Tag Archives: Catholic
Don’t Stop Believing
Continuing the spooky Halloween posts, here’s the 1987 Martin Sheen thriller, The Believers. This freaky little gem finds a widower surrounded by a threatening secret society after he and his son move to New York City. I think of this film as a charming occult thriller with the automatic kitsch of all things 1980′s. Add [...]
Posted in Cinema
Tagged Catholic, Martin Sheen, Occult, Roger Ebert, The Believers, thriller, voodoo
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Argentine Werewolf Adoption
Last week my girlfriend shared a link with me via Facebook chat that seemed custom-made for one of my blog posts. It concerns a faraway country, political power, folklore, religion and lycanthropy. Here’s the story from Argentina as reported by The Independent… The President of Argentina has adopted a young Jewish man as her godson [...]
Posted in Counter Culture
Tagged Argentina, Catholic, folkloric, Godparent, Hanukkah, Jew, lobison, lycanthropy, President, Seventh son, stigma, werewolf
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