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‘Amityville 1992: It’s About Time’ is fun shlock-around-the-clock

Putting the year of release in the title was a good strategy in 1992, making it clear to video-store patrons that they were getting the

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Spookily successful: All 10 ‘Conjuring’ Universe films, ranked

“The Conjuring” wouldn’t have been an obvious pick for launching the most lucrative horror franchise of all time when it premiered on July 15, 2013.

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‘Insidious: Chapter 3’ (2015) turns focus to Lin Shaye’s Elise

The “Insidious” series can be seen as a classier, slicker version of the “Nightmare on Elm Street” series. A person falls asleep and gains access

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PKD’s ‘Breakfast at Twilight’ expands into ‘Nuclear Family’ (2021)

Among the Philip K. Dick estate-licensed works of recent years, the easiest to miss is certainly 2021’s five-issue comic-book miniseries from AfterShock, “Nuclear Family.” But

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‘Insidious: Chapter 2’ (2013) pads out possession story

After director James Wan helped usher an old-school/new-school horror mix into the mainstream with 2011’s “Insidious” – set in modern times but with sound and

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A neurotic half-century: Every Woody Allen film, ranked

Sorry it took me awhile to compile my rankings of Woody Allen’s films. I got a little neurotic about making sure everything is in the

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‘Haunting in Connecticut’ (2009) makes tidy use of cancer parallel

“The Haunting in Connecticut” (2009) is – like the more famous “The Amityville Horror” (1979) — another of those proto-“Conjuring” films that come from an

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‘Amityville 3-D’ (1983) could’ve used more dimension in its storytelling

“Amityville 3-D” (1983) hit theaters at the intersection of a couple of trends: one, sequels as ways to cash in on a horror franchise, and

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‘The Boogeyman’ an all-too-familiar take on a familiar childhood fear

“The Boogeyman,” adapted from a 1973 short story by Stephen King (collected in 1978’s “Night Shift”), is the third-oldest of his stories to be adapted

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‘Poltergeist’ (1982) the most huggable haunted-house movie ever

“Poltergeist’s” (1982) status among haunted-house films has been equaled many times, but in one way it stands as unique. It was released on June 4,

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