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An eerie, smiling child wearing facepaint sits, head cocked to one side, at the back of a gloomy, dimly lit classroom. The classmates around him all sit with their heads on the tables in front of them.

The Best 2025 Horror Movies for Your Halloween Hangovers

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A Terrifying Daphne du Maurier Story Collection, in Time for Halloween

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A man wearing a white shirt and black suspenders concentrates as he takes a saw to a leg that's bent before him on a surgical table. The room is green with large windows.

Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ Centers a Macabre Adonis

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A disturbed looking woman with bloody flecks on her face stands in the dark with one arm raised.

Who Were the Real Ed and Lorraine Warren of ‘The Conjuring’ Franchise?

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A woman in 1970s attire stands on a dimly list staircase, looking up in fear. Behind her is a younger woman with an old fashioned camera hanging around her neck.

‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’ Offers Hope, Love and (Of Course) Projectile Vomiting

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‘Alien: Earth’ Is One of the Best Shows So Far This Year

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A small boy, viewed from behind, in dim morning light stands facing a window, stretching the curtains open.

Tragedy, Sorcery and Gore: ‘Weapons’ Is a Forboding Thriller

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A woman and man, both wet and disheveled stand in an underground cave, surrounded by detritus.

Codependency Phobia? New Body Horror ‘Together’ Is Here to Destroy You

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A white man carrying a bow runs through a field, arrows strapped to his back, looking fearful. To his right is a young teenage boy, also desperately running. Behind them, three bloodied and dirtied figures give chase.

‘28 Years Later’ Is the Most Gloriously Unhinged Movie You’ll See All Year

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