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Devil menaces next gen in ‘Omen IV: The Awakening’ (1991) 

After the original trilogy, the “Omen” series continued in two little-known but well-regarded novels, “Omen IV: Armageddon 2000” (1982) and “Omen V: The Abomination” (1985).

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‘Mr. Harrigan’s Phone’ not quite great, but worth picking up 

Exhibit A in the case that we live in an era overloaded with entertainment options: 2022 features two psychological horror films centering on a telephone

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‘Alaska Daily’ puts spotlight on modern investigative reporting 

The newsroom of the Alaska Daily in “Alaska Daily” (Thursdays, ABC) includes a screen showing the website’s current traffic and top stories. Although we do

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‘And Then There Were None’ (1939) an early slasher classic

“And Then There Were None” (1939) is a widely acknowledged classic, often noted as being one of Agatha Christie’s elite puzzles. Indeed, it is that

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Another lost TV episode found in ‘Kolchak’ Volume 3

How little is too little information in a “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” mystery? Writers Joe Gentile and Mark Dawidziak struggle with that question in “Lambs

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‘Goodnight Mommy’ remake scrapes by on mood, twist 

“Goodnight Mommy” (Amazon Prime), a probably unnecessary remake of the 2014 Austrian film, is a sparse and score-driven mood picture. The main characters are twins

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Damien grows up (fast) in ‘The Final Conflict’ (1981) 

Richard Donner returns as a producer and helps shepherd the original “Omen” trilogy to a stylish end in “The Final Conflict” (sometimes called “Omen III:

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Christie’s ‘Towards Zero’ (1944) counts down to murder 

“Towards Zero” (1944) is one of those Agatha Christie novels I consider to be a snack more than a full-course meal. I breezed through it

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‘Who Invited Them’ gets socially awkward with its scares

“Veronica Mars’ ” Ryan Hansen finds himself on the flipside of the s**t-talking game in “Who Invited Them” (Shudder), a short, sweet and watchable –

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‘Urban Legend’ is a 1998 slasher time capsule 

“Urban Legend,” a dumb but kinda classic film from the late Nineties slasher boom, could exist in 1998 but not five years later. Much of writer

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