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Publisher
Scream! Factory
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
'Knock once to wake her from her bed, twice to raise her from the dead' ... So goes a disturbing urban legend involving an abandoned house supposedly inhabited by a vengeful, child-stealing witch. When troubled teen Chloe raps at the door one night, she has no idea the horror she is about to unleash.
Publisher
Discovery Communications
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman perform experiments to verify or debunk urban legends, old wives' tales, and the like. Various myths are tested on the show as well as the results of the experiments (the myths are Busted, Plausible, or Confirmed).
6) Mammal
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
[2007], c1996
Language
English
Description
Reveals the most amazing facts and folklore about our favorite furry animals. Towering or tiny, ferocious or friendly, mammals trot, hop, swim, and soar. Meet the creatures that make up this huge and varied family.
7) Big fish
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Language
English
Formats
Description
William Bloom, is a young man who never really knew his now dying father, Edward - outside of the tall tales his dad told him about growing up. During Edward's last days William and his wife Josephine hold a bedside vigil next to the old man as he recollects elaborate memories of his yourth. Still doubting the legends and folklore, William makes a journey to meet a mysterious woman from whom Edward had bought property.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The mythbusting team, including their fearless leaders Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, serves up its share of explosive entertainment, blowing up myths with bazookas, RPGs, C4, and of course, a toilet bomb. But no collection would be complete without things that drive and fly, hence the rigorous test-driving of some green machines, and we ainâ‚‚t talking color, plus a duct-tape airplane, and did we mention the rocket sled?
Publisher
Distributed by New Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Five beautifully adapted stories that encourage a love for reading for the pre- or early reader. In the beloved classic The Napping House, Granny and all the critters in her house pile on her bed for a nap ... until a little flea causes a big stir. Somebody's got an itch! Other stories include Each Peach Pear Plum; Drummer Hoff; Bear Snores On; Wild About Books.
12) Candyman
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Oscarʼ winner Jordan Peele and filmmaker Nia DaCosta unleash a fresh take on the blood-chilling urban legend: Candyman. For decades, the housing projects of Chicago's Cabrini-Green were terrorized by a ghost story about a supernatural, hook handed killer. In present day, an artist (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) begins to explore the macabre history of Candyman, not knowing it would unravel his sanity and unleash a terrifying wave of violence that puts him...
Publisher
Gaiam Americas
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman are special effects experts who will stop at nothing to find the truth. Using modern day science, they put everyday mythis and urban legends to the test to determine what's busted, and what's confirmed. Joined by fellow MythBusters Tory Belleci, Kari Byron, and Grant Imahara, this team is always ready to take it to the next level with explosive results. Contains ten episodes.
Publisher
Severin Films
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"WOODLANDS DARK AND DAYS BEWITCHED explores the folk horror phenomenon from its beginnings in a trilogy of films - Michael Reeves' Witchfinder General (1968), Piers Haggard's Blood on Satan's Claw (1971) and Robin Hardy's The Wicker Man (1973) - through its proliferation on British television in the 1970s and its culturally specific manifestations in American, Asian, Australian and European horror, to the genre's revival over the last decade. Touching...
18) Dreamkeeper
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
A century-old storyteller and his grandson, a troubled 17-year-old boy, embark on a cross-country journey toward self-discovery. Like Pete's wise tales themselves, Dreamkeeper is important and illuminating storytelling for the entire family.
Publisher
Discovery
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Fill three discs with twelve episodes of crazy science mayhem. Throw in a rocket-powered ejector seat, some knives, guns, and swords, and you've got the twelfth season of MYTHBUSTERS. Strap on your crash helmet for this mind-blowing concoction from your favorite mythbusting team.
20) Urban legend
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
When New England college student Natalie finds herself at the center of a series of sadistic murders seemingly inspired by urban legends, she resolves to find the truth about Pendleton's own legend--a twenty-five-year-old story of a student massacre at the hands of an abnormal Psych professor.