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Sinister truth behind this year's creepiest horror flick
Warning: contains spoilers. Horror maestro Stephen King took to X earlier this week to describe Weapons as 'confidently told, and very scary,' before offering a rare bit of praise: 'I loved it.' And for fans of unsettling cinema, the film mostly delivers - though not always in the way you might expect. Director Zach Cregger (Barbarian, 2022) leans into well-timed humour for relief, with laugh-out-loud moments that almost verge on comedy-horror. But the movie isn't purely comedic - there are genuinely creepy moments too, like when a character climbs into the back of Miss Gandy's (Julia Garner) car while she sleeps. The scene had my cinema neighbour squirming in his seat, and even his movie-length sundae couldn't distract them from the spinechilling image of Alex's brainwashed parents sitting on the couch - a shot that instantly reminded me of the eerie living room scene in Jordan Peele's Us. One elderly viewer even muttered, 'What was that? I'm not sleeping tonight,' proving the film still hits the fear nerve for some. Weapons balances the absurd with the disturbing. Jump scares are so overdone they verge on intentional satire - and perhaps the theatrical, Marvel-level shock factor is unsurprising given the actors behind Silver Surfer, Thanos, and Wong all make an appearance. Yet beneath it all runs a thread of unease: corrupt cops (Alden Ehrenreich), teachers crossing boundaries with students, alcoholism, and fears around HIV ground the horror in unnerving reality. Josh Brolin's tenacious Archer Graff experiences one of the film's most surreal sequences in a nightmare where a giant AR-15 floats above his house, the time 2:17 displayed ominously. Film theorists immediately connected it to the failed 2022 HR1808 Assault Weapons Ban in the US, which passed by exactly 217 votes but was never enacted. TikTok users have also drawn parallels to the 2018 Parkland school shooting, in which 17 students and staff were tragically killed. Cregger told Variety the scene is 'a very important moment,' but admitted, 'what I love about it so much is that I don't understand it,' leaving interpretation open to the audience. While most online commenters see the film as a symbol for unchecked gun violence, others argue it's about adults projecting their anger and failures onto their children. Gladys, the witch, takes it further, literally weaponising the kids for her own selfish agenda. Some theories even suggest her red wig, white face, and blue eyeliner represent America itself - painting the nation as the true villain. At its core, Weapons lingers long after the credits roll, with surreal imagery, clever camera work, jarring fight scenes and layered metaphors that remind us how easily we ignore the obvious - like when several key characters encounter Gladys and fail to question her bizarre appearance, serving as yet another commentary on humanity's tendency toward inaction. For anyone expecting a standard jump-scare fest, the terror isn't conventional - at most, I'd say my heart rate barely crept up to 75 BPM - definitely not nightmare fuel. 'The true horror came from the drama of that boy's (Alex's) predicament. Where he continued to go to school and couldn't say anything. Nothing to do with jump scares or scary demonic entities. Just terrible family values,' commented one X user. And while the spooky trailer of kids running through dark, empty streets had me hoping for a horror flick to finally rival Scott Derrickson's Sinister (2012), it's the movie's unusual approach that makes it so effective.
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4 hours ago
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‘I looked miserable': Nightmarish reason woman couldn't smile at her own wedding
Her $50,000 'dream day' turned into a medical nightmare. The trauma of wedding planning left bride Kelly Stech paralysed and unable to crack a smile while walking down the aisle. 'I felt like it was the happiest day of my life, but I didn't want people to think I looked miserable because I couldn't smile on my wedding day,' Stech, 30, a hairdresser from Chicago, explained to Kennedy News. 'It's hard to believe this happened.' She was ultimately diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt syndrome. It's a rare neurological condition in which shingles affects one's facial nerve, causing both weakness on one side of the face and hearing problems. Justin Bieber announced that he'd been stricken with the disorder in June 2022. But doctors blamed Stech's sudden distress on holy matrimony duress. 'My wedding stress definitely caused this,' confirmed the millennial, who, despite the hitch in her health, got hitched to hubby, Benjamin, in early October 2023. 'The financial stress of it definitely takes a toll.' A newlywed's wellbeing is a high price to pay in exchange for the perfect big day. Still, a staggering 96 per cent of fiancés experience wedding planning stress, according to a recent survey via Zola, an online nuptials hub. And 40 per cent of the couples polled consider the prepping process 'extremely stressful', owing to organisational snafus, guest list hiccups, and, of course, the crippling costs that come with saying 'I Do.' Sweethearts poised to tie the knot in the US can expect to fork over approximately $US26,665 ($A41,400) on a swanky celebration — in Australia, the average wedding costs $36,000, according to ASIC's MoneySmart website. From the venue to the food, the decor to the DJ, weddings can easily break the bank — as well as the person's sanity. Megan Finn, 27, a mum of two and recent bride, from Belfast, Ireland, went into psychosis and began hallucinating due to wedding planning stress. Stech, although she didn't start seeing things that weren't there, started noticing changes in her body days prior to taking the plunge. 'Exactly a week before the wedding, I was starting to feel under the weather. The following day, at work, I felt like I had an ear infection coming on,' she recalled. 'It hurt to swallow, and I felt a popping sensation in my ear.' The bride-to-be went to urgent care for treatment, but was told her ear looked 'completely fine,' bearing no signs of an infection. Unfortunately, she was not completely fine. 'I woke up that Monday, and my ear was completely swollen and blistered. I went back to urgent care and they put me on a steroid and antibiotic for cellulitis,' said Stech. 'I woke up the next day, and the pain was worse. 'I was vomiting non-stop, I couldn't keep anything down.' It was suffering like she'd never endured. 'My whole body felt like it had been hit by a truck,' Stech groaned. 'Then I was lying on the couch later on and making silly faces on Snapchat and couldn't feel the right side of my face moving.' '[The next day] when I went to smile, the right side of my face just wouldn't move like the left side would,' she added. 'My ear had blisters on them. I was full-blown panicking and crying. The pressure on my ear felt like it was going to explode.' On the night of her rehearsal dinner, the beleaguered belle returned to urgent care, then immediately transferred to a hospital for more specialised support. Rather than enjoying a pre-wedding meal with friends and family, Stech was under intense medical supervision. Physician initially believed she'd had an allergic reaction to an IV antibiotic that had caused Bell's Palsy — a temporary weakness of one side of the face. But even with the prognosis, Stech refused to cancel or postpone her ring-swap ceremony. Instead, she simply chopped the guest list down from 200 to 50 loved ones, and carried on without hesitation, nor the ability to grin. 'I barely slept the whole night. There was barely any movement in my mouth,' she remembered. 'I could smile without teeth, but if I tried to smile with teeth, it was definitely crooked. 'I wanted to go ahead with the wedding either way.' With the help of a skilful makeup artist and the gal pals in her bridal party, Stech managed to conceal her paralysis for most of the day. Tragically, halfway through the festivities, her right eyelid 'just stopped working.' 'I couldn't go around taking photos anymore, my eyelid was paralysed, I couldn't blink,' she said. 'I was holding a handkerchief up to my eye to keep it shut. Everybody kept saying, 'Sorry you're going through this.'' 'I couldn't drink any alcohol,' continued the hapless honoree. 'I was in so much pain and so tired.' Days later, Stech learnt she had Ramsay Hunt syndrome, which can be treated with antiviral medications and pain relievers. Stech, now eight months pregnant, has since regained all the movement in her face. And she's urging brides against letting wedding planning stress get the best of them. 'We got to experience first-hand early on what 'in sickness and health' actually meant,' the mum-to-be said of the early onset chaos she and Benjamin suffered. 'I tell friends stressed about wedding planning, be grateful you're in this position and don't let it stress you out, you don't want to end up paralysed on your wedding day,' she said. 'Don't stress about your shoes or the weather.'
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5 hours ago
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American Pie star Seann William Scott's staggering six-figure monthly income revealed
Seann William Scott's staggering six-figure monthly income has been revealed after his divorce from Olivia Korenberg. On Monday, the American Pie actor submitted an income and expense declaration in court detailing that he takes home about $US110,000 per month ($170,000) as he continues his custody and child support battle over the exes' 5-year-old daughter, Frankie. Scott said he earns about $US45,000 ($69,000) in royalty payments and $US31,000 ($48,000) in dividends/interest payments per month and has $US158,000 ($250,000) in cash and checking/savings accounts. Additionally, the Lethal Weapon star also has $US12,285,322 ($19 million) in stocks and bonds, $US18,781,328 ($29 million) in real property, $US85,000 ($133,000) in cars and furniture worth $US171,000 ($265,000). Scott, 48, also owns jewellery worth $US650 ($1000) and artwork valued at $US93,000 ($144,000). The Role Models actor spends nearly $US60,000 ($93,000) per month on bills, including $US15,333 ($23,000) in property taxes and nearly $US8,000 ($12,000) in child care payments. Scott also said in the docs that he has paid his legal team more than $US500,000 ($777,000) to handle his divorce. Us Weekly was first to report the news. In February 2024, Scott filed for divorce from Korenberg, 35, after four years of marriage. According to the filing obtained by Page Six at the time, the actor cited 'irreconcilable differences' as the reason for their split. Scott asked that he and the interior designer divide their assets according to their prenuptial agreement. He also asked for the earnings he made before, during and after marriage to belong solely to him. When the exes settled their divorce in May 2024, they reportedly terminated their rights to spousal support. In June, Korenberg claimed she was 'blindsided' when her ex-husband put their home for sale allegedly because of her 'new romantic relationship.' Scott denied the accusation, claiming the sale was a financial decision and not retaliatory. Scott and Korenberg had kept their relationship very private before tying the knot in September 2019. The exes welcomed daughter Frankie in June 2020.
