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Ol’ Øystein “Euronymous “Aarseth (Rory Culkin) lives a rather bland existence in late ’80’s Norway doing the typical teen biz; drinking, smoking, starting Mayhem…a legendary Satanic Black Metal band…the usual. The days are filled with fun, gifts of crucified mice from fanatical fans, and endless practice sessions. Enter: new vocalist Pelle ‘Dead’ Ohlin (Jack Kilmer)…a real ray of sunshine that brings with him a heavy cloud of darkness and depression…and a real move forward for the band musically and visually. Of course tragedy soon follows and things begin to really go off the rails once the eager-to-please Kristian ‘Varg’ Vikernes (Emory Cohen) makes the scene along with some radical ideas (read: fucked-up) that soon have him and Euronymous at odds and things falling desperately out of control (to put it mildly). First things first; does Lords of Chaos fuck with the facts surrounding Mayhem? Sure it does…but this is a movie version of reality, not a documentary…and what a movie
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With what sounds like a plot for a drama that you can only watch on Netflix is actually true. Actor Ashton Kutcher was in court today to give testimony in the trial of suspected serial killer Michael Gargiulo who the media at the time of the crimes called the “Hollywood Ripper”. Gargiulo has been accused of stabbing three women to death and attempting to murder a fourth before being arrested in 2008. It’s believed Gargiulo’s first victim was 18-year-old neighbor Tricia Pacaccio, back in his native state of Illinois in 1993. Gargiulo moved to California shortly there afterward as he was believed to be involved in the young woman’s death. On February 21, 2001, it’s believed that Gargiulo murdered his first California victim, 22-year-old Ashley Ellerin. Ellerin was stabbed 47 times, her head nearly decapitated. In December 2005 he stabbed his neighbor, Maria Bruno, 17 times. On April 28, 2008, he attempted to murder neighbor Michelle Murphy but failed when
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It feels like we’ve been talking about the Ted Bundy film Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, forever. But we won’t have to wait much longer to see the film starring Zac Efron, it’s finally coming to Netflix! The film centers on serial killer/rapist/kidnapper Ted Bundy who murdered young women during the 70s and is told through the eyes of his longtime girlfriend Elizabeth Kloepfer (Lily Collins) who denied knowing what the attractive killer was up to. Kaya Scodelario, John Malkovich, Jeffrey Donovan, Jim Parsons, Haley Joel Osment, and Angela Sarafyan also star. When he was finally caught, in real life, Bundy admitted to 30 murders, but law officials think there were many more. The killer met his end strapped into the electric chair in 1989. Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile slashes its way onto Netflix on May 3, 2019.
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As The Haunting of Sharon Tate begins, the titular character (Hilary Duff) relates to an unseen interviewer that she has been having visions of her own demise…and we just know how this is going to go…because, you know, that shit actually happened…well, maybe not the visions…anyway… So long story short; Tate and her pals stylist Jay Sebring (Jonathan Bennett), coffee heiress Abigail Folger (Lydia Hearst), and European Lothario Wojciech Frykowski (Pawel Szajda)…but not Tate’s husband; world class pedo and philanderer Roman Polanski…take up residence at a rented home where they shoot the shit, play some occult board game (which looks totally rad as all fuck bee tee dubs), and get menaced superficially by some weirdos…well superficially at first, because we all know that Chuck Manson and the fam are going to be turning up the heat and the murder biz right quick! The bottom line with a flick like this is; just how tacky will the production be? I mean,
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The German metal group Rammstein, have released their first new single in 10 years, the song is simply titled, Deutschland (Germany). Along with the new single came its music video which Rammstein is known for having very cinematic videos but prior to the release, a teaser video was posted to Youtube by the band depicting the band’s keyboardist Flake Lorenz, lead singer Till Lindemann, rhythm guitarist Paul Landers, and bassist Oliver Riedel with nooses around their necks standing under a makeshift gallows dressed in concentration camp uniforms. The teaser video along with the actual music video, directed by Specter Berlin, has come under fire by critics in Germany and elsewhere in the world for the use of Holocaust imagery. After watching the music video multiple times my history nerd side became intrigued. While many focused on the concentration camp imagery, they’re missing a bigger picture being painted. The music video features German Actress Ruby Commey who plays Germany. The video
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Jack the Ripper’s actions made him infamous, but was who was this mysterious butcher that murdered at least five women in the Whitechapel district of London between August and November of 1888? After 130 years it seems that a team of scientists has possibly identified the notorious killer. A DNA forensic investigation was published in the Journal of Forensic Science earlier this month by two British researchers who say that they have identified Jack the Ripper as Aaron Kosminski, a Polish barber who was 23 at the time of the murders. Kosminski vanished after the murders but was listed as a suspect. How did they get the DNA? There were blood and semen stains on a shawl found near the body of Catherine Eddowes believed to be Jack the Ripper’s fourth victim, whose mutilated body was discovered on September 30, 1888. The team has had access to the shawl over the last eight years. The shawl is the only piece
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It may come to a surprise to many but the battle royal game PUBG (PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds) is VERY popular in India. While many players feel that the game has become a, “been there, done that” experience. Many even scoffed at the mobile version of the game when it came out, but in mobile-loving India, it’s the greatest thing ever! Why is PUBG such a hit among players? As mentioned above, India loves mobile technology. Mobile users in the country range in the hundreds of millions! Another reason why the game is popular is the use of in-game voice chatting which allows players to communicate with one another if they’re playing in a squad. This has led to many players to befriend their virtual squadmates in the real world. India, like many other countries, loves to be competitive in any way possible and that’s not limiting to the world of competitive gaming known as E-Sports. Also in a culture that bases
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Scotland’s most notorious serial killer and rapist, Angus Sinclair has died in prison. The 73-year old’s cause of death has not been released but over the last couple of years, his health has been declining as he had multiple strokes while he’s been incarcerated. Sinclair was called the “World’s End Killer” as it was later discovered that he was the killer in the “World’s End Murders” case in 1977 where Catherine Eadie and Helen Scott, both 17, were raped and murdered after being at the World’s End pub in Edinburgh. The case was cold but years later DNA evidence along with tips and good ol’ fashion police work determined that Sinclair was the suspect. Sinclair’s DNA matched the samples from the 1977 crime scene but in 2007 he was acquitted for the murders regardless. Unfortunately for Sinclair, in 2011 Scotland passed the Double Jeopardy Act that amended Double Jeopardy (a murder suspect can’t be tried twice for the same murder).
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Netflix has snagged the rights to Joe Berlinger‘s Ted Bundy film Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile starring Zac Efron as the prolific serial killer. It’s pretty fitting that Berlinger’s Bundy documentary Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes is already available on the streaming giant. The news comes just eleven days after the 30th anniversary of Bundy’s execution. Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile tells Bundy’s story and trial through the point of view of his longtime girlfriend Elizabeth Kloepfer (Lily Collins) who was oblivious that he was killing during the several years that they were together. John Malkovich, Jim Parsons, Haley Joel Osment, James Hetfield, Grace Victoria Cox, Jeffrey Donovan, Kaya Scodelario, Angela Sarafyan, Terry Kinney, and Dylan Baker round out the cast. Bundy killed young women across several states. In the end, Bundy confessed to killing 30. When asked by one agent if he really killed 30, Bundy replied: “add one digit to that (the 30
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“Into Am the Night“, the new series from TNT has just premiered and I ‘d like to share my thoughts with you. The series centers on Pat, a beautiful young woman searching for where she belongs and a family hiding dark secrets. Pat’s mother is a verbally abusive alcoholic who resents her daughter. She blames Pat for her failed dream to become a singer. Despite this, Pat has grown into a sweet, but naive young woman. When she learns that she was adopted she searches through her mother’s things and discovers her birth certificate. Upon ambushing her mother with her discovery she learns that her real name is Fauna Hodel. Desperate to learn more about her family she calls her grandfather George and is invited to visit L.A. Following a fight with her mom she sets off to meet her birth family, not knowing the dangers she will soon face. The series also follows disgraced journalist Jay Singletary (Chris Pine),
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Ol’ Øystein “Euronymous “Aarseth (Rory Culkin) lives a rather bland existence in late ’80’s Norway doing the typical teen biz; drinking, smoking, starting Mayhem…a legendary Satanic Black Metal band…the usual. The days are filled with fun, gifts of crucified mice from fanatical fans, and endless practice sessions. Enter: new vocalist Pelle ‘Dead’ Ohlin (Jack Kilmer)…a real ray of sunshine that brings with him a heavy cloud of darkness and depression…and a real move forward for the band musically and visually. Of course tragedy soon follows and things begin to really go off the rails once the eager-to-please Kristian ‘Varg’ Vikernes (Emory Cohen) makes the scene along with some radical ideas (read: fucked-up) that soon have him and Euronymous at odds and things falling desperately out of control (to put it mildly). First things first; does Lords of Chaos fuck with the facts surrounding Mayhem? Sure it does…but this is a movie version of reality, not a documentary…and what a movie
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With what sounds like a plot for a drama that you can only watch on Netflix is actually true. Actor Ashton Kutcher was in court today to give testimony in the trial of suspected serial killer Michael Gargiulo who the media at the time of the crimes called the “Hollywood Ripper”. Gargiulo has been accused of stabbing three women to death and attempting to murder a fourth before being arrested in 2008. It’s believed Gargiulo’s first victim was 18-year-old neighbor Tricia Pacaccio, back in his native state of Illinois in 1993. Gargiulo moved to California shortly there afterward as he was believed to be involved in the young woman’s death. On February 21, 2001, it’s believed that Gargiulo murdered his first California victim, 22-year-old Ashley Ellerin. Ellerin was stabbed 47 times, her head nearly decapitated. In December 2005 he stabbed his neighbor, Maria Bruno, 17 times. On April 28, 2008, he attempted to murder neighbor Michelle Murphy but failed when
Continue reading →
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It feels like we’ve been talking about the Ted Bundy film Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, forever. But we won’t have to wait much longer to see the film starring Zac Efron, it’s finally coming to Netflix! The film centers on serial killer/rapist/kidnapper Ted Bundy who murdered young women during the 70s and is told through the eyes of his longtime girlfriend Elizabeth Kloepfer (Lily Collins) who denied knowing what the attractive killer was up to. Kaya Scodelario, John Malkovich, Jeffrey Donovan, Jim Parsons, Haley Joel Osment, and Angela Sarafyan also star. When he was finally caught, in real life, Bundy admitted to 30 murders, but law officials think there were many more. The killer met his end strapped into the electric chair in 1989. Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile slashes its way onto Netflix on May 3, 2019.
Continue reading →
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As The Haunting of Sharon Tate begins, the titular character (Hilary Duff) relates to an unseen interviewer that she has been having visions of her own demise…and we just know how this is going to go…because, you know, that shit actually happened…well, maybe not the visions…anyway… So long story short; Tate and her pals stylist Jay Sebring (Jonathan Bennett), coffee heiress Abigail Folger (Lydia Hearst), and European Lothario Wojciech Frykowski (Pawel Szajda)…but not Tate’s husband; world class pedo and philanderer Roman Polanski…take up residence at a rented home where they shoot the shit, play some occult board game (which looks totally rad as all fuck bee tee dubs), and get menaced superficially by some weirdos…well superficially at first, because we all know that Chuck Manson and the fam are going to be turning up the heat and the murder biz right quick! The bottom line with a flick like this is; just how tacky will the production be? I mean,
Continue reading →
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The German metal group Rammstein, have released their first new single in 10 years, the song is simply titled, Deutschland (Germany). Along with the new single came its music video which Rammstein is known for having very cinematic videos but prior to the release, a teaser video was posted to Youtube by the band depicting the band’s keyboardist Flake Lorenz, lead singer Till Lindemann, rhythm guitarist Paul Landers, and bassist Oliver Riedel with nooses around their necks standing under a makeshift gallows dressed in concentration camp uniforms. The teaser video along with the actual music video, directed by Specter Berlin, has come under fire by critics in Germany and elsewhere in the world for the use of Holocaust imagery. After watching the music video multiple times my history nerd side became intrigued. While many focused on the concentration camp imagery, they’re missing a bigger picture being painted. The music video features German Actress Ruby Commey who plays Germany. The video
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Jack the Ripper’s actions made him infamous, but was who was this mysterious butcher that murdered at least five women in the Whitechapel district of London between August and November of 1888? After 130 years it seems that a team of scientists has possibly identified the notorious killer. A DNA forensic investigation was published in the Journal of Forensic Science earlier this month by two British researchers who say that they have identified Jack the Ripper as Aaron Kosminski, a Polish barber who was 23 at the time of the murders. Kosminski vanished after the murders but was listed as a suspect. How did they get the DNA? There were blood and semen stains on a shawl found near the body of Catherine Eddowes believed to be Jack the Ripper’s fourth victim, whose mutilated body was discovered on September 30, 1888. The team has had access to the shawl over the last eight years. The shawl is the only piece
Continue reading →
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It may come to a surprise to many but the battle royal game PUBG (PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds) is VERY popular in India. While many players feel that the game has become a, “been there, done that” experience. Many even scoffed at the mobile version of the game when it came out, but in mobile-loving India, it’s the greatest thing ever! Why is PUBG such a hit among players? As mentioned above, India loves mobile technology. Mobile users in the country range in the hundreds of millions! Another reason why the game is popular is the use of in-game voice chatting which allows players to communicate with one another if they’re playing in a squad. This has led to many players to befriend their virtual squadmates in the real world. India, like many other countries, loves to be competitive in any way possible and that’s not limiting to the world of competitive gaming known as E-Sports. Also in a culture that bases
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Scotland’s most notorious serial killer and rapist, Angus Sinclair has died in prison. The 73-year old’s cause of death has not been released but over the last couple of years, his health has been declining as he had multiple strokes while he’s been incarcerated. Sinclair was called the “World’s End Killer” as it was later discovered that he was the killer in the “World’s End Murders” case in 1977 where Catherine Eadie and Helen Scott, both 17, were raped and murdered after being at the World’s End pub in Edinburgh. The case was cold but years later DNA evidence along with tips and good ol’ fashion police work determined that Sinclair was the suspect. Sinclair’s DNA matched the samples from the 1977 crime scene but in 2007 he was acquitted for the murders regardless. Unfortunately for Sinclair, in 2011 Scotland passed the Double Jeopardy Act that amended Double Jeopardy (a murder suspect can’t be tried twice for the same murder).
Continue reading →
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Netflix has snagged the rights to Joe Berlinger‘s Ted Bundy film Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile starring Zac Efron as the prolific serial killer. It’s pretty fitting that Berlinger’s Bundy documentary Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes is already available on the streaming giant. The news comes just eleven days after the 30th anniversary of Bundy’s execution. Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile tells Bundy’s story and trial through the point of view of his longtime girlfriend Elizabeth Kloepfer (Lily Collins) who was oblivious that he was killing during the several years that they were together. John Malkovich, Jim Parsons, Haley Joel Osment, James Hetfield, Grace Victoria Cox, Jeffrey Donovan, Kaya Scodelario, Angela Sarafyan, Terry Kinney, and Dylan Baker round out the cast. Bundy killed young women across several states. In the end, Bundy confessed to killing 30. When asked by one agent if he really killed 30, Bundy replied: “add one digit to that (the 30
Continue reading →
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“Into Am the Night“, the new series from TNT has just premiered and I ‘d like to share my thoughts with you. The series centers on Pat, a beautiful young woman searching for where she belongs and a family hiding dark secrets. Pat’s mother is a verbally abusive alcoholic who resents her daughter. She blames Pat for her failed dream to become a singer. Despite this, Pat has grown into a sweet, but naive young woman. When she learns that she was adopted she searches through her mother’s things and discovers her birth certificate. Upon ambushing her mother with her discovery she learns that her real name is Fauna Hodel. Desperate to learn more about her family she calls her grandfather George and is invited to visit L.A. Following a fight with her mom she sets off to meet her birth family, not knowing the dangers she will soon face. The series also follows disgraced journalist Jay Singletary (Chris Pine),
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