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Father of Twin Girls Reveals Fun ‘The Shining’ Hotel Prank

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Not surprisingly, the fun prank has gone viral.

One of the most enduring images in horror cinema is that of the creepy Grady twins in Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. Dressed in the same attire and standing together, holding hands in one of the Overlook’s hallways, young actors Lisa and Louise Burns didn’t have to do much of anything to become terrifying horror icons. They just had to stand there. Looking creepy as can be.

It’s pretty safe to say that The Shining forever made countless people terrified of twins, much the same way Jaws has been keeping us out of the water for several decades now, and one father of two adorable twins preys upon that collective fear whenever he stays at hotels. He dresses them in the same clothes and has them stand in hallways, creeping out unsuspecting guests.

The clever dad, who can be found over on Twitter (@wefail), just tweeted out an image of his daughters playing the prank, coming clean about his penchant for spooky hotel hijinks:

So cruel, sir. But we love it. Bravo.

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Writer in the horror community since 2008. Editor in Chief of Bloody Disgusting. Owns Eli Roth's prop corpse from Piranha 3D. Has four awesome cats. Still plays with toys.

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‘Abigail’ on Track for a Better Opening Weekend Than Universal’s Previous Two Vampire Attempts

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April 19, 2024

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In the wake of Leigh Whannell’s Invisible Man back in 2020, Universal has been struggling to achieve further box office success with their Universal Monsters brand. Even in the early days of the pandemic, Invisible Man scared up $144 million at the worldwide box office, while last year’s Universal Monsters: Dracula movies The Last Voyage of the Demeter and Renfield didn’t even approach that number when you COMBINE their individual box office hauls.

The horror-comedy Renfield came along first in April 2023, ending its run with just $26 million. The period piece Last Voyage of the Demeter ended its own run with a mere $21 million.

But Universal is trying again with their ballerina vampire movie Abigail this weekend, the latest bloodbath directed by the filmmakers known as Radio Silence (Ready or Not, Scream).

Unlike Demeter and Renfield, the early reviews for Abigail are incredibly strong, with our own Meagan Navarro calling the film “savagely inventive in terms of its vampiric gore,” ultimately “offering a thrill ride with sharp, pointy teeth.” Read her full review here.

That early buzz – coupled with some excellent trailers – should drive Abigail to moderate box office success, the film already scaring up $1 million in Thursday previews last night. Variety notes that Abigail is currently on track to enjoy a $12 million – $15 million opening weekend, which would smash Renfield ($8 million) and Demeter’s ($6 million) opening weekends.

Working to Abigail‘s advantage is the film’s reported $28 million production budget, making it a more affordable box office bet for Universal than the two aforementioned movies.

Stay tuned for more box office reporting in the coming days.

In Abigail, “After a group of would-be criminals kidnap the 12-year-old ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure, all they have to do to collect a $50 million ransom is watch the girl overnight. In an isolated mansion, the captors start to dwindle, one by one, and they discover, to their mounting horror, that they’re locked inside with no normal little girl.”

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