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Posted on: April 16th, 2024 20th Century Studios seem to have had high hopes for The First Omen, but unfortunately it appears it hasn’t delivered. Despite a massive promotional push, and being quite the critical darling, the prequel finished below initial estimates on its opening weekend. Originally slated to bring in $15 million domestically, estimates were slashed when The First Omen managed only $3 million on its first day. Ultimately, the prequel did exceed its new domestic estimates, finishing over the $8 million top end. However, the fact 20th Century Studios lowered the estimates didn’t go unnoticed. The First Omen…

Advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models can pretend to be dumber than they actually are, a new study has found, and this could have serious consequences as they continue to develop.In a study published in the journal PLOS One, scientists from the Humboldt University of Berlin found that when tested against the theory of mind criteria of the large language model (LLM), AI not only could imitate the language learning stages observed in children, but also exhibited something similar to the cognitive abilities associated with these stages of development.Lead study author Anna Maklova and her colleagues at Charles University in Prague…

The Bottom Line: A must-read thriller about medical ethics and innumerable pressures facing American physicians.  At Seattle’s fictional University Hospital, there’s an unwritten rule banning sick leave for residents. These highly trained, overextended physicians are expected to show up for work unless they are dead. Accordingly, when intern Dr. Jasmine Doherty doesn’t show up for work one morning, death is indeed the reason. When work spreads around the staff that Jasmine took her own life, fellow physician Noah Meier is rocked by the news.  Grief associated with Jasmine’s suicide is only the latest pressure facing Noah. Sleep deprivation is an accepted…

While the Big Easy was still shaking off a slight springtime chill, my horror-loving heart was heating up as I rode the escalator to the third floor of the Canal Place mall: home of the sprawling food court, the terrific Prytania Theaters, and, for this weekend, the official headquarters of the “summer camp for genre fans,” the 2024 Overlook Film Festival! Taking that second escalator up to the third floor is akin to ascending to horror nirvana, as I was immediately immersed in all manner of the macabre: the Vinegar Syndrome table of essential physical media waited on my right,…

The British Science Fiction Association has announced the winners of the BSFA Awards for works published in 2022. In the Best Novel category the winner is The Green Man’s Quarry by Juliet McKenna (Wizard Tower). Our congrats to Juliet McKenna and all the nominees: Descendant Machine by Gareth L. Powell (Titan) Airside by Christopher Priest (Gollancz) HIM by Geoff Ryman (Angry Robot) Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi (Gollancz) See the winners for all categories over on Locus. What do you think of this result? Posted in Awards, British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) No comments yet.…

In a world filled with government conspiracies, cover-ups, UFOs, and bizarre mysteries, the unveiling of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office’s (AARO) official website has sent shockwaves through the realm of the unexplained. AARO, responsible for overseeing the Pentagon’s investigations into Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), is taking a giant leap forward by providing the public with a glimpse into its mission, activities, and its quest to understand these enigmatic occurrences.The new AARO website is very simple in comparison to most US government pages but does feature a limited number of statistics and unclassified videos. The AARO MissionAARO’s newly launched website, which…

Angustias es el proyecto final de mis estudios de dirección cinematográfica y el punto de partida fue la película Amor de Haneke en el que una pareja de ancianos se ve en la tesitura de la soledad, la dependencia, los cuidados, la enfermedad. Me puse en ese lugar y qué haría yo, y al mismo tiempo me leí un relato de Emilia Pardo Bazán llamado El Vampiro. Así que uní las dos ideas: qué pasaría si a dos ancianos les dieran la oportunidad de convertirse en vampiros para evitar el dolor y envejecimiento. ¿Cómo surge el proyecto?Angustias es el proyecto…

The Overlook Film Festival, America’s premier celebration of all things horror, just wrapped up its biggest and most successful edition yet in New Orleans from April 4-7, 2024. The 8th annual festival shattered previous attendance records, welcoming 90 filmmaker guests and around 6,000 attendees for 36 sold-out screenings of the latest and greatest in horror cinema. As the festival drew to a close, the highly-coveted audience and juried awards were announced, honoring innovative new voices pushing boundaries in the genre. The feature film Audience Award went to Damian Mc Carthy’s Oddity, a terrifying creepfest in which a blind medium resorts…

 From the dawn of the 20th century, across two world wars, and a number of other conflicts plus, secret operations, the majority of the US Armed Forces and Federal Law Enforcement used two sidearms: the Colt M1911 .45ACP and the S&W .38 Special revolver. However, that changed dramatically in 1985 after the 9mm pistol trials to select the next combat sidearm for the US Armed Forces. The “winner” of that contest was the Beretta 92 9x19mm pistol and it was the replacement for the bulk of pistols in service across the US military and armed Federal agencies…and not everyone was…

Cold spots are a common phenomenon that is said to be associated with the paranormal. They’re generally described as sudden or extreme drops in air temperature in highly localised areas. This noticeably cooler area of air at haunted locations is said to be linked to ghostly manifestations.Often victims of hauntings and paranormal investigators will report feeling a significant drop in temperature around them, but how do you validate this cold spot?There is one popular ghost hunting gadget that is sometimes wrongly used by paranormal investigators for this purpose, a thermal imaging camera, a device that is capable of telling you…