Five is the number of balance.  Five symbolizes man. Health. Love.  Marriage. Combining the female number 2 (heh) with the male number three.  The Pythagoreans referred to five as "hieros gamos" or the marriage between heaven and earth.

Five is the number of the human being.  Symbolizing four limbs and a head. Equipped with 5 senses: sight - hearing - taste - smell - touch.  Leo is the 5th astrological sign in the zodiac. It is the number of Mercury. Lucky for Gemini and virgo.  In tarot, five is the card for the Hierophant (the pope) symbolizing peace and harmony. Reversed, it indicates vulnerability.

There are five vowels in the English alphabet.  Five arms on a regular starfish. An earthworm has five hearts.  There are five Olympic rings. Symbolizing the five continents. Five Stooges.  Five Jacksons. Five elements, according to Captain Planet. There are five oceans.  Five great lakes. Five victims of Jack the Ripper. King John I was king of France for only 5 days as a newborn baby before being murdered and replaced by his uncle Philip.  Guy Fawkes planned to blow up the house of parliament in London on November the fifth.

There are five books in the Torah.  Five wounds of Jesus Christ. David killed the giant Goliath with only five pebbles.  There are five symbols in the Luther Rose. Five points on a pentagram. The Hamsa Hand amulet is a powerful symbol in the middle east.  It is used as magical protection against the evil eye. Hamsa means five.

Five is a dichotomy,  Representing tranquility one minute and chaos the next.  What horrors await us as we embrace the 5th anniversary of a butt numb a thon featuring wonderful, unbeatable scary movies?  Pestilence? Plague? That god awful feeling of grabbing something and having your nail bend back too far and leaving a crease in it?  All of that and Gingerdead Man, too, my pretties. So whaddya say our eyes rip some fire and we end some futures together? Yeah? I'll bring a Chex Mix. Join here now and receive a free t-shirt* Brought to you by this monster.

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10 Anniversary Films:
- Martin The Blood Lover - Happy 40th Marty
- Horror of Dracula - Cheers on your 50th Drack
- Maniac Cop - 30 years of servin' and protectin'
- Surveillance - Congrats on your 10th gruesome twosome.
- Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein - 70 years strong.  True love never dies.
- The Blob - 60 years young.  Fun fact: the same age as "teenage" Steve McQueen in this film.
- Vertigo - Happy diamond anniversary Vertie.
- Tokyo Gore Police - Ten years isn't enough time to get ready for this, but congrats.
- Gingerdead Man 2 - Happy 10th Gingey.  New gumdrop buttons comin' yer way.
- Apt Pupil - 20 years old this year.  So far too old for Bryan Singer to desire it anymore.

6 Countries:
Coven: USA  -- Tokyo Gore Police: Japan  -- Rare Exports: Finland -- Parents: Canada -- The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh: Italy -- We're Gong to Eat You: China

6 Decades:
Edison's Frankenstein: 1910's  -- It Comes at Night: 2010's -- Nightbreed: 1990's  -- Re-Animator: 1980's -- Shivers: 1970's -- The Blob: 1950's

6 Films Pre 1970:
Frankenstein (1910)  -- Horror of Dracula (1958)  -- The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)  -- Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)  -- The Blob (1958) -- Vertigo (1958)
6 From the Horror Icons Roster:
Nightbreed (Clive Barker)  -- Martin (George Romero) -- Shivers (David Cronenberg) -- Maniac Cop (William Lustig) -- The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardth (Sergio Martino) -- Horror of Dracula (Terence Fisher)

2 Flying Things That Kill
Turbulence  -- Left Behind

1 Silent Film:
Edison's Frankenstein

1 Aquatic Menace:
Anaconda

2 Female Directed Films:
Surveillance (Jennifer Chambers Lynch)  -- American Mary (Soska Sisters)

1 Killer Inanimate Object:
Death Bed: THE BED THAT EATS

Starring Barbara Crampton:
Re-Animator

And 2 Tobe Hooper Films:
Lifeforce -- Spontaneous Combustion

Watch responsibly everyone.  

(*nah they're gone now)