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[randomrichards]

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Mother on Christmas

Helps store clerk she got fired

Torn between two men

[fridaythe13ththeseries]

The Prophecies - Part 1

Episode Recap #53: The Prophecies - Part 1 Original Airdate: October 7, 1989

Starring: John D. LeMay as Ryan Dallion Louise Robey as Micki Foster Chris Wiggins as Jack Marshak

Guest cast: Fritz Weaver as Asteroth Marie-France Lambert as Sister Adele Jean Brousseau as Father Decroux Steve Monarque as Johnny Ventura (as Steven Monarque) Tara Meyer as Chris Davis Madeleine Pageau as Sister Francis Lee J. Campbell as Mr. Burt Davis Nathaniel Moreau as Young Ryan Robert Desroches as Mr. Thorez (as Robert Des Roches) Jacques Tourangeau as Lieutenant Marceau (credit only) Jill Frappier as Elizabeth Dallion Guy Provencher as Blind Beggar Joshua Labelle as Jimmy Dallion Huguette Oligny as Housekeeper / Theresa

Written by Tom McLoughlin Directed by Tom McLoughlin

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Season 3 opens with the recap of what Uncle Lewis did and Micki and Ryan's attempts to return the items before the traditional opening. We are then at a religious shrine in a city in France. It is night and all is quiet. A taxi brings Jack to the local hotel as the church bells ring. Jack sees lots of religious items about. He checks in, the man says Jack is early for the Feast of Marie-Mere but Jack says he hopes to talk with a Sister Adele. Jack is doing research.

Later, Jack is asleep when, at 3:33 am, the church bells peal, awakening him and much of the town. A nun is seen praying and we hear a man reciting from a book about three who will herald "His" return. We see another nun thrashing about in her bed. The nun wakes, seemingly possessed, tearing the cross off her neck. The man's chants come through the voice of the possessed nun as she enters the room of the praying nun, who is Sister Adele. Other nuns rush to help as the woman attempts to strangle Adele. The priest comes, praying, as the other nun slides up the wall. The man reading the book says the first prophecy has come to pass. Calm settles and the once possessed nun dies. The man, somewhere, closes his book.

At Curious Goods, Micki returns home with groceries and goes upstairs. The chime rings on the door, but she sees no one when she comes back down. Suddenly, she is startled by one of their antique masks. It is Johnny, playing a prank. She doesn't give him a hard time. Johnny is looking for a new apartment. He asks about Ryan and Jack, and Micki tells him Jack is visiting Sister Adele, who apparently had a vision ten years ago. She then says Ryan is depressed and when Johnny offers to cheer him up, Micki says he is at the cemetery, it is the anniversary of Ryan's brother's death.

Ryan, at the cemetery, is remembering his brother's death and we see it all via flashback, including their mom rushing outside. Current Ryan is interrupted from his memory by the voice of a woman, who turns out to be his long-missing mother, who left after that accident. She tries to apologize for blaming him, that it was no one's fault. Seems she's been having bad dreams about losing Ryan, too. So they leave to go talk.

Back at Marie-Mere, Jack goes to try and visit Sister Adele. He is great by Father Decroux, but is told she is not going to see any guests. Jack tries to persuade him, to no avail. He asks the bells last night and is told it was a malfunction being remedied, then shown the door. Outside, an old woman approaches and tells him to warn others that Satan wants Sister Adele and that three other nuns have died trying to kill her. Decroux opens the door and brings her inside.

That night, Jack watches from a coffee shop and sees the Father Decroux walk Adele away with a suitcase, and follows them to another building. Jack looks around and finds a dark doorway to watch.

Inside, Father Decroux is doing a prayer to keep Adele safe, but she says it is all no use. He says they can't give up, but she says she hasn't, she just has faith. Outside, the bells again peal wildly at 3:33 am. The man is reading from a book, about beasts and suddenly animals all over are barking and running. A dog is possessed, running towards where Adele is. The man keeps chanting, as Decroux and Adele pray. The dog breaks through a window and is attacking Decroux to try and get to Adele. Jack enters, grabs a fireplace poker and kills the dog. The mysterious man talks through the dog as they watch. He says the second prophecy has come to pass and closes his book.

Next morning, we see a car packed and leaving the town, and some scraggly hitchhikers arrive. Decroux is holding mass, as the choir sings. Jack is talking to Adele, wanting inforrmation. She says they are in God's hands. Jack says the dog said "Nema", which is "Amen" backwards and fears demonic possession. The woman says a man is reading from a book. She tells Jack about the time the Holy Mother visited her, and blessed the waters. Seems she also warned of this day and a visit from another. Jack presses, and she says it is Asteroth, one of the Fallen Angels, and he has the Book of Lucifer. Seems there are six prophecies and if he fulfills them all, Satan will ascend unto the Earth. Seems he chose this most holy place because if he can corrupt it, then any place on the planet is fair game.

At the store, Micki is packing after a call from Jack. He needs his research on Asteroth and the book. Ryan is torn about leaving now, with his mother finally back. Micki reminds him Jack must need them. Ryan says she doesn't feel like his mother any more.

At the hospital, Adele continues to see the mentally disturbed patients that have been her calling. Jack is worried, but Decroux says she insists. He also called the police, but they have a hard time accepting religious stories. They think the nuns died of natural causes, but are investigating because of how important Sister Adele is.

Jack tries to talk to the townspeople, who are packing and leaving, but no one will stop to chat. A blind man cackles and says "Lucifer is coming." Jack asks how he knows, and he says they took his eyes so he'd have eternal sight. Then laughs manically.

At the airport, Ryan's mom has brought them and Micki goes to get their tickets so they can talk. They see a young girl in a wheelchair being sung to by other children. Her father thanks the church and the Father for raising the money to send them to Marie-Mere to hopefully get the girl, Christine, cured. Ryan's mom hopes the girl can be helped, and that Ryan comes back safely, too. Micki and Ryan say good-bye.

Christine talks to them in line and when she shakes Ryan's hand she has a vision and tells Ryan not to go. Her father calms her, but she tells Ryan not to go. Micki and Ryan walk to board the plane.

That night, Adele is trying to tell Decroux and Jack that locking her up is pointless. Jack hopes to break the chain of prophecies. They bring her to a room under the church altar above. She tells them she has always had faith. Jack tells her he hopes to remove the tools evil uses, as in the Book of Lucifer. She hopes God watches Jack. Decroux tells her to lock the door.

Asteroth opens the Book and starts on the next prophecy. Jack is doing his own research, again at 3:33 am. Lighting strikes and the bells chime again. Adele prays. The next prophecy says the mental patients will lose all the progress they made. Soon, the hospital is overrun with rampaging patients, attacking nuns and orderlies. They grab a nun and stab her with syringes. People run into the streets, Jack included. The patients toss an orderly out a window, then call for Lucifer. Decroux is dismayed. Jack finds and enters the building Asteroth is in and is attacked by him. Asteroth knows what Jack is up to. He shows Jack of vision of all the terrible thing to come, then throws Jack over a railing. Jack hits the ground, seemingly dead.

We cut to a body under a bloody sheet. Micki and Ryan arrive and ask about Jack and are sent to a room where Jack lies in a bed, tubes helping him breathe. Sister Adele is there. They are shocked, and she says this is what awaits them all. That Asteroth is trying to weaken their faith to help Lucifer ascend.

A bus arrives with travelers to try and get close to the healing waters. Father Decroux is conducting healing prayers at the stream. Christine is carried by her father. Asteroth walks by carrying the Book of Lucifer. Decroux tries to cure a woman who keeps coughing. Christine is sure a miracle is about to happen.

Ryan and Micki leave the hospital, unsure what to do. Micki says they should check the files Jack had them bring.

Asteroth opens his book near the stream and starts the next prophecy, to turn the healing powers of the waters against the believers. He causes the waters to stop flowing and the sky darkens. A wind picks up. Christine tells Decroux to keep his faith. He tries, and puts his hand in the water, but it boils and burns his hand. Asteroth laughs as the village panics. Asteroth shows himself to the crowd. Ryan and Micki arrive and notice the book. Asteroth says one of them will be Lucifer's disciple and points directly at Ryan, then flees. The cousins rush after him, and split up.

In an alley, Asteroth leaves the book for Ryan to find. As Ryan approaches it and picks it up, he is attacked and knocked out by Asteroth. Micki hear this but when she arrives, she doesn't see them. Asteroth opens the book and starts his next prophecy, carving 666 into Ryan's skin and turning him into Lucifer's disciple.

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My thoughts:

This is written and directed by Tom McLoughlin, who was the man behind Friday the 13th: Part VI - Jason Lives!, one of my favorite in the film series. He does a great job here, too.

The opening is nice, very picturesque in the quaint town of Marie-Mere. And quite shocking with the possessed nun and mysterious man.

Johnny scaring Micki with the mask is an obvious homage to her first meeting with Ryan in the first episode. A little hint of what's about to occur.

Ryan running into his mother was unexpected. All of this is set up for the twist at the end of this feature length season opener, but you have to remember, this was pre-internet. We had no clue what was going on behind the scenes ahead of time. So this was all watched blindly with no way to pick up clues.

The escalating prophies are scary stuff, out of Exorcist type territory. Watching now, the episode seems quite well done and theatrical in scope and style.

Asteroth is, in the end, a one and done villain, but he could have been a big bad, had the show gone on longer. Fritz Weaver was quite a good casting choice!

Adele seems legit good and sweet.

Jack's fall scared the heck out of me the first time, he looked dead!

And Ryan falling and being at Asteroth's mercy seemed like something he'd get over by the end of the episode. But now it all seems like a step to a direction he cannot turn back from.

I remember the first time I watched this episode. I had graduated high school around the same time as the season two finale. Was working nights now, and was harder for me to be there each late Saturday night. I recorded this and watched it a few days - maybe weeks? - after it had aired. Like I said, no pre-information. It was, to me, just the season three opener. Little did I know. More on that first viewing after next week's part two.

Next week: The Prophecies - Part 2

[herpsandbirds]

A new issue of Sonoran Herpetologist is ready for download by clicking on the link below.

Cover photo of Texas Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) by Connor D. M. Pogue (Instagram: @colubridconnor | Flickr: connordpogue) in the Apachian Valleys and Low Hills of Pima County, Arizona. As the sun nestled into the horizon, this horned lizard hastened for its nocturnal refuge. Fortunately, we persuaded it to pause briefly for a photo session before releasing it to continue its crepuscular wanderings. 8 July 2023.

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Please be sure to read for information about the upcoming THS election at our annual meeting where, among other goodies, Thomas Weaver - Curator of Herpetological, Ichthyological, and Invertebrate Zoology at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum - will present about the recent expedition inaugurating a project to protect the New Mexico Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake. Additionally, you will find information about this month's virtual presentation from John Measey in South Africa who is studying African Clawed Frogs as a globally introduced species.

https://tucsonherpsociety.org/publ.../sonoran-herpetologist/

[the-paper-shredder]

What the hell happened in 1926?

This is the first time I'm talking about theory stuff on Tumblr, despite making Wick theories since like 2020. So, for context, when I say “What the hell happened in 1926?” I mean this segment from Journal Page 34 (aka the one related to Tom)

Detective Stan Fielding was mentioned briefly in the newspaper about the homestead fire but makes another brief return in Duncan & Tbub's journal.

So, what happened for the detective to make a report two years after the fire? I have some ideas, but no exact answer.

The ideas are as follows: 1.) Pastor McAlroy's disappearance, a.k.a. what happened in the Sunday Worship achievement. We don't have a date for his death, just that it was after the homestead burned. The reason why it's first on the list is that right under Duncan's mention of the 1926 report, he writes “Apparently Pastor McAlroy performed an honest-to-god EXORCISM!” with “What happened to him?” and “Did John Weaver know?” On the other hand, I want to address that Duncan mentioning John as well suggests that this exorcism took place before the fire. So it's a “maybe, maybe not” situation. 2.) The missing kids from Pine Creek Summer Camp. Okay, so this is kind of an overlooked piece of lore but several people such as Tbub, Duncan, and Old Man Edwards state that kids from the summer camp went missing at some point after 1924, to the point that people hunted bears because they believed they were the cause. Now, there's no confirmed date of when the disappearances started happening but considering Benny used to go to the camp and the camp is so close to the Weaver property, I wouldn't be surprised if either the Weaver kids or something much greater started targeting the young campers after a while.

What do you guys think? I'm indecisive and can't tell which one is more likely, so I would be so happy to see everyone's thoughts on this :D

[brokehorrorfan]

Revenge of the Zombies will be released on Blu-ray on November 26 via Kino Lorber. The 1943 horror-comedy is a quasi-sequel to 1941's King of the Zombies.

Steve Sekely (The Day of the Triffids) directs from a script by Edmond Kelso (King of the Zombies) and Van Norcross. John Carradine stars with Gale Storm, Robert Lowery, Mantan Moreland, and Bob Steel.

Special features are listed below.

Special features:

Audio Commentary by Film Historians Tom Weaver and Gary D. Rhodes (new)

Scott Warrington (Mauritz Hugo) returns to his childhood home in the Louisiana bayou after learning that his deceased sister, Lila (Veda Ann Borg), may have been poisoned. He is shocked to discover that Lila's husband, Dr. von Altermann (John Carradine), is secretly a Nazi madman who has been perfecting a way to turn the dead into an army of zombies who will serve Hitler!

Pre-order Revenge of the Zombies.

[deadpresidents]

How many presidential rematches have there been?

When it comes to the major candidates in a general election, this year's election will be the ninth rematch:

•John Adams vs. Thomas Jefferson: 1796 & 1800

•John Quincy Adams vs. Andrew Jackson: 1824 & 1828 (William H. Crawford and Henry Clay were also candidates in 1824)

•Andrew Jackson vs. Henry Clay: 1824 & 1832 (John Quincy Adams and William H. Crawford were also candidates in 1824; John Floyd and William Wirt were also candidates in 1832)

•Martin Van Buren vs. William Henry Harrison: 1836 & 1840 (Hugh L. White, Daniel Webster, and Willie P. Mangum were also candidates in 1836)

•Grover Cleveland vs. Benjamin Harrison: 1888 & 1892 (James B. Weaver was also a candidate in 1892)

•William McKinley vs. William Jennings Bryan: 1896 & 1900

•Dwight D. Eisenhower vs. Adlai E. Stevenson: 1952 & 1956

•Bill Clinton vs. Ross Perot: 1992 & 1996 (George H.W. Bush was also a candidate in 1992; Bob Dole was also a candidate in 1996)

•Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump: 2020 & 2024

[dennyherdipriyatna]

TF 141 and Los Vaqueros Members (From COD MW Reboot) and Rouge Black Ops Members (From Black Ops Origins) x Initial D JDM & Non-JDM Car list (My Version) :

Team : Akina Speed Force 141

John Price - 2002 Nissan Skyline GT-R M-Spec Nür (BNR34)

Kate Laswell - 1998 Subaru Impreza 22B STi Premium Coupe (GC8)

Alex Keller - 1983 Toyota Sprinter Trueno GT-Apex 1600 3-Door (AE86) ('95 Corolla Levin GT-Apex 1.8L 4A-GE 20v Silvertop Engine Swap and '13 ZN6 GT86 TRD 6-Speed Manual Swap)

Koenig - 1997 Honda NSX Type S "Zero" (NA1) ('02 NA2 NSX-R 6-Speed Manual Swap)

Simon "Ghost" Riley - 2002 Mazda RX-7 Spirit R Type A (FD3S)

Johnny "Soap MacTavish - 2013 Subaru BRZ Premium (ZC6) ('02 JZA80 Supra RZ Twin Turbo 3.0L 2JZ-GTE VVT-i Engine Swap)

Kyle "Gaz" Garrick - 1999 Nissan Silvia Spec R Aero (S15) (2.8L HKS High Response RB26DETT Engine Swap)

Farah Karim - 1995 Honda Civic SIR-II (EG6) ('18 FK8 Mugen Civic Type R K20C1 Engine Swap and '18 FK8 Mugen Civic Type R 6-Speed Manual Swap)

Nikolai - 2000 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI GSR Tommi Makinen Edition (CP9A) ('05 CT9A Lancer Evolution VIII MR FQ-400 6-Speed Manual Swap)

Mara - 1998 Toyota Supra RZ-S Twin Turbo (JZA80)

Sergei Race Nov - 1991 Mazda Savanna RX-7 Infini III (FC3S)

Team : Los Vaqueros Southern Alliance

Alejandro Vargas - 1995 Toyota Supra RZ Twin-Turbo (JZA80)

Rodolfo "Rudy Vargas - 1993 Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec N1 (BNR32)

Team : Team RBO (Rouge Black Ops) 268

Frank Woods - 1994 Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec II N1 (BNR32) ('01 BNR34 GT-R V-SPEC II N1 6-Speed Manual Swap)

Russell Adler - 1997 Toyota Supra RZ Twin-Turbo (JZA80)

Alex Mason - 1996 BMW M3 Coupe 3.2 (E36) ('04 E46 M3 6-Speed Manual Swap)

Grigori Weaver - 1990 Ford Mustang GT V8 5.0 (Foxbody)

Jason Hudson - 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 2.8 (930)

William "Case" Calderon - 1998 Mazda RX-7 Type RS (FD3S) ('04 SE3P RX-8 Mazdaspeed 6-Speed Manual Swap)

Bell (Male) - 2003 BMW M3 CSL (E46) ('04 E46 M3 6-Speed Manual Swap)

Bell (Female) - 1991 Nissan 180SX Type II (RPS13) (Getrag 420G 6-Speed Manual Swap)

Troy Marshall - 1999 Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec (BNR34)

Lawrence Sims - 1992 Honda NSX-R (NA1) ('02 NA2 NSX-R 6-Speed Manual Swap)

Helen Park - 2000 Mazda RX-7 Type RZ (FD3S) ('04 SE3P RX-8 Mazdaspeed 6-Speed Manual Swap)

Elazar Azolay - 2007 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX MR FQ-360 (CT9A)

Sevati Dumas - 1998 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V RS (CP9A) ('04 CT9A Evo VIII MR FQ-360 6-Speed Manual Swap)

Felix Neumann - 1993 Nissan Silvia K's Aero (S13)

[incrediblyfastfilms]

INVASION of the BODY SNATCHERS (1978) written by W.D. Richter (from the novel by Jack Finney) produced by Robert Solo directed by Philip Kaufman starring Donald Sutherland Brooke Adams Leonard Nimoy Jeff Goldblum Veronica Cartwright Art Hindle cinematography by Michael Chapman edited by Douglas Stewart music by Danny Zeitlin

JAWS (1975) written by Carl Gottlieb (from the novel by Peter Benchley) produced by Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown directed by Steven Spielberg starring Roy Scheider Robert Shaw Richard Dreyfus Lorraine Gary Murray Hamilton Carl Gottlieb cinematography by Bill Butler edited by Verna Fields music by John Williams

E r a s e r h e a d (1977) written, directed and produced by David Lynch starring Jack Nance Charlotte Stewart Allen Joseph Jeanne Bates Judith Roberts Laurel Near Jack Fisk cinematography by Frederick Elmes Herbert Caldwell edited by David Lynch sound design by Lynch w/ Alan Splet special effects by Lynch w/ Frederick Elmes

P s y c h o (1960) written by Joseph Stefano (from the novel by Robert Bloch) directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock starring Anthony Perkins Vera Miles John Gavin Janet Leigh Martin Balsam Simon Oakland cinematography by John L. Russell edited by George Tomasini music by Bernard Hermann

A L I E N (1979) written by Dan O'Bannon (story by Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Sushett) directed by Ridley Scott produced by Gordon Carroll David Giler Walter Hill starring Tom Skerritt Sigourney Weaver Veronica Cartwright John Hurt Harry Dean Stanton Yaphet Kotto Ian Holm cinematography by Derek Vanlint edited by Terry Rawlings music by Jerry Goldsmith

John Carpenter's The THING (1982) written by Bill Lancaster (from the novella "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell) directed by John Carpenter produced by David Foster Lawrence Turman Wilbur Stark starring Kurt Russell A. Wilford Briley T.K. Carter David Clennon Keith David Richard Dysart Charles Hallahan Peter Maloney Richard Masur Donald Moffat Joel Polis Thomas Waites cinematography by Dean Cundey edited by Todd Ramsay music by Ennio Morricone

The Exorcist (1973) written by William Peter Blatty (from his novel) directed by William Friedkin produced by William Peter Blatty Noel Marshall David Salven starring Ellen Burstyn Max Von Sydow Jason Miller Lee J. Cobb Jack MacGowran Kitty Winn Mercedes McCambridge Linda Blair cinematography by Owen Roizman edited by Norman Gay Evan Lottman music by Jack Nitzche "Tubular Bells" by Mike Oldfield

R e p u l s i o n (1965) written by Roman Polanski Garard Brach screenplay adaptation by David Stone directed by Roman Polanski produced by Gene Gutowski starring Catherine Deneuve Ian Hendry John Fraser Peter Wymark Yvonne Furneaux cinematography by Gilbert Taylor edited by Alastair McIntyre music by Chico Hamilton

THE SHINING (1980) written by Diane Johnson Stanley Kubrick (from the novel by Stephen King) directed by Stanley Kubrick produced by Stanley Kubrick w/ Jan Harlan starring Jack Nicholson Shelley Duvall Danny Lloyd Scatman Crothers Barry Nelson Philip Stone Joe Turkel cinematography by John Alcott edited by Ray Lovejoy music by Wendy Carlos Rachel Elkind

Night of the Living Dead (1968) written by John Russo George A. Romero directed by George A. Romero produced by Karl Hardman Russell Streiner starring Duane Jones Judith O'Dea Karl Hardman Marilyn Eastman Keith Wayne Kyra Schon Judith Ridley cinematography by George A. Romero (uncr.) edited by George A. Romero (uncr.) Hugh Daly

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) written by James V. Hart (from the novel by Bram Stoker) directed by Francis Ford Coppola produced by Francis Ford Coppola Charles Mulvehill Fred Fuchs Michael Apted Robert O'Conner starring Gary Oldman Winona Ryder Anthony Hopkins Keanu Reeves Cary Elwes Richard E. Grant Billy Campbell Sadie Frost Monica Belluci Tom Waits cinematography by Michael Ballhaus edited by Anne Goursaud Glen Scantlebury Nicholas C. Smith music by Wojciech Kilar

TWIN PEAKS fire walk with me (1992) written by David Lynch Robert Engels (from the television series created by David Lynch and Mark Frost) directed by David Lynch produced by David Lynch Mark Frost Gregg Fienberg Johanna Ray John Wentworth starring Sheryl Lee Ray Wise Moira Kelly Grace Zabriskie Chris Isaak Kiefer Sutherland David Lynch Miguel Ferrer Harry Dean Stanton David Bowie Michael J. Anderson Frank Silva Al Strobel Jurgen Prochnow Dana Ashbrook James Marshall Frances Bay Catherine E. Coulson Kimberly Ann Cole Walter Olkewicz Lenny Von Dohlen Madchen Amick Peggy Lipton Julee Cruise Kyle Machlachlan cinematography by Ron Garcia edited by Mary Sweeney music by Angelo Badalamenti

Let the Right One In (2008) written by John Ajvide Lyndqvist (from his novel) directed by Tomas Alfredson produced by Frida Asp starring Kare Hedbrant Lina Leandersson Per Ragnar Henrik Dahl Ika Nord cinematography by Hoyte Van Hoytema edited by Tomas Alfredson Dino Jonsater music by Johan Soderqvist

W A R of the W O R L D S (2005) written by Josh Friedman David Koepp directed by Steven Spielberg produced by Kathleen Kennedy Damian Collier Paula Wagner Colin Wilson starring Tom Cruise Tim Robbins Dakota Fanning Miranda Otto Justin Chatwin Amy Ryan cinematography by Janusz Kaminski edited by Michael Kahn music by John Williams

Hannibal (2001) written by Steve Zaillian David Mamet directed by Ridley Scott produced by Martha De Laurentiis Dino De Laurentiis Ridley Scott starring Anthony Hopkins Julianne Moore Ray Liotta Gary Oldman Frankie Faison Giancarlo Giannini Francesca Neri Zeljko Ivanek Hazelle Goodman cinematography by John Mathieson editing by Pietro Scalia music by Hans Zimmer

The Hunger (1983) written by Ivan Davis Michael Thomas (from the novel by Whitley Strieber) directed by Tony Scott produced by Richard Shepherd starring Catherine Deneuve Susan Sarandon David Bowie Cliff De Young cinematography by Stephen Goldblatt edited by Pamela Power music by Michel Rubini Denny Jaeger

DON'T LOOK NOW (1973) written by Allan Scott Chris Bryant (based on the novella by Daphne Du Maurier) directed by Nicholas Roeg produced by Peter Katz starring Donald Sutherland Julie Christie Hilary Mason Clelia Matania Renato Scarpa cinematography by Anthony Richmond editing by Graeme Clifford music by Pino Donnagio

Prisoners (2013) written by Aaron Guzikowski directed by Denis Villeneuve produced by Broderick Johnson Kira Davis Andrew A. Kosove Adam Kolbrenner starring Jake Gylenhaal Hugh Jackman Maria Bello Viola Davis Melissa Leo Terrence Howard Paul Dano cinematography by Roger Deakins edited by Joel Cox Gary Roach music by Johann Johannsson

The Company of Wolves (1984) written by Neil Jordan Angela Carter (from the short story in Angela Carter's book "The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories") directed by Neil Jordan produced by Chris Brown Stephen Woolley starring Sarah Patterson David Warner Angela Lansbury Micha Bergese Stephen Rea cinematography by Bryan Loftus edited by Rodney Holland music by George Fenton

A Quiet Place (2018) written by Bryan Woods Scott Beck John Krasinski directed by John Krasinski produced by Michael Bay Andrew Form Brad Fuller starring Emily Blunt John Krasinski Millicent Simmonds Noah Jupe Cade Woodward cinematography by Charlotte Bruus Christensen edited by Christopher Tellefsen music by Marco Beltrami

W O R L D W A R Z (2013) written by Matthew Michael Carnahan Drew Goddard & Damon Lindelof (from the novel novel by Max Brooks) directed by Marc Forster produced by Brad Pitt Dede Gardner Jeremy Kleiner Ian Bryce starring Brad Pitt Mireille Enos Daniella Kertesz James Badge Dale Peter Capaldi Pierfrancesco Favino Ludi Boeken Matthew Fox Fana Mokoena David Morse cinematography by Ben Seresin edited by Roger Barton Matt Chesse music by Marco Beltrami

LOST H i g h w a y (1997) written by David Lynch Barry Gifford directed by David Lynch produced by Mary Sweeney Tom Sternberg Deepak Nayar starring Bill Pullman Patricia Arquette Balthazar Getty Natasha Gregson Wagner Robert Loggia Robert Blake Michael Massee Jack Nance Henry Rollins Gary Busey cinematography by Peter Deming edited by Mary Sweeney music by Angelo Badalamenti

N e a r D a r k (1987) written by Kathryn Bigelow Eric Red directed by Kathryn Bigelow produced by Edward S. Feldman Steven-Charles Jaffe Charles Meeker starring Adrian Pasdar Jenny Wright Lance Henriksen Bill Paxton Jenette Goldstein Tim Thomerson cinematography by Adam Greenberg edited by Howard Smith music by Tangerine Dream

S e c o n d s (1966) written by Lewis John Carlino (from the novel by David Ely) directed by John Frankenheimer produced by John Frankenheimer Edward Lewis starring Rock Hudson Salome Jens John Randolph Will Geer Jeff Corey Murray Hamilton Frances Reid cinemtography by Tak Fujimoto edited by David Newhouse Ferris Webster music by Jerry Goldsmith

Nosferatu The Vampyre (1979) written by Werner Herzog w/ Tom Shachtman Martje Grohmann directed by Werner Herzog produced by Walter Saxer Werner Herzog Michael Gruskoff starring Klaus Kinski Isabelle Adjani Bruno Ganz Roland Topor Walter Landengast Martje Grohmann cinematography by Jorg Schmidt-Reitwein edited by Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus music by Florian Fricke Popol Vuh

30 DAYS of NIGHT (2007) written by Steve Niles Stuart Beattie Brian Nelson (from the graphic novel by Steve Niles Ben Templesmith) directed by David Slade produced by Sam Raimi Robert Tapert starring Josh Hartnett Melissa George Danny Huston Ben Foster Mark Boone Jr. Amber Sainsbury Megan Franich Manu Bennett cinematography by Jo Willems edited by Art Jones music by Brian Reitzell

f r e a k s (1932) written by Willis Goldbleck Leon Gordon (from the short story "Spurs" by Tod Robbins) directed and produced by Tod Browning starring Wallace Ford Leila Hyams Olga Baclanova Roscoe Ates cinematography by Merritt B. Gerstad edited by Basil Wrangell

the M i s t (2007) written and directed by Frank Darabont (from the novella by Stephen King) produced by Frank Darabont Martin Shefer Liz Glotzer starring Thomas Jane Laurie Holden Marcia Gay Hardin Andre Braugher Toby Jones William Sadler Frances Sternhagen Jeffrey DeMunn cinematography by Rohn Schmidt edited by Hunter M. Via music by Mark Isham

Invasion of the BODY SNATCHERS (1956) written by Daniel Mainwaring (from the novel by Jack Finney) directed by Don Siegel produced by Walter Wanger starring Kevin McCarthy Dana Wynter Larry Gates King Donovan Carolyn Jones Jean Willes Ralph Dumke cinematography by Ellsworth Fredericks edited by Robert S. Eisen music by Carmen Dragon

[talesofsorrowandofruin]

Notice Me Reader Tag

Thanks for tagging me, @ahordeofwasps! :D

Rules: Share 3 (or more!) small details from your WIP that you feel have gone/will go unnoticed. (You can choose whether or not to share why the detail is significant!)

I was tagged twice, so I'll give details from two WIPs!

The Case-files of Seo Yo-han (counting all of them as one WIP for this):

Shakespeare is referenced in every book:

Leo reads Richard II in The Unfortunate Moth.

Silver Glass has a quote from King Lear as the epigraph to the last bit of the flashback ("...I am a man/More sinn'd against than sinning").

Also in Glass, Phil quotes Othello when she says she and Alec both "loved not wisely but too well".

Houses Full of Deceit has a more light-hearted example according to the outline, where Leo attempts to flirt with Phil by reciting Romeo's "Juliet is the sun" speech. ("Attempts" is the key word.)

Mine Eyes Dazzle mostly references John Webster and Gilbert & Sullivan (yes, really!) instead, but one character quotes Henry V -- specifically Act 2, Scene II. Which gives Yo-han an important clue, because that scene is about a former friend who became a traitor.

2. The murderers in books 1 & 3 are foils, and so are the ones in 2 & 4. Leo kills because he's paid to, while Ji-hun kills because he enjoys it. Davit kills from a mixture of love and hate -- love of Alec, hate of Gwladys -- while the still-unnamed villain kills because they both love and hate their victim.

3. For most of HFOD everyone is running from Ji-hun. For the climax, I want to turn the tables on him. He sets a trap and thinks he's caught Leo and Yo-han, but really they know it's a trap and have set up one of their own! (Namely, Phil hiding nearby with a gun.)

Uneasy Money:

Of the seven Millner siblings, the three oldest are fluent in German, the middle two are semi-fluent, and the two youngest barely speak it at all. This is because their mother was German, and she died when the three oldest were teenagers. By then she'd spent years in Britain and had mostly stopped speaking German, so the younger children picked up less of it.

Loughlinter isn't a real place. I borrowed the name from Anthony Trollope's Palliser series. (Where, oddly, Loughlinter is in Scotland -- it should be spelt Lochlinter. So based on spelling alone, moving it to Northern Ireland makes more sense.) I'm still vague on where exactly it is. I'm leaning towards somewhere around Limavady solely because my crush is from there, but that doesn't fit with Helena's statement that it's "twenty miles from Belfast". (Limavady is sixty miles from Belfast.)

Everyone has very different ideas of what sort of story they're in. Gilbert thinks he's in a P. G. Wodehouse comedy, Helena thinks she's in a Georgette Heyer romance, Thomas thinks he's in an Emily Brontë Gothic novel, and Tarka thinks she's in a Charles Dickens mystery. All of them are partly right.

Tagging @weaver-of-fantasies-and-fables, @sarandipitywrites, @oh-no-another-idea, @mysticstarlightduck, and anyone else who wants to do this! :D

[aprillikesthings]

The next episode itself is a two-parter, and I think that rather than split them up I will just watch through, which might mean I have to reblog this post multiple times.

Finishing out season four!

s4, eps 12&13 Destiny

Usual reminder: this is a REwatch and there’s spoilers ahoy, I make a lot of bad jokes (some of which are Adult In Nature), I reference other cartoons, I make random asides.

(also, this time specifically, I had some alcohol)

Tbh? it's a lot like watching things like this with me in person aaahahaha I always want to pause and infodump shit -_-

lol Emily is destroying Shadow Weaver's garden

Emily acts like Mal the cat does sometimes. WHAT IS IN YOUR MOUTH you are not supposed to have that! Get out of there!

UGGGH

it's easy to forget how BIG Scorpia is??

LOLOL oh my god I went downstairs for like an hour and a half talking to my partners about the most random shit and then playing with the cat and also: I've had most of a can of wine.

One of these:

YEAH (that's a huge image)

so if these get weird: blame the wine I guess

oh also @corpseauthority and I picked out fake fur and minky fabric for the ears and tail of my Catra cosplay :D :D :D I'M SO EXCITED

OKAY BACK TO SHE-RA

the only thing better than Scorpia's "huh?" is Shadow Weaver's flat "what"

Shadow Weaver: no we need the other princesses Glimmer: well they're gone but-- Scorpia, Shadow Weaver, and Emily: WAIT, WHAT???

AND THEN

okay but is the guard telling you this Double Trouble

ROLL INTRO

that thing was not meant to hold four humans and a horse with wings

why are you SNIFFING HIM

Entrapta: "I don't know you" Micah: "Yes, you do. You stole my food." Entrapta: "OH YEAH! It was delicious :D"

oh god Adora's like "....but are you okay? we came here to find you 🥺"

and she's like YEAH I'M GREAT

"each more deadly than the next??? it's PARADISE"

I love her so much oh my godddd

Bow: "We're here to rescue you" Entrapta: "didn't I just rescue YOU?"

Bow mentions Hordak and Entrapta pulls her little new bug-eye mask down :(

Adora: so hey we uhhhhhhhh really need your help due to a terrible secret of the First Ones that nobody but us knows

"WHy didn't you say so???"

well that's a callback to s1 ep1

THERE SHE IS!! MY BABY 😍 I LOVE HER SO MUCH

nooo

anyway Kyle, Rogelio, and Lonnie come in and Catra's like OH UHHH so...what's happening

Lonnie: "we just got back from conquering another Rebel town" Kyle: ":D You should've seen us!! It was all:"

and then he kicks Scorpia's old locker, with the drawings on it, and Catra gets mad

Ironically the degree to which Catra is UPSET is making me ship them harder lol

bb you need a break you are getting feral

Man Lonnie has her number lol. "What is wrong with you? We're winning! Even you should be happy."

god I love when she's this deranged

she slams poor Lonnie against a locker

john cena dot gif

but also OH DO THEY REMIND YOU OF WHO YOU USED TO BE? HMM? what you really wanted??? what actually gave you something like joy or contentment????? are you trying to just erase any part of you capable of feeling good?????????

Kyle is RIGHT

The cinematic parallels between Catra and Glimmer in this episode ("forget my friends I'M IN CHARGE HERE and YOU NEED TO FOLLOW ORDERS") are *chef's kiss*

Catra realizing this isn't what she actually wants: part ....a lot

STOP REMINDING ME I HAVE FEELINGS!!

The other three leave, she yanks the drawings off Scorpia's old locker, then THUMPs her head on it. And then Double Trouble shows up!

okay wait tho the way she pauses and then thumps her head on it is so funny I wish I could gif it, it's so cat-like and also Very Emo

I don't think this is supposed to be funny but it IS and I cannot stop rewinding and laughing. I blame the wine.

THONK

help i've rewatched it like five times now

okay

lol right??

Me, when I was info-dumping my own fic at myself: is it weird to imagine these two banging??? Me now: nope

Double Trouble: "Apologies for the delay, kitten. I got ...held up...in Bright Moon"

Anyway they give a little speech about how the Princesses keep fighting and She-Ra is away

NO SHIT, SHERLOCK

(now THERE's an old fandom reference ahahaha)

"We can't let them return to the Fright Zone!" TOO FUCKING LATE

YOU STOLE HER GARNET YOU WOULD THINK SO

Anyway they argue about the possibility of Glimmer taking Scorpia back to the Fright Zone

GOD I HATE IT WHEN SHE'S RIGHT UGGGHHHH

lolol I am. like. less than ten minutes into the FIRST OF TWO EPISODES and i've hit the image limit.

[suscitatmortuos]

[ paul wesley, 38, cis male, he/him ] welcome to antioch, kieran cole ! local sources report that you’ve been in town for 38 years amount of time and are known to be resilient yet indifferent. others have dredged up rumors that you’re involved in the stellar society as cult member/recruiter, but most know you for your work as a therapist 

BASICS

FULL NAME: kieran michael cole

NICKNAME/S: kiki, polaris

D. O. B.: may 10th

SIGN: taurus

AGE: 38 years old

GENDER: male

ORIENTATION: bisexual

NATIONALITY: american from father's side/polish from mother's side

PREFERRED PRONOUNS:  he/him

BIRTH PLACE: antioch, oregon

OCCUPATION: therapist, the stellar society recruiter

LANGUAGES: english, polish, french, spanish, german, some japanese 

ACCENT: american

SUBPLOT AFFILIATION: the stellar society

APPEARANCE

HEIGHT: 5'11

BUILD: lean but muscular

SKIN TONE: tanned

HAIR COLOR: light brown

EYE COLOR: green

GLASSES OR CONTACTS:  none

BIRTHMARKS/SCARS: he has a few scars left from his childhood

LEFT HANDED/RIGHT HANDED: right handed

TATTOOS/PIERCINGS:  HERE

RELATIONSHIPS

FAMILY: elijah cole ( father, alive ), hannah nowak ( mother, deceased ), ⁠lilith cole ( sister, alive )

PETS: none

CHILDREN: ruby cole

RELATIONSHIP STATUS: married

PERSONALITY

CHARACTER ARCHETYPE: the ruler

MBTI: ENTJ-A

CHARACTER TRAIT/S: narcissistic, resilient, adventurous, selfish, charismatic, protective, materialistic, superficial, ambitious, passionate, manipulative, greedy, controlling, determined, haunted

PHOBIAS/FEAR/S: losing everything he worked so hard for, losing control of things

BAD HABITS: manipulating people, lying, an inability to face consequences of his actions, lack of accountability, guilt tripping, an excessive need for control, emotionally closeted, never asking for help

MENTAL DISORDER/CONDITIONS: narcissism

OBSESSIONS: himself and being in control

RELIGION: stella society

MORAL ALIGNMENT: lawful evil

LOVE LANGUAGE: acts of service

--------------------------

BIOGRAPHY

triggers: drug use, overdose, neglect, murder, cult behavior, manipulation

Kieran was born in Antioch and grew up in a dilapidated home. Both physically and emotionally. His mother, a heroin addict, withered away while he raised himself and his sister. He still remembers how their house smelled. Especially the rotting stuff in the fridge. Kieran never had the opportunity to be a typical child since he had to work whenever he could in order to put food on the table and keep a roof over their heads. As a result, he became bitter and despised his existence. He had a special loathing for his mother for depriving him of any sense of childhood and innocence. When he was 14 years old and felt imprisoned, so when he discovered her on the bathroom floor with a needle in her arm and choking on her own vomit, he stood and watched. Kieran and his sister were taken up by social services and separated for years. He didn't find her until he was 19, when he became her legal guardian.

Even though he never went to school, Kieran managed to get his GED with minimal effort. He’s always been too smart for his own good and it’s this intelligence and self awareness that also turned him into a very unemotional and detached individual. Doesn’t mean he’s not able to fake things well. He discovered that he had an act for not only reading people but influencing them. And so he decided to get a degree in psychology and start his own practice.

Meeting John Weaver was, interesting. He had recently lost his job and was suffering from what Kieran believed to be paranoid delusions. And yet, there was something about the way he spoke that seemed incredibly lucid. It did not take much convincing for Kieran to join the Stellar Society, but not because he fully believed in its message. Kieran's devotion to the cult does not stem from his belief for he has never believed in anything other than his own will. But he did find something in the cult that he could not find anywhere else - control.

Because he's a chameleon, able to shift into whatever he needs to be as long as it benefits him, he became an exceptional follower. Which included getting his hands dirty without one inch of remorse. His hands will forever be red. This allowed him to move up the ranks until he eventually became the Stellar Society's official recruiter. His job makes it easy to find vulnerable people that he can exploit and when he finds one, he passes the information to his leader. Once he gets the green light, he starts painting a pretty picture inside the mind of his patient and convinces them to join.

PERSONALITY

Inside Kieran's mind, there are shadows and long extending hallways. Everything he knows about human relationships he mimics from movies, magazines, books, television, not real instances he has experienced in his life. He studies people’s reactions, facial expressions, body language and then spends time practicing in the mirror until he can convince himself that he can pass for a human being and not a carbon copy of one. Something who does not belong on this earth. Something foreign, abstract, squared, black. Kieran learned at a very young age how to manipulate people's emotions to his advantage. If he needed to cry for forgiveness, then he'd do it. He had an act for turning things around with lies and manipulation, to the point where the people he wronged would eventually ask for his forgiveness, firmly believing that he was victim.

He's never been much for love. Has no use for it. Thinking about it puts an odd taste in his mouth; something like overly chlorinated water. The entire feeling he gets from seeing happily wed couples is something similar to everyone around you experiencing the fullness of the third dimension, and you’re stuck in the second; only getting the third by a sanctioned piece at a time. Yet he is very good at pretending. At smiling and regurgitating all the romantic nonsense like word vomit.

There is nothing in there. He cares because he has to. He shows emotions because it's what society expects of him. But in reality, he feels nothing. Nothing is genuine.

Wanted Connection #1: His sister who is three years younger than him but has a childlike personality. Mostly because she has been babied most of her life and Kieran treats her like she's can't do a thing on her own. So she is quite dependent on him. There is nothing wrong with her, but he has convinced her that there is, always referring to it as "your condition".

Wanted Connection #2: His wife who he married 6 years ago and is also very devoted to the cult. They have a very open relationship and is the person he trusts the most. They have a four year old daughter.

Wanted Connection #3: Patients? Maybe someone he is actively convincing to join the society

[tomafome]

Rosa Ramalho (1888–1977) na sua oficina em S. Martinho de Galegos (Barcelos, Portugal), c. 1967. Foto Nancy Flowers/Jackson Legros. Arquivo Fotográfico do Museu de Olaria de Barcelos.

Rosa Barbosa Lopes nasce, a 14 de agosto de 1888, em S. Martinho de Galegos, sendo filha de Luís Lopes, sapateiro de profissão, e de Emília Barbosa, tecedeira. A alcunha Ramalho herda-a do pai e por ela será nomeada durante toda a vida. Com a morte do marido, a 17 de junho de 1956, Rosa passa a dedicar-se inteiramente à produção de figurado. Numa entrevista a Nancy Flowers afirma: «como tínhamos de viver, voltei-me para a argila».

Foi por esta altura, segunda metade da década de 1950, descoberta por António Quadros, iniciando-se assim uma nova fase produtiva. As elites cultas urbanas começam a frequentar a sua casa/oficina, a comprar e a divulgar a sua obra. Nesta FASE Ill o figurado de Rosa tem dois tipos de compradores: as crianças que o compram como divertimento e cedo os abandonam e os adultos que o exibem e conservam nas suas casas. [...] Toda a obra de Rosa é o resultado daquilo que aprendeu a fazer em menina, mas também há nela uma originalidade e criatividade que nos encanta, sendo na FASE III que ela começa a criar novas peças.

A juntar à originalidade das suas criações devemos acrescentar o corpo miúdo, a vivacidade no olhar, a resposta pronta e oportuna, o trajar de negro, o lenço na cabeça, o falar com os seus com a mesma destreza e liberdade com que fala com os que vêm da cidade para a conhecer. Tudo isto caraterísticas que a tornam singular.

Rosa Barbosa Lopes was born on 14 August 1888, in São Martinho de Galegos, the daughter of Luis Lopes, a cobbler, and Emília Barbosa, a weaver. Her nickname Ramalho was inherited from her father, and this became the name by which she was known throughout her life. When her husband died on 17 June 1956, Rosa began to devote herself entirely to the production of clay figures. In an interview with Nancy Flowers, she stated: «as we had to live, I went back to the clay.»

It was around this time, in the second half of the 1950s, that she was discovered by António Quadros, thus embarking upon a new phase of production. The educated urban elites began to frequent her house/workshop, buying and disseminating her work. In this PHASE III, Rosa's figures were purchased by two types of buyers: the children who bought them as toys and soon abandoned them; and the adults who exhibited them and kept them in their homes. [...] All of Rosa's work was the result of what she had learned to do as a child, but she also had her own delightful originality and creativity, and it was in this PHASE Ill of her work that she began to create new pieces.

Together with the originality of her creations, we should also mention the small, child-like size of her body, the liveliness of her gaze, the way in which she always had a ready and opportune answer to any question, the fact that she always dressed in black, the headscarf that she wore, and the way that she talked to those she knew with the same adroitness and freedom as she talked to those who came from the city to get to know her. All of these characteristics joined together made her a quite unique person.

“Rosa, viúva e bonecreira/Rosa, widow and dollmaker” in Rosa Ramalho: As Escolhas de um Colecionador [A Collector’s Choice]. Catálogo de exposição no Palácio da Cidadela de Cascais. Curadoria e textos de Isabel Maria Fernandes. Trad. John Eliott. Ed. Fundação D. Luís I, 2023.

[the-worst-bracket]

The Worst Round Two

The first round is over! Our first round losers have been released into the wild, where they will decimate the local songbird population!

New Bracket under the cut, all times are in CDT

Bracket A (5/3 - 5/10)

Mineta Minoru (My Hero Academia) vs Iago (Othello) 11:15 AM

Mimic (Dark Souls) vs Dan (Dan Vs) & Pink Diamond (Steven Universe) 11:30 AM

Jurgen Leitner (The Magnus Archives) vs Zeus (Greek Mythology) 11:45 AM

Steve Cobs (Inanimate Insanity) vs Alex Eggleston (Yiik) 12:00 PM

Jerry (Undertale) vs Old Man Who Snitched on Haru (A:TLA) 12:15 PM

Ashfur (Warrior Cats) vs Mr. Burns (The Simpsons) 12:30 PM

Octavian (Heroes of Olympus) vs Gendo Ikari (NGE) 12:45 PM

Walter White (Breaking Bad) vs Medusa Gorgon (Soul Eater) 1:00 PM

Bracket B (5/3 - 5/10)

Jin Guangshan (The Untamed) vs Michael (Wii) 1:15 PM

Mitsuhiro Higa (Danganronpa) vs Creek (Trolls) 1:30 PM

Manfred Von Karma (Ace Attorney) vs David (Animorphs) 1:45 PM

Mayuri Kurotsuchi (Bleach) vs Cronus Ampora (Homestuck) 2:00 PM

Micheal Tritter (House MD) & The Director (Red v Blue) vs Lila Rossi (Miraculous Ladybug) 2:15 PM

Lord Henry Wotton (The Picture of Dorian Gray) vs Jodie Foster (Dungeons & Daddies) 2:30 PM

Bill Hawks (Professor Layton) vs Izaya Orihara (Durarara!!) 2:45 PM

The Dark Lord (Miitopia) vs Cybelle (Carole and Tuesday) 3:00 PM

Bracket C (5/4 -5/11)

Admiral Zhao (A:TLA) vs Rachel Berry (Glee) 11:15 AM

Darth Maul (Star Wars) vs Jessica (The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself) 11:30 AM

Pong Krell (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) vs Gamzee Makara (Homestuck) 11:45 AM

Dorodoron (Futari wa Precure Splash Star) vs Tate Langdon (American Horror Story) 12:00 PM

Izzy Hands (Our Flag Means Death) vs Spike (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic) 12:15 PM

Orin Scrivello DDS (Little Shop of Horrors) vs Minecraft Skeleton (Minecraft) 12:30 PM

Major Frank Burns (M*A*S*H*) vs Carter Pewterschmidt (Family Guy) 12:45 PM

Borsolino (One Piece) vs Pennywise (IT) 1:00 PM

Bracket D (5/4 -5/11)

Pierce Hawthorne (Community) vs Whirlpool (Wings of Fire) 1:15 PM

Thaddeus Campbell (Dishonored) vs Takumi Ichinose (Nana) & Heimskr (Skyrim) 1:30 PM

Gale Weathers (Scream) vs Ianthe Tridentarius (The Locked Tomb) 1:45 PM

Director Ton (Aggretsuko) vs Odalia Blight (The Owl House) 2:00 PM

Kyubey (Madoka Magica) vs Dr. Gregory House (House MD) 2:15 PM

Rachel (Tower of God) vs Miki Kawai (A Silent Voice) 2:30 PM

John Winchester (Supernatural) vs Hippeux (Animal Crossing) 2:45 PM

Saint Charlos (One Piece) vs Dr. Janet Lubelle (WTNV) 3:00 PM

Bracket E (5/5 -5/12)

Martin Blyndeff (Epithet Erased) vs Calico Jack (Our Flag Means Death) 11:15 AM

John Gaius (The Locked Tomb) vs Crawlings (The Mysterious Benedict Society) & Liza Lotts (Scott the Woz) 11:30 AM

Zolf J Kimblee (FMA) vs Nandor the Relentless (WWDITS) 11:45 AM

Logan Roy (Succession) vs Fermet (Baccano!) 12:00 PM

Emperor Belos (The Owl House) vs Jar Jar Binks (Star Wars) 12:15 PM

Stuart Little (Stuart Little) vs Bibble (Barbie: Fairytopia) 12:30 PM

Grima Wormtongue (Lord of the Rings) vs Balloon Boy (FNAF) 12:45 PM

Felix (Red v Blue) vs Bro Strider (Homestuck) 1:00 PM

Bracket F (5/5 - 5/12)

Count Olaf (ASOUI) vs Phillip Anderson (BBC Sherlock) 1:15 PM

Drosselmeyer (Princess Tutu) vs Hiram Burrows (Dishonoured) 1:30 PM

Vriska Serket (Homestuck) vs Marty (Steven Universe) 1:45 PM

Norman Osborn (Marvel) vs Stregabor (The Witcher) 2:00 PM

Barney Stinson (HIMYM) vs Griffith (Berserk) 2:15 PM

Lionel Luthor (Smallville) vs Shadow Weaver (SPOP) 2:30 PM

Rand Ridley (Inside Job) vs Fire Lord Ozai (A:TLA) 2:45 PM

Joseph Sugarman (BoJack Horseman) vs Kylo Ren (Star Wars) 3:00 PM

Bracket G (5/6 - 5/13)

Ross Geller (Friends) vs Junko Enoshima (Danganronpa) 11:15 AM

Evil Do-er/Dark Blue (Animation vs Minecraft) vs Clint (Stardew Valley) 11:30 AM

Colin Robinson (WWDITS) vs Ghetsis (Pokemon) 11:45 AM

Billy (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy) vs Servantis (Ben 10) 12:00 PM

Elias Bouchard (The Magnus Archives) vs Tingle (The Legend of Zelda) 12:15 PM

Trishna (Papa Louie) vs Unparalleled Innocence (Rain World) 12:30 PM

Vanitas (Kingdom Hearts) vs Suzy Johnson (Phineas and Ferb) 12:45 PM

Dr. Hotti (Ace Attorney) vs Sarah (Ed, Edd, and Eddy) 1:00 PM

Bracket H (5/6 - 5/13)

Barney the Dinosaur (Barney and Friends) vs Andy Bernard (The Office) 1:15 PM

Caillou (Caillou) vs Gideon Gleeful (Gravity Falls) 1:30 PM

Joshu Higashikata (JJBA) vs Touga Kiryuu (Revolutionary Girl Utena) 1:45 PM

Ambassador Udina (Mass Effect) vs Father (FMA) 2:00 PM

Akio Ohtori (Revolutionary Girl Utena) vs Kray Foresight (Promare) 2:15 PM

The Worst (Ben 10) vs Hisoka Morrow (Hunter x Hunter) 2:30 PM

Tony Stark (MCU) vs Clay Puppington (Moral Orel) 2:45 PM

Bling Bling Boy (Johnny Test) vs Enji Todoroki (My Hero Academia) 3:00 PM

[kwebtv]

Dream West - CBS - April 13 - 20, 1986

Historical Drama / Western (3 episodes)

Running Time: 337 minutes

Stars:

Richard Chamberlain as John Charles Fremont

Alice Krige as Jessie Benton Fremont

F. Murray Abraham as President Abraham Lincoln

René Enríquez as General Castro

Ben Johnson as Jim Bridger

Jerry Orbach as Capt. John Sutter

G. D. Spradlin as General Steven Watts Kearney

Rip Torn as Kit Carson

Fritz Weaver as Senator Thomas Hart Benton

Anthony Zerbe as Bill Williams

Claude Akins as Tom Fitzpatrick

John Anderson as Brig. Gen. Brooke

Lee Bergere as 'Papa Joe' Nicollet

Jeff East as Tim Donovan

Michael Ensign as Karl Preuss

Mel Ferrer as Judge Elkins

Gayle Hunnicutt as Mrs. Maria Crittenden

Noble Willingham as President James Knox Polk

Matt McCoy as Louis Freniere

Cameron Mitchell as Commander Robert Stockton

Burton Gilliam as Martineau

John Harkins as Secretary of State George Bancroft

George American Horse as Indian Chief

[brokehorrorfan]

Sci-Fi Chillers Collection will be released on May 21 via Kino Lorber. The Blu-ray set features three sci-fi/horror films: The Unknown Terror, The Colossus of New York, and Destination Inner Space.

1957's The Unknown Terror is directed by Charles Marquis Warren and written by Kenneth Higgins. John Howard, Mala Powers, Paul Richards, and May Wynn star.

1958's The Colossus of New York is directed by Eugène Lourié (The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms) and written by Thelma Schnee, based on a short story by Ray Bradbury. Paul Christian, Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway, and Kenneth Tobey star.

1966's Destination Inner Space is directed by Francis D. Lyon and written by Arthur C. Pierce. Scott Brady, Gary Merrill, Sheree North, and Wende Wagner star.

All three films have been have been scanned in 4K by Paramount Pictures. Special features are listed below.

Special features:

The Unknown Terror audio commentary by film historian Stephen Bissette (new)

The Colossus of New York audio commentary by film historians Tom Weaver, Larry Blamire, and Ron Adams

Destination Inner Space audio commentary by film historians David Del Valle and Stan Shaffer

The Colossus of New York interview with film historians Tim Lucas and Steven Bissette

Destination Inner Space interview with film historians Tim Lucas and Steven Bissette

The Colossus of New York theatrical trailer

In The Unknown Terror, a millionaire (John Howard) leads a remote jungle expedition to find the legendary “Cave of the Dead” where his wife’s (Mala Powers) brother had disappeared long ago. Instead, they stumble upon a mad doctor who has created a horde of foam-spewing, fungus-covered monster-men. In The Colossus of New York, when a brilliant scientist (Ross Martin) is accidentally killed, his preserved brain is transferred to the body of a giant robot so that it can continue to serve mankind. But when it gains awareness of its own hideousness, this steel colossus embarks on a rampage of destruction. In Destination Inner Space, when an object of unknown origin is detected in the area of an underwater laboratory, scientists investigate and come face to face with the object—an extraterrestrial saucer! They board the craft and discover a mysterious cylinder, which they take back to the lab for closer inspection. It is then that events take a monstrous turn!

Pre-order Sci-Fi Chillers Collection.

[fridaythe13ththeseries]

The Prophecies - Part 2

Episode Recap #54: The Prophecies - Part 2 Original Airdate: October 7, 1989

Starring: John D. LeMay as Ryan Dallion Louise Robey as Micki Foster Chris Wiggins as Jack Marshak

Guest cast: Fritz Weaver as Asteroth Marie-France Lambert as Sister Adele Jean Brousseau as Father Decroux Steve Monarque as Johnny Ventura (as Steven Monarque) Tara Meyer as Chris Davis Madeleine Pageau as Sister Francis Lee J. Campbell as Mr. Burt Davis Nathaniel Moreau as Young Ryan Robert Desroches as Mr. Thorez (as Robert Des Roches) Jacques Tourangeau as Lieutenant Marceau (credit only) Jill Frappier as Elizabeth Dallion Guy Provencher as Blind Beggar Joshua Labelle as Jimmy Dallion Huguette Oligny as Housekeeper / Theresa

Written by Tom McLoughlin Directed by Tom McLoughlin

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Part 2 picks up with a recap of Part 1. Then we are back in the streets of Marie-Mere, with Micki finally finding Ryan, who seems dazed. He said he tried to get the book but was knocked out. Micki is worried, since it has been over an hour. He insists he is fine. She says they should check on Jack. Ryan wants to see Adele, but Micki says they will after seeing Jack.

Asteroth goes to a cemetery crypt. He breaks in the stone door via magic. Inside, it is a huge space. He breaks open more crypts, exposing skeletons. He tells Lucifer the place of his return awaits and laughs.

At the church. Christine and her father sit and pray. She's worried, asks him to pray for her.

Micki has been going through Jack's papers about the Book of Lucifer. She gets frustrated by Ryan just staring out the window. He says it is a waste of time, he needs to see Sister Adele. Micki says no one can see her. Ryan acts weird and then leaves.

Later, Ryan is outside the church as Asteroth reads the next prophecy. Ryan heads forward. He gets inside, upsetting the other nuns with his insistence on seeing Adele. She says it is okay, he's a friend. Ryan says he has to speak to her in private. Uneasily, Adele takes him to her room. Ryan tells her he met Asteroth. Adele knows Ryan is under Asteroth's hold and tries talking to him, then grabs her crucifix and begins praying. Decroux and the other nuns try getting into the room as the possessed Ryan attacks Adele. Asteroth speaks and laughs through Ryan, opens the door and tells Decroux that Adele is dying for her faith. Then he runs off. Decroux and the nuns find Adele and pray to God.

In an alley, Ryan is lamenting what he just did under Asteroth's control and finds the 666 on his chest. He screams.

At the hotel, Micki calls Johnny who's at Curious Goods, worried about Ryan's odd behavior. Ryan's mother shows up at the store. Johnny tries to calm Micki, who asks him to come to France. He agrees, then tells Mrs. Dallion it will be okay.

Cops bang on Micki's hotel room door, then barge inside, looking for Ryan. They take Micki with them.

Johnny talks to Ryan's mom, who is worried about him, thinking he must hate her. Johnny says Ryan loves her, and everyone deserves a second chance. She says she can't lose another son.

Ryan slips into the hospital and goes to see Jack. He begs his friend to wake up, telling he killed Adele and doesn't know why. He begins to cry, thinking his life is over now. Jack lays unconscious, Ryan asks why he couldn't help him this time. And tells Jack he needs him as he continues to sob.

Asteroth is chanting his evil prayers over a skeleton, and Ryan is again possessed, leaping out the hospital window as nurses rush in. He runs off into the night.

Next day, Micki is still being interrogated by the police. They don't believe her claims of strange events and she doesn't believe their claim that Ryan killed Adele. They won't let her leave or make a phone call.

Asteroth continue his work in the crypt, with Ryan at his mercy. He makes an upside cross on Ryan's forehead and says a child of God will be Lucifer's vessel.

That night, at a candlelight prayer vigil, Adele's body is carried through the streets. Johnny arrives via taxi and goes to the hotel, where he finds out Micki was arrested.

Ryan watches the prayer from the streets.

Johnny demands they let Micki go if they aren't charging her, and is shocked with the allegations against Ryan. He tells the detective they are leaving to look for Ryan, and they head out.

Ryan spots Christine and her father in the prayer group, and takes the girl, her father rushing after him.

Decroux begins a prayer over the body of Adele for all of those present. He tells them Satanic powers are at work to destroy their faith.

Ryan rushes with a protesting Christine as Micki and Johnny search frantically. Christine's father tries to stop Ryan, but Asteroth possesses Ryan, who tosses the man to the pavement.

Decroux continues to pray, saying Adele was killed because she was a symbol of good. He tells them they should have faith and pray. As they do, Jack has memories of what happened, what Adele had told him about her faith, and finally awakens, saying "The child."

Ryan brings Christine to Asteroth in the cemetery crypt.

Micki and Johnny still search, then go to see Jack, who is gone from the hospital.

Asteroth continues to read from his book, as Christine prays on her own. Asteroth tells her Lucifer is the true ruler, but she is brave and keeps praying. Asteroth uses his magic to heal her legs for Lucifer's arrival.

Jack finds Christine's injured father, who tells him Ryan took Christine. Micki and Johnny come upon the men, thrilled to see Jack. Micki fills Jack in on what she read, and Jack realizes the place of the dead mentioned must be the cemetery. Before dying, her dad asks them to save Christine.

Asteroth continues his plan to bring Lucifer to Earth. Asteroth has Ryan pull Christine to her feet, to show her what his faith in Lucifer has done for her. She can now stand on her own and walk. Christine listens to Asteroth, but refuses to praise Lucifer, so Asteroth makes her legs give out.

Decroux and the crowd continue to pray, as wind begins to blow.

Ryan is forced to hold Christine down as Asteroth works to use the Book to bring forth his master. He picks up a sharp skeleton bone, and says since she won't accept Lucifer, he will kill her and Lucifer will be resurrected in her body. He lifts the bone over her.

Jack, Micki and Johnny race through the cemetery looking for Asteroth and Ryan.

Christine appeals to Ryan, trying to get through to him. He looks at her and is flooded with memories of his late brother. Just as Asteroth brings the bone down, Ryan screams and puts his body between it and Christine, Asteroth stabbing him in the back. Micki, Jack and Johnny arrive at the same moment. Ryan, out of Asteroth's control, asks Christine to pray for him before falling to the ground.

His body is wracked in pain and transforms into young Ryan. Asteroth says the prophecy has been fulfilled, thinking Ryan will be the vessel for Lucifer.

At the funeral vigil, wind blows and a bright light appears in the sky. All are in awe.

The light even reaches the crypt, worrying Asteroth, who is burned reaching for the Book after struggling with Johnny. Christine stands in the light. Jack rushes to her. Asteroth stumbles to avoid the light. Jack finds the unconscious boy on the ground and picks him up. Micki is confused. Asteroth again tries for the book but it bursts into flames, then he does as well. He thrashes about before turning into his demon form and exploding. Micki holds the boy, and Christine says they must get him to the shrine.

They get to the shrine, still bathed in the bright light. Ryan begins to thrash about. Decroux prays over him, hoping to rid him of the influence of Satan. Christine kneels and prays to the Blessed Mother, asking them to return Ryan to what is God's will. A visage of a woman appears, the light becomes blinding and Ryan screams.

The light dims and fades away, and the boy lies calm. Jack talks to Ryan, who asks who he is. Ryan remembers Jack as a friend of Uncle Lewis. Christine introduces herself, but Ryan doesn't recall her. She thanks him. Ryan asks where his mother is. Christine tells Decroux that the Blessed Mother wants her to stay, and the Shrine waters flow again. Ryan asks if Micki is okay. She tries to get him to remember her, but all he can recall is a cousin named Micki, with red hair. They hug.

Back in the airport in the US, they all arrive home. Ryan runs off, Jack says he didn't say anything to Mrs. Dallion because it would be hard to explain. She is there, waving at them. Ryan comes up to her, calling her mom, but at first she thinks he's looking for someone else. Then she recognizes the boy her son used to be. Ryan says she looks different. She is shocked and Jack tells her this is Ryan, as hard as it is to believe. Micki tells Ryan she recognizes him, but he looks a little different. He says she is still the prettiest mom in the world, and them embrace, as Jack, Micki and Johnny look on.

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My thoughts:

As I said last week, this is written and directed by Tom McLoughlin, who was the man behind Friday the 13th: Part VI - Jason Lives!, one of my favorite in the film series. He did a great job in opening the third season, while finding a creative way to write out - but not kill off - Ryan. I commend and thank him for that.

I remember the first time I watched this episode. I had graduated high school around the same time as the season two finale. Was working nights now, and was harder for me to be there each late Saturday night. I recorded this and watched it a few days - maybe weeks? - after it had aired. Like I said, no pre-information. It was, to me, just the season three opener. Little did I know.

Ryan becoming possessed and killing Adele is so much. But, as it was with weekly shows, you assume they will somehow over come this. Ryan won't be sent to prison! Then he sacrifices himself for Christine, and you think this will either wound him and also redeem him or kill him. But he's back for season three, they won't kill him off.

Imagine my - and other fans - shock. Ryan is turned back in to a child… and stays that way! Yeah, he isn't killed off. But LeMay is gone? What does all this mean? I was stunned. Ryan and Micki were so big to me as a lonely, awkward teen. How could Ryan be gone from this group?

We had no answers this week. Just this ambiguous end. I remember after watching this, going to let my dog out and just standing, looking out at the bare trees and feeling the end of something. Like I said, I'd graduated and was working. I'd begun to miss episodes of the show and had to play catch up. It all just felt like an end had begun for something that had been so special and important to me. And I had no clue what the future held, for Ryan, for Micki and Jack, and in my life, for me. A weird, very personal, nexus point of life, I guess.

Johnny, as we know now, took over the younger male lead role. They play Johnny here a little different than before. Less harsh and horny, and more friendly and helpful. I don't mind Johnny, but Ryan was irreplaceable.

The religious motifs here are huge, and it makes sense. The show always focused on the demonic and Satanic, so it was interesting to see the flipside of that. But, I have to wonder if this big season opener, with God, and prayer, and nuns and Lucifer combined with airing in more prime time slots, opened the door for more tight ass religious zealots to see and condemn the show. Is it a coincidence that this ended up being the final season?

All in all, a great big movie of a season opener, with the show's status quo truly shaken up. Glad Ryan was left alive, for a possible return. Never happened, unfortunately. Only in my fanfic. Maybe I'll share that one day, if anyone would care to read it.

Good-bye, Ryan.

Next week: Demon Hunter