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Video games are a unique medium that is well-suited for horror. But what are the best horror games out there?

The best horror games to play right now

Grady Tarleton, Staff Writer November 3, 2023

Spooky season is upon us, and many people are looking for horror media to enjoy during the time of ghouls, goblins, costumes and candy. The theaters are saturated with horror movies, “The Simpsons”...

All of Five Nights at Freddys animatronics were not CGI. The robots were puppeteered and practical effects were applied in order to create the scenes containing the murder machines.

Five Nights at Freddy’s: Eight years of waiting…was it worth it?

Bree Lavine, Editor-in-Chief November 3, 2023

Spoilers ahead! You have been warned! When I was 13-years-old I discovered something that would change my life forever. A game franchise, a book series, a community that welcomed everyone who was fascinated...

Early lacrosse games were played with upwards of 1,000 players and were played on fields with no boundaries.

Lacrosse makes its Olympic debut, but the game’s creators may not participate

Maggie Bryson, Staff Writer November 3, 2023

Lacrosse, also known as the “Creator’s game”, has officially been added to the slate of sports competing in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games over 9 centuries after its inception. However, the creators...

Every form of art breeds conversation and movies are no exception. The question is whose opinion is more important: the fans or the critics?

Fans scream louder than critics

Bree Lavine, Editor-in-Chief November 2, 2023

You know people in the industry say nowadays “The fans are often your worst critics,” that’s true now more than ever. Never have fans had this much power over the entertainment industry than in today’s...

The original Exorcist film began the trend of horror movies based in religion, a trend that has been brought into the 21st century with a more inclusive sequel.

‘The Exorcist: Believer’ compels viewers to see religion in film in a new way

Abigail Mocharnuk, Staff Writer October 28, 2023

A young girl’s screams pierce through the silent night. Unseen forces writhe within her, defying physics and causing her to surrender her own morality. It is demonic possession unlike anything seen before,...

Producer and screenwriter Walter Parkes speaks at an afternoon Q&A for Guilford students before his Oct. 12 Bryan Series talk at the Tanger Center.

Walter Parkes on where the worlds of entertainment and education collide

Abigail Mocharnuk, Staff Writer October 27, 2023

On Oct. 12, Guilford College’s Bryan Series welcomed Walter Parkes, award-winning screenwriter and producer of over 50 films including “War Games” and “Men in Black,” at the Steven Tanger Center...

When visitors arrive at the line to enter the first of Spookywoods’ 15 haunted areas, they find themselves at “Club Spooky.” Here, a DJ hypes up the crowd with loud music while scare actors creep through the shadows.

Spookywoods amps up the scares for its 39th season

Darren Brumbach, Staff Writer October 27, 2023

The fog slowly drifts towards you and your friends as you hear a bell ringing in the distance. Suddenly, a tall creature reaches toward your face and drapes its long fingers over your shoulder. All you...

Starring: Dice Jordan, Joshua Wilson, Amanda Brier, Debbie Aaron, Jonathan Vega, Hannah Roten, Maryn Leonard, Elijah Collins, and Heidi McIver (an Guilford alumni guest star)

Guilford College Theatre Studies presents ‘Burial at Thebes’

Guilford College Theatre Studies October 27, 2023

Guilford College Theatre Studies presents "Burial at Thebes," a modern retelling of Sophocles' Antigone," 7:30 p.m. Oct. 26-28 and Nov. 2-4 in Sternberger Auditorium, located in Founders Hall.  The 75-minute...

What would Halloween be without signature animated specials that take viewers for spooky rides far beyond the pumpkin patch.

Must-watch animated Halloween specials

Taylor Ferguson, Staff Writer October 27, 2023

With Halloween upon us, it only makes sense to take in a rewatch of your favorite spooky show or movie. Halloween, like animation, is ignorantly assumed to be something only children can participate in....

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