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‘No One Gets Out Alive’ This September On Netflix

This week Netflix will unleash the horror-thriller No One Gets Out Alive, a chilling tale of desperation, horror, and survival. Directed by Santiago Menghini, the film, an adaptation of Adam Nevill‘s novel of the same name, centers on an immigrant in search of the American dream who is forced to take a room in a boarding house and finds herself in a nightmare she can’t escape. Marc Menchaca, Cristina Rodio, Victoria Alcock, David Figlioli, Victoria Alcock, David Berrera, Joana Borja, and Alejandro Akara star. No One Gets Out Alive premieres on Netflix on September 29, 2021, as part of Netflix and Chills.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 28, 2021
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Ralph H. Baer: Father Of Video Games

July 8th is Video Game Day, a day where gamers celebrate by sharing their favorite games, talking about their gaming memories, and engage in the age-old argument on which is better console or PC. While we (gamers) celebrate both the nostalgia and future of gaming, there’s one person we really should celebrate, Ralph H. Baer (1922-2014). Without Baer, we probably would never have had gaming systems. So who is he? Baer was born in Germany in 1922. Life was hard for Baer and his family due to the social and political firestorm that was taking over Germany at the time, and that they were Jewish. In 1938 at the age of 16, Baer’s family moved to New York, two months later the infamous Kristallnacht took place. After becoming a citizen, Baer worked in a factory (for $12 a week) and was self-taught. While at a bus stop, he saw an advertisement for degrees in electronics in which he quit his

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Capt McNeely
Jul 8, 2018

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Horror Fuel

‘No One Gets Out Alive’ This September On Netflix

This week Netflix will unleash the horror-thriller No One Gets Out Alive, a chilling tale of desperation, horror, and survival. Directed by Santiago Menghini, the film, an adaptation of Adam Nevill‘s novel of the same name, centers on an immigrant in search of the American dream who is forced to take a room in a boarding house and finds herself in a nightmare she can’t escape. Marc Menchaca, Cristina Rodio, Victoria Alcock, David Figlioli, Victoria Alcock, David Berrera, Joana Borja, and Alejandro Akara star. No One Gets Out Alive premieres on Netflix on September 29, 2021, as part of Netflix and Chills.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 28, 2021
Horror Fuel

Ralph H. Baer: Father Of Video Games

July 8th is Video Game Day, a day where gamers celebrate by sharing their favorite games, talking about their gaming memories, and engage in the age-old argument on which is better console or PC. While we (gamers) celebrate both the nostalgia and future of gaming, there’s one person we really should celebrate, Ralph H. Baer (1922-2014). Without Baer, we probably would never have had gaming systems. So who is he? Baer was born in Germany in 1922. Life was hard for Baer and his family due to the social and political firestorm that was taking over Germany at the time, and that they were Jewish. In 1938 at the age of 16, Baer’s family moved to New York, two months later the infamous Kristallnacht took place. After becoming a citizen, Baer worked in a factory (for $12 a week) and was self-taught. While at a bus stop, he saw an advertisement for degrees in electronics in which he quit his

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Capt McNeely
Jul 8, 2018