NICKELODEON REVIVING 20TH CENTURY CLASSIC "ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK"

....flashback .. the 90s.. a time of peace, scandal, cigars and blue dresses.. Seinfeld.. and yes, for kids and even young adults of a certain age, "SNICK".. Saturday night NICK..


Included with the train of shows`is ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK!

“We have a laser focus on who kids are today, and what they want, so we are making a wider variety of shows and series for them, and we’re working with brand-new kinds of talent and producers,” said Nickelodeon President Brian Robbins, in a statement. “We have a new creative team in place and a renewed energy that we’re harnessing to bring the buzz back to Nick.”

Are You Afraid of the Dark? will come back as a miniseries in October and a new version of All That will premier this summer.

The 90s return in 19!!

SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK in theaters..
AFRAID OF THE DARK on NICK...
Nostalgia comes home this summer...

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SAN FRAN HAMILTON PANIC: NEVER YELL 'FIRE' IN A CROWDED THEATER... OR GUN*

YOU SHOULD NEVER YELL FIRE IN A CROWDED THEATER IN THE 20TH CENTURY..
In our modern times that warning now should be gun..

KPIX in San Francisco reporting.

There was mass chaos in the audience at the Friday night performance of Hamilton at the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco after someone confused a woman’s medical emergency with an active shooting and shouted “gun!”
CBS Sacramento reporter Shirin Rajaee was watching the show when, she reports, people ducked and ran out of the theater.

Police told Rajaee that a woman was having a heart attack when someone in the theater saw her and thought she had been shot.

In a matter of seconds, nearly everyone in the theater took cover, Rajaee reports.
During the ensuing chaos, some people even jumped into nearby police patrol cars, fearing an active shooting was in progress.
The theater was evacuated and a woman was taken out in an ambulance.

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A private jet carrying Jennifer Aniston was forced to make an emergency landing on Friday

Life is never promised.. not even to the STARS that abound..

A private jet carrying Jennifer Aniston was forced to make an emergency landing on Friday, according to multiple outlets.

The actress was reportedly on a flight headed to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico when her plane circled back and landed at an airport in Ontario, California, according to People magazine, citing a source. Per TMZ, Aniston's close pal and former "Friends" co-star Courteney Coxwas also on the flight.


The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told TMZ that a flight departed Los Angeles International Airport around 11 a.m., and, during takeoff, lost a wheel or a tire.

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Pope drocks McCarrick

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THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTING..

Pope Francis has expelled Theodore E. McCarrick, a former cardinal and archbishop of Washington, from the priesthood, after an expedited canonical process that found him guilty of sexually abusing minors and adult seminarians over decades, the Vatican said on Saturday.
“The Holy Father has recognized the definitive nature of this decision made in accord with law” — making it final — the Vatican said of the sentence handed down by its doctrinal watchdog.
It appears to be the first time that a cardinal or bishop in the United States has been defrocked, or laicized, from the Roman Catholic Church, and the first time any cardinal has been laicized for sexual abuse. Laicization, which strips a person of all priestly identity, also revokes church-sponsored resources like housing and financial benefits.

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Back in 2013, prior to Pope Francis' white cloud of smoke appeared at the Vatican naming Bergoglio the new Pontiff, McCarrick wrote an article or CNN on what a new pope will face..

McCarrick said, 
As has been true in the past, the next pope will have to provide a moral voice to a range of challenges.
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45-year-old Gary Martin went on shooting rampage at Henry Pratt Co.

Authorities identified the gunman in the mass shooting Friday as 45-year-old Gary Martin... he was let go from his job at the manufacturing business the Henry Pratt Co and went on a shooting rampage at his workplace in Illinois, leaving five workers dead and five officers injured..

The business is located in the Chicago suburb of the Aurora..

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All the five employees who died in the shooting were men, police said.
The shooter was killed during an exchange of gunfire with law enforcement officials, Aurora Police Chief Kristen Ziman said.

John Probst, an employee who survived the shooting, told CNN affiliate WLS that the gunman was a coworker.

He was "running down the aisle" with a pistol that had a green laser sight on it, he said.
"As soon as I saw the green thing and heard the shots, we left," said Probst, who's worked at the plant for 40 years. 

"He started opening up on the room and he was just shooting everybody."


An exciting time of the Anti Socials for the Horror Report

The HORROR REPORT on Facebook has acquired several new followers over the past few days.. we thanks the now 653 people *at the time this is written* for liking the HORROR REPORT on Facebook..

We have not been too active on Facebook over the past few months.. but we will refocus on providing updates not only on this website but also on the anti-socials for as long as technologically feasible..

Join the crowd! Be a part of the bandwagon! Like the HORROR REPORT ON FACEBOOK TODAY..



And while you're at it, follow us on TWITTER and  INSTAGRAM as well..

Ian Punnett Returns for Weekend Coast-Host duties



Ian Punnett, host extraordinaire , is returning to Coast to Coast AM this weekend to end the week with Charles Pellegrino Friday night, and paranormal and pop culture topics for Saturday..



Journalist, columnist, author and pundit, Aaron Sagers is an expert historian and lecturer on the field of paranormal-themed entertainment, also known as "paranormal pop culture." He joins Ian Punnett (Twitter) to discuss doppelgangers in folklore, paranormal theory, and his interview with director Jordan Peele on his upcoming horror film "Us," as well as Netflix's massively popular "The Haunting of Hill House," and the theories it gets correct.

THE WEEKEND SEEMS SET..
Sunday offers a great ending to the weekend for Coast to Coast, as George Knapp interviews Linda Moulton Howe on air for the first time in his occasional hosting duties..


Valentine's Day Mars Rover massacre: The final words

After all these years--15 to be exact--the Mars Rover is dead.
Gone..
Transmission last..

But it was a miracle in nature!

After all, NASA's six-wheeled rover landed on the red planet in January 2004 for what billed as a 90-day mission. The robot was still going until a dust storm on Mars last summer killed it.

From 2004 until now.. Many of you reading this today were just born in or around 2004.. from your youth until this final message from the Red Planet, we have been hearing from a distant friend, in a way..

Abigail Fraeman, the deputy of project science for the Mars Exploration Rover mission at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, wrote this in a poignant and emotional WASHINGTON POST article,
Tuesday’s communication attempts began with a “wake-up song” played at mission control. The mission’s principal investigator, Steve Squyres, had chosen “I’ll Be Seeing You,” as performed by Billie Holiday. At 8:10 p.m., Holiday’s wistful voice floated up from the command floor. “I’ll be seeing you in all the old familiar places that this heart of mine embraces,” she sang. Tears welled in my eyes. 
Opportunity — or Oppy, as we affectionately call her — has been in my heart since she touched down on Martian soil 15 years ago, in January 2004. I was 16 and a high school student at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Md. I loved space, and I couldn’t believe my luck when the Planetary Society offered me the chance to watch Opportunity land at JPL through its Red Rover Goes to Mars program. I was with the science team when we saw Oppy’s first images of Mars pop into view on large projection screens that surrounded the room. Instead of the rocky volcanic plains previous Mars landers had seen, Opportunity revealed a sea of sand with a strip of white bedrock poking through.
Opportunity was, actually, the second rover that NASA managed to land on Mars back in 2004. The tests and data found concludes that Mars was once able to hold life.. that waterways once roams around the now dusty dirt.

But today, Valentine's Day, a heartbreak: The final words of the Mars Rover.. seemingly painful to read, even though a machine beamed them..

A science reporter, Jacob Margolis, scientists at NASA said the last message they received from Opportunity effectively translated to, "My battery is low and it's getting dark."

NASA published their "Opportunity, Wake Up!" playlist on Spotify. It contained hits like "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" by Wham!, "Here Comes the Sun" by The Beatles, "Life On Mars?" by David Bowie, "Telephone Line" by Electric Light Orchestra, "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor, and "I Won't Back Down" by Tom Petty.

But the battery went low... it got dark...

Jason Blum's trick or treat: 10 more HALLOWEENS!?

From jokes come truth..

HALLOWEEN producer Jason Blum that he doesn't want to stop at just one sequel and hopes the film's success could inspire 10 more sequels.

"We had talked about it but right now we’re not shooting any Halloween movies right now because we don’t have deal rights to the sequels," Blum admitted to Moviefone. "But I certainly hope to make 10 more but I’ll start with one more."

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"We had talked about it but right now we’re not shooting any Halloween movies right now because we don’t have deal rights to the sequels," Blum admitted to Moviefone. "But I certainly hope to make 10 more but I’ll start with one more."


Some may hope for the Shape to continue.. which if so would make him clear in his 70s when Blum finally concludes his wish of another decade of Halloweens..

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ABC NEWS REPORTING: Police investigating whether Jussie Smollett staged attack with help of others, allegedly being written off 'Empire'

ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE!!


Multiple sources have told ABC7 Eyewitness News that police are investigating whether Smollett and the two men staged the attack allegedly because Smollett was being written off of "Empire."
A source familiar with the investigation told the ABC7 I-Team that Smollett failed to appear for an interview with detectives earlier Thursday, but has since spoken with police.
Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson contacted ABC7 to say they are continuing to treat Smollett as a victim and the investigation remains ongoing.
Chicago police told ABC News, "Police are investigating whether the two individuals committed the attack - or whether the attack happened at all."

The attack infuriated people across the nation in late January ..

At that time, the reports from the scene indicates that it was a Trump-laden attack on the actor..

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Chicago police now say during a follow-up interview with Smollett, he recalled the suspects shouting about “MAGA Country.”
10:45 AM PT: Police are currently searching for video evidence of the alleged attack.
8:59 AM PT: — Smollett told police the chemical substance thrown in his face was bleach. We’re told officials are currently running tests to verify the chemicals.

That was then..
THIS IS NOW..

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Late tonight... denials persist..
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The wild Romans and the Cupid they gave us

Imagine the scene: A naked herd or folks dancing while the sacrifice of animals takes place.. 

There are smiles and cheers, and hopes that the burning animals will get the gods to give the dancing nudes fertility.. 

Oh, and then while the Romans would continue in their deadly pagan rituals, men would draw names from jars and, for the duration of the festival, be 'coupled' with them.





All of this is described in this 2011 NPR story authored by Anne Seipel.. It showcases some of the darker origins of Valentine's Day..

And just as Christians always took on pagan traditions to make them their own, the same occurred here as reported by Seipel:
The ancient Romans may also be responsible for the name of our modern day of love. Emperor Claudius II executed two men — both named Valentine — on Feb. 14 of different years in the 3rd century A.D. Their martyrdom was honored by the Catholic Church with the celebration of St. Valentine's Day.

Later, Pope Gelasius I muddled things in the 5th century by combining St. Valentine's Day with Lupercalia to expel the pagan rituals. But the festival was more of a theatrical interpretation of what it had once been. Lenski adds, "It was a little more of a drunken revel, but the Christians put clothes back on it. That didn't stop it from being a day of fertility and love."

Around the same time, the Normans celebrated Galatin's Day. Galatin meant "lover of women." That was likely confused with St. Valentine's Day at some point, in part because they sound alike.

There is more to the story besides the NPR article..

Countless news bits from history showcase the reason for the season.. the Roman Festival of Lupercalia  is the heart of the whole thing, no pun intended. One highlight of the many things that occurred there: Two high-born young men stripped naked and sacrificed a dog and a goat. They smeared blood on their foreheads, then wiped it off with wool dipped in milk.. Sounds somewhat like the Bohemian Grove, don't you think?

I am a romantic at heart.. of course when you have a child, your romance takes a little bit of a back seat to the more practical parenting moments. But regardless, I still think love in the air is one of the most beautiful things ever--but Valentine's Day? Lust seems to be in the air.. fake emotions, and fake flowers.. the offensiveness of men ordering giant bouquets of flowers and sending it to women at work always made me chuckle at its ridiculousness. It's all for show--and more of a modern way of dancing to the gods of fertility..

Restaurants will be filled tonight with the hopeless dopes who will spend way too much money on a dinner they'd much sooner make themselves to save time and effort.  That’s not how we used to do it ... paganism was much more raucous of a show...

But it's all about show..


DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN: HOPPER of Stranger Things now a novel

STRANGER THING'S first companion novel entitled 'Suspicious Minds' just came out a few days ago....

Netflix has announced a second one called Darkness on the Edge of Town. The second novel will drop on June 4th, a full month before season 3 becomes available for streaming//

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Suspicious Minds takes us back to the summer of 1969 and tells the tale of how Eleven's mother (and Hawkins, Indiana, where the series is set) got involved with government project MKULTRA. Meanwhile, Darkness on the Edge of Town tells the origin story of Chief Hopper as a homicide detective in New York City back in 1977.


DEVELOPING..

The search is on for "lost" HALLOWEEN 5 footage

Halloween 5 was abyssmal .. it was one of the most atrocious Halloween movies.. horror movies.. movies.. ever made..

But in the era of nostalgia, there is an apparent hunt now taking place for LOST FOOTAGE of the fifth installment of the film..

From SCREEN RANT:

Halloween 5 isn’t a particularly beloved entry in the series, featuring nonsensical story beats like Jamie’s psychic connection to Michael and a mysterious Man In Black who appears throughout the story. It’s also laden with bad dialogue and annoying teenage characters, but it has some charm as a low-budget slasher movie too. A fair amount was trimmed from Halloween 5prior to release, but now the HalloweenMovies Twitter account has revealed they’re actively searching through the original footage for these missing scenes.
The most famous Halloween 5 deleted scene was the original opening, which took place in the immediate aftermath of the fourth movie. Michael escapes from pursuing cops and his unconscious body was originally found by a devil worshipper named Dr. Death. He takes Michael back to his place, tattoos the cult of Thorn tattoo on his wrist and resurrects him the next year with a spell. Michael isn’t particularly grateful though and gruesomely kills him upon awakening. Other missing footage includes deleted gore, such as Michael wiping out an entire S.W.A.T team and Jamie being stabbed in the leg. There are also reports Michael’s burned face was seen during his brief unmasking.



Yes indeed.. Lost footage. Maybe better lost..? No?


Even the trailer was awful..

Will Smith as Aladdin is freaking everyone out

INCLUDING THE HORROR REPORT. but not for reasons you'd think..

Here is yet another image circulating the world wide web of Will Smith starring in the new film:

Will Smith, Aladdin

E ONLINE writes that people are making memes and expressing laughter and expressive revulsion at Smith in costume..

But why is the HORROR REPORTERS freaked to the core?
Because of HOW MUCH this Will Smith creation looks like another one that never was real in this reality.. Smith looks a mighty bunch like the memories so many people had of the movie SHAZAM with comedian Sinbad. The movie that did not exist.. right?

Back in DECEMBER the HORROR REPORT initially began picking up on the INTERNET of things concerning this film.. at that time, people were commenting how much the new version of Aladdin was a complete copy off of Sinbad's version..

So many on Twitter came to find out the hard way that they had just entered the Mandela Effect zone.. the location where memories became false and truth becomes distant..




RED SONJA delayed amid Bryan Singer scandal

Millennium Films has delayed shooting Bryan Singer’s “Red Sonja” movie this year in the wake of recent accusations of sexual assault and misconduct against him.

“The project is not on the slate at the moment and is not for sale at the European Film Market in Berlin,” a spokeswoman for Avi Lerner’s studio said.

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The latest development comes two weeks after Lerner, the longtime Millennium chairman, brushed off a report in the Atlantic in which Singer was accused of inappropriate groping and sexual relationships with four young men...

He is battling against the charges..

But it appears some want distance and cover during this controversial time..

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Georgia wants to tax Netflix.. while Netflix paid $0.00 in taxes...

Georgia lawmakers are pushing for a tax on digital video, books, music and video games...

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That means residents of the states would Netflix, Chill, and pay ... they would pay more for Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Kindle e-books, iTunes music, Spotify and internet phone services.


Those who are already connected would pay the price: They’d bear the cost of the 4 percent tax, but its benefits would go toward rural residents who lack high-speed access to online products..
And who, you may ask, also wants the tax?
LOBBYISTS!

Nearly 60 lobbyists for cable, TV and cellphone companies are making an argument that it’s only fair that every service be taxed equally. Currently, various taxes and fees cover cable TV and phones but not satellite TV and internet video.
The resistance comes from legislators who oppose new taxes, consumers who would pay the tax and Dish TV, which doesn’t stand to benefit from government funding of rural internet since it already provides satellite-based online access to those areas. Before a similar digital tax proposal failed last year, Dish TV ran TV ads urging viewers to “Stop the Georgia TV tax!”

Meanwhile if you, as a viewer and service purchaser, ends up paying taxes for viewing hit bingeworthy shows, consider this:

The popular video streaming service Netflix posted its largest-ever U.S. profit in 2018­­—$845 million—on which it didn’t pay a dime in federal or state income taxes. In fact, the company reported a $22 million federal tax rebate.


THE DOOMSDAY BUNKER IS FOR SALE

...your dream place!
The end of the world flourishing with doom and gloom.. and you're safe to read the books of your choice in the doomsday bunker you always dreamed of.

Your dream can now be a reality..

Built 26 feet underground, the structure was designed to make you feel right at home with a lawn, pool, and trees. Landscape murals decorate the home with beautiful scenery and a fake sky mimics day and night, complete with constellations.



Perhaps you can call it ..your little $18 mil tomb away from home.

3970 SPENCER StreetLas Vegas, NV 89119

It's got spirit, though.. that it does.

3970 SPENCER Street, Las Vegas, NV 89119

Just some tender loving care, and the end times, may be all you need to make it your own!

GONE BUT GROWING: NEW PLANTS VZ ZOMBIES ON THE WAY

The series gone, but not forgotten.. Crazy Dave is still growing the garden!

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EA chief operating and financial officer Blake Jorgenson announced to investors that new Plants vs. Zombies and Need for Speed games are in the works, due out by April 2020.“We’re making adjustments to improve execution and we’re refocusing R&D,” Jorgenson said in a news release attached to EA’s third-quarter fiscal 2019 earnings. “Looking forward, we’re delighted to launch Anthem, our new IP, to grow Apex Legends and related Titanfall experiences, to deliver new Plants vs. Zombies and Need for Speed titles, and to add Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order to our sports titles in the fall.”

In the mean time, this written by Dave Horobin:

If you played much of Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare, you may have some fond memories of the "fan favourite" Wall-nut Hills map — its the one with the mansion, park and pool and a treehouse. If the thought of playing on that map fills you with warmth, developer PopCap has a nice surprise in store for Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 players, as they've revealed on Twitter that it will be added to the game in the next update.

Marvel launches retro website for CAPTAIN MARVEL

 


Retro is in!The website!? Well it's beautiful!


Marvel’s next big superhero movie is Captain Marvel, and unlike most of the franchise’s films, this one’s set in the 1990s. Accordingly, Marvel has launched a website that fits the timeframe, a throwback to web design of the era, complete with awkward animations, fonts, and colors.

I don't know why so much shade is thrown at 90s website.. they were cutting edge and inventive, they heralded in a new age of the net.. and yes, retro in a sense.. but in the modern age we crave it ..

MARVEL did good here... 

And get this!
The site’s designers say they used FrontPage to build it and are hosting it with Angelfire!!! 

Retro... and amazingly accurate!

ALL YOUR BAES ARE BELONG TO US INDEED..
Y2K is coming! 


Lego Movie ain't what it used to be!

Everything was awesome.. not so much for the second run!

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According to Variety, The LEGO Movie 2 is still expected to top the box office at the end of this opening weekend, but with an estimated domestic gross of $31 million from 4,303 theaters.

If the movie does open at this dollar figure, it would amount to a 50% drop off of its 2014 debut..

It has been a number of years since that original film.. Kids who saw it grew up.. parents who saw it then stepped on enough legos to movie on..


While the film will still be the number 1 film of the weekend and make money, it's not what was hoped for..

There have been four LEGO movies in the current film franchise so far. For comparison, here are the domestic box office openings:


The LEGO Movie - 2014 - $69 million
The LEGO Batman Movie - 2017 - $53 million
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part - 2019 - $31 million (estimate)
The LEGO Ninjago Movie - 2017 - $20 million

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