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- Wednesday, March 16, 2016
We're back with another unboxing video from SuperHeroStuff.com to celebrate the upcoming release of the Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice film coming out March 25th.
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- Friday, February 5, 2016
We're back with another unboxing video from SuperHeroStuff.com to celebrate the upcoming release of the Deadpool film coming out February 12th.
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2016 has started out with some very sad news. A few days ago, the world lost David Bowie. On January 14th, we lost beloved British actor Alan Rickman, who at 69 lost his battle with cancer.
The news came as a shock to his fans and fellow actors, who took to social media to mourn his passing.
Rickman as Harry Potter's Snape.
To no one's surprise, the Harry Potter family expressed their deep sadness.
There are no words to express how shocked and devastated I am to hear of Alan Rickman's death. He was a magnificent actor & a wonderful man.
Daniel Radcliffe posted on his Google Plus page an emotional statement, highlighting "how wonderful the British actor was despite what people might have assumed given his character's intimidating persona."
Emma Watson, aka Hermione, also posted heartfelt words on her Facebook page:
"I'm very sad to hear about Alan today. I feel so lucky to have worked and spent time with such a special man and actor. I'll really miss our conversations. RIP Alan. We love you."
Emma Thompson, Rickman's close friend and frequent collaborator (they worked together in Love Actually, three Harry Potter films, Sense and Sensibility and Judas Kiss) said in a statement that saying goodbye to the actor was "painful."
Alan was my friend and so this is hard to write because I have just kissed him goodbye. What I remember most in this moment of painful leave-taking is his humor, intelligence, wisdom and kindness. The intransigence which made him the great artist he was – his ineffable and cynical wit, the clarity with which he saw most things, including me, and the fact that he never spared me the view.
Rickman broke into Hollywood with his role as as the murderous German terror boss Hans Gruber opposite Bruce Willis in Die Hard. He quickly became known as one of the best "actor-villains" and went on to have over 60 film credits to his name, including the Sheriff of Nottingham in 1991's Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, for which he won a BAFTA award, and Judge Turpin opposite Johnny Depp in 2007's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
Prepare yourselves for some poltergeist action. A teaser trailer for the The Conjuring 2 was released today and holy shit, it looks fantastic!
Just as Fanboys reported, James Wan's sequel to the 2013 cinematic success will bring Ed and Lorraine Warren (played by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) to 1977 England to "help single mom Peggy Hodgson and her four children, particularly daughter Janet (played by Madison Wolfe)."
Wolfe as Janet Hodgson.
Hitting the theaters on June 10, 2016, rumor has it The Conjuring 2 will open with the Warrens investigating the Amityville Horror case (after all, they do mention a Long Island family who needs help in the first movie).
After that, a sequel will tell of the infamous "Enfield Poltergeist," which took place at a house in Brimsdown village, borough of Enfield, England. You can find more details on this fascinating real-life case by clicking here.
The first The Conjuring movie grossed $318 million worldwide, and the sequel is expected to do as well or better.
Tired of the old Christmas movies about happy reindeer, festive families, and Santa? Already watched Krampus and still hungry for more? Fear not!
Here's a list of the best (and the worst) horror Christmas movies!
Santa has been waiting for you.
Black Christmas (1974)
A sorority house is terrorized by a stranger who makes frightening phone calls and then murders the sorority sisters during Christmas break. Just like other corny horror movies from the '70s, this one got a 2006 remake with Michelle Trachtenberg.
Christmas Evil (1980)
Dressed in a Santa suit, a psycho decides who's been naughty and who's been nice.
Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
After his parents are murdered and he is taken to an abusive orphanage, a tormented teenager goes on a murderous rampage dressed as Santa. You know, as one does.
Elves (1989)
A young woman discovers that she is the focus of an evil Nazi experiment involving selective breeding and summoned elves in an attempt to create a race of supermen. She and two of her friends are trapped in a department store with an elf, and only Dan Haggerty—as the renegade loose-cannon Santa Claus—can save them. I wonder how many drugs it took to create this plot.
Jack Frost (1997)
A serial killer comes back as a snowman. Yes.
Dead End (2003)
On Christmas Eve, Frank Harrington and his family decide to take a shortcut on his way to his in-laws, for the first time in 20 years. It turns out to be the biggest mistake of their lives.
Santa's Slay (2005)
In this film, Santa Claus is a demon who lost a bet with an angel, so he becomes the giver of toys and happiness. But when the bet is off, he returns to his evil ways.
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)
Santa Claus is unearthed in a archaeological dig and soon children start disappearing. A boy and his father manage to capture the evil Frankenstein-esque Santa and sell him back to the corporation who sponsored the dig, angering Santa's elves, who will do anything to free their leader.
Sint (Saint) (2011)
In this movie, St. Nicholas is a murderous bishop who kidnaps and murders children when there is a full moon on December 5. According to IMDB, various organizations of concerned parents tried to boycott the poster, which would allegedly traumatize young children for its depiction of a zombified St. Nick. However, the poster ended up being voted the "best cinema poster of the year" by Dutch audiences.
Silent Night (2012)
In a remote Midwestern town, the police searches for a killer Santa Claus who is picking off citizens on Christmas Eve. Super gory and hilarious.
What do you think of these movies? Let us know by leaving your comments below!
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Anthony Mango
- Friday, November 27, 2015
It's Black Friday and that means the Christmas shopping season is in full swing where every store will be packed with riotous crowds and super long lines. That's a huge pain to deal with, so why not avoid it entirely if you can?
If you're pumped for the upcoming release of Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens on December 18th and you're looking to add some merchandise to your collection this holiday or pick up some gifts for friends and family, make sure to check out SuperHeroStuff.com for their limited edition Star Wars Saga Box builds of their signature HeroBox subscription line.
The team over at SuperHeroStuff was nice enough to send me a box for this month, so I wanted to show off the swag in the first ever unboxing video for Fanboys Anonymous, which you can watch below:
That's no moon...that's a mystery box!
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- Monday, October 12, 2015
Fanboys Anonymous would like to thank TV Store Online for being one of our sponsors for New York Comic Con 2015, providing us with some awesome Legends of the Hidden Temple shirts so our people not only could find each other easier in the sea of people on the busiest day of the convention but also could take some group photos and have some fun during our down time.
Halloween is coming up, and if you're looking for something to spice up your costume, TV Store Online has so much apparel to choose from in the geek culture spectrum, including TV shows, movies, music, comics, games and more.
If you want to pick up one of these shirts specifically, you can find them here. My suggestion: pick the Silver Snakes. I could use another teammate to earn me a pendant so those temple guards don't get us!
Stay tuned for more updates, photos, videos and so on from New York Comic Con 2015 and the Fanboys Anonymous team.
For years, The X-Files fans everywhere wanted to believe Mulder and Scully would pair up once more to solve paranormal mysteries and gather evidence to finally make the unbelievers understand we are not alone.
Carter, Duchovny, Pileggi, and Nanjiani.
The wait is over. Well, at least if you were one of the lucky people to attend the series panel at New York Comic Con, where the first episode of season 10 was screened three months ahead of its television premiere.
In the first episode of the six-episode event, Mulder and Scully are urged to reopen the X-Files when evidence of a massive government coverup concerning aliens is brought to them by Tad O'Malley, a Bill O'Reilly-esque televangelist who hosts a show on conspiracies, played by Joel McHale.
Following the episode, the show creator Chris Carter, David Duchovny (Fox Mulder) and Mitch Pileggi (FBI Assistant Director Walter Skinner) joined moderator and host of The X-Files Files podcast Kumail Nanjiani for a panel and Q&A.
So why is the showing coming back now?
Carter admitted he finally decided on doing it after receiving a call from 20th Century Fox informing him that Duchovny was interested, but that the story needed to be right. Carter says:
When you bring a show like this back, you do it for the hardcore fans. They're the ones who put you there, so you're bringing it back with them in mind. At the same time, you always hope to attract and/or entertain as big an audience as possible. So we don't belabor it for the hardcore fans, but we make sure there's a hook for the newbies.
Carter also noted the show will follow a mythology for the first two episodes and bookend with it on the final one. The four episodes in the middle will be stand-alone and will bring some much loved characters back, including the Lone Gunmen.
As for Mulder and Scully, they are no longer a couple. "We wanted to be true to the passage of time," Carter explained. "I was going under a bridge, and on the bridge above us it said, 'Life has many bumps in the road.' I think Mulder and Scully have hit one of those." [Sniff.]
Will this be the final season? Only time will tell. Duchovny hinted he would be interested in another season if the fans wanted more. Is that even a question?
Couldn't make it to The X-Files Panel at Comic Con NYC? For now, you can enjoy the trailer and believe me when I tell you: This season will be awesome!
Are you excited for the new season of The X-Files?
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Anthony Mango
- Saturday, October 10, 2015
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Taylor Gray, Ashley Eckstein, and Dave Filoni held a press conference at New York Comic Con 2015 to shed some light on season 2 of Star Wars Rebels, the Seventh Sister, the future of the franchise, and more.
You can watch our footage of this press conference below.
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Video shot by Mike Paden & Frank Ward.
Edited by Mike Paden.
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Anthony Mango
- Friday, September 25, 2015
The theme song for the latest film in the James Bond franchise, Spectre, has been released. The following are the lyrics:
SPECTRE theme song "Writing's on the Wall" Performed by Sam Smith Written by Sam Smith and Thomas Newman
I've been here before
But always hit the floor
I've spent a lifetime running
and I always get away
But with you I'm feeling something
That makes me want to stay.
I'm prepared for this
I never shoot to miss
But I feel a storm is coming
If I'm gonna make it through the day
Then there's no more use in running
This is something I gotta face.
If I risk it all
Could you break my fall?
How do I live? How do I breathe?
When you're not here, I'm suffocating
I want to feel love run through my blood
Tell me, is this where I give it all up?
For you, I have to risk it all
Cause the writing's on the wall
A million shards of glass
That haunt me from my past
As the stars begin to gather
And the light begins to fade
When all hope begins to shatter
Know that I won't be afraid
If I risk it all
Could you break my fall?
How do I live? How do I breathe?
When you're not here, I'm suffocating
I want to feel love run through my blood
Tell me, is this where I give it all up?
For you, I have to risk it all
Cause the writing's on the wall
The writing's on the wall
How do I live? How do I breathe?
When you're not here, I'm suffocating
I want to feel love run through my blood
Tell me, is this where I give it all up?
How do I live? How do I breathe?
When you're not here, I'm suffocating
I want to feel love run through my blood
Tell me, is this where I give it all up?
For you, I have to risk it all
Cause the writing's on the wall
For you, I have to risk it all
Cause the writing's on the wall
What do you think of the theme?
How does it compare to the classics from the past?
Tell us your thoughts in the comments below!
SPECTRE will be released in theaters November 6, 2015.
Directed by: Sam Mendes
Written by: John Logan (screenplay), Neal Purvis (rewrite), Robert Wade (rewrite), and Ian Fleming (characters)
Starring: Daniel Craig (James Bond), Monica Bellucci (Lucia Sciarra), Ralph Fiennes (M / Gareth Mallory), Léa Seydoux (Madeleine Swann), Dave Bautista (Mr. Hinx), Ben Whishaw (Q), Naomie Harris (Eve Moneypenny), Andrew Scott (Denbigh), Rory Kinnear (Bill Tanner) and Christoph Waltz (Hannes Oberhauser)
A cryptic message from Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.
Most human beings enjoy feeling scared. According to Dr. David H. Zald, a psychiatry professor at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, "for many people, everyday life can feel overly routinized and even boring. By contrast, when scared we are fully aware, conscious, and in the moment. We are not preoccupied thinking about what happened yesterday or what we have to do tomorrow."
Screenshot of The House 2.
Dr. Margee Kerr, a sociologist from Pittsburgh and self-proclaimed "scare expert," adds that "psychologically when we make it through a safe yet scary activity, it results in feelings of confidence, competence, accomplishment, and success—it’s a real self-esteem boost."
Conclusion: "safe" fear is actually good for you!
Since we care about the physical and mental well-being of our readers, I have compiled a short list of the best free horror games online. Enjoy them with the lights off and your headphones on.
Five Nights At Freddy's
Designed by Scott Cawthon, this game is quite possibly one of the scariest games one can play online. In it, the player controls a character who just got a job as a night security guard at a pizza restaurant à la Chuck E. Cheese called Freddy Fazbear's Pizza.
Seems harmless enough, right?
Freddy's animatronics.
That would be the case if you didn't get a call from your boss at the beginning of the game letting you know that Freddy Fazbear and his other animatronic friends come alive at night and might kill you.
To play Five Nights at Freddy's is to get in touch with crushing paranoia. The player is not able to move or fight back. The only way to protect yourself is to track the robots' movements through several security cameras and, if they get too close, shut the doors at the office to deter them from getting to you.
Freddy Fazbear.
The problem is that you only have very limited electricity you are allowed to use per night, and it gets drained whenever you use the doors. If you run out of power before the night is over, Freddy and his pals will get to you, and since they don't understand human anatomy, they will try to stuff your lifeless body into a furry suit.
The success of this game has been so overwhelming that Hollywood will adapt it into a movie.
Warner Bros is heading up the project and Roy Lee of Vertigo Entertainment (The Ring, The Grudge), Seth Grahame-Smith, and David Katzenberg of KatzSmith Productions (both from the Beetlejuice sequel) will be producing it.
View of one of the security cameras.
Want to try your fate at Freddy's? You can find the original game (right now it has three sequels) at Desura.
Slender Series
First released on June 2012, Slender: The Eight Pages is a first-person minimalistic game where the player needs to collect eight pages of creepy scribbles and drawings while avoiding an encounter with the dreaded Slender man, a faceless creature with extremely long limbs.
The eight pages.
Every time Slender gets closer, static fills the game camera, and it is up to player to run as fast as he or she can to escape!
A follow-up to the not-so-scary Slenderman, it was deemed by IGN as "pure horror" and that only a "few horror games thrust you directly into the heart of fear (...). Slender is the kind of game that unearths that long-lost sensation inside of you whereby you'd play a game for the addictive novelty value it possessed and not the budget that was thrown at it."
Slender found you.
Slender man himself already had a solid fan base before Eight Pages. In fact, you can find out more about this character and some other disturbing facts by clicking here.
The game was a huge hit among horror players and has spawned numerous games, most of which still follow the same gameplay as the original but are set in different places. Here is a list of all Slender man games, even though some are only available for download:
No matter what Slender game you decide to play, you will definitely enjoy jump scares and a lot of tension.
Screenshot from Slender: The Arrival.
The House 2
If you are simply looking to quench your thirst for jump scares, look no further. This sequel to Sinthai's point and click flash game The House is filled with them, and since it is short enough for you to complete it in less than an hour, you will get instant gratification.
The House 2.
This is also a good game to start out with if you are new to the horror game genre. The story, however, is not the most original.
(...) Legend has it that there is a house in a small town that has been closed and left empty for decades. The house belonged to a wealthy family. But then one day, all family members; father, mother, daughter, and the maid were found dead in the house from what appeared to be suicide. From that time, the neighbors have closed the house for good as they believe that the house where the whole family committed suicide is cursed. Some said that they heard a woman's screaming voice from that house. Yet no one dare to enter the house.....[will] you?
It is up to the player to enter this forsaken home and investigate each of its rooms, gathering clues along the way to find out what really happened to the deceased family.
Enter with caution.
Unfortunately, the playability of The House 2 is not top notch, and the point-and-click controls can get a bit wonky. In order to advance in the story, for instance, you have to click on the same items several times before you can get any result.
Prepare to flush the toilet over and over again, click on the light switch again and again, check out the same piece of paper several times...before a creepy ghost jumps out in the screen and makes your heart skip a few beats.
So maybe there is a method to Sinthai's madness? You can check out the game at Sinthaistudio.com
One of the clues you will find.
Dungeons Nightmares
Dungeons Nightmares is a very intense indie horror game. It is not only randomly generated (i.e., every time you play, the game will be different) but also filled with jump scares, paranoia-inducing darkness, and sound effects guaranteed to make your heart beat faster.
"Keep moving. They know where you are."
The premise of the game is quite simple. You wake you in a dungeon every night for seven nights straight, and you have to figure out a way to survive in almost complete darkness while strange creatures and skeletons chase you. You are armed only with a flimsy candle that keeps going out and a map. On your way through various rooms, you can unlock chests and doors, but be aware, they do not open quickly.
Dungeons Nightmares plays with one of the most basic human fears: fear of the unknown. It is not made clear where you are or what is going on, and every corner you turn seems darker than the last.
A ghoulish woman will come after you.
The sound design in the game is highly successful. Just like with all the other games presented in this article, play it with your headphones.
Are you ready to try your hand at these beauties? These games are not for the faint of heart and Fanboys Anonymous does not hold any responsibility for ruined underpants. So play responsibly.
What do you think of these games? Any other games we should had included in this list? Let us know by leaving your comments below!
One of the greatest horror movie maestros has passed away last Sunday. Wes Craven, the man behind The Nightmare on Elm Street and Scream franchises, had been battling brain cancer and took his last breaths at his home in Los Angeles on August 30. He was 76.
Craven.
Nobody can deny the huge impact Craven had in the horror genre. His movies have scared audiences since 1972 and spawned sequels, prequels, and even a MTV television series. In an effort to celebrate his genius, Fanboys Anonymous has compiled a list of his greatest movies.
The Last House on the Left (1972)
"To avoid fainting, keep repeating: 'It's only a movie, only a movie, only a movie...'"
The original 1972 poster.
Talk about a brutal movie. Craven's 1972 debut tells the story of two teenage girls who are taken into the woods and tortured by a gang of lunatics. As if the amount of violence the girls endure was not intense enough, things escalate further when the psychopaths end up seeking refuge in one of the girl's family home. Once her parents realize what has happened to their daughter, they decide to get revenge on the thugs, even if that means they will become murderers themselves.
Upon its theatrical release, The Last House On The Left was met with extreme censorship due to the sadistic violence and rape scenes. According to IMDB, the movie was banned for 28 years in England and for 32 years in Australia. The uncut version was so filled with disturbing scenes that a distribution company tried to market it as a real snuff film.
There was a 1980 sequel and a 2009 remake, but go with the original.
The Hills Have Eyes (1977) & The Hills Have Eyes 2 (1985)
"A nice American family. They didn't want to kill. But they didn't want to die."
The original The Hills Have Eyes poster.
Both movies center around a simple idea: a family gets stranded in a remote part of the Nevada desert and is hunted down by mutated savages. Fun times.
Not running short on disturbing scenes, both movies have become cult favorites. According to IMDB,
"when originally submitted to the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America), the film was given an X-rating which would have relegated it to the porno circuit and severely hurt the box-office returns. Wes Craven cut the film enough to secure an R rating, and the original director's cut is thought to be no longer in existence."
Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
One, two, Freddy's coming for you.
Three, four, better lock your door.
Five, six, grab a crucifix.
Seven, eight, gonna stay up late.
Nine, ten, never sleep again...
The original movie poster.
One of the most successful slasher movies to date, Nightmare on Elm Street introduced the audiences to a very frightening idea: what if dreams could kill?
In the movie, teens are hunted by a cruel serial killer who murders his victims in their dreams. The only chance they have to survive is to stop him before it is too late and not fall asleep in the meantime.
Nightmare on Elm Street was not only Johnny Depp's first movie, but also Freddy Krueger's. Even though Freddy only has about seven minutes of screen time in the first movie, the success was so massive that it saved New Line Cinema from bankruptcy. In fact, it granted the studio the nickname "The house that Freddy built."
Freddy Krueger.
The Nightmare on Elm Street franchise also spawned nine movies, a 1988 television series, novels, and comic books. On August 7th, 2015, it was reported that New Line Cinema is developing a new remake, which is being written by Orphan's David Leslie Johnson.
If all of this awesomeness has not convinced you to watch (or re-watch) Nightmare, picture this: young Johnny Depp, gallons of blood, bed.
Depp in Nightmare On Elm Street.
Go watch it.
The Serpent and The Rainbow (1988)
In the legends of voodoo the Serpent is a symbol of Earth.
The Rainbow is a symbol of Heaven.
Between the two, all creatures must live and die.
But because he has a soul, man can be trapped in a terrible place where death is only the beginning.
Seriously underrated, this movie is based on a nonfiction book by Wade Davis and it tells the story of an anthropologist who goes to Haiti to investigate a drug used by voodoo practitioners to turn people into zombies.
A voodoo priest in The Serpent and the Rainbow.
Not only this is probably one of the best horror movies out there about voodoo, but it also gives us a peek at the political unrest that plagued a pre-revolution Haiti. In fact, "due to political strife and civil turmoil (...) during the production, the local government informed the film crew that they could not guarantee their safety for the remainder of the shoot," which caused them to relocated to Dominican Republic in order to finish it.
The Serpent and the Rainbow is also Craven's first film to get a R rating without any problems by the MPAA.
The People Under The Stairs (1991)
"In every neighborhood there is one house that adults whisper about and children cross the street to avoid. Now Wes Craven, creator of "A Nightmare on Elm Street" takes you inside..."
Original movie poster.
One of Craven's comedy/horror movies, The People Under the Stairs tells the story of a young boy from the ghetto, who while accompanying two older boys in an attempted burglary of the "home of his family's evil landlords, becomes trapped inside their large suburban house and discovers the secret of the children that the insane brother and sister have been 'rearing' under the stairs."
Brandon Adams as "Fool."
The movie was number one at the box office during its opening week and stayed in the Top 10 for a month after. Earlier this year, Craven confirmed he would be adapting it into a television series for Syfy, so hopefully we will get to see a new take on this classic soon.
Everett McGill as "Daddy."
Scream (1996)
"Someone has taken their love of scary movies one step too far. Solving this mystery is going to be murder."
The original poster.
While attempting to cope with her mother's murder, Sydney and her horror movie-obsessed friends are stalked by a crazed killer known as Ghostface.
Scream is considered a big turning page for the horror genre, which had been in decline since the great influx of sequels in the 1980s. Not only it had a popular and attractive cast, it also poked fun on horror movie clichés. Here are some "horror film rules" stated in the movie:
You will not survive if you have sex.
You will not survive if you drink or do drugs.
You will not survive if you say, "I'll be right back."
You will not survive if you ask, "Who's there?"
You will not survive if you go investigate a strange noise.
Everyone is a suspect.
Dead on, right? Skip the sequels and indulge in the original.
Wes Craven will truly be missed. Although not all his movies were described in this article, they should be must-sees in every horror fan's list and will continue to be considered classic no matter what happens in the film industry.
As a horror-obsessed fan, I say thank you Mr. Craven for all the scares, thrills, and laughs.
How do you feel about these movies? Which one was your favorite? Leave your comments below!
If you enjoy watching Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk's American Horror Story, so far you have
"Lived at the Murder House (...) escaped the Asylum (...) protected the Coven [and] attended the Freak Show."
Now, prepare to check into Hotel!
With the premier for the fifth season fast approaching, October 7th to be exact, many juicy details (and rumors) have been going around about American Horror Story: Hotel. Here are some things that have been confirmed so far.
The Inspiration
According to Murphy, the biggest inspiration for this season came to him after he watched the infamous Elisa Lam footage, a surveillance video recorded at the Cecil Hotel.
Now rebranded as Stay on Main Hotel, The Cecil Hotel was built in Los Angeles in 1924 and seems to have been a magnet for creepiness and violence from the get-go. Located a short distance from skid row, it has been the site of at least three confirmed murders and several suicides. The Cecil was also reportedly the residence for serial killers Richard Ramirez (the Night Stalker) in 1985 and Jack Unterweger in 1991.
The Cecil Hotel before its name change.
If that weren't eerie enough, there are rumors it was one of the last places Elizabeth Short, aka the Black Dahlia, was seen before her murder in 1947.
But who is Elisa Lam?
Elisa Lam.
Elisa Lam was a 21-year-old Canadian student who was visiting Los Angeles by herself for the first time. She checked into the Cecil in February 2013, and after five days of sightseeing, she disappeared.
Her parents contacted the police after not hearing from their daughter, and a search ensued. However, weeks of investigation, including the use of scent-tracking dogs around the hotel and the distribution of flyers, produced nothing. Elisa was gone.
In an attempt to get help from the public, detectives released surveillance footage that had been recorded inside one of elevators. In it, Elisa seems to be acting rather strange. She is shown entering and exiting the elevator, which remains open, talking to someone we can't see and moving her arms in a particular manner, and when she is in the elevator, she stands near the buttons and seems to push several of them repeatedly. The elevator remains open throughout the video.
You be the judge.
The strangeness of the video caught many people's attention. Some speculated on Elisa's mental health, whereas others believed she must have been under the influence of some pretty intense drugs. Yet no one could tell what had happened to her.
Around the same time this footage was made public, guests staying at the Cecil started calling management. The water had begun to taste odd and had strange color. In an attempt to locate the problem, hotel employees went to the roof to check the water tanks. Inside one of the tightly closed tanks, they found Elisa's lifeless naked body.
Firefighters attempting to remove the body from the water tank.
To this day, nobody really knows what happened. The official report ruled the death as accidental, but many questions still remain. Did someone put her there? The reports claimed there were no visual signs of trauma. Had Elisa been high on something and decided to go for a swim? The toxicology reports claimed only a small amount of painkillers were in her system. Could it be possible a small-framed girl managed to climb inside an eight-foot-tall water tank and lock the heavy lid from the inside by herself?
The peculiarity of this case does not stop there.
Around the same time of Elisa's disappearance, a new strand of drug-resistant tuberculosis was identified on skid row, which, as mentioned before, was mere blocks away from the Cecil. The CDC named the test used to diagnose this illness as the LAM ELISA test. Coincidence?
It is not yet clear how much of this story will be part of AHS's new season, but no one can deny it is one hell of a inspiration for the horror-based series.
Characters
A moment of silence for Jessica Lange. Yes, it is true she is not coming back this season, and she will be dearly missed. Some of the series regulars are coming back, however, and they will be sharing the screen with some interesting newbies. Here is what Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk have revealed about the characters so far:
AHS: Hotel cast.
Lady Gaga: Elizabeth is a wealthy, bisexual hotel owner, who, according to Murphy, is obsessed with art, fashion, and people. She has "relationships with Angela Bassett, Bomer, Wittrock, and Cheyenne Jackson’s characters." Murphy also added that Elizabeth has a "nefarious plan" and viewers will find out about it in the premiere.
Sarah Paulson: "Hypodermic" Sally, a drug addict who lives in the hotel, is Paulson's first villainous character on the series. According to Murphy, she is "the baddest girl of them all." According to Paulson, Sally "hates Iris in a rather ancient way for reasons that are revealed quickly."
Paulson.
Kathy Bates: Iris is the hotel manager.
Finn Wittrock: "I play a male model named Tristan Duffy who is always looking for the next high," Wittrock revealed. "And I think he sort of finds the biggest high in Lady Gaga (Elizabeth). And we have a lot to do together. She sees all of me." Naked scenes, anyone?
Matt Bomer: Donovan is a resident of the hotel and is Iris' son. He will be entangled in a love triangle with Elisabeth and Tristan.
Denis O’Hare: Liz Taylor, a movie icon who works at the hotel's bar. "I'm not actually playing Elizabeth Taylor," he explained, "but I'm playing a person who is inspired by the awesomeness of Butterfield 8 and Cleopatra (...) I [also] shaved my head for the part, and other body parts."
Angela Bassett: Ramona Royale is a sexy, powerful actress who often visits the hotel.
Chloe Sevigny: Alex is a doctor and wife of Detective John Lowell (Bentley). She’s also a mother and will be dealing with a substantial loss in her family.
Is there a reason why the Hotel men all look so similar?
Wes Bentley: "[Detective John Lowell is] investigating some grisly murders, which somehow leads [him] to checking into the hotel." Lowell is a married man also suffering from a great family loss.
Max Greenfield: An addict like Sally. "I think he's lost 30 pounds [for his role]," Murphy said of Greenfield. "Yesterday I talked to him [and] his waist is down to a 27, so he's really committed to it and he looks amazing." Murphy also added Greenfield's character is the center of "the most disturbing scene" they have done this season.
Lily Rabe: "She's playing Aileen Wuornos, which is really fun and bizarre," Murphy revealed. Wuornos was a real-life serial killer who killed seven men in Florida between 1989 and 1990. Charlize Theron, under a lot of makeup, played Wuornos in the 2003 movie Monster, so it will be very interesting to watch Rabe's take on the character. Wuornos will be the centerpiece of the two-part Halloween special.
Rabe (left) will play Wuornos (right) on AHS: Hotel.
Evan Peters: Murphy hasn't revealed anything about Peters' character, except that he "will be waiting in room 64." I would be happy not to leave this room ever again.
Emma Roberts: No details on her character, but she’s expected to appear in the final episodes.
Cheyenne Jackson: Will Drake, a fashion icon and father who lives in the hotel. "He's coming in and he's definitely kind of taking control of things, moving people out of their rooms and making room for his own fashion empire."
Murphy promises this season "harkens back to the first season (Murder House) and is much more rooted in the honest, primal fears that the first season was." Falchuk adds "while (...) the first season trapped you in that house, the second season (Asylum) was very oppressive in the asylum; [in season five] the horror is sneaking out of the hotel."
Fans will also find out on episode six or seven how Hotel is connected to past seasons of the series.
AHS poster.
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