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“The Terror: Infamy’s” Complete Second Season Release Date Announced

AMC’s critically acclaimed original anthology series “The Terror: Infamy” The Complete Second Season arrives on Blu-ray™ and DVD August 18 from Lionsgate. “The Terror: Infamy” was written by Max Borenstein (Kong: Skull Island, Godzilla) and stars Derek Mio (“Greek,” “SEAL Team,” “Hawaii Five-0”), Kiki Sukezane (“Westworld,” “Lost in Space,”), Naoko Mori (“Westworld,” “Lost in Space,”), Miki Ishikawa (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier), and George Takei (“Star Trek: The Original Series”). Season two on “The Terror: Infamy” “centers on World War II-era Japanese-Americans on Southern California’s Terminal Island are menaced by a “bakemono,” or, folkloric specter. Suffering forced evictions and imprisonment after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Terminal Islanders are hounded by prejudice and injustice, as well as bad omens and bizarre deaths. One of them, Chester Nakayama, decides to take on the malevolent entity, journeying to realms of evil in both the present…and the distant past.” The series is executive produced by Primetime Emmy® nominee Alexander Woo (“True

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Jun 29, 2020
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Legend Meets Real Life: The Kappa Of Kyuushuu And Kappa-dera

WARNING: Some subject matter may be disturbing to some readers. The Kappa is an adorable turtle-like creature with a Moe Howard haircut, big teddybear eyes, and rosy cheeks that make it just so darn cute that you want to pick it up and hug the daylights out of the little critter! This is all in part thanks to animes like Youkai Watch, How to raise a Kappa, and Summer days with Coo as well as little trinkets you can get from a vending machine. In reality, the Kappa is a creature of Japanese folklore that needs to be feared, why? Well for starters they can literally suck the life out of you…by way of your butt. The Kappa whose name in Japanese means “Water Child” is probably one of the most recognizable Yōkai (Japanese mythological creatures), a nymph/goblin-like creature who can be found in rivers and that’s said to be no bigger than a child but have tremendous strength. Kappas

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Jan 25, 2018

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“The Terror: Infamy’s” Complete Second Season Release Date Announced

AMC’s critically acclaimed original anthology series “The Terror: Infamy” The Complete Second Season arrives on Blu-ray™ and DVD August 18 from Lionsgate. “The Terror: Infamy” was written by Max Borenstein (Kong: Skull Island, Godzilla) and stars Derek Mio (“Greek,” “SEAL Team,” “Hawaii Five-0”), Kiki Sukezane (“Westworld,” “Lost in Space,”), Naoko Mori (“Westworld,” “Lost in Space,”), Miki Ishikawa (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier), and George Takei (“Star Trek: The Original Series”). Season two on “The Terror: Infamy” “centers on World War II-era Japanese-Americans on Southern California’s Terminal Island are menaced by a “bakemono,” or, folkloric specter. Suffering forced evictions and imprisonment after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Terminal Islanders are hounded by prejudice and injustice, as well as bad omens and bizarre deaths. One of them, Chester Nakayama, decides to take on the malevolent entity, journeying to realms of evil in both the present…and the distant past.” The series is executive produced by Primetime Emmy® nominee Alexander Woo (“True

Continue reading →
Jun 29, 2020
Horror Fuel

Legend Meets Real Life: The Kappa Of Kyuushuu And Kappa-dera

WARNING: Some subject matter may be disturbing to some readers. The Kappa is an adorable turtle-like creature with a Moe Howard haircut, big teddybear eyes, and rosy cheeks that make it just so darn cute that you want to pick it up and hug the daylights out of the little critter! This is all in part thanks to animes like Youkai Watch, How to raise a Kappa, and Summer days with Coo as well as little trinkets you can get from a vending machine. In reality, the Kappa is a creature of Japanese folklore that needs to be feared, why? Well for starters they can literally suck the life out of you…by way of your butt. The Kappa whose name in Japanese means “Water Child” is probably one of the most recognizable Yōkai (Japanese mythological creatures), a nymph/goblin-like creature who can be found in rivers and that’s said to be no bigger than a child but have tremendous strength. Kappas

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Jan 25, 2018