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Mysterious Painting ‘The Anguished Man’ Haunted by Its Deceased Artist?

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Can an object be haunted? It’s a question that has a different answer depending on who you ask, though many stories over the years have suggested that departed souls can – and have – used inanimate objects in order to make contact with the living.

Here on iHorror we’re incredibly fascinated by stories such as those, and given the lasting popularity of our post about Robert ‘the haunted doll,’ it seems that you guys are right there with us on that. So if you’ve been hungry for more paranormal thrills and chills round these parts, we’ve got a real doozy for you tonight.

Gather round the campfire, won’t you?

The Anguished Man

The story of the so-called ‘Anguished Man’ begins some 25 years ago, when a man by the name of Sean Robinson was gifted a strange painting (above) by his grandmother. According to the story she told him, the old oil painting was made by an artist who killed himself shortly after it was complete, and he allegedly mixed his own blood in with the oils.

When Sean was given the painting by his grandmother, his wife insisted that it be kept in the cellar, as she wasn’t amused by the creepy art or the story that came along with it. But it seems the Anguished Man did not want to be relegated to the cellar, and it wasn’t long before a flood forced Sean to bring it into the house.

Almost as soon as the painting was brought up, Sean claims that life for his family started to get real strange. Mysterious cries became a regular part of their nightly routine, and everyone inside the home claimed to have caught fleeting glimpses of a black figure. On several occasions, Sean saw this figure standing at the foot of his bed, describing him as a tall, middle-aged man with undefined features.

One night, when Sean’s wife went to bed before he did, she felt someone getting into the bed beside her. Thinking it was her husband, she turned over and found herself staring into the eyes of a stranger, an experience that led her to insist that the painting be locked backed up in the cellar – and the family dog refused to go down there, once it was.

Wondering if the painting truly had some sort of spirit attached to it or if he and his family were merely imagining things, based on the story they were told about it, Sean set up cameras in an effort to document any strange activity, which recorded various noises and orbs. In order to film the painting, it was brought back into the house, and it again wasn’t long before it brought paranormal activity along with it.

Sean says he was particularly spooked when his young son told him that he was pushed down the stairs by an unseen force, as that was the moment when he realized it wasn’t just he and his wife imagining things. Thankfully, his son wasn’t hurt, though his story was the final straw: the painting was once again put down into the cellar.

More recently, this past May, Sean claims to have taken the painting to the UK’s haunted Chillingham Castle, as part of an investigation with a group of paranormal researchers. He says that twenty witnesses saw a large black figure materialize in the middle of a seance circle, and a wooden bench banged on the floor in response to questions asked of the painting.

The bench was at one point violently flipped over, and the investigators believed that one of the Castle’s restless spirits was angered by the invite they sent out to a foreign spirit: the spirit of the Anguished Man.

Despite extensive research, Sean has never been able to find out the name of the artist responsible for the painting, nor has the paranormal activity ceased. Is this mysterious artist trying to tell Sean something? Or has a totally unrelated spirit – perhaps a demon – attached itself to the art?

Your guess is as good as ours…

*If you want to read Sean’s full story, head over to paranormal website Who Forted?*

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‘Abigail’ Dances Her Way To Digital This Week

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Abigail is sinking her teeth into digital rental this week. Starting on May 7, you can own this, the latest movie from Radio Silence. Directors Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillet elevate the vampire genre challenging expectations at every blood-stained corner.

The film stars Melissa Barrera (Scream VIIn The Heights), Kathryn Newton (Ant-Man and the Wasp: QuantumaniaFreakyLisa Frankenstein), and Alisha Weir as the titular character.

The film currently sits at number nine at the domestic box office and has an audience score of 85%. Many have compared the film thematically to Radio Silence’s 2019 home invasion movie Ready or Not: A heist team is hired by a mysterious fixer to kidnap the daughter of a powerful underworld figure. They must guard the 12-year-old ballerina for one night to net a $50 million ransom. As the captors start to dwindle one by one, they discover to their mounting terror that they’re locked inside an isolated mansion with no ordinary little girl.”

Radio Silence is said to be switching gears from horror to comedy in their next project. Deadline reports that the team will be helming an Andy Samberg comedy about robots.

Abigail will be available to rent or own on digital starting May 7.

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Yay or Nay: What’s Good and Bad in Horror This Week

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Welcome to Yay or Nay a weekly mini post about what I think is good and bad news in the horror community written in bite-sized chunks. 

Yay:

Mike Flanagan talking about directing the next chapter in the Exorcist trilogy. That might mean he saw the last one and realized there were two left and if he does anything well it’s draw out a story. 

Yay:

To the announcement of a new IP-based film Mickey Vs Winnie. It’s fun to read comical hot takes from people who haven’t even seen the movie yet.

Nay:

The new Faces of Death reboot gets an R rating. It’s not really fair — Gen-Z should get an unrated version like past generations so they can question their mortality the same as the rest of us did. 

Yay:

Russell Crowe is doing another possession movie. He’s quickly becoming another Nic Cage by saying yes to every script, bringing the magic back to B-movies, and more money into VOD. 

Nay:

Putting The Crow back in theaters for its 30th anniversary. Re-releasing classic movies at the cinema to celebrate a milestone is perfectly fine, but doing so when the lead actor in that film was killed on set due to neglect is a cash grab of the worst kind. 

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The Top-Searched Free Horror/Action Movies on Tubi This Week

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The free streaming service Tubi is a great place to scroll when you’re unsure what to watch. They are not sponsored or affiliated with iHorror. Still, we really appreciate their library because it’s so robust and has many obscure horror movies so rare you can’t find them anywhere in the wild except, if you’re lucky, in a moist cardboard box at a yard sale. Other than Tubi, where else are you going to find Nightwish (1990), Spookies (1986), or The Power (1984)?

We take a look at the most searched horror titles on the platform this week, hopefully, to save you some time in your endeavor to find something free to watch on Tubi.

Interestingly at the top of the list is one of the most polarizing sequels ever made, the female-led Ghostbusters reboot from 2016. Perhaps viewers have seen the latest sequel Frozen Empire and are curious about this franchise anomaly. They will be happy to know it’s not as bad as some think and is genuinely funny in spots.

So take a look at the list below and tell us if you are interested in any of them this weekend.

1. Ghostbusters (2016)

Ghostbusters (2016)

An otherworldly invasion of New York City assembles a pair of proton-packed paranormal enthusiasts, a nuclear engineer and a subway worker for battle.An otherworldly invasion of New York City assembles a pair of proton-packed paranormal enthusiasts, a nuclear engineer and a subway worker for battle.

2. Rampage

When a group of animals becomes vicious after a genetic experiment goes awry, a primatologist must find an antidote to avert a global catastrophe.

3. The Conjuring The Devil Made Me Do It

Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren uncover an occult conspiracy as they help a defendant argue that a demon forced him to commit murder.

4. Terrifier 2

After being resurrected by a sinister entity, Art the Clown returns to Miles County, where his next victims, a teenage girl and her brother, await.

5. Don’t Breathe

A group of teens breaks into a blind man’s home, thinking they’ll get away with the perfect crime but get more than they bargained for once inside.

6. The Conjuring 2

In one of their most terrifying paranormal investigations, Lorraine and Ed Warren help a single mother of four in a house plagued by sinister spirits.

7. Child’s Play (1988)

A dying serial killer uses voodoo to transfer his soul into a Chucky doll which winds up in the hands of a boy who may be the doll’s next victim.

8. Jeepers Creepers 2

When their bus breaks down on a deserted road, a team of high school athletes discovers an opponent they cannot defeat and may not survive.

9. Jeepers Creepers

After making a horrific discovery in the basement of an old church, a pair of siblings find themselves the chosen prey of an indestructible force.

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