Fictions-Wonders/dp/0060515236/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1388872060&sr=8-1&keywords=fragile+things+short+fictions+and+wonders" target="_blank">Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders</a> or in a gorgeous stand alone volume illustrated by Charles Vess <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Instructions-Neil-Gaiman/dp/0061960306/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1388871407&sr=8-1&keywords=Neil+Gaiman+%22instructions%22" target="_blank">on Amazon!</a><br />
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The video link below was recorded at Cody's Books in Berkeley, California, on January 27, 2007, and was provided for our viewing enjoyment by YouTuber <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/webelfneil?feature=watch" target="_blank">webelfneil!</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UnfyoTSZZw" target="_blank">"Instructions" by Neil Gaiman</a><br />
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Mua-ha-haaaaa!!<br />
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Happy Halloween!!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489122997906415310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140538949327696902.post-28439985957031044162014-01-06T00:01:00.000-08:002014-01-06T00:01:00.776-08:00298 Days 'til Halloween...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scare o' the Day!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Hatch </em>by Damian Mc Carthy</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">What terrors await when a man lays an egg? <em>Literally</em> lays an egg? And more importantly, whatever in the world could be inside?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Written and directed by talented Irish filmmaker Damian Mc Carthy, <em>Hatch</em> stars a stoic Barry Callan and a blissfully unaware Denis O'Conor. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check out more of Damian Mc Carthy's scary and fun short films at </span><a href="http://hediesattheend.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">hediesattheend.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> or on his </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/millerkarras" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">YouTube Channel</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZak8cWPniE" target="_blank"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hatch</span></em></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Running Time: 9 min: 06 sec</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Mua-ha-haaaaa!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Happy Halloween!!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489122997906415310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140538949327696902.post-21520903777204910802014-01-05T00:01:00.000-08:002014-01-05T00:01:00.476-08:00299 Days 'til Halloween...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scare o' the Day...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Bogged Down" by Jason </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Norton</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The Ghost Orchid is one of the rarest flowers on earth. There may be only 2,000 of them in the entire state of Florida. Unfortunately for curious botanists, they are located deep in an alligator infested swamp. And, they are guarded... by something far worse than any alligator.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Jason Norton is a husband, father, personal trainer, massage therapist, and a student of wilderness survival from Virginia. But more importantly, at least for our purposes, Jason Norton is a writer of scary stories. And he is really good.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">"Bogged Down" is Norton's excellent selection from </span><a href="http://daylightdims.com/" target="_blank"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Daylight Dims</span></em></a>,<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and it is one of the strongest, smartest, and most nuanced stories in an already exceptional anthology.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Daylight Dims</i> is available in print and e-book format. The Kindle Edition is just </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Daylight-Dims-J-W-Zulauf-ebook/dp/B00GAF85QU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1383686010&sr=8-1&keywords=Daylight+Dims" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">$4.99 on Amazon</a>!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Bogged Down" has been </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">produced for audio by </span><a href="http://www.chillingtalesfordarknights.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Chilling Tales for Dark Nights</a> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and is narrated by the always excellent Jeff Clement.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For more recordings of scary short stories with high quality narration from the anthology, check out the YouTube Channels for <i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/daylightdimsbook" target="_blank">Daylight Dims</a> </i>or <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/chillingtaleswi?feature=watch" target="_blank">Chilling Tales for Dark Nights</a>! Make sure to subscribe to them both!!</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489122997906415310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140538949327696902.post-7920684958934336612014-01-04T00:01:00.000-08:002014-01-04T00:01:00.433-08:00300 Days 'til Halloween...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scare o' the Day!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Ghostbusters</em> - Trap Slimer</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h9Kb8zghFE" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Homemade Movies: <em>Ghostbusters</em> - Trap Slimer</span></a><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489122997906415310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140538949327696902.post-59291311089758155442014-01-03T00:01:00.000-08:002014-01-03T12:16:01.519-08:00301 Days 'til Halloween...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scare o' the Day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm a bit of a unique fan of the horror genre in that the focus of my graduate studies was in Forensic Psychology. I've actually studied case histories of psychopaths, sexual predators, and serial killers. In reality, they are horrible, empty creatures, motivated solely by a disturbed fantasy system and seeking solely to satisfy warped sexual desires. Which they do by raping and killing... or killing and then raping... or just killing... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fascinating, dynamic characters like Dexter or Hannibal Lecter do not really exist in nature, and we'd be better off if we found different and better monsters.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is for this reason that I get a little squeamish when watching movies about serial killers, especially if the movie could be internalized into a potential killer's fantasy structure. Ted Bundy admitted that he used slasher/horror movies in this way. I didn't like the remake of <em>Maniac</em>, which I actually thought was a fantastic film, for this reason (</span><a href="http://thathalloweenblog.blogspot.com/2013/11/350-days-til-halloween.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">See my review</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">). It seemed a little too much like porn for serial killers to me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With all of this being said, I will always be a fan of horror films and enjoy a good slasher, especially when it's done well. I think Warren Badenski's new short film <em>Simon</em> fits that bill.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Simon </em>is presented by Pick and Mix Films from the UK and stars Chris Bell as the titular Simon and Katie Alexander-Thom as Sarah, an intrepid rookie investigative reporter who believes a serial killer is living in her neighborhood. Both actors were great in the short, and at times during their performances I was reminded of scenes from Jimmy McGovern's great Granada TV series, <em>Cracker. </em>Kudos should also go to Badenski for his writing in those scenes!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I did have a bit of cognitive dissonance with some of the plot points in <em>Simon </em>and wasn't always sure if I was watching genre tropes or clichés, at times. I'm leaning toward tropes, however, as I was always right where Badenski wanted me to be emotionally. It is a credit to his pacing and visual storytelling style that the tension in <em>Simon</em> is always tightly wound. Even Badenski's NSFW choices (nudity and graphic violence) seemed to serve the vulnerability of the characters, as opposed to being merely titillating.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Simon</em> was produced by Pick and Mix Films, an independent studio from London that was founded by actor Chris Bell. I'm a big fan of the emerging indie short film market, especially for horror directors. I think it's a great way to showcase the talents of young filmmakers and actors. Support their work by visiting </span><a href="http://www.pickandmixfilms.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">www.pickandmixfilms.co.uk/</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">And, make sure to watch Warren Badenski's </span><a href="http://www.pickandmixfilms.co.uk/simon/" target="_blank"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Simon</span></em></a>!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy Halloween!!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489122997906415310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140538949327696902.post-19995462720333543752014-01-02T00:01:00.000-08:002014-01-02T00:01:00.320-08:00302 Days 'til Halloween...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scare o' the Day!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In December, I had the opportunity to interview Dave and Sammi, the UK-based creative team behind the zombie teddy bear toy brand, Infect Tedz. </span><br />
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<a href="http://thathalloweenblog.blogspot.com/2013/12/321-days-til-halloween.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check out the Interview here!!</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the time, Dave and Sammi hadn't yet launched their web store. But, as of January 1st, 2014, the zombie teddy outbreak has begun!! Best of all for those of us outside the UK, international shipping is available for these gruesomely cute bears!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Make sure to peruse the selection available at the Infect Tedz web store here: </span><a href="http://www.infect-tedz.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">www.infect-tedz.co.uk</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mua-ha-haaaaa!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enjoy!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy Halloween!!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489122997906415310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140538949327696902.post-89125881770352033852014-01-01T00:01:00.000-08:002014-01-01T00:01:01.377-08:00303 Days 'til Halloween...<div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's one of the all time funniest Scare Tactics!! Poor Bryant might be the best victim Scare Tactics has ever had!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Make sure to check out new episodes of </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/scaretacticschannel" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><i>Scare Tactics</i> on YouTube</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://www.syfy.com/scaretactics/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Syfy</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, or at </span><a href="http://www.scaretactics.tv/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">scaretactics.tv</a></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489122997906415310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140538949327696902.post-47075313401593308802013-12-31T00:01:00.000-08:002013-12-31T14:46:55.044-08:00304 Days 'til Halloween...<div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know it's New Year's Eve, but this is That Halloween Blog, where the best celebrations are always related to Halloween!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In this YouTube advertisement from Crest, we get to see what happens when healthy snacks replace candy at Halloween. Little kids in a focus group let you know what they think!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mua-ha-haaaaa!!<br /><br />Enjoy!!<br /><br />and…<br /><br />Happy Halloween!!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489122997906415310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140538949327696902.post-3766980158833208962013-12-30T00:01:00.000-08:002013-12-30T00:01:00.779-08:00305 Days 'til Halloween...<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scare 'o the day!</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5y_ZuazAnb7aGkBlAOCBq5qV0CKg9aQqHOC_gvo7Lj288gFHEAVEvpqeFx2YULKddfX4HOIFwtApWiWsSM55B7cr71UY5ew02ufT6RKWfmlPZhsz-Aa2pshuGSWB0JKamHPbYy2ZDNHBG/s1600/Living+with+Jigsaw.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5y_ZuazAnb7aGkBlAOCBq5qV0CKg9aQqHOC_gvo7Lj288gFHEAVEvpqeFx2YULKddfX4HOIFwtApWiWsSM55B7cr71UY5ew02ufT6RKWfmlPZhsz-Aa2pshuGSWB0JKamHPbYy2ZDNHBG/s1600/Living+with+Jigsaw.jpeg" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Living with Jigsaw</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Living with Jigsaw</i> is a short film parody from Chris Capel. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What kind of roommate do you think Jigsaw would be?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check out more of Chris Capel's work on YouTube at </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/ChrisCapel1998/videos" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">HandleBarMustacheLand</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTXfAtckS3g" target="_blank">Living With Jigsaw</a></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Running Time: 2 min: 26 sec</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mua-ha-haaaaa!!<br /><br />Enjoy!!<br /><br />and…<br /><br />Happy Halloween!!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489122997906415310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140538949327696902.post-12281475671855637552013-12-29T00:01:00.000-08:002013-12-29T00:01:00.570-08:00306 Days 'til Halloween...<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scare o' the Day!</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7JKa6NRszQ5MZJXAlxqglvldbD2esDoUki8CNdzM2ax09aKdbrSuHwHvp-iucXn76Jjin1e4c7qQnKde11BggBNalpwrgb61W6OFWtptDKY67QVUaFyiOjYrqc_U84uUuBMfXkq6rYPSh/s1600/Sparrow+Ridge.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7JKa6NRszQ5MZJXAlxqglvldbD2esDoUki8CNdzM2ax09aKdbrSuHwHvp-iucXn76Jjin1e4c7qQnKde11BggBNalpwrgb61W6OFWtptDKY67QVUaFyiOjYrqc_U84uUuBMfXkq6rYPSh/s1600/Sparrow+Ridge.jpeg" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Sparrow Ridge" by Sean Grigsby</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Narrated by Mr. Creepypasta</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">"Sparrow Ridge"</span> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">appears in the exciting new horror anthology, </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://daylightdims.com/" target="_blank">Daylight Dims</a>.</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Daylight Dims</i> is available in print and e-book format and can be purchased for only $4.99 </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Daylight-Dims-J-W-Zulauf-ebook/dp/B00GAF85QU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1383686010&sr=8-1&keywords=Daylight+Dims" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">for Kindle on Amazon</a>!<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Daylight Dims</i> has also been masterfully </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">produced for audio by Craig Grosheck's </span><a href="http://www.chillingtalesfordarknights.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Chilling Tales for Dark Nights</a>!<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Sparrow Ridge" is brought to life by narrator, Mr. Creepypasta.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For more recordings of scary short stories with high quality narration from the anthology, check out the YouTube page for <i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/daylightdimsbook" target="_blank">Daylight Dims</a> </i>or <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/chillingtaleswi?feature=watch" target="_blank">Chilling Tales for Dark Nights</a>! Make sure to subscribe to them both!!</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7hzC7R4s14" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Sparrow Ridge" by Sean Grigsby</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Running Time: 48 min: 01 sec</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mua-ha-haaaaa!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enjoy!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy Halloween!!</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489122997906415310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140538949327696902.post-80896756123255694472013-12-28T00:01:00.000-08:002013-12-28T00:01:00.170-08:00307 Days 'til Halloween...<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scare o' the Day!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Power Point Presentation</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiFeJeJ0svVTs7Am96TLBCLtjDFN87Mt392jiporq7w5JnGYWUuULKzdpSbQa4jZvIFf-YYO0NRRLM9bDGcmdpYgA9qbNFYOTBRUeJkTNocTLCZuP55EWkJQOCE-Bjj1BAeaHr0_e0FGVp/s1600/blindsight2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiFeJeJ0svVTs7Am96TLBCLtjDFN87Mt392jiporq7w5JnGYWUuULKzdpSbQa4jZvIFf-YYO0NRRLM9bDGcmdpYgA9qbNFYOTBRUeJkTNocTLCZuP55EWkJQOCE-Bjj1BAeaHr0_e0FGVp/s1600/blindsight2.jpeg" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Taming Yesterday’s Nightmares for a Better Tomorrow”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By Peter Watts</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Peter Watts is a Canadian </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">marine mammal biologist and a </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">writer of hard science fiction. His novels include the Rifters Trilogy: <i>Starfish</i>, <i>Maelstrom</i>, and <i>Behemoth;</i> and <i>Blindsight.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So why am I mentioning him on That Halloween Blog?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Watts created the absolutely horrifying, and satirically hilarious, Power Point Presentation, "Taming Yesterday's Nightmares for a Better Tomorrow" as promotional material for his novel, <i>Blindsight</i>. The presentation serves as an introduction to the kind of world that exists in <i>Blindsight</i>, but I think it stands on its own as a fantastic horror experience.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let Watts reintroduce you to <i>Homo sapiens Vampiris.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Taming Yesterdays Nightmares for a Better Tomorrow" is located on Watts' amazing website, <a href="http://www.rifters.com/index.htm" target="_blank">rifters.com</a>, which is so rich in content you should have to pay an admission fee to explore it. Watts offers it for free! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You should make it up to him by exploring his Rifters Trilogy or by buying <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Blindsight-Peter-Watts/dp/0765319640" target="_blank"><i>Blindsight</i> on Amazon</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.rifters.com/blindsight/vampires.htm" target="_blank">"Taming Yesterday's Nightmares for a Better Tomorrow" </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mua-ha-haaaaa!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enjoy!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy Halloween!!</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489122997906415310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140538949327696902.post-83700988698138062532013-12-27T00:01:00.000-08:002013-12-27T00:01:00.591-08:00308 Days 'til Halloween...<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scare 'o the day!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Short Film</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV3nUBvOcYePLpx6X6tVvK-o89XmzE__vjxaCEBoPnrjnF-66GLt8ophaqvLgZiUhzJzd1nDp4PilfGDMo017D14dFaTkteUjuX7hTeI2OpLc1ta2gO6I2fy84OiqJeG0387qTPyY5wB1n/s1600/Jack2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV3nUBvOcYePLpx6X6tVvK-o89XmzE__vjxaCEBoPnrjnF-66GLt8ophaqvLgZiUhzJzd1nDp4PilfGDMo017D14dFaTkteUjuX7hTeI2OpLc1ta2gO6I2fy84OiqJeG0387qTPyY5wB1n/s1600/Jack2.jpeg" /></a></div>
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<i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jack</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's <i>Jack,</i> a really short, short film from horror director Drew Daywalt, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">made especially </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">for the 2010 <a href="http://www.santabarbaraminute.storbang.com/" target="_blank">Santa Barbara Minute Film Festival</a>. Daywalt tells this creepy tale in less than 60 seconds! </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;"><i>Jack</i> stars Abigail Daywalt and was produced by Drew Daywalt and Jeff Farley. "Jack" was created by Farley and Akiko Tanahashi, with the band Corvo contributing the music. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can see more scary shorts at the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/DaywaltFearFactory" target="_blank">Daywalt Fear Factory</a> YouTube Page. And, don't forget to "Like" them on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DaywaltFearFactory" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/DaywaltFearFactory</a> </span></div>
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN6RDVsJekQ" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Jack</i></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mua-ha-haaaaa!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enjoy!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy Halloween!!</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489122997906415310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140538949327696902.post-64057513067618030102013-12-26T00:01:00.000-08:002013-12-26T00:01:00.140-08:00309 Days 'til Halloween...<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scare 'o the day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Paranormal Encounters?</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgvMo4oZS7Utl4C-WCLxNZLk9ZQrlSrXlbVTwOYPewnKOoIphpIeeoMeOfHlfqAwTcOCo2ufYiyaEDasO-GXNCvHDSFbXiQzWvYuRkEJxrrIs01ziMou1WRhhdPkDs-eH8eOC5p6JScrb6/s1600/Ed+and+Lorraine.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgvMo4oZS7Utl4C-WCLxNZLk9ZQrlSrXlbVTwOYPewnKOoIphpIeeoMeOfHlfqAwTcOCo2ufYiyaEDasO-GXNCvHDSFbXiQzWvYuRkEJxrrIs01ziMou1WRhhdPkDs-eH8eOC5p6JScrb6/s1600/Ed+and+Lorraine.jpeg" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In this clip, real life Ghost Hunters <a href="http://www.warrens.net/" target="_blank">Ed and Lorraine Warren</a> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and special guest, Rob Vescey, discuss the feelings one may experience after encountering a ghost. The video cuts off after about 7 minutes but is available to rent on Amazon On Demand. </span></div>
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ot3LVw8AXQ" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Ed and Lorraine Warren: After Effects of Seeing a Ghost</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Running Time: 7 min: 35 sec</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mua-ha-haaaaa!!<br /><br />Enjoy!!<br /><br />and…<br /><br />Happy Halloween!!</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489122997906415310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140538949327696902.post-84933373496696125312013-12-25T00:01:00.000-08:002013-12-25T00:01:00.520-08:00310 Days 'til Halloween...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scare o' the Day!</span><br />
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"Nicholas Was..." (image by <a href="http://alexquinnmakes.com/1913/7270/gallery/nicholas-was" target="_blank">Alex Quinn</a>.)</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Nicholas Was..." by Neil Gaiman. Animated by James Bolan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Neil Gaiman wrote "Nicholas Was..." as a Christmas card. He had his friend and artist, Dave McKean, calligraph it, and then sent the 100 word short story out to everyone he could think of. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 2010, Gaiman challenged his fans to animate "Nicholas Was..." for Christmas and gave them just one week to do it. This was James Bolan's response, completed in five days!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Nicholas Was..." can be read in Gaiman's wonderful collection, <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Smoke-Mirrors-Neil-Gaiman-ebook/dp/B000FC13UE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1386625084&sr=8-1&keywords=Neil+Gaiman+Short+Fictions+and+Illusions" target="_blank">Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions</a>. </i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The image of the card above was created by Alex Quinn for a printmaking class and can be found with more cool work on his web site at <a href="http://alexquinnmakes.com/1913/gallery" target="_blank">alexquinnmakes.com</a>! Also, don't forget to catch more of James Bolan's animated fun on his <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/jwbstudios" target="_blank">YouTube Channel</a>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G18t7P-Df0" target="_blank">"Nicholas Was..."</a> by Neil Gaiman. Animated by James Bolan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy Halloween!!</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489122997906415310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140538949327696902.post-73203996784596220112013-12-24T00:01:00.000-08:002013-12-24T08:36:31.335-08:00311 Days 'til Halloween...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scare o' the day...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Three Little Boxes"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written and read by Nick Gisburne.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm glad to see that my little sister Meg wasn't the only person creeped out by the idea that Santa Claus might look in on her while she slept on Christmas Eve.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nick Gisburne is a favorite here at That Halloween Blog. His original poetry and prose and narration of classical literature are always top-notch. Check out his <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/Gisburne2000">YouTube Page</a> for more of his creepy great work! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd46SJPpVo8" target="_blank">"Three Little Boxes"</a> Written and read by Nick Gisburne.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mua-ha-haaaaa!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enjoy!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy Halloween!!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489122997906415310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140538949327696902.post-68761508786123143612013-12-23T00:01:00.000-08:002013-12-23T00:01:00.204-08:00312 Days 'til Halloween...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scare o' the Day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The Winter Stalker</i> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's a creepy take on a not-so-jolly Old St. Nick by Stephen Reedy and Alex Pardee from Zerofriends Films!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can see more shorts at their YouTube Page: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/zerofriends/videos" target="_blank">Zerofriends Films</a> or visit their online store at <a href="http://zerofriends.com/index.php?main_page=index" target="_blank">zerofriends.com</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mua-ha-haaaaa!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enjoy!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy Halloween!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>A Christmas Carol</i> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by Charles Dickens</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Read by Neil Gaiman</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Is it any coincidence that one of the greatest Christmas stories of all time is also a ghost story?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hear Neil Gaiman read Dickens' prompt copy of <i>A Christmas Carol</i> from his free performance at the New York Public Library last Sunday!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Clicking the Link below will take you the Headliners at the New York Public Library Podcast link on iTunes!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/charles-dickens-christmas/id430392293?i=218581720&mt=2" target="_blank">A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens read by Neil Gaiman</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mua-ha-haaaaa!!<br /><br />Enjoy!!<br /><br />and…<br /><br />Happy Halloween!!</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489122997906415310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140538949327696902.post-83322021744305784572013-12-21T00:01:00.000-08:002013-12-21T00:01:00.522-08:00314 Days 'til Halloween...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scare o' the Day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Ghost Story for Christmas</span><br />
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<i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Phantom Coach</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"...There'll be scary ghost stories and tales of the glories from Christmases long, long ago..."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">--<i>It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by Edward Pola and George Wyle, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sung by Andy Williams</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Telling ghost stories at Christmas is something of a forgotten tradition, but for hundreds of years, families celebrated Christmas not just with decorations and carols, but with tales of the supernatural, as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One such story is Amelia B. Edwards', "The Phantom Coach," which was lovingly adapted into a silhouette puppet film in 2009 by Richard Mansfield. Narrated by Anthony Best and featuring the voice talent of Daniel Marlowe, <i>The Phantom Coach</i> tells the tale of a traveller lost on a deserted road in a snow storm on a cold and dark December Night. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What's this approaching? A horse-drawn coach? Should our hero hitch a ride to escape the freezing darkness?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">See more great short films from Richard Mansfield at his YouTube Page, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/bonbichie/about" target="_blank">Mansfield Dark</a>, and learn about his puppet work at <a href="http://muckypuppets.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">muckypuppets.blogspot.com</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPVEVunozv4" target="_blank">The Phantom Coach</a></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mua-ha-haaaaa!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enjoy!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy Halloween!!</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;" /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489122997906415310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140538949327696902.post-10520118707411663422013-12-20T00:01:00.000-08:002013-12-20T00:01:00.854-08:00315 Days 'til Halloween...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scare o' the Day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Camera Obscura</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Clara's grandfather is the only family she has. When he dies, Clara is left to put his affairs in order and clean out his apartment. It is filled with disturbing photographs and an old camera, the relics of a life spent as a drunken crime scene photographer... and, possibly, a demon hunter. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;"><i>Camera Obscura</i> is a 20 episode web series written and directed by short film horror auteur, Drew Daywalt. It stars </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">Reagan Dale Neis as Clara and, in what must have been one of his last roles, Jack Klugman (my childhood hero!) as her Grandfather. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">Timm Sharp and Donnie Jeffcoat round out the cast in <i>Camera Obscura</i>, and</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">Corvo sets the mood with an awesome score. The web series </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">was produced by MWG Entertainment and Jeff Farley.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">I'm a big fan of Drew Daywalt's work in the short film/web series format. His set-ups are Poe-like and always lead you down the dark path toward that single, powerful emotional effect... terror!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">You can see more of his work at the </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/DaywaltFearFactory" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;" target="_blank">Daywalt Fear Factory YouTube Channel</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">Interestingly enough, Drew Daywalt is also the author of a children's book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Crayons-Quit-Drew-Daywalt/dp/0399255370/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1386789441&sr=8-1" target="_blank"><i>The Day the Crayons Quit</i></a>, which is available to purchase from Amazon!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Don't forget to c</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;">heck out </span><i style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;">Carmera Obscura</i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;"> below!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Co2GAyUKlk&list=PL526E8231CCE6F786" target="_blank"><i>Camera Obscura</i> - 20 Episode Playlist</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mua-ha-haaaaa!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enjoy!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy Halloween!!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489122997906415310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140538949327696902.post-60175332632505555612013-12-19T00:01:00.000-08:002013-12-19T00:01:00.634-08:00316 Days 'til Halloween...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scare o' the Day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Make sure to check out new episodes of </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/scaretacticschannel" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><i>Scare Tactics</i> on YouTube</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://www.syfy.com/scaretactics/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Syfy</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, or at </span><a href="http://www.scaretactics.tv/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">scaretactics.tv</a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfWyZuNwYRk" target="_blank">That's Not Santa</a></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489122997906415310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140538949327696902.post-72273306069296809222013-12-18T00:01:00.000-08:002013-12-18T00:01:00.828-08:00317 Days 'til Halloween...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scare o' the Day...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can't be the only person devastated by the fact that Precursor Games won't be making <i>Shadow of the Eternals</i> any time soon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Shadow of the Eternals</i> was planned to be the spiritual successor to my favorite video game of all time, <i>Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem</i>. <i>Eternal Darkness</i> debuted on the Nintendo Gamecube back in 2002, and since that time, I've been praying for a sequel. (I've also been praying that <i>Eternal Darkness</i> would be ported to the Nintendo 3DS, but that doesn't look like it's happening, either.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Eternal Darkness</i> told the story of the Roivas Family and their connection to an ancient text, <i>The Tome of Eternal Darkness</i>. The game spanned centuries and flashed back and forth through time and space. It contained the kind of eldritch horrors and cyclopean vistas that would have made H.P. Lovecraft proud. </span><br />
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<i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Eternal Darkness</i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> also featured a novel gameplay mechanic, the Sanity Meter. As your character faced more and more unnamable terrors, his or her sanity would slowly deteriorate, until eventually, total madness and death were the result.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Eternal Darkness</i> was a slow-burn and vastly different than the other survival horror games of the day. It relied on creeping dread rather than jump scares and was like watching a great scary movie while reading a great scary book while playing a great scary game.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was a lot of fun! I still own my copy, even though I don't have anything to play it on. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 2013, <i>Eternal Darkness</i> Director, Denis Dyack, announced the crowd-funding campaign for <i>Shadow of the Eternals.</i> (And there was much rejoicing!) As you can see from the gameplay video below, <i>Shadow of the Eternals</i> was going to be very much the spiritual successor to <i>Eternal Darkness</i>. But after two unsuccessful crowd funding bids, Precursor sadly announced that they were putting their plans for <i>Shadow of the Eternals</i> on hold... indefinitely.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can see what might have been at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/ShadowOfTheEternals" target="_blank"><i>The Shadow of the Eternals</i> - Youtube Channel</a>. And, check out the gameplay demo below!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UAwnT8A8EQ" target="_blank"><i>Shadow of the Eternals</i> - Gameplay Demo</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy Halloween!!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489122997906415310noreply@blogger.com0