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Category: horror
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Horror Cinema Trivia: Elvira—Mistress of the Dark
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark was produced by NBC, which set up a distribution deal with New World Pictures. Just as the film was slated to hit theaters, New World filed for bankruptcy. The marketing campaign was abruptly halted and the release was scaled back from thousands of theaters to just a few hundred. Critics were brutal and, without promotion to entice potential viewers, the film bombed at the box office, though it later became a best-seller on video and one of the highest-rated programs of the year when NBC aired it in 1990.
As today is National Coming Out Day, I thought it would be appropriate to feature Elvira.
A kid of the 80s, I adored Elvira and this movie. Learn more behind-the-scenes facts at IMDb Trivia: Elvira—Mistress of the Dark (1988).
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Horror TV: The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror
One of my annual Halloween rituals is to re-watch The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror episodes. Here is a review of top five Treehouse of Horror episodes. Do you agree?
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Make Your Own Slime and Watch The Real Ghostbusters
The Ghostbusters YouTube channel shared a recipe to make your own slime, and it’s pretty simple! The channel also has episodes of The Real Ghostbusters, which is awesome!
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Horror Cinema: The Conjuring 3 — The Devil Made Me Do It
The latest installment of The Conjuring provides lots of jump scares and spooky characters, which I love about this franchise. I also like how these movies are inspired by the real life paranormal cases of Ed and Lorraine Warren without becoming docu-dramas.
The Conjuring 3 focuses on a murder case where the Warrens argued that the defendant was possessed by a demon. In the real case, the judge of the trial rejected the defense plea of not guilty by demonic possession stating that such a defense would be impossible to prove, also stating it would be “irrelative and unscientific” to allow testimony in support of the possession defense .
The jury were not legally allowed to consider the demonic possession defense and the defendant’s lawyer then instead argued self defense. The defendant was found guilty of first degree manslaughter on November 24, 1981. He was sentenced to 10 to 20 years in jail, but only served 5 due to good behavior.
The court case does not make a major appearance in the movie, which, instead, focuses on the Warrens tracking down the demon itself … among other guilty parties — I’ll leave it at that to prevent spoiling it for you.
When I embark on a sequel, I am usually nervous about what to expect. But, The Conjuring sequels have proven so far to be great!
Find more behind-the-scenes facts about The Conjuring 3 at IMDb Trivia.
Chaves, Michael. The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, Warner Bros. Pictures, 2021.
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Slaughterhouse Texas
Texas Chainsaw Blacklight Poster available at Onemanriet.com
The Devil's Muse 