#death kappa (2010)

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🎃 Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi (10/7-x) overall, not what i expected, but not bad. only got thru half the series in spooky month, will finish eventually.

ep1 (10/7): kinda slow, but not boring. the final shot of the woman in the doorway gave me goosebumps.

ep2 (10/10): first third/half SUPER effective for me, esp the whole part where ichikawa's flashlight would turn off at the same point in the room. creepy. but then the last part was genuinely ?????? super intriguing but idk really what happened? the metaphysical/scifi aspects weren't ~scary~ to me but i keep thinking abt the episode so

ep3 (10/10): monster horror isnt my thing so eh, but the revelation at the end that those 2 characters are slowly turning into kappa like its an infection was neat.

ep4 (10/11): favorite so far, loved the spatial/time manipulation. but the scene of them time traveling. lol. lmao even.

ep5 (10/11): really liking how each episode is its own thing but clearly pointing to something bigger connecting everything. real curious abt what kudo "sees" since his coma incident.

ep6 - 10: DNF. didn't grip me compared to other stuff i wanted to watch, will finish at my own pace eventually.

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🎃 milk and serial (10/12) liked. flew by, didn't feel like an hour+. mc was super creepy & unhinged. acting felt real & natural. liked the twists. i think naomi & link finding milk's box w/ address to his torture shack was by his design. sequel maybe?

🎃 the void (10/12) liked. FANTASTIC practical effects, wowzers. kinda okay story, more aesthetics than plot but w/e. BIG silent hill vibes though a cult facilitating a "god" to be born, resurrection/reincarnation, physical manifestations of guilt and grief, etc. but like.... spacey/cosmic horror. v different from most mid-2010s or even modern day horror and i appreciate that.

🎃 the empty man (10/13) idk. intriguing but i really dont get the whole part about the people committing suicide. i feel like this is one of those movies i need to deep dive ppls meta analysis to really ~get it~. bc i don't really. honestly my favorite part was the very beginning w the freaky skeleton. what is he transmitting............

🎃 noroi: the curse (10/13) eh. kinda slow. unclear on certain plot points: what was the significance of kana being psychic and drawing that symbol/face/mask? what's up with the boy - another medium? hori was v distracting and borderline exploitative. liked how the seemingly disjointed segments started to connect together, but unfortunately didnt go all the way (see ? above) and too much unresolved. seen better japanese horror and found footage horror tbh sorry

🎃 late night with the devil (10/14) first off -1000000 for using genAI fuck that. second, god the beginning was as boring & cringey as a real late night talk show. which like, yeah ofc but also. i dont want to watch that so no ty. but lilly's appearance at the end was v cool, split head, coursing electrical energy. really liked that a lot. overall better than i thought it was gonna be, but just to the side of okay.

🎃 lake mungo (10/19) quite sad. being haunted by your future death reminds me of nell from haunting of hill house. alice meeting with the psychic and seeing from the perspective of her ghost in the future, paralleled with her mother in the future doing the same and not sensing alice anymore.... big sad. :( some of the spooky stuff did get to me. the recording of alice seeing her future dead body and the reveal that the neighbor was lurking in the house in one of the recordings especially. wtf grossssssss. overall more sad than scary, but i liked it. more effective for me than i thought it would be after reading reddit posts hating it. i feel like i need to be a defender of it now lmao

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🎃 midnight mass overall: forgive me father for i have sinned 🫦 -- dunno if it unseats hill house as my favorite flanagan show but damn it was fantastic.

ep1 (10/19): interesting. if i didnt already know it was abt vampires id be scratching my head rn. the final shot of the cats on the beach was laughable, and thats coming from a sensitive bitch who cant stand animal deaths in horor & frequently uses doesthedogdie lmao ....... rahul kohli can absolutely get it tho

ep2 (10/20): ok first off that whole bit about "pregnant people" was weird af and completely unnecessary. coulda just normalized inclusive language but instead we gotta draw attention to "umm actually ☝️🤓 its usually pregnant women". w/e. -- i think the cats were killed as sustenance (neck wounds), but idk abt the dog being poisoned? the vamp(s) just trying to get rid of the animals on the island so they dont act odd/pick up on the vamps? or smth specifically targeting that one guy, by the nun lady? hmm. -- was the (i presume) vamp stalking the pregnant lady from her house to the clinic bc it could sense her breakthru bleeding??? uew. -- the mimic of the voice near the end was a banger omg so creepy, and i love the reflective eyes v v v good. -- re leeza walking, something in the wine???

ep3 (10/20): is monsignor pruitt this new father paul????? fountain of youth ayoooo. but is he the vampire? nah hes the renfield aint he. what was with the trunk of dirt? ohhh ancestral soil ofc -- theory: the sheriff is gonna be the one to cotton on to smth being wrong bc he doesnt go to the church/drink the wine -- the scene between leeza & joe was so powerful, wow..... -- was father paul poisoned like the dog? kinda bummed if hes dead for good i thought for sure he was gonna be one of the (the only?) antagonists nvm lol, immortal? -- also comparing a vampire to an angel, esp in this context, is sick as hell, love that -- honestly getting big salems lot vibes which i do NOT hate at all tbh, also a bit of exorcist thrown in with the middle east and ruins and smth ~evil~ there

ep4 (10/21): ohhh is monsignor turning into a vampire? sun sensitivity.... -- noooo poor joe :( -- what is up with erin's "miscarriage"/never having been pregnant and her blood reacting to the sun when afair she never drank the wine? -- and riley too damn........

ep5 (10/21): oh hey well guess thats where the title comes from lol -- not, like, super duper crazy with the loooooong chunks of monologue tbh. sometimes it hits like with riley & monsignors back and forth over guilt but other times ehhhh -- speaking of, anyone else down bad for the priest or just me? ok nvm -- so far it seems the og vamp only ate from the stray cats, bowl (bill) and riley so far (maybe the mayor & wife but unclear), and it seems like its been a couple weeks since it arrived so the hunger must not be THAT insatiable, for like 99% of the town population to remain (relatively) unharmed? like, if everyone or even just MOST of them are turned, who they gonna eat? -- on the one hand riley being greeted in death by the uninjured form of the girl he killed in a car crash is beautiful. oh the other hand subjecting the love of your life to watching you burn to fucking death and now shes gonna row back to land with ur smoldering corpse is like. supremely fucked up riley. like i get that erin has to ~see to believe~ but what the hell man. the credits rolling and listening to her screams..... D:

ep6 (10/31): so it's not just the consumption of a vampires blood that makes one a vampire, but death as a catalyst for resurrection. holy shit i love that, flanagan you mad man. -- oh shiiiiit mildred shooting former lover priest in the head damn bitch okay -- bev you pussy ass bitch wont even drink the poison smh my head

ep7 (10/31): "it never felt like a sin, you never felt like a sin and our daughter was never a sin" aoughhhh this got me cryin -- was really rooting for the sheriff to make it out alive :( -- never been religious and have 0 religious trauma but god damn this show got me good, weeping all thru the end

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🎃 rosemary's baby (10/22) regrettably by roman polanski, but 🏴‍☠️ so eh. overall i really liked it. i had seen bits and pieces and i feel this is one of those medias that you kind of know through osmosis, but it was still an enjoyable watch, if not disturbing at times. tho minnis voice and mannerisms reminds me of vic's nana from very important people lmaoooo i cant unsee/hear it

🎃 event horizon (10/22) so far INCREDIBLE visuals, giving big hellraiser vibes with the disfigured/cut up bodies & the elaborate incomprehensible yet decorative engine brings to mind a mix of the lament configuration and biblically accurate angels. incredible. -- why only trauma hallucinations from a few of the crew? the rest were just peachy keen? not a smidge of trauma? bummer tbh -- hot damn the gore visuals are blink and u miss it but sick as hell -- but what happened with justin? rescue crew said he was alive but like.... mentally???? -- pacing felt just a titch off, like shtf so close to the end i feel like the descent could have been smoother, but otherwise i really loved this one

🎃 the exorcist (book) (10/1 - 10/23) liked WAY more than i thought i would. gonna be 4 stars for reference. 2 things i disliked: chris' internal monologues were annoying and shes more than a bit of a yuppie (the point i guess), AND the fact that psychokinesis is just a FACT in this world (ie possession can't be concluded by moving objects / mind reading bc those are observable in clinical settings in ppl with mental issues) bothered me so much!!! like..... if a DEMON can read your mind, move objects, as established w regan, you can't just chalk it up to NO WAY being possession. wtf???? anyway, everything else was great. really liked the reveals (regan's paint found at the church desecration, regan speaking backwards & mentioning merrin before he's even seen on page). the foreshadowing of karras' demise. very disturbing scenes iykyk, and even the detective parts were fun in the end. dunno if i'll read the sequel (legion) but i've heard the show is v good? 👀

🎃 hell house llc (10/25) 1 (10/25): love, it's a classic at this point, most of the scares dont get to me but surprisingly a few still do, solid ending 2 (10/25): kind of worse acting than the first but still liked, enjoy where the overarching plot is going re drawing people to the house 3 (10/25): definitely upped the production value, the scene of the actress in the basement with the clown is top tier but otherwise it was okay. first is still the best tbh, feels like they explained too much and im more of a fan of ambiguity. since the first 3 films take place in the same building, there's a weird feeling of familiarity & coziness lmao, i could see this series being a comfort rewatch fr origins (10/26): margot was definitely at the fair where tully/cult was kidnapping ppl for the abaddon hotel sacrifices, huh. -- did NO ONE think to check rebecca's cam w/ the body on the bed???? like they've seen other proof of the supernatural but cmon -- ohh that whole scene of rebecca screensharing w her boss and the pictures leading right up to her bedroom door grossssssss bleghhhh i love it -- overall liked this one a lot. still confused abt some stuff (where was the dad's body? why was patrick's arm better? his place in the cult, are the souls (patricks?) bound to the clown costumes etc), but super effective horror for me. sometimes i dont need all the qs answered u know?

🎃 the outwaters (10/26) ppl on reddit said they hated this as much as skinamarink & both are deathly boring but i LOVED skinamarink so lets gooooo -- 38 minutes in. is like...... no one going to aknowledge these sounds???? -- i get the bugs being creepy but are these donkeys supposed to be ominous? bc they just look like sweet cute babies 2 me -- these are the WORST flashlights in the entire world my GOD. -- suddenly, screaming flesh snakes. sure why not -- ooohh space time fuckery? is robbie the axe man? -- i literally cannot see what's happen 90% of the time, its like trying to watch a movie through a pinprick. like near the end he could have been pointing a flashlight at a bbq beef brisket for all i could tell. certainly a choice meant to invoke the claustrophobia and isolation and confusion of the pov, but missed the mark. by a lot. -- theres some neat ideas in here (time travel/time loop where robbie is the one killed and also the killer, with cosmic horror to boot), if i could see anything. loved skinamarink, super effective for me and though it was grainy at least you could SEE, this was. eh. i will say the sound design was great. would have loved to see literally any part of the entity near the end that's making it! the end itself was actually good imo, grotesque but better than seeing a 90% black screen tbh. potential.

🎃 lovely, dark, and deep (10/29) very interesting visuals, kinda cosmic horror in the woods. reminiscent of the "stairs in the woods" and "search and rescue" nosleep stories. also big PT vibes, especially in the scenes in the house, very cyclical/loop in nature but different traumatic events each go thru. love a horror movie that doesnt hold your and and leaves the interpretation up to the viewer. backrooms-esque liminal space? purgatory? mc processing her grief and trauma? dream sequence? hell? are the woods just real fucked up in this natl park? yes. (unfortunately?) it was kinda explained at the end, but i still really liked it. i dunno now the mc could keep working as a ranger, knowing that they just.... let this shit happen. and to perpetuate it....... i do wonder abt the ranger in the beginning, making the choice to get taken. what was his story?

🎃 a house at the bottom of a lake (10/29 - 10/31) 4.5 stars. idk what exactly happened, but i really loved it. great atmosphere (dark, under water, claustrophobic - frankly do not understand people who say this isnt horror lmao), easy to read in a day, perfect for halloween (when I read it). i interpret the ending as james and amelia still being under the obsession of the house, possibly still underwater. like the past 12-or-so days was a "test" of some sort. what finding the house in the real world means, i dont know, but i'm all for horror not holding my hand and it just being about ~the vibes~ which this one nailed for me. the scenes where the flashlights go off? and then house lights turn on? chilled. incredible what you can enjoy when u dont have a hater yappin in ur ear that it sucks <3 

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[ * = re ]

(series) • alien (alien*, aliens*, alien 3*, resurrection*, prometheus, covenant, romulus) • hell house llc (1*, 2, 3, origins) • midnight mass

(films) • nightmare on elm street • the thing* • the outwaters • noroi • the void • event horizon • rosemary's baby • lovely, dark, and deep

(youtube) • backrooms (kane pixels)* • gemini home entertainment*

(books) • the exorcist • uzumaki*

(next year, or b4 next halloween) • smile 2 • the substance • in a violent nature • horror in the high desert • leaving dc

[brookston]

Holidays 1.15

Holidays

Alpha Kappa Alpha Day

Arbor Day (Egypt, FL, Jordan, LA)

Armed Forces Day (Nigeria)

Army Day (India)

Basketball Rules Day

British Museum Day (UK)

Democratic Donkey Day

4-H Day

George Price Day (Belize)

Guster Day (Boston, Massachusetts)

Happy Days Day

Humanitarian Day

International Vote from Abroad Day

John Chilembwe Day (Malawi)

Korean Alphabet Day (a.k.a. Chosen-gul)

Massage Parlor Day

Miracle on the Hudson Day

Moliere Day (France)

Museum Day (UK)

National Eskimo Dog Day

National Go and Do Good Day

National Hat Day

National Humanitarian Day

National Kayla Day

National Twitter Day

National Zombies Day

Ocean Duty Day (Indonesia)

Procrastinator’s New Year

Sagichō at Tsurugaoka Hachimangū (Kamakura, Japan)

South Wind’s Prayer (Elder Scrolls)

Space Mountain Day

Teacher’s Day (Venezuela)

Thank Your Mentor Day

Tree Planting Day (Egypt)

Tulpanens Dag (a.k.a. Tulip Day; Sweden)

Wikipedia Day

Willie Hoppe Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Craft-Brew Day (Berkeley, California)

National Bagel Day (a.k.a. Bagels and Lox Day)

National Booth Day

National Fresh Squeezed Juice Day

Strawberry Ice Cream Day

Wassailing the Apple Trees

3rd Sunday in January

Healthy Weight Week begins [3rd Sunday]

Homelessness Sunday [3rd Sunday]

Hunt for Happiness Week begins [3rd Sunday]

National Sanctity of Human Life Sunday [3rd Sunday]

Sinulog (Philippines) [3rd Sunday]

World Religion Day (Baha’i) [3rd Sunday]

World Snow Day [3rd Sunday]

Independence Days

Commonwealth of Abrus (Declared; 2016) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Abeluzius (Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church)

Arnold Janssen (Christian; Saint)

Black Christ of Esquipulas Day (Guatemala)

Bonitus (Christian; Saint)

Calybite (Christian; Saint)

Carmentalia (Old Roman Festival to Porrima and Postverta)

Feast of the Abbot of Unreason

Fo-Hi (Positivist; Saint)

The Fragglettes (Muppetism)

Francis Ferdinand de Capillas (A Martyred Saint of China)

Isidore (Christian; Saint)

Ita (Christian; Saint)

Macarius of Egypt (Western Christianity)

Maurus and Placidus (Order of Saint Benedict)

Niccolo Machiavelli Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Nozawa Onsen Fire Festival (a.k.a. Tondo Matsuri, Sai No Kami, Sagicho, Dondo Yaki, and Dōsojin Matsuri; Japan)

Our Lady of the Poor (Christian; Saint)

Paul the Hermit (Christian; Saint)

Thiruvalluvar Day (India)

Unicorn Hunting Day (Pastafarian)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Fortunate Day (Pagan) [3 of 53]

Perilous Day (13th Century England) [7 of 32]

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Very Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [6 of 60]

Premieres

Alice the Toreador (Disney Cartoon; 1925)

Alice’s Balloon Race & Alice’s Orphan (Disney Cartoon; 1926)

The Benny Hill Show (BBC TV Series; 1955)

The Book of Eli (Film; 2010)

The Dig (Film; 2021)

Education for Death (Disney Cartoon; 1943)

Equal Rites, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 1987) [Discworld #3]

The Eye of the World, by Robert Jordan (Novel; 1990) [Wheel of Time #1]

The Fastest Guitar Alive (Film; 1967)

Get It On, recorded by Chase (Song; 1971)

Happy Days (TV Series; 1974)

Hill Street Blues (TV Series; 1981)

I Can’t Explain, by The Who (Song; 1965)

It’s the Talk of the Town, by The Glen Gray Orchestra (Song; 1942)

The Last of Us (TV Series; 2023

The Man in the High Castle (TV Series; 2015)

Moonstruck (Film; 1987)

Moonwalkers (Film; 2016)

My Sweet Lord, by George Harrison (Song; 1971)

Norm of the North (Animated Film; 2016)

Rock the Boat, by Aaliyah (Song; 2002)

The Sea Beast (Film; 1926)

Utopia (UK TV Series; 2013)

Varsity Blues (Film; 1999)

WandaVision (TV Series; 2021)

Today’s Name Days

Arnold, Maurus, Romedius (Austria)

Anastazija, Mavro, Pavao, Stošija (Croatia)

Alice (Czech Republic)

Maura (Denmark)

Salve, Salvi, Sõlmi (Estonia)

Solja(Finland)

Rachel, Rémi (France)

Arno, Arnold, Mauro, Romedius (Germany)

Loránd, Lóránt (Hungary)

Ida, Mauro (Italy)

Felicita, Fēlikss (Latvia)

Meda, Paulius, Skirgaila, Snieguolė (Lithuania)

Laura, Laurits (Norway)

Aleksander, Dąbrówka, Dobrawa, Domasław, Domosław, Izydor, Makary, Maur, Paweł (Poland)

Pavel (Romania)

Dobroslav (Slovakia)

Mauro (Spain)

Laura, Lorentz (Sweden)

Deidre, Deirdre, Deja, Marten, Martin, Marty (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 15 of 2023; 350 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of week 2 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Beth (Birch) [Day 22 of 28]

Chinese: Month 12 (Dōngyuè), Day 24 (Gui-You)

Chinese Year of the: Tiger (until January 22, 2023)

Hebrew: 22 Teveth 5783

Islamic: 22 Jumada II 1444

J Cal: 15 Aer; Oneday [15 of 30]

Julian: 2 January 2023

Moon: 44%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 15 Moses (1st Month) [Fo-Hi]

Runic Half Month: Peorth (Womb, Dice Cup) [Day 6 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 26 of 90)

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 25 of 30)

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 1.15

Holidays

Alpha Kappa Alpha Day

Arbor Day (Egypt, FL, Jordan, LA)

Armed Forces Day (Nigeria)

Army Day (India)

Basketball Rules Day

British Museum Day (UK)

Democratic Donkey Day

4-H Day

George Price Day (Belize)

Guster Day (Boston, Massachusetts)

Happy Days Day

Humanitarian Day

International Vote from Abroad Day

John Chilembwe Day (Malawi)

Korean Alphabet Day (a.k.a. Chosen-gul)

Massage Parlor Day

Miracle on the Hudson Day

Moliere Day (France)

Museum Day (UK)

National Eskimo Dog Day

National Go and Do Good Day

National Hat Day

National Humanitarian Day

National Kayla Day

National Twitter Day

National Zombies Day

Ocean Duty Day (Indonesia)

Procrastinator’s New Year

Sagichō at Tsurugaoka Hachimangū (Kamakura, Japan)

South Wind’s Prayer (Elder Scrolls)

Space Mountain Day

Teacher’s Day (Venezuela)

Thank Your Mentor Day

Tree Planting Day (Egypt)

Tulpanens Dag (a.k.a. Tulip Day; Sweden)

Wikipedia Day

Willie Hoppe Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Craft-Brew Day (Berkeley, California)

National Bagel Day (a.k.a. Bagels and Lox Day)

National Booth Day

National Fresh Squeezed Juice Day

Strawberry Ice Cream Day

Wassailing the Apple Trees

3rd Sunday in January

Healthy Weight Week begins [3rd Sunday]

Homelessness Sunday [3rd Sunday]

Hunt for Happiness Week begins [3rd Sunday]

National Sanctity of Human Life Sunday [3rd Sunday]

Sinulog (Philippines) [3rd Sunday]

World Religion Day (Baha’i) [3rd Sunday]

World Snow Day [3rd Sunday]

Independence Days

Commonwealth of Abrus (Declared; 2016) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Abeluzius (Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church)

Arnold Janssen (Christian; Saint)

Black Christ of Esquipulas Day (Guatemala)

Bonitus (Christian; Saint)

Calybite (Christian; Saint)

Carmentalia (Old Roman Festival to Porrima and Postverta)

Feast of the Abbot of Unreason

Fo-Hi (Positivist; Saint)

The Fragglettes (Muppetism)

Francis Ferdinand de Capillas (A Martyred Saint of China)

Isidore (Christian; Saint)

Ita (Christian; Saint)

Macarius of Egypt (Western Christianity)

Maurus and Placidus (Order of Saint Benedict)

Niccolo Machiavelli Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Nozawa Onsen Fire Festival (a.k.a. Tondo Matsuri, Sai No Kami, Sagicho, Dondo Yaki, and Dōsojin Matsuri; Japan)

Our Lady of the Poor (Christian; Saint)

Paul the Hermit (Christian; Saint)

Thiruvalluvar Day (India)

Unicorn Hunting Day (Pastafarian)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Fortunate Day (Pagan) [3 of 53]

Perilous Day (13th Century England) [7 of 32]

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Very Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [6 of 60]

Premieres

Alice the Toreador (Disney Cartoon; 1925)

Alice’s Balloon Race & Alice’s Orphan (Disney Cartoon; 1926)

The Benny Hill Show (BBC TV Series; 1955)

The Book of Eli (Film; 2010)

The Dig (Film; 2021)

Education for Death (Disney Cartoon; 1943)

Equal Rites, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 1987) [Discworld #3]

The Eye of the World, by Robert Jordan (Novel; 1990) [Wheel of Time #1]

The Fastest Guitar Alive (Film; 1967)

Get It On, recorded by Chase (Song; 1971)

Happy Days (TV Series; 1974)

Hill Street Blues (TV Series; 1981)

I Can’t Explain, by The Who (Song; 1965)

It’s the Talk of the Town, by The Glen Gray Orchestra (Song; 1942)

The Last of Us (TV Series; 2023

The Man in the High Castle (TV Series; 2015)

Moonstruck (Film; 1987)

Moonwalkers (Film; 2016)

My Sweet Lord, by George Harrison (Song; 1971)

Norm of the North (Animated Film; 2016)

Rock the Boat, by Aaliyah (Song; 2002)

The Sea Beast (Film; 1926)

Utopia (UK TV Series; 2013)

Varsity Blues (Film; 1999)

WandaVision (TV Series; 2021)

Today’s Name Days

Arnold, Maurus, Romedius (Austria)

Anastazija, Mavro, Pavao, Stošija (Croatia)

Alice (Czech Republic)

Maura (Denmark)

Salve, Salvi, Sõlmi (Estonia)

Solja(Finland)

Rachel, Rémi (France)

Arno, Arnold, Mauro, Romedius (Germany)

Loránd, Lóránt (Hungary)

Ida, Mauro (Italy)

Felicita, Fēlikss (Latvia)

Meda, Paulius, Skirgaila, Snieguolė (Lithuania)

Laura, Laurits (Norway)

Aleksander, Dąbrówka, Dobrawa, Domasław, Domosław, Izydor, Makary, Maur, Paweł (Poland)

Pavel (Romania)

Dobroslav (Slovakia)

Mauro (Spain)

Laura, Lorentz (Sweden)

Deidre, Deirdre, Deja, Marten, Martin, Marty (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 15 of 2023; 350 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of week 2 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Beth (Birch) [Day 22 of 28]

Chinese: Month 12 (Dōngyuè), Day 24 (Gui-You)

Chinese Year of the: Tiger (until January 22, 2023)

Hebrew: 22 Teveth 5783

Islamic: 22 Jumada II 1444

J Cal: 15 Aer; Oneday [15 of 30]

Julian: 2 January 2023

Moon: 44%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 15 Moses (1st Month) [Fo-Hi]

Runic Half Month: Peorth (Womb, Dice Cup) [Day 6 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 26 of 90)

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 25 of 30)

[rustybottlecap]

List of Kaiju Movies Between Godzilla: Final Wars (2004) and Godzilla (2014)

Despite the lack of Godzilla movies, this sure was a weird, experimental decade for the kaiju genre and I think it doesn’t get enough recognition. The movies I could count are:

Ultraman: The Next (2004) - A standalone new origin of the classic japanese hero.

Reigo: The Deep-Sea Monster vs. the Battleship Yamato (2005) - A Godzilla-esque aquatic reptile battles the famous japanese WW2 ship the night before its historic destruction.

Negadon: The Monster from Mars (2005) - A cgi-animated 25-minutes short homage movie where a giant robot fights a weird alien giant monster.

Chousei Kantai Sazer-X the Movie: Fight! Star Warriors (2005) - Based on the "Chouseishin” tokusatsu series by Toho, probably better know because the Gotengo is in it and for re-using the scarpped design of Heisei Mechanikong.

King Kong (2005) - Don’t know if it really counts but hey, it’s King Kong.

Gamera the Brave (2006) - Probably needs no introduction but still. A love letter to the Gamera movies of the 60s and 70s as well as a great coming of age story.

The Host (2006) - Not to be confused with the not-Twilight movie. An amazing south korean film about a family trying to rescue their daughter from a weird mutated fish monster that kidnapped her.

Ultraman Mebius & Ultraman Brothers (2006) - Ultraman’s 40th anniversary celebration movie.

Big Man Japan (2007) - A BIZARRE AF documentary-ish movie about a summo hero guy who can turn giant and that protects Japan from some of the weirdest kaiju ever.

D-War (2007) - From the director of the 1999 Yonggary remake (aka “Reptilian”), this movie about an evil giant serpent dragon and a whole army of monsters is insane, cheesy and never slows down. Supposedly it’s getting a sequel in 2020.

Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit (2008) - A parody/satire sequel to the 1967 movie Guilala. Strangely it uses stock-footage from the original.

Cloverfield (2008) - The movie that had a crazy ARG associated with it, that seeked out to create a real american equivalent of Godzilla, and that re-popularized found footage movies.

Superior Ultraman 8 Brothers (2008) - Notable for having the actors of the 4 original ultras (their human hosts/forms that is) reprising their roles.

Geharha: The Dark and Long Hair Monster (2009) - A short funny homage to kaiju movies in general. Instant classic.

Demeking, The Sea Monster (2009) - Haven’t seen it but the monster is a cool weird choral snail thing.

Deep-Sea Monster Raiga (2009) -A far more comedic sequel to Reigo (2005), this time with a bipedal, giant-clawed blue Godzilla-esque kaiju.

Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends (2009) - All the ultra heroes and all the ultra kaiju ever duke it out non-stop. Not only a sequel to all Ultraman series, but allso to the kaiju-centered spin-off Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle.

Death Kappa (2010) - A raunchy comedic movie starring the classic turtle/duck youkai who turns giant and fights another monster. The creator of Neon Genesis Evangelion plays the villain.

Monsters (2010) - The movie that put Gareth Edwards on the map before he directed Godzilla 2014. It shows a world dominated by giant octopus-like monsters that is very gloomy but doesn’t lack a sense of wonder at all.

Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial (2010) - Sequel to MMBUGL that further establishes Belial as the evil Ultraman.

Ultraman Saga (2012) -Ultraman Dyna, Ultraman Zero from the previous two movies, and best boy Ultraman Cosmos join forces to fight baby Zetton.

Pacific Rim (2013) - Pacific Rim.

Special mention to the thai movie Garuda from 2004, the 2010 animated movie Firebreather, the Sharktopus movies produced by Roger Corman, the Mega Shark movies by The Assylum, and all 21 Super Sentai theatrical releases that came in this period but that I’m too much of a coward to look up if they qualify for this list.

Did I miss anything?

[mudwerks]

(via The Grim Gallery: Exhibit 2976)

Death Kappa (2010)

[chernobog13]

IT’S OCTOBER!

Three days to go!  Time for scary, spooky stuff!

The terrifying destructive wrath of Death Kappa (2010)!

[gtsvideos2]

Death Kappa デスカッパ (2010) - Ending

[cerinelle-stellarium]

A List of Highly Recommended Modern Western Animated Series

Or alternatively, A List of Modern Western Animated Series That Actually Stuck to Their Guns With Their Story/Character Writing/Endings. Yes, I'm still unfathomably angry about Star vs' downfall, incredibly bitter regarding the She-Ra 'reboot' and how its' messages were portrayed (and a whole lot of other issues), immensely frustrated on how Steven Universe's themes, world building plus characters were handled and extremely annoyed with Miraculous Ladybug refusing to evolve into something better, thank you for asking. :)

The 7D

101 Dalmatians Street

Adventure Time

Adventure Time: Distant Lands

The Adventures of Puss in Boots

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle

American Dragon Jake Long

Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld (2013)

Angelina Ballerina

Animals (2016)

Animaniacs (2020)

Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series

Atomic Betty

Atomic Puppet

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Batman: The Brave and the Bold

Ben 10 (The entire OG series prior to the 2016 'reboot')

Beware the Batman

Big City Greens

Billy Dilley's Super Duper Subterranean Summer

Bless the Harts

Blood of Zeus

Blue's Clues & You!

Bob's Burgers

Bojack Horseman

The Bravest Knight

Breadwinners

Buzz Lightyear: Star Command

Carmen Sandiego (2019)

Central Park

Centaurworld

Chalkzone

Chaotic

Chowder

Clarence

Class of the Titans

Cleopatra in Space

Close Enough

Codename Kids Next Door

Cyberchase

DC Super Hero Girls (2019)

Dead End: Paranormal Park

The Deep

Detentionaire

Di-Gata Defenders

Dora the Explorer

DOTA: Dragon's Blood

Doug Unplugs

The Dragon Prince

DuckTales (2017)

El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera

Elliott From Earth

The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants

Epithet Erased

Ever After High

Fillmore!

Filly Funtasia

Fish Hooks

Generator Rex

Geronimo Stilton

The Ghost and Molly McGee

G.I. Joe: Renegades

Glitch Techs

Go Away, Unicorn!

Gravity Falls

The Great North

Green Eggs and Ham (2019)

Green Lantern: The Animated Series

The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

Growing Up Creepie

Hanazuki: Full of Treasures

Harold and the Purple Crayon

Harley Quinn (2019)

Harvey Girls Forever!

Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi

Hilda

The Hollow

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Iggy Arbuckle

Infinity Train

Invader Zim

Invincible (2021)

Jackie Chan Adventures

Jacob Two-Two

Jellystone!

Jurrasic World: Camp Cretaceous

Justice League

Justice League Action

Kappa Mikey

Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil

Kid Cosmic

Kim Possible

King

Kulpari: An Army of Frogs

Kulipari: Dreamwalker

Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness

The Last Kids on Earth

Legends of Chima

LEGO Elves: Secrets of Elvendale

Legend of the Three Caballeros

The Life and Times of Juniper Lee

Lilo & Stitch: The Series

Lily the Witch

The Lion Guard

Little Charmers

The Little Prince (2010)

Littlest Pet Shop (2012)

LoliRock

Love, Death & Robots

Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart

The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack

Max and Ruby

Metalopocalypse

The Midnight Gospel

Milo Murphy's Law

Molang

Moominvalley

Motorcity

The Mr. Men Show

Muppet Babies (2018)

My Life As a Teenage Robot

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Mysticons

Neo Yokio

Oban Star Racers

Onyx Equinox

Over the Garden Wall

Penn Zero: Part Time Hero

Phineas and Ferb

Pinkalicious and Peterrific

Polly Pocket (2018)

Pop Pixie

Pound Puppies (2010)

Puppy in My Pocket: Adventures in Pocketville

Potatoes and Dragons

Primal (2019)

The Proud Family

Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja

Regular Show

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Ruby Gloom

Sabrina: Secrets of a Teenage Witch

Sadie Sparks

Samurai Jack

Santiago of the Seas

Scaredy Squirrel

Scooby Doo!: Mystery Incorperated

Sealab 2021

Secret Mountain Fort Awesome

Seis Manos

Shaun the Sheep

Sheep in the Big City

Shimmer and Shine

Silverwing

Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings

Skylanders Academy

Slugterra

Sofia the First

Solar Opposites

Spirit: Riding Free

Spliced

Stanley

Star Beam

Star Wars: The Bad Batch

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Star Wars Rebels

Static Shock

Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters

Summer Camp Island

Su[er Drags

Sym-Bionic Titan

Tales of Arcadia franchise

Tara Duncan

Teen Titans

Thundercats (2011)

Totally Spies!

Trolls: The Beat Goes On!

Trollz

True and the Rainbow Kingdom

Tuca & Bertie

Twelve Forever

The Venture Brothers

Victor and Valentino

Villainous

Wakfu

Wander Over Yonder

Watership Down (2018)

Wayside

We Bare Bears

Welcome to the Wayne

What About Mimi?

Winx Club's first 3 seasons

W.I.T.C.H.

Xiaolin Showdown

Young Justice

Upcoming Modern Cartoons with Interesting Concepts!

The Inside Job

IRL Squad

The Lion's Blaze

Wings of Fire

[zedecksiew]

The Geller Vault

(More procrastination from real work by writing a 40k adventure set on an spaceship carrying paper destined for a planet of bureaucrats.

This bit comes from the only information I can find online about how Geller fields work: “Gellar Fields are generated via a comatose Psyker slaved into the bowels of Imperial vessels.”)

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THE GELLER VAULT

A ship plies the Warp like a soap sud on the rolling sea. All that protects it from infinite predatory chaos is a bubble of real-space, enveloping the hull.

This bubble is known as a Geller Field. It is powered by bad dreams.

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VAULT DOOR

Reinforced plasteel, bristling with prayer parchment and purity seals. Shut, but not locked; a nearby console blinks: “+++OPEN? Y/N+++”

Its servos grind ponderously open. Almost immediately, gunfire begins pouring through the gap.

The door console is linked to the cogitator within the Vault. Text messages to Chief Enginseer 1-Xayful are possible. The console blinks: “+++HELLO? HELP+++”

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VAULT INTERIOR

A hemispherical chamber. Ten stasis sarcophagi, also plasteel, arranged like standing stones, offer some cover. The floor vibrates with arcane technologies.

The sarcophagus closest to the door is broken. In its side, a gretchin slumps into an open panel, flesh burnt crisp by an electrical fire.

The farthest five sarcophagi glow blue. Behind them is an open vent shaft.

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POSSESSED SERVITORS

Four gun servitors train their heavy stubbers at you. Their teeth and mouths glow blue. Anxiously muttering, each trapped in a separate nightmare:

1: “No daddy, I’ll be good, I don’t want to go into the cellar!” Only fires at male creatures. 2: “Contamination warning, masks on, abort, I can’t breathe!” Wheezes, claws at their neck. 3: “Enemy advancing, officers kay-aye-eyy, please advise!” Uses cover and clever tactics. 4: “My eyes, why did you have to take my eyes, damn you!” Blind; only shoots at noise. 5: “Let me out, let me out, you’re wrong, I’m not a psyker!” Rooted to a spot, like a turret. 6: “Anna, no, I didn’t mean to hit so hard, please wake up!” Doesn’t fire; closes into melee.

Released, if the glowing sarcophagi are disabled -- and stripped of their servitor conditioning.

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COMATOSE PSYKERS

Psykers, drugged and dreaming in their techno-coffins, power the Geller Field.

But the Geller Field generator is old. It leaks. Whenever an unconscious or cyber-slaved creature is present in the Vault, it becomes possessed by a psyker. Both the creature’s mouth and the psyker’s sarcophagus glows blue.

These psykers want to be free. They will parley with other psykers.

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A floating cogitator station, shaped like a lectern. Push a button and it sinks into a bolthole in the centre of the Vault. Currently retracted. This is where 1-Xayful is hiding.

The cogitator informs you that failure in Unit One -- the result of interference with its power supply -- caused the Geller Field fluctuation. Units Two through Ten are still viable.

Purging psychic emissions would require a full system reset, resulting in the deaths of all Units. Live Unit removal is risky. Only psykers make viable Units; at least one is required for Geller Field projection.

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CHER 1-XAYFUL, CHIEF ENGINSEER

Ranking techpriest. Red galero, brim crenellated like a gear; multitool fingers; a mecha-proboscis instead of a mouth.

No longer has a voice; their psyber-parrot familiar was possessed and fled down the Vault’s open vent. Communicates via gesture and console text-chat. 

Wants the Vault purged, the psykers replaced. Needs a new retinue of servitors. You will do. Furious if you meddle with the Flaxen Demoiselle’s devices; that is 1-Xayful’s prerogative.

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GIMCRACKS OF THE CHIEF ENGINSEER

1-Xayful is a compulsive tinkerer. Leave them alone with a piece of gear and you may find it upgraded, a half-hour later, with:

1: Holo-emitters, monopod, auto-quill attachment. Whatever this is, it doesn’t work. 2: Mecha-legs, spindly as a spider’s. Capable of independent movement. Clumsy. 3: Fuel tanks, jet injectors, braziers. Incendiary effects. Bright and hot to the touch.  4: Reinforced struts, extra cables, shielding. Durability doubled, never fails, bulky. 5: Cyber-eyes, auspex screens, red-dots emitters. Range and accuracy doubled.  6: Gears, brass scrollwork, engraved exaltations to the Machine God. Value tripled.

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VENT ENTRANCE

Almost seems gnawed open. Inside, the vents are full of shredded paper, assorted shinies, fungal blooms. A furry squig bed purrs in a nook. This is where the gretchin liked to nap.

The detritus eventually leads you the orkoid camp.

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( Image sources: https://www.deviantart.com/vookasheen/art/Fate-s-Edge-821461003 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMGRa4_UjE4 https://www.reddit.com/r/40k/comments/g93sew/my_recently_completed_imperial_cogitator_and/ https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Sanctioned_Psyker https://warhammer40kdatabase.tumblr.com/post/77004798356/wh40khq-engelbart-kappa-by-nikolayasparuhov http://citricanime.com/2010s/2018/Goblin%20Slayer.html )

[brokehorrorfan]

Death Kappa will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on April 14 via Media Blasters. The 2010 Japanese kaiju film comes from the producers of The Machine Girl and Tokyo Gore Police.

Tomo'o Haraguchi (Ultraman Mebius, Ultraman Ginga) directs from a script by Masakazu Migita (Ultraman: Tiga). Misato Hirata, Mika Sakuraba, Daniel Aguilar Gutiérrez, and Hideaki Anno star.

Death Kappa includes its original Japanese audio (with English subtitles) and the English dub. The 10th anniversary edition promises a "monster bounty" of extras, although they have not been specified.

In Japanese folklore, kappa are water goblins closely associated with a certain rural village in Japan. Unfortunately, the area is also home to a militant group of scientific researchers dedicated to developing amphibious super troops based on the legendary kappa of old folktales. When their weird experiments generate deadly results things only get weirder with the appearance of an actual kappa, and the triggering of an atomic bomb, the consequences are of epic proportions. A monster arrives in the midst of the nuclear fallout and Japan’s defenses are helpless against it. Mankind’s only savior is an irradiated water goblin on a rampage with death in its eyes.

[haveyouseenthishorrormovie]

Stats from Movies 1101-1200

Top 10 Movies - Highest Number of Votes

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) had the most votes with 1,168 votes. The Old Dark House (1963) had the least votes with 338 votes.

The 10 Most Watched Films by Percentage

Silence of the Lambs (1991) was the most watched film with 78.1% of voters out of 691 saying they had seen it. Stalker (2022) had the least "Yes" votes with 0.4% of voters out of 471.

The 10 Least Watched Films by Percentage

Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey (2023) was the least watched film with 79.1% of voters out of 611 saying they hadn’t seen it. Kraa! The Sea Monster (1998) had the least "No" votes with 6.8% of voters out of 381.

The 10 Most Known Films by Percentage

Silence of the Lambs (1991) was the best known film, 0.7% of voters out of 691 saying they’d never heard of it.

The 10 Least Known Films by Percentage

Kraa! The Sea Monster (1998) was the least known film, 91.9% of voters out of 381 saying they’d never heard of it.

The movies part of the statistic count and their polls below the cut.

Mother! (2017) Ma (2019) What We Do in the Shadows (2014) Swallow (2019) Suspiria (2018) Nothing But Trouble (1991) Chernobyl Diaries (2012) Return of the Living Dead II (1988) Pyewacket (2017) Hellbender (2021)

Gwen (2018) Lake of Death (2019) Leptirica (1973) You Are Not My Mother (2021) Censor (2021) You Won't Be Alone (2022) Stalker (2022) Berlin Syndrome (2017) Mandrake (2022) Raven's Hollow (2022)

Outpost (2022) Violation (2020) Unwelcome (2022) Brooklyn 45 (2023) Lovely, Dark, and Deep (2023) They (2002) Honeydew (2020) Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016) Alone (Pandemic) (2020) Alone (2020)

Dark Was the Night (2014) Animal (2014) White Zombie (1932) Venus in Furs (1969) Umma (2022) Renfield (2023) Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey (2023) The Silence of the Lambs (1991) Earth vs. the Spider (1958) Wicked City (1987)

The Uninvited (2008) The House That Jack Built (2018) Viy (1967) The Pope's Exorcist (2023) Winchester (2018) The Ruins (2008) The Old Dark House (1963) The Shrine (2010) The Head Hunter (2018) Under the Skin (2013)

The Lure (2015) The Sand (2015) Emesis Blue (2023) Where the Devil Roams (2023) The Deeper You Dig (2019) The Hatred (2017) Tokyo Gore Police (2008) Teddy (2020) The Night Stalker (1972) Wishmaster (1997)

DeepStar Six (1989) Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) The Monster Club (1981) Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) The Tingler (1959) Obereg (1991) The House That Cried Murder (1973) Scalpel (1977) Out of Darkness (2022)

Reincarnation (2005) Howling Village (2019) Suicide Forest Village (2021) The Forest (2015) Don't Look Up (1996) Kaidan (2007) The Dinosaur Project (2012) Exists (2014) Spook Louder (1943) Death Kappa (2010)

Red Dragon (2002) A Bucket of Blood (1959) Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010) Kraa! The Sea Monster (1998) Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies (2001) Gingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night Cleaver (2011) Wake Wood (2009) The Resident (2011) Sweet Home (1989)

The Silence (2019) #Alive (2020) Lord of Misrule (2023) The Day of the Beast (1995) Rigor Mortis (2013) Bloody Chainsaw Girl (2016) Freaked (1993) Demon Seed (1977) Raging Grace (2023) Safe (1995)

[ericdeggans]

Tribute to Carolyn Williams, 1939-2020: A Life Dedicated to Teaching

At her core, Carolyn Jean Williams always was a teacher.

She did it in obvious ways, working decades teaching for the Gary Community School Corporation, particularly at Edison Middle School, before her well-deserved retirement. She did it in more subtle ways, through her long association as a choir member and volunteer at St. Timothy Community Church or work with her beloved Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.

And she did it as a loving mother, supportive sister and devoted grandparent, scrimping and sacrificing to make sure her siblings, child and grandchildren had everything she could possibly give them to succeed in life.

Always, her bright smile, easy attitude and open heart highlighted her devotion to God and the principles of hard work and humility that stood at the core of her being. On March 22, 2020, Carolyn passed on to the next life at age 81, leaving this world a little poorer for the transition.

(Read coverage of her passing in Gary’s Post-Tribune newspaper by clicking here. Eric’s essay on her passing was published by NPR.org and is viewable by clicking here. MSNBC also included her story in an episode of Trymaine Lee’s podcast on the coronavirus pandemic; hear that by clicking here.)

Born to parents Fred and Leona McClellan, she was raised in the small town of Indianola, Pa., attending Oakmont High School and Cheyney State College (later renamed Cheyney University), then a renowned historically black school for teachers. In the early 1960s, she came to Gary to work as a teacher, where she met and married Chuck Deggans, father to her son Eric Deggans.

Though the marriage didn’t last, Carolyn and Chuck remained friends; Carolyn raised Eric to share her love of reading, music and travel – performing regularly with the choir at St. Timothy and taking him on trips to Orlando, Los Angeles and San Francisco with a special travel group organized by Edison Middle School.

She scrimped and saved to send Eric to private middle and high schools in Hammond and Merrillville, teaching him that quality education was the key to success in life. Along the way, she delivered another lesson: That good parents sacrifice to give their children the best opportunities possible. (She managed all this while also completing studies of her own, earning a master’s degree in education from Indiana University Northwest.) 

In 1990, she married a fellow English teacher, West Side High School instructor Eulis H. Williams. The two shared 10 happy years before his passing in 2000. Carolyn retired from the Gary school system in 2010 after 49 years of service, leaving a long legacy of students who benefitted from her patience, experience and loving concern.

Beyond family, her three largest loves in life were her church, her music and her sorority. Carolyn was a longstanding member of St. Timothy’s Church and its choirs, lending her voice as a lead soloist for nearly 60 years. She would often sing her favorite gospel songs throughout her home, especially on Sundays; she was a founding member of the church choral group Voices of Love and served as its secretary.

Carolyn was also beloved by a special group of friends who bonded over their grandchildren, known affectionately as the “G-Mas+2.” Special thanks to Dr. Myrtle Campbell and Charius Anderson, who ensured Carolyn got to all her medical appointments during her fight with cancer.

Carolyn was a life member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority – a golden member – and active in its Gamma Psi Omega chapter in Gary, including its nationally-known Ivy Notes choral ensemble. She was also a life member of the NAACP. 

A kind soul until the end, Carolyn was known for serving as the rock among her siblings, helping relatives even in circumstances where others might turn their backs. And the list of charities she supported with small donations included the American Heart Association, the American Indian Education Fund and the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Carolyn was preceded in death by both parents; husband Eulis Williams; sisters Winifred McClellan and Cynthia Somerville; brothers Maurice McClellan and Fred McClellan; and Chuck Deggans. She is survived by her son, Eric Deggans; grandchildren Zoe, Jessica, Tobias and Marcus Deggans; stepdaughter Natasha Williams; nephews Marcus McClellan, Martin McClellan and Jamal Somerville; brother-in-law Benjamin Williams and his wife Joann Williams.

The funeral is viewable online by clicking here.  

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that mourners send donations in Carolyn Williams' name to St. Timothy Community Church or Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Gamma Psi Omega Chapter, P.O. Box 64759, Gary, IN 46401.

[riotatthemovies]

Death Kappa (2010)

The kappa is one of my favorite Yokai so why not be a favorite Kaiju.. did I just type that? I am such a dweeb.

I am watching it right now and I am shocked that it managed to be even weird than I was already expecting.. I knew it was a sushi typhoon flick more in the vein of Machine Girl than a Kaiju.. but... but still.. super weird. Starts off with an “I know what you did last summer” plot until a mummified Kappa is knocked into the sea but some drunk driving party kids. The rest is usual sushi typhoon silliness that self mocks japanese media stereotypes and pop culture with plenty of cute girls in leather and guys in whigs which eventually turns into the silliest Kaiju you have probably ever seen (Well ok Big Man Japan is probably sillier). Not as shocking as say a Robo Geisha or as adult as a Tokyo Gore Police but equally as silly, on an almost Robot Chicken level.

 Even Ultraman would say... “this is just silly, just very very silly”  

[astoundingbeyondbelief]

2018 Kaiju Streaming Guide

United States-based list, last updated 4/25/18.

Netflix

Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV 1988-1999, 2017) [Gorgo, Reptilicus and Yongary, Monster from the Deep episodes]

King Kong (2005)

Kong: King of the Apes (TV 2016)

Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters (2017)

The Cloverfield Paradox (2018)

Filmstruck/Starz (the latter also available through Amazon Channels)

Godzilla (1954)

Godzilla Raids Again (1955) [sub]

Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)

Rodan (1956) [sub]

Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) [sub]

Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) [dub]

The War of the Gargantuas (1966) [international dub]

The X from Outer Space (1967) [Filmstruck only]

Son of Godzilla (1967) [sub]

Destroy All Monsters (1968) [sub]

All Monsters Attack (1969) [sub]

Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) [dub]

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) [dub]

Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) [dub, no prologue]

King Kong (1976) [Starz only]

Jellyfish Eyes (2013) [Filmstruck only]

Crunchyroll (free)

Ultraman Leo (TV 1974-1975) [SD]

Ultraman 80 (TV 1980-1981)

Ultraman Gaia (TV 1998-1999)

Ultraman Nexus (TV 2004-2005)

Ultraman Max (TV 2005)

Ultraman Mebius (TV 2006)

Death Kappa (2010)

Ultraman Ginga (TV 2013)

Ultraman Ginga S (TV 2014)

Ultraman X (TV 2015)

Ultraman Orb (TV 2016)

Ultraman Geed (TV 2017)

Amazon Prime Video

Warning from Space (1956) [”public domain” copy]

Varan the Unbelievable (1962)

Matango (1963) [dub]

Gammera the Invincible (1966) [HD but missing all shots of fighter pilots]

Gappa the Triphibian Monster (1967) [”public domain” copy]

Gamera vs. Guiron (1969) [”public domain” copy]

Space Amoeba (1971) [international dub]

Queen Kong (1976)

Reptilian (1999)

Demeking the Sea Monster (2009)

Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus (2010)

Atlantic Rim (2013)

Mega Shark vs. Mecha Shark (2014)

Mega Shark vs. Kolossus (2015)

10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)

Kong: Long Live the King (2016)

Toku (add-on subscription with Amazon Prime Video)

Ultraman 80 (TV 1980-1981)

Gridman (TV 1993-1994)

Ultraman Neos (TV 2000-01)

Ultraman Nexus (TV 2004-2005)

Ultraseven X (TV 2007)

Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle (TV 2007-2008)

Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle: Never Ending Odyssey (TV 2008-2009)

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Ultraman Zero: The Chronicle (TV 2017)

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All Showa Gamera films

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10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)

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Ultraman Neos (TV 2000-01)

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Death Kappa (2010)

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Kong: Skull Island (2017)

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Harold Dow

Harold Dow (September 28, 1947 – August 21, 2010) was an American television news correspondent, journalist, and investigative reporter with CBS News.

Personal life

Harold Dow was married to Kathy Dow. They had three children together: Danica, Joelle, David.

Journalist credentials

Dow was born in Hackensack, New Jersey. He attended the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Dow had been a correspondent for the CBS TV investigative news series 48 Hours since 1990, after having served as a contributor to the broadcast since its premiere on January 1988. He had been a contributing correspondent for 48 Hours on Crack Street, the critically acclaimed 1986 documentary that led to the single-topic weekly news magazine. Dow conducted the first network interview (for 48 Hours) with O. J. Simpson following the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman.

Dow's reports have garnered him numerous awards. He was honored with a George Foster Peabody Award for his 48 Hours report on runaways and a Robert F. Kennedy Award for a report on public housing. He received five Emmy Awards, including one for a story on the American troops' movement into Bosnia (1996) and one for "distinguished reporting" for his coverage of the Pan Am Flight 103 disaster (1989). He won an RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award, and an Operation Push Excellence in Journalism Award for a 48 Hoursprofile of Patti LaBelle. He was also recently recognized by the National Association of Black Journalists for his report about Medgar Evers, which was featured in the CBS News special "Change and Challenge: The Inauguration of Barack Obama."

Dow covered many stories, including 9/11, during which he barely escaped one of the falling Twin Towers; the return of POW's from Vietnam; and the kidnapping of Patricia Hearst, with whom he had an exclusive interview in December 1976.

Prior to his work with 48 Hours, Dow was a correspondent for the CBS News magazine Street Stories (1992–93), and had reported for the CBS Evening News and CBS News Sunday Morning since the early 1970s.

Other accomplishments

Before joining CBS News, Dow had been an anchor and reporter at Theta Cable TV in Santa Monica, California. He was also a freelance reporter for KCOP-TV in Los Angeles, a news anchor for WPAT Radio in Paterson, New Jersey, and a reporter, co-anchor, and talk-show host for KETV-TV in Omaha, Nebraska. Dow was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.

Dow joined CBS News in 1972, first as a broadcast associate, then as a correspondent with their Los Angeles Bureau while with KCOP-TV. Dow reported on the return of POWs from Vietnam and the kidnapping of Patricia Hearst, with whom he had an exclusive interview in December 1976.

Death

A resident of Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, Dow died from complications of asthma on August 21, 2010, behind the wheel of his car.

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Brandy Robertson, Caroline Hollingsworth, and Mark Ekonen All Named Partners at Heninger, Garrison, Davis LLC

HGD is pleased to announce that it is beginning 2022 with three new partners. Mark Ekonen, Caroline Hollingsworth, and Brandy Robertson have been overwhelmingly endorsed for partnership.

Mark is an Alabama native who has lived all over the southeast.  In 2007, Mark graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in History from North Carolina State University, where his senior thesis analyzed the consistent failure of Christianity to find a foothold in Japan, and compared Christianity’s failure in Japan with the success it was able to sustain in South Korea. Following his stint in North Carolina, Mark returned to Alabama where he graduated cum laude from the University of Alabama School of Law in 2010.  During his time in law school, he was active on the Alabama Law Review as a Notes Editor.

Mark completed his formal education in 2011 when he earned his LL.M. in Taxation from the University of Florida Levin College of Law.  His Master’s Thesis examined the United States corporate tax code and explored methods to simplify and reform it in order to make it easier to understand and comply with while, at the same time, increasing the amount of corporate tax revenues collected by the Treasury.

Caroline U. Hollingsworth grew up in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and knew early on that she wanted to be an attorney. Her desire came from watching her father, also an attorney, work hard and seek justice for individuals within the community. Caroline attended the University of Alabama for her undergraduate studies and acquired a degree in political science and history. She later obtained a scholarship to William Bowen School of Law in Little Rock, Arkansas. While in law school, Caroline wrote a booklet and led a seminar for counties within the state encouraging them to try programs such as “Pay for Stay” as a way to increase revenue within the prison system. She also was an officer in the Christian Legal Society, a member of the Arkansas Association of Women Lawyers, and a regular volunteer at city elementary schools.

Upon graduation from law school, Caroline and her husband, Jonathan, decided to return to their roots in Alabama. She passed the bar in 2011 and immediately began work at Heninger Garrison Davis. She works in the Mass Tort department helping clients who have been damaged from medical devices or harmful products. Caroline has been recognized as a Super Lawyers 2018 – 2022 Mid-South Rising Star, Birmingham Business Rising Star in Law 2018, and B-Metro Top Women Attorneys 2015-2021. She is also on the board for the Birmingham Bar Association.

Caroline and her husband have two daughters and two dogs. They attend Hunter Street Baptist Church and serve on their neighborhood’s planning committee. In her spare time, Caroline also volunteers with the Junior League of Birmingham and enjoys running, watching college football, and anything to do with food.

Brandy Robertson began her career in the legal field as a secretary having earned an associate degree from Gadsden State Community College in Paralegal Studies.  Brandy worked as a paralegal for 14 years and attended classes at night to obtain her undergraduate and law degree.

Brandy received her B.A. from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in Criminal Justice and her J.D. from the Birmingham School of Law in 2006.  While attending Birmingham School of Law, she was a member of the Sigma Delta Kappa Honors Society where she was elected to serve as secretary.

Brandy joined Heninger Garrison Davis in 2011, in the Mass Tort department helping clients who have been damaged from medical devices or harmful products.  In 2017, Brandy followed her heart and made a move to the civil litigation department at Heninger Garrison Davis where she represents clients who have been wronged or injured.  Brandy’s practice area includes personal injury, civil sexual abuse, wrongful death, nursing home abuse/negligence, and medical malpractice matters.

During her career as an attorney, Brandy has consistently been recognized for her legal skills and leadership abilities, including the following industry awards:  Alabama Super Lawyers Rising Star 2014 – 2015; Mid-South Super Lawyer Rising Star 2016 – 2017; Best Lawyers in America 2019-2021; B-Metro’s Top Women Lawyers 2015 – 2021; B-Metro Top Lawyers – 2016-2021.

In other leadership roles, Brandy was selected to be a member of the Birmingham Bar Future Leaders Forum in 2015.  She was a member of the Alabama State Bar Leadership Forum Class 13 for 2017.  Brandy has been appointed to several task forces with the Alabama State Bar.  She is also an active member of the Birmingham Bar Association and the Women Lawyers Section.  She is currently the chair of the Recognitions Committee with the Women Lawyers Section.

Brandy is also passionate about serving those who have suffered a traumatic brain injury.  She has been an active member of the Regional Board of the Alabama Head Injury Foundation since 2016 and served as the Birmingham Regional Board president for 2018-2019.  Brandy recently accepted an appointment to join the Alabama Head Injury Board of Directors for 2020-2021.

Brandy is also a member of the Springville Preservation Society Board of Trustees which focuses on the historic preservation of several buildings as well as the museum in Springville Alabama.  Brandy is a board member for the Alabama Civil Justice Foundation where she serves on the Grants Committee and is the chair for the Fund Development Committee.

When Brandy is not working, she is busy with her husband, two daughters, and their two dogs.  She enjoys gardening, teaching baton, and being outdoors.

HGD appreciates their commitment, respects their character, and looks forward to working alongside them in their new roles.