Oct. 10, 2024

The Strickfield Slasher - Haunted Film That Brings the Killer to Life

The Strickfield Slasher - Haunted Film That Brings the Killer to Life
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A cursed VHS tape unleashes a brutal killer from a long-lost horror film, terrorizing anyone who dares to watch it. As college students become the latest victims of the haunted tape, they must unravel the deadly mystery before they fall prey to the relentless slasher.

The Strickfield Slasher by Rob Fields

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The town of Strickfield has no shortage of urban legends

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and monstrous myths, But on this Halloween night, a group

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of college students are about to realize that the terrors

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on their television screen are only just the beginning, and

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now they have to wonder who will survive to return

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the tape.

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There's a hill in the air. Must befall join me

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for a tale of Falloween. You will experience tales for

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over ghosts, and it is not recommended for the weak

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at heart. Join me for a tale of Fallowy. This

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is weekly Spooky.

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Hello, my spookys. Well, no it's not Wednesday, but of

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course it is October spooky season, so I'm here with

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yet another terrifying tale to keep you titillated this spooky

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season leading all the way up to Halloween. I'm, of course,

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your host and narrator, Enrique Kuto, and I hope you

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enjoyed yesterday's show as much as you enjoy today's because

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we're heading to Strickfield for a much needed visit this

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terror tale will definitely keep you enthralled. But before we

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But now, my friends, it's about time we head to

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that old berg known as Strickfield, Ohio, where I understand

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there's a videotape people are dying to watch, so get

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yourself comfortable. The story starts right after these quick words.

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The Strictfield Slasher by Rob Fields prologue. I was at

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the Strickfield Town Center Mall on Halloween morning. I was

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very much surprised when it was announced in one of

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my classes this week that Strickfield University wasn't having any

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classes today or tomorrow, something about how it was made

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into village law that there's no school or college on Halloween,

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as well as no one unless you went to Strickfield Academy.

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In light of that, I decided to head out to

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the mall for the first time ever and check it out.

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The mall itself was okay, not too many stores in

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here for a big mall, but I noticed some of

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the vacancies were being filled, probably for the holidays. When

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I reached the other end of the mall, that was

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when things started getting better. I went into Spirit Halloween

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and picked up makeup for my costume for tonight. After that,

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I went into a women's clothing store next door. I

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was so happy to be able to find a pair

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of sexy bib overalls in my size for more of

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my costume. When you're chunky like me, finding stuff in

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your size can be hit or miss, but not today, thankfully.

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When I finished my shopping, I got a text from

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my boyfriend, Dillard Fuller. Heard from your roommate. You're at

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the mall. Can you pick up my board game I

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ordered from the bookstore. Help pay you back tonight at

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the party, I replied, and said I would. Then I

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started walking to the other end of the mall to

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go to the bookstore. When I looked down one of

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the far wings of the mall, I saw a faint light.

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Curiosity got the better of me, and I decided to

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see what was there. I reached the light and saw

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only a single store called Tinkers. It looked like a

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junk or oddity shop. Since I walked down this way,

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I figured I might as well go on in. I

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started looking at all kinds of knickknacks, but didn't find

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anything I just had to have. After a time, I

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felt I wasn't alone. Can I help you, a man

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appearing to be fifty asked, just looking around, I replied,

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looking for Halloween things. The man brightened up, Why don't

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you come up to the counter. I have some Halloween

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items you might be interested in. I humored the man

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and followed him to the counter. He had things in there,

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from old video game consoles to board games. He even

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had some Halloween things on display, ranging from old Vinyl

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records to unopened original Ben Cooper costume mask sets to

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even what's that? I asked, pointing to it. The man,

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who introduced himself as Isley Tinker, opened the case and

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pulled out what looked like an old movie on video

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cassette called The Strickfield Slasher. It was in a professional

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looking clamshell. I opened it to see the video cassette.

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My boyfriend actually watches these things, I said to mister Tinker.

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He still got his VCR DVD combo deck hooked up.

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What's this movie about? Mister Tinker explained that back around

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nineteen seventy one, these films students set out to make

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an independent horror movie for a class project for Halloween.

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Damian Carnivosh was a person who might have been considered

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goth by today's standards based on how he looked and dressed. However,

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back in those days it wasn't cool anyway. Damien came

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from money, much like the mirons I'd heard so much about.

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Since he had money, Damien had no problem securing the

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cast he needed to make his movie. Also, there was

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no way he was going to film the movie at

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his family spooky old mansion on Pleasant Valley Road since

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it was known to be haunted. Damien had found another

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old mansion where he wanted to shoot his film, Grim Manner.

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The problem was the old plantation was located in the

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backwoods of Strickfield, and people weren't too inclined to go

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in there. Damien made it known that he wasn't afraid. Also,

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hasn't it always been said that money talks? Again, Damien

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had plenty of money. He easily got the cast to

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accompany him out to grim Manor. He even got a

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benefactor who agreed to put up a special grade of

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film for Carnivoge to use in exchange for a producer credit.

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Among the cast was this huge, beefy football player who

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would play the title character of the strict Field slasher.

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What Damian either didn't know or didn't tell the cast

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was that grim Manor was also supposed to be haunted,

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much like his family's Carnivoche estate. The cast and crew

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would live in grim Manor as they were filming. In

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the beginning, they would leave the old plantation house to

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go to their classes, then return to film at dark.

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As time went on, it was becoming more and more

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evident that the big beefy football player Scott Meade started

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losing his sanity and was taking his role as the

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Strickfield slasher way too seriously. I'd better stop here, Tinker said.

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The rest of the story isn't something a charming young

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lady like yourself would want to hear. It's very sensitive stuff.

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I smiled at mister Tinker for the compliment, and said,

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our group likes watching horror movies, especially my boyfriend who's

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into these VHS tapes. Please go ahead and finish the story.

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It's not like I'm going to die from hearing it.

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At first, mister Tinker didn't seem to want to. Then

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he took a soft, deep breath. Okay, but I warned you.

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Mister Tinker continued the story and said that on that dark,

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stormy Halloween night, Scott Mead had finally lost his mind

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and started a te backing his fellow actors and crew members,

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brutally slaying them one by one. It didn't take long

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to see just how he had horribly painted the walls

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and stained the floors of the rooms where Meade killed

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his fellow cast and crew. No one ever knew what

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became of Damian Carnivosh, except that he was never seen again.

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Whether or not he turned up like the others making

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the Strickfield Slasher, nobody knows, mister Tinker finished. Then I

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became skeptical. Okay, so how did you come to know

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all about this? I knew you might doubt me, young lady,

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mister Tinker replied, Make no mistake, there was an official

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police report regarding what I just disclosed. After several missing

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persons reports were filed, the Strickfield Police went out searching

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for the missing students and eventually traced their whereabouts to

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grim Manor. It was there where they found the bodies,

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or rather what was left of them. They also found

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a few cameras and several cans of film that contained

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the footage, which was how the police were able to

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determine what had happened to those students. Mister Tinker also

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mentioned that the police had found some more bodies that

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were brutally slaughtered at the old House on the Hill

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located at one eight five Indian Hollow Road. Much like

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the horrible scenes at grim Manor, the bodies of a

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group of college kids having a Halloween party were found.

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What's more, Scott Meade himself was never found. In addition

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to Damian Carnivoche, mister Tinker continued, it was a few

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years ago when someone brought a VHS collection into my

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shop wanting to unload it. I bought the collection from him,

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since VHR chest tapes are highly sought after here in

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Strickfield and the surrounding areas. I looked through the collection

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and found that video cassette you're holding. I had seen

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things about this movie posted on your university's website and

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knew I had a rare piece. When I found it

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in the collection, I raised my eyebrow. I think my

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roommate and I did see something about this, mister Tinker,

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Zoe Griest and I had been spending nights in our

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dorm room and looking over all the different legends on

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Strickfield University's website. In fact, I think it was just

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last night that we saw what you're telling me. I sighed,

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what are you asking for this movie? I know my

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boyfriend would absolutely love this. Mister Tinker took the tape

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back and looked at it again. Based on the back cover,

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there weren't that many copies of this movie made. Possibly

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given the reasons I just explained and the fact that

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only fifty copies were made based on the numbering on

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the back cover, this video cassette is probably a collector's item. However,

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you are the only one who asked about it since

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I acquired it. He seemed to think about it. Tell

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you what, I'll let you have it for twenty dollars done,

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I exclaimed, and opened my purse to fish out a twenty.

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After finishing the purchase, I left the store with the movie.

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I looked over the clamshell case again as I made

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my way to the bookstore. When I reached it, I

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suddenly remembered the mall's bookstore itself was on the university's website,

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something about how two girls went completely crazy and started

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eating people in there. I walked into the bookstore and

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easily picked up Dillard's board game without any issues or

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anybody wanting to eat my brains. Afterwards, I went back

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to my dorm. When I got back, I saw Zoe

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was out, I found myself looking at The Strickfield Slasher.

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I couldn't tell you why, but I felt I really

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wanted to watch the movie. Only thing was I didn't

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own a VCR. I could have just waited until the

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evening to surprise Dillard, but I just had to see it. Fortunately,

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I knew right where to find a VCR. I left

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my dorm and went to one of the empty classrooms

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at University Hall that I knew had one. I quietly

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closed the door and got everything going. I took the

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tape out of the clamshell case and slid it right

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into the slot. The machine pulled the tape in and

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began playing on its own. There were no trailers for

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upcoming releases or even a copyright warning. The video was

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in black and white and actually looked like it was

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filmed in four K, even though everything looked like it

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was right out of the early seventies. Seeing that everything

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was okay, I went over to a table and sat down.

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From there, I began watching The Strickfield Slasher. As soon

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as I saw the dark and stormy sky that started

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the film, I knew right then it was going to

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be scary more scares to come weekly spooky. We'll be

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right back. Chapter one. It was around seven pm when

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Zoe and I were riding our scooters from Strickfield University

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to Dillard Fuller's party. We both stopped fast when we

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reached the driveway. Now we were looking at each other.

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What is it, Brianna, I asked. I pointed right up

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at the house. Don't you recognize it, Zoe? This is

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one eight five Indian Hollow Road. That's the same house

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where all those college kids were having their Halloween already,

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back in nineteen seventy one, the night Scott Mead left

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grim Manner and made his way here. We just saw

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that on the university's website. Now Zoe looked worried. We

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were both dressed up as sexy clowns, but I thought

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she looked way cuter than me, especially with looking as

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scared as she was. Maybe we should just leave, Zoe suggested.

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Then she pointed to me. Also, the webpage said Scott

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Mead was never found. I shivered a little after remembering

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what Meed did in the movie. I wasn't sure if

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those kills were real or practical effects. Still, Zoe, we're

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long past nineteen seventy one. I doubt Scott Mead's going

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to be out prowling around tonight in search of well.

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Zoe pointed at me again, say it. I gave her

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a worried look. Young sexy college girls like us. We

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both considered things and eventually decided to ride our scooters

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up the hilly driveway. We parked them at a nearby

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tree and brought our bags to the front door. As

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soon as I rang the doorbell, there was this really loud,

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blood curdling scream, like some girl was being murdered inside.

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Zoe and I both shrieked and then got a grip

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when we saw normal movement in the house. Then I

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had an idea and rang the doorbell again. Again we

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heard the horrifying scream. A few moments later, Dillard Fuller

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himself answered the door, dressed up as a mad doctor.

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Halloween songs were playing inside, not loud enough to wear.

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It was blasting everywhere. Zoe Briana Glad you guys could

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make it, he said, nice fucking doorbell, dill. Zoe muttered,

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we thought some chick was really being slaughtered in there.

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Dillard laughed a little. Yeah, I didn't know about the

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doorbell being rigged until you two rang it just now anyway,

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come on in, He stepped aside. The two of us

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entered and looked around to see how creepy this house was.

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We came into the living room where the others were.

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I turned to Dillard, did you rent this place or something? Babe?

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Don't you know about the history of this house? We did,

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Xander Weiss called out, and we do. Eddie Prance added Dillard, Xander, Eddie,

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and Rock Harris were all members of the Sigma Chi

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fraternity in addition to playing football for the Serpents. Along

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with Zoe and me, there were three other girls. Nancy

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Lyles was the only sorority girl here and belonged to

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Alpha Delta Kappa, while Ganice Vender and Misha Boltonhouse were

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university cheerleaders. There were nine of us total. Seriously, why

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would you guys even throw a party here? I asked them.

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And after that shit that happened back in nineteen seventy one,

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why not? Rock grumbled? We got it all to ourselves,

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super cheap. It's ours till tomorrow afternoon, Eddie added. Then

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Dillard wrapped his arms around my waist. Did you pick

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up my game, honey. We shared a quick kiss. I

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held up the bag right here. There's something else in

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it too. He kissed me again. When we came apart,

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I handed him the bag. No way, Dillard gasped. When

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he pulled the Strickfield Slasher out. He looked right at me.

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Where did you get this, Brianna. He opened the clamshell

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and looked at the tape. Yeah, this is the real

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deal here, He looked at me again. You know how

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extremely rare copies of this movie are. You can't even

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find these on eBay or Etsy or even the more

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obscure websites. I told him where I found the tape,

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as he whipped out his wallet and paid me back.

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Never heard of no store called Tinkers, Eddie said, skeptically.

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You sure it's in the mall. I go there every

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day and I ain't never once seen that store there. Look,

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I know where I went and found that movie at

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I snapped. Dillard looked Eddie's way, don't sweat it, man.

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Maybe the store just opened. It is getting closer to

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the holiday season, maybe, Eddie muttered. Sure enough, Dillard brought

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his VCR DVD combo deck to the party. It was

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hooked up to an old school TV. I mean we're

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talking boob tube here. Dillard popped the tape in. Gather around, everybody,

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It's time to watch a very rare piece of horror cinema.

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The nine of us were sitting together and watching The

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Strickfield Slasher. Now Dillard wanted me to sit on his lap.

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Even watching it for the second time, this movie still

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creeped me out. Then Dillard told everybody some trivia about

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how the movie was filmed on some special black and

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white film which made the picture quality look like it

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was filmed in four K like before. The movie started

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out on a night just like tonight, except in the

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movie it was both dark and stormy. There were nine

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people attending the Halloween party at grim manor Funny Thing.

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There were the same number of guys and girls like

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at our party, and they were wearing similar costumes too.

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A few of the other guys agreed on how good

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the picture quality was for an old VHS. The were

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talking among each other and doing party stuff. Many of

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them were drinking canned beer. A few of the girls

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were being flirty with the jocks, one of them showing

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her boobs without reservation. It wasn't long before they decided

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to kick the party up a notch. They all gathered

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around in the living room to play a sexy version

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of Truth or Dare. Zoe, who sat next to me

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and Dillard, took my hand and held it. When the

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game was really getting interesting, Scott Mead crashed the party

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and started brutally killing people. I squeezed Zoe's hand a

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few times too at how scary Mead was. When I

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watched The Strickfield Slasher earlier, I was holding myself at

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how scared Scott Mead made me feel. He was playing

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some big monster of a man who escaped from the

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Eerie City Asylum a real place. Eventually, he made his

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way to grim Manor and went on a murder spree.

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Her Tinker told me earlier. Mead went totally batshit crazy

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and viciously killed nearly everybody. Then he left grim Manor

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and made his way across the village until he came

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to a house on a hill where some other college

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kids were partying, the very same house we were in

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at that moment. Getting back to the movie, Scott Mead

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was creating a hell of a bloodbath with the partiers.

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I still wondered if the kill scenes were fake or

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if we were actually watching a snuff film. The blood, gore,

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and nudity certainly weren't toned down in any way. Even

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the screams were as blood curdling and realistic as could be.

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Just hearing Scott Meade scream each time he went to

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murder somebody kept making shivers go down my spine. We

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were at the part of the movie where Scott Mead

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went upstairs to the bathroom. He opened the door and

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found the flirty girl who was showing her goods, all

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hot and naked and taking a shower. Dillard pointed to

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the screen. Today, a final girl could get away with

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being nude like that in a slasher movie. But back then, yeah,

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she's dead meat. Suddenly a huge flash flickered at the windows,

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making everybody shriek. Then a loud rumble followed. It seemed

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we were getting a dark and stormy night on Halloween

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and Strickfield ourselves. Then I noticed Rock was sneering at me. Hey, Brianna,

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you think you could be a final girl in a

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scary movie?

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Oh?

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I knew where that asshole was coming from, you heard Dillard.

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Even though I'm fat. I'd probably be able to survive

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in a horror movie made today, I sighed, But I

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think even i'd be dead in this movie. I've never

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seen any slashers where a fat girl became final girl.

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Dillard pointed right at Rock lay off Brianna, I mean it.

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I won't put up with you giving her a hard time.

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When Rock finally shut up, Dillard turned to me, you okay, hun,

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I nodded, I'm not offended. Really. The truth was I

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was easily chunky, maybe considered big, not morbidly obese. However,

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plenty of guys checked me out when I came to

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Strickfield University, but Dillard was the one who acted on me.

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I had been with him for a good two years now.

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Even now, he didn't have a problem with me sitting

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on his lap as we kept watching the movie. When

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Zoe squeezed my hand again, I gulped at knowing what

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I was about to see on a repeat. Viewing what

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everybody else would see for the first time, you just

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knew the guys were appreciating the shower chick, especially when

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her nudity was quite graphic. The chick tried being seductive

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to the killer while letting the shower rain down on her.

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It seemed as though Scott Mead would spare her. Suddenly

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he screamed like a crazy person. Then he grabbed hold

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of her and ripped her arms right out at the roots.

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When the girl screamed and started bleeding everywhere, the others

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all groaned at how grotesque the scene was. Mead finished

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her off by grabbing her head and twisting it off

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in his hands. Even seeing that similar scene in Creep

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Show made me WinCE man. No wonder the Strickfield Slasher

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never really saw the light of day, Dillard said, the

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story's just terrible. It's all extreme violence and nudity just

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for the sake of having it. Whatever made Damien Carnivosh

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want to film this piece of shit? Anyway, Those Carnivoche

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people were always fucking crazy. Nancy muttered, No wonder that

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house on Pleasant Valley Road has always talked about so much.

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You keeping the movie, Zoe asked Dillard. Yeah, I'm definitely

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keeping it, he assured her. Brianna here found it for me,

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and it's a rare collector's item. He don't throw stuff

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like that away. It was then when I realized, hey,

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we never turned the music down to watch this movie.

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Eddie took a drink of his beer and got up. Yeah, yeah,

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I'll get it. He went to the stereo the guy's brought,

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then started pushing the stop button. Huh, what gives man?

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Rock called over his shoulder. It's called the stop button,

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you moron. Eddie turned around. I did push the stop button.

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Rock got up and went to Eddie. He opened the

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CD and tape decks. Both ain't nobody playing nothing in here?

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Then he looked around, where the fuck's that music coming from?

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Then Jennie stood up and stammered anybody. Suddenly the front

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door practically exploded. We either gasped in surprise or screamed

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when we saw this mountain of a man wearing a

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sack cloth over his head. He looked exactly like the

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character Scott Mead played in the movie. This guy was

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so tall he had to lower himself to be able

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to get through the doorway. Upon smashing through, he was

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so drenched in muscles he easily made Rock look scrawny,

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and he was holding the absolute biggest meat cleaver any

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of us had ever seen. I wasn't sure about the

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others here, but I was definitely scared as hell. Any

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of you guys order him, Edie asked, uneasily. Not as

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drunk as I thought. When nobody spoke up, I knew

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right away we were all in for a war of shit.

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Are you afraid? Good weekly spooky, We'll be right back.

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Chapter two. The giant looked over everybody in the house

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and started heaving. Then he looked up to the ceiling

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and screamed, the same way Scott Mead screamed in the

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movie before going after his victims. Nobody stuck around to

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see if this guy was real or not. Funny thing.

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The music we were hearing suddenly got quicker and louder

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as we all moved and scattered in different directions. Okay, no,

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Zoe turned and ran with me. As it turned out,

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Mead turned and chased after Zoe and me. First, for

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a giant of a man, he could run like a

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regular sized person. Oh Jesus Christ, Zoe shrieked, why is

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this what's happening? I don't know? I shrieked back. Like

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Scott Mead and the Strickfield Slasher, this guy never spoke

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a word. He just growled, roared, and screamed. Soon Zoe

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and I reached the stairway and ran up. It was

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a good thing we didn't stop, because that big meat

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cleaver would have got me in the back for sure.

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Zoe screamed when we turned to see the blade embedded

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in the wall at the top of the stairs. When

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we heard Scott Mead coming up, we turned and ran.

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We made it into the open room that was probably

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the master bedroom. Zoe slammed the door and locked it.

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We didn't have much time to catch our breaths when

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Scott Mead exploded right through this door too. When he

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screamed again, Zoe and I slipped past him and got

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back out. We were almost to the stairway when we

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heard him coming for us again. Zoe and I had

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to take the steps two at a time. As soon

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as we were a few steps away from the stairway,

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the music got really loud. Then it drastically changed. After

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me to jumped the stairway and landed right by us.

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He took one long look at me and then suddenly

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turned his eyes on Zoe. She screamed when Mead grabbed

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her by one of her pigtails and pulled her back

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to him. Oh God, help me. She screamed as Mead

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grabbed the other pigtail. When I moved to try and

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save her, he pulled on both of Zoe's pigtails until

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he pulled her face apart right down the middle. You

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could literally see just her eyeballs, muscles, and bone. Now

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blood was quickly flowing down Zoe's body and whetting her costume.

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Her eyeballs went up to the ceiling as she screamed

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her final scream before she dropped to the floor. Forever

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the music changed to match this dismal event. Mead growled

458
00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:03.720
and picked up his cleaver. Then he took another long,

459
00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:13.240
hard look at me. Chapter three. I shook my head

460
00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:16.319
quickly and suddenly ran out the front door as Mead

461
00:32:16.400 --> 00:32:20.720
screamed like a deranged lunatic behind me. Now, Mead roared

462
00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:24.079
as he came outside and started chasing me down. I

463
00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:26.559
knew there was no way I could outrun him. In

464
00:32:26.599 --> 00:32:29.200
a matter of a few minutes, he would easily carve

465
00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:32.920
my fat ass up into fine cuts of meat. Suddenly,

466
00:32:33.440 --> 00:32:36.240
a big pickup truck passed in front of me and

467
00:32:36.319 --> 00:32:39.319
braked to a stop. Eddie Prance was in the back,

468
00:32:39.400 --> 00:32:43.240
holding his hands out get in here, he yelled. I

469
00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:45.400
grabbed his hands to let him pull me in back,

470
00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:49.079
but Mead reached the truck. Suddenly, Eddie cried out when

471
00:32:49.079 --> 00:32:52.160
he sprang forward to escape and fell on top of me.

472
00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:55.559
I gasped when I saw the meat cleaver slam into

473
00:32:55.599 --> 00:32:58.599
the back of the truck, making the entire front end

474
00:32:58.680 --> 00:33:01.960
come right up off its wheel. Eddie and I were

475
00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:05.440
right where Mead could easily reach us. We got to

476
00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:09.519
our feet and tried to run. Come on, Brianna, Eddie yelled.

477
00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:13.359
Suddenly Mead was right there and grabbed Eddie by his

478
00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:19.279
long hair. Oh shit, he screeched. Oh God, help me, Brianna,

479
00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:24.000
help me. I grabbed Eddie's hands and tried to pull

480
00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:27.519
him my way. Eddie really clenched his teeth as Mead

481
00:33:27.640 --> 00:33:31.279
pulled his hair harder. The next thing I knew, Eddie's

482
00:33:31.319 --> 00:33:36.039
neck skin was pulling apart. Suddenly, Mead had Eddie's entire

483
00:33:36.119 --> 00:33:39.279
face and hair right in his fist, as if it

484
00:33:39.319 --> 00:33:43.480
were a Halloween mask. The rest of Eddie and me

485
00:33:43.640 --> 00:33:47.799
fell and tumbled over each other. Now Eddie screamed as

486
00:33:47.799 --> 00:33:50.680
he got up and started running around like a chicken

487
00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:53.440
with its head cut off, except he had a bare

488
00:33:53.599 --> 00:33:59.680
skull with just eyeballs, muscles, and bone. Blood ran down

489
00:33:59.720 --> 00:34:03.759
his and soaked his costume. Mead marched right after him.

490
00:34:04.119 --> 00:34:07.359
Then Eddie started to slow down and sink to his knees.

491
00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:11.840
Before Eddie could sink any further, Mead grabbed his neckbone

492
00:34:12.039 --> 00:34:15.159
and yanked up hard to take his skull and his

493
00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:19.079
entire spine along with it. What was left of Eddie's

494
00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:24.400
body slumped over forever. Mead held his cleaver up as

495
00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:29.599
he screamed at the sky. Rock tried attacking Mead from behind,

496
00:34:29.880 --> 00:34:33.320
but all he made the Strickfield Slasher do was move

497
00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:38.000
just slightly. Now the killer turned around and saw Rock.

498
00:34:38.719 --> 00:34:42.519
Mead screamed insanely again before he swung Eddie's spine and

499
00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:47.079
skull hard at ROC's head. The impact made ROC's head

500
00:34:47.119 --> 00:34:51.360
shatter like it was ceramic. I screamed really loud on

501
00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:54.480
seeing that graphic horror right in front of me, knowing

502
00:34:54.559 --> 00:34:59.079
it was very real. ROC's headless body stood for many

503
00:34:59.119 --> 00:35:02.599
long moments until it wobbled and fell to its knees.

504
00:35:03.360 --> 00:35:06.960
Then it toppled over and landed hard on its chest.

505
00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:11.199
I looked past Mead to the truck and saw everybody

506
00:35:11.199 --> 00:35:13.920
else who was in it was getting away. It was

507
00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:17.639
then when Dillard Fuller came to me and took my hand.

508
00:35:18.320 --> 00:35:21.239
Come on, honey, let's move. As the two of us

509
00:35:21.280 --> 00:35:24.880
turned to run away, Mead focused right on me again.

510
00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:31.360
Then he pointed and screamed, bloody murder. Once more. Dillard

511
00:35:31.360 --> 00:35:35.480
and I ran like hell with Mead in Hot Pursuit,

512
00:35:40.239 --> 00:35:44.800
Chapter four. Dillard and I ran until we reached the barn.

513
00:35:45.320 --> 00:35:48.840
We went inside and pulled the door shut. He found

514
00:35:48.840 --> 00:35:52.360
a baseball bat. Just as Mead crashed right through the door,

515
00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:56.440
he turned and saw Dillard and I again, he pointed

516
00:35:56.480 --> 00:36:01.320
right at us and screamed with madness. Dillard roared as

517
00:36:01.320 --> 00:36:04.559
he jumped his skinny ass up and swung the baseball bat,

518
00:36:04.800 --> 00:36:08.000
catching Mead right on top of the head. I think

519
00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:10.800
I actually felt the impact of the bat and knew

520
00:36:10.880 --> 00:36:14.960
Dillard didn't hold back. When my boyfriend landed on his feet,

521
00:36:15.320 --> 00:36:18.840
Mead just stood there and looked down at him. Then

522
00:36:18.920 --> 00:36:23.840
he pointed right at Dillard and screamed again. Oh shit,

523
00:36:24.679 --> 00:36:28.440
Dillard yelled as he turned back to me. Run, Brianna, run.

524
00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:32.480
Dillard and I ran out a side door when he

525
00:36:32.559 --> 00:36:37.280
slammed it behind him, Mead still crashed right through it. Suddenly,

526
00:36:37.400 --> 00:36:41.480
Dillard took me down, saving my life as that huge

527
00:36:41.559 --> 00:36:46.639
cleaver flew right over us. Come on, Dillard yelled, grabbing

528
00:36:46.679 --> 00:36:49.280
my hands and helping me back to my feet. I

529
00:36:49.320 --> 00:36:52.960
stayed with him as Mead chased us down again. We

530
00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:55.840
gained a little time since Mead stopped to pick up

531
00:36:55.840 --> 00:37:00.280
his weapon. Soon he was pursuing us again. For a

532
00:37:00.320 --> 00:37:03.119
giant man, he was running like he'd gotten his full

533
00:37:03.239 --> 00:37:07.559
ride to Strickfield University in track and field instead of football.

534
00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:11.440
Also for a chunky girl, I wasn't doing too bad

535
00:37:11.519 --> 00:37:15.119
in keeping up with my boyfriend. Then we heard Mead

536
00:37:15.280 --> 00:37:18.880
screaming behind us again and knew it wouldn't be long

537
00:37:18.960 --> 00:37:22.960
before he'd catch up to us. Suddenly, Rock's truck came

538
00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:26.840
right out of nowhere and slammed into Mead. We turned

539
00:37:26.840 --> 00:37:30.199
to see Xander Weiss was driving it. Mead was holding

540
00:37:30.239 --> 00:37:34.880
on as Xander eventually rammed him right smack into a tree.

541
00:37:35.079 --> 00:37:38.400
I swore I could feel my own bones breaking on impact.

542
00:37:39.159 --> 00:37:42.880
I knew I was fine, but just seeing the way

543
00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:47.079
they crashed. Then I screamed when I saw Mead was

544
00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:51.760
on his feet and shouting with utter derangement. Suddenly, Mead

545
00:37:51.920 --> 00:37:55.480
started pushing the truck back. Xander was flooring it to

546
00:37:55.480 --> 00:37:58.639
try and keep him pinned where he was. Die, you

547
00:37:58.840 --> 00:38:05.840
fucking bastard, die, Xander screamed, just as crazily, fuck you,

548
00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:09.840
even though there had to be a shit ton of

549
00:38:09.880 --> 00:38:13.960
horsepower under the hood. Mead was screaming his insane screams

550
00:38:14.159 --> 00:38:18.079
and actually started pushing the truck back. You could literally

551
00:38:18.119 --> 00:38:22.159
see the back tires spinning in the dirt and grass.

552
00:38:22.199 --> 00:38:26.639
Mead screamed an even more insane scream before he lifted

553
00:38:26.679 --> 00:38:30.400
the right front end and turned the truck over onto

554
00:38:30.440 --> 00:38:34.280
its side. Xander might have been better off staying in

555
00:38:34.320 --> 00:38:37.119
the truck. When he tried to escape Scott, Mead was

556
00:38:37.199 --> 00:38:39.960
right there to grab him and raise him up over

557
00:38:40.000 --> 00:38:45.519
his head. Oh shit, were Xander's last words when Mead

558
00:38:45.639 --> 00:38:48.119
ripped him in half like he was made out of

559
00:38:48.159 --> 00:38:53.239
cloth and stuffed with cotton. After doing that, Mead became

560
00:38:53.400 --> 00:38:58.360
slickened from head to toe with blood. We gotta get

561
00:38:58.360 --> 00:39:02.280
out of here, Dillard yelled. Then he grabbed my hand,

562
00:39:02.360 --> 00:39:05.840
making me turn and run with him. Why the fuck

563
00:39:06.000 --> 00:39:10.000
is this happening, I screamed, This was just supposed to

564
00:39:10.039 --> 00:39:14.519
be a Halloween party tonight, right. Guess somebody didn't tell

565
00:39:14.599 --> 00:39:18.599
him that. Dillard called back. As I was trying to

566
00:39:18.639 --> 00:39:21.480
focus to keep up with him. I knew I wasn't

567
00:39:21.519 --> 00:39:26.119
feeling right. Maybe seeing all that carnage was making me

568
00:39:26.280 --> 00:39:35.119
sick inside. Still, I managed to stay with Dillard. Chapter five.

569
00:39:36.719 --> 00:39:40.320
Dillard and I ran into some woods nearby. I let

570
00:39:40.400 --> 00:39:43.599
him continue to lead the way. I was hoping we'd

571
00:39:43.599 --> 00:39:47.679
lose Scott Mead, But why was he here and chasing

572
00:39:47.719 --> 00:39:52.039
after us? Now? After all this time he was obviously

573
00:39:52.159 --> 00:39:56.000
young and strong. Back in nineteen seventy one, you'd think

574
00:39:56.119 --> 00:39:59.920
Mead was old enough to be retired and collecting social Security.

575
00:40:00.079 --> 00:40:03.079
By now, looking at him, you'd swear he was still

576
00:40:03.119 --> 00:40:06.320
hitting the gym every hour of every day. He was

577
00:40:06.360 --> 00:40:09.599
still able to run fast. We couldn't see under his

578
00:40:09.679 --> 00:40:12.519
sack mask, but it was like the bastard never aged

579
00:40:12.719 --> 00:40:16.400
a single day. Dillard and I came out of the

580
00:40:16.400 --> 00:40:20.320
woods and ran across some farmer's field. It wasn't long

581
00:40:20.440 --> 00:40:24.480
before we could hear Scott Mead screaming his maddening scream

582
00:40:24.639 --> 00:40:29.000
behind us. Christ, if we don't lose that big fucker,

583
00:40:29.920 --> 00:40:34.360
we're both gonna be dead. Dillard gasped, No two ways

584
00:40:34.400 --> 00:40:38.079
about it. We were both running out of steam. Still,

585
00:40:38.119 --> 00:40:42.559
we kept running and running. It wasn't long before a

586
00:40:42.599 --> 00:40:45.679
car pulled right up in front of us. It was

587
00:40:45.800 --> 00:40:49.119
Mancy and Genie. Get in you two. Let's get the

588
00:40:49.239 --> 00:40:53.559
fuck out of here, Nancy cried. Dillard and I quickly

589
00:40:53.599 --> 00:40:57.480
got in the back. Genie floored the gas. At least

590
00:40:57.519 --> 00:41:00.480
we could catch our breaths now, But our rescue and

591
00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:05.280
relief was very short lived when Scott Mead was suddenly

592
00:41:05.960 --> 00:41:08.159
right up in the road ahead of us.

593
00:41:09.960 --> 00:41:13.639
Don't go away, weekly, spooky, We'll be right back.

594
00:41:19.559 --> 00:41:25.360
Chapter six, Maancy and Janie screamed. Then Janice slammed on

595
00:41:25.400 --> 00:41:27.920
the brakes. How the fuck did he get ahead of

596
00:41:27.960 --> 00:41:31.480
us like that? Nancy gasped, I could have sworn me

597
00:41:31.559 --> 00:41:36.039
left his ass back there. Who cares? Dillard yelled, get

598
00:41:36.159 --> 00:41:39.760
us out of here. Janice put the car in reverse

599
00:41:39.800 --> 00:41:42.800
and floored it. Soon she was able to turn us around.

600
00:41:43.239 --> 00:41:45.960
She put it in gear again and did some squealing

601
00:41:46.000 --> 00:41:50.880
and peeling. Scott Mead landed right on the hood. Before

602
00:41:50.920 --> 00:41:53.199
I could think, I felt my head hitting the roof

603
00:41:53.239 --> 00:41:56.559
of the car. I was seeing stars and was dizzy. Now,

604
00:41:57.039 --> 00:41:59.639
I wasn't even aware of Dillard pulling me out of

605
00:41:59.639 --> 00:42:05.599
the car, Brianna. He yelled to me. He sounded like

606
00:42:05.639 --> 00:42:10.639
an old record being played really slow. I was still

607
00:42:10.719 --> 00:42:13.760
too dizzy to shake the cobwebs. I was sure I

608
00:42:13.840 --> 00:42:17.039
felt skinny Dillard lifting my big body up and onto

609
00:42:17.079 --> 00:42:21.280
his shoulder. I was also sure I heard more screaming,

610
00:42:22.360 --> 00:42:27.960
probably from Genie and Nancy. God damn you. I heard

611
00:42:28.039 --> 00:42:33.239
Dillard yell at meed, you motherfucker. I think I passed

612
00:42:33.239 --> 00:42:36.559
out when I felt Dillard running with me on his shoulder.

613
00:42:42.199 --> 00:42:47.239
Chapter seven. I finally woke up and recognized where we were.

614
00:42:48.480 --> 00:42:52.639
Then I saw my boyfriend was right there. You okay, Brianna,

615
00:42:53.239 --> 00:42:57.840
Dillard asked, holding my hand. I nodded, I think so.

616
00:42:58.760 --> 00:43:02.199
I got up and attempted to walk. Dillard was there

617
00:43:02.239 --> 00:43:05.199
with me. When I was doing okay and not feeling

618
00:43:05.239 --> 00:43:11.159
dizzy or sick, I looked back at him, Yeah, I'm fine. Ow.

619
00:43:12.079 --> 00:43:14.480
I put my free hand to where my head still hurt,

620
00:43:15.320 --> 00:43:18.639
feels like I got cracked by a baseball bat. I

621
00:43:18.760 --> 00:43:23.000
raised my eyebrow, and you really carried me on your shoulder.

622
00:43:23.920 --> 00:43:28.960
Dillard squeezed my hand you bet, I did. But you're okay, right,

623
00:43:29.840 --> 00:43:34.320
I nodded, Yeah, I think I'll be fine. Then I

624
00:43:34.440 --> 00:43:38.880
recognized our surroundings. Why the fuck did you bring us

625
00:43:38.880 --> 00:43:42.239
back here? Don't you think Scott Mead will double back

626
00:43:42.280 --> 00:43:46.519
here to find us? Dillard sighed and shook his head.

627
00:43:47.320 --> 00:43:50.440
I don't know, honey, but seriously, why are we being

628
00:43:50.519 --> 00:43:55.320
terrorized by Scott fucking need Isn't the Strickfield Slasher just

629
00:43:56.000 --> 00:44:01.320
a fictional movie, a fictional character? I had to think.

630
00:44:02.480 --> 00:44:05.679
Then I saw the VHS tape of the movie sticking

631
00:44:05.719 --> 00:44:09.360
out of the VCR. I let go of Dillard's hand

632
00:44:09.760 --> 00:44:13.119
and went to it to pull the tape out. Honey,

633
00:44:14.400 --> 00:44:17.559
I'm really sorry, I groaned as I threw the tape

634
00:44:17.599 --> 00:44:20.599
on the floor and tried smashing it with my shoes.

635
00:44:21.559 --> 00:44:26.480
What are you doing, Dillard demanded. I don't know. The

636
00:44:26.559 --> 00:44:29.199
Strickfield Slasher is here in the real world trying to

637
00:44:29.320 --> 00:44:33.280
kill our asses. Right, maybe if we destroy this fucking

638
00:44:33.360 --> 00:44:36.480
tape we can send him back. I even jumped up

639
00:44:36.519 --> 00:44:39.000
and down on the tape, hoping my weight would be

640
00:44:39.119 --> 00:44:44.039
enough to break the casing. When I stepped off of it, Oh, bullshit,

641
00:44:44.079 --> 00:44:48.039
the tape isn't even cracked. I turned to Dillard. I

642
00:44:48.119 --> 00:44:50.000
know I way enough to be able to destroy a

643
00:44:50.119 --> 00:44:55.079
fucking videotape. Dillard even tried destroying it, but no matter

644
00:44:55.119 --> 00:45:00.480
what he did, Okay, I don't get it. Then Dillard

645
00:45:00.519 --> 00:45:04.239
had an idea. He put the tape back into the VCR.

646
00:45:05.679 --> 00:45:10.079
I'm glad that oversized idiot didn't destroy my equipment. What

647
00:45:10.119 --> 00:45:15.960
are you doing? I asked, Let's watch the credits. Dillard said,

648
00:45:16.760 --> 00:45:21.199
sometimes you learn things by watching those. There wasn't much

649
00:45:21.239 --> 00:45:25.480
of the movie left no surprise. The Strickfield Slasher was

650
00:45:25.559 --> 00:45:29.480
never stopped. The movie ended with him walking off into

651
00:45:29.519 --> 00:45:34.960
the sunrise. From there, the credits rolled. Dillard and I

652
00:45:35.039 --> 00:45:41.360
watched them carefully, and then I saw it right there, Dillard,

653
00:45:41.760 --> 00:45:44.480
I yelled, pointing at it. When he paused the movie,

654
00:45:44.480 --> 00:45:49.639
I pointed to the credit special film stock donated by E. Tinker.

655
00:45:50.320 --> 00:45:53.280
I looked at Dillard. The man I bought the tape

656
00:45:53.320 --> 00:45:58.960
from this morning introduced himself as Isley Tinker. You think

657
00:45:59.000 --> 00:46:03.960
it's a coincidence, he sighed and looked back at me. Okay,

658
00:46:04.639 --> 00:46:07.840
we'll have to go on that. We finished watching the

659
00:46:07.920 --> 00:46:11.480
credits and saw that E. Tinker also had a producer credit.

660
00:46:12.159 --> 00:46:17.119
Finally the tape reached the end. Then the VCR automatically

661
00:46:17.159 --> 00:46:22.639
started rewinding. Dillard and I looked at each other. What

662
00:46:22.679 --> 00:46:26.480
do we do now, hun, I asked, you're the film

663
00:46:26.519 --> 00:46:31.519
student here, what do we do? What the holy shit?

664
00:46:32.000 --> 00:46:36.079
Dillard shrieked. It happened just like that. Suddenly everything went

665
00:46:36.119 --> 00:46:40.320
from color to black and white. We weren't watching the movie,

666
00:46:40.360 --> 00:46:43.599
but you'd swear we were looking just as four k

667
00:46:43.719 --> 00:46:47.760
as that VHS tape did. Before we could think about

668
00:46:47.800 --> 00:46:50.559
what to do next, we turned to see Scott Meade

669
00:46:50.679 --> 00:46:53.719
was standing right there, just outside the front door he

670
00:46:53.760 --> 00:46:57.199
had crashed through earlier to let us know he was back.

671
00:46:58.440 --> 00:47:02.280
He raised his big cleaver and screamed like a madman

672
00:47:02.800 --> 00:47:10.880
once again. When Scott Mead finished screaming, Dillard and I

673
00:47:10.880 --> 00:47:14.519
didn't think about it and ran upstairs again. I saw

674
00:47:14.559 --> 00:47:17.239
the split in the wall where Mead threw that cleaver

675
00:47:17.320 --> 00:47:20.559
when he was chasing after me and Zoe earlier. We

676
00:47:20.679 --> 00:47:25.320
made it upstairs and had to think, fast, shit, there's

677
00:47:25.360 --> 00:47:29.920
nowhere for us to run. Brianna Dillard groaned. When we

678
00:47:29.960 --> 00:47:33.239
heard Scott Mead screaming again, we knew it would only

679
00:47:33.280 --> 00:47:38.000
be seconds before he'd be on us. Then I had

680
00:47:38.039 --> 00:47:42.719
an idea. I want you to listen to me very carefully.

681
00:47:44.119 --> 00:47:53.800
Then I explained my plan. When Scott Mead found me

682
00:47:53.880 --> 00:47:57.320
in the bathroom, I was naked and glistening wet from

683
00:47:57.360 --> 00:48:00.800
the water raining on me from the shower nozzle. Oh

684
00:48:00.840 --> 00:48:03.719
believe me. I knew I was crazy, but Dillard and

685
00:48:03.760 --> 00:48:06.199
I were never going to make it back downstairs with

686
00:48:06.320 --> 00:48:09.440
me blocking our way, which was why I was doing

687
00:48:09.440 --> 00:48:13.440
the brainless bimbo thing from the movie itself and taking

688
00:48:13.440 --> 00:48:17.239
a shower. Mead was looking me over as I turned

689
00:48:17.239 --> 00:48:21.559
and presented myself again, I wasn't the sexiest girl in

690
00:48:21.599 --> 00:48:25.079
our group, with being chunky and having a bubble butt.

691
00:48:25.559 --> 00:48:27.719
At least I had the tits that came with having

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00:48:27.760 --> 00:48:31.159
my chunky frame. I also said I found it hard

693
00:48:31.199 --> 00:48:34.639
to believe skinny Dillard wanted to date me just after

694
00:48:34.679 --> 00:48:38.599
we met at the university. Hell, guys didn't even want

695
00:48:38.599 --> 00:48:41.760
to date me back in high school. I only said

696
00:48:41.800 --> 00:48:44.920
I was sexy earlier because Dillard would tell me so.

697
00:48:45.679 --> 00:48:49.880
He made me feel good about myself. Now. Scott Mead

698
00:48:50.039 --> 00:48:52.719
was looking me over as I kept soaping myself up.

699
00:48:53.159 --> 00:48:55.000
I was expecting him to do to me what he

700
00:48:55.039 --> 00:48:58.920
did to that porn looking girl from the original movie.

701
00:48:58.960 --> 00:49:01.639
I really didn't want to, but I wasn't going to

702
00:49:01.719 --> 00:49:04.599
let this giant buffoon get my boyfriend if I could

703
00:49:04.639 --> 00:49:09.480
help it. Well, what are you waiting for, I demanded,

704
00:49:10.000 --> 00:49:14.199
I'm all wet and sexy, baby, I screamed when Mead

705
00:49:14.320 --> 00:49:18.320
suddenly reached out and grabbed my throat. His hand was

706
00:49:18.360 --> 00:49:22.480
big enough to almost go completely around my neck. One

707
00:49:22.519 --> 00:49:27.119
sudden movement of his wrist would snap my neck easily.

708
00:49:28.320 --> 00:49:32.719
I closed my eyes and waited for everything to end.

709
00:49:33.599 --> 00:49:37.239
Then Mead suddenly roared in pain. I opened my eyes

710
00:49:37.280 --> 00:49:39.960
and saw the tip of the sword sticking out of

711
00:49:40.000 --> 00:49:46.320
the Strickfield Slasher's chest. I looked past him and saw Dillard. No,

712
00:49:46.920 --> 00:49:49.280
you were supposed to run, you were supposed to live,

713
00:49:50.000 --> 00:49:54.039
I yelled. Our story ain't ending like that, Brianna. He

714
00:49:54.159 --> 00:49:56.599
called back, I love you, and we're getting out of

715
00:49:56.599 --> 00:50:00.719
this together. Now, come on. Dillard snatched my hand. When

716
00:50:00.760 --> 00:50:03.960
Scott Mead fell to his knees, I moved past him

717
00:50:03.960 --> 00:50:06.800
and came to my boyfriend. I grabbed my clothes off

718
00:50:06.840 --> 00:50:09.880
the floor and quickly got dressed. Then Dillard and I

719
00:50:10.000 --> 00:50:13.159
ran out of the bathroom and were soon leaving the house.

720
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We realized we were the last two left out of

721
00:50:16.800 --> 00:50:20.800
our Halloween party from earlier tonight. I hope you killed

722
00:50:20.800 --> 00:50:25.719
that son of a bitch, I told him. Yeah, I

723
00:50:25.760 --> 00:50:29.440
hope so too, Dillard replied in a tone that told

724
00:50:29.480 --> 00:50:33.880
me he wasn't believing it either. We found the scooters

725
00:50:33.960 --> 00:50:36.440
Zoe and I had used to come here and took

726
00:50:36.480 --> 00:50:39.440
off on them. I was sure we both knew it

727
00:50:39.480 --> 00:50:42.800
was only a matter of time before Scott Meade would

728
00:50:42.840 --> 00:50:47.639
recover and find us again. We continued riding the scooters

729
00:50:48.119 --> 00:50:51.519
until we made it back into Strickfield limits. We knew

730
00:50:51.519 --> 00:50:53.920
we had to reach the police station and get help.

731
00:50:54.599 --> 00:50:57.280
We parked the scooters outside the station and got off

732
00:50:57.280 --> 00:51:00.280
to go in. As soon as we reached the double doors.

733
00:51:01.199 --> 00:51:06.519
That was when tragedy struck. Scott Mead was suddenly right

734
00:51:06.559 --> 00:51:11.280
there with his big meat cleaver raised high. Also, we

735
00:51:11.280 --> 00:51:15.039
should have realized things weren't over when we never stopped

736
00:51:15.039 --> 00:51:20.559
hearing that horrible music all around us. When Mead screamed,

737
00:51:20.639 --> 00:51:24.679
so did we. Then I screamed even louder when he

738
00:51:24.760 --> 00:51:28.760
brought the cleaver down and sliced Dillard in half on

739
00:51:28.840 --> 00:51:33.519
the spot. I screamed even more when both halves of

740
00:51:33.559 --> 00:51:38.119
Dillard Fuller each fell to a knee and then split

741
00:51:38.159 --> 00:51:43.719
apart to fall onto their perspective sides. Then I fell

742
00:51:43.719 --> 00:51:47.760
onto my knees as Scott Mead screamed his loudest yet

743
00:51:48.280 --> 00:51:53.000
and raised his cleaver for what would be his final kill.

744
00:51:54.039 --> 00:51:56.360
Dillard and I should have known we weren't going to

745
00:51:56.400 --> 00:52:00.840
get out of this horrible Halloween nightmare, especially when everything

746
00:52:00.960 --> 00:52:04.800
was still in black and white. I probably could have

747
00:52:04.840 --> 00:52:08.960
gotten up and ran, but what was the point. No

748
00:52:09.039 --> 00:52:12.519
matter where I'd run, Scott Mead would be right there waiting.

749
00:52:13.800 --> 00:52:16.840
He would always find me. I would never have any

750
00:52:16.920 --> 00:52:23.400
peace whatsoever. Also, the Strickfield Slasher himself had just taken

751
00:52:23.440 --> 00:52:26.559
the love of my life. I was on my knees

752
00:52:26.599 --> 00:52:31.039
and both trembling and crying at knowing I had just

753
00:52:31.159 --> 00:52:36.559
lost Dillard, and that goddamned music was just horrible. Now

754
00:52:37.840 --> 00:52:42.239
for the final time, Scott Mead raised the big butcher's cleaver.

755
00:52:43.199 --> 00:52:47.920
Then everything started to go dark when the cleaver came

756
00:52:48.000 --> 00:52:58.199
right down on me. Fast epilogue. Back in the real world,

757
00:52:58.559 --> 00:53:03.280
Isley Tinker stopped the VCR and pressed the rewind button.

758
00:53:04.159 --> 00:53:07.840
When the video cassette was finished, he ejected it and

759
00:53:07.960 --> 00:53:12.400
placed it back inside the clamshell case. From there, he

760
00:53:12.440 --> 00:53:16.679
returned it to the display near the cash register. Once more,

761
00:53:17.280 --> 00:53:23.079
the Strickfield Slasher was available to purchase. It wasn't long

762
00:53:23.199 --> 00:53:27.519
before some new prospects had entered his establishment at Strickfield

763
00:53:27.559 --> 00:53:31.639
Town Center Mall, more college kids from the university or

764
00:53:31.679 --> 00:53:35.079
the high school coming in to look for Halloween items.

765
00:53:35.320 --> 00:53:39.400
No doubt, like before, he would approach the students and

766
00:53:39.519 --> 00:53:42.519
offer his assistance. He would bring them up to the

767
00:53:42.559 --> 00:53:45.079
counter and show them what he was selling for Halloween.

768
00:53:45.880 --> 00:53:52.599
Of course, someone would inquire about the Strickfield Slasher. Tinker

769
00:53:52.679 --> 00:53:55.599
would tell the story the same as he did with

770
00:53:55.639 --> 00:54:00.239
all his previous customers. Of course, they just had had

771
00:54:00.280 --> 00:54:05.480
to have that copy of that extremely rare movie filmed

772
00:54:05.519 --> 00:54:10.639
around Strickfield. Tinker would sell it for twenty dollars, which

773
00:54:10.639 --> 00:54:16.239
would guarantee both the sale and more profit for him.

774
00:54:16.559 --> 00:54:19.000
From there, it would be only a matter of time

775
00:54:19.400 --> 00:54:23.000
before one or more people would sit down to watch

776
00:54:23.599 --> 00:54:29.760
The Strickfield Slasher, summoning the possessed title character himself. Tinker

777
00:54:29.880 --> 00:54:34.079
had indeed been the one who supplied the special film

778
00:54:34.119 --> 00:54:40.320
stock to Damian Carnivosh, earning him a producer credit. Just

779
00:54:40.400 --> 00:54:45.039
as people had their Halloween traditions, so did Issley Tinker.

780
00:54:46.079 --> 00:54:51.119
His was, of course, the Strickfield Slasher, in which the

781
00:54:51.199 --> 00:54:54.639
movie was both cursed and possessed by one of the

782
00:54:54.679 --> 00:54:59.679
restless spirits of grim manner. As long as the spirit

783
00:54:59.840 --> 00:55:03.840
was kept satisfied, it would continue its existence within the

784
00:55:03.880 --> 00:55:09.599
black and white, fictional yet realistic world of Strickfield itself.

785
00:55:10.880 --> 00:55:14.119
Tinker himself knew it would only be a matter of

786
00:55:14.199 --> 00:55:17.400
time before the video cassette would find its way back

787
00:55:17.440 --> 00:55:21.719
to him, so that the vicious cycle could begin again.

788
00:55:23.400 --> 00:55:26.280
He would continue to make money on selling it, and

789
00:55:26.320 --> 00:55:30.800
the spirit contained within the medium would get more victims.

790
00:55:31.280 --> 00:55:35.239
Tinker sighed after his latest customer had just left with

791
00:55:35.480 --> 00:55:48.920
the Strickfield Slasher. Ah, yes, I do so love Halloween. Well,

792
00:55:48.960 --> 00:55:52.760
my Spookyes, I hope you enjoyed that first trip to

793
00:55:52.840 --> 00:55:57.559
Strickfield for Halloween. But don't worry, we have several more

794
00:55:57.599 --> 00:56:02.639
coming right up, including two nov so make sure you're

795
00:56:02.679 --> 00:56:07.920
subscribed and read. And speaking of being ready, tomorrow we'll

796
00:56:07.920 --> 00:56:12.400
have our second Halloween compilation and it's a monster featuring

797
00:56:12.440 --> 00:56:16.039
all of the Halloween stories from twenty twenty one and

798
00:56:16.199 --> 00:56:19.719
twenty twenty two in case you've never heard them or

799
00:56:20.239 --> 00:56:23.199
would just like to brush up. And then on Saturday

800
00:56:23.239 --> 00:56:25.840
you can join me as I read Murders in the

801
00:56:25.920 --> 00:56:29.800
Room More by Edgar Allan Poe. You won't want to

802
00:56:29.840 --> 00:56:33.400
miss it. And of course next Monday, on Terrifying and True,

803
00:56:33.519 --> 00:56:37.079
I'll be diving deep into bigfoot sightings in the state

804
00:56:37.440 --> 00:56:40.960
of Ohio. So if you're not subscribed already, what are

805
00:56:40.960 --> 00:56:44.079
you waiting for? We have thirty one days of shows

806
00:56:44.519 --> 00:56:47.360
all October, and I want to say a very big

807
00:56:47.400 --> 00:56:50.440
thank you to our Patreon backers. You guys are amazing

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going to Weeklyspooky dot Com slash join and contributing what

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00:56:54.639 --> 00:56:57.679
you can afford to help keep us going all year long.

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And an extra special thank you goes to our Hatreon

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podcast boosters, folks who pay just a little bit more

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and they are Johnny Nick's, Jenny Green, Amber Hansford, Brent McCullough,

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Karen we Met, Jack Kerr, and Craig Cohen. Thank you

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00:57:12.639 --> 00:57:14.320
guys so much, and if you want to hear your

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name at the end of the program. Just go to

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819
00:57:23.000 --> 00:57:25.880
perks as well as hearing your name out of my

820
00:57:26.039 --> 00:57:29.320
silky smooth voice. But now I need to get back

821
00:57:29.320 --> 00:57:31.639
to work because we have so many more shows for you.

822
00:57:31.800 --> 00:57:35.519
And remember we don't just celebrate Halloween around here. Every

823
00:57:35.519 --> 00:57:40.159
holiday gets a spooky treatment, but especially Christmas. So we're

824
00:57:40.199 --> 00:57:43.840
just getting started. So for myself, for my producer Dan Wilder,

825
00:57:43.880 --> 00:57:48.159
my executive producers Rob Fields, Markshields and Bobotopia dot Com,

826
00:57:48.199 --> 00:57:51.320
as well as my composer Ray Mattis, I will talk

827
00:57:51.360 --> 00:57:53.360
at you tomorrow.

828
00:57:53.400 --> 00:57:57.119
Thank you for listening. Make sure to find your way

829
00:57:57.159 --> 00:58:03.760
back next week. But for now you are safe. Trust

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me

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H