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Hitchhiking is one of those things that feels incredibly tied to a very specific kind of freedom. It’s romantic in theory, terrifying in reality, and absolutely perfect for movies. The idea itself is simple: stick your thumb out, stand by the side of the road, and trust a complete stranger to take you somewhere. Sometimes it’s across town. Sometimes it’s across the country. Sometimes it’s across Europe with a backpack and twenty bucks in your pocket and nowhere to sleep. And

It’s no secret that horror is my favorite genre. I am obsessed with horror films. They are by far my favorite kind of movies ever since I was a very, very small child. October is my favorite month of the year, and Halloween is my favorite holiday of the year, and I love the fact that everyone really loves to watch horror movies during the month of October, especially as we get closer to Halloween. So, as a celebration of Halloween (my favorite time of year, my favorite holida

With the release of the latest Conjuring movie: The Conjuring: Last Rites , I thought I’d sit down and bang out a little article, a little essay, about one of my favorite weird corners of horror cinema: those movies that are actually based on true incidents. True stories. Real-life events. And sometimes that’s really hard to believe, because when you watch these movies, they’re so over the top, so insane, so terrifying, you’d never in a million years think, “Oh yeah, that to