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Meagan Navarro

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Horror movie journalist. Head Critic and writer for @BDisgusting . Co-host of @bdisgustingpod .

Houston, TX

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Joined May 2013

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2 years

A massive career highlight: Getting to moderate and witness this candid and insightful conversation between David Bruckner and Clive Barker over Hellraiser's legacy, Jamie Clayton's Hell Priest, the need for female monsters and much more. #Hellraiser

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‘Hellraiser’ – An Exclusive Conversation Between Clive Barker & David Bruckner on the Franchise’s...

Hulu’s Hellraiser, a reimagining of Clive Barker’s 1987 horror classic from director David Bruckner, has opened the box and is exclusively available to stream on Hulu now. The feature film was...

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2 years

"It's not scary therefore it sucked"- one of my least favorite criticisms of a horror movie.

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Happy 30th to BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA and its centerpiece: Eiko Ishioka's incredible costuming.

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The cast of PREDATOR giving PREY star Amber Midthunder her flowers is absolutely sending me. 💚

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1 year

Queens. All of them.

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3 years

You aren't owed likeable characters, and depiction doesn't equal endorsement.

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@valhallabckgirl HE MADE THEM A TINY PICNIC TABLE!! I'm losing it. 🤣🤣🤣

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2 years

Listen. These rowdy reactions to the new SPIDER-MAN? I'm gonna need y'all to bring that same energy next month for SCREAM. I'm ready.

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A24's April Fool's Day prank: instead of screening MIDSOMMAR the director's cut, we got BEAU IS AFRAID. What a demented, imaginative, and darkly comical odyssey through guilt and repression.

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I just saw a TV spot for AMBULANCE that began with "Critics hate Michael Bay movies... but not this one!" and I lost it.

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Happy 20th to TLOTR: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING and the most effective and unexpected jump scare in cinema. 💚

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3 years

I love how the posters for the FEAR STREET trilogy overlap and connect to each other.

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3 years

Dear horror docs, women love horror too. I promise.

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4 years

Thank you for all the horror memories and unforgettable roles, John Saxon. You'll be greatly missed. ❤

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3 years

Rebecca Ferguson appreciation tweet, because good grief.

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A Katie Parker appreciation post. Because of all Mike Flanagan's recurring actors, this chameleon actress is so good at losing herself in her characters that she rarely gets recognized.

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“Why is Regan possessed by a devil in ‘The Exorcist?’ We don’t know." ...But we do. Regan plays with a Ouija board, using it frequently enough for Pazuzu to act as pal "Captain Howdy" to lower her guard. The movie explains this.

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Bret Easton Ellis: Modern Mainstream Horror Is Mostly ‘Bland’ and ‘Inoffensive’

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Look, I just want to write about this movie for the rest of the year. If you could all do me a solid and see it April 5 so I can dig into it more, I would greatly appreciate it. As for now, here's my spoiler free gushing.

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[SXSW Review] ‘Pet Sematary’ Cuts Right Through the Heart of Grief and Abject Terror

When the second trailer dropped for the new adaptation of Pet Sematary, reactions were divisive. A major departure in Stephen King’s overly familiar story seemed to give everything away in that one...

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3 years

Horror doesn't need empathy or even likeable characters to have merit.

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4 years

Apropos of nothing, this is a Bill Paxton appreciation post. I really miss Bill Paxton. He brightened every movie.

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4 years

Everyone, I'd like you to meet Eddie Munster. He's the runt of his litter with big dreams of becoming a Wolfcop someday.

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"Because you were home" is such an iconic, bone-chilling line that can't easily be borrowed and repurposed in another horror movie. It doesn't have the same impact.

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4 years

I disagree that jump scares require no skill. They take timing, precision, and often a lot forethought. Bathsheba above the wardrobe in THE CONJURING works well bc Wan spends time conditioning the audience to expect scares from inside it, not above, long before it happens.

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MAC AND ME is playing on Pluto TV again, which means I'm once again in awe that this is a movie that exists.

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3 years

Sunday is for tacos and horror movies.

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2 years

Rebecca Ferguson on a bridge unsheathing is sword. That's it. All I need to know for the new MISSION IMPOSSIBLE.

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1 year

People conflating depiction with "romanticizing" or "normalizing" is my villain origin story.

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3 years

Well played, Radio Silence. #Scream

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2 years

What a welcome return to Woodsboro #Scream is! A razor sharp, bloody introspection on the genre and Wes Craven's legacy. All the feels and one hell of a genre start to 2022. My horror heart is so full.

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3 years

If you're looking for some women directed horror movies to watch today in celebration of #InternationalWomansDay , here's a few recs off the beaten path!

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10 Horror Movies Directed by Women You Maybe Haven’t Seen

In terms of celebrations, February might be the shortest month of the year, but it’s also one of the busiest. Black History Month, numerous holidays like Valentine’s Day, notable festivities like...

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😱 Wow wow wow.

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THE GREEN KNIGHT, what an absolute meal of a movie in every way. I'm so full.

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In need of a good scare or twenty? THE NIGHT HOUSE is now available to stream on HBO Max!

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4 years

Currently watching LAST ACTION HERO, and I don't think we appreciate Tom Noonan enough.

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Sometimes I think about Mr. Dudley's monologue about his wife in THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE. Robert Longstreet is so good at engendering empathy and pulling those heartstrings.

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EVE'S BAYOU is available to stream on Prime Video now, in case you're searching for great movies to kick off the new year.

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Oh hey, it's me! In the final #Scream trailer! 🔪

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It took almost a decade, but I'm glad ATTACK THE BLOCK is finally trending and its audience growing.

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3 months

Did you know THANKSGIVING will be streaming on Netflix this Saturday? THANKSGIVING will be on Netflix this Saturday.

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4 years

Since I'm on a streak defending maligned slasher remakes of the aughts, I'd just like to put this out into the universe: Jaume Collet-Serra's HOUSE OF WAX is good, and I will die on that hill.

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2 years

Huh.

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Know how I got into horror? GHOSTBUSTERS. I was 4. But from that opening scene at the library, I was hooked. From then on I'd accompany my dad to the video store and pick out anything that looked like it had monsters in it. The feeling never left. How'd you get into horror?

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I've said it before, but it bears repeating: SpectreVision is a company deserving of more love. They're unafraid to take risks and have delivered some of our horror faves over the years- A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT, MANDY, DANIEL ISN'T REAL, COLOR OUT OF SPACE, and more.

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1 year

If the dominating film award winners tell me anything, it's that we need more of this.

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SADAKO VS KAYAKO was released a couple years ago, but I only just learned today that there was a tie-in "cup edge" figurine set and I really want them. I need cursed beverages, you guys. 😭

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2 years

I made Judy Hicks' lemon squares to close out SCREAM week. And they don't taste like ass!🔪

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Revisiting IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS, and I've concluded that I adore Sam Neill in all things. All. The. Things. But I love him the most when he does horror. #IReadSutterCane

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What maniacs think GREMLINS isn't a holiday movie???

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We asked over 1,800 movie fans where they stood on the eternal holiday movie debate. Where do you stand? Watch all of these titles and more on Vudu today!

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Missed one of last year's scariest horror movies? Mark this on your calendar: THE NIGHT HOUSE is coming to HBO Max on 4/8.

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#TIFF2022 Midnight Madness screening of PEARL dropped a major #xmovie bombshell with a post credit teaser: we're getting a third movie,MAXXXINE, set in 1985!! SCREAMING. 😍

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Realizing that SCREAM releases on the same weekend that YELLOWJACKETS' season finale drops. Which means that Jasmin Savoy Brown is the weekend's horror MVP.

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4 years

Samara Weaving in READY OR NOT is an entire mood I'm feeling at the end of 2019.

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1 year

May 2023 be the year we finally get BRAINDEAD (DEAD ALIVE) ON 4K.

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2 years

The thing that breaks my heart and makes me so, so tired is that every time healthcare gets restricted even further, you'll find countless people opening up past scars and traumas to explain why access is important. We shouldn't have to publicly expose our pain for healthcare.

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For obvious reasons, go watch MARIANNE on Netflix. Here's where I implored people to watch in 2019:

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“Marianne” is Netflix’s Most Terrifying Original Horror Yet

Netflix has had a fairly good track record with original horror titles. Sure, there are a few duds, but with offerings like Apostle, Gerald’s Game, The Ritual, Hush, Calibre, The Chilling Adventures...

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5 years

Also, special shout out to Bill Skarsgård incorporating his lazy eye into Pennywise. It remains a subtle, yet effective touch in the character's creepiness.

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4 years

So this is an actual grave in a Salt Lake City cemetery and I'm officially obsessed.

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3 years

Rewatching THE RUINS, an underrated and gnarly body horror movie, and I realized that the 2006 source novel was Scott Smith's last. Would love another horror novel by the author.

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3 years

What if James Wan made a bonkers '90s Giallo? That's #Malignant - this bloody romp has the video store era horror fan in mind and feels like a delightfully violent return to the type of horror we don't get anymore. It's fun!

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2 years

Holy shit. MEN builds into something completely wild and unexpected. A quiet unsettling before surreal insanity. Still pondering over it days later, but one thing I am certain of: Rory Kinnear is operating on a whole new level and one of the absolute greats.

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3 years

You know, I've wondered recently about what horror movies we'd remember or talk about 10-15 years from now with the constant barrage of new releases. But I do feel confident that MALIGNANT will definitely be one of them.

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Oh hey! It's the 26th! Which means PIG is now available on Hulu.

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ZOEY'S EXTRAORDINARY'S PLAYLIST premiered when I was losing my dad quickly to an awful disease. Zoey's journey with grief and loss coincided at the exact moment in my life when I wanted -needed- to feel seen. It's still a journey. So #SaveZoeysPlaylist please.

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My mom, who doesn't watch movies much, was very proud to tell me about this movie she found and was enthralled by- to the point of getting mad at a phone call interruption. That movie? EVIL DEAD. I raised her well.

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2 years

TERRIFIER 2 hit Screambox. New deadite image from EVIL DEAD RISE. A prequel series for FRIDAY THE 13TH is on the way. Good grief, it's a horror feast on Halloween.

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6 years

My cat is practicing in case Salem needs a body double next season of CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA.

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4 years

Any time I see Javier Botet listed in the credits of a horror movie, it becomes an instant must watch. He's responsible for sooo many fantastic, often terrifying movie monsters.

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All I'll say for now is that you'd better secure your #ScreamVI opening weekend tickets now. I LOVED it and I'm still riding the high. Intense, thrilling, heartfelt, smart. I'm a happy, happy gal.

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2 years

When you notice TITANE is now streaming on Hulu

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3 years

THE FRIGHTENERS turns 25 today! I celebrate this charming '90s horror-comedy by looking back at its miniatures. That's right, you heard me.

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Celebrating ‘The Frighteners’ at 25 and Peter Jackson’s Magical World of Miniatures

Many of the best effects tend to go unheralded. Those effects are so well done that audiences never even realize what they’re seeing is an effect at all; it’s just taken for granted. The Frighteners,...

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4 years

Just received the most perfectly splendid mailer ever. A chest full of creepy talismans and totems from #BlyManor . #Netflix Twitter watch party is Friday, Oct 9 midnight pst! 👻 #TheHauntingOfBlyManor

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7 months

New Carpenter quote just dropped: "Well, the thing about Guillermo was that he did a movie about a girl f-cking a fish. We weren't going to do that. So there was no Oscar in our future. You have to have this girl f-ck a fish ... in order to win the Oscars."

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Hey! I caught up with the almighty @TheHorrorMaster to talk his new series #SuburbanScreams , returning to directing, #Halloween (the movie and the holiday), UFOs, the ending of The Thing, basketball, video games, and a lot more!

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2 years

ICYMI: ANTLERS is heading to HBO Max on Feb 11. (NIGHTMARE ALLEY arrives Feb 1)

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2 years

Your periodic reminder to support your public library. They're magical places and I love them.

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1 year

THE MENU is coming to HBO Max on January 3rd.

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4 years

On its 15th anniversary, CONSTANTINE remains great, and no longer an underdog if it ever was. But I do think Peter Stormare is underappreciated as Lucifer. So hail Lucifer, and this movie.

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3 years

Happiest of birthdays to the Patron Saint of Misfits and Monsters, Guillermo del Toro.

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3 years

Happy 25th to one of my most formative childhood horror movies, THE CRAFT!

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3 years

While I'm pumped for the new Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury movie coming to Shudder, I'm *dying* for an update on when their aquatic horror movie THE DEEP HOUSE is coming to the US. I noticed it's releasing in French theaters on June 30, so it's only a matter of time, right?

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3 years

HOUSE OF WAX (2005) is currently available to stream on Tubi!!

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4 years

We're all drawn to horror movies for different reasons. Horror subjective and fear is personal. Luckily, horror can be many things! Whether you prefer dread, jump scares, or atmosphere, it's all welcome in my book. The more the merrier, I say.

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I'm just a girl, standing in front of my 4k shelf, wondering when we'll get FREAKED and BRAINDEAD (DEAD ALIVE) on 4K?

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1 year

Between this week's release of M3GAN and this summer's release of MEG 2: THE TRENCH, I'd like to declare 2023 as the year of the Megs.

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2 years

SCREAM, STUDIO 666, X- Jenna Ortega is on a bone-crunching horror movie roll and I love it.

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5 years

Mister Academy, you could have nominated her. I gave you all the clues.

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Toni Collette: The Matriarch of Modern Horror

The first, and last, time actress Toni Collette was nominated for an Academy Award, it was for her portrayal of single mother Lynn Sear in M. Night Shyamalan’s horror film The Sixth Sense. She’s...

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3 years

It's about that time of year where I revisit OVER THE GARDEN WALL.

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3 years

More werewolf horror! That's it. That's the tweet. 🐺

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3 years

I want a horror movie in the vein of THE EXPENDABLES, but instead of action stars it's monsters, and the actors that frequently bring them to life. As in, put Doug Jones, Troy James, Javier Botet, and Tom Woodruff Jr together in an epic monster brawler please.

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5 years

If horror movies have taught me anything, it's that medical examiners, coroners, and funeral workers really love eating sandwiches while performing autopsies or prepping dead bodies.

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2 years

If you haven't had a chance to catch the extended cut of HALLOWEEN KILLS, it's coming to HBO Max on March 18 (a busy day for horror)!

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4 years

Since demands are currently being filled, can we finally #ReleasetheCravenCut

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4 years

Me: I should watch something I've never seen before. *puts on EVIL DEAD for the 20th time.*

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5 years

Petitions to move the date of Halloween is irrelevant. We all know Halloween is the entire month of October. Problem solved.

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3 years

Happy #NationalPizzaDay ! Know what pairs well with pizza? Horror. The answer is always horror.

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2 years

Between THE BATMAN and HALLOWEEN ENDS, who knew John Carpenter's CHRISTINE would have such a strong influence on 2022 cinema?

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5 years

Reminder that Leigh Whannell's UPGRADE still kicks so much ass.

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3 years

The ladies of MARTYRS would like a word.

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1 year

I am absolutely obsessed with my cake. Necronomnomnom. 😍

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Between Stephen King telling people to cook salmon in the microwave and stories of Vincent Price teaching people how to cook fish in the dishwasher, it's clear to me that few things confound or fascinate horror icons quite like seafood.

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Ngl, I'm sad to see THE EXORCIST trending. Where was everyone when the TV show was airing?! 😭😭😭

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