May 11, 2025

Taking pride in the paranormal

BY TYLER BATTEN In a residential tower overlooking Fairview Park Mall in Kitchener, I met up with a couple of eccentric ghost hunters who are proudly attempting to unite an unlikely pairing – homosexuality and the paranormal. They self-describe as the “first openly gay paranormal team” in Ontario’s history. Mark Larocque and Trevor Bishop, the duo that run the Ontario Gay Paranormal Society, are both in their late 30s and … Continued

Paranormal franchise fatigued

BY COLE FROUDE Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones is the fifth entry into the found footage franchise, giving fans more scares.  However, despite expanding the back story the film doesn’t move the franchise’s storyline forward. Found footage, according to Wikipedia, is a genre of film making, especially horror, in which all or a substantial part of a film is presented as discovered film or video recordings, often left behind by … Continued