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  • The Lockdown Generation Is Coming to a Classroom Near You

    The Lockdown Generation Is Coming to a Classroom Near You

    Cue the morning bell. Cue the fluorescent lights. Cue the shadows.

    Starting this month (maybe even now depending on when you read this), across the United States, something unprecedented will happen.

    A generation of children — born during one of the strangest chapters in modern history — will walk into kindergarten classrooms for the first time. They were conceived in isolation, delivered in silence, and swaddled in uncertainty. They are the COVID kids. The lockdown babies. The pandemic generation.

    They don’t remember the trauma. But they were raised by it.

    And now, teachers, already battle-tested by Gen Z, numbed by Gen Alpha, and drained by a thousand daily bureaucratic fires, are bracing for the unveiling.

    When the bell rings and those little shadows begin filling the halls under the flicker of cold fluorescent light, no one really knows what to expect. These kids weren’t just born into a pandemic. They were shaped by it.

    Some early studies suggested they’d have communication delays. Some TikTok teachers swear they’re smarter. Others say they’re quieter, more well-behaved. But the truth is no one really knows. There hasn’t been enough research. There hasn’t been enough time.

    These kids were born into a world that kept its face covered..literally. Their first years were filled with masked expressions, muffled words, and Zoom screens. Their parents were anxious, unemployed, essential, depressed, distracted .. or all of the above. Some of these children were born into warm homes with love, attention, and time. Others were born into chaos. Into neglect. Into trauma.

    And trauma doesn’t disappear just because a child doesn’t remember it. Trauma seeps. It lingers in rooms. It shapes the way caregivers speak, hold, feed, and raise. The lockdown generation didn’t just inherit a new world. They were forged in its uncertainty.

    They don’t need to be taught how to use technology, they were practically born with a Wi-Fi signal in the womb. They swipe before they speak. They know how to pause YouTube before they know how to tie their shoes. They understand digital language innately, but will they understand each other?

    This isn’t about fear mongering, it’s about the unknown.

    What does a generation raised by people in crisis look like once they enter society en masse?

    What happens when 3.5 million tiny humans, the first full wave of post-pandemic babies, walk into kindergarten rooms for the first time, and teachers look at them not knowing what to expect?

    The millennials grew up cynical. Gen Z grew up online. Gen Alpha is growing up desensitized.

    And now comes the lockdown generation — born in fear, raised in masks, and possibly… surprisingly brilliant. Or broken. Or both.

    And like any good horror story, the scariest part isn’t the monster you can see.

    It’s the one quietly sitting in the circle rug, glue stick in hand, looking up at you with wide eyes… while you wonder what kind of world shaped them before they could ever speak back.



    I spoke to a teacher just last week — someone who’s been in the game for 25 years. She’s seen it all: the compliant kids, the curious ones, the class clowns, the kids with chaos in their eyes. She told me she’s nervous. Not because she’s burned out (though honestly, who wouldn’t be by now?), but because she’s watching something shift.

    She said she’s seen three wildly different generations move through her classroom. But Generation Alpha, she claims, is the most distracted and — in her words — the “least controllable.” Now, sure, maybe that’s a teacher who’s seen one too many snack wrappers smuggled into Chromebooks. But I trust her. She’s not dramatic. She’s grounded. And if she’s saying she’s worried about this next wave.. this lockdown generation ..then I think it’s worth paying attention.

    Will these kids even be into sports? Or will that feel too slow for their dopamine-fueled brains? They’ve already had screens in their faces since birth. They’ve been swimming in pop culture longer than they’ve been walking. They’ve likely absorbed a ton of information, too .. let’s not forget, during the lockdowns, a lot of well-meaning parents panic-purchased every educational app in existence trying to make up for closed preschools. Maybe these kids are actually going to blow us away with their knowledge, their vocabularies, their ability to navigate tech like tiny coders in Velcro sneakers.

    But there’s something weird happening culturally.

    See, kids have always lived in the moment, that’s nothing new. But this generation? They seem to have no reference point for what came before. There’s no nostalgia pipeline. No reruns. No channel surfing through time. When we were kids, you’d turn on the TV and accidentally land on a show from 20 years ago. Boom! An instant education in the past. But now? Streaming is a filter bubble. The oldest thing some of these kids have seen is The Office… and even Friends practically ancient lore to them.

    Millennials grew up with Full House, Happy Days, and The Wonder Years reruns.. shows that gave us a sense of history, even if it was sugarcoated. Generation X grew up under the weight of the past, with the ghost of Vietnam in every TV drama and punk album. But these kids? They don’t know what came before… and more importantly, no one is showing them.

    If someone made The Wonder Years today, it would be set in 2005. Wrap your head around that. The Iraq War. The dawn of Facebook. The tail end of MySpace. The strange, hazy period right after 9/11 when everything was weird, tense, and deeply uncertain. Honestly, maybe someone should make that version of The Wonder Years. Because kids today have no idea what that era felt like and no clear path to understanding it.



    So here we are. August. The calm before the academic storm. Teachers are polishing up their lesson plans, Wi-Fi routers are warming up like engines, and smartboards are flickering to life. And soon, 3.5 million children born in the isolation of a global crisis will fill classrooms across America.

    Will they be resilient? Will they be fragile? Will they be brilliant? Broken? Beautiful?

    Or something altogether new?

    The truth is, no one knows. Not the teachers. Not the psychologists. Not the parents. Not even the kids themselves. Because this generation wasn’t shaped by the world, it was shaped by the pause in the world. And whatever was born in that silence… is about to speak.

    Are we ready to listen?

  • The President posts a rare Vance

    The President posts a rare Vance

    President Trump is no stranger to posting wild content on social media.. but his latest post from Saturday has people scratching their heads .. see

    Trump shared a satirical throwback to the infamous O.J. Simpson slow-speed chase. Only this time, instead of O.J. in the white Bronco, it’s President Obama being pursued… by Trump himself. And in the adjacent police car? None other than Vice President JD Vance.

    Well—sort of.

    See, it wasn’t actually the JD Vance. It was one of those bizarre “Rare Vance” images that have been floating around the internet ever since Trump met with Zelensky. You know the ones: AI-looking, almost-human, definitely unsettling.

    So now the big question: Did Trump know he was posting a Rare Vance? Was he in on the joke, trolling the internet with meme magic? Or did he just think, “Hey, that’s a pretty good pic of JD!”

    Either way, we’re left wondering if the President just inadvertently mocked his own VP, or if he’s three layers deep into some kind of 5D meme chess.

    As always, inquiring minds want to know. And Rare Vance? He’s just along for the ride.

  • ‘Cason sees Jesus’ is having a profound effect on people

    ‘Cason sees Jesus’ is having a profound effect on people

    There’s a video that’s not just going viral it’s going supernova. Over the past 48 hours, the video titled “Cason Sees Jesus” has exploded across social media. And if you’ve watched it, you know why.

    Let’s unpack this for a moment.

    From what we can gather, this is a deeply personal video. It appears to be filmed by a friend of a mother whose young son — Cason — had some kind of skateboarding accident and ended up in the hospital.

    The details are fuzzy: we don’t know the exact nature of the injury, or what type of surgery he underwent, if any. What we do see is a boy coming out of anesthesia, surrounded by his mother, several nurses, and a few others who remain off-camera.

    What happens next is where belief and skepticism collide.

    Cason, clearly not fully conscious or grounded in the room, begins to describe something — or somewhere — that seems profoundly spiritual. He’s weeping. His voice is shaky. And he’s talking about seeing Jesus.

    He tells his mother how beautiful Jesus is.

    He then says he sees his dad — and you can hear his mother in the background gently confirming that Cason’s father passed away about a year ago. He also sees his “Papa” — presumably a grandfather — and calls him strong. He pleads for a hug. And in an especially haunting moment, he says he misses his mom… while she is right there beside him.

    That part hits differently.

    Throughout the nine-minute video, Cason is visibly emotional. And as it turns out, so are millions of people who’ve watched it. Comments across YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, and Reddit are filled with crying emojis, prayers, and personal stories. Some say they’re shaken. Some say they’re comforted. Others say it brought them back to their own spiritual beliefs — or challenged them.

    Now, let’s take a step back. Yes, Cason is under anesthesia. And we’ve all seen the funny videos — the ones where people come out of surgery babbling about cheeseburgers or proposing to nurses. That may have even been the original intention behind filming Cason. Maybe they were hoping for a goofy moment. But what they captured instead… feels very different.

    This wasn’t just a brief, silly ramble. Cason’s words had structure. His emotions were heavy. His vision, if you want to call it that, was sustained. And it seemed to come from a place of deep knowing.

    Here’s where things get murky and also, personal.

    Was this a genuine spiritual experience? Or was it the result of a young brain floating between consciousness and confusion, grasping for meaning in a fog of anesthesia?

    Some nurses in the room can be heard trying to comfort the family, saying things like, “this is normal.” But many commenters online weren’t having that..  some were even upset, interpreting the responses as dismissive or awkward. But in fairness, it may have just been nervous laughter. When something unexplainable happens, people react however they can.

    We don’t know much else about Cason. We don’t know what happened after the video cut off. And we don’t know what he remembers now that he’s fully awake. We do know that the video was uploaded by someone who shares a lot of faith-based content, which led some skeptics to suggest the experience may be shaped by religious upbringing. And sure, there’s some truth to that idea — that we draw on familiar spiritual symbols in altered states.

    But does that make the experience any less powerful? Any less real?

    I’ve only been under anesthesia once myself. And when I came out of it, apparently I launched into a rant about someone’s cooking. (True story: I said all she cooks with is teriyaki.) Why that memory? Why that topic? Who knows — I certainly wasn’t in control of it. So I get the weirdness of post-surgical talk. But Cason’s experience went beyond a passing comment. It had continuity. Emotion. Gravity.

    And maybe that’s what’s staying with people most is the weight of it.

    In the end, we don’t know what happened. We don’t know what Cason saw or if he saw anything at all. But what we do know is that millions of us witnessed a moment that felt like more than just a medical recovery. It felt like a message, a mystery, or maybe just a mirror,  reflecting our own hopes and questions about life after this one.

    Will we get updates? We hope so.

    Do we deserve them? Maybe not.

    But once something this powerful enters the online ether, it lingers. It plants seeds. And it makes us wonder.

    For now, we hope Cason is okay. And if he truly saw what he says he saw… we hope it brought him peace. Because it sure stirred something in the rest of us.

  • 🎬 JAWS at 50: The Shark That Still Bites

    🎬 JAWS at 50: The Shark That Still Bites

    When a movie makes it big, it’s is half because of the movie.. the other half is due to the culture it is tapping into.

    Fifty years ago today, on June 19, 1975, a movie premiered that didn’t just dominate the box office — it redefined it. Jaws wasn’t just a film. It was a cultural eruption. A tectonic shift in how movies were made, marketed, and remembered. And it didn’t just scare people in theaters. It made them afraid to put their legs in the water.

    I wasn’t alive in 1975. Everything I know about that era comes from siblings, old newspaper clippings, and stories my late parents used to tell. But Jaws still reached me. Its shadow has loomed over every summer since. And maybe that’s the most powerful legacy of all: a movie so deeply embedded in the American psyche that it still haunts the waves five decades later.

    Kids then were playing in playgrounds with metal slides and staying out until the street lights came on.. but fear was lurking in places that people never noticed until then..

    The Perfect Cultural Storm…



    1975 was a strange, tense time in America. The Vietnam War had just ended. Nixon had resigned in disgrace. Inflation was high, and faith in leadership was lower than ever. There was a national malaise settling in. Distrust of institutions. Paranoia. A sense that the world was changing too fast and too violently to understand.

    Then came Spielberg.

    At just 27, Steven Spielberg tapped into all of that anxiety — not overtly, but instinctively. Jaws was a movie about a shark, sure. But it was also a movie about a mayor more concerned about tourism dollars than public safety. About institutions failing. About fear hiding just beneath the surface.

    And he didn’t need blood and gore to do it. The shark barely appears in the first half of the film. It was mechanical. Broken, half the time. But Spielberg turned that weakness into strength: he let our imaginations do the work. The tension simmered in the absence. The dread grew in the silence. And then there was the score.

    The Score That Changed Everything

    John Williams gave us a soundtrack of suspense that has never been topped. Two notes. That’s all it took. Dunna… Dunna…



    It sounds simple. It was simple. But it was primal. It mimicked a heartbeat, a countdown, a presence just behind you. That score didn’t just accompany Jaws — it was the shark. It was the fear.

    And it didn’t stay contained to the screen. It spilled out into the real world. Newspaper articles from the time talked about people who were afraid to go to the beach. Even lakes. Attendance at some coastal resorts dropped. All because a film made the unseen feel more terrifying than anything visible.

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    From Classic Monsters to Real Monsters

    Before Jaws, monsters were myths. Frankenstein. Dracula. Godzilla. Fantastical creatures. Jaws made the monster real. Great white sharks exist. We just hadn’t thought to fear them yet. Spielberg didn’t invent the idea of terror — he just relocated it to the familiar.

    He took the safe, sunny world of suburban beach trips and laced it with danger. He gave the ocean teeth. And that idea rippled out far beyond Jaws itself. You can see it in Nightmare on Elm Street Part 4, where Freddy’s claw circles in ocean waves — an unmistakable nod to the shark.

    Even Saturday Night Live created a sketch character based on the Jaws concept: a shark pretending to be a door-to-door mailman.



    Can It Happen Again?

    This is the question I keep coming back to.

    Yes, we’ve had massive summer blockbusters since: Jurassic Park, The Dark Knight, Avengers: Endgame. But nothing has ever truly matched the shockwave of Jaws. Nothing changed the entire film industry overnight quite like it.

    Why not?

    Because we live in a different world now. We’re saturated with media. Spoiled by CGI. We know too much. Trailers give away plot twists. Behind-the-scenes features run before a movie even premieres. The mystery is gone.

    So it will most likely never ever happen again. At least not like it did in ’75..

    I humorously recall that someone tried in 2001! Back then the HOROR REPORT (and we are Going WAYYYYYY back here) had some exclusive info and was able to see a pre-screening of “TREES” a movie based and homaging JAWS..



    In 1975, a movie could still sneak up on you. Jaws did more than that — it sunk its teeth into a nation’s soul and never let go.

    Spielberg would go on to do it again with E.T., with Poltergeist, and with Close Encounters. He has a gift for capturing the temperature of society in a given moment. But Jaws was the first. And maybe the most lasting.

    So here’s to 50 years of fearing the ocean. Here’s to two simple notes that made us question whether we really wanted to dangle our feet in the water. Here’s to the monster that was all too real — and the genius who knew exactly when to unleash it.

    Happy anniversary, Jaws. The beach was never the same.

  • The Goonies are still good enough 40 years later

    The Goonies are still good enough 40 years later

    Check your calendars. The Goonies didn’t come out 20 years ago—it came out 40 years ago.

    That’s four decades of Mama Fratelli, four decades of Sloth yelling “Hey you guys!”, and four decades of Chunk’s truffle shuffle. And thanks to the internet, we’ve now had over 20+ years of memes celebrating our friends in the Goon Docks.

    June 7, 1985—what a historic day.

    The Goonies crossed generational divides, delivering laughter, mystery, adventure, and just the right amount of frights. It’s strange to look back now, because the film feels frozen in time. As if Astoria never changed. As if Data, Mouth, Mikey, and the rest of the Goonies are still in those same houses. The statue still has its private parts glued on upside down. Rosalita is still unpacking boxes and discovering hidden gems. It feels like the Goonies never grew up—or maybe we just didn’t want them to because we wanted to stay Goonies with them.

    In the past two decades, 1980s nostalgia has exploded. Countless movies and shows have tried to bottle that magic lightning just for a few more moments—Stranger Things perhaps doing it best. But nothing beats the original. Nothing beats The Goonies. I’ll argue this to anyone: The Goonies is the epitome of 1980s entertainment, politics, pop culture, and movie magic.

    Let’s not forget Cyndi Lauper’s epic anthem “The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough,” featuring appearances by pro wrestlers like Captain Lou Albano in her unforgettable music video. THAT was the 1980s as well. The song, with the movie? Perfection.. The colors. The music. The language. The feeling. It all captured that moment in time and somehow made it timeless.

    That’s why The Goonies still resonates—still matters—four decades later. It may just be one of the best movies ever made. And if I had to choose just one film to represent the entire decade of the 1980s, I’d choose The Goonies.

    And just for the nostalgia, here’s a picture from the showing at a theater in Astoria, Oregon!

    For those of us who lived through its release, we’re getting older. I was a little too young to catch it in theaters, but I saw it later—and even then, I felt its magic. I’m honestly jealous of anyone who experienced it on the big screen for the very first time. You were the luckiest moviegoers in the world. And you probably still are.

    And speaking of lucky movie goers.. let’s just step back in time for a bit and gaze at this ad in the local fishwrapper of my youth.. the Pottsville REPUBLICAN from June 7, 1985–the weekend of the movie’s release.. The Schuylkill Mall was the place to be.. the Goonies was playing daily that week at 1:30, 4:30, 7:00, and 7:20. So … what time do you all want to meet up and go see it? I’ll buy the popcorn..

    Some movies are just meant to be seen in a theater, and The Goonies is absolutely one of them.

  • The rare Vance phenomenon takes the internet by storm. Maybe it will actually unite us for a while.

    The rare Vance phenomenon takes the internet by storm. Maybe it will actually unite us for a while.

    The internet has given birth to countless bizarre trends, but this one might be the strangest—and somehow, the most unifying. It has a touch of politics, a whole lot of weird humor, and perhaps, just perhaps, it’s the first thing in a long time that brings people together, regardless of party affiliation.

    It’s called a “Rare Vance,” and it’s taking over the internet.

    How It Started

    Back in October 2024, a pro-Trump Republican tweeted an edited photo of then-vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance. The image exaggerated his features—giving him a chiseled jawline and making him look extra sleek and, well, presidential. The internet took notice, and slowly but surely, a meme was born.

    The trend gained momentum, but it truly exploded after Donald Trump and J.D. Vance met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House. Suddenly, “Rare Vances” were everywhere—an endless stream of digitally altered images featuring Vance’s head on different bodies, his face morphed into bizarre variations. Some showcase him with long, luscious curls and an oddly chunky face, while others transform him into a baby with a pacifier.

    A Meme That Transcends Politics

    What makes this trend remarkable is that it’s being embraced by both pro- and anti-Trump circles. In an era where political discourse is often toxic, this meme has somehow bridged the divide. People from all sides are sharing, remixing, and laughing at the absurdity of it all. Maybe, for once, we’ve found a common ground—however ridiculous it may be.

    The New Age of Political Cartoonery

    Beyond just humor, the Rare Vance meme is a symbol of how political cartooning has evolved. In the past, editorial cartoonists would painstakingly illustrate exaggerated portraits of political figures. Now, thanks to AI and fast-paced meme culture, anyone can create political satire in seconds. Everybody is a political cartoonist now.

    Love it or hate it, the Rare Vance meme has solidified its place in internet history. You’re seeing them everywhere, and you’ll probably continue to do so. One day, we might look back and question what we were thinking—or maybe we’ll celebrate the absurdity of it all.

    In the meantime? Collect them all.

  • Is that a red note on your app screen? Or are you just happy to leave TikTok! The American occupation of another app begins

    Is that a red note on your app screen? Or are you just happy to leave TikTok! The American occupation of another app begins

    As the Supreme Court deliberates on whether to uphold the law banning TikTok in the United States, users are taking matters into their own hands. With memes and mysic…

    The potential ban has sparked a wave of creativity, nostalgia, and uncertainty across the platform.

    Some TikTok users are posting their “final” videos, often set to somber music from Titanic or the Likea Prayer choir remix from Deadpool and Wolverine, marking the end of their accounts in a bittersweet farewell. Others are scrambling to download their content, preparing for the possibility of a complete blackout if the app is banned.

    But what’s next for these users? The controversy surrounding TikTok centers on allegations of its ties to ByteDance, a Chinese company accused of harvesting U.S. user data. Ironically, many users appear to be migrating to another Chinese app—RedNote.

    RedNote, an app similar to Pinterest, has surged in popularity over the weekend. Unlike TikTok, it has no connection to ByteDance, but it’s unmistakably a Chinese platform. For many TikTok users, who strongly oppose Meta-owned platforms like Instagram and Facebook, RedNote seems like a viable alternative.

    The irony is striking: TikTok is on the verge of being banned due to alleged ties to the Chinese government, yet RedNote—a fully Chinese app, complete with Mandarin text and cultural roots—is now being embraced as the “safe space” for what’s being hashtagged as #TikTokRefugees.

    It’s almost poetic in a sense. Imagine a quiet, niche app in China, possibly monitored by its government, suddenly flooded with American content creators declaring, “This is our new home!” It’s a strange display of digital colonialism, with users claiming a foreign platform as their refuge.

    Whether RedNote will remain the go-to destination for TikTok users remains to be seen. With millions searching for a new platform, the future of RedNote and others like it hangs in the balance. For now, all eyes are on the Supreme Court, which is expected to make its decision by January 19.

    What will the digital landscape look like post-TikTok?

    The clock is ticking..

    Developing..

  • TYSON- PAUL FIGHT FRAUGHT WITH TECH GLITCHES

    TYSON- PAUL FIGHT FRAUGHT WITH TECH GLITCHES

    The world was watching.. the grand return of Mike Tyson fighting the new self proclaiming face of boxing Jake Paul.

    After all of the rounds ended, Jake Paul was awarded victor while Mike Tyson’s stunned and he was agonizing for breath in real time..

    But before that less than dramatic end to the overall boring matchup, Netflix streaming was the biggest battle viewers had..

    Online social media was graced with a number of comments from users worldwide of streaming problems, freezing screens, botched audio..

    This X was amongst the favorites we saw reacting:

    For those old enough to remember how watching less than desirable late night movies on HBO and Cinemax were back when you had the box and the channels were scrambled? Think that.

    Comically.. at times Mike Tyson looked as he did during his MIKE TYSON PUNCH OUT game from the 1980s..

    Iron Mike is less than iron, or “i run” as last night’s announcer kept calling him. But he made for a ‘made for streaming moment’ that frustrated viewers around the world.

  • Mike Tyson slaps before Friday night fight

    Mike Tyson slaps before Friday night fight

    No really..

    I mean, I would never accuse boxing of being like the World Wrestling Entertainment federation, and I’m sure you would not either. 😀

    Anyway…

    During the final face-off before their highly anticipated boxing match Friday night, Mike Tyson slapped Jake Paul, creating a dramatic moment that showcased the tension between the two to the media to witness.

    The incident occurred when Paul accidentally stepped on Tyson’s foot, provoking the legendary boxer to react with a quick slap. Jake Paul, unfazed, declared the bout personal, heightening anticipation for their clash at AT&T Stadium in Texas.

    Tonight, Tyson and Paul will square off in an eight-round heavyweight match, streamed live on Netflix. This bout, featuring the 58-year-old boxing legend against the 27-year-old YouTuber-turned-fighter, headlines a packed card that includes title fights and rising stars.

    With over 70,000 fans expected in attendance, the event promises an unforgettable evening for boxing enthusiasts.

    Developing..

  • Election 2024: America chooses the clown it secretly loves

    Election 2024: America chooses the clown it secretly loves

    Now we know America still loves clowns, just not the one portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix .. Art the clown took center stage at the box office this weekend and trounced Joker 2.

    And with the news of this small budget box office bonanza, something bigger seems to be happening..  something cultural seems to have shifted.

    The Terrifier movie franchise centers on Art the Clown, a silent but sadistic killer who brutally murders his victims in increasingly horrific ways.

    The first film, Terrifier follows Art as he torments two women on Halloween night, marking his debut as one of modern horror’s most terrifying villains. Terrifier 2 expanded on the lore, exploring more of Art’s supernatural abilities while maintaining the intense gore that became the series’ hallmark.

    Both films are known for their graphic violence, practical effects, and unrelenting brutality, drawing comparisons to classic slasher films while pushing the envelope in terms of shock value.

    The franchise was created by writer and director Damien Leone, who is also known for his work in makeup and special effects. Leone first introduced Art the Clown in a short film titled The 9th Circle eay back in 2008 and later included him in the anthology film All Hallows’ Eve in 2013.

    As a filmmaker with a deep passion for practical effects, Leone’s work on Terrifier showcases his skills in creating disturbing, realistic gore, which has become a defining feature of the series.

    Leone has expressed that he draws inspiration from horror classics like Halloween and A Nightmare on Elm Street while wanting to push horror into new, more extreme territory.

    Terrifier 3 seemingly took the gore aspect to a much higher level. Just search up the rat scene or chainsaw scene. Choose if you wanted to watch it, but at least read about it. Chances are many of you already saw it at the either’s anyway.

    Joker 2 dropped 82% at the box office Terrifier 3 for being a movie that costs little to nothing to make. It scored almost $20 million.

    Timing is key.

    Perhaps the fact the movie came out October. The weather’s colder and those Halloween decorations are abundant. Or perhaps just maybe something else is going on. It seems to be that there’s a craving out there for gore. Suddenly, it seems that society itself relishes in the macabre. And the dastardly.

    It feels a lot like when the Saw movie franchise started back in the early 2000s. Then, society was overrun with torture and war footage on television. Reality was grosser than fiction, so fiction had to try to outdo it, and it tapped into a pop culture moment in which we as a people shifted into the acceptance of gore due to the acceptance of torture and a war stands in response to terrorism.

    Art the clown then signifies something.. maybe Terrifier 3 is just a blip on the horror radar, or perhaps this movie coming out right before a really painfully divisive election showcases how painfully divided we all are ..

    Art the clown is the instigator .. he’s the killer with no conscience, murdering children at a Christmas decorated mall without mercy. The darkest of crime and inhumanity.

    Is it possible that Art the clown, while maybe not signifying how we all feel WE ACT, certainly signifies how society itself feels.. no remorse, no mercy and just relentless over the top violence to the point of absurdity.

    Or maybe not.

    Terrifier, 3 again could just be that blip .. the moment when moviegoers just said no to the supernatural scares, and they would rather have a blood-soaked and  vomit laden theater to slip and fall in..

    Time will tell, but either way Terrifier 3 has certainly made bloody waves.