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    Hikari Mitsushima (ULTRAMAN MAX, LOVE EXPOSURE) stars in TORMENTED, the horror-thriller from THE GRUDGE director Takashi Shimizu. © The Rabit Horror Film Committee 2011

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    Source: Well Go USA, MPRM Communications Special Thanks to Leif Helland A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Well Go USA Entertainment is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win TORMENTED (????????3D, Rabito Hora 3D, 2011) on 3D/2D Blu-ray. Directed by Takashi Shimizu (JU-ON, THE GRUDGE), and filled with his trademark atmospherics and spine-chilling, brain-bending sequences, TORMENTED ventures into the terrifying corners of the mind where the lines between fact and fiction are blurred in this terrifying tale of a young boy whose family seems to be unraveling around him. The situation gets worse when he manifests a growing and dangerous friendship and reliance on a stuffed toy rabbit that comes to life... TORMENTED will be released on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital on April 2nd. OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES and INFORMATION Prize: A. There are five (5) prizes, with each prize consisting of

    Win JOHNNY SOKKO AND HIS FLYING ROBOT: The Complete Series on DVD from Shout! Factory. Photo courtesy of MGM and Fox Home Entertainment. © 1967 Hikari Pro., Toei Co., Ltd.

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    Win the 4-Disc Collector`s Edition from Shout! Factory Source: Shout! Factory press release Special Thanks to Tom Chen JOHNNY SOKKO AND HIS FLYING ROBOT, the Americanized version of the classic Toei tokusatsu television series GIANT ROBOT (????????, Jaianto Robo, 1967), was released on DVD this week by Shout! Factory. The 4-Disc set includes all 26 episodes of the show; the first time the entire series will be officially available on home video in North America. And now, Shout! Factory is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win a free copy of JOHNNY SOKKO AND HIS FLYING ROBOT: The Complete Series! OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES and INFORMATION Prize: A. There are three (3) prizes, with each prize consisting of one (1) JOHNNY SOKKO AND HIS FLYING ROBOT: The Complete Series DVD set. B. Prizes will be shipped to the contest winners so

    Blu-ray and DVD cover art for DEADBALL, coming April 9th from Well Go USA Entertainment. Images courtesy of Well Go USA. © 2011 Sushi Typhoon/Nikkatsu

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    Blood-Soaked Splatterfest from Director Yudai Yamaguchi Debuts April 9th Source: Well Go USA, MPRM Communications Official Movie Site: sushi-typhoon.com/jp/deadball (Japan), sushi-typhoon.com/deadball-movie (US) Special Thanks to Leif Helland and Marc Walkow Director Yudai Yamaguchi`s hilariously offensive, politically incorrect sports splatter comedy DEADBALL (??????, Dedoboru, 2011) debuts on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital April 9th from Well Go USA Entertainment. A follow-up to Yamaguchi`s earlier zombie baseball classic BATTLEFIELD BASEBALL (?????, Jigoku Kooshien, 2003), DEADBALL stars Tak Sakaguchi (VERSUS, YAKUZA WEAPON, TOKYO GORE POLICE) as baseball prodigy Jubeh Yakyu, a seventeen-year-old juvenile delinquent sent to the Pterodactyl Juvenile Reformatory after killing over 50 people within a week. Headmistress Ishihara, the granddaughter of a World War II Nazi collaborator, runs the institution with an iron fist and the enthusiastic help of her sadistic assistant, Ilsa. After arriving at the hellhole, Jubeh soon learns from governor Mifune that

    Five SciFi Japan readers have won the Thai historical drama MUAY THAI WARRIOR on Blu-ray, courtesy of Well Go USA. © 2010 Epic Pictures Group

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    Source: Well Go USA, MPRM Communications Special Thanks to Leif Helland Our thanks to everyone who entered Well Go USA and SciFi Japan`s contest for a free Blu-ray of MUAY THAI WARRIOR. The randomly chosen winners are: George Michael Farris Justin Messina Richard Vargas Katy Sanchez Patrick Emanuel Congratulations to the winners! Your prizes will ship soon. Based on actual events from the 17th century`s Ayothaya period, MUAY THAI WARRIOR (?????? ??????, Yamada: The Samurai of Ayothaya, 2010) combines lush visuals with a cast of Olympic athletes to provide viewers some of the most stunning and realistic Muay Thai techniques ever filmed for the big screen. Betrayed and left for dead, a young Japanese samurai finds a new home in Siam and soon faces his greatest battle against the elite warriors he once regarded as brothers. The cast includes Seigi Ozeki (THE ODD

    GUNBUSTER 2: DIEBUSTER - THE COMPLETE SERIES cover art. Image courtesy of Discotek Media. © 2003 GAINAX/ TOP2 Committee

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    Source: Discotek Media Official Site: gainax.co.jp/top2 (Japan) Decades after the birth of the Gunbuster legend, acclaimed studio GAINAX returns with an epic sequel from the creators of FLCL. On May 21st, GUNBUSTER 2: DIEBUSTER - THE COMPLETE SERIES (???????2?, Toppu o Nerae Tsuu!, 2004) will be released on Region 1 DVD by Discotek Media. The DVD will include all 6 episodes of the OVA series. In the future where space monsters invade the Sol System, a young girl named Nono has left her home behind to come alone to the big city. She has a grand dream of becoming a space pilot. But reality is harsh, and she spends every day instead at the diner near the spaceport where she lives and works. One day, she meets a real-life "Topless" pilot named Lal`C. Neither realize that the future of humanity rests on both of them! Starring:

    TEKKEN`s John Foo battles the Bangkok underworld in BANGKOK REVENGE. © 2012 China Lion Film Distribution

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    Source: Well Go USA, MPRM Communications Special Thanks to Leif Helland A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Director Jean-Marc Mineo’s martial arts epic BANGKOK REVENGE (2012) debuts on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital March 26th from Well Go USA Entertainment. To celebrate this release, Well Go USA is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win a free copy of the Blu-ray edition. BANGKOK REVENGE stars Jon Foo (TEKKEN, STREET FIGHTER LEGACY), Caroline Ducey (ROMANCE, THE SOUL KEEPER) and Michael Cohen (THEM, LITTLE JERUSALEM). A young boy left for dead by the assassins who killed his parents is taken under the wing of a martial-arts master and shaped into a lethal killing machine with an insatiable appetite for revenge. As a ten-year-old child, Manit (Jon Foo) saw his parents murdered in cold blood. When the killers were finished, they put a gun to his head,

    Preliminary packaging for the Blu-ray and DVD editions of PANTY & STOCKING WITH GARTERBELT COLLECTION (Purple Edition). Images courtesy of Madman Entertainment. © 2010 GAINAX/GEEKS

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    Angels Have Never Been So Nasty on Australian DVD and Blu-ray Source: Madman Entertainment Special Thanks to Ben Pollock On May 22nd, the Australian label Madman Entertainment will release the hit anime series PANTY & STOCKING WITH GARTERBELT (???????????with???????, Panti ando Sutokkingu wizu Gaataaberuto, 2010) on DVD and Blu-ray. Animated by GAINAX (NEON GENESIS EVANGELION, GURREN LAGANN, FLCL), directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi (GURREN LAGANN, DEAD LEAVES) with an edgy animation style and adult humor, PANTY & STOCKING is sure to be a fan favorite for many years to come. Madman`s PANTY & STOCKING WITH GARTERBELT COLLECTION (Purple Edition) comes packaged with a new, discreet special edition cover. The Anarchy Sisters Panty and Stocking are two nasty angels who got booted from the pearly gates for being foul-mouthed bitches! Now they spend their days blowing up ghosts in the lecherous abyss between Heaven and

    Maiden Japan will release the classic series MOBILE POLICE PATLABOR TV on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital. © 1989 Headgear/ Emotion/TFC.

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    Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Release Scheduled for July Source: Section23 Films Special Thanks to Mike Bailiff Maiden Japan today announced its acquisition of the legendary series MOBILE POLICE PATLABOR TV (??????????, Kidoo Keisatsu Patlabor, 1989). This 47 episode series features direction by Naoyuki Yoshinaga (MAISON IKKOKU, IRRESPONSIBLE CAPTAIN TYLOR) with character designs by Akemi Takada (KIMAGURE ORANGE ROAD, URUSEI YATSURA), mechanical designs by Yoshinori Sayama (RAHXEPHON, MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM: CHAR’S COUNTERATTACK) and Yutaka Izubuchi (GASARAKI, TOWARD THE TERRA) and music by Kenji Kawai (VAMPIRE PRINCESS MIYU, SORCERER HUNTERS). Giant Robots, sociopaths, madmen waving guns: these aren’t just the problems the Mobile Police have to deal with every day, these ARE the Mobile Police! But in a world where giant robots called Labors are frequently used for criminal purposes, the boys and girls in blue have to face things that are even bigger and scarier! So when

    Flatiron Film Company is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win THE OFFICIAL DIGIMON ADVENTURE SET: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON or DIGIMON ADVENTURE: VOLUME 2. Images courtesy of Flatiron Film. © Akiyoshi Hongo, Toei Animation

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    THE OFFICIAL DIGIMON ADVENTURE SET: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON and DIGIMON ADVENTURE: VOLUME 2 Source: Flatiron Film Company, Foundry Communications Special Thanks to Michael Krause A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE In 1997, the Digimon franchise was launched, evolving from a popular digital toy to an adventure-packed feature film, multiple TV series and more. Fast forward 17 years and the Japanese retro creation has continued to build on its international popularity with over 100 global licensees and its first official U.S. DVD releases from Flatiron Film Company, a label of Cinedigm, in partnership with Toei Animation. THE OFFICIAL DIGIMON ADVENTURE SET: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON ($79.95 srp), an 8-disc collection featuring all 50 complete, unedited episodes and DIGIMON ADVENTURE: VOLUME 2 ($19.95 srp), a specially-priced 3-disc set including 18 full-length episodes from Season 1, follow the first Flatiron releases in 2012. Both sets are the English versions

    THE MIGHTY PEKING MAN is being reissued on DVD as part of Quentin Tarantino`s Rolling Thunder Pictures Triple Feature. © 1977 Shaw Brothers

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    THE MIGHTY PEKING MAN, DETROIT 9000 and SWITCHBLADE SISTERS Source: Lionsgate press release Quentin Tarantino`s Rolling Thunder Pictures Triple Feature comes to DVD April 16th from Lionsgate Home Entertainment and Miramax. This DVD compilation offers a sampling of films from the specialty label Rolling Thunder Pictures, which was launched by Tarantino and Miramax in 1995 to release older exploitation movies and undiscovered imports to the mainstream movie-going audience. Tarantino brought these films back to life, even personally recording intros and outros for the home video releases. The release of Quentin Tarantino`s Rolling Thunder Pictures Triple Feature coincides with the home entertainment release of Tarantino`s latest, Academy Award winning film, DJANGO UNCHAINED. A must-have for Tarantino fans, this classic collection will be available on DVD for the suggested retail price of $14.98. THE MIGHTY PEKING MAN (1977) Treat yourself to one of the funniest

    Maiden Japan has acquired the OVA series RUIN EXPLORERS. © 1995 KUNIHIKO TANAKA • HOBBY JAPAN / BANDAI VISUAL • NIPPON COLUMBIA • MOVIC

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    Source: Section23 Films Special Thanks to Mike Bailiff Maiden Japan has announced its acquisition of RUIN EXPLORERS (???????&????, Hikyoo Tanken Famu to Iirii, 1995), a tale of dungeons, dangers and dysfunctional damsels. This four episode OVA series features direction and screenplay by Takeshi Mori (GUNSMITH CATS, VANDREAD) with character designs by Toshihisa Kaiya and music by Masamichi Amano (PRINCESS NINE, GIANT ROBO). Ancient curses, enchanted artifacts and plain old fashioned dungeon diving: that’s what Fam and Ihrie do for a living -- whenever these lovely young ladies can get someone to pay them for it, that is. As two highly trained magic users with slightly faulty spelling abilities (Fam can’t do anything destructive and Ihrie keeps turning into a mouse), they’re off on a quest for the “Ultimate Power.” All they have to do is find three artifacts: the Proof Of Royalty, the Sword of Sargus

    Mia the Pink Ranger (Erika Fong), Mike the Green Ranger (Hector David Jr.), Antonio the Gold Ranger (Steven Skyler), Jayden the Red Ranger (Alex Heartman), Kevin the Blue Ranger (Najee De-Tiege) and Emily the Yellow Ranger (Brittany Anne Pirtle) in POWER RANGERS SUPER SAMURAI: SECRET OF THE RED RANGER Volume 4. Photo courtesy of Lionsgate Entertainment. © 2013 SCG Power Rangers LLC.

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    Source: Lionsgate press release Official Site: powerrangers.com The action-packed POWER RANGERS SUPER SAMURAI: SECRET OF THE RED RANGER Volume 4 comes to DVD and Digital Download June 11th from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. Follow the Rangers as they fight to take down Serrator`s secret plan to split apart the world. Saban`s POWER RANGERS SUPER SAMURAI, the #1 Live-Action Kids Action Series, continues to please kids of all ages as it celebrates 20 years of success. POWER RANGERS SUPER SAMURAI: SECRET OF THE RED RANGER Volume 4 includes four episodes along with two music videos and will be available for the suggested retail price of $14.98. Serrator`s secret plan to split apart the world is finally revealed! The Power Rangers are in for the fight of their lives when Master Xandred returns to Earth to face the team in an epic Bullzooka battle. After barely

    Packaging for the Blu-ray and DVD editions of THE ASSASSIN’S BLADE. Photos courtesy of Well Go USA. © 2008 Mei Ah Entertainment

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    An Action-Packed Epic Tale of Hidden Identities and Unrequited Love Source: Well Go USA, MPRM Communications Special Thanks to Leif Helland A spectacular tale of love, betrayal and revenge evoking a martial arts, fantasy version of Romeo & Juliet, THE ASSASSIN’S BLADE (??, Jian Die, 2008) debuts on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital May 7th from Well Go USA Entertainment. The celebrated cast includes Charlene Choi (THE JADE AND THE PEARL, THE SORCERER AND THE WHITE SNAKE), Chun Wu (MAGIC TO WIN, MY KINGDOM), Ge Hu (1912), Xin Xin Xiong (TAI CHI ZERO) and Siu-Wong Fan (IP MAN, WU DANG). Based upon a famous Chinese legend, THE ASSASSIN’S BLADE (aka BUTTERFLY LOVERS) tells the story of Zhu Yanzhi (Charlene Choi), who chooses to disguise her female identity in order to be accepted into the country’s most prestigious male-only martial arts academy, where she immediately finds herself at odds

    Karate champion Rina Takeda battles jerks and zombies. Photo courtesy of Madman Entertainment. © 2012 Walker Pictures

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    Source: Madman Entertainment Official Movie Site: deadsushi.com Special Thanks to Ben Pollock Noboru Iguchi, the director of THE MACHINE GIRL, KARATE-ROBO ZABORGAR and ROBOGEISHA, serves up his funniest film yet with DEAD SUSHI (?????, Detdo Sushi, 2012). The movie is now available on Region 4 DVD from the Australian label Madman Entertainment. DEAD SUSHI stars karate black belt and pro wrestler Rina Ikeda (HIGH-KICK GIRL), bringing her martial arts skills to this film to kick sushi zombie butt. Keiko (Rina Ikeda), the daughter of a legendary sushi chef, runs away from home finding work at a rural hot springs inn. She is ridiculed by the staff and guests, including the corporate employees staying there on retreat. Little do they know that a disgruntled former researcher has also come to the inn with a plan for revenge, using a serum he developed that makes

    Maiden Japan has acquired the classic OVA BLACK MAGIC M-66. © 1987 Bandai Visual/Movic/Shirow Masamune/Seishinsha.

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    Source: Section23 Films Special Thanks to Mike Bailiff Maiden Japan has announced its acquisition of the classic OVA BLACK MAGIC M-66 (???????? M-66, Burakku Majikku Mario Shikkusuti Shikkusu, 1987). Co-directed by legendary manga master Masamune Shirow (GHOST IN THE SHELL, APPLESEED) and visionary director Hiroyuki Kitakubo (JO JO’s BIZZARRE ADVENTURE, GOLDENBOY) this fast-paced, action-packed show features sound direction by Yasunori Honda (GREEN LEGEND RAN, DRAGON HALF) and music by Seiyo Katayanagi. When two malfunctioning combat androids are accidentally unleashed on a “Terminate at All Costs” mission against the unsuspecting granddaughter of their creator, an entire city becomes the battleground and not even the military may be able to stop them! The girl’s only hope: Sybil, a freelance journalist who’s out to get the scoop of her life, if she can somehow keep both herself and her subject alive long enough to file a report. But first,

    Jungle celebrates the release of JOHNNY SOKKO AND HIS FLYING ROBOT: The Complete Series on DVD with a week of sales and events. © 1967 Hikari Pro., Toei Co., Ltd.

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    Special Event at Anime Jungle from March 26-31st Source: Anime Jungle Event Site: animejungle.net/event Special Thanks to Tetsu Shiota and Yoichi Kakuma Anime Jungle in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo is celebrating the release of Shout! Factory`s JOHNNY SOKKO AND HIS FLYING ROBOT: The Complete Series on DVD with a week of sales and events from March 26-31st, 2013. On March 26th, Jungle will be hosting a DVD Launch Party from 7-9pm. Admission is free, and will include discount prices on JOHNNY SOKKO/GIANT ROBOT products. The JOHNNY SOKKO AND HIS FLYING ROBOT: The Complete Series DVD set will be available all day for $27.98 (30% off from the MSRP of $39.97). Each JOHNNY SOKKO DVD purchase comes with an Anime Jungle Exclusive 24x36 Poster. On March 26th, the Legend of Gokin Diecast Action Figures of Giant Robo, GR-2 (Torozon) and Calamity (Cleopat) will be on sale for

    Antonio the Gold Ranger (Steven Skyler), Jayden the Red Ranger (Alex Heartman) and Kevin the Blue Ranger (Najee De-Tiege) in POWER RANGERS SAMURAI: THE SIXTH RANGER Volume 4, on sale May 14th, 2013. Photo courtesy of Lionsgate Entertainment. © 2013 SCG Power Rangers LLC.

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    Source: Lionsgate press release Official Site: powerrangers.com The Gold Ranger makes his debut on DVD and Digital Download when Lionsgate Home Entertainment releases POWER RANGERS SAMURAI: THE SIXTH RANGER Volume 4 on May 14. Watch as Antonio, the Gold Ranger, tries to prove he has the necessary skills to become a Samurai and joins the Power Rangers as they battle the Nighlok monsters. POWER RANGERS SAMURAI, #1 Live-Action Kids Action Series, continues to please kids of all ages as it celebrates 20 years of success. POWER RANGERS SAMURAI: THE SIXTH RANGER Volume 4, showcasing four action-packed episodes along with two featurettes and a video, will be available on DVD for the suggested retail price of $14.98. When a mysterious fisherman arrives, the Power Rangers Samurai meet their newest ally -- Antonio, the Gold Ranger! But before he can join the team, Antonio must

    Well Go USA Entertainment is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win THE GREAT MAGICIAN, starring Tony Leung Chiu Wai. © 2012 Emperor Motion Pictures

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    Source: Well Go USA, MPRM Communications Special Thanks to Leif Helland A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Well Go USA Entertainment is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win THE GREAT MAGICIAN (????, Daai Mo Seut Si, 2012) on Blu-ray. Adapted from the Zhang Haifan novel and led by award-winning director Derek Yee (ONE NIGHT IN MONGKOK, SHINJUKU INCIDENT), THE GREAT MAGICIAN is a deliriously entertaining film that deftly blends vaudeville-style humor, vivid magic sequences and ruthless political gamesmanship. The movie also features three of the most powerful stars in Chinese cinema -- Tony Leung Chiu-wai (HERO, RED CLIFF), Lau Ching-wan (MAD DETECTIVE) and Zhou Xun (CLOUD ATLAS). THE GREAT MAGICIAN will be available on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital on March 19th. OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES and INFORMATION Prize: A. There are five (5) prizes, with each prize consisting of one (1)

    Sho Aikawa and Teruyuki Kagawa star in director Kiyoshi Kurosawa`s yakuza thriller, SERPENT`S PATH. Photo courtesy of Third Window Films. © 1998 Kadokawa

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    Source: Third Window Films Special Thanks to Adam Torel This summer, two works by director Kiyoshi Kurosawa (CURE, PULSE, TOKYO SONATA) will be released as a double-disc DVD set in the United Kingdom from distributor Third Window Films. When oddball auteur Kiyoshi Kurosawa received an eccentric offer to make two films in two weeks, on a low budget and using the same cast, the result was the cinematic equivalent of fraternal twins. Though both EYES OF THE SPIDER (????, Kumo no Hitomi, 1998) and SERPENT`S PATH (???, Hebi no Michi, 1998) are gangster films about the desire for revenge, and both films feature a protagonist named Nijima played convincingly by Sho Aikawa, the two films are completely different in tone and plot. Nonetheless, they seem freakishly interlocked in ways that defy the conventionally linear relationship of a sequel, as each of these enigmatic,

    Well Go USA will release 3D/2D Blu-ray and standard DVD editions of TORMENTED, the horror-thriller from THE GRUDGE director Takashi Shimizu. Photos courtesy of Well Go USA. © The Rabbit Horror Film Committee 2011

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    Legendary Director’s Terrifying Trip into the Corners of the Mind Debuts on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital April 2nd Source: Well Go USA, MPRM Communications Official Movie Site: rabbit-3d.com (Japan) Special Thanks to Leif Helland From the legendary director of THE GRUDGE, Takashi Shimizu takes an unflinching look into childhood fears the ties that hold a family together, and bloody secrets that won`t stay dead when TORMENTED -- released in Japan as RABBIT HORROR 3D (????????3D, Rabito Hora 3D, 2011) -- debuts on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital April 2nd from Well Go USA Entertainment. Filled with his trademark atmospherics and spine-chilling, brain-bending sequences, Shimizu ventures into the terrifying corners of the mind where the lines between fact and fiction are blurred in this terrifying tale of a young boy whose family seems to be unraveling around him. The situation gets worse when he manifests

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