Waters, John. Pink Flamingos, New Line Cinema, 1972.
Category: creepy
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The Dullahan – Ireland’s Headless Horseman
“Clad in flowing black robes, the Dullahan has no head on his shoulders. He carries it with him in his hand, and because he is endowed with supernatural sight, he will hold the head up high. This allows him to see great distances, even on the darkest night.
But beware watching him pass by. You’ll be punished by either having a bucket of blood thrown in your face or you might be struck blind in one eye. The biggest fear of all, however, is if he stops wherever you are and calls out your name. This will draw out your soul and you’ll no longer be among the living.
Unlike the Banshee, which is known to warn of an imminent death in certain families, the Dullahan does not come to warn. He is a definite harbinger of someone’s demise and there exists no defence against him – except perhaps, an object made of gold. For some reason, the Dullahan has an irrational fear of gold and even a tiny amount may be enough to frighten him off.”
Image from CelticMKE
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Nightmare on Elm Street
Craven, Wes. Nightmare on Elm Street, New Line Cinema, 1984.
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The Weird Sisters’ Prophecy
First Witch:
When shall we three meet again
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?Second Witch:
When the hurly-burly’s done,
When the battle’s lost and won.
Third Witch:
That will be ere the set of sun.
Shakespeare, William. Macbeth, Act I, scene i, c. 1605.
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Back to School, Kids!
From the Mütter Museum in Philadelphia. See more photos from the exhibit at The Terrifying Human Oddities This Man Collected Will Haunt Your Dreams.
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Corpse-eating Cats
I am working on a story with a cat who is found feasting on a dead body. I’ve always been intrigued by stories of cat owners who are eaten by their pets. When I was a teenager, there was a story in my neighbourhood of an old woman who was found in her home weeks after she had died, and she had been mostly eaten by her four cats. Such pragmatic creatures.
Visit Body of dead cat lover ‘gnawed and eaten’ by her own pets as she lay undiscovered for weeks for a reported incident of a woman who was found with body parts completely eaten away by her cats.
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