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Welcome back, urban legend aficionados, to our spooky trek across the U.S. examining the creepiest urban legend in each of the 50 states. I hope you’ve enjoyed the journey so far as we’ve looked at haunted roads, creepy bodies of water, and mysterious entities that show up when things go bad.

This week, we continue with five more states on our demented travelogue. Don’t forget, if I cover your state and you think there’s a better urban legend I should know about or a different version than the one I shared, drop it in the comments below! I’m always looking for more!

Hawaii: The Hitchhiking Goddess

Illustration of the Hawaiian goddess Pele.
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In most of the U.S., parents raise their children with the admonishment, “Never pick up a hitchhiker.”

This isn’t the case on the Big Island of Haváí. There you’ll hear that if you’re driving along the highway, especially on Saddle Road, and you see an older woman on the side of the road, you should i gcónaí stop to pick her up and take her wherever she needs to go. It’s believed that Pele, the goddess credited with creating the islands as well as holding power over volcanoes and fire, will often appear in this guise and it would be unwise to anger her or treat her with disrespect.

Another version of this story states that her appearance warns of impending danger and that she will vanish as soon as you stop to pick her up. You are then charged with warning others of imminent disaster.

Interestingly, Pele plays into yet another legend, this one far older, that says ill-fortune will befall anyone who removes something from the island. The postal service in Hawaii reports that many small packages appear every year from tourists returning lava rocks and other items to the island to wipe away their bad luck.

Idaho: Lake Monsters

What is going on in Idaho?! Seriously.

It’s not uncommon to find mention of a lake monster in one state or another. Much like Nessie from across the pond, mysterious creatures from deep lakes are bound to turn up here and there. But in researching this series, I found multiple lake monster stories from the mysterious state of Idaho.

There’s Sharlie in Payette Lake, a gentle beast reportedly anywhere from 10-50 feet long who appears like waves on the lake’s surface and who has never reportedly harmed anyone. Sharlie was named in a newspaper contest in the 50s. Then there’s the Paddler in Northern Idaho who is large and gray and also appears to be a peaceful resident of the lake.

Oh, and Bear Lake, which is part of a natural border between Idaho and Utah, is said to be home to a monstrous beast who rinne actually harm people along the shore, using it as a hunting ground.

This is to say nothing of the “water babies” who inhabit the waters around Massacre Rocks State Park. The water spirits appear in the guise of children to lure unsuspecting humans into the depths to drown.

So what exactly is going on in the water in Idaho?! What is it about a place whose waters teem with these kinds of creatures? Well, there’s another urban legend that might interest you. This legend says that Idaho doesn’t actually exist! No, I’m not kidding. You can read more about that particular urban legend ANSEO, and I cannot recommend it enough. But you know, in a way, it does make sense. Only an imaginary land can produce so many fantastic beings, right?

Illinois: Homey the Clown

Okay, I’m including this one for two reasons. First of all, who doesn’t love a creepy clown story? Second, I think this urban legend might have a particularly fun/interesting origin.

In 1991 in Chicago, multiple children reported a strange clown who drove around certain neighborhoods in a creepy van attempting to lure them inside. Police got involved in an investigation but turned up zero leads and ended up writing it off as an urban legend. It certainly reads like one with an archetypal “stranger danger” theme.

What I find interesting about this case is that in the early 90s, we saw the debut of I Dath Maireachtála, a sketch comedy show that featured, among other characters, Homey D. Clown, an ex-con forced to work as a clown as part of his parole agreement. Homey was ill-tempered on the best of days and refused to engage in the normal clown antics. Could it be that one inspired the other? Or could it be that a slick clown serial killer used the name thinking he could get the kids to go with him?

Indiana: The Haunted Bridge in Avon

Indiana adds yet another haunted bridge to our urban legend travelogue. This one comes with a similar story to those we’ve read about before, but it’s what you’re supposed to do at the bridge that makes it different.

There is a bridge in Avon, Indiana where a young mother was once walking with her infant child when she fell from the bridge. They both died as a result of the fall. To this day, it’s said that you can hear the woman calling out for her lost child in agony. That’s a pretty standard urban legend if we stop right there.

What sets Avon’s bridge tale apart is that locals are encouraged to honk their horn as they drive under the bridge to drown out the woman’s screams.

That’s right. While other states might have sad tales where the mother is haunting the area and might harm those who come near or just wants to be heard, Indiana says just honk your horn so you can’t hear her and you’ll be just fine. It seems kind of callous, but who am I to judge?

This isn’t the only legend tied to the bridge, mind you. In another tale, it’s said that a man fell into the cement while the bridge was being constructed and that his bones are still inside the bridge. When a train travels over the bridge, you can hear him moaning to be released.

Iowa: The Black Angel of Death

Okay, settle in. This one has quite the story.

In Oakland Cemetery in Iowa City stands a beautiful statue of an angel. Once bronze, the angel is now black as night with numerous legends about how the change occurred–all of them outside the realm of oxidation, of course.

The most common urban legend is tied to a woman named Teresa Dolezal Feldevert, an immigrant from Bohemia who settled in Iowa in 1836. Teresa, who was a physician in her native land, lost her son to meningitis when the young man was only 18 years old and she had a stone erected for him of a tree stump and axe when he was interred in Oakland Cemetery. She left the state for a while and married a man in Oregon who subsequently died leaving her around $30,000, part of which she used to commission a monument for her family in the cemetery.

The angel was erected in 1918 and when she died in 1924, she was buried beneath it. This is where the legend kicks in.

In one version of the tale, Teresa was a wicked woman and the angel turned black after her evil seeped into it from the grave. In another version of the urban legend, the angel was struck by lightning the day after Teresa was buried which caused it to turn black.

Some stories diverge completely from Teresa. Some say that a man erected the statue over his wife’s grave but was turned black because she was unfaithful to him in life and her sins colored the monument. Another says that a preacher’s son, murdered by his own father, is buried there.

Okay, so you have a legendary statue in a cemetery, of course it’s going to stir up some lore. Like many such locations, the lore over the Black Angel is varied from good to bad. Here are just a few of the supposed results of being near the angel.

  1. Any pregnant woman who walks beneath the angel will miscarry.
  2. If you touch the statue on Halloween, you’ll die within seven years.
  3. If you kiss the statue, you’ll die instantly.
  4. If a virgin is kissed in front of the statue, it’s original color will be restored.

Lots and lots of kissing…and those aren’t the only ones.

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‘Strange Darling’ le scaoileadh amach ar fud na tíre le Kyle Gallner agus Willa Fitzgerald Lands [Féach ar an ngearrthóg]

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A stór aisteach Kyle Gallner

'A stór aisteach,' scannán iontach ina bhfuil Kyle Gallner, atá ainmnithe le haghaidh gradam Gradam iHorror as a fheidhmíocht i 'An Paisinéir,' agus Willa Fitzgerald, faighte ag Magenta Light Studios, fiontar nua ón léiritheoir veteran Bob Yari, le haghaidh eisiúint leathan amharclainne sna Stáit Aontaithe. An fógra seo, tugtha chugainn ag Éagsúlacht, tar éis chéad taibhiú rathúil an scannáin ag Fantastic Fest in 2023, áit ar moladh go huilíoch é as a scéalaíocht chruthaitheach agus a léirithe láidre, ag baint amach scór foirfe 100% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes as 14 léirmheas.

A stór aisteach - Gearrthóg Scannán

Stiúrtha ag JT Mollner, 'Dearling aisteach' inste corraitheach ar chearrbhachas spontáineach a thógann seal scanrúil gan choinne. Tá an scannán suntasach mar gheall ar a struchtúr nuálaíoch insinte agus as an aisteoireacht eisceachtúil atá ar siúl aige. Mollner, aitheanta as a iontráil Sundance 2016 "Easrach agus Aingeal," Tá 35mm fostaithe arís aige don tionscadal seo, rud a dhaingnigh a chlú mar scannánóir a bhfuil stíl shainiúil amhairc agus insinte aige. Faoi láthair tá baint aige le húrscéal Stephen King a oiriúnú “An tsiúlóid fhada” i gcomhar leis an stiúrthóir Francis Lawrence.

Chuir Bob Yari in iúl go raibh sé díograiseach maidir le heisiúint an scannáin atá le teacht, sceidealta dó Lúnasa 23rd, ag cur béime ar na cáilíochtaí uathúla a dhéanann ‘Strange Darling’ cur go mór leis an seánra uafáis. “Tá an-áthas orainn an scannán uathúil agus eisceachtúil seo a thabhairt do lucht féachana amharclainne ar fud na tíre le léirithe den scoth ó Willa Fitzgerald agus Kyle Gallner. Tá an dara gné seo ón scríbhneoir-stiúrthóir cumasach JT Mollner i ndán a bheith ina clasaiceach cultúir a sháraíonn gnáthscéalaíocht,” Yari dúirt Éagsúlacht.

Éagsúlacht athbhreithniú a dhéanamh ar Tá an scannán ó Fantastic Fest ag moladh cur chuige Mollner, ag rá, “Léiríonn Mollner go bhfuil sé ag smaoineamh níos faide chun cinn ná an chuid is mó dá phiaraí sa seánra. Is léir gur mac léinn an chluiche é, duine a rinne staidéar ar cheachtanna a shinsir le fonn chun é féin a ullmhú níos fearr chun a mharc féin a chur orthu.” Leagann an moladh seo béim ar an gcaidreamh tuisceanach atá ag Mollner leis an seánra, ag tabhairt gealltanais do lucht féachana scannán atá machnamhach agus nuálach.

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Tá Athbheochan 'Barbarella' Sydney Sweeney chun tosaigh

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Barbarella Sydney Sweeney

sydney sweeney dheimhnigh sé go bhfuil dul chun cinn leanúnach á dhéanamh ar an atosú a bhfuiltear ag súil leis go mór Barbarella. Tá sé mar aidhm ag an tionscadal, ina bhfeictear Sweeney ní hamháin le réalta ach freisin ag léiriú feidhmeannach, saol nua a thabhairt isteach sa charachtar íocónach a ghlac samhlaíocht an lucht féachana ar dtús sna 1960idí. Mar sin féin, i measc na tuairimíochta, tá Sweeney an-docht i gcónaí faoin mbaint a d’fhéadfadh a bheith ag stiúrthóir mór le rá Edgar wright sa tionscadal.

Le linn a chuma ar an Sásta Briste Mearbhall podchraoladh, roinn Sweeney a díograis don tionscadal agus carachtar Barbarella, ag rá, "Is é. Ciallaíonn mé, níl ach carachtar spraoiúil ag Barbarella le hiniúchadh. Cuimsíonn sí a femininity agus a gnéasacht i ndáiríre, agus is breá liom é sin. Úsáideann sí gnéas mar arm agus sílim go bhfuil sé ar bhealach chomh suimiúil isteach i saol sci-fi. Bhí mé i gcónaí ag iarraidh sci-fi a dhéanamh. Mar sin feicfimid cad a tharlóidh.”

Deimhníonn Sydney Sweeney í Barbarella tá atosaigh fós sna hoibreacha

Barbarella, cruthú Jean-Claude Forest do V Magazine ar dtús i 1962, a chlaochlú go deilbhín cineamatach ag Jane Fonda faoi stiúir Roger Vardim i 1968. In ainneoin seicheamh, Barbarella ag dul síos, gan solas an lae a fheiceáil, tá an carachtar fós ina shiombail den sci-fi allure agus spiorad eachtrúil.

Thar na blianta, bhí roinnt ainmneacha ard-phróifíle lena n-áirítear Rose McGowan, Halle Berry, agus Kate Beckinsale ar snámh mar cheannairí féideartha le haghaidh atosaigh, leis na stiúrthóirí Robert Rodriguez agus Robert Luketic, agus na scríbhneoirí Neal Purvis agus Robert Wade ceangailte roimhe seo chun an saincheadúnais a athbheochan. Ar an drochuair, ní dhearna aon cheann de na atriallta seo dul thar an gcéim choincheapúil.

Barbarella

Tharla dul chun cinn an scannáin thart ar ocht mí dhéag ó shin nuair a d’fhógair Sony Pictures a chinneadh Sydney Sweeney a chaitheamh sa ról teidil, beart a mhol Sweeney í féin a d’éascaigh an bhaint a bhí aici leis. Madame Gréasáin, freisin faoi bhratach Sony. Bhí an cinneadh straitéiseach seo dírithe ar chaidreamh tairbheach a chothú leis an stiúideo, go sonrach leis an Barbarella atosaigh i gcuimhne.

Nuair a ceistíodh é faoi ról stiúrthóra ionchasach Edgar Wright, chuaigh Sweeney go cumasach ar an taobh, ag tabhairt faoi deara go raibh Wright ina aithne. D’fhág sé seo go raibh lucht leanúna agus lucht faire an tionscail ag tuairimíocht faoin méid a bhain sé, más ann dó, leis an tionscadal.

Barbarella Tá clú agus cáil ar a cuid scéalta eachtrúla faoi bhean óg ag trasnú an réaltra, ag gabháil d’éalaitheoirí a chuimsíonn gnéithe den ghnéasacht go minic – téama a bhfuil fonn ar Sweeney iniúchadh air. A tiomantas do athshamhlú Barbarella do ghlúin nua, cé go bhfanann siad dílis do bhunghnéithe an charachtair, is cosúil go ndéanfaí atosaigh iontach.

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Bronnadh Rátáil NC-17 ar 'The First Omen'

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an chéad leantóir omen

Socraigh le haghaidh an aibreán 5 scaoileadh amharclainne, 'An Chéad Omen' tá R-rátáil ag gabháil leis, rangú nár baineadh amach beagnach. Bhí dúshlán mór roimh Arkasha Stevenson, ina príomhról stiúrthóra ar phríomhscannáin, maidir leis an rátáil seo a bhaint amach don réamhrá don saincheadúnas mór le rá. Is cosúil go raibh ar na scannánóirí dul i ngleic leis an mbord rátálacha chun an scannán a chosc ó bheith saddled le rátáil NC-17. I gcomhrá nochtach le fangoria, Chuir Stevenson síos ar an gcruachás mar 'cath fada', ceann nach bhfuil caite faoi imní traidisiúnta mar gore. Ina áit sin, dhírigh croílár na conspóide ar léiriú anatamaíochta na mban.

Fís Stevenson le haghaidh "An Chéad Omen" dul i ngleic go domhain le téama an dí-dhaonnaithe, go háirithe trí lionsa an bhreith éigeantaigh. “Is é an t-uafás sa chás sin ná chomh dídhaonnaithe is atá an bhean sin”, a mhíníonn Stevenson, ag cur béime ar a thábhachtaí atá sé an comhlacht baineann a chur i láthair i bhfianaise neamhghnéasach chun aghaidh a thabhairt ar théamaí atáirgeadh éigean go barántúil. Ba bheag nár bhain an tiomantas seo don réalachas rátáil NC-17 leis an scannán, rud a spreag idirbheartaíocht fhada leis an MPA. “Is é seo mo shaol le bliain go leith, ag troid le haghaidh an lámhaigh. Sin é téama ár scannán. Is é corp na mná atá á sárú ón taobh istigh amach”, deir sí, ag leagan béime ar thábhacht an radhairc do chroítheachtaireacht an scannáin.

An Chéad Omen Póstaer Scannáin – le Creepy Duck Design

Thacaigh na táirgeoirí David Goyer agus Keith Levine le cath Stevenson, agus iad ag teacht trasna ar an rud a bhraith siad mar chaighdeán dúbailte sa phróiseas rátálacha. Léiríonn Levine, “Bhí orainn dul siar agus amach leis an mbord rátála cúig huaire. Is aisteach an rud é go ndearna seachaint an NC-17 níos déine é.”, ag cur in iúl conas a chuir an streachailt leis an mbord rátálacha an táirge deiridh níos déine gan chuimhneamh. arsa Goyer, “Tá níos mó ceadaitheach nuair a bhíonn tú ag déileáil le príomhdhaoine, go háirithe in uafás coirp”, ag moladh laofacht inscne sa chaoi a ndéantar uafáis choirp a mheas.

Síneann cur chuige dána an scannáin chun dearcadh an lucht féachana a dhúshlánú thar chonspóid na rátálacha. Tugann an comhscríbhneoir Tim Smith dá aire go bhfuil sé beartaithe ionchais a bhaineann go traidisiúnta le saincheadúnais The Omen a bhréagnú, agus é mar aidhm aige ionadh a chur ar lucht féachana le fócas úr ar insint. “Ceann de na rudaí móra a bhí sceitimíní orainn a dhéanamh ná an brat a tharraingt amach as a raibh daoine ag súil leis”, a deir Smith, ag cur béime ar mhian na foirne cruthaitheacha talamh téamach nua a iniúchadh.

Nell Tiger Free, aitheanta as a ról i “seirbhíseach”, i gceannas ar an caitheadh ​​de "An Chéad Omen", socraithe le scaoileadh ag 20th Century Studios ar aibreán 5. Leanann an scannán bean óg Meiriceánach a cuireadh chun na Róimhe le haghaidh seirbhíse eaglaise, áit a dtagann sí ar fhórsa dochloíte a chroitheann a creideamh dá chroí agus a nochtann plota fuarchúiseach atá dírithe ar an olc incarnate a ghairm.

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