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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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‘Amityville II: The Possession’ (1982) isn’t a prequel, it’s a sequel

Horror fans are accustomed to confusing timelines, so much so that there’s a YouTube channel devoted to going through the bizarre continuities of “Halloween,” “Friday

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All 9 of Philip K. Dick’s non-SF novels, ranked

In the late 1950s, Philip K. Dick found a career as a science fiction writer, and quickly became quite good at it, delivering several classics.

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Warren case ‘The Haunted’ (1991) is a proto-‘Conjuring’

Among the things that make “The Conjuring” (2013) fresh, plot isn’t one of them. This is evident because the same plot is found in the

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‘Amityville Horror’ (1979) a cut above thanks to Kidder, Brolin

“The Amityville Horror” (1979) tells the most famous case investigated by Ed and Lorraine Warren. It’s not all that different from their other cases, but

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‘Annabelle’ (2014) gets dolled up to extend ‘Conjuring’ saga

A year after “The Conjuring” (2103), the producers tried out a new idea, likely inspired by the burgeoning success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe: a

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‘Rocky’ saga has post-Stallone life in Jordan-helmed ‘Creed III’

Rocky tells Adonis “This is your time” at the end of 2018’s “Creed II,” and Michael B. Jordan takes that to heart. He both stars

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