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Stars: Juliet Mills, Richard Joseph Paul, Leon Russom, Walker Brandt, Tai Thai | Written by David Allen, Randall William Cook | Directed by David Allen

The Primevals was a film I thought I’d never get to see. Tracing its roots back to a short filmed in the 1960s, Raiders of the Stone Ring, and through the late 70s and early 80s it constantly seemed to be in some form of preproduction, either by the project’s driving force, stop-motion artist David Allen, or via one of producer Charles Band’s companies. It got frequent mentions in Famous Monsters of Filmland and even a cover story in Cinefantastique. But apart from some footage shot around 1978, nothing came of it until 1994 when the film’s live-action footage was shot in Band’s Romanian studios and the Dolomite Mountains in Italy.

Then, as he was working on the film’s extensive stop-motion effects, Allen died of cancer,...

Metaphysical podcast The Outer Limits of Inner Truth recently commemorated its ten-year anniversary. Publishing 435 episodes with over two million downloads, the program has encompassed freedom, deep introspection, self discovery, and spiritual growth.

Originally billed as “The world’s only show about Forensic Soul Analysis,” Olit would feature a guest and afterwards three spiritual teachers would each offer their analysis on the individual’s past lives, soul purpose, and astrological chart.

"The purpose of Olit has always been to explore consciousness and present information that a person can use to enhance the quality of their life. Insatiable curiosity and introspection have been the two driving concepts behind the program. We haven't been afraid to seek truth or aggressively challenge long-held collective beliefs." said Ryan McCormick, host of the Outer Limits of Inner Truth.

Within a few short months of its premiere , Olit was picked up for national syndication on Starcom Radio...

A new video depicting former U.S. President Donald Trump as a messianic figure has spurred controversy within Iowa’s evangelical community.

This video is called “God Made Trump.” It imitates Paul Harvey’s famous “So God Made a Farmer” video.

On January 5, a week before the Iowa Republican caucuses, Trump posted the video on his Truth Social account.

“‘God Made Trump,'” he wrote in the caption.

The video had a piano score and started with a narrator speaking seriously.

“And on June 14, 1946, God looked down on his planned paradise, and said, ‘I need a caretaker,'” the video’s narrator stated while a black-and-white clip showing a view of the Earth was played. “So God gave us Trump.”

“God said, ‘I need somebody willing to get up before dawn, fix this country. Work all day. Fight the Marxists. Eat supper,'” the narrator continued. “‘Then go to the Oval...

Grimmfest, Manchester’s International Festival of Fantastic Film, are delighted to announce their full feature film lineup for 2023. The festival will be returning to regular venue the Odeon Great Northern in Manchester on 6th – 8th October to showcase the best in genre cinema.

Never screened outside of Japan, and believed lost for nearly 30 years, Banmei Takahashi’s 1988 classic, Door, combines deadpan domestic comedy, chilling stalker thriller and baroquely bloody home invasion horror. It finally had its international premiere at Bifan in South Korea in July, and Grimmfest are delighted to be hosting the first UK screening.

Kenichi Ugana’s Love Will Tear US Apart encompasses dark and deadly romance, satiric slasher movie, psychological thriller and even some martial arts mayhem. Grimmfest is delighted to be hosting the UK premiere in Manchester, birthplace of Joy Division, whose music inspired the film’s title.

Mikhail Red’s Filipino psychological thriller Deleter (UK premiere) follows an overworked,...

King Charles‘ coronation is a significant event for the royal family. And with the event rapidly approaching, many are wondering if his younger brother, Prince Andrew will attend.

Prince Andrew will reportedly attend King Charles III’s coronation

Despite the scandal surrounding Prince Andrew, reports suggest that he will attend King Charles’ coronation. But according to The Daily Mail, he will not have a prominent role in the ceremony. The outlet reported that Andrew will not stand alongside the family on the Buckingham Palace balcony because he’s no longer a working royal.

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However, the Prince is still a Knight of the Garter. While the Knights historically play a part in the coronation — four knights stood around Queen Elizabeth II during her ceremony — Andrew may not be included.

In an interview with PC gamer, former Twitch streamer Dr. Disrespect (real name Herschel “Guy” Beahm IV) addressed the mysterious final ten minutes of his last stream which some feel may be related to his recent (reportedly lifetime) ban from Twitch.

“I’ve seen all the types of theories and speculations out there,” says Beahm. “It’s gut wrenching and disheartening, but, in terms of that particular piece, I could speak directly to, like, that was just… I was in a moment where I was just sort of taking in what’s going on in the world, you know? If people had context of that clip going into it, and then coming out of it, like, all I was talking about was just the state of the world that we’re in dealing with, dealing with the protests, and the coronavirus, and everything that was happening. It’s just like,...

The UK’s media regulator Ofcom has censured local TV channel London Live after it broadcast an 80-minute interview with David Icke, in which the notorious conspiracy theorist made baseless claims about coronavirus.

On April 8, London Live aired London Real: Covid-19 an edited version of an interview Icke did with YouTube channel London Real in March on the coronavirus crisis. During the exchange with presenter Brian Rose, a largely unchallenged Icke set out his wild theory that the pandemic is part of a plot by technocrats to destroy the global economy and impose mass surveillance on society.

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In the midst of an unprecedented global coronavirus pandemic that has killed hundreds of thousands of people worldwide, it can be hard to make sense of the destruction Covid-19 has wrought. In this context, the proliferation of conspiracy theories downplaying the dangers of the virus is sadly unsurprising, though disheartening and dangerous nonetheless.

One such theory making the rounds on social media is the idea that death certificates have been knowingly manipulated by medical examiners to inflate the number of Covid-19 deaths, part of a larger right-wing talking point that...

ITV’s flagship daily show This Morning is to be assessed by media regulator Ofcom after presenter Eamonn Holmes made comments about the baseless conspiracy linking 5G with the spread of coronavirus.

Ofcom has received 419 complaints about the show on Monday — which was watched by 1.6M people — and a spokesman said: “We are assessing this programme in full as a priority.” ITV is yet to comment on the matter, but Holmes did clarify his remarks on Tuesday, making clear there is no evidence for the 5G theories.

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During the exchange on-air on Monday, This Morning presenter Alice Beer described the 5G conspiracy as “incredibly stupid,...

Update, 10Am Pst: Ofcom has launched an urgent investigation into London Live’s David Icke interview. It has now received 41 complaints about the show. A spokesman said: “We have assessed this programme, and we are concerned that it raises potential issues under our rules. We are now investigating it as a matter of urgency.”

Previously, 2Am: Britain’s culture secretary Oliver Dowden has called on media regulator Ofcom to take action against local TV network London Live after it broadcast a 105-minute interview with coronavirus denier and notorious conspiracy theorist David Icke.

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On Wednesday night, London Live — which is owned by the billionaire Evening Standard proprietor Evgeny Lebedev — broadcast London...

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker, who wrote The Color Purple, recommended that people go to YouTube if they want to learn how the “poison” of the Talmud -- the primary source of Jewish religious law and theology -- “winds its way into our collective consciousness.”

Walker and The New York Times are under fire for an interview published Sunday, recommending the book And the Truth Shall Set You Free by noted conspiracy theorist David Icke. Icke’s book, which Walker called “a curious person’s dream come true,” lauds the ideas of The Protocols Of The Elders Of Zion -- an anti-Semitic propaganda text said to have originated in Russia in the early 1900s that claims to describe a Jewish plan for world domination. Icke is also a frequent YouTuber, who uses the platform to talk about his belief that the world is run by lizard people.

After the publication of the Times interview,...

The New York Times Book Review is taking heat over an interview in Sunday’s issue in which “The Color Purple” author Alice Walker expressed her admiration for a book by the British conspiracy theorist David Icke that has been called anti-Semitic.

“The book is an unhinged anti-Semitic conspiracy tract written by one of Britain’s most notorious anti-Semites,” writer Yair Rosenberg wrote in a piece for Tablet Magazine in which he chided the Times for allowing Walker’s praise for Ickes’ “And the Truth Shall Set You Free” without any further comment to go unchallenged.

“Anti-Semitism is not incidental to Icke’s book, it is essential. It is impossible to miss it,” Rosenberg wrote, noting that Ickes widely quotes anti-Semitic tracts like the notorious “Protocols of the Elders of Zion” and suggests that Holocaust denial could be a legitimate point of view to be taught in schools. “This is...

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We often like to imagine that celebrities are just like us. Despite their wealth, fame and good looks, it’s comforting to think that the rich and famous are like regular folks really. This at least partly explains why everyone loves Anna Kendrick.

“The revelation that the all-powerful Wiz is secretly an unkempt loser is a legit metaphor for my life.” – Anna Kendrick on Twitter

But in reality, most celebrities aren’t like us at all! And no, it’s not because they are secretly lizard people. But it is because they believe in things like lizard people (David Icke isn’t actually on this list though, because that would be stretching the definition of “celebrity” to its very limits).

There are innumerable celebrities that will happily blather on about their insane world views as soon as a microphone is shoved in front of their face.

Noel Edmonds baffled TV fans this week when he declared that "electro smog" is a bigger world problem than climate change or even Aids.

This might be a surprising claim, were it not for the fact that Mr Blobby's bearded buddy has had more than his fair share of bizarre moments over the years. Whether you consider him a national treasure, a visionary maverick or just plain wrong, here are 9 of his most memorable moments that will surely leave all but the most hardened fans scratching their heads.

1. He claims to be visited by two melon-sized 'spiritual energy' balls

Noel has spoken openly about his belief in Spiritualism and cosmic ordering, a version of positive thinking in which people can write down their wishes and wait for them to materialise.

After being introduced to the practice by his reflexologist, he went on to write his own book titled Positively Happy:...

Channel 5 will count down the Most Shocking TV Moments tonight (Monday, December 1) from 10pm.

In the 3-hour special, celebrities will recall Tom Cruise's sofa jump, Charles Ingram's Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? con, Oliver Reed's drunken chat show antics and much more.

Digital Spy can reveal which shock moments have made the top ten, though you'll have to tune in tonight to find out which order they come in, and which has claimed the top spot.

Michael Jackson's performance at the 1996 Brit Awards is interrupted by a stage invasion from Pulp's Jarvis Cocker

Strictly Come Dancing professional Kristina Rihanoff is surprised to be partnered with John Sergeant back in 2008

Diana, Princess of Wales gives a revealing interview on Panorama in November 1995

A Blind Date contestant believed to be a secretary is revealed to be a journalist writing an article for Cosmopolitan magazine

The Bee Gees...

Grimm's fourth season finally gets motoring with a great, entertaining episode that actually advances the plot. Here's Christine's review...

This review contains spoilers.

4.6 Highway Of Tears

To paraphrase Nick Burkhardt this week, “It’s back!”

Grimm treated us this week to plot development, some delicious dialogue, and the best laugh-out-loud line of the series so far. This was all a relief, particularly as we were all expecting the most awkward sex scene in TV history.

To recap, we discovered last week that Juliette must sleep with Nick in the guise of arch nemesis Adalind in order for Nick to regain his powers.

In fact, Juliette treats the whole situation with surprising good humour, and even a little sass. I mean, Nick has to find Adalind’s physical presence sexy enough to enable him to perform, but without enjoying it too much, presumably. That’s one a tightrope that our hero’s walking.

Chapter I: When Your Psychiatrist Asks If You Own Any Guns, Just Say No. For the next 72 hours, I'm stuck riding a freight train cross country stocked with automatic weapons and plushy toy animals designed to conceal them. I'm surrounded by a group of heavily armed David Icke worshipping crust punks shitting and pissing into Gatorade bottles and frantically putting on their tin foil hats every time they think they spot a chem trail in the skyline. But this story begins with Potato Salad.Life is really just one giant Rube Goldberg machine, some guy launches a joke Kicksarter campaign and I end up in the ER with alcohol poisoning. Some spoiled prat from Hollywood doesn't get laid so he takes out his misguided anger by murdering six...

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Watch the universe scream when the planet’s top UFO experts go missing in Damon Packard’s dizzying sci-fi adventure Foxfur.

The titular character, Foxfur, is a concerned young woman who springs into action when she discovers that two iconic UFO conspiracy theorists, David Icke and Richard Hoagland, mysteriously vanish. Her journey to find the missing men takes her on an otherworldly journey across a past and present Los Angeles landscape in which reality is quickly breaking down.

Foxfur is a deliriously enjoyable romp in which Packard swirls together a hodgepodge of sci-fi concepts along with his usual arcane knowledge of obscure pop culture artifacts. (Does anybody else remember a TV show called Wizards & Warriors?)

From the Underground Film Journal’s original review of the film:

Foxfur’s fragmentary nature, though, is perfectly suited to the film’s themes of time travel, space travel and other dimensional activity. On the one hand,...

There are a lot of documentaries out there in the world that purport to prove all sorts of things, from "The Secret" to conspiracy theorist David Icke. As it turns out, one documentary filmmaker managed to trick two rather prominent people into participating in their bananas documentary about Geocentrism, "The Principle." (Geocentrism is the "belief" that the sun revolves around the Earth.)

One was scientist and author Lawrence M. Krauss, who wrote an entire article entitled "I Have No Idea How I Ended Up in That Stupid Geocentrism Documentary" for Slate. The other is Kate Mulgrew, who narrates the trailer for the documentary.

As the former Captain Janeway, Mulgrew's voice causes a Pavlovian reaction among "Star Trek" fans who associate her with bad-ass Captain Janeway. When she says at the beginning of the trailer, "Everything we think we know about our universe is wrong," it's hard not to agree. Of...

Not only has he managed to bring his comic-book creations to the big screen, the Scottish writer has also won over Hollywood in the process

The night before our interview, Mark Millar was drinking his way through his hotel suite's minibar. "There goes your budget, Universal Pictures!" he tweeted, later adding, "If I get drunk enough and run out of nuts I'm going to eat those minibar condoms." But when I meet the 44-year-old the following afternoon he is incredibly chirpy, enthusiasm unfettered, words flying out at 100mph. He discusses the Kick-Ass films, adapted from the comics he authored, with childlike glee. Next week the sequel is released, and this time there are whole armies of costumed cohorts, Aaron Taylor-Johnson's eponymous Diy vigilante leading the charge against Christopher Mintz-Plasse's vengeful Red Mist, now reborn as The Motherfucker. It's a big bundle of fun, and with its $28m budget...

One of the reigning theories about Arrested Development’s inability to garner a mass audience during its initial run—alongside the “unlikeable characters” argument and the David Icke-led conspiracy theory we just made up about Jessica Walter being a reptilian—was that the series’ dense mythology and complicated web of foreshadowing, callbacks, and Easter eggs alienated casual viewers. That demand for the viewer’s full attention cuts both ways: The show’s upcoming Netflix revival wouldn’t be possible without the fanatics who’ve pored over every second of the show’s televised run, committing catchphrases to memory and requiring ...

The main objective of the films of Damon Packard seems to be to induce a nervous breakdown in the viewer. The chaotic rush of plot, the flashing special effects, the densely layered sound design, the complete abandonment of logical cohesion add up to provide a literal experience of the old hyperbolic catchphrase “senses-shattering”!

Yet for all of Packard’s blustery whirlwind of pop culture references that he layers upon layers in each outing, it’s clear that the heart of his films comes from a deeply personal place, whether it’s the spiritual and cultural anxieties felt by the main character — played by himself — in Reflections of Evil or the woes experienced by a sci-fi filmmaker in SpaceDisco One.

Foxfur, Packard’s latest offering, revolves around a heretofore unconfessed obsession of his: UFO conspiracies. Well, who’s to say if it’s an “interest” or an “obsession,” but either way...

Yes Prime Minister.

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When you consider the fact that the BBC is a publicly funded organization it is perhaps not surprising that politicians have been a regular feature of both satires and drama shows in the UK. Some depictions of these political figures have been sympathetic but many have been less than flattering. For better or worse, the following individuals are 10 of the Best British TV politicians.

1. James Hacker (Paul Eddington) in Yes Minister. Jim Hacker must rank as one of Britian’s best loved and weakest prime ministers. All too often his decisions were made for him by the sinister Sir Humphrey Appleby. Fans didn’t mind much since the original show spawned a sequel, a radio version and most recently a stage play.

Brian Harvey has filmed the fitting of a pre-pay electricity meter in his home against his wishes and under the supervision of the police. The former East 17 star recorded the officers acting on the magistrates' warrant. The video was later uploaded to the YouTube channel of conspiracy theorist David Icke with the title 'Brian Harvey - Police State Walthamstow'. The singer noted repeatedly throughout the clip that he was not liable for bills sent by Southern Electric bills because they were addressed to a Mr H Harvey. At the end of the clip, he claims that "communist China springs to mind" and suggests that we are living in a "police state". Watch the Brian Harvey video below: Harvey (more)...

Brian Harvey has filmed the fitting of a pre-pay electricity meter in his home against his wishes and under the supervision of the police. The former East 17 star recorded the officers acting on the magistrates' warrant. The video was later uploaded to the YouTube channel of conspiracy theorist David Icke with the title 'Brian Harvey - Police State Walthamstow'. The singer (more)...

Conor Oberst may have discovered the most compelling evangelist for the secret-lizard-people theory this side of David Icke. At the start of Bright Eyes’ latest, in a gravelly voice and conversational tone, Refried Ice Cream singer Denny Brewer spins a tale of biblically presaged reptilian aliens before hitting a thesis few could disparage. “Love’s always been the message,” he says. “It’s just—circumstances happen, right?” Crucially, it’s easy to imagine Brewer convincing the impressionable. That’s just the first of The People’s Key’s many flirtations with universe-encasing concepts, from the Rastafarian “I and I” to ...

Cut off from the world by his iPhone earbuds and hoodie, neighbors and classmates say alleged murderer Jared Lee Loughner was a deeply disturbed young man who'd been wandering the neighborhood with an especially strange look in his eyes in recent days. But is he a calculating killer on a political mission-or a desperate young man battling severe mental illness? Eve Conant, Claire Martin and Masada Siegel report.• Jared Lee Loughner appeared in court on Monday. He did not enter a plea but confirmed that he understood the charges against him. He had a shaved head and a cut on his right temple. He was mostly silent, but appeared to smirk in front of the judge. • Loughner refuses to cooperate with officials and hasn't spoken since his arrest other than his courtroom appearance. • He'll be represented by Judy Clarke, the lawyer who defended Unabomber Ted Kaczynski and worked on Timothy McVeigh's legal team.

But who would vote for David Icke? Help us find Britain's National Treasures

What connects union firebrand Arthur Scargill, maverick musician Mark E Smith and comedy actress June Whitfield? The answer is that they have all had early advocates in the Observer's search for Britain's National Treasures. Each has merit but, like the Americans and Osama, the hunt goes on.

It's been a wide range of bodies thus far thrown – gently – against the wall. Some, we might politely suggest, may not win universal approval – goalkeeper turned galactic lizard spotter David Icke, for instance. And one cannot help but feel that the commentator who labelled Bob Crow the "voice of reason" will want for followers.

There have been nominations for figures who would gain approval in most constituencies – Sir David Attenborough, for one. And unless Colin Firth's extended family logged on en masse, the increasingly vocal call for the fine...

Science fiction writers of every generation had their own visions of the future, but what if their predictions became a reality? Rob dons his silver suit and delves into the archives to find out...

To me, living in 2010 seems like the future (well a bit anyway), and some of the things people dreamt of in years gone by have indeed come to pass. We have iPods which contain all our music, videos and data like the PADDs in Star Trek, have unlocked parts of the human genome, cloned livestock and created primitive artificial life. And while we don't have jet-packs, teleporters or the ability to travel to Mars, current technology hasn't don't too badly on the whole.

We love our technology, all sleek, thin and mobile, full of wafer-thin elements that can pass data at massive rates, wrapped up in shiny and lovingly-designed bits of kit. The ‘aesthetic of the...

By Bryan Ditolvo

Now that our Controllers have stepped up their false flag operations (sending their mind controlled patsies crashing into IRS buildings, strolling up to the Pentagon with firearms brandished, sticking bombs in their underpants and boarding airplanes) in order to garner the nearly-braindead public's support for demonizing peaceful dissent and shutting down freedom of speech once and for all, conspiracy researchers have once again hit the top of society's shit list (number one with a bullet, you might say, as it's only a matter of time before they begin rounding us up and gunning us down).

Despite this stigma, women sometimes observe the goings-on in the male dominated conspiracy theory universe and think to themselves, "I want to play, too." So they try, but it usually only takes one time calling into the Alex Jones show and getting yelled at before they throw in the towel. What they...

I. D.O.A.

A man awakes feeling ill after a night out partying. He finds out that he has been poisoned by a luminous toxin and will soon die. With no antidote available, he only has two options: (1) figure out why the fuck someone wanted him dead and (2) kill the sonuvabitch.

And no, this isn’t Crank or Crank 2: High Voltage or Crank 3: The Juice is Loose costarring O.J. Simpson. This classic film noir from 1950 is the originator of the, “I’m already dead and now I’m off to the races to get some sweet, sweet revenge before I croak,” storyline.

It’s a must see for any film noir fan and, well, just a must see in general. So go watch the damn thing already.

Look for it on VidoEmo, or try this link to watch it in Google video player. The quality is a...