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“The Staircase”: Compelling “Owl Theory” Video May Convince You That the Killer Was Actually a Bird!

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While not as compelling as some of Netflix’s previously released true crime docs, “The Staircase” documents the 16-year legal battle of Michael Peterson, a crime novelist accused of killing his wife Kathleen after she was found dead at the bottom of a staircase in their home.

There are many theories about what happened to Kathleen Peterson on Dec. 9, 2001, but this one takes the cake. For those yet to watch the docuseries, Kathleen was found at the bottom of their staircase in a pool of blood. Police were unable to recreate the incident and never did find a murder weapon. In fact, the wounds found on the back of Kathleen’s head were unidentifiable, leaving the police to “guess” as to what could have caused such bizarre patterns. What made it even more strange was that, even with three massive gashes, there was no blunt force trauma, which means that she probably wasn’t actually struck on the back of her head. The mystery is what makes “The Staircase” so compelling.

The docuseries isn’t new, but Netflix has updated the series with fresh new episodes that reveal Michael was prosecuted and imprisoned with the use of a falsified evidence. While this may offer some closure, it still doesn’t solve the puzzle. Bizarrely, the 13 episodes left out two major clues and an even more insane theory as to what could have actually happened to Kathleen Peterson.

The below video offers forth the “Owl Theory”, which suggests that the wounds on the back of Kathleen’s head were caused by the owl’s massive raptor-like talons. In fact, the video reveals that the victim was found with her hands grasping chunks of her own hair that included microscopic traces of feathers from an unknown bird. What?!

Update: Here’s what the director Jean-Xavier de Lestrade told TheWrap about the below “Owl Theory”:

“She may have been attacked by an owl,” said de Lestrade. “The first time I heard about that it was in 2008, I really laughed. I thought, ‘it was not possible!’ But I have to say that since the time I started to study that theory, I met with Larry Pollard many times — Pollard was the first to raise that theory and he was a neighbor of Mike Peterson — and met with many people taking care of that house and who knew the behavior of the house, and I talked to people who have been attacked and injured by owls, and I have to say, in my opinion, it’s the most possible explanation for the very special injuries that Kathleen Peterson had suffered. No one introduced that theory inside a courtroom.”

I, for one, am completely buying this, but don’t let me convince you – watch and judge for yourself.

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4 New Horror Movies Releasing This Week Including ‘Insidious: The Red Door’

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Insidious: The Red Door

Prepare to head back into the Further this week. The long Fourth of July Weekend means a lighter week ahead for new horror releases, but there’s still plenty to keep you busy. That includes a highly anticipated horror sequel arriving in theaters this week and a home release for one of the year’s funniest horror comedies.

Here’s all the new horror releasing July 3– July 7, 2023!

For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.


 

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Alice Maio Mackay’s acclaimed slasher film Bad Girl Boogey released on digital platforms July 4 with a DVD release on July 11.

“Bad Girl Boogey follows Angel, whose mother was brutally murdered one Halloween night when blood was shed by a deranged killer wearing a parasitic mask cursed with black magic and bigotry. Sixteen years later, when Angel’s best friend is slaughtered by a killer with the same mask, they must overcome their personal struggles, fight their fear, and find the masked killer before he, or it, slaughters everyone they hold dear.”

The cast includes Lisa Fanto (‘Love, Guns & Level Ups’), Iris Mcerlean, Chris Asimos, Toshiro Glenn, Lewi Dawson, and Kate Bonney, with a featured voiceover cameo from horror icon Bill Moseley (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, The Devil’s Rejects).

In her review, Michelle Swope called the film “an intense, bloody slasher that features compelling performances, gruesomely creative kills, and profound commentary on the deadly consequences of allowing bigotry and hatred to go unchecked.”


Tearsucker

After making its debut at the Chattanooga Film Festival, Tearsucker brings its David Lynch-like surrealism home to rent/own on all digital HD internet, cable, and satellite platforms, as well on DVD, starting on July 7, 2023, through Freestyle Digital Media.

Tearsucker tells “the dark and surreal story of emotionally vulnerable women who are preyed on by a charming psychopath who wants to suck their tears. The lead character, Lilly (Allison Walter), is an emotionally vulnerable trauma survivor who is desperate to heal and get on with her life. Despite the support of her best friend Deb (Danielle Mcrae Spisso), Lilly is completely isolated. When she crosses paths with a charming stranger, Tom (Sam Brittan), at the park, she feels hope for the first time in months. Tom sweeps Lilly off her feet and invites her on a romantic weekend getaway. However, things take a disturbing turn when Lily discovers that Tom has an unusual appetite for tears… and will stop at nothing to get them.”

The film was directed by Stephen Vanderpool, written by Sam Brittan, and produced by Brittan, Robert Campbell, and Stephen Vanderpool.


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Ty Simpkins in Screen Gems Insidious: The Red Door Photo credit: Boris Martin

Tiptoe through the tulips… one more time. Sony Pictures is heading back into The Further with Insidious: The Red Door this week.

Insidious: The Red Door will release in theaters everywhere on July 7, 2023.

The horror franchise’s original cast is back in Insidious: The Red Door, directed by and starring Patrick Wilson. Family secrets will be revealed as the Lamberts head back into The Further one more time, encountering demons from the past as well as brand new terrors.

In the film, “To put their demons to rest once and for all, Josh (Patrick Wilson) and a college-aged Dalton (Ty Simpkins) must go deeper into The Further than ever before.”

The original cast from Insidious is back with Patrick Wilson (also making his directorial debut), Ty Simpkins, Rose Byrne, Andrew Astor and Lin Shaye.


The Blackening Antoinette Robertson and Sinqua Walls

Antoinette Robertson as Lisa and Sinqua Walls as Nnamdi in The Blackening. Photo Credit: Glen Wilson

After scaring up an estimated $7 million in theaters over Juneteenth weekend, director Tim Story‘s The Blackening is now headed home to Premium Video On Demand outlets this Friday, July 7!

The Blackening, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, centers around a group of Black friends who reunite for a Juneteenth weekend getaway only to find themselves trapped in a remote cabin with a twisted killer. Forced to play by his rules, the friends soon realize this ain’t no motherf****** game.

Directed by Tim Story (Ride Along, Think Like A Man, Barbershop) and co-written by Tracy Oliver (Girls Trip, Harlem) and Dewayne Perkins (“The Amber Ruffin Show,” “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”), The Blackening skewers genre tropes and poses the sardonic question: if the entire cast of a horror movie is Black, who dies first?

The Blackening stars Antoinette Robertson, Dewayne Perkins, Sinqua Walls, Grace Byers, X Mayo, Melvin Gregg, Jermaine Fowler, Yvonne Orji, and Jay Pharoah.


The Deep Web Murdershow

Take a deep, dark dive into the internet with The Deep Web: Murdershow, making its debut on Tubi on July 8, 2023.

Dan Zachary wrote and directed The Deep Web: Murdershow.

The film “takes viewers on a dark ride when a journalist’s search for clues to his sister’s murder leads him to a disturbing crypto currency torture website inside the deep web called The Murdershow. As those close to him disappear, he must find and stop this reign of terror.”

The horror movie’s cast includes Josh Blacker (“Elysium”, “See”), Aiden Howard (“Riverdale”, “Firefly Lane”), and Kimi Alexander (“A Million Little Things”, “Tribal”).


The Horror of Dolores Roach review

On the TV front, Amazon Original Series “The Horror of Dolores Roach,” based on the hit Gimlet podcast, debuts on Prime Video on July 7, 2023.

The eight-episode, half-hour series is a contemporary Sweeney Todd-inspired tale, a macabre urban legend of love, betrayal, weed, gentrification, cannibalism, and survival of the fittest.

In the series, “Dolores Roach is released from prison after 16 years and returns to a severely gentrified Washington Heights with $200 and the clothes on her back. Her boyfriend missing, her family long gone, Dolores reunites with an old stoner buddy, Luis, who gives her room and board and lets her give massages for cash in the basement under his dilapidated storefront, Empanada Loca, the only remnant of her former life. When the promise of her newfound stability is quickly threatened, ‘Magic Hands Dolores’ is driven to shocking extremes to survive, and in the face of unexpected professional success, Dolores and Luis become dangerously symbiotic, and Luis must unleash his own peculiar predilections.”

“The Horror of Dolores Roach” stars Justina Machado, Alejandro HernandezKita Updike, and K. Todd Freeman. Plus Cyndi LauperMarc Maron (“Glow”), Jean Yoon (Kim’s Convenience), Judy Reyes (SmileBirth/Rebirth), and Jeffery Self (“Search Party).

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