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...trailer in, of all languages, German (subtitled in English): a guttural voice observing that in the U.S. 10,000 people are killed each year, most of them by guns. "Americans," the voice sneers, "they have no imagination." The title came on - Hostel Part II, a sequel to the horror hit about an abattoir for unwary humans - and the audience erupted in cheers...
...HORROR...
...their intimacy. Jericho, for instance, gives us doomsday as soap opera. The postapocalyptic tales of the cold war--On the Beach, A Canticle for Leibowitz, The Day After, Threads--were books and movies that had conclusions; a TV series is open-ended, like life. Jericho doles out its horror in doses--flickering TV images of ruined cities, radiation victims dead by a lake--and softens it with soap-opera B-plots. The survivors have affairs and family fights; teenagers flirt and throw parties. Chicago may be burning, but somewhere on the Great Plains, The O.C. lives...
...venue, which supposedly used to house a coven of witches but is now overrun by a slew of supernatural “creatures of the night,” also boasts a comprehensive jack-o-lantern gallery in which pumpkins are carved to look like famous characters from American horror movies. Admission is $22—quite a pretty penny! And grab a friend’s car—Witch’s Woods is located in Westford near the Nashoba Valley Ski Area. http://www.witchswoods.com. Spook-seekers with a taste for the gargantuan should also consider Haunted Overload...
...story goes, he goes to every campaign rally, every fundraiser, every press conference that the mainstream candidate holds. He raises signs, hands out flyers, and generally becomes such a nuisance that the big-time candidate eventually has to address his issue. The story is told as something of a horror story among campaign managers, because such a situation is a rarity, at best...