#their werewolves and their possessed nuns

[ironychan]

On behalf of the Puppet History fandom I would like to thank France for being fucking bananas.

[mcltiples]

Favorite genre or sub genre of horror? (slashers, home invasion, body horror, gothic etc.)

Least favorite type of horror to write? Is there any you flat out refuse to?

List your top 5 favorite tropes.

𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐀𝐬𝐤𝐬 (But on a Tuesday) || accepting

{ OOC } My favorite genre has to be the demonic possessions in overly religious places. I don't know, there's something creepy about a place of holiness being corrupted by an entity so powerful that not even God could try to stop it. That's why I like The Nun movies so much and others like it !!

{ OOC } Nothing that I won't refuse to do, but I don't really like writing about werewolves or other mysterious creatures that aren't vampires. Mostly because I find it not as interesting. I do like non-human characters, but they have to have more depth for me to really get into it and sometimes it goes beyond horror.

{ OOC } Alright, I'm not very good at spotting tropes, but I'm gonna do my best. These might not be the proper names for them, but it's what I've seen in horror movies.

When the evil thing / killer comes back after the main characters think they've gotten rid of it. It's the "I always come back" thing that I love so much because I'm always on the side of evil xD

That one thing where the evil entity pretends to be very innocuous at first, but then ends up showing it's true colors slowly, but surely.

When the main characters make fun of horror movie characters, not knowing they, themselves, are those characters and usually end up making the same dumb choices. Bonus points if the one main character actually does the opposite and is the smart one for a change!

Just meta commentary about horror movies in general. I just love it xD

I can't think of a fifth one, but just horror movies having the balance of not taking themselves too seriously while also focusing on when to give the right scares!!

[lady-of-glass-and-bone]

Duck's Halloween Movie Picks!

I love Halloween and spooky season in general. So here's my list of many, many (but not all) horror movies to watch this October!

🧠 Zombies 🧠

Sometimes dead is better.

Night of the Living Dead (1968) & (1990)

Return of the Living Dead (1985)

Diary of the Dead (2007)

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

Overlord (2018)

Pet Semetary (1989)

Dead Snow (2009)

Dead Alive (1992)

#alive (2020)

Train to Busan (2016)

Little Monsters (2019)

Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015)

Zombie (1979)

Wonderfully Witchy

It isn't Halloween without a witch.

The Witch (2015)

The Craft (1996)

Practical Magic (not a horror movie but I don't care, I love it) (1998)

Hocus Pocus (a true classic) (1993)

The Blair Witch Project (1999)

Don't Knock Twice (2016)

Drag Me To Hell (2009)

Ghastly Ghouls

Ghosts, Demons, and Poltergeists oh my!

Includes but is not limited to: haunted houses and/or people, demons, cursed objects, beings from other dimensions, etc.

The Exorcist (1973)

Insidious (2010)

The Conjuring (2013)

The Nun (2018)

Poltergeist (1982)

Verónica (2017)

Hellraiser (1987) & (2022)

Candyman (1992) & (2021)

Thir13en Ghosts (2001)

The Shining (1980)

Evil Dead (1981)

The Fog (1980)

Paranormal Activity (2007)

House on Haunted Hill (1959) & (1999)

The Frighteners (1996)

House (1985)

Hell House LLC (2015)

Pumpkinhead (1988)

Gonjian: Haunted Asylum (2018)

Possession (1981)

Carnival of Souls (1962)

Ringu (1998)

The Entity (1982)

Vicious Vampires

Because they're bloody sexy.

Nosferatu (1922)

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1999) plus all the other million dracula movies

Interview with a Vampire (1994)

30 Days of Night (2007)

Boys From County Hell (2020)

Underworld (2003)

Bloodsucking Bastards (2015)

Near Dark (1988)

Salems Lot (1979)

From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)

Fright Night (1985) & (2011)

Stakeland (2010)

The Black Water Vampire (2014)

Werewolves

Fluffy and vicious, the perfect combo.

Dog Soldiers (2002)

An American Werewolf in London (1981)

Night of the Wolf: Late Phases (2014)

Ginger Snaps (2001)

The Wolf Man (1941) & (2010)

The Company of Wolves (1984)

Cursed (2005)

The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020)

Howl (2015)

The Howling (1981)

Silver Bullet (1985)

Wer (2014)

Bad Moon (1996)

The Beast Must Die (1974)

Miscellaneous Monsters

All monsters need love, not just the classics.

The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

The Mummy (1999)

Frankenstein

Wishmaster (1997)

Eight Legged Freaks (2002)

Feast (2007)

IT (1990) & (2017)

The Descent (2005)

Jaws (1975)

Jeepers Creepers 1 + 2 (2001) & (2003)

Horror Express (1972)

Cold Ground (2017)

Devil's Pass (2013)

The Ruins (2008)

Cabin in the Woods (2011)

The Monster Squad (1987)

Under Wraps (1997)

The Babadook (2014)

Slashers

Because people are scary too.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

Friday the 13th (1980)

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Halloween (1978)

The Collector (2009)

House of Wax (2005)

The Strangers (2008)

The Crazies (1973) & (2010)

SAW (2004)

Scream (1996)

The Hills Have Eyes (1977) & (2006)

The Burning (1981)

The People Under The Stairs (1991)

Sleepaway Camp (1983)

Slumber Party Massacre (1982)

Terror Train (1980)

Stage Fright (2014)

You Might Be The Killer (2018)

The Toolbox Murders (1978)

Hell Fest (2018)

Revenge (2018)

The Invitation (2016)

Audition (1999)

It Came From Space!

As if space isn't scary enough on it's own.

Includes: anything sci-fi related, not just space stuff.

The Thing (1982)

Alien (1979)

Predator (1987)

AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004)

Event Horizon (1997)

DOOM (2005)

Monsters (2010)

Re-Animator (1985)

Bride of Re-Animator (1990)

Pandorum (2009)

Chopping Mall (1986)

The McPherson Tape (1989)

Extraterrestrial (2014)

Always Anthology

The more the scarier!

Creepshow (1982)

Creepshow 2 (1987)

Tales from the Hood (1995)

V/H/S (2012)

V/H/S: 2 (2013)

V/H/S: 94 (2021)

V/H/S: 99 (2022)

Body Bags (1993)

Asylum (1972)

Trick 'r Treat (2015)

All Hallows' Eve (2019)

Holiday Specials

We can't leave out these holidays during spooky season!

My Bloody Valentine (1981) & (2009)

Prom Night (1980)

April Fool's Day (1986)

Black Christmas (1974)

[horrorclass]

intro

Fear inducing stories have been told since the beginning of time and thus it is unsurprising that when we began to make movies, we turned our written horror stories into horror films. Horror films were made originally mostly about Dracula, Frankenstein, as well as Doctors Jekyll and Hyde. In the 70’s and 80’s there came a new insurgence of horror films that were mostly what would be considered “slashers”, which are just movies where the antagonist murders multiple people throughout the film. 

There are many sub-genres of horror films and certain people may label them in different ways but there are paranormal and supernatural, slashers, folk horrors, psychological horrors, found footage, comedic, cosmic horrors, and many more. Each sub-genre has similar but different characteristics within them such as jump scares or isolation of the protagonists. 

My focus is specifically on supernatural and paranormal horror films. When something is supernatural it cannot be explained . by science and defies the laws of nature. Similarly, the paranormal cannot, at this time, be explained by science and is not natural to this world. The slight difference here is just that some paranormal things could possibly one day be explained by science and supernatural most likely never will be. In films and literature, the supernatural and paranormal are sub-genres of horror in which many of the most popular movies of the past two decades have resided. These stories usually include things such as demons, ghosts, vampires, werewolves, witches, monsters, and pretty much any creature or presence that is not of scientific origin. There are also common themes used within these films such as religion, ancient burial grounds, possession, seances, and of course death. 

There are many famous writers, directors, and filmmakers involved in the supernatural and paranormal films that we talk about as well as continue to view, today. Important to mention, I feel, is world renowned author Stephen King who wrote the stories that were utilized for the infamous films It, The Shining, and Carrie.

Jason Blum, being the creator of Blumhouse, also produced some of the important films of this time such as Paranormal Acitvity, Sinister, US, The Invisible Man, and Ouija. Who I think is most influential however is the genius, James Wan. James Wan’s films are the most of our time, including his combined work on Insidious and more personal work such as The Nun, Lights out. However, he also created two of the most truly world turning movies that paranormal film lovers have seen; Annabelle, and the most famous of all, The Conjuring. 

Even in these wildly influential films, there are still tropes that can be found within such as skeptical fathers, possessed children (or children who speak to see the spirit), families moving into old haunted homes, objects shifting and falling, haunted dolls, and such. Yet, we do not tired of horror films regardless of the tropes because our fear that generates from the films comes from the addition of the sounds and effects that creates what we really fear the unknown, unseen, and incomprehensible.

Citations

bloggybalboa, Posted by. “6 Signs You Are Watching a Paranormal Horror.” Bloggy Balboa, 19 July 2018, bloggybalboa.wordpress.com/2018/07/19/codes-and-conventions-of-paranormal-horror/. 

Martin, G. Neil. “(why) do you like scary movies? A review of the empirical research on psychological responses to Horror films.” Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 10, 18 Oct. 2019, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02298. 

O’Brien Holmes , Siobhan. “Exploring Kidlit Subgenres: Supernatural Horror.” Writer and the Wolf Editorial, Writer and the Wolf Editorial https://i0.wp.com/www.writerandthewolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Copy-of-Copy-of-How-to-think-like-your-middle-grade-readers-3.png?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1, 21 July 2022, www.writerandthewolf.com/2022/03/25/exploring-kidlit-subgenres-supernatural-horror/. 

[apesoformythoughts]

For Athene Howard, the only child of renowned cultural anthropologist Charles Howard, life is an unexciting, disillusioned academic project. When she encounters a clairvoyant Dominican postulant, a stern nun, and a recusant English nobleman embarked on a quest for a feral Franciscan werewolf, the strange new world of enchantment and horror intoxicates and delights her—even as it brings to light her father’s complex past and his long-dormant relationship with the Church of Rome. Can Athene and her newfound compatriots battle against the ruthless forces of darkness that howl for the overthrow of civilization and the devouring of so many wounded souls? In this sister novel to A Bloody Habit, the incomparable Father Thomas Edmund Gilroy, O.P. returns to face occult demons, gypsy curses, possessed maidens, and tormented werewolves, accompanying a charming neo-pagan heroine in her earnest search for adventure and meaning.

[averbaldumpingground]

Syzygy ?/? (Abandoned)

“What do you even know? You haven’t been paying attention to a single thing since you got here!”

“Oh, I most certainly have, Ms. Swan.” She paused, gesturing over to the occupied jail cell. “For instance, Captain Morgan over there just pretends to be drunk so you can arrest him. He’s generally a functioning member of society when not mooning over you like a love sick puppy.” She paused for a second, looking over at the other two men by the desk. “They all know, by the way. The whole town has a bet going. I think the blonde at the ice cream shop won.”

Deputy Goldilocks gaped at her, slack-jawed. Her coworkers tried not to snicker. Jones just leaned back against his bunk and shot her a somewhat sheepish smile when she turned to glare at him and the sheriff in turn. But Regina wasn’t finished.

“Oh, and I know all about your little stint in juvie, Ms. Swan. And not for that car that you stole. Sheriff, you might want to run a registration check on the Volkswagen. Being in possession of stolen property is a crime you know.”

“Now wait just a minute--”

“I’m not quite finished yet. Deputy Ken-doll over there cheated on his first wife with Miss Susie Sunshine. That’s the real reason they divorced--”

The man in question sputtered.

“--Tall, Dark, and Irish is into kinky dungeon sex,--”

The sheriff blushed bright red at this.

“--Dr. Strangelove’s got a Vicodin addiction, the librarian’s an alcoholic, your karate teacher friend has terrible taste in women and her online girlfriend who lives in Canada is actually just married, Wannabe Hells Angel is so secretive about his masterpiece because he writes dinosaur erotica for a living, that one mouthy janitor has a nun fetish, Granny’s lasagna is frozen, and also? There’s definitely no such thing as werewolves.”

Regina looked around the room of bemused, shocked, and mildly horrified townspeople. “Now, did I miss anyone, Ms. Swan?”

[dirthavarens]

I was waiting to make sure no one pounced you, but apparently not.#3 and/or #42 of the kissing prompts for Dragatha. Whichever catches your fancy more

For once in my goddamn life, I am actually doing this.

It had been nearly a year since Agatha Van Helsing and Count Dracula had been found off the coast of Whitby. Agatha would not settle for only herself being brought to shore upon finding herself in the unfortunate category of undead. He had changed her and he would be staked for it. Or at least she had thought. 

“Agatha, you’ve been gone an awfully long time. A husband will start to worry if his wife is gone too long, you know. I was starting to consider tacking up posters,” Dracula chides, half-pleased with himself and half curious as to her whereabouts. He had been waiting for her, just a little ways inside the door. A dog awaiting his mistress’s return.

She should have killed him by now but she was endlessly fascinated by him, even as her stomach turned uncomfortably as he claimed her as his wife. Only on paper, only because he made it so. Only because of his selfish, doggish actions was she now as he was, a vampire. A lifeless, bloodthirsty monstrosity. If not for the sake of containing him, she would have parted from him at the first opportunity. She would have turned to the nearest priest and asked to be staked; or she would have studied her own existence in death.

Agatha was able to watch him adapt, rather quickly, to a new environment and to new people. This process was no doubt hastened by his diet, secured by the blood of his victims, but fascinating nonetheless. She had taken note and eventually she dined on particular individuals that would grant her knowledge she could not obtain otherwise. 

“Based on the smell of you, I’d say you had dinner without me,” he continues when she doesn’t entertain him with a response. His nose twitches as he closes the distance between them, never caring for her personal space, and frowns. “Inferior vintage. You should take better care of yourself.”

“Unsatisfied with your wife’s diet?” she snarks back, unflinching, her thick Dutch accent still perfectly in place despite all of the English blood running through her veins. He sees it as an act of defiance, holding to tradition in a new world. She sees it as a way to connect her to her human self, something to ground her to the morality she hypocritically holds close. 

“Deeply,” he returns, decidedly ignoring her tone. Dracula leans in, sniffs at her neck with displeasure, and draws his head back, his frown growing sullen. “You do this intentionally.” 

“Feed on the dying? Of course I do,” she says as she walks deeper into their home. She should call it what it is, a gaudy and oversized prison, but she has refrained for eleven months. The former nun can hold her tongue far longer than he ever could and she wasn’t about to entertain certain arguments.

She ignores the footfalls behind her, used to him following her around like a lost child, pestering her whenever he saw fit. Through the foyer, through the hall, crossing down a staircase and into the bowels of the near castle-sized home, they went. She wanted her study some place he could not enter, some place entirely hers. Once she found that she was impervious to the weaknesses he possessed, she used them to her advantage.

Down a dimly-lit hall and to a room with a cross affixed to the door, she hears him give a puff of breath and his shoes stop clicking against the stone floor.

“This? Again? Agatha, you’re stuck with me for all eternity and you’re going to spend that eternity pouting in your dismal little room?”

“Asks the man who sleeps in a box of dirt,” she shoots back as she opens the door, a line of Biblical pages lining the entryway. Agatha steps inside and turns to look at him. It reminds her of the convent a year prior and the knowledge that he cannot follow grants her mind some peace. “When was the last time you slept in a bed?”

She doesn’t wait for an answer and closes the door. 

He irritates her beyond measure, beyond rationality, and yet she remains in his--their--home. Carfax Abbey was a quick fix, if only for his “talent” of suggestibility over others. Six months and they had a completely renovated property, complete with all his little secret passageways and hideaways. She had been impressed with his vision, though she would never admit it to him. 

She reaches for a book she had recently picked up and takes residence on the small loveseat he bought for her on a whim. It could have been seen as a token of affection had it not been from him and an attempt for her to let him into the study.

The novel was a cryptozoological text on lycanthropy, werewolves, and the various mentions of them throughout history. She reads through it with idle interest, her annoyance ebbing as she turns each page, scribbling quick notes as she reads. 

When she’s satisfied with her research, nearly two hours later, Agatha stands and stretches. It’s a purely human habit she hasn’t been able to rid herself of since turning. Not to mention, the more human behaviors she kept, the more he disapproves, and that is a win in her book. 

The former nun blinks a few times and looks to the door behind her. It has been hours since she entered the room and she feels it safe enough to exit into the corridor. Safe enough from his prying eyes, his alluring presence, her weaknesses so human it sickens her. While he annoyed her beyond imagination, she can’t bring herself to part with him, if only to watch him. She keeps justifying her presence, her very existence, on keeping his destructive tendencies at bay. The Count can hardly keep himself in order but she has that power over him. Even if she needed a moment to herself every now and then, he would always bend to her whims. 

When she opens the door, she’s greeted by him, sitting against the wall of the stone corridor. He’s staring emptily at the opposing wall, unmoving, unbreathing, until she appears in the doorway. Agatha nearly scoffs at his behaviors, a dog awaiting his mistress, a beast suddenly unable to survive on its own. 

“Have you been waiting here the whole time?” she asks, her tone severe despite the warmth that unfurls within her. It’s not romantic, it’s stalking, she reminds herself. However, upon further inspection, she notices his change of clothes and lively hue of his skin.

“As a matter of fact,” he starts, standing and moving towards her. “I just returned and I want you to taste something.”

He’s too close now, just a breath away from her mouth and the scent of blood is heavy on his lips. Agatha can feel her teeth shape into fangs and knows her eyes are drenching in the crimson hue of bloodlust. 

“And what would that be?” she provokes, unwavering despite the way her body sways towards his form. She damns herself, damns him, for the way her figure acts of its own accord, ignoring her mind’s wishes to steer clear of him. 

“Fresh blood, Agatha. You need to remember what it tastes like. Maybe then, you’ll stop these preposterous little games of yours and submit to your nature. It’s what vampires are supposed to do. Feed on the living, accept the truth for what it is.”

He’s too close for her to answer now, his neck bent down to the point she can nearly taste the blood on his lips.

“Kiss me, dragă mea,” he breathes against her lips, a hand at her hips that she doesn’t care to move. She should hate him, should push him away. But she doesn’t. In fact, Agatha Van Helsing makes no such movement, despite her mind demanding repulsion. 

In a moment, she makes her decision, hunger overtaking her higher functions, and she accepts his lips on hers, hungry as he claims her with a kiss. Her fangs scrape against his bottom lip as she sucks the last of the fresh blood from it and looks up at him after pulling away. 

“Again.” A word that sounds more of a request than a demand, but she obliges him. She kisses him deeply, her hands coming to his cheek and disheveling the neatly organized locks atop his head. Dracula pulls her tighter against him and pushes her up against the stone wall. 

The rocks are cool against her back, adding a contradictory sensation that conflicts with the heat of his mouth and hands as they travel her body. His mouth tastes of blood, surely, but there’s something else that she cannot place that compels her to deepen the kiss. Exploratory in execution, her tongue samples him, delving in and out, running against the slick of his own. 

“What a naughty nun you are,” he purrs as he breaks the kiss, his lips traveling to her jaw. “Shall I punish you?”

[creepy-crawley-crowley]

Doctor Who Commentary, by Wyatt Adams

You're welcome.

Episode O (DT as Doc): Cute. Really fucking cute. "wHo ArE yOu?" "I DON'T KNOWWWW!!" Dude, your HAND?? Is there anything else he's got two of? Well, yes but no. He's like a puppy. He basically sleeps for the majority of the episode and I'm living for it.

New Earth: Big Floaty Head?? I likey. It cute. Doctor update - getting cuter! A bit of skin with a face. Yup. Normal. Cat Nuns. I'm not even joking. Cats, that are Nuns. Mmmmhm. Lovely. They're also kinda evil. That's PAWSOME :DDD people are underground and they're ill. If they touch you you die. Better run, then. Rose and Doc get possessed by the skins with a face. Normal. Skin with a face is called Cassandra?? Why?? Anyway, NEXT!

Tooth & Claw: Spooky. DT gets to use his Scottish accent for like...a few mins. Queen Victoria? CONSPIRACY?? I am not amused. Rose is determined to make her say that. Hehe. Evil bald men. Werewolf? (A few mins later) WEREWOLF!! Mistletoe is now Werewolf Repellent, get some today to save a life, £1 each. Apparently the Royal Fam are werewolves. Well.

School Reunion: Not being kinky or anything but can the Doctor please be my teacher? Thank you and goodbye! Kidding. So that guy who plays Uther Pendragon in Merlin and Giles in Buffy The Vampire Slayer is in this episode. He's the headteachers. He's also a weird bat person?? Rose is jelly of Sarah Jane Smith lmao what a mood. Bat people. Special oil that makes you smart I WANT SOME!!

The Girl In The Fireplace: Spaceship. Doc meets Madame Pompadour. Did I spell that right? Welp. "I JUST SNOGGED MADAME POMPADOUR!" He was very exited about that. I don't blame him. Horse on a spaceship. Weird clockwork monster things?? They want Pompadour's brain. Weird flex but OK.

Rise Of The Cybermen (1): ROBOTS!

Age Of Steel (2): MORE ROBOTS!

The Idiots Lantern: Not to be Horny on main but Doc is hot in this ep. Also, he angry and you're all screwed haha (getting hitter yeouch)

The Impossible Planet (1): Satan? Father? Also black hole!!

The Satan Pit (2): SATAN!! HELLO FATHER!! BLACK HOLE!!

Love And Monsters: More emotional than it sounds. Not much Doc or Rose, but it's okay. Basically a bunch of people stalking (or trying too) the Doctor. Big alien, dubbed Absorbalorf or something like that by the blonde dude who's name I've forgotten already lmao. Anyway. Also he's in love with a stone.

Fear Her: So, technically, TECHNICALLY, if I get possessed by a floaty space plant and draw a dragon, it'll come to life? HIT ME THE FUCK UP!!

Army Of Ghosts(1): anjas Cybermen back at it again. Also, eXtErMiNaTe!¡!¡

Doomsday(2): "ThE dOcToR wIlL not!" This fucking episode is a twat. Made my cry. I still am. Fucking asshole. And then THE DOCTOR CRYING?? NO!! DON'T PLAY WITH MY HEART LIKE THAT. ASSHOLES. >:( also the doctor started a supernova just to say goodbye. That's love, your honour. Twat.

Episode 14: I was waiting for "YOU'RE NOT MATING WITH ME SUNSHINE!" I did not get it but that's okay. Big spider lady? No thank you. I'm still upset over Doomsday and so is The Doctor and honestly I just wanna hug him ffs. Poor baby. Donna's funky, I like. She cool.

Anyway, this has been my commentary! You'll get another one soon don't worry!

[art-now-italy]

DEMON, Polina Ogiy

DEMON-Evil spirits — the "fallen angels, servants of Satan, his messengers, the angels, the messengers of God. The gospel claim that sickness and brain fog occur as a result of the intervention of demons, because of their exile (often with the help of a stick) is depicted as a small black figures flying out of the mouth of the sufferer. They are depicted carrying away to Hell the soul of the sinner, as the angel carries the soul of the righteous to heaven. Or they fight with the angels for the possession of a human soul (ARS MORIENDI). Usually Satan represents paganism and demons can appear in scenes of conversion to Christianity or victory over the heathen. Have similarities with Satan (the wings, horns and tails), armed with a spear or a pitchfork. Cast them out by SV. Varfalomey SV. Zenon poverzheny at the feet of the SV. Norbert (his conversion to Christianity) SV. Geminiani (the expulsion of the spirits) SV. Catherine of Siena (overcome temptation). the attack of the demons of temptation SV. Anthony the Great is trying to tip the scale of SV. Michael's last judgment convicts pulled into Hell the last judgment the soul carry the unrepentant thief Crucified Christ being dragged soul to Hades Eurydice Orpheus whispers to Judas Iscariot blow out the candle the nuns of St. Genevieve as servants of Satan, kill children, job support in the air Simon the sorcerer SV. Peter the Apostle defeated the demons before Christ's Descent into Hell in front of the preacher (they were hunted angels) Ignatius of Loyola depart from the ship in a storm SV. Mark (cast them out three saints). Classification of demons the Origin of Demons are fallen angels: this is the official teaching of the Christian Church. I think the story of the rebellion of the angels are familiar to everyone - hints of it are in the Bible, appealing to her Christian thinkers, a brilliant literary description of Anglomania is given in j.Milton. I remind you this story briefly. Light one of God's angels named Lucifer ("light-bearer") became proud of their power and intend to take the throne of the Lord. He raised rebellion in heaven and took a third of the angelic hosts. Against the rebels was made by the Archangel Michael with the faithful God of the heavenly armies. In the resulting battle the rebellious angels led by Lucifer (Satan) were cast out of heaven into hell and became demons, whose only aim now is to sow evil. This story has many interpretations, but here we present just a completely original version of the origin of demons, is fundamentally different from the Orthodox: 1. In the middle ages there was a view that demons were originally created by God to commit evil. Advocates of this idea was based on a quote from Isaiah, where God says: "I create the waster to destroy" (54, 16). In rabbinical treatises States that Satan was created on the sixth day of creation at the same time with eve; evil spirits were created "between the suns", that is, between dusk and dawn on the eve of the first Sabbath, when God created their souls, already dawn approached Saturday, and he had no time to create bodies for them. 2. In the heretical doctrine bogomilov, as well as in folk beliefs, not get rid of pagan dualism, Satan (Satanael) is not God's creation, and the independent opposing God figure, much like the Persian Ahriman. Both forces, good and evil, participate in the process of creation of the world; in contrast to God's angels, Satan creates his demonic army, striking his staff on the flint. 3. The apocryphal Book of Enoch recounts the history of the cohabitation of the "sons of God" (angels) with the "daughters of men". The angels exchanged out of lust the Kingdom of heaven on earthly Vale, were cursed by God and became demons. This theory in the middle ages was shared by many Church authorities (eg. Thomas Aquinas). 4. In the same Book of Enoch says that marriages of fallen angels with earthly women was a tribe of monstrous giants. When God destroyed the giants, from their bodies came forth the evil spirits. 5. The ancient Hebrews believed that many evil spirits were born from the intercourse of Adam with female spirits (or eve mens perfume) within those one hundred and thirty years that Adam and eve were separated after the fall. Many demons birthed from Adam and his first wife — Lilith, later she turned into a demon. 6. In demons of three types — Shedim, Rukhin and Lilin — was turned into the part of the people, scattered after the failed construction of the tower of Babel 7. Finally, according to later popular belief, the armies of hell continually replenished by souls of great sinners; children of the damned parents, and offspring of Incubus and succubi. However, all the demons of the lowest discharge, as various vampires, ghosts and werewolves, also make up the army of Satan. The number that the demons there are a great many, no doubt. However, since the first centuries of Christianity, theologians and demonologists with remarkable tenacity practice math, trying to calculate the exact number of infernal spirits. Maxim of tyre in the 2nd century calls the very modest figure of 30,000, but subsequent centuries have inflated the part of the devil's troops to incredible limits. Alphonse de Spina in 1459, on the grounds that from God have disappeared exactly one third of the heavenly host, called the number of demons 133 306 608. In the 16th century, a researcher, taking as a basis the biblical number of the beast", it counted 66 infernal princes, commanders of 6 660 000 devils. Johann Weir, the famous disciple of Agrippa, claimed that in hell live 7 405 926 demons, managed 72 princes. The demons form 1111 6666 units for each. All surpassed the Lutheran theologians, who called a fantastic figure— 2 665 866 746 664 demon.Greek. Daimon In Greek mythology, a generalized notion of some vague and unformed divine power, evil or (sometimes) beneficent, often determines the life the fate of man. This instantly arising and instantly leaving a terrible and fatal force that can be called by the name with which you cannot engage in any communication. Suddenly maglinov, he immediately produces an action and then disappears. In this way, obvious vestiges of the so-called sudden pianism (in the terminology of G. Usener, Doctor - not that other, as "God of this moment"). Sometimes the Olympic gods, too, are called on, but only in generalized or indefinite sense in the case when God has not shown himself individually and hides your name. D. acts directly on the person preparing trouble (Hom. Od. 295 XII), tempted (XVI 194), sends trouble (XIX 512), ominous dreams (XX 87). D. directs man to the path leading to any of the events, often catastrophic (Hom. Od. VI, 172; VII, 248; Il. XXI 92). D. suddenly causes a particular idea (Hom. II. IX 600; Od. III 27). Sometimes beneficent acts. D. (Od. IX, 381), found the epithet olbiodaimon, "schastlivenko". D. is equal to destiny, all the events of human life are under his influence (Aeschyl. Pers. 825; Soph. frg. 592; Eur. Andr. 971). There is D. of birth (Pind. Ol. XIII 105), D. of good and evil (Pind. Pyth. III 34), human nature - its On (Heraclit. frg. 119), each person in life gets your D. (Plat. Phaed. 107 (d). Demons are thought of also inferior deities, intermediaries between gods and men. In Hesiod's generation of the "Golden age" after his disappearance turned into a "blissful." that guard people and look to the right and wrong of the case (Hes. Orr. 121-126). In Roman mythology D. corresponds to a genius. Early Christian ideas about D. are associated with the demonic image of evil, demonic forces (see Demons). Lit.: Losev A. F., classical mythology in its historical development, Moscow, 1957, p. 46-60; Horst P. C. van, Daimon, "Mnemosyne", ser. 3, 10, 1940, pp. 61-68; H. Nowak, Zur Entwicklungsgeschichte des Begriffes Daimon, Bonn, I960. A. F. Losev In the descriptions of the mythologies of various peoples. D. - the symbol of those supernatural characters who are not gods and occupy in comparison with the gods of the lower place in the hierarchy (or are at lower levels in this mythological system). In a more narrow and precise meaning. D. and evil spirits. According to the classification proposed by Uthenera and supported by E. Cassirer, we must distinguish between (spirit) as a symbol of random mythological image that is generated from any object within the field of action of mythological thought, and genius as a symbol of the mythological symbol of the destiny and personality of man.

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[dimitrisatticus]

Annabelle comes home (2019) review

After a disappointing first movie and an ok second, we finally reach the third Annabelle spin-off of the Conjuring universe. Let's see the results of Gary Dauberman's efforts. It begun with an impressive marketing that hyped the audience for a battle between the Warrens and their daughter versus the demonic doll who this time possesses the entire Warren's cabinet of curiosities. As it turns out, the fan favourite couple appears for merely a promising (albeit enjoyable) cameo. The main characters are their daughter, Judy, her babysitter and her best friend, respectively played by the great upcoming actresses Mc Keena Grace, Madison Iseman and Katie Sarife. This isn't necessary a bad thing, since the movie decides to not use the couple in a deus ex machina way. Despite the fact that the main characters fell a bit flat, the actresses manage to make them interesting. The movie is extremely imaginative, especially in the set design of the room and the new ghosts/demons that appear (The samurai and Ferryman practically beg for their own spin-off, while the use of the hellhounds is a clever meta reference to the fan theory that Conjuring 3 will be about werewolves). It's interesting that despite most of the spin-offs of the franchise that culminate in a jump scare festival, this one chooses to be a slow burn, that has the necessary crowd exciting scenes, but doesn't overdo it. It's a thrilling horror, that will be mainly enjoyed by fans of James Wan's Conjuring universe, since it heavily references the other movies (although I would love a Nun reference in one of the paintings in the Warren's atelier).

Atticus

[fairietale]

ANGELIC  POWERS:

angelic  energy  manipulation:  all  angels  can  create,  shape,  and  manipulate  the  angelic  energy  that  they  give  off  naturally.  briar’s  angelic  energy  is  extremely  bright  and  glittering.

superhuman  strength:  briar’s  physical  strength  not  only  surpasses  that  of  humans,  but  also  demons,  vampires,  werewolves,  ect.  she  has  extreme  control  over  his  strength,  and  the  amount  he  emits  depends  on  how  much  angelic  power  she  puts  behind  it.  

superhuman  speed:  the  same  as  above,  briar’s  speed  surpasses  all  supernatural  creatures. briar  hasn’t  tested  it,  but  it’s  said  an  angel  can  travel  around  the  earth  seven  and  a  half  times  in  one  second.

superhuman  stamina:  briar  rarely,  if  ever,  becomes  tired  or  gets  hungry  or  thirsty.  she  likes  to  lay  down  and  watch  vienna  sleep,  and  she  eats  when  everyone  else  does,  but,  besides  that,  she  only  sleeps  or  consumes  food  and  drink  when  she  needs  to  refuel. 

superhuman  agility:  briar  is  able  to  move  with  flawless  grace  and  dexterity  and  balance,  her  reflexes  are  sharper  than  any  other  creature,  and  he  can  jump  higher  and  leap  longer  than any  other  creature  can,  as  well.

superhuman  senses:  briar’s  senses  are  sharper  than  any  other  creature,  she  can  hear  a  pin  drop  from  miles  away,  and  smell  a  burning  house  from  a  different  city,  for  example.  her  senses  are  even  sharper  than  gabriel’s,  as  she’s  a  full  angel,  and  she  can  hear  what’s  being  said  in  a  construction  zone  in  paris   ---   barely  exaggerating.

supernatural  perception:  briar  can  see  the  supernatural  things  around  him  that  most  others  cannot,  like  ghosts  and  reapers,  and  certain  monsters  and  demons  that  are  invisible  to  all  but  angels,  fallen  or  otherwise.  briar  is  able  to  see  past  the  vessel  of  a  demon,  to  its  real  visage,  and  she  also  sees  vampire’s  true  faces  when  he  first  looks  at  them.  briar  is  able  to  tell  if  a  person  is  a  supernatural  creature  and  what  they  are  from  one  glance,  or  sometimes,  one  sniff   ---   werewolves  give  off  a  strong  scent.

telekinesis:  briar  can  manipulate  objects  /  matter  using  only  his  mind.

teleportation:  this  is  called   “orbing”   by  angels,  and  it  is  the  ability  to  teleport  from  one  place  to  another  in  the  blink  of  an  eye.  when  briar  orbs,  she  disappears  into  glittering,  bright,  white  light,  and  you  can  hear  her  wings  fluttering. 

telepathy:  briar  can  communicate  with  others  using  only  her  mind,  through  thoughts.  this  is  how  angels  communicate  in  heaven,  they  rarely  ever  speak  out  loud.  this  is  more  often  than  not  how  briar  and  gabriel  communicate,  falling  back  into  old  habits  from  before  he  fell. 

hypnotism:  briar  is  able   to  affect  or  directly  influence  other  people's  minds,  forcing  them  to  do  as  she  commands.  briar’s  ability  to  use  this  power  depends  on  the  mental  strength  of  her  target,  like,  for  example,  she  was  unable  to  hypnotize  viviana,  a  thousand  year  old  vampire,  even  though  she  was  able  to  possess  her.  but  she  could  easily  hypnotize  a  human  or  a  weaker  vampire.  she  cannot  hypnotize  other  angels,  except  for  fallen  angels.  she  has  yet  to  try  this  power  out  on  gabriel  because  he  won’t  let  her.  

mental  manipulation:  briar  can  manipulate,  modify  and  control  the  thoughts,  mindsets,  and  upper  brain  functions,  allowing  the  ability  to  render  others  unconscious,  suppress  their  memories,  and  negate  the  use  of  abilities,  increase  /  decrease  mental  capacity,  modify  minds  to  be  agreeable,  control  minds,  sway  sensations  to  induce  altered  perception,  bestow  /  heal  mental  disorders,  create  /  penetrate  mental  barriers,  etc.

memory  manipulation:  briar  is  able  to  erase,  restore,  alter,  and  fabricate  memories  in  the  minds  of  humans,  along  with  weak  supernatural  creatures.

precognition:  while  not  all  angels  are  given  the  gift  of  seeing  the  future,  the  job  briar  had  in  heaven  required  her  to  have  such  powers,  and  she  kept  it  when  she  went  to  earth.  so,  briar  has  the  ability  to  foresee  possible  futures  and  observe  what  may  happen.  since  the  future  is  not  set  in  stone,  briar’s  vision  may  change  based  on  the  choice  of  herself  and  others.  but  she  has  learned  to  remain  a  silent  bystander  when  it  comes  to  future  predictions. 

retrocognition:  briar  has  the  ability  to  discern  the  past  and  past  events  using  various  means,  usually  entering  a  trance  while  seeing  and  hearing  a  noted  past  event.  while  this  ability  usually  comes  to  her  spontaneously  when  she  needs  to  know  an  important  fact  about  a  person  or  event,  briar  can  also  summon  this  power  to  a  specific  person.

dream  manipulation:  briar  has  the  ability  to  enter  anyone’s  dream.  she  can  also  manipulate  and  change  their  dreams,  controlling  them  and  making  the  person  see  as  she  wishes.  briar  can  also  heal  a  person’s  dream,  curing  them  from  present  and  future  nightmares.  she  offered  this  to  viviana  when  she  learned  she  suffered  from  chronic  nightmares,  but  viviana  declined.

mediumship:  as  a  full  angel,  briar  can  communicate  with  anyone  who  has  died,  so  long  as  their  soul  has  not  ended  up  in  hell.  if  she  needs  to  speak  with  someone  who’s  been  dead  for  a  while,  and  has  passed  on,  she  must  travel  to  their  heaven.  she  can  also  see  the  ghosts  of  those  who  haven’t  passed  on,  and  she  can  help  them  pass  on,  if  they’re  ready.

self  -  healing:  if  briar  is  injured,  the  wound  heals  instantly,  and  she  doesn’t  feel  it  at  all.  but  it  is  extremely  difficult  to  hurt  an  angel,  almost  impossible  to  make  them  bleed.  not  even  vampire  fangs  can  penetrate  the  skin  of  a  full  angel  like  briar. 

healing:  briar  can  heal  the  wounded  by  siphoning  some  of  her  angelic  energy,  which  is  what  keeps  her  strong  and  invulnerable,  into  the  injured  person.  the  injury  will  heal  instantly. 

resurrection:  when  god  allows  it,  briar  can  resurrect  those  who’ve  just  died  the  same  way  she  would  heal  them.  but  only  if  it  is  gods  will  for  them  to  live.  

protective  charm:  briar  can  protect  those  she  choses  from  any  physical  harm,  by  placing  a  protective  cloak  around  their  bodies.  god,  along  with  the  archangels,  can,  however,  decide  to  take  the  protective  charm  away  for  any  reason  at  any  moment.

soul  -  channelling:  when  she  is  weak,  briar  can  channel  the  energy  from  other’s  souls  to  restore  her  own  strength.  if  she  channels  from  the  soul  of  a  supernatural  such  as  a  vampire,  briar’s  powers  will  be  super  -  charged  for  a  day  or  two.

soul  -  reading:  by  reaching  into  a  person’s  soul,  briar  can  read  their  soul,  and  see  their entire  life  played  out  before  him.  it  also  gives  her  a  look  at  the  person’s  personality,  their weaknesses  and  strengths,  and  then  therefore  predict  how  they’ll  react  in  any  situation,  giving  her  the  upper  hand.  note: this  may  severally  injure  the  person,  or  even  paralyze  them. 

mind  -  walking:  with  one  hand  placed  on  the  person’s  head,  briar  can  enter  their  mind,  and  she  can  also  see  their  life  played  out  this  way.  but  usually,  the  way  mind  walking  works,  is  the  person  who’s  mind  she’s  reaching  into  guides  her  through  their  memories  to  the  place  where,  for  whatever  reason,  she  needs  to  be.  note:  as  above,  this  may  severally  injure  the  person  whose  mind  he  walks,  and  it  may  leave  them  in  a  catatonic  state,  permanently  locking  them  inside  their  own  mind  like  a  prison.

sedation:  with  a  single  touch,  briar  can  render  any  creature,  besides  a  god  or  a  more  powerful  angel,  unconscious,  and  only  she  can  bring  them  out  of  it  again.

empathy:  briar  feels  all  the  emotions  that  the  people  around  him  are  experiencing,  she  can  even  pick  out  who  is  feeling  what  without  having  to  see  them.  se  can  also  influence  the  emotions  of  others,  be  it  human  or  supernatural,  changing  them.  briar  only  uses  this  power  to  make  people  feel  happier  when  they’re  upset  or  mad  because  she  hates  to  see  people,  the  ones  she  loves  or  just  someone  she  passes  on  the  street,  feeling  sad.  

weather  manipulation:  briar  can  control  the  weather,  changing  it  to  her  will.  she  does  not  have  global  control  as  an  archangel  would,  but  she  can  control  the  weather  on  a  much  wider  scale  than  gabriel  can.  she  can  change  the  weather  of  an  entire  country,  or,  if  powered  up  enough,  a  whole  continent. 

immortality:  though  he  can  be  hurt  and  weakened,  briar  will  never  die  or  grow  old.  she  has existed  since  the  beginning  of  time,  but  was  born,  created  after  the  archangels,  which  her mother  is  one  of.  

light  manipulation:  briar  can  create  and  manipulate  light,  and  even  the  suns  rays.

light  energy  manipulation:  briar  create  and  manipulate  light  energy,  which  is  pulled  from  either  light  dimensions,  her  own  angelic  energy,  or  the  light  energy  that  those  who  are  blessed,  and  also  those  devoted  to  god,  such  as  preachers  and  nuns,  give  off  naturally.  if  drawn  from  herself  or  a  blessed  one,  it  greatly  depletes  their  strength,  but  it  is  also  harder  to  pull  it  from  another  dimension.  while  light  energy  manipulation  can  be  used  offensively,  it  is  usually  used  as  a  gift,  by  blessing  someone  with  knowledge  or  creativity,  or  helping  someone  grow  and  become  who  they’re  meant  to  be. 

ray  /  beam  manipulation:  briar  can  create  and  manipulate  different  rays  and  beams,  such  as,  sunlight,  plasma,  ultraviolet,  normal  light,  x-rays,  cosmic  rays,  gamma  rays,  laser,  electric,  magnetic,  pure  energy,  infrared,  etc. 

energy  balls:  briar  is  able  to  create  balls  of  pure  energy,  either  by  using  her  angelic  energy  or  her  light  energy  manipulation,  and  they  are  used  to  attack  an  enemy. 

aurora  manipulation:  briar  can  manipulate,  create,  and  shape  auroras.  auroras  to  briar  is  like  energy  to  gabriel,  though  she  can  manipulate  energy,  too,  but  not  like  auroras. 

SEE  BELOW  TO  READ  MORE  ABOUT  BRIAR’S  CONTROL  OVER  AURORAS!

omnilingual:  briar,  like  all  angels  can  speak  and  understand  all  languages,  even  ancient  and  dead  ones.  she  is  even  able  to  communicate  in  the  language  of  different  animals,  from  fish  to  horses  to  dogs  to  birds. 

wildlife  friendship:  briar  has  a  special  connection  with  any  and  all  animals.  not  only  can  she  speak  to  them,  but  she  can  control  and  manipulate  them  to  do  as  she  wishes,  and  she  has  a  mental  link  with  all  animals,  giving  her  animal  empathy.  if  injured  or  low  powered,  all  the  animals  from  the  surrounding  areas  will  surround  briar  to  protect  her  until  she  is  healed. 

shapeshifting:  briar  can  change  her  form,  either  making  her  appear  as  a  completely  different  person,  or  turn  into  an  animal.  she  enjoys  transforming  into  a  large  cat,  like  the  ones  viviana  keeps  as  pets,  or  a  blue  bird  so  she  can  fly  with  her  spirit  guardian,  who  is  a  butterfly.

possession:  briar  can  take  possession  of  the  body  of  a  human  for  however  long  she  pleases.  she  can  also  possess  supernatural  creatures,  but  for  how  long  depends  on  how  mentally  strong  the  creature  is.  she  is  able  to  possess  the  supernatural  for  much  longer  than  gabriel  can,  seeing  as  she’s  at  full  strength.  as  a  test,  she  lasted  for  nearly  four  hours  in  control  of  viviana,  while  gabriel  is  unable  to  possess  her  for  more  than  five  minutes. 

astral  projection:  briar  can  separate  her  spirit  from  her  body  by  entering  a  trance,  gaining  access  to  multiple  planes  of  existence  or  “dimensions.”  briar  is  strong  enough  to  control  both  her  astral  and  corporeal  presences.  archangels  have  the  ability  to  be  in  multiple  planes  at  once  with  control  over  every  presence. 

elemental  manipulation:  briar  has  limited  control  over  all  the  elements,  but  has  complete  control  over  her  specialized  element,  which  is  ice. 

reality  warping:  briar  is  a  powerful  enough  angel  to  bend  reality  to  her  will.  the  more  powerful  the  angel,  the  greater  their  capability.  briar  can  only  warp  reality  on  a  small  scale. 

conjuring:  briar  has  the  ability  to  summon  any  form  of  creatures,  items,  spirits,  demons,  deities  or  elements.  depending  on  how  big  or  strong  the  thing  or  creature  is  that  she’s  conjuring,  this  may  severely  drain  her  of  power,  and  even  may  need  two  angels  to  be  done.  if,  for  example,  they  were  trying  to  summon  a  god. 

localization:  at  any  moment,  briar  knows  the  exact  location  of  any  humans   (  or  supernatural creatures  ).  briar  only  really  uses  this  power  on  those  she’s  claimed  as  her  own.  this  power  cannot  be  used  on  other  angels,  as  when  briar  first  got  to  earth,  she  could  not  immediately  locate  gabriel  using  this  power,  and  had  to  find  him  on  foot. 

smiting:  perhaps  an  angel's  most  versatile  and  terrifying  weapon,  smiting  allows briar  to  kill  almost  any  demon,  monster  and  even  humans  with  a  single  touch.

wings:  briarr’s  wings  are  made  physical  by  summoning  angelic  energy  to  form  them,  and  she  can  summon  them  whenever  he  wishes.  briar’s  wings  are  shining  white  and  the  ends  of  her  feathers  look  like  they’ve  been  dipped  in  glittering  gold.  each  wing  is  about  six  feet  long.

winged  flight:  when  releasing  her  wings,  briar  is  able  to  use  them  to  fly  like  a  bird  does.  she  can  fly  at  incredible  speeds,  go  from  one  end  of  the  earth  to  the  other  in  the  blink  of  an  eye. 

angelic  form:  if  anyone  that  is  not  an  angel  or  doesn’t  have  angel  blood,  they  would  turn  to  ash  upon  looking  at  briar’s  angelic  form,  as  it  is  made  of  pure  light  and  angelic  energy.

BRIAR  CAN  MANIPULATE  AURORAS  TO  DO  MANY  DIFFERENT  THINGS,  LIKE: NOTE:  IF  YOU  BE  PURE  OF  HEART,  A  BLESSED  ONE,  BRIAR’S  AURORA  ATTACKS  WON’T  WORK  ON  YOU  UNLESS  SHE  SINGLES  IN  ON  YOU  WITH  THE  SPECIFIC  INTENT  TO  CAUSE  HARM. NOTE:  INTENT  IS  WHAT’S  IMPORTANT  WITH  BRIAR’S  AURORA  POWERS.  IF  SHE  RELEASES  AN  AURORA  BALL  WITH  THE  INTENT  TO  HURT,  IT  WILL  HURT.  IF  SHE  RELEASES  AN  AURORA  WAVE  WITH  THE  INTENT  TO  HEAL,  IT  WILL  HEAL  THE  LAND,  LIVEN  UP  THE  NATURE,  AND  WHOEVER  HAS  BEEN  TOUCHED  BY  IT,  THEIR  HEART  WILL  BE  LIGHT  AND  FILLED  WITH  JOY.

aurora  ball  projection:  create  and  launch  a  ball  of  aurora  offensively 

aurora  beam  emission:  releases  a  beam  of  aurora. 

aurora  blast:  a  total,  powerful  release  of  aurora  over  the  area  surrounding  briar. 

aurora  bolt  projections:  releases  a  low  powered  lightning  bolt  -  shaped  mass  of  aurora.  

aurora  bomb  generation:  creates  a  bomb  of  aurora,  which  briar  can  set  off  whenever  she  chooses.  like  i  stated  above,  the  intent  behind  the  aurora  bomb  is  what  matters.  if  she  releases  it  with  the  intent  to  cause  damage,  it  can  level  an  entire  city,  depending  on  the  angelic  energy  she  puts  behind  it.  an  example  of  releasing  the  bomb  under  a  good  intention  is  if  briar’s  come  across  a  patch  of  dead  forest.  she  can  release  a  aurora  bomb,  and  it  will  heal  the  plants  and  trees,  bringing  them  to  their  ultimatum  health,  and  return  the  wildlife. 

aurora  breath:  discharges  blasts  of  aurora  from  the  mouth.  

aurora  bullet  projection:  releases  bullet  -  like  forms  of  aurora  in  a  fast  succession,  like  an  automatic  gun  firing. 

aurora  cutting:  using  aurora  to  cut  opponents. 

aurora  infusion:  empower  and  energize  anything  using  aurora. 

aurora  vision:  emit  aurora  beams  from  the  eyes.  

aurora  vortex  creation:  creates  a  giant  tornado  of  aurora  for  offensives  or  defensives  purposes,  and  is  extremely  draining  and  cannot  be  kept  up  for  long.  

aurora  wave  emission:  like  aurora  blast,  aurora  emission  releases  a  wave  of  aurora,  but  only concentrated  one  way,  acting  like  a  wave,  knocking  back  and  down  everything  it  hits.  

aurora  bolts,  expanding:  project  aurora  that  expands  rapidly  on  contact  with  an  object. 

aurora  blast,  formulated:  release  blasts  of  aurora  in  a  form  of  a  creature  or  object.  briar  is  fond  of  releases  positive  aurora  blasts  in  the  shape  of  hearts,  to  lift  people’s  spirits  and  because  she’s  the  cutest  cute  to  ever  cute. 

aurora  hand  blasts:  release  aurora  blasts  through  ones  hands.  

aurora  hidden  attack:  channels  the  attack  through  anyone  with  the  powers  of  a  medium,  like  an  actual  medium,  or  another  angel,  or  certain  witches.  

aurora  missile  generation:  creates  aurora  missiles. 

aurora  waves,  omnidirectional:  sends  out  a  wave  of  aurora  in  all  directions.  

aurora  reflective  attack:  release  attacks  of  aurora  that  can  bounce  off  of  any  surface. 

aurora  scatter  shot:  release  aurora  blasts  that  splits  into  multiple  fragments. 

aurora  sword  beam:  releases  aurora  blasts  from  swords  and  other  such  bladed  weapons.  

aurora  shield:  creates  a  shield  made  of  reflective  aurora  that  can  be  used  offensively  or  defensively.  offensively  because  of  its  sharp  edges,  and  the  blinding  light  it  gives  off.

WEAKNESSES: NOTE:  ONLY  OTHER  ANGELS   (  OR  A  GOD )   CAN  HARM   /  KILL  AN  ANGEL

hellfire:  fire  from  the  pits  of  hell  can  severely  harm  briar.

heaven  fire:  as  hellfire,  the  fire  born  at  the  heart  of  heaven  can  severely  harm  briar.

hell  -  forged  demon  blades:  the  blades  given  to  all  demons,  forged  in  the  fires  of  hell,  can  harm  any  being,  even  an  angel  like  briar.

magic:  a  powerful  enough  witch,  like  elizabeth,  for  example,  can  freeze  briar,  rendering  her  unable  to  move  or  speak  or  use  any  of  his  powers  to  defend  herself.

azazel’s  blade  /  death’s  blade:  the  only  weapon  known  that  can  truly  kill  an  angel.

a  reaper’s  scythe:  blessed  by  azazel,  the  angel  of  death  herself,  all  reaper’s  scythes  can  do  some  serious  damage  to  any  angel.

weapons  blessed  by  god:  if  god  blesses  a  weapon,  like  azazel’s  blade,  it  also  gains  the  ability  to  kill  an  angel,  but  these  weapons  are  hidden  away  by  the  archangels  and  hard  for  a  regular  person  to  come  by.  it  normally  has  to  be  given  to  you,  like  an  axe  that  was  blessed  by  god  was  given  to  briar  and  gabriel’s  elder  sister,  freya  so  that  she  may  kill  gabriel,  permanently.

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Gothic literature definition

Best known is the southern version, set not in cathedrals, castles and moors, but amidst the decrepit plantations and enduring ruin of the Civil War. Cross the line into horror and you leave the gloom of Manderley and Wuthering Heights for the hallucinogenic terror of The Castle of Otranto, Dracula’s Transylvania or Doctor Jekyll’s lab.Īmerican fiction has its own Gothic tradition. Add some menacing weather, a tortured anti-hero and a long-buried secret or two and you’ve got the makings of a fine old Gothic novel in the tradition of Jane Eyre or The Hunchback of Notre Dame, big, chewy tales that roll right up to the precipice of horror but stop just short, lingering instead in the realm of Europe’s Dark Romanticism. Gothic and The Woman in Black ‘Susan Hill effectively evokes the voice of Dickens and other writers using characteristic devices such as densely detailed text, evocative descriptions and language that is lavish and dense as any Victorian tale.Darkness. Gothic and The Woman in Black ‘The Woman in Black’ is a pastiche of the Victorian Gothic style of literature and is written in a very similar style to Dickens’ novels. Vocabulary of the Gothic Write a list of at least 20 words that you think would be a part of ‘the vocabulary of the gothic’. Gothic Horror – A Checklist 10 Characters that seem to possess some sort of psychic communication 11 Communication between the living and the dead / The possibility of life after death (immortality) 12 Language of the Gothic Gothic Horror – A Checklist 6 High, even exaggerated, emotions 7 Women in distress 8 Sense of indefiniteness nothing is exactly explained or described 9 A being that can’t function in the ‘normal’ world properly The Supernatural / creation of a ghostly, eerie atmosphere 5. Desolate and remote environments - sense of remoteness in character’s situation and mind 4. Suspense and Tension Events build up feelings of suspense and tension in the reader so that when awful events happen it is either: expected a relief or worse because of the wait. Stock Characters The stock characters of Gothic fiction include tyrants, villains, bandits, maniacs, heroes, persecuted maidens, femmes fatales, monks, nuns, madwomen, magicians, vampires, werewolves, monsters, demons, dragons, angels, fallen angels, ghosts, walking skeletons and the Devil himself. Mood There is often a fear of imprisonment, strong emotions, desire for self-expression and freedom. Ghosts, haunted houses and Gothic architecture, castles, darkness, death, decay, doubles, madness, secrets, and hereditary curses. The atmosphere is often claustrophobic and sinister, with turbulent or gloomy weather (pathetic fallacy). Settings Wild and remote, with old castles, gloomy dungeons, monasteries or dark, inhospitable houses. This idea continues in modern horror films with ‘Don’t go down into the cellar’ a clear indication that something dreadful will happen! Some famous examples are ‘Dracula’ by Bram Stoker and ‘Frankenstein’ by Mary Shelley.Ĭourage of Main Protagonist The main protagonist or character is courageous and enters the haunted or supernatural building despite warnings. Gothic Fiction Usually contains elements of horror and romance. Gothicism's origin is attributed to English author Horace Walpole, with his 1764 novel The Castle of Otranto, subtitled ‘A Gothic Story’ Gothicism's."- Presentation transcript:ĭefinition Gothic fiction is a genre or mode of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance. Definition Gothic fiction is a genre or mode of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance. Presentation on theme: "Gothic Literature An Introduction.

[ravenswood]

📼, 👻

📼: fave type of horror? (thrillers, creature features, etc.)

my Horror Jam is definitely supernatural horror -- ghost, possessions, haunted houses like hell yeah that’s the shit i’m here for. i’ve had a fascination with ghosts ever since i was a kid and read all of the ghost books in the back of my library and that’s translated neatly over to being a proper horror fan. creature features are cool too tho and i can definitely get into a good slasher movie even if blood and gore isn’t typically my thing. 

honestly as long as i have some interesting characters/commentary/story to get into, i’m down. but ghosts are definitely my preference.

👻: if you made a horror movie, what would be the plot?

tbh the first thing that’s springing to mind is a rehash of the nun wherein we axe this whole convent thing entirely and make it a prequel to the conjuring franchise feat young lorraine (and maybe young ed too, but we could also make the crooked man about him and then a third prequel where they’re brought together) squaring off against valak BUT

if we’re going for something original..............hmmm. i’d love to make a good werewolf movie? we don’t have enough of those or at least not enough mainstream ones. i’d love to see something about...mmm not necessarily warring werewolf packs bc that’s been done to death but something where the protags are werewolves and we get a peek into their culture and such -- although if we could PLEASE do it right and not delve into the typical gross and inaccurate alpha male bs that’d be great

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Annabelle me Herman kicked me to the curb he was Batman I was John Doe

Jeremy a rich ghost boy tried to take over my life, but we bonded in the end

Andi Mack was pregnant with Jonah’s child but they weren’t dating and Cyrus was jealous and tried to run away but andi told him it’s okay and to finally confess to Jonah/ Stewie was dating Brian and Brian was a bum ass nigga and an apocalypse happened and Brian proposed to stewie and became a better man, well dog, dog man? Man dog ?/ I was Geralt of rivia and went to a store with vesmer, and we laughed a lot, then I turned into a woman and my husband and his alternate universe selves fought and died and I became an alcoholic and ended up with another alternate in the end/ I was a power ranger, red one, trained a new ranger, all rangers came together after years and the we sang.

A vampire werewolf hybrid boy( he was born a vamp but made into a werewolf) was my friend but my bully and crush and turned me into a werewolf too and we had to do battle at the end and I’m sad cause he had to die but I loved him but I only just realized 😪

Magic world And human one, kinda hidden but not really. / Had massive amount of drugs, was in a true blood esque enviroment.

Club, took mad pills, nick was there, caught up and went on a date. We weren’t compatible, but we Rekindled friendship, I still loved him.

Extremely vivid dreams, lucid ones, feel so real, almost can’t tell I’m dreaming. Had powers and twin, dating same boy, interrogated ninjA turtles human versions, so hot. Fought giant troll beast creatures, killed one but he was cute.

Was in love with king of Spain even tho he’s married, I was his mistress and Assassin, we we’re sharing a cigarette and flirting, then he needed help with his sons’, Avalon, murder. Alex Lilly was there for some reason, all my old friends were Assassins with me actually. We last left off going through old castle ruins, but a spider got in the way, which the king found amusing XP

We were on water and ships and this guy didn’t want this little boy to be gay, so RuPaul raised him but he has to go away, and he cane back to visit with his boyfriend and it was so emotional and happy, then he went back to land and opened a matchmaker cafe and he had powers of love.

A movie about the apocalypse, people were turning into demons and the only way to avoid them was to remain absolutely still, I mean like the slightest movement and you were dead, it was one of the scariest dreams I’ve had. I turned into one and so did my friends, but we could retain our humanity, and we fought and found a way to the heavens and started to live in peace but god was trying to kill us all./ I found a man who could fly, and he lent me the power to do it, but I ended up being a natural with it and didn’t need his power, so he tried to get rid of me but I busted out of there and flew away.

An apocalypse and we had different groups trying to all meet up. I had oral sex with Mikey. Thanos came down and was looking for gamora, we got the help of the astrals from ffxv, but it didn’t work, and then went to destroy half the world. I killed a werewolf, but he had a boyfriend, they were werewolf priests ? It was weird, but I felt terrible and buried him. Then I was a surviver mountain-y guy with a pet bear, zombies were coming so I tried to find a place inside. I was gohan and was trying to steal moonshine from the Archean from ffxv with my friends that had a crush on me ?

My mom was giant, and kissed Eb. Eb cheated on Marcus. I was a white gay married to a bisexual gay that cheated with his old ex gf, we had kids, 4, and I loved them all. I went to a party and made friends except one of them thought I liked him cause I kept accidentally falling into.

Apocalypse I was Bayek of Siwa and then he died and then I was his eagle and it was sad and sweet. Years after apocalypse things are returning to normal in a pair of twins and they’re in love and yeah it was odd and animals evolved and adapted and were dangerous.

We were doing a play in front of the classical and in the basement was a monster witch, she tried to kill us all, even children, we ended up in a castle and the royals had powers too, come to find out she stole her powers from the old king and his magician, and they were the only ones able to get rid of her. I hitch hiked after leaving my brother, fought a bear, then I was at witch school and helping the head master defeat the evil assistant. I gave him head too.

This bitch was fucking with my friends so I destroyed her shit dumb Bitch, and we had a party to go to and she had no clothes

Freaky nightmare ghost

Murders and gore, a haunted house and a rabid buster.

Monsters and werewolves. Rival and me were wolves. In the end I rewrote history to fall in love with him.

Time hopped again, everyone was happy and alive. The best time so far, everyone was alive and I was in love with Anthony(tony).

Saw amazing band, on the ceiling, climbed and crawled around the ceiling and it was amazing. Jen turned a men tried to kill me and the bad mates got really violent, I turned out to be an old girlfriend turned into a man.

Kinda of a vuugle set up but at a restaurant setting but also a daycare. I was magic and he was a vamp and he confessed his love for me.

De-mitri was mad at me, and was my pimp, I lost my virginity. Madelane moved into my house, and Jonah from Andi Mack did too, was in love with Jonah. Stole my dad medicine.

Got shoot at, turned evil and ate my mother, wasn’t my fault, ghost friend made me evil but I got fixed. Joined a team, demitri was there, and healed people of nature, mall setting, couldn’t walk again. Turned out to be a past life. Witches tried to stop me from healing. Had sex with an evil henchmen and I was the top.

Dyed hair but eyebrows got dyed too, Luis cane down and I cleaned myself out for him, gross btw, and then turned into another cute boy who lied to me. So I stole his drugs and money with my mom.

Herman and me, sleep over. Love and stuff and sadness.

Was dating Sharon but he looked like fleury, he died, so I went to a witch, so remade him from clay and his hair took a year of baking and constant streams of my love and own power.

Sea monster, demonic, kidnapped women, criminal minds girls. AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Reunion, fleury and me flirted and yeah.

An old entity split into 6 people, and they kept meeting throughout history. They didn’t remember past lives, only one did at a time, and the one who did remember got taken over. Found out that it’s bad side also broke away and was trying to take over the 6 one by one. The only way to stop it was to dispel the negativity they felt.

Boyfriend was demon, loved him. Marcus had a son.

Mona demon, fought him, tried to win.

Boyfriend and Melissa, had sex with him, was too tight for penetration so I fingered him, I had to be the top. I miss him.

Friends stay at cabin, werewolf bites girl. Head werewolf was hot

Witch and powers, haunted house. Huey Dewey and Louie, I was Donald but we were all human ?

Madelane and me were friends again ?

I was getting bullied by a boy from Michigan, but then I fell for him, Jackson, then had to leave, I texted but he didn’t respond, I felt terrible but something happened to his family and he had written me letters, come to find out he was the reason I survived a tragic fall, ended up costing him his football career. We reunited in the end. Also ran into Raymond outside of ronzios. Worked at rack room, but spent a lot of time in game stop which was also a psychiatric place ? And I made friends there, karina especially, but went by rina, and was looking for Skyrim switch but bought Pokémon emerald cards instead.

Was going to classical even tho I graduated and bunked and mr bar found me and I told him off. Then I got an uber in this cool as trolley thing and fell in love with the rider alexgoober?, something Dutch like, and we did it and then he broke up with me but we were looking for each other again.

I was a drug dealer trying to avoid getting arrested. I was looking for Reid, and we found him.

Girl fights off monster bird, after trying to set it free, and then demons. Loses memory, and her amphos weapon. but is saved by mysterious power, fast forward to now she’s living with a new family in the city. Demons exist and the only thing that hurts them is amphos, a plant that contains light. There’s a church that exists dedicated to amphos, a d fighting the demons. There are hunters who have weapons that can’t meld with the amphos, and they’re are nuns that use them too and speak a language to fight the demons off. You can speak the language and you have a necklace that wards off the demons.

Buff boyfriend had sex and I love him. Ticks, cause of rain, one crawled into my thumb.

Demons and It, uncle fester but didn’t want to be called that. I was two brothers and they had a falling out after receiving superpowers cause one received better powers, and it went to his head, and the other felt left out and unimportant and unloved by his brother, and went to demon world and got back together.

I was me, and I was babysitting ravens baby, and Melissa was Chelsea, and Corey was there and victor, but Corey still looked the same, raven had a Disney thing to go to, and when she left an apocalypse type thing happened, sully was there too. I traveled to Spain I guess and was trying to learn more Spanish.

Girl, powers from a alien ai robot, meets other like her, gives some to her best friend.

Boyfriend, first date, cooked for me, lived in veazie, had a cat, six sinks, need him back.

Cameron Boyce moist, went back in time and changed things for the better. Jenny and me. Me and a girl and this gon like boy, loved each other, he could control weather, he got hurt when we were kids, and it was our fault and it changed him and he became possessive as obsessive. We had to kill him but we loved him.

Serial killer brothers, believed they were predators and everyone else was prey. Until they met me, another predator. I got to know and connect with one of the brothers and I knew if things had been different we would’ve been something. We convinced them to have a shoot out, and I won, I shoot him in the throat, but I felt bad, and he seemed so heart broken that I killed him. I held him while he bleed to death in my arms.

Madelane back in life a bit, dating a boy, in love, was Luis at first then it wasn’t m then dating luis gets involved and boy stays instead of leaving for school.

Older robin, killed people, protected best friend Isabel, killed her abusive bf. Then younger robin, flashback to how he became robin and met Isabel at smart school and wanted to date a cute nerd boy.

Are you afraid of the dark/goosebumps. Kids set of nuclear bomb, had powers, before that, main girl (wind/air powers), was dating boy (flame powers), but he was angry, third girl was younger (powers of light and flight). Horror characters like Chucky/slappy tried to kill original victims, plus the new kids. They defeated them and helped past victims. I ended up dating angry boy instead.

Melissa and me in Japan kids, someone has to stay behind in the past She does, her ring breaks like it did before and she finally realizes why, this time our friend stays behind with the ring

Toys could come alive, and wanted freedom to be, but mainly they just wanted to be with loving kids. We fought, and I killed a few. After understanding them, and realizing they just wanted to be loved, I befriended them, and reunited with mine. After everything was said and done, my old friend turned bully, who was trying to help the toys in their rebellion rekindled with me, for some reason he ended up being homeless and moved in with me and family, we fought once more and kissed and lived in love with my toys and each other. My toys lived in the basement floorboards, like the borrowers, and every night and morning I’d knock on them to let them know I still loved them.

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If somebody attempted to do an actual power ranking of all the most popular supernatural creatures, well, that would be stupid, because obviously witches would win. They can do literal magic, and even if the calculations weren’t in their favor they could just like, put a spell on the person doing the math.

But unfortunately, there is no actual way to “do the math” on supernatural beings, because they are not real. What we can do, however, is attempt to determine how much power each of them wield in our cultural consciousness.

To do so, I calculated how much money every major movie about Halloween-y creatures made between 1999 and the present. Why 1999? First of all, it’s almost exactly 20 years ago, which means that it encompasses nearly an entire generation’s worth of taste in film. It also has the benefit of freeing me from comparing the cultural importance of the films from Universal’s genre-defining Classic Monsters era (the original Dracula, Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, et al) with, say, Nicolas Cage’s witch movie from 2011.

There is also the fact that 1999 happened to be a pretty major year for movies and franchises involving otherworldly beings. The Mummy, The Blair Witch Project, and The Sixth Sense all premiered that year, providing major wins for mummies, witches, and ghosts, respectively.

So without further ado, here’s each of the most popular supernatural creatures, ranked by how much money the movies about them made. An important asterisk here is that films in which multiple kinds of beings play major roles will not be included, which is why you won’t find Harry Potter, Hotel Transylvania, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Dark Shadows, and the like. (Plus, those are relatively lighthearted anyway, and it’s Halloween!) Another important asterisk is that the differences between categories, like ghosts and demons, can sometimes be nebulous, and so if you are particularly riled up about any of these categorizations, please remind yourself that, once again, it’s Halloween.

The following numbers are comprised of a film’s domestic gross only, are not adjusted for inflation, and were pulled from the IMDB-owned Box Office Mojo.

A still from Benicio Del Toro’s 2010 film The Wolfman. IMDB

Poor werewolves. In 20 years, there were only three major movies that featured werewolves prominently, and none of them really made all that much money. And even though Twilight technically stars a shape-shifting werewolf-like teenager, let’s be honest: It’s a vampire movie.

The Wolfman (2010): $61,979,680

Red Riding Hood (2011): $37,662,160

Cursed (2005): $19,297,522

Total: $118,939,362

The mummy in The Mummy. Universal Pictures/IMDB

The Mummy franchise is doing literally all the work here, although a special shoutout to Tom Cruise’s 2017 remake, whose domestic flop Vanity Fair attributes to Cruise’s “vise grip” of control.

The Mummy Returns (2001): $202,019,785

The Mummy (1999): $155,385,488

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008): $102,491,776

The Mummy (2017): $80,227,895

Total: $540,124,944

A still from 2016’s The Love Witch. IMDB

Had we included the Harry Potter franchise here, which at a domestic gross of $2,391,805,822 easily eclipses every other category all by itself, witches would have made it out on top. But despite the fact that they’re easily the coolest of the bunch, the other witch-centric movies of the last generation didn’t quite make the magic happen.

Oz the Great and Powerful (2013): $234,911,825

The Blair Witch Project franchise (1999- 2016): $187,753,254

The Conjuring (2013): $137,400,141

Into the Woods (2014): $128,002,372

Bewitched (2005): $63,313,159

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013): $55,703,475

The Last Witch Hunter (2015): $27,367,660

The Witch (2015): $25,138,705

Season of the Witch (2011): $24,827,228

The Covenant (2006): $23,380,495

The Love Witch (2016): $228,894

Total: $908,027,208

A still from Zombieland. Columbia/Tristar/IMDB

I’ll be honest, I’m a little shocked zombies didn’t do better here. Even after their mid-2000s heyday, zombie movies just kept respawning well into the 2010s. As the BBC argues, their popularity tends to spike in uncertain times: “Zombies embody the great contemporary fear − and, for some people, the great contemporary fantasy − that we’ll soon be surrounded by ravenous strangers, with only a shotgun to defend ourselves. Compared to that, facing a werewolf or a vampire is a breeze.”

Resident Evil franchise (2002-2017): $271,274,006

I Am Legend (2007): $256,393,010

World War Z (2013): $202,359,711

Zombieland (2009): $75,590,286

Warm Bodies (2013): $66,380,662

Dawn of the Dead (2004): $59,020,957

28 Days Later (2002): $45,064,915

28 Weeks Later (2007): $28,638,916

Shaun of the Dead (2004): 13,542,874

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2017): $10,938,134

Total: $1,029,203,471

In The Ring, Samara’s ghost crawls out of a TV.

The fun thing about ghost movies is that there’s a zillion different ways to do them — which is also likely why there’s simply been so many of them. But the one thing that unites them is that one point or another, somebody in the movie has probably had the thought, “I see dead people.” Here, a “ghost” is defined as the spirit of a specific dead person, which separates it from that of a demon.

The Sixth Sense (1999): $293,506,292

The Ring (2002): $233,152,400

What Lies Beneath (2000): $155,464,351

Ghostbusters (2016) : $128,350,574

The Grudge (2004): $110,359,362

The Others (2001): $96,522,687

Gothika (2003): $59,694,580

Thirteen Ghosts (2001): $41,867,960

House on Haunted Hill (1999): $40,846,082

Ghost Ship (2002): $30,113,491

Shutter (2008): $25,928,550

Dark Water (2005): $25,473,352

Pulse (2006): $20,264,436

Total: $1,261,544,117

A still from 2018’s The Nun. Warner Bros./IMDB

There can be some blurriness between what constitutes a demon versus a ghost, but in most cases, a demon is capable of possessing humans, can usually shape-shift, and often come alongside some religious connotations. Films involving the devil are also included in this category.

Paranormal Activity franchise (2009-2015): $401,363,355

Insidious franchise (2010-2018): $257,374,845

The Nun (2018): $116,745,963

This Is the End (2013): $101,470,202

Constantine (2005): $75,976,178

The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005): $75,072,454

The Amityville Horror (2005): $65,233,369

The Devil Inside (2012): $53,261,944

Ouija (2014): $50,856,010

The Possession (2012): $49,130,154

Sinister (2012): $48,086,903

Hereditary (2018): $44,069,456

Drag Me To Hell (2009): $42,100,625

Exorcist: The Beginning (2004): $41,821,986

Little Nicky (2000): $39,464,775

Bedazzled (2000): $37,886,980

Devil (2010): $33,601,190

The Rite (2011): $33,047,633

Deliver Us From Evil (2014): $30,577,122

Jennifer’s Body (2009): $16,204,793

The Babadook (2014): $964,413

Total: $1,614,310,350

A still from Twilight. IMDB

To literally nobody’s surprise, vampires have made the most money at US box offices over the past 20 years. This is, of course, solely due to the popularity of Twilight, the YA saga responsible for thousands of sexual awakenings of both its target tween readership and the adult fans of its unauthorized NSFW spinoff, 50 Shades of Grey.

Twilight franchise (2008-2012): $1,365,922,346

Underworld franchise (2003-2016): $252,766,892

Van Helsing (2004): $120,177,084

Blade II (2002): $82,348,319

Blade Trinity (2004): $52,411,906

30 Days of Night (2007): $39,568,996

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012): $37,519,139

Dracula 2000 (2000): $33,022,767

Daybreakers (2009): $30,101,577

Priest (2011): $29,136,626

Fright Night (2011): $18,302,607

Let Me In (2010): $12,134,935

What We Do In the Shadows (2014): $3,469,224

Let the Right One In (2008): $2,122,065

Only Lovers Left Alive (2013): 1,879,534

Total: $2,080,884,017

So yes, vampires made a lot of money over the past twenty years, but what’s interesting is that if we remove the Twilight factor, they’d be somewhere way down between mummies and witches in terms of box office revenue. That means that it’s actually demons and ghosts that have managed to have the most consistent and lasting impact on movie ticket sales.

Supernatural creatures are embodiments of the things we fear or don’t understand, and they rise and fall in trendiness just as any other pop culture phenomenon. The ones that don’t seem to ever go out of style, however, happen to be the ones that many people actually believe in: ghosts and demons.

One 2013 study by Huff Post and YouGov showed that about 45 percent of Americans believed in ghosts, while nearly one in five U.S. adults say they’ve seen or been in the presence of a ghost, according to Pew Research Center. Meanwhile, in a Public Policy Polling survey from 2012, 57% of respondents said that it was possible for humans to be possessed by demons, and a 2016 Gallop poll also shows that 61% of Americans believe in the devil.

As a 2016 piece by Vox’s Aja Romano pointed out, trends in horror movies tend to reflect the cultural fears at the time. That year, home invasion movies were popular, a genre that’s often aimed at white Americans and can be an allegory for xenophobia. Considering the fact that immigration was one of the 2016 election’s most contentious topics, it’s not exactly difficult to see the connection there.

Ghosts and demons, on the other hand? These will be stoking fears for about as long as their average life span — which is to say, for eternity.

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2020

Blood Feast (1963)

Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964)

Color Me Blood Red (1965)

Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat (2002)

Blood Diner (1987)

Blood Feast (2016)

2001 Maniacs (2005)

2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams (2010)

Lady in White (1988)

Feeders (1996)

Night Kaleidoscope (2017) 

Mermaids of Tiburon (1962)

Mardi Gras Massacre (1978)

Hard Rock Zombies (1985)

Reanimator Academy (1992)

Interzone (1989)

Guinea Pig: Mermaid in the Manhole (1988)

The HUMP! Film Festival in Los Angeles

Can't Kill This (2019)

Satan's Blood (1978)

Cyber Ninja (1988)

Blood Games (1990)

Meaty Bits: CFK Trilogy, When Death Calls, The Lighthouse, John Henry, The Tattooist

2019

The Burning Moon (1992)

A Christmas to Dismember (2016)

Porno Holocaust (1981)

Blood Link (1982)

Gorgasm (1990)

American Ninja 2: The Confrontation (1987)

Trick or Treats (1982)

Dark Echoes (1977)

Hide and Go Shriek (1988)

Alien Outlaw (1985)

Curse of Bigfoot (1975)

Horror House on Highway Five (1985)

Rolling Vengeance (1987)

The Master Demon (1991)

Witchboard III: The Possession (1995)

The Nest (1988)

Shrunken Heads (1994)

Carnival of Blood (1970)

Beyond the 7th Door (1987)

Olivia (1983)

The Astro-Zombies (1968)

The Necro Files (1997)

The Muthers (1976)

The Alien Factor (1978)

Headhunter (1988)

Even Hitler Had a Girlfriend (1992)

Skeleton Cop (Short 2019)

Plankton (1994)

Frostbiter: Wrath of the Wendigo (1995)

Mom (1991)

The Headless Eyes (1971)

The Long Island Cannibal Massacre (1980)

Red Blooded American Girl (1990)

Humongous (1982)

Violent Shit 2: Mother Hold My Hand (1992)

Meaty Bits: 3 from Hell, Adrenochrome, No Good Heroes, Birth Rite, Good Omens, Night of the Axe

Meaty Bits: Office Uprising, Cornman, Hollywood’s New Blood, Reel Nightmare, Assassination Nation, Orange Is the New Black, The Day of the Locust

Older reviews, links and other shit under the cut:

2018

A.P.E.X. (1994)

Silent Night, Deadly Night IV: Initiation (1990)

Christmas Evil (1980)

Werewolves on Wheels (1971)

Rot (1999)

Radioactive Dreams (1985)

Psycho Kickboxer (1997)

The Boneyard (1991)

Murder Party (2007)

Night of the Demons III (1997)

Jack-O (1995)

Death Machine (1994)

Slumber Party Massacre III (1990)

Redeemer (2014)

Chained Heat II (1993)

Progeny (1998)

Rejuvenatrix (1988)

Circuitry Man (1990)

Howling VI: The Freaks (1991)

Vampires: The Turning (2005)

Within the Woods (2005)

Dead Mate aka Grave Robbers (1988)

Twisted Nightmare (1987)

The Majorettes (1987)

Killer Nun (1979)

Dropping Evil (2012)

Dark Angel aka I Come in Peace (1990)

Mountain of the Cannibal God (1978)

Murder Weapon (1989)

Spidarlings (2016)

Ninja Dragon (1986)

The Amazing Transplant (1970)

Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

Exit to Hell (2013)

Prom Night IV: Deliver Us from Evil (1992)

The Occultist (1988)

Hectic Knife (2016)

X-Ray aka Hospital Massacre (1981)

Possessed by the Night (1994)

Night of the Demon (1980)

Black Scorpion (1995)

Slime City (1988)

Decoder (1984)

1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982)

The Brain (1988)

Video Violence (1987)

Chop (2011)

2017

Dudes (1987)

Santa’s Slay (2005)

Jack Frost (1997)

Undefeatable (1993)

Hell Comes to Frogtown (1988)

Deathrow Gameshow (1987)

The Substitute (1996)

Vampire’s Kiss (1988)

Pumpkinhead (1988)

Return of the Living Dead III (1993)

Hideous! (1997)

Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987)

Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers (1988)

Sleazy Pete (2017)

Julia X (2011)

Lady Avenger (1988)

Hot Tub Party Massacre (2017)

Hard to Die (1990)

Some Guy Who Kills People (2011)

Smothered (2016)

All Cheerleaders Die (2013)

The Drop (2014)

The Exterminators of the Year 3000 (1983)

Trashtastic Team-Up: 7 cult superheroes that need to join forces

Meaty Bits 7/19: Short Reviews and a Digital Religious Artifact

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