Horror Report

Month: January 2026

  • Sydney Sweeney mocked after telling a ghost story from her childhood

    Sydney Sweeney mocked after telling a ghost story from her childhood

    The HOUSEMAID star is getting the last laugh as her film continues strong at the box office, but the mocked Sweeney was slammed for her good jeans in ’25.. and now being laughed at about sharing a ghost story in ’26..

    She was interviewed in W Magazine about her career journey and upcoming projects.

    Sweeney was asked a light personal question. She was asked whether she believes in ghosts. In response, she shared a memory from her early childhood.

    She explained that when she was in preschool, she had an imaginary friend. The childlike figure would appear on the playground. She often talked about him with her mother. Later, her mother learned that the person matched someone who had died before Sweeney was born. The story, she said, unsettled her family at the time.

    The anecdote was shared casually and without drama. However, sources told Spanish outlet Marca that some studio executives reacted poorly. According to an anonymous insider, the story was mocked in private conversations.

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    “I think I’ve seen a ghost,” Sweeney said. “When I was little, I used to have an imaginary friend. He would be on the playground at preschool. I would tell my mom about him. It turns out that he was someone who passed away before I was born. It creeped my mom out.”..

    The result has been headlines such as “SYDNEY SWEENEY befriended a ghost”..

    I think we agree… she probably doesn’t care much about any mockery she is getting … 🙂

  • CHARIOTS OF THE GODS author now in the heavens

    CHARIOTS OF THE GODS author now in the heavens

    Erich von Däniken was the Swiss author whose bestselling books about the extraterrestrial origins of ancient civilizations brought him fame among paranormal enthusiasts and scorn from the scientific community.. He has died.

    He was 90.

    Von Däniken’s representatives announced on his website on Sunday that he had died the previous day in a hospital in central Switzerland.

    His daughter Cornelia confirmed the information to Swiss news agency SDA.

    Von Däniken rose to prominence in 1968 with the publication of his first book “Chariots of the Gods,” in which he claimed that the Mayans and ancient Egyptians were visited by alien astronauts and instructed in advanced technology that allowed them to build giant pyramids.

    May he rest in peace.. and may God grant his soul the ability to know the answers he sought on Earth.

  • The box office keeps breathing! Fire and Ash and Sydney Sweeney keeps theaters hot

    The box office keeps breathing! Fire and Ash and Sydney Sweeney keeps theaters hot

    James Cameron’s third sci-fi epic has added $65.6 million internationally and $86 million globally in its fourth weekend of release, bringing its overseas tally to $888 million and global total to $1.23 billion. Although a box office juggernaut, “Fire and Ash” is trailing the first two films, 2009’s “Avatar” and 2022’s “The Way of Water,” at this point in its run.

    “Zootopia 2” has remained a box office force since Thanksgiving, with $30.8 million overseas and $40.9 million worldwide in its seventh weekend in theaters..

    MORE.. Good jeans..

    Lionsgate’s psychological thriller “The Housemaid” is about to surpass $200 million globally. The film has generated $25.5 million from 66 overseas territories, including a No. 1 bow in the United Kingdom with $23.7 million. So far, the R-rated film, adapted from Freida McFadden’s popular book and starring Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried, has become a breakout hit with $98.3 million internationally and $192.5 million worldwide after four weekends of release. 


  • DARK WINTER: All the trouble in the world: Iran

    DARK WINTER: All the trouble in the world: Iran

    Bodies are piling up at overwhelmed hospitals in Iran as major protests in the country continue, according to reports. The BBC confirmed that the morgue was overflowing at Poursina Hospital in Rasht city after at least 70 bodies were brought there overnight. Elsewhere, a medic at a Tehran hospital said their staff was in crisis mode after protesters were brought in with “direct shots to the heads” and “to their hearts as well”.

    The bloodshed comes as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has signalled a coming clampdown, despite US warnings. Tehran escalated its threats Saturday, with Iran’s attorney general, Mohammad Movahedi Azad, warning that anyone taking part in protests will be considered an “enemy of God”, a death penalty charge.

    President Trump has been briefed about potential Iran attack plans..

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    The president has been shown potential plans, ranging from possible military strikes to action that doesn’t include the military, according to MS Now and other media outlets, citing U.S. officials. Trump aides are set to brief the president Tuesday on measures, including military, cyber and economic, to follow through on his threats, according to reports.  

    DEVELOPING..

  • Nothing but blue skies and Doomsday

    Nothing but blue skies and Doomsday

    The federal government’s Boeing E-4B Nightwatch — a military aircraft known, somewhat alarmingly, as the “Doomsday Plane” — touched down at Los Angeles International Airport this week, in what may be the famed aircraft’s first-ever LAX landing.

    Aviation enthusiasts spotted the plane on Thursday on its approach to LAX. Billed by the U.S. Air Force as a “highly survivable command, control and communications center.”

    The plane is equipped to serve as an airborne operations center for the president, the Defense Secretary and the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the event of a disaster that wipes out command centers on land.

  • “Mystery virus” hitting Cuba very hard

    “Mystery virus” hitting Cuba very hard

    High fevers, red spots, peeling skin, swollen joints, vomiting and diarrhea are among symptoms crippling the island’s population – but Cubans have no idea what they are suffering from.

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    This week the Canadian government announced health screenings and quarantine of up to seven days for those coming back from the country.

    And in December, Spain told its citizens to stay away from Cuba due to a “serious epidemic”.

    Known just as “the virus” to many, reports suggest one third of the Cuba’s population has been infected – and the British Medical Journal described the “surge” as the country’s most serious crisis in recent decades.

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    In areas like Camagüey and Holguín, cemeteries have reportedly been overwhelmed. 

    Three months after the disease spread across the island, the Cuban government recognised the crisis as an epidemic.

    But the regime still refused to declare a national health emergency. 

    The disease has been called a type of “combined arbovirus” – where people are infected with multiple viruses at the same time and it becomes difficult to diagnosis.

  • HORROR IN PENNSYLVANIA: 100 skulls and mummified body parts found in a Pennsylvania grave robbery case

    HORROR IN PENNSYLVANIA: 100 skulls and mummified body parts found in a Pennsylvania grave robbery case

    Jonathan Gerlach allegedly has an Instagram account by the username “deadshitdaddy” with the subtitle “Ledger of the Dead”. On the page he claims he is a private consultant conducting “provenance & forensic documentation of human remains”

    Court records revealed that Gerlach allegedly stole supplies from a local hardware store to dig up graves, open caskets, and even repel using rope down in to a mausoleum. There are also allegations that Gerlach was in part, openly advertising the sale of the bones online, including Facebook Marketplace.

    The investigation began in November when people reported missing remains from the cemetery. The investigation gained traction when an anonymous tip gave police info. The tipster claimed to have been inside the home and witnessed dead bodies hanging from the ceiling. The tipster also said that Gerlach traveled as far as Chicago to deliver bones to a customer.

    Police set up undercover surveillance at Mount Moriah Cemetery in Yeadon and caught Gerlach in the act.

    According to court documents, investigators recovered more than 100 human skulls, long bones, and mummified human feet and hands from his basement. Eight corpses, along with body parts, ashes, jewelry and clothing believed to have been taken from graves, were found inside the storage unit.

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    Police say Gerlach targeted mausoleums and underground vaults at the 1855 cemetery. It’s considered the country’s largest abandoned burial ground, according to Friends of Mount Moriah Cemetery, which helps maintain the 160-acre landmark in Yeadon that’s home to an estimated 150,000 grave sites.

    Police say the investigation remains active. Authorities are urging anyone with loved ones buried at Mount Moriah Cemetery who has concerns to contact Yeadon Borough Police.

    https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=Jonathan%20Christ%20Gerlach

    So disgusting.. \

    At the time this is written his Facebook is still active..

  • Buffy star opines about the return

    Buffy star opines about the return

    Buffy the Vampire Slayer icon Sarah Michelle Gellar is opening up a bit more about the long-anticipated new chapter in the Buffyverse..

    According to Gellar, this project isn’t a reboot, and it isn’t quite a sequel either. It’s Buffy, but something different.


    Officially titled Buffy: New Sunnydale, the series will see Gellar, who starred as the Slayer for seven seasons, return in a guest capacity, passing the stake (so to speak) to a new generation. The new Slayer will be played by Ryan Kiera Armstrong, alongside a cast that includes Faly Rakotohavana (Unprisoned, Secret Society of Second Born Royals), Chase Sui Wonders (I Know What You Did Last Summer), Ava Jean (A Week Away, Law & Order: SVU), Sarah Bock (Severance), Daniel di Tomasso (Witches of East End, Major Crimes), and Jack Cutmore-Scott (Oppenheimer, Frasier).
    Speaking on the Shut Up, Evan podcast where she revealed the official title, Gellar clarified the show’s direction:
    “It’s not a sequel, it’s not a reboot — it’s a continuation.”


    She explained that the series will explore where Buffy is now, what kind of world she lives in today, and how that world exists both with her and without her.


      New Sunnydale sounds like it’s interested in legacy, in a very changed world since the show aired..


    If done right, this could be exactly what fans have hoped for: not nostalgia for nostalgia’s sake, but a smart evolution of one of television’s heroes .m

    But the real question now is will there be a musical.

  • Just imagine being chased by a 40 ft inflatable lumberjack

    Just imagine being chased by a 40 ft inflatable lumberjack

    In a desperate attempt to change the narrative away from Stranger Things posts for the last week, or maybe just as a brief respite from entertainment and movies altogether, we’re going to focus on dreams. That’s fun. Or, in my case, last night’s nightmare.


    Every now and then I have a dream this memorable .. a nightmare that sticks with you .. and last night was one of those sleepless nights. It was the 3:00 a.m. witching hour when I woke up. That seems to be the most popular time for a nightmare to abruptly pull you out of your nocturnal decommission.


    In this situation, the abrupt nature was a giant inflatable lumberjack.


    Let me explain.


    In the dream, there was a bluish tint to the atmosphere and fresh-fallen snow covering a giant yard ..  presumably my yard. I noticed something underneath the snow, struggling to move. When I went down to investigate, it turned out to be an inflatable lumberjack.
    How cute. Have fun.


    It started innocently, with the lumberjack now freed from the heavy snow on top of it and able to inflate freely. But as dreams tend to go, it didn’t stop there. Literally. It just kept inflating, to the point where it was potentially 30 to 40 feet high,  and that’s when it started to frighten me.


    So, in the dream, I ran back to the house for safety. When I looked out the window, the lumberjack decided to grab a giant inflatable axe, detach himself from the strings holding him down, and run at the house at full speed.


    What a strange concept — a lumberjack, let alone a 40-foot inflatable lumberjack, charging at you at full speed.


    It’s weird because it was just a dream, but it’s the kind of dream that stayed with me all day. There could be plenty of reasons why it happened. Maybe it’s stress. Maybe there’s something in my own life coming at me full speed that I need to grasp or grapple with.


    Or maybe it was just too much vino at the hotel bar.
    Either way, I asked AI to make a gritty four-panel comic based on my very detailed description. It didn’t quite capture the full inflatable rendering,  the size and ferocity of the lumberjack, but it’s good enough for me.


    So I present it for your approval, with the help of our ever-increasing spy device known as AI.
    Enjoy: The Inflatable Lumberjack Dream, comic-style.

  • We have fully conformed! That’s all folks

    We have fully conformed! That’s all folks

    Conformity Gate has been fun, everyone.


    For about seven days now, we’ve been hunting for clues—freezing frames to see what the clock says behind Mr. Clarke, talking amongst ourselves, making videos, sharing memes, and convincing ourselves that the secret ninth episode of Stranger Things was coming today, January 7th.


    Even last night on The Tonight Show, the actor who played Vecna did a fake aerobics video that was exactly one minute and seven seconds long. The stars appeared to align.
    Except… they didn’t.


    All of the people who said Conformity Gate was a go are now looking a lot like Papa—confident, mysterious, and ultimately wrong.


    And here’s the reality check: though Netflix and creators Matt and Ross Duffer have made no official comment on the theory amid ongoing post–series-finale press interviews, the show’s bios on Netflix’s Instagram, TikTok, and X accounts all clearly state that all episodes are now playing.
    So that’s a wrap.


    Despite the Duffer Brothers remaining silent, all we really have left to look forward to is the January 12th special—and maybe, if we’re lucky, we’ll get a little Wes Craven–style meta twist with that.
    But let’s be honest: no hopes that that is real either.
    Conformity Gate was fun while it lasted.