SeaWHAT

I'm discussing Sea Oak today in class. I read the story before for a creative writing class, and even though I knew what was going to happen this time, I could not help freaking out. Resurrected Bernie is just plain scary.

I've been trying to compare the resurrection in Sea Oak to something else we've read. I immediately thought of the Poe short story we read, since it involved someone being buried alive. Though it is not have many similarities, it does involve someone coming back after death. I also thought of the vampire stories, but I don't see Bernie as a vampire. I guess, if anything, she's a zombie with a functional mind. She's not trying to eat anyone, she just wants a better life.

Thoughts?

Dauphin Island

I went to the Dauphin Island Sea Lab this past weekend with my Biology of Algae class. Fort Gaines is right next to the facility. I figured with the rich war history of the landmark there would be a lot of paranormal research conducted at this location. I found this article that describes hauntings at Fort Gaines. It also mentioned that the location was featured in an episode of MTV's Fear. Youtube has the entire episode in five parts.

The Long Hall on the Top Floor

I thought it was cool to find the Harris Transfer and Warehouse Building on Google Street View (I love street view!) I don't really have that much more to say about the story, but I did want to point that out. It's not nearly so tall as I imagined from the description.

Also, there is a small article with two pictures of the fish market restaurant that was put in the building a few years ago at the bottom of this article.

Pansu Thoughts

Surprisingly enough, there's not that much information out there about Korean demonic possession. Most of what I turned up focused on the practices of the mudang, or shaman (although I'm not sure if they really are shamans in a technical sense). Oddly enough, this is the second story I've read in as many weeks that featured Korean exorcisms of one sort or another. Weird how things tend to travel in packs sometimes, huh?

Anyone have any guesses on the importance of the peach schnapps or peaches in general, 'cause I'm at a loss.

Also, this has nothing to do with anything, but I ran across a story yesterday that y'all should read. It's really short (it'll take all of 5 minutes to read) but it's fantastically creepy.

Hard Candy

Has anyone ever seen the movie Hard Candy? I watched it last night, and although it is not necessarily a horror film, I thought it was pretty creepy.

Are you the right Alice?

Did anyone catch the reference of Alice in "The Long Hall on the Top Floor"?

Anyone else go see Alice in Wonderland? Thoughts on that movie. It was a lot different than I expected..

Academy Awards

I am watching the Academy Awards and Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart just gave a tribute to horror films. Here is the link to a video of their presentation but not the clips of movies that came after (I couldn't find it this soon, but I will try again tomorrow)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIO00EpWU0Y