Aug. 4, 2026
This Week in Horror History | The Sixth Sense, Piranha & Bodies Bodies Bodies (Aug. 3–9)
Key Takeaways
- M. Night Shyamalan revolutionized the modern ghost story with the 1999 release of The Sixth Sense, proving that horror can be deeply rooted in grief, loneliness, and empathy rather than just cheap scares.
- Joe Dante transformed the post-Jaws creature feature on August 3, 1978, by infusing Piranha with fast-paced editing, dark humor, and self-aware pulp sensibilities.
- The A24 slasher Bodies Bodies Bodies brilliantly blends traditional genre tension with modern Gen Z social anxiety, toxic friendships, and hurricane-party paranoia.
- Joe D'Amato's infamous 1980 Italian cult-horror film Anthropophagus remains a sun-bleached, grimy, and excessive video-store legend that requires an iron stomach to endure.
- Vincent Price stars in the 1959 atmospheric old-dark-house mystery The Bat, delivering classic black-and-white comfort horror complete with hidden rooms, masked intruders, and stormy corridors.
The Sixth Sense, Piranha, Bodies Bodies Bodies, Antropophagus, Lady Killer, and The Bat headline this episode of This Week in Horror History, covering August 3 through August 9. As summer horror reaches its hottest, strangest stretch, we’re starting our early Halloween horror pregame with killer fish, emotional ghost stories, murderous housewives, hurricane-party paranoia, forbidden cult cinema, and Vincent Price lurking inside a classic old-dark-house mystery.
Inside this episode:
August 3, 1978 — Piranha releases in the United States
Joe Dante turns the post-Jaws killer-animal boom into a fast, funny, and surprisingly vicious summer creature feature. Genetically altered military piranha escape into the water system, transforming lakes, rivers, vacation spots, and summer-camp swimming holes into potential feeding grounds.
August 6, 1999 — The Sixth Sense releases in the United States
M. Night Shyamalan changes the modern ghost story with the haunting tale of Cole Sear, a frightened child surrounded by dead people no one else can see. Beneath the famous twist is a deeply emotional horror movie about grief, loneliness, empathy, and the things both the living and the dead are desperate to say.
August 3, 2016 — Lady Killer 2 #1 reaches comic shops
Joëlle Jones brings back Josie Schuller, a stylish midcentury homemaker, devoted mother, and highly efficient professional killer. The horror comic transforms domestic perfection into a bloodstained performance where violence is already inside the home, wearing gloves, preparing dinner, and cleaning up after itself.
August 5, 2022 — Bodies Bodies Bodies releases theatrically in the United States
A24 traps a group of wealthy, deeply dysfunctional friends inside a mansion during a hurricane. When a party game becomes a possible murder investigation, slasher tension collides with social-media anxiety, buried resentment, toxic friendships, accusations, and spectacularly bad decisions.
Deep-Cut Spotlight — Antropophagus
Joe D’Amato’s notorious Italian cult-horror film sends unsuspecting visitors to a beautiful but eerily abandoned Greek island where paradise has become a sun-bleached trap.
Also known as Anthropophagus and The Grim Reaper, the movie earned a reputation as one of those forbidden video-store horrors whispered about by genre fans because its most extreme moments supposedly had to be seen to be believed. It is grimy, excessive, mean-spirited, and inseparable from the dangerous mystique created by its alternate titles, shocking cover art, and cult-cinema notoriety.
Horror Birthdays This Week: John Landis, M. Night Shyamalan, Vera Farmiga, and Tobin Bell enter the birthday roll, bringing connections to An American Werewolf in London, The Sixth Sense, The Conjuring, Bates Motel, Orphan, Saw, and some of modern horror’s most recognizable filmmakers, paranormal investigators, and moralizing masterminds.
Weekly Recommendation — The Bat
Vincent Price enters an old-dark-house mystery filled with locked rooms, hidden money, suspicious residents, secret passageways, clawed gloves, and a masked killer known only as the Bat.
Released in 1959, The Bat delivers classic black-and-white comfort horror with thunderstorms, creaking hallways, shadowy intruders, and the cozy feeling that someone could appear at the far end of the corridor at any moment. It is the perfect late-summer watch for horror fans already pregaming for Halloween and preparing for the arrival of spooky season.
From Piranha and The Sixth Sense to Lady Killer, Bodies Bodies Bodies, Antropophagus, and The Bat, this week in horror history proves that terror can swim beneath summer water, stand silently in the corner of a child’s room, hide behind domestic perfection, explode during a hurricane party, or wait inside a darkened house.
The calendar may still say August, but the Halloween horror pregame starts now.
🎧 LISTEN NOW and subscribe for spine-tingling horror stories every week!
🎉 Unlock exclusive bonus episodes and support the show on Patreon!
👉 WeeklySpooky.com/Join
📬 Contact Us / Submit Your Horror Story!
🎵 Music by Ray Mattis 👉 Check out Ray’s incredible work here !
👨💼 Executive Producers: Rob Fields, Bobbletopia.com
🎥 Produced by: Daniel Wilder
🌐 Explore more terrifying tales at: WeeklySpooky.com
Inside this episode:
August 3, 1978 — Piranha releases in the United States
Joe Dante turns the post-Jaws killer-animal boom into a fast, funny, and surprisingly vicious summer creature feature. Genetically altered military piranha escape into the water system, transforming lakes, rivers, vacation spots, and summer-camp swimming holes into potential feeding grounds.
August 6, 1999 — The Sixth Sense releases in the United States
M. Night Shyamalan changes the modern ghost story with the haunting tale of Cole Sear, a frightened child surrounded by dead people no one else can see. Beneath the famous twist is a deeply emotional horror movie about grief, loneliness, empathy, and the things both the living and the dead are desperate to say.
August 3, 2016 — Lady Killer 2 #1 reaches comic shops
Joëlle Jones brings back Josie Schuller, a stylish midcentury homemaker, devoted mother, and highly efficient professional killer. The horror comic transforms domestic perfection into a bloodstained performance where violence is already inside the home, wearing gloves, preparing dinner, and cleaning up after itself.
August 5, 2022 — Bodies Bodies Bodies releases theatrically in the United States
A24 traps a group of wealthy, deeply dysfunctional friends inside a mansion during a hurricane. When a party game becomes a possible murder investigation, slasher tension collides with social-media anxiety, buried resentment, toxic friendships, accusations, and spectacularly bad decisions.
Deep-Cut Spotlight — Antropophagus
Joe D’Amato’s notorious Italian cult-horror film sends unsuspecting visitors to a beautiful but eerily abandoned Greek island where paradise has become a sun-bleached trap.
Also known as Anthropophagus and The Grim Reaper, the movie earned a reputation as one of those forbidden video-store horrors whispered about by genre fans because its most extreme moments supposedly had to be seen to be believed. It is grimy, excessive, mean-spirited, and inseparable from the dangerous mystique created by its alternate titles, shocking cover art, and cult-cinema notoriety.
Horror Birthdays This Week: John Landis, M. Night Shyamalan, Vera Farmiga, and Tobin Bell enter the birthday roll, bringing connections to An American Werewolf in London, The Sixth Sense, The Conjuring, Bates Motel, Orphan, Saw, and some of modern horror’s most recognizable filmmakers, paranormal investigators, and moralizing masterminds.
Weekly Recommendation — The Bat
Vincent Price enters an old-dark-house mystery filled with locked rooms, hidden money, suspicious residents, secret passageways, clawed gloves, and a masked killer known only as the Bat.
Released in 1959, The Bat delivers classic black-and-white comfort horror with thunderstorms, creaking hallways, shadowy intruders, and the cozy feeling that someone could appear at the far end of the corridor at any moment. It is the perfect late-summer watch for horror fans already pregaming for Halloween and preparing for the arrival of spooky season.
From Piranha and The Sixth Sense to Lady Killer, Bodies Bodies Bodies, Antropophagus, and The Bat, this week in horror history proves that terror can swim beneath summer water, stand silently in the corner of a child’s room, hide behind domestic perfection, explode during a hurricane party, or wait inside a darkened house.
The calendar may still say August, but the Halloween horror pregame starts now.
🎧 LISTEN NOW and subscribe for spine-tingling horror stories every week!
🎉 Unlock exclusive bonus episodes and support the show on Patreon!
👉 WeeklySpooky.com/Join
📬 Contact Us / Submit Your Horror Story!
- Twitter: @WeeklySpooky
- Facebook: facebook.com/WeeklySpooky
- Email: WeeklySpooky@gmail.com
🎵 Music by Ray Mattis 👉 Check out Ray’s incredible work here !
👨💼 Executive Producers: Rob Fields, Bobbletopia.com
🎥 Produced by: Daniel Wilder
🌐 Explore more terrifying tales at: WeeklySpooky.com
Frequently Asked Questions
When was The Sixth Sense released in theaters?
The Sixth Sense was released in theaters in the United States on August 6, 1999, changing the modern ghost story forever.
What platforms are available to stream Piranha (1978)?
Piranha is available to stream free with ads on platforms like Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Fandango at Home, and Plex, or through a subscription on Peacock.
Who directs and stars in Bodies Bodies Bodies?
Bodies Bodies Bodies is a theatrical release from A24 that traps a group of wealthy, dysfunctional friends inside a mansion during a hurricane, sparking chaotic accusations and a rising body count.
What is the premise of the comic book Lady Killer?
Lady Killer follows Josie Schuller, a stylish midcentury homemaker and mother who moonlights as a highly efficient professional killer, blending domestic perfection with bloody horror.
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August is the part of summer where everything feels a
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little overripe. The water is warm, the houses are sealed
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up tight against the heat, the storms roll in heavy,
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and somewhere in the dark, something is waiting for the
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perfect moment to surface. This week Horror History gives us
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mutant fish in vacation water, a little boy who sees
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what everyone else refuses to, a perfect housewife with a
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very bloody side hustle, and a party game that proves
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the scariest monster in the room might just be everyone
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you invited. Then, after the break, our deep cut Spotlight
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goes to an island where the sun is bright, the
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beaches are beautiful, and the thing hunting you is hungry
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in ways you can't understand. Welcome back to this Week
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in Horror History, your weekly time machine through the creepiest
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anniversaries in film, TV, books, comics, and games. I'm your host,
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Enrique Kuto, and we're talking all about August. Third through ninth.
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Coming up, Joe Dante turns summer swimming into a military
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experiment panic m Night. Shyamalan changes the ghost story forever.
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A Dark Horse comic gives us a mid century housewife
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with killer instincts and a twenty four traps, a group
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of friends in a hurricane with paranoia, bad decisions, and
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a party game from hell. Then, after the break for
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our deep cut spot Light, an Italian made Greek island
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nightmare with one of the nastiest reputations in all of
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cold horror. August third, nineteen seventy eight, Piranha hits theaters
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and suddenly the safest summer activity on Earth feels like
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a bad idea. Joe Dante takes the obvious post Jaws
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assignment killer fish, screaming swimmers, vacation water, and he makes
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it faster, weirder, and meaner than any simple ripoff should be.
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The hook is wonderfully ridiculous, genetically altered piranha, cooked up
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by the military, of course, escape into the water system.
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From there, every lake, river and summer camp swimming hole
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becomes a potential feeding ground. But what makes Pirana work
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is the attitude. It knows it's a monster movie. It
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knows the premise is pure pulp, so it leans in
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sharp editing and dark humor, and the very specific terror
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of realizing nature is not the problem. It's the people
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that are. The fish just have sharper teeth, and of
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course it's a Roger Corman production, so you know you're
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gonna get the three bees, as Joe Bob Briggs called them.
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I'm not gonna tell you what those stand for, because
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if you know, you know, Piranha is so much fun,
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a great time to have in the summer. Definitely give
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it a watch or a rewatch if you've never seen it,
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because honestly, I would be I would be shocked if
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you'd never seen this one. In a land of Jaws ripoffs,
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this is one of the best ones, and there are
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several really great Jaws ripoffs in my opinion. It's not
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hard to find because it's streaming free with ads on
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two B TV, Pluto TV, even on Fandango and plaques.
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You can watch it totally free with ads, or catch
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it on the Peacock app with your subscription, and of
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course you can rent or buy it at Prime Video,
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Apple TV, and Fandango at home. If ads just aren't
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your thing, I get it. You don't want them to
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take a bite out of your good time. On August sixth,
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nineteen ninety nine, the Sixth Sense opens in theaters in
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the United States, and The Ghost story is never quite
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the same, and it had no problem breaking your heart.
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By now, the famous line and the famous twist are
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part of pop culture, I mean, down to the DNA.
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But the reason the movie still works is not that
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jaw dropping surprise. It's the sadness of the film. Really.
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Haley Joe Osmon plays Coal, a child surrounded by the
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dead and terrified to say it out loud. Bruce Willis
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plays the man trying to help him even as his
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own life feels strangely hollow, and m Knight Shyamalan builds
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the movie like a haunted house, brick by brick, where
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the scariest rooms are grief, loneliness and all the things
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left unsaid. Yeah, the film is way way better than
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its reputation for having a great twist. Although the twist
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was a jaw dropper. Even if I had seen similar
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twists in episodes of Are You Afraid of the Dark,
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they didn't have Bruce Willis, so there you go. The
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sixth sense is spooky, absolutely spooky, but it's real power
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I think comes from empathy. It asks what happens when
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being haunted is not just a curse, but it's a responsibility.
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Sometimes the dead don't want to hurt you. Sometimes they
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just need someone, anyone to listen. And in that way
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we're not so different after all. So if you want
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to give it a watch again knowing what the big
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twist is, or if somehow you've avoided the sixth sense
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for like three decades, well you should give it a watch.
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Night Shyamalan gets unfairly maligned, and there's a reason this
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film made him a global phenomena and a household name.
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It's available to rent or buy at the usual suspects,
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Amazon Video, Apple TV, and of course Fandango at Home.
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So give it a watch and realize that you don't
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only feel startled and shocked, but also just kind of sad.
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But that's okay. August third, two, thy and sixteen, Lady
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Killer Number One hits comic shops and Domestic Perfection gets
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blood underneath its fingernails. Joel Jones brings back Josie Schuler,
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a stylish mother, flawless homemaker, and professional killer. The joke
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is sharp, but the horror edge is even sharper. The
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series takes the polished fantasy of mid century domestic life.
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You know, the perfect dress, the perfect kitchen, the perfect smile,
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and asks what might be hiding behind all of that performance.
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In Lady Killer, Violence is not some stranger crashing into
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the home. It's already there, wearing gloves, making dinner, and
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cleaning up after itself. This is a great pick when
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it comes to comic books for horror movie lovers. It
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has the horror vibe but also a pop art kind
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of grin. Murder is the design, and it's a very
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pretty place to hide a body. So if you want
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to give this one a read, It's available in the
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Lady Killer Library edition and collected editions, with digital and
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library copies available through participating ebook platforms and physical copies
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from comics retailers or resellers online. So basically, wherever you
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get comic books or ebooks, you should be able to
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find it and make sure you wipe your shoes before
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you come in. She gets a little testy about her carpets.
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August fifth, twoenty twenty two, Bodies, Bodies, Bodies arrives and
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the murder mystery gets extremely online, almost chronically online. A
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group of rich, messy friends gather at a mansion during
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a hurricane the power of course goes out, the phones
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become less than useful, and a party game turns into
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into panic. Suddenly everyone is accusing everyone else, not just
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of murder, but of being toxic, fake, selfish, performative, manipulative,
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basically every modern buzzword for a bad or nightmare friendship,
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but with a body count attached. And what makes Bodies
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Bodies Bodies a blast is that it understands slasher tension
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and it has a really good grip on kind of
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gen Z social anxiety. The killer might be in the house,
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but the real dread is realizing every argument has been
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waiting for years to happen. It's sharp, chaotic, funny, and nasty,
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exactly the way being storm trapped with a bunch of
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friends that aren't really your friends would be. This film
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was horribly underrated when it came out in the theaters.
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I saw it opening week. I had a blast with it.
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It was funny, it was sharp, it was sardonic. It
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was everything you would want from a horror film with
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a lot of really dark humor, and it really skewered
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gen Z. Sorry, guys, this film came right for you,
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and I was there for it. I went and saw
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it again two weeks later with a friend. I bought
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it on Blu Ray. I really love this one, and
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if you haven't seen it, give it a chance. You
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never know, you just might like it. You can watch
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it included with your Hulu subscription, or rent and or
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buy it on Amazon Video, Apple TV, and Fandango at
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Home tomorrow on Weekly Spooky. Children trust that their parents
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will keep them safe. But what happens when the adults
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stop paying attention? In let Down by Morgan Moore, a
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six year old girl watches her family slowly fall apart.
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Her mother is sick, her father has disappeared into his games.
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The cupboards are nearly empty, and her baby brother won't
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stop crying. She can't call for help. She can't explain
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what is wrong, but she knows the baby is hungry,
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and she remembers that mothers are supposed to make milk.
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So in the darkness of her parents' bedroom, she decides
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to solve the problem herself, using the simple logic of
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a frightened child and something she found in the kitchen.
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What follows is a deeply disturbing nightmare told through the
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eyes of someone too young to understand the screams because
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she was only trying to help. She was only trying
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to feed her brother, and after everything she did, she
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has just one question left to ask, ask was she
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a good sister? Let Down by Morgan Moore premieres tomorrow
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on Weekly Spooky, So make sure you're subscribed, listen closely,
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and keep the kitchen drawers closed. Okay, Spookys, time for
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a quick breather. But when we come back, we're headed
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to August ninth, nineteen eighty for an Italian cult horror
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nightmare where the island is gorgeous, the locals are gone,
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having a quick meal. We're back, my spookys, so let's
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sing car teeth into it. On August ninth, nineteen eighty,
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Anthropophagus releases in Italy and earns the kind of cult
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reputation that usually comes with a warning label. Directed by
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the infamous Joe Demato, the film is also known internationally
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as The Grim Reaper, and it belongs to that grimy
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era of Italian horror where any travel itself feels cursed.
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Tourists arrive somewhere beautiful, but then the island is too quiet,
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and paradise quickly becomes a steel trap. The story follows
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visitors who land on a seemingly abandoned Greek island and
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discover that something monstrous has happened there. The horror is
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in no way polished, in no way elegant. It's sun
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bleached and sweaty and cruel, the kind of film where
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every moment feels like your parents are gonna walk in
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at any moment and go, what the hell are you watching?
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Anthropophagus is infamous for its very extreme moments, and it's
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definitely not a cozy recommendation, unless maybe you had the
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kind of childhood I did. But even then, I still
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find the film pretty reprehensible and gross. As a deep
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cut spotlight, however, it is perfect because it captures a
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very specific corner of horror history, one that I have
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always been fascinated with. I was just watching a cheesy
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Lucio Fulci movie last night. The video store title that
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is kind of whispered about because someone's older sibling claimed
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that someone else watched it at a party and they
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totally raffed. It's not about what's on screen so much
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as the reputation. The cover art, the alternate titles and
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that feel that you found something forbidden, because in America
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it was just whispers, but in other countries it was
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legitimately banned. I'm looking at you, England. That's the very
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special power with Anthropophagus. It's a horror film and a
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forbidden fruit. It's ugly, excessive and unforgettable, but only if
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you have the stomach for it. And I'm going to
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tell you right now, if you're not sure, you probably
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haven't seen enough Italian horror movies to want to challenge
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yourself to this one. Maybe try something a little more mild,
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like Luccio Fulci's Zombie. Yeah, I would call it somewhat
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mild compared to Anthropophagus. Now, if you want to watch
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it free with ads, and why wouldn't you, you can
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check it out at Fandango at Home they have it
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free with ads. Or of course, you can rent and
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or buy it on Amazon Video, Apple TV or the
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aforementioned Fandango at Home. But maybe watch it on an
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empty stomach. Just trust me on that one. Now it's
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time to bust out those creepy candles for some horror birthdays,
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starting with one of my favorite directors born on August third,
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nineteen fifty. John landis the man who brought you an
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American Werewolf in London, one of horror comedy's funniest, sharpest,
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and hairyest landmarks, as well as so many other films
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in so many different genres. He would kiss horror very often,
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while often keeping his other foot deeply set in comedy.
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His films definitely hit a very nostalgic button for me,
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and I really enjoy them. So Happy Birthday, John Landis
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born on August sixth, nineteen seventy. M Night Shyamalan. What
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a twist, right? That seems appropriate. We just talked about
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one of his films, The filmmaker who turned quiet rooms
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and family secrets and sudden reversal into modern ghost story everything.
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I mean, the guy did reinvent a genre for many, many,
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many viewers and many filmmakers. Like him or hate him,
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you can't deny the effect he's had. And I've even
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really liked his later films. I think after the visit
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he really came back to form. I liked Trap a lot,
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and I say huge Happy birthday to M. Night Shamalan.
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Born on August sixth, the nineteen seventy three Vera Farmijia,
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genre royalty thanks to the Conjuring universe and of course
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Bates Motel and Orphan and really a gift to making
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fear feel emotionally grounded. She has incredible understated expressions that
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somehow still move the needle greatly, an incredible addition to
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horror history and to horror's future. A very happy birthday,
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Vera Farmisia. And speaking of someone who had a huge
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impact on modern horror. On August seventh, nineteen forty two,
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Tobin Bell is born the voice, presence and unnerving moral
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gravity behind Jigsaw in the Saw franchise. And I know
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some people think those films are just torture for the
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sake of torture, and they're not entirely wrong, but that
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first Saw film is really inventive, had an incredible twist
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that would make m Night Shyamalan very proud. And the
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