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New Subreddit, The Skinner Foundation, Invites Readers to “Face Your Fears; Free Your Fears”

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6 years ago

October 27, 2018

It’s creepy. It’s primal. It’s some strange combination of Creepypasta, “The Twilight Zone” and “The X-Files”, and it’s called The Skinner Foundation.

The strange new subreddit came to iHorror’s attention earlier this week, and it has consumed us.

Okay, it consumed me, anyway. I really can’t speak for anyone else.

It all began October 1, 2018 with an entry titled “A Word from Our Sponsor”. Clicking on the link opened a companion website whose homepage reads “Face Your Fears” and asks “What are YOU afraid of?”

As you begin to click and read the stories on either site–you’ll find the same stories on both–it stealthily begins to draw you into its web. Each entry is a phobia, you see, but these phobias may be more than just irrational fears.

What happens when those fears are exposed or when special agents offer treatment?

Well, take for instance a man who was imprisoned for burning down the house of a Latino family in order to drive them out of the country. He is diagnosed with Xenophobia and brought to a special treatment facility where he is told that he will have two hours of treatment per day.

The treatment involves being locked in a room with things that defy description. Things that crawl and claw and sting but have no reference in our reality. When he folds under the horrors that he is seeing, he’s allowed to rejoin his fellow humans and appreciate what they all have in common.

Morality tale? You bet.

Effective? Nightmarish would be a better word for what The Skinner Foundation has to offer.

Now as I said before, you can read the stories on either site, but I really do recommend reading them from Reddit.

It gives more order to what you’re reading but there’s also the benefit of reading memos sent back and forth between “Agents” about problem cases, patient reactions, etc. in the order that they were introduced.

Reading them in this way also allows you to more easily notice patterns that begin to emerge within the storytelling. And no, I won’t tell you what they are, either.

What would be fun about that?

These patterns, however, speak to the genius planning that had to have gone into this project. You see, every story is written by a different author…

I’m relieved at this point that my own phobia has not emerged in its pages…I don’t know if I could handle that.

Is your own included? Well, you’ll just have to read and find out…

The Skinner Foundation will continue through November 14, 2018.

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Netflix Releases First BTS ‘Fear Street: Prom Queen’ Footage

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4 hours ago

April 30, 2024

Timothy Rawles

It’s been three long years since Netflix unleashed the bloody, but enjoyable Fear Street on its platform. Released in a tryptic fashion, the streamer broke up the story into three episodes, each taking place in a different decade which by the finale were all tied together.

Now, the streamer is in production for its sequel Fear Street: Prom Queen which brings the story into the 80s. Netflix gives a synopsis of what to expect from Prom Queen on their blog site Tudum:

“Welcome back to Shadyside. In this next installment of the blood-soaked Fear Street franchise, prom season at Shadyside High is underway and the school’s wolfpack of It Girls is busy with its usual sweet and vicious campaigns for the crown. But when a gutsy outsider is unexpectedly nominated to the court, and the other girls start mysteriously disappearing, the class of ’88 is suddenly in for one hell of a prom night.”

Based on R.L. Stine’s massive series of Fear Street novels and spin-offs, this chapter is number 15 in the series and was published in 1992.

FEAR STREET: PROM QUEEN IS NOW IN PRODUCTION 🩸 Welcome to Shadyside High. We're gonna have a killer time. pic.twitter.com/jDl0zRa2CH
— Netflix (@netflix) April 30, 2024

Fear Street: Prom Queen features a killer ensemble cast, including India Fowler (The Nevers, Insomnia), Suzanna Son (Red Rocket, The Idol), Fina Strazza (Paper Girls, Above the Shadows), David Iacono (The Summer I Turned Pretty, Cinnamon), Ella Rubin (The Idea of You), Chris Klein (Sweet Magnolias, American Pie), Lili Taylor (Outer Range, Manhunt) and Katherine Waterston (The End We Start From, Perry Mason).

No word on when Netflix will drop the series into its catalog.

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Live Action Scooby-Doo Reboot Series In Works at Netflix

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5 hours ago

April 30, 2024

Timothy Rawles

The ghosthunting Great Dane with an anxiety problem, Scooby-Doo, is getting a reboot and Netflix is picking up the tab. Variety is reporting that the iconic show is becoming an hour-long series for the streamer although no details have been confirmed. In fact, Netflix execs declined to comment.

If the project is a go, this would be the first live-action movie based on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon since 2018’s Daphne & Velma. Before that, there were two theatrical live-action movies, Scooby-Doo (2002) and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004), then two sequels that premiered on The Cartoon Network.

Currently, the adult-oriented Velma is streaming on Max.

Scooby-Doo originated in 1969 under the creative team Hanna-Barbera. The cartoon follows a group of teenagers who investigate supernatural happenings. Known as Mystery Inc., the crew consists of Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, and Shaggy Rogers, and his best friend, a talking dog named Scooby-Doo.

Normally the episodes revealed the hauntings they encountered were hoaxes developed by land-owners or other nefarious characters hoping to scare people away from their properties. The original TV series named Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! ran from 1969 to 1986. It was so successful that movie stars and pop culture icons would make guest appearances as themselves in the series.

Celebrities such as Sonny & Cher, KISS, Don Knotts, and The Harlem Globetrotters made cameos as did Vincent Price who portrayed Vincent Van Ghoul in a few episodes.

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BET Releasing New Original Thriller: The Deadly Getaway

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April 30, 2024

Cameron McFarland

BET will soon be offering horror fans a rare treat. The studio has announced the official release date for their new original thriller, The Deadly Getaway. Directed by Charles Long (The Trophy Wife), this thriller sets up a heart racing game of cat and mouse for audiences to sink their teeth into.

Wanting to break up the monotony of their routine, Hope and Jacob set off to spend their vacation at a simple cabin in the woods. However, things go sideways when Hope’s ex-boyfriend shows up with a new girl at the same campsite. Things soon spiral out of control. Hope and Jacob must now work together to escape the woods with their lives.

The Deadly Getaway is written by Eric Dickens (Makeup X Breakup) and Chad Quinn (Reflections of US). The Film stars, Yandy Smith-Harris (Two Days in Harlem), Jason Weaver (The Jacksons: An American Dream), and Jeff Logan (My Valentine Wedding).

Showrunner Tressa Azarel Smallwood had the following to say about the project. “The Deadly Getaway is the perfect reintroduction to classic thrillers, which encompass dramatic twists, and spine-chilling moments. It showcases the range and diversity of emerging Black writers across genres of film and television.”

The Deadly Getaway will premiere on 5.9.2024, exclusively ion BET+.