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It’s totally okay to watch these films with the lights on. Randall Colburn is a writer and editor at Entertainment Weekly. His work has previously appeared on The A.V. Club, The Guardian, The Ringer, ...

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Diego Pineda has been a devout storyteller his whole life. He has self-published a fantasy novel and a book of short stories, and is actively working on publishing his second novel. A lifelong fan of ...

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From Halloween, to Piranha, to Dawn of the Dead, 1978 was one of the most transformative years for horror cinema.