Apparitions Mary… Paranormal

Definition:

Something that unexpectedly appears or becomes visible, apparently not by natural means.
Etymology: Middle English apparicioun, from Anglo-French aparicion, from Late Latin apparition-, apparitio appearance, from Latin apparēre.

“Apparition” is a blanket term used to describe many different types of unexplained visual phenomena. Read more …

Parapsychology Principles: Andrew Nichols, Ph.D.

(1) Parapsychology is defined as the interdisciplinary study of a class of human experiences which are typically described by the percipient as Aparanormal,@ Asupernatural,@ Amystical,@ etc. Paranormal experiences are defined as those experiences which seem to violate known scientific laws (whether or not they do in fact violate such laws). Examples of paranormal experiences include Extra-sensory perception (ESP), Psychokinesis (PK), and phenomena suggestive of survival of human consciousness after death, e.g. apparitions, near-death experiences, etc. Parapsychology is also concerned with all anomalous aspects of human consciousness, including altered states of consciousness, dreams, hypnosis and trance, etc. Read more …

Mike C.’S Bottom 5 Horror Movies Of 2008

1. SAW V - Let’s get this out of the way: I didn’t really like “Saw IV” and “Saw III” had one good scene in it. So yea, I’m not really a fan. I’m just getting tired of these grimy, rusty, nasty, unpleasant, and getting-to-be awfully episodic films. God, I thought it was bad when “Saw IV: The Heretic” tried to play itself off as a twist-filled, puzzlebox-type movie. I still have no idea what I watched. I went into this one, reading the tagline “You won’t believe how it ends” thinking, well christ, I just hope I understand how it ends. With fan reaction to “Saw IV” ranging from “huh?” to “wha…what just happened?” this year were just given an oversimplified version of “Saw II” featuring the most painfully annoying cast of characters in the entire series. With a plot and pacing resembling your average episode of “CSI”. One room full of bombs, the next room full of bombs. Come on, now! Really? Bombs? And the traps in this movie…where are the Jigsaw killers getting their supplies these days, because I know an animated coyote they should talk too. Oh well, the hits keep coming. Next year instead of featuring a cast of characters as annoying as reality show contestants “Saw VI” is going to up the authenticity and feature actual reality show contestants. Can’t we just put Jigsaw in space already?

2. DIARY OF THE DEAD - Yea, I didn’t like it. I know, I know big surprise, not many people did. However…I’ve been reading a lot of negative reviews that pontificate on how it’s too “in your face” and “preachy” or how it’s lacks the subtly of Romero’s earlier work. Read more …