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You’ve seen the classic holiday movies multiple times. Now it’s time to check out these special TV episodes.

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These songs have been heard countless times in living rooms across the globe. How well do you remember them?
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As you get ready to revisit ‘A Christmas Carol’ for the holiday season, we’d recommend watching these Charles Dickens adaptations, too.
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Frankenstein’s monster has been revisited by Guillermo del Toro in the form of a new film, but these creatures continue to be overlooked.
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These great Agatha Christie adaptations test the audience to figure out the mystery.
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The actor, singer, and dancer almost retired in the 1960s--but not before allegedly being offered the role of James Bond.
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These devices and practices featured throughout ‘Seinfeld’ are a thing of the past.
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Take a trip through the grand estates and historic parks where the movie versions of Jane Austen’s novels were filmed.
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A list of nine of the best film and TV adaptations of stories from the king of Gothic horror.
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The 1990s noir anthology show put Tom Cruise in the director's chair and made Tom Hanks the bad guy.
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These are Netflix’s creepiest hidden gems you can watch this Halloween season, with some underrated horror titles that’ll surprise you.
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Some Stephen King adaptations are scarier than others, and not because of the monsters. Here are eight that continue to give us nightmares.
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While you’re marathoning scary movies this spooky season, test your knowledge on the real-life inspiration behind these memorable characters with our serial killer trivia quiz.
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Test your knowledge on the “King of Horror” just in time for Halloween with this Stephen King trivia quiz.
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How the pop art pioneer applied his bright and bold style to the music television of the mid-1980s.
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Here’s everything you need to know about the Tales of Dunk and Egg, the ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel novellas that inspired HBO’s upcoming adaptation.
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