Stranger Things Season 3 To Drop To 8 Episodes
The forthcoming third season of Stranger Things will drop to eight episodes. This is down one episode on season two, but back to the original count for season one.
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February 15, 2018
February 13, 2018British Kids TV Shows Featuring Horror & The Occult
Here's our look at just some of the ways the occult made its way into children's TV in the UK, in a time when kid's television was seen as somewhere up and coming actors, writers, producers and directors could experiment.
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February 12, 2018The Most Boring Online Quiz In The World - How Boring Are You?
Can you get all your way through our quiz? Do you have a boring personality? Find out how boring you really are. We've used science to determine the most boring questions in existence, can you put your powers of concentration to the test and answer all 100 and find out if you're the most boring person you know?
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January 20, 2018Has The Phenomenon Of Spontaneous Human Combustion Reignited?
With two reports of members of the public seemingly bursting into flames at end of last year, we're asking whether 2018 could be the year that the strange phenomenon of Spontaneous Human Combustion reignites?
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January 12, 2018'Ghost Stories' – The Official Trailer For The Incredibly Scary UK Horror Film Has Arrived
'Ghost Stories' is a forthcoming British horror film from writer directors Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson. Based on a stage play which ran in the West End from 2010 to 2011, the film stars Martin Freeman from Sherlock, Paul Whitehouse from The Fast Show and Alex Lawther from Black Mirror.
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December 22, 2017Christmas Drinks To Avoid
Christmas is a time when lots of seasonal alcoholic drinks appear on the shelves, but are they any good? In the spirit of research, we decided to raid the local shops to find some Christmassy drinks and put them to the test.
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December 20, 2017Unwrapping Your Favourite Christmas songs
Christmas songs – impossible to avoid, sometimes hard to love. We're taking a closer look at some of those Christmas classics that play a part of everyone's Christmas.
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December 13, 2017What Makes A British Christmas – A New Book May Have The Answer
Christmas. Billions of people celebrate, or at least acknowledge it, every year. But what makes a British Christmas? One person who has set out to document the myriad ways we celebrate a British Christmas is writer and musician Rhodri Marsden, who recently published 'A Very British Christmas – Twelve Days of Discomfort and Joy'.
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December 06, 2017The Christmas Movie Drink-A-Long
It's not like you need an excuse to raise a glass at this time of year, but our guide to some great Christmas drinks in some great Christmas films might be just the ticket for you to get the sherry out and drink along.
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December 05, 20179 Strangest Christmas Traditions From Around The World
It's a tradition that at this time of year newspapers and websites publish a list of Christmas traditions. Higgypop is no stranger to that festive tradition, only we're doing it in our own way. But what's a 'normal tradition' for us might seem strange to others. For example, in the UK it used to be the habit that a strangely dressed, bearded fellow would appear as if by magic in everyone's living room on Christmas Day. But enough about Noel Edmond's TV specials, what do the rest of the world get up to when celebrating the birth of little baby Jesus?
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November 12, 2017What To Watch After Stranger Things
So you've got to the end of Stranger Things, but you're suffering withdrawal symptoms from life in Hawkins. Well, we have a cure for you, a list of all the films and TV shows that have influenced the show in some way that you can go and watch again. Or, if you're really lucky, see for the first time!
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November 02, 2017Can Pets See Ghosts?
It's a popular trope on horror films. Animals sensing the arrival of 'beings from beyond the grave' and attempting to alert humans to the unscheduled arrivals. But is there any truth beyond what we see on screen?
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November 01, 201780s References In Stranger Things 2, Episode 9
This is it folks, on the downhill stretch. Will they save Will? Can they close the gate? Will Dustin find a girl? Will Lucas smooch Max? Will there be another series? Face it, if you're reading this, you already know. But what references did we pick up on to life in the 80s, and other films in general?
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November 01, 201780s References In Stranger Things 2, Episode 8
The one-off special episode of The Lost Sister is over, El is coming back, the Demodogs are creeping out of the ground setting in process are ride to the end of the series. There's a lot to get through. Let's start by going back, way back to the Jurassic period...
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November 01, 201780s References In Stranger Things 2, Episode 7
Stranger Things 2 takes a bit of a detour this episode as we follow Eleven's adventures hooking up with her 'sister' Kali. Will she stay with the gang and therefore forget about everyone else in Hawkins?
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October 31, 201780s References In Stranger Things 2, Episode 6
Whilst Will's connection to whatever evil is lurking below Hawkins grows ever-stronger, nobody seems to have a clue how to save him. Elsewhere, Dustin and Steve form an unlikely bromance, bonding over girlfriend tips and Steve's haircare advice. But will we, the viewers, discover any fresh 80s references?
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October 31, 201780s References In Stranger Things 2, Episode 5
Dig Dug is of course the name of one of the arcade games we saw Max playing back in episode one. Will episode 5 score highly in our rundown of 80s references in Stranger Things 2? Well, yes, of course it will!
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October 30, 201780s References In Stranger Things 2, Episode 4
Lots to get our teeth into plot-wise in episode 4. Will starts letting his mum into his world of pain, Hopper digs for the truth, Nancy and Jonathan pair up whilst Eleven makes an interesting discovery. That left less room for the 80s references, but what did they manage to shoehorn in?
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October 30, 201780s References In Stranger Things 2, Episode 3
After setting up the season and getting us to Halloween in the first couple of episodes, it's time to head on with the plot. Dustin appears to have found a new friend in his bin, what could it be?
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October 29, 201780s References In Stranger Things 2, Episode 2
Halloween. A night when the barrier between our world, and other worlds, gets so thin, sometimes it breaks and things from beyond can enter our domain. Why should the town of Hawkins be any different during the season of the witch?
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