SOUTH JERSEY HORROR

As a veteran member of a South Bronx precinct, NYPD Sgt. Ralph  Sarchie (Eric Bana) has seen more than his share of dark and horrifying  events -- so many that they have begun to poison his soul. Sarchie  further finds his beliefs and understanding pushed to the limit when he  and his partner investigate a particularly bizarre  incident. He forms an alliance with a renegade priest (Edgar Ramírez),  who tries to convince Sarchie that real evil -- and demons -- do exist. Ralph  Sarchie is a retired NYPD sergeant and traditionalist Catholic  demonologist. He has written a book, Beware the Night, which details  many of his paranormal investigations; his accounts were later the basis  of the film Deliver Us from Evil.

Retired now, Ralph Sarchie continues to assist those who are in need of spiritual release from the evil within.

The full video of "SARCHIE - Deliver Us From Evil" can be found at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL4DaJ0aJt0

The Amityville Horror is one of the most iconic and best-known haunted house stories of the past century. Following the publication, a 1977 novel about the incident, a blockbuster film premiered in 1979 that subsequently spawned copious amounts of sequels, reboots, and knockoff films in every decade since. To date, the unassuming and purportedly haunted Long Island home has featured in nearly two-dozen films, and there’s no indication that people will get tired of being spooked by it anytime soon. But what’s the real story that inspired the long-running and popular horror franchise? All of this is covered and more in this episode. 

The audio in the beginning has been provided YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udu6g6gHAi8 

In this episode I talk about what inspired Wes Craven to create the first A Nightmare on Elm Street and the famous villain, Freddy Krueger. As part of A Nightmare on Elm Street oral history (via Vulture), Craven recounted the story that influenced the creation of Freddy Krueger. He recalled a Los Angeles Times article from the 1970s about a family that escaped the Killing Fields in Cambodia. After fleeing to the United States, the young son had disturbing nightmares in which something was chasing him. The terror caused him to be afraid to go to sleep, so he would try to stay awake for days. The boy eventually fell asleep, but his parents heard him screaming in the middle of the night, and he was dead by the time they got to him. And far more psychologically chilling than the parental vendetta that led to the birth of the on-screen Krueger – which also is explained in greater detail in the Vulture oral history.

I also provide movie reviews for the 1984 version, the 2010 reboot, Freddy vs. Jason, & Part3: The Dream Warriors. 

*** DISCLAIMER *** I do not own the rights to the A Nightmare on Elm Street theme song. I downloaded the ringtone from the Zedge website.

Malevolent boxes abound in horror movies (the Rubik’s Cube-like container of “Hellraiser” being one of the most memorable), their contents inevitably wreaking havoc on humankind. The ratty receptacle in “The Possession” is no different: This demon possession movie starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Natasha Calis, and Kyra Sedgwick is basically about a young girl who buys an antique box at a yard sale and she is unaware that inside the collectible lives a malicious ancient spirit.

The making of this 2012 horror film, which is loosely based on the true story of a cursed wine cabinet or known as the dybbuk box, was plagued by unfortunate, supernatural occurrences or simply an evil spirit from Jewish lore. And when I say that this movie is based on a true story, which is basically Hollywood’s way of saying that there’s a lot of truth bending going on. But what really happened? What’s the truth behind The Possession? 

Based on a True Story - In 1971, Carolyn and Roger Perron move their family into a  dilapidated Rhode Island farm house and soon strange things start  happening around it with escalating nightmarish terror. In desperation,  Carolyn contacts the noted paranormal investigators, Ed and Lorraine  Warren, to examine the house. What the Warrens discover is a whole area  steeped in a satanic haunting that is now targeting the Perron family  wherever they go. To stop this evil, the Warrens will have to call upon  all their skills and spiritual strength to defeat this spectral menace  at its source that threatens to destroy everyone involved. 

I also talk about spoilers and easter eggs in which can be found in the movie.

In this episode, I explain the events that transpired in late early 1949 that inspired an author to write a book to later become a Hollywood Horror Blockbuster film.  The Exorcist (1973) claimed to be the scariest film of its era, it had a great negative on the public and those who conveyed in watching the movie. A movie about possession and exorcism, definitely a masterpiece of the horror sub-genre! 

William Peter Blatty won an Oscar for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium and Linda Blair won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress and too many other awards to mention.