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The 8 Best Horror Movies on Netflix Right Now

Lorenza Izzo, Keanu Reeves, and Ana de Armas in Eli Roth's Knock Knock (2015).

The 8 Best Horror Movies on Netflix Right Now

A Lost Shirley Jackson Story, 'Adventure on a Bad Night,' Is Being Published for the First Time

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Michael Myers is coming to get you in Halloween (1978).

11 Fast Facts About Jordan Peele's Get Out

Daniel Kaluuya stars in Get Out (2017).

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9 Horror Movies Inspired by Real-Life Events

Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, and Steve Coulter in The Conjuring (2013).

11 Hair-Raising Facts About Cat People

Simone Simon stars in Cat People (1942).

The 25 Greatest Vampire Movies Ever Made

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The Smart—and Scientific—Reason Freddy Krueger’s Sweater Is Red and Green-Striped

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Bruce Campbell in The Evil Dead (1981).

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