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Movie Poster for Westfield based "The Watcher" (Photo Courtesy IMDb).

Spooky movies based on real NJ events

By Liz Ciocher | Oct. 23, 2023

This Halloween season, turn your attention to these frightening outlets of media, all of which were based on true events that happened within New Jersey's state lines. No matter where you live in this state, one of these instances is bound to be within closer proximity to your hometown than you’d imagine.

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi, “Takiyasha the Witch and the Skeleton Spectre or Mitsukuni Defying the Skeleton Spectre Invoked by Princess Takiyasha” (1884) (Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, Petrusbarbygere, September 8, 2005). 

A brief history of the skeleton in art and science

By Lilly Ward | Oct. 23, 2023

It’s October, and suddenly all the skeletons are out of closets (physical ones–not metaphorical). They languish on porches and front steps, their plastic jaws unhinged as if surprised, their limp limbs dangling uselessly, eyeballs bulging in sockets that should be empty. 

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Horror as a genre has produced many pop-culture icons (Photo courtesy of Flickr, monstersforsale, February 22, 2018).

The history of the horror movie genre

By Lake DiStefano | Oct. 23, 2023

The horror movie genre, at least the western iteration of it, is a relatively new phenomenon. Due to this modernity, it has a noticeable history that one can chart. Despite this, the origins of the genre are not common knowledge. It is often in understanding of our roots, that we can gain a deeper appreciation for what is happening in the present.

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Bears have to eat from 80 to 90 pounds of food every day in the summer and fall in order to prepare for winter hibernation. They may lose up to one-third of that weight before waking up in the spring. (Photo courtesy of the National Park Service/“Bears at Falls in July.” January 18, 2018).

Grazer wins annual Fat Bear Week in Katmai National Park

By Mike Sherr | Oct. 15, 2023

Every year, the Alaskan Brown Bears of Katmai National Park hunt salmon and forage to prepare for the long harsh winter months. As nature takes its course and the summer months end, millions of onlookers vote on the weight gaining transformations that a handful of bears experience.  Bear 128, Grazer, won on Sept. 10 with a lead of over 80,000 votes against Bear 32, or Chuck, after beating three other bears. 

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