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latenightcinephile · 1 year

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Film #905: 'The Devils', dir. Ken Russell, 1971.

I'll confess that Ken Russell's The Devils is not listed in my printing of 1,001 Movies You Must See Before You Die. I'm assuming it's one of the films that was removed from an earlier edition to make space for the new fashions of the day. With some films, this removal would make it difficult to decide what the purpose was for including the film on the list. With The Devils, the problem is slightly the opposite: there are a lot of reasons why someone might want to include this film on the list, but it's difficult to determine which one was the clinching factor.

It's not necessarily sufficient that this film might have inspired a subgenre. 'Nunsploitation' is a pretty low-visibility subgenre in films of the 1970s and 1980s, and isn't well-known today outside cult film circles. Also, the lineage is difficult to trace: while you could draw a line between Russell's story of sexual hysteria in 17th-century France and the more contemporary-set tales of violence and retribution that the subgenre morphed into, there's not a lot of family resemblance there to begin with. You'd think you might find a layout of this history in, say, The Rough Guide of Cult Movies, but the section on 'nuns' only lists three films and The Devils is the most recent of them.

Maybe more important is the film's excessive controversy. It's a highly sexually-explicit film about priests, nuns and the political machinations of Cardinal Richilieu, and was deemed shocking enough that it was banned in several countries (Finland only removed their ban on it in 2001). Kyle Kallgren's video response to The Devils was expunged several years ago, but is still viewable through archive.org. While I assume he doesn't think it's his best critical work, he does accurately pin down the absurdity of the film's excess and luridness. This is a film that ends with a hunchbacked nun (Vanessa Redgrave) masturbating with the charred femur of the priest she became obsessed with and whose downfall she engineered (Oliver Reed). Did the film need to contain these sequences? Not necessarily, although it certainly indicates that Russell was trying to do something by including them.

This controversy, though, isn't particularly unusual for its sources. Aldous Huxley's book The Devils of Loudun was the ostensible source, transmuted through John Whiting's play for the Royal Shakespeare Company at the time it was under the direction of Sir Peter Hall. All these elements added to the film's provocative nature, as well as the inclusion of a young Derek Jarman, before he started his own directing career, to oversee the set design. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, British theatrical productions were becoming more abstract and avant-garde, and the works being commissioned reflected this. It was not at all unusual for performers associated with the stage to take on extremely intimate roles in films - as well as Vanessa Redgrave here, you could also consider the early roles of Tilda Swinton and Helen Mirren in the films of Jarman and Peter Greenaway, for example.

This discussion, however, sidesteps the discussion of what The Devils is actually about, so here's the brief summary. The French town of Loudon has recently lost its Governor, leaving the town in the care of the priest, Urbain Grandier. The dissolute King Louis XIII made an agreement with the deceased Governor to leave the town's walls standing, but Cardinal Richilieu piles unrelenting pressure on the king to renege on this promise in order to quash the Protestant factions of the country and "unite France". Grandier's womanising ways get the daughter of the local sheriff pregnant; the abbess of the local convent is sexually obsessed with him. When the abbess, Jeanne, is so incensed by Grandier's perceived betrayal of her love that she recklessly implies he is a devil appearing to her at night, all the enemies of Grandier find a mutually-agreeable tactic against him. Grandier is tried and executed for his crimes. This is not what the viewer will remember about the film, though. What they will remember is the extended 'possession' scenes, in which all the nuns of the convent strip and engage in orgies on the altar of the church. They'll remember the exorcism-via-enema, and the unhinged intensity of Father Barre (Michael Gothard), a Bowie-esque witchfinder so devoted to his cause that he cannot see anything as contradicting the truth that these women are all possessed, even when his beliefs are proven to be false in front of the whole town.

On the one hand, this is a shame. Buried beneath the excess is a deeply emotive story about faith, and it's not difficult to see how Oliver Reed saw Urbain Grandier as his best performance. Grandier's apparent hypocrisy, inspiring lust in basically every woman who lays eyes on him and using that for his own satisfaction, is tempered in a few very subtle scenes where he implies that his self-sacrifice and his embrace of earthly pleasures is bringing him closer to God. After he leaves Loudon to have an audience with the King, this develops into a full-on epiphany: he now wants to devote himself to the religious ecstasy of serving those whom he loves. He sees this earthly devotion as a greater communion than the life of self-denial that seems to drive Sister Jeanne into delusion. The Devils is also to some degree a film about how those with power are adept at leveraging those without power. Were it not for Sister Jeanne's accusations, the Cardinal and his allies would never be able to quell Grandier's influence. Despite this, at no point does Sister Jeanne have power over Grandier - just the opposite. She and Urbain both lose everything, and those with power lose nothing, free to continue their holy rampage over everything that stands in their way. The King, who seems at times sympathetic, has concerns that extend only as far as his own amusement. It entertains him to demonstrate that the 'possessions' are frauds, but after that he departs, making no meaningful difference to the trajectory of the story. Nothing changes in The Devils, which might be Russell's point: that these cycles of exploitation and superstition are easy to repeat.

All that said, though, that subtle film is only briefly glimpsed under all the chaos, and I don't think it's a baseless claim to suggest that the scandal was a bigger selling point to the director than the story of religious devotion. Despite the title cards implying otherwise, this is a fiction film, and one that takes serious liberties with the facts. British cinema was also producing kitchen-sink dramas during these decades, after all. Those were topical dramas with little excessive style, and they've mostly sunk into obscurity as well-made, well-acted, boring boring movies. What we recall about that period is the extreme and the experimental, and while I wish there was room on the list for a more sober retelling of this period of French history, I can't really fault Ken Russell for making an aggressive, explicit film that at least garners more space in the history books.

The fact that The Devils is at once an exploitative trashfire and an insightful meditation on devotion, at once a hilariously overacted cringe comedy and a deep drama, and that these somehow never drown each other out? That's a movie worth keeping on the list.

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XYZ Films Acquires THE SUMMONED Following World Premiere at 2022 Overlook Film Festival

XYZ Films announced their acquisition of director Mark Meir's Faustian morality tale, THE SUMMONED, out of the 2022 Overlook Film Festival. The distributor is planning a North American release of the film in July of 2022.

Tara Grandier (Actor - Angela Gulner) / DP - Justin Mark Morrison

In the picture, young Elijah (Hamilton's J. Quinton Johnson) attends a self-help retreat with his rockstar girlfriend Lyn, unaware that the enigmatic doctor who runs the estate has summoned him here to settle a generations-old supernatural debt.

Elijah Moulton (Actor - J. Quinton Johnson) / DP - Justin Mark Morrison

Directed by Meir with a script by Jewish-Ukrainian writer Yuri Baranovsky, THE SUMMONED's powerful cast features Johnson (Hamilton on Broadway, AMC's The Son), Emma Fitzpatrick (THE SOCIAL NETWORK), Salvador Chacon (FX's Mayans M.C.), Angela Gulner (Netflix's GLOW), and Freddy Douglas (Hallmark's The Odyssey). A Wicked Myth and Happy Little Guillotine Studios co-production, the picture is Produced by Baranovsky, Meir, Gulner, Justin Mark Morrison, and Dashiell Reinhardt.

Dr. Frost (Actor - Frederick Stuart) / DP - Justin Mark Morrison

James Emanuel Shapiro, XYZ Films' Executive Vice President of US Distribution, notes, "All I can say is that I felt summoned to work on THE SUMMONED! Mark, Yuri, and Angela created something smart and scary, and I can't wait to show this to as many people as possible!"

(L - R) Lyn Rose (Actor - Emma Fitzpatrick), Joe Agrippa (Actor - Salvador Chacon), Elijah Moulton (Actor - J. Quinton Johnson) & Tara Grandier (Actor - Angela Gulner) / DP - Justin Mark Morrison

THE SUMMONED director Mark Meir adds, "We are thrilled to have XYZ bring this film to audiences. As leaders in the genre space, we’re honored to be among their titles."

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French Nuns And Newspaper Clippings: The Real Stories That Inspired The Exorcist (1973)

The year is 1632.

We are in a remote commune in Northern France. The situation is bleak: an outbreak of plague has started snatching lives again, and King Louis XIII is ordering the walls around Loudon to be torn down. The locals are more divided than ever.

But things are about to get worse.

Way worse.

The local nuns are beginning to act strange.

It started when one young nun claimed she had a vision of a dead priest. Suddenly, all 17 clergywomen are reporting similar visions. They then begin cussing, shouting, and displaying more and more aggressive behaviour.

17th century nuns do not act like this.

Oh no, this was something unholy. This was demonic possession.

331 years later, this little-known historic tale would feature as one of the main inspirations behind horror’s most iconic movie.

Yep, the film that still gives you nightmares of young girls walking down stairs crustacean-style is based on a true story. But it’s worse than that. It’s based on two tales of alleged possession, several real-life people, and a demon many still worship today.

*nopes the f*ck out*

Let’s Talk About The Exorcist

Let me just clarify something: the exorcist is not the creepy, possessed ‘lil girl. An exorcist is a person that performs exorcisms - so here, it’s the priests.

The Exorcist was originally a book written by William Peter Blatty. Adapted to a film series (and a TV show) starting 2 years later, they both shared a close plotline. Well, to begin with, anyway.

A statue of a demon is found in an archaeological dig of northern Iraq. The discovery unleashes a mysterious spirit/demon/god called Pazuzu. On the other side of the world, a young girl begins exhibiting strange behaviour. Regan, a typical 12-year-old American girl, refuses to eat or sleep and becomes aggressive. All the while, strange things happen around the house.

The doctors provide no answers to her behaviour, so the mother of the supposedly-ill child turns to religion instead. She finds help in the form of a priest who is experiencing a crisis of faith and consequently doesn’t believe this is demonic possession. But a couple chats with the girl convinces him that yep, she’s bunged up with a demon. So, he asks the bishop if he can perform an exorcism. A priest fresh off that dig in Iraq is shipped over and they get to work. During the final exorcism, one of the priests opts to save the possessed girl by asking the demon to possess them instead. The possessed priest chucks himself out of the window and as he falls to his death, regains his faith in God.

The Exorcist is one of the most famous horror films - if not, the most iconic - of all time, from the traumatic FX makeup of a possessed Regan to sequences ‘80s America wasn’t ready for.

But The Exorcist was not a stand alone film. Contrary to popular belief, what followed was 4 (soon to be 5) sequels ‘n’ prequels that unravelled a deep, dramatic plotline. There’s a reason we don’t hear about them.

In the following films we see the aftermath of Regan’s exorcism and emerging doubts about whether she was in fact really possessed. Political and theological themes rise to the surface, looking deeper at the priests that conducted the exorcism rather than the victim. At the same time we take part in an archeological dig, meet a serial killer, and get a front row seat to a battle during WW2.

It’s a wild ride. But this ride is brimming with reality.

Blatty directly cited inspiration from a number of sources, most famously the 1949 demonic possession of Roland Doe that he first heard when studying at Georgetown University. But he has also claimed that many of the characters who navigated the possession of Regan were based on real people.

Take Father Merrin, the exorcist leading the exorcism: he was based on a British archaeologist that excavated the caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls (ancient manuscripts written in Hebrew) had been found.

But the nature of the exorcism that filled out a majority of the film were informed by the work for Father William S Bowdern, a Jesuit priest who exorcised Roland Doe himself.

However, it wasn’t just the mortals that were inspired by real, historic figures.

Pazuzu Is An Actual Worshipped Demon

Without Pazuzu, there would be no possession. Without Pazuzu, there would be no exorcism, nor the need for an exorcist.

We only see the demon in flashes - but these moments inherit a history that takes us back as far as 3500BC. Pazuzu was an ancient Mesopotamian or Assyro-Babylonian god that was the king of the demons of the wind. He brought storms and drought, and although recognised as an evil spirit, he also drove away other evil spirits. He strives to protect us from plagues and misfortunes, and his rival, Lamashtu, causes harm to mother and baby during childbirth.

He is known as both a demon and a god, but in The Exorcist is recognised more as the former.

We do catch a couple glimpses of Pazuzu, but we only see his face clearly when he begins to take over young Regan. The pasty white face and blood red eyes don’t fit ancient lore: Pazuzu is traditionally depicted as having the head of a lion, the body of a human, the talons of an eagle, a pair of wings, a scorpion’s tail, and a ‘serpentine penis’ (I can’t work out if this is the penis of a snake or a penis that looks like a snake and like I don’t wanna know k).

The Exorcism Of Roland Doe

It’s one of the most famous cases of possession - and we don’t even know who the victim actually was.

In 1949, American newspapers began to pick up on the story of an exorcism in Maryland. A teenage boy was at the centre of mysterious poltergeist activity after the death of his spiritualist aunt. She was the one that first introduced him to an ouija board.

After typical paranormal activity took place, priests were summoned to exorcism him. During these exorcisms, furniture began to move by itself, the boy began to attack priests with rogue bedsprings, he began to speak in an unknown voice, the mattress he lay on began to shake, and words like “evil” and “hell” began to appear in scratches upon his body.

It was a very similar state to the one Regan was in during The Exorcist.

Roland Doe (a pseudonym, obviously) to this day has remained anonymous, and - if alive - he would be 86 years old.

Despite this being the most known case of alleged possession - rivalling only that of Anneliese Michel - it has received a large dose of skepticism and debunking. The supposed location of the exorcism and some personal details of Roland Doe have been contested. Plus, many believe Doe was actually a spoiled, attention-seeking bully who simply repeated Latin phrases heard at school in order to create some elaborate prank.

Regardless of whether it was real or not, it is a landmark moment in paranormal history.

And 300 years before a 14 year old lutheran began to growl Latin at his family members, a group of women began to show similar signs of a haunting.

The Possessed Affair Of Loudon And Aix-en-Provence

I’ve already introduced you to the possessed nuns of Loudon. But it turns out The Exorcist also took inspiration in another French convent: Aix-en-Provence.

The nuns of Loudon pinned their possession on the demon Asmodai and gave a number of different answers as to who summoned it. Some claimed it was either a priest named Peter or Zabulon (a biblical figure). But a week after this, a man named Urbain Grandier who had amassed a lot of power and a strained reputation in the community was considered the culprit.

Soon after the nuns first exhibited strange behaviour, they were hidden away and the symptoms stopped.

The accusations levelled against Grandier were clearly inspired by political motives as he had publicly attacked the cardinal’s work and the taking down of the wall. But locals say he would appear at random in the convent with no one sure as to how he got inside. It was even claimed that he had made a pact with the devil - from which a physical contract was supposedly uncovered - and that he had attended witch’s sabbat.

The priest was executed for sorcery and given ‘the boot’ (a method of torture).

Loudon and Aix-en-Provence are considered cases that fit in well with wider witch trials taking place across western Europe in the 17th century. The possession of the Ursuline nuns of Aix-en-Provence were similar to that of Loudon - but were just a tad more mental.

20 years before Grandier was convicted, a young woman, Madeleine de Demandolx, confessed to the superior of the convent that she had been intimate with the local priest. She was sent away to Aix-en-Provence to get some distance but soon began to do some rather out-of-character things.

She would have convulsions and soon the other nuns began to do the same. It appeared to be contagious.

But things got hella weird when the nuns gathered together in a holy cave that Mary Magdalene was meant to have once lived in (Sainte-Baume) to be exorcised. Instead of just shaking, they all tried to outdo each other in symptoms of possession.

Once would cuss fervently; another would speak in a deep, demonic voice.

A political story soon unravelled full of accusations, executions, and even Madeleine being released from jail at 77 for her alleged witchcraft.

So - are you ever going to watch The Exorcist after this?

(Me neither.)

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100 Days Princess Translated Events

*Here are a list of events to choose from, plus their routes. Please keep in mind that I try to get most of the routes, but it is impossible for me to afford or to get all of them. I wish I had the time and money to do so, but I’m quite busy so sometimes I can only get a few or only one route. At least it’s better than nothing...?*

*This post will constantly be updated with new events.*

*Clicking on the event name will bring you to that event’s prologue, clicking on the different routes will send you to the first episode of that route. You can also access the prologue on each character route’s post, as well as other character routes done*

*If an event does not have a link attached to it, that means it has not been posted yet*

*I always try to get Byron, Louis, and Giles first as they are my top favorite characters. If there is a chance for me to get another character, I will try, but these are my priorities.*

Secret Valentine - A Secret You Can’t Tell Anyone

Byron Wagner’s Route

Melty Valentine - A Dangerous Invitation of Chocolate

Byron Wagner’s Route

Louis Howard’s Route

My Lover is My Master - My Master’s Reward Is a Secret Kiss

Byron Wagner’s Route

Louis Howard’s Route

Giles Christophe’s Route

Lloyd “Sid” Grandier’s Route

Secret White Day - My Prince Is My Only Butler

Byron Wagner’s Route

Louis Howard’s Route

Cain Roches’ Route

Time Limit Love - Fairy Tale Princess

Byron Wagner’s Route (Cinderella)

Giles Christophe’s Route (Beauty and the Beast)

Nico Meier’s Route (The Little Mermaid)

Alyn Crawford’s Route (Snow White)

Royal Prince Days - I Fell in Love With You Again Today (2nd Anniversary)

Louis Howard’s Route

Byron Wagner’s Route

Giles Christophe’s Route

Royal Prince Stage - My Only Idol (3rd Anniversary)

Byron Wagner’s Route

Louis Howard’s Route

Giles Christophe’s Route

Robert Branche’s Route

Dramatic Wedding - My Heart Was Stolen

Byron Wagner’s Route

Giles Christophe’s Route

Louis Howard’s Route

Cinderella Wedding - Enchanted Honeymoon

Louis Howard’s Route

Byron Wagner’s Route

Giles Christophe’s Route

Kiss in the Darkness - Crazy Love Trap

Louis Howard’s Route

Cain Roches’ Route

Giles Christophe’s Route

Alyn Crawford’s Route

Noah Leonhart’s Route

Summer Memories - One Summer Prince

Giles Christophe’s Route

Louis Howard’s Route

Silent Moon - A Vampire in Love (Part One)

Alyn Crawford’s Route

Louis Howard’s Route

Cain Roches’ Route

Silent Moon - A Vampire in Love (Part Two)

Byron Wagner’s Route

Giles Christophe’s Route

Doki-Doki Maid Princess - He Is My Master

Cain Roches’ Route

Louis Howard’s Route

Starry Fantasy - A Love Story Continues With You

Byron Wagner’s Route

Cain Roches’ Route

Secret Magic - The Magic of Love

Cain Roches’ Route

Louis Howard’s Route

Royal Princess Days - Succeed in Love and Work

Cain Roches’ Route

My Lover Is a Naughty Butler - Chocolate Kiss

Cain Roches’ Route

Sparkling Kiss - Intoxicated by Your Sweet Love

Louis Howard’s Route

Christmas Trip - Swear Eternal Love on the Holy Night

Giles Christophe’s Route

Louis Howard’s Route

Royal Wedding - 7-Day Engagement Ring

Louis Howard’s Route

Byron Wagner’s Route

White Christmas - Kiss Me on a Snowy Holy Night

Louis Howard’s Route

Glass Slipper Princess

Byron Wagner’s Route

Louis Howard’s Route (unfinished)

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2021 is shaping up to be a momentous year, and that includes celebrating the 50th anniversary of these notable horror films released in 1971. Time waits for no man, but time does sometimes seem to wait for movies. Some movies take decades to catch on with audiences, whether that be in the form of being elevated to the status of revered classic, or simply becoming a cult item with a devoted, if small, fanbase. Of course, there are also the instant hits, which standout for their greatness now just as they did back then.

At this point, the 1970s seems like a long time ago, but in the grand scheme of things, it's really not. Compared to the totality of human endeavor, 50 years ago is a mere drop in the bucket, even though in that time millions of new films have been produced, both inside of the horror genre and outside of it. Still, the big 5-0 remains a major milestone to reach, both for people and the art they create, including motion pictures.

Related: Every Horror Movie That Turns 40 Years Old In 2021

The 1970s is often considered one of the greatest decades for horror ever, playing host to such iconic classics as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Exorcist, and Halloween. While none of those released in 1971, a lot of good horror options did, and here are the most notable.

When it comes to iconic horror actors, few are more synonymous with the genre than Vincent Price. The Abominable Dr. Phibes gave Price one of his greatest roles, as a vengeful husband who holds the doctors attending to his wife when she died during surgery responsible for her demise. This leads Phibes to enact horrible vengeance upon them. The film was well-received, and received a sequel in 1972, Dr. Phibes Rises Again.

When most people think of slasher progenitors, films like Halloween and Psycho come to mind, but one shouldn't underestimate the influence of Italian giallo films on the sub-genre, such as director Mario Bava's A Bay of Blood. Featuring a string of graphic murders and a mystery surrounding the killer, and even directly inspiring kills in Friday the 13th Part 2, A Bay of Blood is essential viewing for slasher fans.

A film of Belgian origin, Daughters of Darkness is a vampire film that manages to be extremely classy in style and tone, while also bursting with sex appeal. The story sees a newlywed couple check into a luxury hotel, only to be preyed on and corrupted by a vampire countess named Elizabeth Bathory, a descendant of the famous one. It's one of many erotic vampire movies to come out of the 1970s.

Related: Interview With The Vampire: What Happened To Lestat After The Movie

An extremely controversial piece of religious horror from director Ken Russell, The Devils is actually loosely based on the real life downfall of a 17th-century Catholic priest named Urbain Grandier (Oliver Reed), who's accused of witchcraft thanks to the word of a nun (Vanessa Redgrave) who's obsessed with him. The Devils is far from traditional horror, but it's definitely horrifying at times, and downright shockingly graphic at others. The film was heavily censored or banned in multiple countries for decades.

Without Duel, all of Steven Spielberg's amazing films wouldn't exist, as it was his first feature as a director, and got him his first taste of widespread acclaim. Originally aired as a TV movie, Duel is a white-knuckle horror/thriller about a traveling salesman who's targeted and menaced by the driver of a semi-truck for seemingly no real reason. It's a very tense film, and shows that Spielberg's talent was there even in his earliest projects.

Let's Scare Jessica to Death, directed by John Hancock, centers on the titular woman, recently released from a mental hospital. Jessica, her husband, and their friend, head to a remote farmhouse, only to find a young woman named Emily already staying there. They become friends, but before long, Jessica begins to suspect Emily might be a vampire. The problem is, no one wants to believe her, due to her mental illness. Though not a hit upon release, the film has developed a loyal cult following.

Rosemary Baby's Mia Farrow stars in See No Evil, not to be confused with the later WWE Studios horror film starring Kane. Farrow's Sarah has recently been rendered blind, and while staying at her family's secluded estate, is targeted by a psychotic killer. See No Evil is another that wasn't a big success upon release, but has gone on to gain a cult following.

Related: See No Evil: Why WWE's Slasher Movie Franchise Is Underrated

Directed by the great Sam Peckinpah, Straw Dogs is another film that's been met with much controversy over the years, despite enjoying a generally stellar critical reception. Dustin Hoffman and Susan George star as a married couple who moves to a house in the English countryside, only to be harassed by local thugs, with things progressing to absolutely horrifying degrees, including graphic sexual assault. Before long, the couple is forced to defend their home against their enemies.

Tombs of the Blind Dead is a Spanish/Portuguese horror film, and the first in director Amando de Ossorio's Blind Dead franchise. It focuses on a group of college kids who end up preyed upon by undead Templars, a group of malevolent knights that terrorized the 13th century, leaving death and mayhem in their wake. The title comes from the fact that post-execution for their crimes, birds pecked out their eyes.

Unlike several of the other horror films turning 50 this year, Willard was an immediate hit, and was actually the 12th-highest grossing movie of 1971. Bruce Davison stars as the titular character, a social outcast whose only friends are rats. One day, Willard grows fed up with the abuse he receives from various tormentors, and uses his little rodent friends to exact revenge. Willard got a sequel named Ben, which holds the odd distinction of being a horror film with a theme song by Michael Jackson. Willard was also remade in 2003, starring Crispin Glover.

Also turning 50 in 2021 is The Mephisto Waltz, in which a dying Satanist looks to put his soul into the body of a much younger concert pianist. Then there's the creatively titled demonic possession flick The Blood on Satan's Claw, Dario Argento giallo The Cat o' Nine Tales, Hammer's gender-bending Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde, Amicus anthology The House That Dripped Blood, and another creatively titled film, giallo The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave. Those charmed by Daughters of Darkness also shouldn't overlook the sexually-charged Vampyros Lesbos.

More: The Best Decade for Horror Movies: 1970s vs 1980s

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The Evolution of Madness in Roswell’s Populace, 1947-2017

Copyright 2017, InterAmerica, Inc.No one doubts, not even skeptics of the Roswell incident, that something out of the ordinary happened near Roswell, New Mexico in the summer (June/July) of 1947.I’m not going to discuss the alleged Roswell flying disc crash, but the metamorphosis of the odd media accounts of a flying disc capture that died out soon after the media stories appeared only to rear itself in 1978 when the forgotten “events” of 1947 were exhumed by ufologists, among them Stanton Friedman, a UFO advocate of daring and desire.One of the Roswell sticking points, for me, arises from the “fact” that if something as extraordinary as the later-on stories made it – military deployment of an extensive kind and a general societal hubbub – no one noted the activity in their personal diaries, which were popular in usage in the time-frame nor did anyone take a Brownie photo of the unusual activity, noted by after 1948 “witnesses.”Brownie cameras and photos from them are still extant for the period. Citizens were anxious to document their routine daily activities and always quick to snap photos of extraordinary daily life.Even photos of mundane life, as early as 1870 – Jewish activity in Jerusalem [in the March/April 2017 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, Page 13] – shows the desire of people to document their daily activity.But not one photo has surfaced for the period of the so-called Roswell incident in 1947, and UFO researchers have looked for some, Kevin Randle informed me.So, either nothing of significance, even remotely so, took place in June/July 1947 Roswell, or the population was too hysterical to take photos.For me, Roswell’s 1947 “minor incident” planted the seed of hysteria that was nurtured by Berlitz, Moore, Friedman, (even my friend Kevin Randle and his cohort Don Schmitt), et al.The seed sprouted in 1978, with the Stanton Friedman colloquy with Jesse Marcel and exacerbated by The Berlitz/Moore 1980 book pictured here:Other books followed in the wake of the interest spurred by the Friedman and Berlitz efforts and this is where the madness began all out.The madness is a kind of hysteria, which is defined by Wikipedia thusly:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_hysteriaMany of you are familiar with the madness (hysteria) that engulfed Salem, Massachusetts in the 1600s:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_witch_trials“The episode is one of the Colonial America's most notorious cases of mass hysteria. It has been used in political rhetoric and popular literature as a vivid cautionary tale about the dangers of isolationism, religious extremism, false accusations, and lapses in due process. It was not unique ...”And a few of you might know about the madness (hysteria) that took control of a nunnery in France also in the 1600s:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudun_possessions“Adding to the hysteria prompted by the public exorcisms were the stories told by both nuns and Father Grandier's former lovers.”Then there was the economic craziness of the 1637 tulip frenzy popularized in 1841 by the book Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, written by British journalist Charles Mackay.Hysteria comes in spurts and quickly dissipates or goes on for a period of time as outlined in the Psychiatric Dictionary [Fourth Edition] by Hinsie/Campbell, Page 366 ff.The raft of witnesses and confabulators outed by Kevin Randle and others shows not a deviance of ethics but a deviance of psychopathology, one where people adopted an hysterical (mad) fiction and came to believe it or exploit it, for various reasons, some egomaniacal, others from self-delusion, and a few beset by sociopathology: a lack of a moral or ethical compass.Yet, the madness of the 1978 period continues apace in Roswell, with its Roswell Museum and ongoing conventions and other Roswellian activities based in the 1947 minor-event.That one locale is beset by such madness is adduced by the Loudun and Salem examples.Let’s not excoriate ufologists who brought forth the hysterical/madness – they didn’t know better -- but we can offer opprobrium to those ufologists still flogging Roswell and the citizens of Roswell who continue to bathe in their town’s persistent madness.RR http://ufocon.blogspot.com - The UFO Iconoclast(s) http://beforeitsnews.com/strange/2017/02/the-evolution-of-madness-in-roswells-populace-1947-2017-2466847.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr

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hajimsblog · 7 months

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Hello! There is a strange purple ghost man. He is a happy man, or I think he is

But sometimes his sad wishes to crawl out

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hajimsblog · 12 days

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"Povi, you bitch! Let me out!"

It was okay to seal them all away. It was okay for her to leave them alone. She was different. She was a princess.

She was nothing like the failures she trained with. It was a mere mistake.

Povi slid down the door she held her back against. She could still feel the pounding from the other side. But that would soon fade as the spell was complete. Those who didn't fit within her perfected world would be sealed away forever. Or, until she could find a proper placement for them. She technically owed Chiono that much. It was because of him that she managed to make it this far.

Within minutes, the banging had subsided, leaving Povi free to continue as she pleased. Giddy, she left the door behind and went up the subway stairs that came between the two schools. No one would ever know about the correctional facility, as no one still above ground would be willing to share the tale.

Her new classmates greeted her with open arms. She was offered a new school uniform that was tailored to fit her measurements. She was told that she no longer had to curl her hair. She was perfect as is, and that needed to be embraced.

It had been so long since she truly felt that way. Povi felt like she deserved to now. But in the back of her mind, there was a nagging feeling. Maybe she shouldn't lock her past away. But then again, why not?

It's what a princess deserves.

To be free of all burdens. Especially ones of the past.

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hajimsblog · 13 days

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Chiono threw himself at his couch, the past few minutes finally hitting him.

Although it was mainly exhaustion, he knew it was going to be excruciating very soon. He had been impaled multiple times in his torso. Someone had used a spell that was intended to be fatal, with almost every spear being driven through a vital organ. Chiono had barely been able to dodge the one headed to his core before the final one went through his brain, shutting him down momentarily.

Despite her dread, she couldn't help but chuckle at the poor man's face, realizing that Chiono was still moving. Sure, the spell slowed her down. But she was supposed to be dead. Before her attacker understood what was happening, Chiono ended their life with a very similar move. He then ran off before his curse could begin to mend his wounds. With shaking hands, he placed his key into a nearby door to summon his room.

Even now, the puncture wounds remained, desecrating whatever was left within their body. She had frozen the wounds solid, as to not allow anything to spill out. But since they counted as fatal…

Against their will, Chiono's body begins to go stiff. He could feel his lungs and body fill with the liquid sent by her boss. It sat heavy in her lungs, threatening to drown her. It mixed with his blood and rose up his throat. He wanted to sit up, but his boss wasn't finished with his invasive way of healing. Alongside his blood, the liquid pushed past the ice he used to cover his wounds. It replaced the flesh that was no longer there with a nice coat of black. Each of the punctures were the same, being healed with patches of dark “flesh.” Once this was completed, Chiono was allowed to move again.

He sat up immediately, the remaining liquid leaking out of his nose and mouth. She ran to the nearby sink to remove any more of the dark liquid before it could affect her any further. It having been in her mouth, she was sure that her teeth would have been sharper. Like how when her arms were ripped off, she found her nails to be sharper. Or when her spine was broken, she returned taller.

It was just a minor side effect of mortality.

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hajimsblog · 4 months

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Iowa is a strange little guy. I imagine that during his transitions from herself to Chiono are quite stressful for both of them

#iowa morada #chiono morada #my art #tales of grandier

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hajimsblog · 4 months

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After "defeating" Marcus, povi is left with an empty feeling. There were a lot of lives lost, including the one of someone she was starting to have a crush on. Oh well

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hajimsblog · 5 months

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Two vastly different Chiono drawings!

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hajimsblog · 6 months

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Indigo felt a great sense of dread. Ever since he had... Returned, he had been itching to help people again. Sure, he had enjoyed being with his child again, and her odd husband, but he craved normalcy. Even though he knew this, Indigo didn't dare say anything. It wasn't until Iowa's massive husband spoke, did his desire to work again get revealed.

"Mr. Morada, is there something wrong?"

The poor man nearly jumped out of his seat, as Marcus almost never directly spoke to him. That was usually for the best, as Marcus scared the hell out of him. Indigo didn't want to question his daughter's choices, but why a literal demon?!

Indigo sucked in a breath and looked into the golden eyes of his step son.

"I'm... Not sure what you mean?"

"You're not satisfied with your life here, are you?"

Indigo swallowed hard and tried not to actively tremble in front of the man before him. Marcus always seemed amused whenever he was able to *get* to Indigo.

"Is there something you'd rather do? Is reuniting with your daughter not good enough for you?"

"MARCUS!"

Marcus's teasing is cut off by his wife slapping his back. The man visibly shrinks, as if ashamed by his actions.

"Don't be mean to Dad! He's sensitive," the short woman says with a pout. Marcus dwarfed her without even trying. Hell, he was far taller than even Indigo.

"Oh, I didn't mean anything by it, Mr. Morada. But I can tell you want something more."

And Marcus was right to say that. Seeing as both he (supposedly) and his daughter wanted what was best for Indigo, he decided to admit his boredom.

"I... I want to go back to my old job. I want to help people. I'm not ready to retire-!"

"Oh, is that all? You should ask Chiono to sponsor you!"

Indigo immediately tensed up upon hearing the name. Chiono, the glory of the snow. The name his wife chose for his child. However, he knew that the name now belonged to the current Monarch. And that Monarch wasn't his child.

Iowa could easily see her father's darkened expression, the way he was now gripping the edge of the table, and tries to ease him up.

"Don't worry, Chiono listens to me. And... And I think he really likes you. You should give it a shot. And I heard the weather's nice this time of year."

And so he did, if only for a shot for him to speak his mind. After all, it was Chiono's fault his baby girl was dead. It was him who was now puppeteering what was left of her corpse. And it was all for what? Power, the seeds of greed planted by his mother? Indigo knew that it was his fault too, since he allowed Iowa to stay in such a terrible situation. But he couldn't bare that both of them died. Instead, now it was only she who was dead. He was breathing again, thanks to her. He was back to himself.

Indigo found little to no resistance as he stormed into the Monarch's castle. He had told a few guards that he requested an audience with the monarch, and the obligated saying," that Chiono was already waiting for him." So the bastard was watching him? That was just like his mother.

Despite the guards insistences that Indigo bowed or showed any form of respect, Indigo blindly made an appearance in front of the Monarch. Literally, for his eyes were closed. He couldn't bare to see what had happened to his daughter's body. Even after being returned to his senses himself, Indigo's body had been permanently altered. His hair remained like smoke and his skin was still tinted purple.

"Now listen here, young man. I was told that Iowa already spoke to you about sponsoring me. And although I am humble to be given an opportunity to work again, that doesn't mean I approve of you OR the things you've done. I-I know- HOW DARE YOU REPLACE-"

Indigo's ramblings is cut off by a cold embrace. Since entering the room, Indigo opens his eyes for the first time. He sees the odd lacerations and staples that decorate Chiono's neck. He can feel the odd pulsing from whatever vile machine replaced his daughter's heart. He can smell the decay poorly masked with the scent of chocolate.

"D-Don't touch me you-!"

Indigo pushes away the zombie, finally getting a better look at Chiono.

He had meant to glare at the taller "man," but Indigo's gaze quickly turned into one of regret. The expression on Chiono's face was one he knew all too well. It was the same, wide eyed stare his daughter used to make whenever Doxa yelled at her. They'd blank out completely, trying not to cry or register what was being said.

Although there were minor differences, such as Indigo only being able to see the top half of his face, Indigo KNEW the expression. Chiono was the same child that he was before. Both Iowa and Chiono was his child.

Indigo had promised himself that he'd never make his child make such a face towards him. And yet...

The expression didn't last for very long, as Chiono regained his "composure" quite quickly. Within a blink, the Monarch's expression became almost bored and very tired.

"Welcome back... Professor. You'll find your lab in the same condition you left it in. I... Used it myself, so please alert me personally if anything is missing."

The monarch then tossed Indigo a key before trying to return to his throne. But Indigo wouldn't let him. The shorter man was now clinging to Chiono's jacket, sobbing into it.

The older man began blubbering his "sorry"s and his "forgive me"s directly into Chiono's back. Chiono wasn't sure why, though. But still, he wanted his father to be happy. And to release him.

Carefully, Chiono reached behind himself to remove Indigo's hands from his coat.

"Professor... Father, please just get back to work," Chiono says, still holding onto his father's hands.

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