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Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen review: Values gore over lore

Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen review: Values gore over lore

Published by Daniella Wilson

A star rating of 3 out of 5. Ever witnessed a wedding where a happily ever after just doesn’t seem on the cards? Netflix’s blood-soaked new horror series takes that fear to the extreme, shouting from the rooftops with every title card, that Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen by the end of its eight episodes. You can’t say you weren’t warned… A week before their wedding, Rachel Harkin (Camila Morrone) and Nicky Cunningham (Adam DiMarco) travel to Summer House, the ancestral home of Nicky’s family. But multiple strange happenings plague the couple on the way there, leaving Rachel, in particular, more than a little on edge at the beginning of her wedding week. Things only get more unsettling when they get to Summer House and meet the rest of Nicky’s imposing family, including his parents, whose marriage he idolises, brutally honest brother Jules (Jeff Wilbusch) and his no-nonsense wife Nell (Karla Crome), larger-than-life sister Portia (Gus Birney), and quiet and watchful nephew Jude (Sawyer Fraser). As Rachel gets closer to her big day, …

8 Truly Wild Pieces Of Lore Kids Dropped On Teachers

8 Truly Wild Pieces Of Lore Kids Dropped On Teachers

Published by Sam Flores

Teachers hear an awful lot in the classroom, from baffling slang to concerning stories of distress. And often, they get an earful of family lore that it’s hard to imagine a parent would want an entire classroom to hear, too. Writing to r/AskReddit, site user u/Loud_Bluejay_6663 asked: “Teachers, what’s the craziest family lore a child has randomly dropped on you?” Here are some of the most-upvoted responses: 1) “A [student told me], ‘My mum said that once my dad learns a few things, he might come home, but right now he’s in time out for adults because he messed up REALLY bad and the judge said he gets a BIG time out.’” ″‘He doesn’t have to stay in a chair though; he gets a room.’” Credit: u/Suspicious-Price5810 2) “Once a [child] pointed to another kid on the playground and said, ‘See that kid?’” “He used to be my brother, but then his dad cheated on my mum, so he’s not my brother anymore.” 3) ”‘Tyler sleeps on the couch.’” “I have no idea who Tyler …