POINT DOOM

Messiah of Evil is a masterwork of cosmic horror

BY JASON SHAWHAN

Arletty (Marianna Hill) has come to Point Dume to solve a mystery. Her father, an acclaimed artist who has found inspiration in this section of coastal California, has vanished, leaving behind an amazing home and the consumptive horror of an unavoidable cosmic event growing ever closer with every moment that passes. Quaalude-paced and absintheaggressive, the debut film from writerdirector team Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz (American Graffiti, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Howard the Duck) delivers the kind of grand, inexorable transcendence that one would hope for from a title like Messiah of Evil.

Rightfully acclaimed as one of the greats of hippie horror (that is, horror that happens to hippies, not horror that is caused by hip- pies — think Let’s Scare Jessica to Death, not I Drink Your Blood), this is the kind of trippy nightmare that winds its way through the subconscious and curls up, quietly, until the most inopportune of moments. Katz and Huyck have a gift for the visceral terror that comes from the violation of the social contract, mak ing the grocery store and the movie theater and the gas station into the sites of terrors previously bound to creaky hallways, chaotic beach parties and battlefields.

Messiah of Evil (screening as part of the Belcourt’s ongoing 1973 series on a 35 mm print under one of its alternate titles, Dead People) really is a masterwork of cosmic horror, finding elements equally rooted in folklore and family narrative tradition as well as authors like Lovecraft and Derleth (et al.). One of the enduring truths of horror cinema is that a town with a secret and a family mystery are bedrocks of the genre, but the combination of a family mystery and a town with a secret is a foundation that will stand for as long as society does. Much respect is also due the impeccable outfits and the presence of legendary character actors Elisha Cook Jr. and Joy Bang. Gird your loins and gear up for one of the unheralded classics of ’70s horror cinema, on a wellloved print as well.

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Office”), and the owner of the debt secured having requested the undersigned to advertise and sell the property described in and conveyed by said Deed of Trust, all of the said indebtedness having become immediately due and payable by default in the payment of a part thereof, at the option of the owner, this is to give notice that the undersigned will, on June 15, 2023, commencing at 10:30 a.m. at the main north door of the Williamson County Judicial Center, 135 4th Ave South, Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee 37064 proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, by Trustee’s deed pursuant to the terms and conditions announced at such sale, all of Trustee’s right, title and interest in the following described property situated in Williamson County, State of Tennessee (“Real Estate”), to wit:

LAND SITUATED IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE:

A tract of land in the 6th Civil District of Williamson County, Tennessee, being Lots No. 1 and 2, of a subdivision of the P.M. Chaffin Farm, and described as follows:

Beginning with a point in the center of Temple Road in line with the stone wall along Temple’s East boundary line, said point being the same point as the point indicating the Northeast corner of a parcel designated for future development, (adjacent to the Mary L Rudolph property), of Temple Hills Country Club Estates of record in Plat Book 11, Page 136, sheet#3 of 5, Register’s Office of Williamson County, TN, running thence with the center of said road South 80 degrees 15 minutes East 350 feet to an iron pin; thence Southwardly 1555 feet to an iron pin; thence North 60 degrees West 256.0 feet to a corner post in Temple’s East line; thence North 4 degrees East 1455 feet to the point of beginning.

Being the same property conveyed to MS Rochester Close, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company, by Deed from Katherine Harper Morales, unmarried, dated 02/19/2021 and appearing of record in Book 8433 page 266

Register’s office for Williamson County, Tennessee. WITH A MUNICIPAL ADDRESS OF 6394 TEMPLE ROAD, FRANKLIN, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE 37069.

The foregoing shall be sold together with any and all other property, real and personal, which constitutes the Property as that term is defined in the Deed of Trust, but specifically excluding any cash, accounts, deposits, escrows, refunds reserves, impounds and other cash or cash equivalents.

Interested Parties

M5 Rochester Close, LLC Benjamin & Darlys, LLC David Chadwick Taylor The Real Estate will be sold to the highest and best bidder for cash (or for credit against the Obligations if Lender is the highest bidder). All bidders must register at the sale, execute a bidding agreement, and provide the Trustee with a bidder’s deposit of $485,000 by cashier’s or certified check, payable to the Trustee (except for the party secured by the Deed of Trust). The bidding agreement may be obtained in advance of the sale by request to the undersigned. Additional terms may be announced at the sale. The right is hereby reserved to postpone or adjourn this sale, without further publication or notice, by public announcement at the time and place appointed for such sale or for such postponed or adjourned sale. All announcements made at the sale shall take precedence over the terms and conditions of this notice. In said Deed of Trust, Borrower expressly waived the statutory right of redemption, and any and all rights of homestead; dower; all other exemptions and marital rights. Title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Trustee.

Title is to be conveyed without any covenant or warranty, express or implied, and any matters having priority over the Deed of Trust and matters which may affect or encumber the Property following the sale, such as rights of parties in possession; rights of tenants in possession under unrecorded leases or rental agreements; visible and apparent easements; portion of the property within any roadway; any encroachment, encumbrance, violation, variation, or adverse circumstance affecting the title that would be disclosed by an accurate and complete land survey of the land; all leases, grants, exceptions or reservations of coal, lignite, oil, gas and other minerals, together with all rights, privileges and immunities relating thereto, appearing in the Public Records; all matters shown on any applicable recorded plat; taxes or assessments that are not shown as existing liens by the records of any taxing authority that levies taxes or assessments on real property or by the public records; proceedings by a public agency that may result in taxes or assessments, or notices of such proceedings, whether or not shown by the records of such agency or by the public records; taxes assessed by correction pursuant to the provisions of T.C.A. §675-603, et seq.; matters that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose; any facts, rights, interests, or claims that are not shown by the public records but that could be ascertained by an inspection of the Property or that may be asserted by persons in possession of the Property; any encroachment, encumbrance, violation, variation, or adverse circumstance affecting the title that would be disclosed by an accurate and complete land survey of the Property and not shown by the public records; any mineral or mineral rights leased, granted or retained by current or prior owners; prior liens, claims and encumbrances including, without limitation, leases and other agreements; assessments, building lines, easements, covenants, and restrictions that may exist; any lien or right to lien for services, labor or material imposed by law and not shown by the public records; and, statutory rights of redemption of any governmental agency including, but not limited to, the right of redemption of the Internal Revenue Service pursuant to 26 U.S.C. §7425(d)(1), of the State of Tennessee pursuant to T.C.A. §67-1-1433(c)(1), or of any other taxing authority.

Joseph R. Prochaska, as agent for

Thomas T. Pennington, Trustee Reno & Cavanaugh, PLLC 424 Church Street, Suite 2910 Nashville, TN 37219 Telephone (615) 866-2322

Publication On: May 25, June 1, and June 8, 2023.

Non-Resident Notice

Fourth Circuit

Docket No. 14D1063

TALIA ELAINE CROUSE vs. THOMAS JEFFERSON CROUSE

In this cause it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the defendant is a nonresident of the State of Tennessee, therefore the ordinary process of law cannot be served upon Talia Elaine Crouse.

It is ordered that said Defendant enter HER appearance herein with thirty (30) days after June 1st 2023, same being the date of the last publication of this notice to be held at the Metropolitan Circuit Court located at 1 Public Square, Room 302, Nashville, Tennessee, and defend or default will be taken on July 3rd 2023. It is therefore ordered that a copy of this Order be published for four (4) weeks succession in the Nashville Scene, a newspaper published in Nashville.

Joseph P. Day, Clerk

Bill Riggs, Deputy Clerk

Date: May 4, 2023

Chelsey A. Stevenson

Robert J. Turner

Attorneys for Plaintiff NSC 5/11, 5/18, 5/25, 6/1/23

Non-Resident Notice

Third Circuit

Docket No. 23D446

JOSHUA RYAN JAMES vs. Lindsay M. James

In this cause it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the defendant is a nonresident of the

State of Tennessee, therefore the ordinary process of law cannot be served upon Lindsay M. James.

It is ordered that said Defendant enter her appearance herein with thirty (30) days after June 8th 2023, same being the date of the last publication of this notice to be held at the Metropolitan Circuit Court located at 1 Public Square, Room 302, Nashville, Tennessee, and defend or default will be taken on July 10th 2023. It is therefore ordered that a copy of this Order be published for four (4) weeks succession in the Nashville Scene, a newspaper published in Nashville.

Joseph P. Day, Clerk

Bill Riggs, Deputy Clerk

Date: May 11, 2023

Frank E. Mondelli Sr. Attorney for Plaintiff NSC 5/18, 5/25, 6/1, 6/8/23

Non-Resident Notice

Third Circuit Docket No. 14D573

Ersel Tim Cooper vs. Connie Sue Cooper

In this cause it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the defendant is a nonresident of the State of Tennessee, therefore the ordinary process of law cannot be served upon Ersel Tim Cooper. It is ordered that said Defendant enter him appearance herein with thirty (30) days after June 15th 2023, same being the date of the last publication of this notice to be held at the Metropolitan Circuit Court located at 1 Public Square, Room 302, Nashville, Tennessee, and defend or default will be taken on July 17th 2023. It is therefore ordered that a copy of this Order be published for four (4) weeks succession in the Nashville Scene, a newspaper published in Nashville.

Joseph P. Day, Clerk

Bill Riggs, Deputy Clerk

Date: May 18, 2023

Morgan E. Smith

Attorneys for Plaintiff NSC 5/25, 6/1, 6/8, 6/15/23

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