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The campfire flickers in the darkened woods as four friends huddle close, swapping sinister stories told by its warm glow. Such is the scene that sets the stage for Lore, a chilling anthology from recent years. Released in 2023, this British production united the directorial talents of James Bushe, Patrick Michael Ryder, and Greig Johnson. Together they craft four frightful folktales within a wraparound narrative boasting just the right mix of mystery and menace.

Our protagonist quartet of Dan, Mark, Donna, and Sally venture into the remote countryside seeking a uniquely spooky experience. Little do they know the wicked welcome that awaits! Upon arrival, only a mysterious local guide named Darwin remains to steer their overnight excursion.

And steer he does, encouraging each traveler to unearth their most bone-chilling bedtime anecdote around the campfire’s crackling flames. Thus does the storytelling commence, spinning yarns that cleverly commune chilling genres from creature features to occult horrors.

Stars: Miles Mitchell, Dean Bone, Sally Collett, Samantha Neale, Richard Brake, Andrew Lee Potts, Daniel-John Williams, Steven Blades, Jennifer K Preston, Theo Preston, Jordaine Lincoln, Rufus Hound, Katie Sheridan, Finbar Healy | Written by James Bushe, Patrick Michael Ryder, Christine Barber-Ryder, Greig Johnson | Directed by James Bushe, Patrick Michael Ryder, Greig Johnson

Tales told around the fire, especially a campfire, have been one of the primary ways humans have passed on myths, lore and scary stories in general as long as humans and fire have co-existed. And the movies have picked up on that, using it as a framing device in Grim Prairie Tales, Screams of a Winter Night and plenty of others.

In the aptly named anthology film Lore, a quartet of campers, Dan, Mark, Donna, and Sally share their stories with their guide, the exceptional creepy Darwin.

After informing them of the evil history of the ground their tents are pitched on,...

On Saturday morning, President Joe Biden promised to “take care” of the Chinese spy balloon that spent the past week hovering high above North America, and by the afternoon, he delivered as the U.S. shot the surveillance device down.

According to U.S. officials, the military shot down the balloon as it crossed over the coast of the Carolinas and into the Atlantic Ocean, the New York Times reports. In the hours before the operation, the Federal Aviation Administration had issued a ground stop for airports in Wilmington, North Carolina,...

A suspected Chinese surveillance balloon was spotted drifting over the northern U.S. skies. The Pentagon has been monitoring the high-altitude balloon for several days, CNN reports.

“We are confident that this high-altitude surveillance balloon belongs to the [People’s Republic of China],” a senior defense official said, per the report.

Several methods have been used to track the balloon, including a manned aircraft, according to the Guardian, and was recently sighted over Montana.

While the floating object’s current flight path is headed towards “a number of sensitive sites,” Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder...

President Joe Biden said Wednesday that it was “unlikely” that a missile that killed two people in Poland was fired from Russia, the Associated Press reports.

After an “emergency” meeting of the Group of Seven and NATO leaders, President Joe Biden was asked by reporters if it was too early to say whether the missile was from Russia. Biden stated that there is “preliminary information that contests that” and added that “it is unlikely in the lines of the trajectory that it was fired from Russia, but we’ll see.

With the highly anticipated folk horror Dogged currently doing a tour of the festival circuits, I had the opportunity to talk with actresses Nadia Lamin about developing the character Sparrow and her experiences making the film.

How did you get involved in the film Dogged?

My agent Jo Southwell, Aston Management. She put me up for the part of Sparrow and told me about the project. I read the script and I thought it was brilliant. It is one of those scripts that I read from front to back in less than an hour. I just read it all. Normally it takes me a long time to read stuff, so I knew that I really liked this. I love the character Sparrow so I went to the audition and that evening I got told that I had the part.

So, you instantly from the script had a sense that it could be a good film.