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The Horrors of Black Friday: How Many Casualties Will There Be This Year?

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While us horror fans obviously prefer Halloween, we can’t ignore that another major American holiday is right around the corner. In fact, we’re only a few days away from Thanksgiving, the day where we collectively give thanks for what we have by eating mountains of food and bickering with our least favorite family members. Of course, after Thanksgiving comes the biggest shopping day of the year, Black Friday. As you might imagine, thousands of people fighting it out for cheap electronics and the latest toys often leads to carnage, causing the day to more than live up to its foreboding moniker. Let’s look at some of the statistics, shall we?

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According to the handy website Black FridayDeath Count, six people have lost their lives in Black Friday related incidents since the site was created in 2006. That might not seem like a lot in the grand scheme of things, but the fact that anyone has to die just so folks can get a cheap PlayStation or X-Box is beyond horrifying. As if the actual deaths weren’t bad enough, 90 additional people sustained serious injuries during Black Friday events during the same seven-year period. That’s 96 people who either died or were nearly maimed while attempting to get a good deal at their local department store.

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2011 was easily the most perilous year of the seven, with 46 injuries and one fatality occurring. The spike can partially be attributed to mass police attacks on shoppers on at least two reported occasions. One person was shot outside a Wal-Mart in California, while another man was trampled to death at a Target. A store employee was also injured after losing control of his car after heading home from the exhausting workday.

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2012 saw a lot less injuries reported, but upped the death count to two. In a truly tragic circumstance, a father lost control of his SUV due to exhaustion, crashing into two other vehicles. Two of the man’s daughters were killed, while his other two daughters and wife survived their injuries. Two more were also (non-fatally) shot in a Wal-Mart parking lot once again.

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2013 ended with only a single fatality, that of a teen who fell asleep at the wheel while returning home from his Black Friday shopping. Unfortunately, the number of injuries shot back up, including such terrifying occurrences as a Virginia man getting stabbed over a parking space, a Las Vegas shopper carrying a TV getting shot, another shooting outside a Kohl’s in Illinois, and another stabbing at a mall. Perhaps most disturbing of 2013’s victims was the 11-year-old girl who was taken to the hospital after getting trampled during the Black Friday rush. Thankfully, she survived.

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Wow, that was a quite depressing trip down memory lane. Now the question becomes, just how many won’t survive Black Friday 2014, and what will be left of them?

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Jake Gyllenhaal’s Thriller ‘Presumed Innocent’ Series Gets Early Release Date

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Jake Gyllenhaal’s limited series Presumed Innocent is dropping on AppleTV+ on June 12 instead of June 14 as originally planned. The star, whose Road House reboot has brought mixed reviews on Amazon Prime, is embracing the small screen for the first time since his appearance on Homicide: Life on the Street in 1994.

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Presumed Innocent is being produced by David E. Kelley, J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot, and Warner Bros. It is an adaptation of Scott Turow’s 1990 film in which Harrison Ford plays a lawyer doing double duty as an investigator looking for the murderer of his colleague.

These types of sexy thrillers were popular in the ’90s and usually contained twist endings. Here’s the trailer for the original:

According to Deadline, Presumed Innocent doesn’t stray far from the source material: “…the Presumed Innocent series will explore obsession, sex, politics and the power and limits of love as the accused fights to hold his family and marriage together.”

Up next for Gyllenhaal is the Guy Ritchie action movie titled In the Grey scheduled for release in January 2025.

Presumed Innocent is an eight-episode limited series set to stream on AppleTV+ starting June 12.

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Trailer for ‘The Exorcism’ Has Russell Crowe Possessed

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The latest exorcism movie is about to drop this summer. It’s aptly titled The Exorcism and it stars Academy Award winner turned B-movie savant Russell Crowe. The trailer dropped today and by the looks of it, we are getting a possession movie that takes place on a movie set.

Just like this year’s recent demon-in-media-space film Late Night With the Devil, The Exorcism happens during a production. Although the former takes place on a live network talk show, the latter is on an active sound stage. Hopefully, it won’t be entirely serious and we’ll get some meta chuckles out of it.

The film will open in theaters on June 7, but since Shudder also acquired it, it probably won’t be long after that until it finds a home on the streaming service.

Crowe plays, “Anthony Miller, a troubled actor who begins to unravel while shooting a supernatural horror film. His estranged daughter, Lee (Ryan Simpkins), wonders if he’s slipping back into his past addictions or if there’s something more sinister at play. The film also stars Sam Worthington, Chloe Bailey, Adam Goldberg and David Hyde Pierce.”

Crowe did see some success in last year’s The Pope’s Exorcist mostly because his character was so over-the-top and infused with such comical hubris it bordered on parody. We will see if that is the route actor-turned-director Joshua John Miller takes with The Exorcism.

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Win a Stay at The Lizzie Borden House From Spirit Halloween

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Spirit Halloween has declared that this week marks the start of spooky season and to celebrate they are offering fans a chance to stay at the Lizzie Borden House with so many perks Lizzie herself would approve.

The Lizzie Borden House in Fall River, MA is claimed to be one of the most haunted houses in America. Of course one lucky winner and up to 12 of their friends will find out if the rumors are true if they win the grand prize: A private stay in the notorious house.

“We are delighted to work with Spirit Halloween to roll out the red carpet and offer the public a chance to win a one-of-a-kind experience at the infamous Lizzie Borden House, which also includes additional haunted experiences and merchandise,” said Lance Zaal, President & Founder of US Ghost Adventures.

Fans can enter to win by following Spirit Halloween‘s Instagram and leaving a comment on the contest post from now through April 28.

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The prize also includes:

An exclusive guided house tour, including insider insight around the murder, the trial, and commonly reported hauntings

A late-night ghost tour, complete with professional ghost-hunting gear

A private breakfast in the Borden family dining room

A ghost hunting starter kit with two pieces of Ghost Daddy Ghost Hunting Gear and a lesson for two at US Ghost Adventures Ghost Hunting Course

The ultimate Lizzie Borden gift package, featuring an official hatchet, the Lizzie Borden board game, Lily the Haunted Doll, and America’s Most Haunted Volume II

Winner’s choice of a Ghost Tour experience in Salem or a True Crime experience in Boston for two

“Our Halfway to Halloween celebration provides fans an exhilarating taste of what’s to come this fall and empowers them to start planning for their favorite season as early as they please,” said Steven Silverstein, CEO of Spirit Halloween. “We have cultivated an incredible following of enthusiasts who embody the Halloween lifestyle, and we’re thrilled to bring the fun back to life.”

Spirit Halloween is also preparing for their retail haunted houses. On Thursday, August 1 their flagship store in Egg Harbor Township, NJ. will officially open to start off the season. That event usually draws in hordes of people eager to see what new merch, animatronics, and exclusive IP goods will be trending this year.

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