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The Week In WTF Real-Life Horror
This is the third installment of our new weekly series about some of the crazy real-life horror stories from the week prior. We often cover these types of stories as it is, but this is kind of a round-up. It’s not necessarily a comprehensive look at all of the world’s horror of the week, but a collection of mostly oddball stories from across the web. Enjoy.
The Man Who Ate His Girlfriend
An Indiana man stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death, then mutilated her body, and ate various parts, including organs. Louisville’s Courier Journal has the story.
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Suicide By Crocodile
There have been some extremely gruesome suicide stories in the news lately. We recently told you about the guy who decapitated himself in broad daylight by tying a chain from a pole to his neck, and driving away. Now, here’s a story about a woman in Thailand, who committed suicide by jumping into a pit filled with several hundred crocodiles – also in public.
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The Clown Mask At Night
A woman reportedly shot a teen-aged kid, who was wearing an ICP mask and standing over her son with a knife in their home in the middle of the night. She didn’t know until later that it was a kid who had been friends with the son.
Abusive Magician Molests The Possessed
I don’t think I can sum this up any better than the report’s intro, which says, “A man posing as a magician has been arrested after allegedly convincing a woman and her daughter they were ‘possessed’ and sexually abusing them to ‘rid their bodies of demons’.”
Drive-Thru Funeral
A funeral home in Michigan is letting loved ones pay their respects to corpses as they’re tilted toward a drive-thru window. Apparently this isn’t the first one of these, but still, WTF? Read about it here.
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Hearses In Hell
Speaking of corpses in Michigan, there is a place called Hell in the state, and they had a hearse parade there. Because why wouldn’t you have a hearse parade in Hell? In fact, it’s an annual event.
The Giant Squid
A 770-pound Squid with “tentacles like fire hoses and eyes like dinner plates” was hauled out of the ocean near Antarctica, so that’s fairly frightening.
The Gimp Man of Essex
Oh, just a guy dressed like The Gimp (or Zipperface if you prefer) raising money for charity. He’s been hanging out in the streets, and is donating to charity every time someone posts a picture of him on his Facebook page. He says he’s not trying to scare people, which probably means that he is.
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The Haunted Auction House
In an empty room at an auction house, a cabinet’s glass doors apparently opened, and shattered by themselves. This was caught on video.
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The Xenomorphs Are Already Here
Some guy found the skeleton and nest of something that looks remotely like an alien from the Alien(s) saga. He says he has no idea what it was, but that he threw it away. It’s unclear if there was any evidence of acid blood eating through the floor of his cabinet.
We’ll end on a couple of odd celebrity stories.
Lindsay and Whitney
A report came out this past week that Lindsay Lohan handled Whitney Houston’s dead body, as she was working in a morgue at the time of her death. Just weird.
Knock, Knock – The Preview?
Finally, actor Keanu Reeves awoke in the middle of the night to an apparently mentally disturbed woman in his house. This is strange because his Speed co-star Sandra Bullock had a similar (though more threatening) situation occur a while back. It’s also interesting that Reeves stars in an Eli Roth movie called Knock, Knock, which is supposed to involve him being terrorized by two women. The film is in post-production.
See the previous week’s WTF stories here.
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Trailer for ‘The Exorcism’ Has Russell Crowe Possessed
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
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.
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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’28 Years Later’ Trilogy Taking Shape With Serious Star Power
Danny Boyle is revisiting his 28 Days Later universe with three new films. He will direct the first, 28 Years Later, with two more to follow. Deadline is reporting that sources say Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Ralph Fiennes have been cast for the first entry, a sequel to the original. Details are being kept under wraps so we don’t know how or if the first original sequel 28 Weeks Later fits into the project.
Boyle will direct the first movie but it’s unclear which role he will take on in the subsequent films. What is known is Candyman (2021) director Nia DaCosta is scheduled to direct the second film in this trilogy and that the third will be filmed immediately afterward. Whether DaCosta will direct both is still unclear.
Alex Garland is writing the scripts. Garland is having a successful time at the box office right now. He wrote and directed the current action/thriller Civil War which was just knocked out of the theatrical top spot by Radio Silence’s Abigail.
There is no word yet on when, or where, 28 Years Later will start production.
The original film followed Jim (Cillian Murphy) who wakes from a coma to find that London is currently dealing with a zombie outbreak.
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