“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.”

                                        --H.P. Lovecraft

Horror stories, it has been contended, were likely the first types of tales created and told by humans. For primitive, cave-dwelling bands isolated in an unknowable, hostile world not of their making, surrounded daily by pain and terror and death, recounting ghastly events--both real and elaborately imagined--served to process their harsh surroundings in a way that not only entertained, but educated.

Do not venture into the valley over the next ridge, one aged Neanderthal says to the disbelieving youths of his tribe. If you do, you shall never return.

If you’re interested in anime or MOBA games, this article will provide you with a delicious MOBAnime cocktail. Spoiler-free, of course. The topics are Dota 2 and its related anime series, DOTA: Dragon’s Blood. Season 2 is scheduled to start on January 6^th on Netflix.

What is Dota 2

Dota 2 is a MOBA game with a passionate community of around 10 million people. It’s also an e-sport with a history that goes back more than a decade. Its tournaments are famous around the world and offer large prize pools, ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars.

Arrow Video presents another installment of its Giallo Essentials series with three suspense-filled Italian films, beautifully packaged in this stunning yellow slipcase box set.

Riding high from the praises of the previous RED Giallo Essentials set, Arrow bumped the packaging up a notch and added a few more well-known titles to this one, as well as giving the slipcase an outer sleeve that showcases key scenes from each of the films contained.

In Massimo Dallamano’s What Have They Done to Your Daughters? (1974), Inspector Silvestri (Claudio Cassinelli) and rookie Assistant District Attorney Vittoria Stori (Giovanna Ralli) investigate the apparent suicide of a teenage girl, leading them to a sordid prostitution ring whose abusers occupy the highest echelons of Italian society.

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The World Cup in 2022 will be a soccer tournament unlike any other seen before it. For a start, all matches will be played in November and December which is a change to the usual schedule which crams the World Cup group matches through to the final into a four-week period between June and July. That new schedule will impact soccer leagues and competitions in Europe and across planet football as they will be forced into a winter break lasting, at least, four weeks.

Why change the schedule when it has worked so well for so long? The reason for the late start is due to the tournament being held in Qatar. The region’s dangerously high temperatures during the summer months often make leaving the house difficult, never mind playing 90 minutes unshaded. When Qatar was awarded the World Cup in 2022 it was quickly realised that changes had to be made.

What can be said about the Matrix series that hasn’t already been said? It is almost an universal opinion among the fans that the trilogy started great with the first movie but was a bit of a let down by the third. Would the fourth movie return the series to greatness or continue the descent into mediocrity? While that is always a matter of personal opinion, I’ll be happy to share my opinion with you today, but be warned… I am always loose with spoilers.

We start off watching a scene unfold where the characters are unfamiliar and awkward. The cinematography felt off as the movie tried to recreate the old scene where Trinity escaped the agents in the beginning of the first movie. It’s a really hard scene to watch because it puts Resurrections into a position of direct comparison to the original masterpiece. Needless to say, the new movie did not compare very well at all.

It's a brand new year, and no doubt there nothing anyone wants to do less than to look back at 2021, the year that looked at 2020 and said, "Hold my beer."

But in terms of entertainment options, 2021 had a better turnout than its predecessor, due in part to the reopening of movie theaters (although a good number of great stories were told through streaming services as well). Likewise, there was many good things in broadcast and streaming series to capture the attention, and a swell of wonderful stories in the comic book industry, largely bolstered by a rise in indepently produced products.

So we urge you to take a deep breath for one more last look at the year, and select the best among the nominees below to determine which ones deserve a Critical Blast Best of 2021 trophy.

This voting also includes the voting or our annual Bombshell of the Year, selecting among the twelve cosplayers who were each spotlighted in our monthly Bombshell of the Month feature.

Do you prefer books or comics? Well, you're sitting on the couch or in the armchair in the evening, you're not tired yet, but you don't want to watch TV either. A book would be good because you wanted to read more anyway. You rummage through your shelves or reading piles that are scattered around the flat. Maybe you have already started 2-3 books. They were exciting, but you still don't feel like it. And then there's that comic book. Maybe about a superhero you like. Or with an imaginative, youthful story. Or an adaptation of a fairy tale. Take it, flip through it, enjoy the great colors and drawings. 

Dan Aykroyd, Kim Basinger, Jon Lovitz, and Alyson Hannigan star in Richard Benjamin’s offbeat 1988 comedy My Stepmother is an Alien, which is finally getting a long-overdue Blu-ray release in January 2022.

Panned by critics for casting Dan Aykroyd in a romantic lead, the movie failed horribly at the box office, grossing only $13.8 million dollars of its $19-million-dollar budget. Only after it was released on home video did it find an audience (mainly young teenage boys looking to catch a glimpse of the young starlet, Kim Basinger, in her alien birthday suit).

According to World Health Organization statistics, by 2030, one in six people will be aged 60 years or over, and by the century’s mid-point, the figure will exceed 2.1 billion. As the population of many western industrialized nations grays at an unprecedented rate, the urge to avoid the effects of older age has evolved into an ever-present multi-billion-dollar industry. There’s an endless array of pills and potions, creams and cleanses, ointments and therapies that promise to fend off Father Time, and to some there’s no price too high to prolong their youth.

In this digital age, there is practically no shortage of entertainment, especially for people who are fond of surfing the internet. However, there are two particular forms of entertainment that have been around for the longest time. First, there is gambling. This is a recreational activity that has been practiced by cultures and civilizations from the earliest dawns of history. Over the millennia, gambling has evolved to become one of the most lucrative industries in the world, especially when you take into consideration the proliferation of online casinos which have made the hobby more accessible and convenient for anyone with an internet connection. These casinos are filled with a bunch of different digital versions of traditional games that you would find in a typical land-based casino floor.

When deciding to use cloud storage to give your enterprise applications the flexibility and scalability they need, your company will face the choice of a particular cloud storage system. We suggest using a short tutorial to help you decide which type of cloud storage is best for your projects. Game Insider also advises on how to combine different types of storage to improve system functionality and save money.

There are three types of cloud storage today: block storage, object storage, and file storage. If we look at the features of such storage in the context of real tasks, we will see their advantages and disadvantages.

The comics-sphere is going to be abuzz this week with talk of the latest MCU joint venture, Spider-Man: No Way Home. Much of that buzz will come from people who haven't seen it yet and are excited to get to it, while those who have seen it try to hold the spoilery bits inside so they don't come across like the jackasses of the Internet.

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Yes, gambling like a pro and being a professional gambler is cool. You will make a lot of money by doing what you like and you can always advance. How to start to play in a casino? How to become an expert? Well, some of these tips will help you do it. Others will help you stay a professional gambler.

Practice and Master

You will need to choose a game or games and play them for free first. Then you will have to start playing for small bets and advance all the time. The goal is to master a game or games and become a pro with that game. Best players in poker have used this tip for ages so you can deduce how important it is.

2019’s Spider-Man: Far From Home ended with one of the best cliffhangers in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. After swinging around Manhattan with his girlfriend, MJ (Zendaya), Spider-Man (Tom Holland) sees himself on a big screen in Times Square, but not as Spider-Man. Crusading journalist J. Jonah Jameson (J.K. Simmons), using doctored audio and video courtesy of the late “true hero” Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) shatters Spidey’s life by revealing his secret identity. The world now knows that Peter Parker is Spider-Man! “OMG!” as the kids say!

Variety, so the saying goes, is the spice of life. So, too, in cinema--particularly horror cinema, where triteness sometimes reigns--is diversity a welcome feature. The anthology format, so common in the grindhouse and VHS days of yore in films such as Black Sabbath, The House That Dripped Blood, Creepshow, and Tales from the Darkside: The Movie, has experienced a revival in the past decade through the V/H/S series, Trick r’ Treat and the recent (and excellent) Grave Intentions. As a narrative form, the anthology delivers a quick-jolt of instant terror gratification; there’s precious little time to establish Exorcist-level mood, suspense and characterization in a fifteen-minute segment. Its storytelling stripped to the barest of bones, and individual tales are often hit-or-miss.

The X-Men are one of comic books most popular and beloved teams. They have had a history nearing 60 years, and have been at the top of the comic book industry on multiple occasions. They have also spawned a plethora of famous characters, who are to this day some of the most popular comic book characters of all time. The Gambit, Magneto, and of course, the ever popular Wolverine.

Throughout their sixty-year publication history, the X-Men have seen some great story arcs, but also have been subject to history erasure, retcons, and alternate realities that may make their story arcs a bit convoluted for new fans. For those looking to get into the X-Men, but are lost as to where to begin, the following are a few of the X-Men’s most popular, and beloved stories.

Trial of Gambit

As the year draws to a close, we find ourselves reflecting on what’s changed online during 2021. Tik Tok got bigger, Facebook changed its name, and the online casino industry saw record growth around the world. So what’s next for 2022? We’re expecting even bigger things for online casinos over the next 12 months, and in this article, we cover the reasons why. Want to know more about casino sites in general and how they work? Check out Casivo. If you’re already clued up, keep reading to find out what 2022 has in store.

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Finland is known for many great things, including northern lights, fantastic winters, and epic Eurovision contestants. What Finland isn’t best known for, and probably should be, is its talent for great inventions. It’s not necessarily recognized on a global scale as a hub for technology or innovation, and so its creations are often overlooked.

So, in this article, we’re going to celebrate Finland and some of the best things to come from the country. Check them out below.

Nokia Phones

The original Nokia phones are now looked back on fondly as reliable and robust pieces of kit, especially when compared to today’s modern smartphone. Most of us had a Nokia 3310 during our childhood, and will always remember Snake as being one of the first (and most fun) mobile games.

Do you consider buying a car but have insufficient funds in your bank account? Well, there is a solution to your problem. At https://www.instantcashtime.com/bad-credit-loans-guaranteed-approval/, you can find a bunch of funding companies who issue bad credit loans with guaranteed approval the same day. This is exactly what most Americans do in the financial challenging situations. The federal government supports these online initiatives, even though not all of them are on the customer’s side.

In the 1970s, America grew nostalgic for, of all things, the Great Depression. And so they sat down in droves in front of their TV screens to watch the weekly adventures of The Waltons, a close-knit nuclear family of eight (not counting the grandparents) who lived on Walton's Mountain. And while the series was about the entire family, the central focus was driven by the narratory -- the future version of aspiring author, John Boy Walton, who was played by Richard Thomas.

Thomas puts in an appearance in this new release, The Waltons: Homecoming, a brand-new Christmas story that introduces the Walton family to a new generation. And while the cast is brand new, by necessity, the casting department and the acting performances really brings the original characters to fresh life without despoiling too much the versions that older audiences know and love.