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The Girls of October tells the story of a young woman who develops a strange fascination with John Carpenter's Halloween, believing that somewhere within the 1978 horror classic lays the truth behind an arcane force that has terrorized her since her childhood.As an escape from a world that has not always been kind, film student Beverly Dreger takes comfort in spooky urban legends, horror movies, and monster magazines. But when a string of bizarre murders draws her closer to the folkloric entity known as "the bogeyman," Beverly must unravel the mystery of her past and confront an ancient evil.An epistolary novel, The Girls of October collects fictional primary sources-newspaper articles, film criticism, screenplays, short stories, interviews, police reports, and more-to tell a chilling story of psychosis, family secrets, and murder.

1944: In the heavy pillars of smoke that rise from the crematoriums at Auschwitz, Nazi soldiers hope to catch a glimpse of Moloch, the pagan god of child sacrifice, to whom the Third Reich owes so much of its vile success...1977: A teenage boy writes a heavy metal song about an ancient evil spirit, unaware that the grisly lyrics will unleash a terrifying figurehead from the bowels of history...1987: College students and best friends Debra and Charlene are determined to make a demonic possession movie more frightening than The Omen and more gruesome than The Exorcist. But when they hire a rock band to pen the film's "satanic soundtrack," the young filmmakers are confronted with a supernatural entity determined to plunge Charlene into a world of impossible terror and human sacrifice...an entity with the burning-coal eyes of a demon and the razor-sharp horns of a bull...Written as a collection of essays, news articles, interviews, scripts, and film scholarship, The Devil and My Daughter tells a horrific story of the occult, Satanic possession, and ritual murder.

Learning to write a grade 7.0 Task 2 IELTS essay is made a lot easier by the practical approach to writing used in - IELTS Task 2 Writing - 7 or above.By learning what your IELTS examiner is looking for when he marks your Task 2 essay, you can focus more clearly on what will help you write a good essay.The different types of essay and how they affect the structure of your essay are clearly explained and lead to the step by step approach of looking at each part of the essay in turn - introduction, main body, and conclusion.Throughout the book you are encouraged to write the practice essays offered and incorporate some of the many cohesive phrases shown to you to help make your essay more academic and more formal.Model essays are given at the back of the book.

When Cherie Alvarez was a child, a moment of shocking violence shattered her world into a thousand bloody pieces. Plagued by nightmares and taunted by schoolyard bullies, the young girl spent years recovering from what law enforcement described as a "sickening and gruesome act of evil."Now a college student, Cherie has found solace in film, theater, and all the beloved traditions of the Halloween season. But when she and her friends participate in an immersive, "extreme" haunted attraction, Cherie must once again break the chains of victimhood and face the open wounds of her past. After enduring one man's twisted vision of horror and perversion, Cherie finds herself challenged by a cult-like force determined to destroy her. What follows is a singular night of grueling terror, calculated revenge, and backwoods slaughter.An epistolary thriller, DEATH RITUALS gathers the ephemera of a young woman's life--short stories, articles, scripts, photographs, televised reports, and more--to tell a story of chilling depravity and undaunted courage.

1989. In a coastal town in Northern California, single mother Wendy Gonzalez unknowingly opens a portal to the supernatural. Invisible footsteps stomp throughout her home. Strange lights flicker in every room. Inexplicable events escalate into nightly ordeals as a vengeful spirit Wendy calls the Slicker Man emerges from the shadows to claim the modest property as his own. As the spectral attacks intensify and Wendy struggles to protect herself and her twin daughters, her life begins to unravel. Desperate for answers, she seeks the help of a team of paranormal investigators who agree to take on her case. But when the investigators start probing the Slicker Man's mysterious origins, they unwittingly awaken a wrathful and embittered force. As the team faces a nightmarish battle against the entity, Wendy must confront the horrifying truth about the Slicker Man and her own tragic past. In this gripping tale inspired by film classics such as The Haunting and Poltergeist, every creaking floorboard, chilling breeze, and ghostly wail carries the weight of long-buried betrayal and pain. Will Wendy and the investigators clear the Gonzalez house of evil before the woeful spirit claims more than just their sanity? Composed as a real-life ghost story - including transcripts, interviews, and documentation from multiple eyewitnesses - The Slicker Man tells the otherworldly tale of a brave woman's attempt to survive an ancient malevolence. Brace yourself for a haunting journey into the unknown - where the sins of the past return with a vengeance.