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CNET
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- CNET
12 of the Best Horror Movies to Stream on HBO Max
George Romero's first horror film is an easy recommendation. A group of survivors take refuge in a house while members of the undead swarm outside. The influential flick is often regarded as the first modern zombie movie, and while it may not offer Freddy Krueger-level frights, you'll be drawn in by the characters at the center of its story. You're going to want to leave the door open for this one (but in the case of an actual apocalypse, keep it very, very shut).
The Irish Sun
05-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Viral ‘strawberry' manicure leaves the internet horrified with many saying the nail design makes them ‘feel ill'
PASTELS and fruit-inspired themes are just some of the latest nail trends for this summer. The glorious season is all about rocking as much colour as possible and many Advertisement 5 In the past, the artist has created ''rotting nails'', a 3D spider design perfect for Halloween, ''swamp water aquarium'' nails and even a grim manicure with yellow gnashers Credit: tiktok/@ 5 Her latest design has left people horrified, with thousands feeling 'ill' Credit: tiktok/@ 5 Some reckoned the nails belonged on the horror movie character Freddy Krueger Credit: Alamy This is exactly the look one woman from Hamburg, Germany, jumped on recently - but the final result has left hundreds of thousands horrified. The artist behind the masterpiece, Tanja Gravina, regularly shares bizarre and In the past, the hair, make-up and nail artist has created ''rotting nails'', a 3D spider design perfect for Halloween, ''swamp water aquarium'' nails and even a grim manicure with Keeping up with the shocking designs, Tanja also recently left social media users with their jaws on the floor with her latest piece - ''cute strawberry summer nails''. Advertisement read more on beauty Much like the rest of her pieces, this unconventional mani is in 3D, with deep 'pores' for the seeds and texture - enough to make many Tanja, whose unusual work has won her a whopping 2million likes on the platform, also opted to ditch the signature juicy red colour we usually associate the berry with. Instead, the young woman went for a paler look - which she described as ''slightly bloody''. Showing off the shocking pointy nails from all angles, Tanja wrote in the caption: ''Aren't they just so summery and dainty?'' Advertisement Most read in Fabulous Exclusive 'What in the jeepers creepers is this?!?!' It's not the first time Tanja has left people horrified with her unusual designs - and this work is no exception. As more than 10,000 viewers gave the video a like, over 2,000 flooded to comments in sheer horror. New manicure trend of slugs isn't to everyone's taste One terrified TikToker said: ''You say strawberry I see Freddy Krueger.'' Another wrote: ''I think we have a different definition of cute.'' Advertisement ''This made me feel ill,' someone else chimed in. ''Been checking your account and you make the most disgusting nails I've ever seen. Be proud of yourself,'' a fan praised the young woman. ''What in the jeepers creepers is this?!?!'' a horrified viewer wanted to know. What age can you take kid to get their nails done? MUMS have sparked controversy after allowing their kids to get acrylic nails. But just how old do they have to be to be allowed to get them done legally. According to the National Occupational Standards, anyone under the age of 16 has to be accompanied by an adult. They also need written consent from a parents or guardian. It's also a good idea to check that the salon you're planning to go to - just to ask if they offer services to children. Pickle-inspired nails 5 Benny shared his pickle-inspired toes on Instagram, where they soon went viral Credit: Instagram/selenagomez Advertisement 5 The design also included Selena's favourite pickle brand Credit: Instagram/nailedbytav We previously reported on another bizarre nail trend that was all the rage in LA last year - Yes, that's right - a 3D nail art depicting crunchy pickles and even a jar of the cult favourite cupboard staple painted on your nails. Whilst many of us are choosing an ombré design or opting for more vibrant colours, the music producer Benny Blanco left social media users totally horrified with his pickle toes. Advertisement The 37-year-old, who's dating the American singer and actress Selena Gomez, 32, is reported to have even asked the nail tech to paint the girlfriend's favourite pickle brand too, Benny, real name Benjamin Joseph Levin, proudly showed off his new pedicure in an Instagram post from nail technician The star, who began dating Selena midway through 2023, shared close-up snaps of his pickle feet via Instagram Stories. Both of his big toes included the logo of Selena's favorite pickle brand — Advertisement
Scottish Sun
05-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Viral ‘strawberry' manicure leaves the internet horrified with many saying the nail design makes them ‘feel ill'
And this is not the only manicure that's left people petrified BERRY VILE Viral 'strawberry' manicure leaves the internet horrified with many saying the nail design makes them 'feel ill' PASTELS and fruit-inspired themes are just some of the latest nail trends for this summer. The glorious season is all about rocking as much colour as possible and many beauty buffs have been loving getting a strawberry-inspired manicure. 5 In the past, the artist has created ''rotting nails'', a 3D spider design perfect for Halloween, ''swamp water aquarium'' nails and even a grim manicure with yellow gnashers Credit: tiktok/@ 5 Her latest design has left people horrified, with thousands feeling 'ill' Credit: tiktok/@ 5 Some reckoned the nails belonged on the horror movie character Freddy Krueger Credit: Alamy This is exactly the look one woman from Hamburg, Germany, jumped on recently - but the final result has left hundreds of thousands horrified. The artist behind the masterpiece, Tanja Gravina, regularly shares bizarre and unusual nail designs to her 18.6k followers on TikTok - and her latest work is no exception. In the past, the hair, make-up and nail artist has created ''rotting nails'', a 3D spider design perfect for Halloween, ''swamp water aquarium'' nails and even a grim manicure with yellow gnashers. Keeping up with the shocking designs, Tanja also recently left social media users with their jaws on the floor with her latest piece - ''cute strawberry summer nails''. Much like the rest of her pieces, this unconventional mani is in 3D, with deep 'pores' for the seeds and texture - enough to make many feel ''ill''. Tanja, whose unusual work has won her a whopping 2million likes on the platform, also opted to ditch the signature juicy red colour we usually associate the berry with. Instead, the young woman went for a paler look - which she described as ''slightly bloody''. Showing off the shocking pointy nails from all angles, Tanja wrote in the caption: ''Aren't they just so summery and dainty?'' 'What in the jeepers creepers is this?!?!' It's not the first time Tanja has left people horrified with her unusual designs - and this work is no exception. As more than 10,000 viewers gave the video a like, over 2,000 flooded to comments in sheer horror. New manicure trend of slugs isn't to everyone's taste One terrified TikToker said: ''You say strawberry I see Freddy Krueger.'' Another wrote: ''I think we have a different definition of cute.'' ''This made me feel ill,' someone else chimed in. ''Been checking your account and you make the most disgusting nails I've ever seen. Be proud of yourself,'' a fan praised the young woman. ''What in the jeepers creepers is this?!?!'' a horrified viewer wanted to know. What age can you take kid to get their nails done? MUMS have sparked controversy after allowing their kids to get acrylic nails. But just how old do they have to be to be allowed to get them done legally. According to the National Occupational Standards, anyone under the age of 16 has to be accompanied by an adult. They also need written consent from a parents or guardian. It's also a good idea to check that the salon you're planning to go to - just to ask if they offer services to children. Pickle-inspired nails 5 Benny shared his pickle-inspired toes on Instagram, where they soon went viral Credit: Instagram/selenagomez 5 The design also included Selena's favourite pickle brand Credit: Instagram/nailedbytav We previously reported on another bizarre nail trend that was all the rage in LA last year - pickle-inspired toes that look like you have fungus on your feet. Yes, that's right - a 3D nail art depicting crunchy pickles and even a jar of the cult favourite cupboard staple painted on your nails. Whilst many of us are choosing an ombré design or opting for more vibrant colours, the music producer Benny Blanco left social media users totally horrified with his pickle toes. The 37-year-old, who's dating the American singer and actress Selena Gomez, 32, is reported to have even asked the nail tech to paint the girlfriend's favourite pickle brand too, Yahoo! said earlier. Benny, real name Benjamin Joseph Levin, proudly showed off his new pedicure in an Instagram post from nail technician @nailedbytav. The star, who began dating Selena midway through 2023, shared close-up snaps of his pickle feet via Instagram Stories. Both of his big toes included the logo of Selena's favorite pickle brand — Best Maid Pickles - whilst the rest of the toes included intricate and realistic nail art to resemble pickles.
The Guardian
16-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
My unexpected Pride icon: as a bullied teenager, I found safety in slasher films
I have always been morbidly obsessed with the horror film genre. As a small child, I'd gaze up at the posters of Freddy Krueger or Pinhead in our local video rental shop with a curious mix of fear and desire. I wanted to be scared, and I also did not. I was 11 when Channel 4 screened A Nightmare on Elm Street. My poor mum, assuming it couldn't be that bad if it was on TV, let me record it. I watched through my fingers, drunk on anxiety, the anticipation of the kills almost unbearable. There is, I would argue, something quite queer about this complicated urge. Horror is titillating. The golden age of the slasher movie was the 1970s and 80s. I'm sure film-makers were inspired by the cultural austerity of the Reagan era, the Moral Majority and the unfolding Aids crisis. But, as a child, I was blissfully unaware of those things or my burgeoning queerness. I just knew I wanted to watch these films. Some horror films are explicitly queer in tone. Hellraiser is quite clearly about anal sex ('The Cenobites gave me an experience beyond limits; pain and pleasure, indivisible'). Sleepaway Camp, from 1983, features a controversial reveal: the killer, 'Angela', turns out to be actually her brother, Peter – forced to live as a girl by her insane mother. FYI that's not usually how being transgender works. As a suburban tween, I wasn't primed for queer subtext, even in the gayest one of all: A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (now the subject of its own (very good) documentary Scream, Queen!). I didn't even pick up on the none-too-subtle allegory of poor Jesse (Mark Patton) being 'entered' by Freddy and forced to kill his leather-clad PE teacher in the gym showers. When the female love interest attempts to comfort the understandably distressed Jesse, he rejects her and instead cries on a strapping male friend instead. I'd argue that the queerness of slasher films is more compelling when it's less obvious, usually through: the killer and the final girl. At first glance, there's an obvious 'otherness' to the killer in a slasher film. Carrie, Prom Night, Friday the 13th and Terror Train all hinge around a vulnerable, different-coded character (or a relation thereof) seeking vengeance over a historical wrong. In Carrie, the gory revenge of Carrie White is almost orgasmic. Sissy Spacek's titular character suffers great indignity for almost the entire run-time, until she unleashes a torrent of murderous rage at those who have mocked her, providing a rush of emotional release for the viewer. While some of Carrie's victims are somewhat sympathetic, the vast majority have it coming. I am happy to confess that, while I was being relentlessly bullied all through high school, I did wish from time to time that I could 'pull a Carrie'. Carol J Clover's seminal 1992 book Men, Women and Chainsaws examines the feminist subtext of horror movies, but I think we can apply much of her logic to a queer reading of the same texts. Clover argues that most slasher films, rather than being purely sadistic male-gaze fantasies, instead encourage viewers to empathise with what she deems the female 'victim-hero'. The final girl is the one character who makes it to the closing credits intact, and it was this character I saw myself in. Until 1996's meta-heavy Scream, the final girl was usually asexual – babysitting or eye-rolling while her more libidinous friends shagged their way to the grave. Prime examples are the chaste Laurie Strode (Halloween) and Nancy Thompson (A Nightmare on Elm Street). As a young queer viewer who considered the notion of sex scarier than slasher Jason Voorhees, I found safety in these girls abstaining from sexual relationships. Clover posits that the mild-mannered high-schooler often transforms into a masculinised tough girl by the end of the film. She emasculates the (usually male) killer by removing his (usually phallic) weapon and then, often, kills him with it. This formula still holds true, with Terrifier 2, The Invisible Man and MaXXXine just a few recent examples. In each case, our girl is in some way different from her peers; she is quieter, smarter, or possesses some form of heightened insight. She is often disbelieved by her friends or authorities when she confides her trauma. She is oppressed, both by her stalker and by those who deny her reality. By the end, she has overcome her oppressor and walks away a more fully formed version of herself; a survivor. And if that's not queer, I don't know what is. Juno Dawson is the author of Her Majesty's Royal Coven. The final book in the series, Human Rites, is released 17 July 2025.
The Irish Sun
09-06-2025
- The Irish Sun
My Satan-obsessed cannibal dad chopped up my stepmum & cooked her in salt – I'll never get over her chilling last words
SITTING down for a tense dinner as her dad skulked out of sight, Jamie-Lee Arrow had a sickening feeling in her gut. It was a mood shared by her stepmother, Helle Christensen, who uttered a chilling prophecy as they began to eat. Advertisement 8 Jamie-Lee Arrow has struggled to come to terms with her father's monstrous crimes Credit: Instagram/@jamieleearrow 8 The Satan-obsessed killer is now behind bars Credit: Investigation Discovery 8 Cannibal Isakin Jonsson, 32, murdered girlfriend Helle Christensen, 40, and ate parts of her body She said: 'Enjoy your meal because this is the last time I will cook for you... because Isakin is going to kill me." A day later, on the evening of November 12, 2010, Isakin Jonsson, 32, picked up a knife and climbed on to the bed where his girlfriend was resting. Advertisement He slit her throat, decapitated her, and The depraved crime sent shockwaves through the sleepy town of Skara, Sweden, but for Jonsson's daughter, Jamie-Lee Arrow, who was nine at the time, this came as no surprise. In the build-up to Helle's haunting prophecy, the 40-year-old - who had five children with previous partners - had been fighting with Isakin for over 24 hours while Jamie-Lee and two of her children were staying. Jamie-Lee tells The Sun: 'They were throwing plates, pushing each other, throwing knives, and me and her two other children were just sitting on the sofa, crying like babies. 'So at that time, during those 24 hours, I was certain that either I would get killed or she would.' Advertisement After the vicious murder, Jonsson came forward to the police and confessed. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to forensic psychiatric care in March 2011. Looking back on Jamie-Lee's earliest memories of her dad, she reflects it was little surprise that things ended in unimaginable violence. She said: 'Walking into my dad's flat was like walking into a horror movie. Moment killer returns to room where he brutally murdered friend to steal his TV 'Pictures from Friday the 13th and Freddy Krueger. Everything was just dark and misery.' Jamie-Lee's parents separated when she was a toddler, in the early 2000s, leading her to spend her childhood split between two worlds, her mum's and her dad's. Advertisement She tells us: 'I was experiencing light and dark, and even though everything was normal at my mum's, I didn't feel normal because I was carrying dark secrets about what was going on at my dad's.' Those 'dark secrets' came from Jonsson's morbid fascination with the occult, an obsession that he often tried to force on to his young daughter. She said: 'He often talked about the devil, demons and evil spirits, and when I was little he liked to introduce me to the other side. 'We would lay in the dark on the bed and he would go, 'Do you see the faces on the wall, can you see them?' 'Then he would say it so much I would actually start seeing them.' Advertisement 8 Jamie-Lee was just nine years old at the time of the murder 8 She confronted her father in a recent documentary Credit: Investigation Discovery He gave Jamie-Lee a Satanic bible at the age of 11, but his warped worldview corrupted even the most basic of parental responsibilities. When Jamie-Lee was around eight, she told her dad about her problems with bullies at school. Instead of offering some warm words and a cup of hot chocolate, he gave her a hand-made voodoo doll and a pin. Advertisement 'Beautiful' second mum It was around this time that Jamie-Lee met her dad's new girlfriend, Helle, who he met at a psychiatric hospital after he was admitted following a drug overdose. On meeting Helle, Jamie-Lee said: 'I immediately fell in love with her, I thought she was so beautiful. 'She was a very unique person and wasn't afraid of my dad. I was used to girls being very careful around my dad. 'They didn't dare to do or say much, but she was joking on his behalf and she was so funny.' Jamie-Lee and Helle became very close over the years as their relationship turned into that of a mother and daughter. Advertisement Jamie-Lee said: 'She even told me, you are like my daughter, I love you like a daughter. 'And I really loved her like my mum.' 8 Jonsson and Helle had a troubled, turbulent relationship 8 Jamie-Lee has turned her trauma into a positive force for good Credit: Instagram/@jamieleearrow But it didn't take long for Jamie-Lee to notice the cracks in Jonsson and Helle's newfound relationship. Advertisement She said: 'They could have very few moments where they seemed very loving, where they were laughing and having a good time. 'And all I wanted was for them to be happy together and to always be together. 'I had a book where I had written that my biggest wish in life is that they'd stay together for the rest of my life. 'But then most of the time they were fighting and they were not good for each other." Cruellest news Those fights culminated in the violent 24-hour argument shortly before Helle's brutal murder, and her chilling final words to the girl she loved like a daughter. Advertisement It was her mum who told her about what happened the night after. She sat her down on the bed and said she had something horrible to tell her. Jamie-Lee recalls: 'I was like 'No, no don't tell me, I don't want to know' and I was just trying to run out the bedroom just to not hear it. 'Then she said, 'Helle's dead' and my first reaction was, 'Was it Dad?' 8 Jamie-Lee has gained thousands of Instagram fans inspired by her defiant response to her traumatic upbringing Credit: Instagram/@jamieleearrow 'And then we just sat crying and screaming, it was awful. Advertisement 'I felt like I had lost both his girlfriend and I had lost him and I felt something inside of me broke.' The ordeal had a traumatic effect on the nine-year-old, with Jamie-Lee going on to struggle with depression and addiction. 'I got into drinking at a very early age," she said. 'I finally had found something that soothed my anxiety and my hatred for myself, I could finally escape reality and it was amazing and I didn't want it to stop. 'It went from drinking to smoking weed to all different kinds of drugs, anything I could get my hands on I would take. Advertisement 'I knew I could fall asleep and not wake up again, but I didn't care.' Horror visits Despite dreams of becoming a doctor prior to the murder, Jamie-Lee's school attendance tanked as she sank further into addiction, dropping out completely at just 15. During these dark days, Jamie-Lee still visited her father in hospital, who brainwashed her into thinking that he was the only one who cared about her. But he had not changed, as the then 17-year-old was about to find out. 'I was in a really, really bad state and I was seconds away from killing myself and I said to my dad, 'I don't know what to do, I'm going to kill myself if something doesn't change'," said Jamie-Lee. Advertisement 'He said, 'The only way out is to do this', and he told me about a ritual that had came to him when he was lying in his bed, he said it was a blessing to him. 'We sat down, in front of each other, and he told me to hold his hands and he wanted me to say after him. Jamie-Lee still cannot bear to utter the words her father told her to say that day, but explains he tried to sell her soul to the devil. She said: 'I felt, like, 'What the hell am I doing?' It felt so wrong. 'I just got such a bad feeling in my body, and I was in such a bad state that I felt like I was going insane. Advertisement 'Like I had lost it, I had lost touch with reality.' Walking into my dad's flat was like walking into a horror movie. Pictures from Friday the 13th and Freddy Krueger. Everything was just dark and misery On another visit, Jonsson walked his horrified daughter through the murder, in shocking detail. 'He told me with such passion, and that scared me, it was so disturbing," she said. But the final straw was when Jamie-Lee decided to confront her dad about something she wanted an apology for. When he responded violently, she decided to provoke him, to see if he was capable of doing the same thing to her as he did his former girlfriend. Advertisement Who are the UK's worst serial killers? THE UK's most prolific serial killer was actually a doctor. Here's a rundown of the worst offenders in the UK. After his death Jonathan Balls was accused of poisoning at least 22 people between 1824 and 1845. Amelia Sach and Annie Walters became known as the Finchley Baby Farmers after killing at least 20 babies between 1900 and 1902. The pair became the first women to be hanged at Holloway Prison on February 3, 1903. William Burke and William Hare killed 16 people and sold their bodies. She said: 'He looked at me with black eyes, like he had no love for me at all. 'He said, 'If you don't stop now, you'll see what I can do'.' That was the last time Jamie-Lee saw her dad until she confronted him as part of Investigation Discovery's recent true-crime series Evil Lives Here: The Killer Speaks. When asked why she wanted to see her dad again, she said: 'For years I had been wondering about my dad, what he's doing, what he looks like, where he is mentally. 'It just couldn't leave my mind so I knew that I did want to see him one last time just to ask the questions I was carrying and to get closure. Advertisement 'I got to say goodbye to him and I got confirmation that he could never, ever in a million years be a part of my life.' Now 23, Jamie-Lee is happily engaged to her boyfriend of five years and the mother of two beautiful children, a three-year-old boy and a nine-month-old daughter, and is now able to move forward with her new life. Her Instagram has attracted over 30,000 followers in the last month, attracting an audience that is fascinated by her defiant response to her tragic upbringing. She now works as a public speaker and author, teaching people how to turn their trauma into something positive. Her advice? Advertisement 'Just because your childhood sucked doesn't mean your entire life has to," she said. 'We have the power over our own lives and we can create something beautiful even if we came from something ugly.'
