In the high-tech world of business, the message is now quicker than the eye. From rapidly flashing slogans on a computer screen to surreptitious exhortations hidden in background music, packages are ...

We don’t ever see Pazuzu, the demonic presence that possesses Regan in 'The Exorcist’, right? He’s content to use the youngster like a puppet, spinning her head, spewing up her guts and doing mean ...

Blink and you'll miss them — or at least you think you will. But researchers have found that not only are subliminal messages capable of getting through to an audience, but that the more negative the ...

Flag waving is a metaphor for stirring up the public towards adopting a more nationalistic, generally hard-line stance. Indeed, "rally 'round the flag" is a venerable expression of this phenomenon. It ...

Subliminal advertising first made its modern debut in a 1957 advertisement, during which a brief message flashed, telling viewers to eat popcorn and drink Coca-Cola. Since that time, subliminal ...

One of the strangest yet most well-known court cases blaming a band for a fan’s suicide concluded 25 years ago, on Aug. 24, 1990. On trial was the British heavy metal band Judas Priest, who released ...

Judas Priest bassist Ian Hill recalled how their 1990 trial over alleged subliminal messaging had put the band in doubt over its own innocence. The metal icons were summoned to court in the aftermath ...

Counting books caused Julie Stover to stay awake at night. And she discovered, to her dismay, that counting sheep couldn`t make her sleep. So to cure the insomnia she developed while taking inventory ...

Based on the short story “Eight O’Clock in the Morning” by Ray Nelson, They Live stars the late professional wrestler Rowdy Roddy Piper as a drifter named Nada (Spanish for nothing). He finds a ...

Jerusalem, Dec. 27, 2007 – Flag waving is a metaphor for stirring up the public towards adopting a more nationalistic, generally hard-line stance. Indeed, “rally ‘round the flag” is a venerable ...