Don’t cross the streams. Never take your hands off a Ouija board without first saying “Goodbye.” The undead has to be invited in. Kill it with fire. Shoot it in the head. Wolfman’s got nards.
When it comes to the entertainment of the unexplained, or paranormal pop culture, humans live in a world(s) populated by all manner of preternatural, supernatural, otherworldly, and extradimensional phenomena. But entertainment also tells us there are rules that bring order to the abnormal – whether it’s a ghost or demon, alien or sasquatch, werewolf or vampire, or even a troll or fairy.
Yet behind every silver bullet solution that makes it into a script, there is typically a wealth of academic study that’s both complicated, and sometimes contradictory. From folklore to grimoire, anthropology to parapsychology, researchers have attempted to document and take a serious look at topics slightly askew from the norm.
When it comes to the entertainment of the unexplained, or paranormal pop culture, humans live in a world(s) populated by all manner of preternatural, supernatural, otherworldly, and extradimensional phenomena. But entertainment also tells us there are rules that bring order to the abnormal – whether it’s a ghost or demon, alien or sasquatch, werewolf or vampire, or even a troll or fairy.
Yet behind every silver bullet solution that makes it into a script, there is typically a wealth of academic study that’s both complicated, and sometimes contradictory. From folklore to grimoire, anthropology to parapsychology, researchers have attempted to document and take a serious look at topics slightly askew from the norm.
- 10/23/2020
- by Rosie Fletcher
- Den of Geek
The future of reality TV could be kids who think they've had past lives.
A Los Angeles production company is currently holding a nationwide casting call for children who claim to have, or have had, past life memories for a new reality series, "Ghost Inside My Child," scheduled to air on the Bio Channel later this year.
A pilot episode of the series aired a few months ago, with three kids who had gone through various steps of recovering memories of their alleged past lives.
Now, producers Joke Fincioen and Biagio Messina -- who are married to each other -- are looking for other families with kids who, as the request states, "have inexplicable memories and experiences of another life."
"We were pregnant at the time when the idea first came to us," Fincioen told The Huffington Post. "We thought what would we do if this happened with our daughter?...
A Los Angeles production company is currently holding a nationwide casting call for children who claim to have, or have had, past life memories for a new reality series, "Ghost Inside My Child," scheduled to air on the Bio Channel later this year.
A pilot episode of the series aired a few months ago, with three kids who had gone through various steps of recovering memories of their alleged past lives.
Now, producers Joke Fincioen and Biagio Messina -- who are married to each other -- are looking for other families with kids who, as the request states, "have inexplicable memories and experiences of another life."
"We were pregnant at the time when the idea first came to us," Fincioen told The Huffington Post. "We thought what would we do if this happened with our daughter?...
- 3/24/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Producers: GoGo Luckey, Gary Auerbach and Julie Auerbach.
Discovery Channel's "The Exorcist Files" makes huge assumptions: the devil is real and that we are in the middle of an epic war that he is waging against us. It is a battle that is being fought man against man and soul versus soul. There are only a handful of men in the world to help. They are the lay exorcists and this television series documents their true stories.
If that intro is to be believed, then humanity is screwed.
Executive producers Gary and Julie Auerbach have an interesting product, but it can be a turn off because of the heavy emphasis on religion. The Auerbachs in this show are not related to Loyd Auerbach, an author, lecturer, and frequent consultant to television networks about all things supernatural.
As for whether or not these hauntings are real, that's subject to what the viewer wants to believe.
Discovery Channel's "The Exorcist Files" makes huge assumptions: the devil is real and that we are in the middle of an epic war that he is waging against us. It is a battle that is being fought man against man and soul versus soul. There are only a handful of men in the world to help. They are the lay exorcists and this television series documents their true stories.
If that intro is to be believed, then humanity is screwed.
Executive producers Gary and Julie Auerbach have an interesting product, but it can be a turn off because of the heavy emphasis on religion. The Auerbachs in this show are not related to Loyd Auerbach, an author, lecturer, and frequent consultant to television networks about all things supernatural.
As for whether or not these hauntings are real, that's subject to what the viewer wants to believe.
- 9/21/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Ed Sum)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Chicago – “He’s totally cute…like James Dean,” sighs a swooning cashier as tween heartthrob Zac Efron enters her shop. Efron may be many things, but Dean he is not. This line has been wisely axed from the final cut of “Charlie St. Cloud,” after inspiring a great deal of derisive laughter during the trailer’s theatrical run.
That trailer may have garnered more laughter-per-theater than most of the year’s comedies combined. One reacts to such a travesty with a mixture of amusement, disgust and dizzying disbelief. How could a major studio possibly greenlight a project so cloying and self-parodying? By condensing the film’s plot to under three minutes, the trailer only highlighted the film’s inherent phoniness. Yet the actual film, which runs just under an hour and forty minutes, is more melancholy than morbidly entertaining, since it fails to explore the potential of an actor who is eager to evolve.
That trailer may have garnered more laughter-per-theater than most of the year’s comedies combined. One reacts to such a travesty with a mixture of amusement, disgust and dizzying disbelief. How could a major studio possibly greenlight a project so cloying and self-parodying? By condensing the film’s plot to under three minutes, the trailer only highlighted the film’s inherent phoniness. Yet the actual film, which runs just under an hour and forty minutes, is more melancholy than morbidly entertaining, since it fails to explore the potential of an actor who is eager to evolve.
- 11/9/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Banta (Tracy), CA - Off the beaten path, away from large cities and burghs, there are small towns with curious histories. Travelers stop to brush away the road dust and enjoy a hearty meal while soaking in some of the local atmosphere. Between the tables there’s a faint mist that floats without benefit of a breeze, accompanied by the sounds of a crying child. Behind the bar, a man stands ready, dutifully handing out cold long-necks, but he knows he’s just holding the space. The owner may have died years ago, but someone must’ve forgotten to tell him, because he still thinks the bar is his.
Every town, no matter how small, has seen its share of tragedy. Whether the population is six or sixty-thousand, death is just a part of daily life. In many places, a place is so beloved that the town won’t let them just quietly fade away.
Every town, no matter how small, has seen its share of tragedy. Whether the population is six or sixty-thousand, death is just a part of daily life. In many places, a place is so beloved that the town won’t let them just quietly fade away.
- 2/16/2009
- by Sifu Scott
- DreadCentral.com
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