What are some of the best scary films that have been made in recent years? (2010 and onward)

 WARNING: THERE’S PROBABLY A BUNCH OF SPOILERS:

I’ll give a few scary movies from 2010 and on that I adore:

The Babadook (2014):

Some people hate this movie, others love it.

I love it :)

This is one of those modern movies that are actually really scary. There’s a lot of garbage nowadays but this film is scary in several ways. It’s got the scary pop-outs, creepy-looking villains, and ominous music but it’s pretty psychologically damaging. The concept of the movie is that a monster released from a children’s book torments a family (a mother and her young son) and tries to kill them from the inside out. The Babadook’s plan is to possess the mother, murder the dog, and then strangle the son. It’s pretty messed up. I hate mother killing children stories. That f’s my mind up.

How about the fact that the acting is frighteningly accurate too?

The acting in this film is purely amazing!

These actors deserve Oscars for their performances. The amount of screaming, fear, crying, feelings of pure terror, sleeplessness, anger, regret, and different emotions involved in this movie is impressive. They put on a damn good show!

Also, this part is creepy as hell:

The mother has been tormented over and over again by this demon and at this point she just wants to sleep a little bit.

Hell no, she’s not getting that!

At this point, she knows The Babadook’s plan but can’t do anything because it continually possesses her and makes her try and kill her son.

She sits down on the couch to watch some TV and flips to the news channel. There’s a story about a mother who recently murdered her son with a kitchen knife. The camera crew shows the exterior of HER house. They say the mother went crazy and killed her young boy and murdered the dog too, then showing her name on the screen.

If that isn’t creepy enough, the camera zooms into the window, showing her own face creepily staring out:

Seeing a report from the future that you killed your own son is horrifying, then seeing your face looking out the window. What the actual…

Next,

The Conjuring (2013)/ The Conjuring 2 (2016):

I’m not going to go into much detail other than these movies disregard all of the shittiness of modern paranormal movies and make them good again.

They’re both extremely scary and really good films with tons of twists, great characters, and interesting adaptations of ghost stories.

Check them out if you want modern scary.

Next,

You’re Next (2011):

I wouldn’t say this is very scary but it is a great modern horror movie.

It involves a family at a cottage/house for a reunion/vacation when a group of masked hitmen start picking them off and terrorizing them.

It seems like a typical modern movie but these filmmakers are geniuses as they include many twists and deny the modern horror trope of foolish, hopeless victims. The main protagonist is a very intelligent woman who actually takes the bull by the horns in this situation and fights back smart.

This is a great modern horror movie.

Lastly,

Hush (2016):

I saw this on Netflix one night and became extremely intrigued.

This film is about a deaf writer living alone in a house in the woods while a masked killer terrorizes her in her home.

I wouldn’t say this film is too scary either but the concept of being hunted by a killer and not being able to hear is pretty cool.
I will say, you won’t see a movie like this any time soon. It is creative in its concept, interesting, and very fast-moving.

The best part of the movie is that it brings up many more questions than answers and creates hope in the horror genre.

Which is the best century in the history of world cricket?

 A Century can be considered as best by looking at multiple factors like, strength of the bowling line up against which that century came, pressure condition, level of difficulty for batting in that pitch.

Best century in odi cricket format according to me is Chris Gayle 133 runs against south africa

In 2006, because of Chris Gayle century West Indies able to won champion trophy semi final match. It was a century made with semifinal pressure, against a strong bowling line up which includes, sahun pollock, nitni and jay kallis.

South Africa made a fighting Total of 258, which was not easy to chase against a bowling line up which south africa had at that time.

Best century in T20 format according to me is Chris Gayle 117 runs against south africa

Chris Gayle made 117 runs in 56 balls with a strike rate over 200, against a strong bowling line up which includes sahun pollock, mhakaya nitni, morne morkel and phillendar, this century was more special because it was made on South African ground which was not batting friendly.

Best century in test match according to me is Sunil Gavaskar 147 not out against West Indies in the year 1983

In that match Sunil Gavaskar played against the most brutal and greatest bowling line up in the cricket history, a bowling line up which includes, malcolm marshall, Michael holding, geol garner and Andy Robert who are considered as greatest bowlers in cricket history, Sunil Gavaskar made this century in West Indies ground which are not batting friendly more favourable for fast balling in 80s.

Best double century in ODI according to me is Sachin Tendulkar double century against South Africa

He made this double century against a strong bowling line up of South Africa which includes bowlers like dayel styen and jaque kallis.

Best double century in test cricket history according to me is Sunil Gavaskar 236 runs against West Indies

Sunil Gavaskar made this double century against one of the most brutal and greatest bowling attack in cricket history which includes malcolm marshall, Andy Robert and Michael holding.

Best triple century in test cricket according to me is Chris hris Gayle 317 runs against south africa in 2005

Chris Gayle made this triple century against a strong bowling line up which includes sahun pollock, mhakaya nitni and jaque kallis in West Indies cricket ground which are not batting friendly.

Who are the best Indian musicians of all time?

India is gifted with great musical talent.

MS Amma : MS Subbulakshmi , Bharat Ratna awardee, was known as night angle of India.

Her classical Bhajans and Ragas are integral part of many renowned shrines.

Her songs were loved by seers , householders and students alike.

Lata Mangeshkar : Lata ji, Bharat Ratna awardee, was soul of hindi film songs.

During her long distinguished career, she sang many beautiful songs.

She had a rare talent to sing a soothing Bhajan and catchy film song alike.

Burmans: SD Burman and RD Burman were renowned Indian music directors.

They were acknowledged prodigies, who composed and sang wonderful songs.

Their songs are still played by various music channels.

Salil Chaudhary : One of the best musicians of India.

He brought in rare eastern Indian music to mainstream cinema.

His songs were very soothing and classic.

Shiv Hari : Shiv Kumar Sharma and Hari Prasad Chaurasia were renowned classical artistes.

Shiv ji had mastery over Santoor and Hari Prasad ji had mastery over flute.

They both composed legendary hindi film songs.

MM Kreem : MM Kreem is adored across southern India.

He composed wonderful songs in hindi cinema and southern movies.

This multi awardee (Academy award, Golden Globe, National award) is admired for his talent.

Fact : Many Indian musicians (Kishore Kumar, Rafi, Mukesh, Sri Ravi Shankar, Zakir Hussain, Illayaraja, AR Rehman have enriched music world)

Well : “Music is the highest art and, to those who understand is the highest worship” : Swami Vivekanand

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What are some of the best "fun facts" you have heard?

 Here are some fun facts!

1.There's a statue of Jason Voorhees, the “Friday the 13th” serial killer, chained to the bottom of a Minnesota lake.

2. Venus and Uranus are the only planets to spin clockwise.

Venus spins almost completely upside down, completing one full rotation in 243 Earth days. Uranus spins on its side, with its axis of rotation tilted over 98° compared to its orbit.

3. Abraham Lincoln was the only President to be a licensed bartender.

4. Allodoxaphobia is the fear of other people’s opinions.

5. The real name for a hashtag is an octothorpe.

6. The first person processed at Ellis Island was a 15-year-old girl from Ireland, Annie Moore on January 1,1892.

A statue of Annie Moore and her two brothers stands in the Irish harbor they departed from.

7. Napoleon Bonaparte was once attacked by a swarm of rabbits.

8. The liver is the only human organ that can fully regenerate itself.

9. The oldest continuous sporting event in the U.S. is the Kentucky Derby. The first race took place on May 17, 1875, at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.

10. The Terminator” script was sold for $1. James Cameron sold the rights and script for The Terminator to producer Gale Anne Hurd for $1 in 1983.

This deal allowed Cameron to secure his first major feature film directing job, overcoming studio resistance that wanted the script but refused to trust an unknown director.

11. There were active volcanoes on the moon when dinosaurs were alive.

Physical evidence reveals that the Moon was still spouting lava as recently as 120 million years ago, overlapping perfectly with the Cretaceous period when dinosaurs like the T. rex and Triceratops roamed Earth.

12. Coco Chanel is credited for originating the little black dress back in the 1920s. In 1926, Coco Chanel published a simple, calf-length black sheath dress in American Vogue.

The magazine dubbed it "Chanel’s Ford," comparing it to the accessible, democratic nature of the Model T automobile.

13. Lobsters have blue blood. Unlike human blood, which is red because it relies on iron-based hemoglobin to transport oxygen, lobster blood (hemolymph) is copper-based. They use a protein called hemocyanin.

14. The longest over-water flight without alternate airports is from the coast of California to Honolulu, Hawaii (I’ve flown this flight many times!).

The flight from the California coast to Honolulu is one of the most famous long-haul over-water routes, spanning roughly 2,400 miles over the open Pacific Ocean.

15. The first successful electric car in the U.S. was made by chemist William Morrison in 1890.

It was built as a six-passenger wagon, modified from a standard horse-drawn carriage provided by the Des Moines Buggy Company.

The vehicle utilized a 24-cell storage battery and was driven by an electric motor attached to the rear wheels.

It boasted a top speed of roughly 14 mph and could travel up to 50 miles on a single charge.

16. Clarinets are made almost entirely out of wood from the mpingo tree.

Billets of Mpingo wood at various stages of clarinet production. Photo courtesy of Mitchell Estrin

The wood's high density (it is so heavy it sinks in water) and tight, uniform grain provide excellent projection and rich, warm tonal qualities favored by classical and jazz musicians.

Mpingo: The Endangered Tree

Mpingo behaves more like metal than wood during machining and resists warping and cracking when exposed to the moisture and temperature changes that happen while playing.

Baby Mpingo tree

17. Australia is wider than the moon. Australia's width spans approximately 4,000 kilometers (about 2,500 miles) from east to west.

Who’s your daddy??

This is notably wider than the Moon, which has a diameter of just 3,474 kilometers (about 2,159 miles).

18. A group of owls is called a parliament. This delightfully poetic collective noun ties into the owl's long-standing mythical association with wisdom and contemplation, qualities historically linked to ancient deities like the Greek goddess Athena.

A Parliament

19. Neptune has the strongest winds in the solar system reaching up to speeds of 1500 miles an hour. These winds blow faster than the speed of sound. For comparison, the speed of sound on Earth is about 767 miles per hour.

The planet is almost entirely fluid with no solid landmasses, allowing these massive storms (like the famous Earth-sized dark vortices) to whip around the globe without anything to slow them down.

20. Somewhere between 50% and 80% of earth's living organisms are in the ocean. The oceans contain roughly 99% of the habitable space on the planet by volume.

Marine organisms (like phytoplankton, algae, and cyanobacteria) produce between 50% and 80% of the oxygen we breathe.

Despite holding the majority of Earth's species, scientists estimate that we have only explored about 20% of the ocean. In fact, nearly 90% of the ocean's volume is a dark, cold environment.