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Kentucky Goblins Documentary Series “Hellier” Is Streaming on SCREAMBOX and the First Episode Will Hook You!
If you’re looking for something creepy to binge…
Fans of all things strange and paranormal are surely familiar with the so-called “Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter,” the moniker given to a truly bizarre story from 1955. Story goes that twelve people living in a farmhouse in Christian County, Kentucky had reported to police one night that tiny goblin creatures had besieged the property, and a gun battle ensued. When police arrived on the scene, they found no evidence of the alien-like creatures, but the story nevertheless rose to prominence and even inspired Steven Spielberg to write Night Skies, an unmade film that laid the groundwork for classics like Poltergeist, E.T. and Gremlins.
All these years later, have the Kentucky Goblins returned?
With the recent release of The Unbinding, it’s time to revisit the Planet Weird Original “Hellier,” a 15-part documentary series that sets out to uncover the true story (if there even is one, of course) behind the “Kentucky Goblins” that first popped up back in the ’50s!
Now streaming on Bloody Disgusting’s SCREAMBOX, the story begins when paranormal investigator Greg Newkirk receives a strange e-mail from a Kentucky man claiming that humanoid creatures emerged from a mine shaft on his property. The man even shares photographs of three-toed footprints he had taken in his backyard.
But then, out of nowhere, Greg never hears from him again.
That e-mail, sent back in 2012, eventually sends Greg and a paranormal team off to Kentucky to explore the alleged phenomenon, where they seem to uncover something even bigger.
The two-season cinematic documentary series follows an investigation into unsolved mysteries, impossible synchronicities, and a web of high strangeness which stretches from the heart of Appalachian coal country.
If you’re into this sort of thing, trust me when I say that the first episode of “Hellier” will hook into you, as it presents a deeply compelling case that will have you believe that maybe, just maybe, there actually are strange creatures out there that we’ve never uncovered. And maybe, just maybe, they’re connected to all kinds of other unusual sightings over the years.
Both seasons are streaming now on Bloody Disgusting’s SCREAMBOX!
NEON has been absolutely slaying the marketing game for their horror output this year, and they’re kicking the Longlegs campaign into high gear with one more month until release.
A cryptic ad in The Seattle Times today (seen below) has led clever horror fans to discover TheBirthdayMurders.net, the brand new official viral marketing website for Longlegs.
The in-universe website details the victims of the serial killer known as Longlegs (Nicolas Cage), described as a “Satan-worshipping psycho” who has terrorized families throughout the Pacific Northwest for nearly three decades.
The website details, “A bloody trail of bodies here in the great state of Oregon attests to the depraved savagery of this one-of-a-kind serial killer. With over three dozen victims that we know of, LONGLEGS is one of the most prolific mass murderers ever to have graced the region, and his gruesome endeavors are the stuff of nightmares. At first, all of the killings appeared to be straightforward murder-suicides: the handiwork of average men who suddenly snapped and slaughtered their wives and children. But a series of eerie coded messages left at the crime scenes indicate that someone – or something – is influencing these horrific crimes. The cryptic letters are signed by someone calling himself LONGLEGS.”
“With thirty-eight kills to his name, LONGLEGS has torn apart the lives of eleven different families throughout the Beaver State. His victims were good people: honest fathers, decent mothers, innocent little children.”
The website is loaded with secrets, clues, and gruesome (faux) crime scene photos, and you might even find a mention of yours truly nestled in there. Poke around. Stay a while.
Longlegs arrives in theaters July 12.
The upcoming serial killer horror movie marks the return of director Osgood Perkins (The Blackcoat’s Daughter, Gretel & Hansel). Nicolas Cage stars alongside Maika Monroe, with Monroe playing an FBI agent and Cage playing a serial killer.
In the film, “FBI Agent Lee Harker (Monroe) is a gifted new recruit assigned to the unsolved case of an elusive serial killer (Cage). As the case takes complex turns, unearthing evidence of the occult, Harker discovers a personal connection to the merciless killer and must race against time to stop him before he claims the lives of another innocent family.
The film is rated “R” for “Bloody violence, disturbing images and some language.”
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