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Get Out (2017, Directed by Jordan Peele)
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920, Directed by Robert Wiene)
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Us (2019, Directed by Jordan Peele)
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Alien (1979, Directed by Ridley Scott)
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The Shining (1980, Directed by Stanley Kubrick)
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King Kong (1933, Directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack, Merian C. Cooper)
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Nosferatu, a Symphony of Horror/ Nosferatu the Vampire (1922, Directed by F.W. Murnau)
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The Night of the Hunter (1955, Directed by Charles Laughton)
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The Invisible Man (2020, Directed by Leigh Whannell)
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A Quiet Place (2018, Directed by John Krasinski)
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The Bride of Frankenstein (1935, Directed by James Whale)
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Jaws (1975, Directed by Steven Spielberg)
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The Babadook (2014, Directed by Jennifer Kent)
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Frankenstein (1931, Directed by James Whale)
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The Lighthouse (2019, Directed by Robert Eggers)
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956, Directed by Don Siegel)
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Vampyr – Der Traum des Allan Grey (1932, Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer)
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Hereditary (2018, Directed by Ari Aster)
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Let the Right One In (2008, Directed by Tomas Alfredson)
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It Follows (2015, Directed by David Robert Mitchell)
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Freaks (1932, Directed by Tod Browning)
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Night of the Living Dead (1968, Directed by George A. Romero)
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Aliens (1986, Directed by James Cameron)
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The Invisible Man (1933, Directed by James Whale)
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The Silence of the Lambs (1991, Directed by Jonathan Demme)
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Halloween (1978, Directed by John Carpenter)
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Rosemary’s Baby (1968, Directed by Roman Polanski)
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Eyes Without a Face (1962, Directed by Georges Franju)
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Repulsion (1965, Directed by Roman Polanski)
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The Cabin in the Woods (2012, Directed by Drew Goddard)
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The Witch (2016, Directed by Robert Eggers)
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Peeping Tom (1960, Directed by Michael Powell)
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10 Cloverfield Lane (2016, Directed by Dan Trachtenberg)
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Host (2020, Directed by Rob Savage)
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Under The Shadow (2016, Directed by Babak Anvari)
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Dead of Night (1945, Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer)
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The Wailing (2016, Directed by Na Hong-jin)
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The Birds (1963, Directed by Alfred Hitchcock)
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Cat People (1942, Directed by Jacques Tourneur)
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Don’t Look Now (1973, Directed by Nicolas Roeg)
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It (2017, Directed by Andy Muschietti)
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Mandy (2018, Directed by Panos Cosmatos)
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Tigers Are Not Afraid (Vuelven) (2019, Directed by Issa López)
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Ready or Not (2019, Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett)
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A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014, Directed by Ana Lily Amirpour)
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Drag Me to Hell (2009, Directed by Sam Raimi)
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House of Wax (1953, Directed by André De Toth)
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The Fly (1958, Directed by Kurt Neumann)
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Midsommar (2019, Directed by Ari Aster)
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Carrie (1976, Directed by Brian DePalma)
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Green Room (2016, Directed by Jeremy Saulnier)
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Creep 2 (2017, Directed by Patrick Brice)
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Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht/Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979, Directed by Werner Herzog)
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La Llorona (2020, Directed by Jayro Bustamante)
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The Evil Dead (1981, Directed by Sam Raimi)
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Raw (2017, Directed by Julia Ducournau)
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Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987, Directed by Sam Raimi)
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The Loved Ones (2012, Directed by Sean Byrne)
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The Innocents (1961, Directed by Jack Clayton)
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978, Directed by Philip Kaufman)
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Harpoon (2019, Directed by Rob Grant)
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The Love Witch (2016, Directed by Anna Biller)
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I Walked With a Zombie (1943, Directed by Jacques Tourneur)
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Ringu (Ring) (1998, Directed by Hideo Nakata)
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Suspiria (1977, Directed by Dario Argento)
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Revenge (2018, Directed by Coralie Fargeat)
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Island of Lost Souls (1933, Directed by Erle C. Kenton)
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Train to Busan (Busanhaeng) (2016, Directed by Yeon Sang-ho)
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The Host (2007, Directed by Bong Joon Ho)
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The Mummy (1932, Directed by Karl W. Freund)
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A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984, Directed by Wes Craven)
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The Fly (1986, Directed by David Cronenberg)
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Deep Red (Profondo rosso) (1975, Directed by Dario Argento)
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Dracula (1931, Directed by Tod Browning)
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It Comes At Night (2017, Directed by Trey Edward Shults)
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Zombieland (2009, Directed by Ruben Fleischer)
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Re-Animator (1985, Directed by Stuart Gordon)
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Don’t Breathe (2016, Directed by Fede Alvarez, Federico Álvarez)
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The Endless (2018, Directed by Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead)
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Shaun of the Dead (2004, Directed by Edgar Wright)
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931, Directed by Rouben Mamoulian)
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Dawn of the Dead (1979, Directed by George A. Romero)
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The Wolf Man (1941, Directed by George Waggner)
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Phantom Of The Opera (1925, Directed by Lon Chaney Jr, Rupert Julian, Edward Sedgwick)
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L’uccello dalle piume di cristallo (The Bird With the Crystal Plumage) (1970, Directed by Dario Argento)
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We Are Still Here (2015, Directed by Ted Geoghegan)
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Housebound (2014, Directed by Gerard Johnstone)
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The Devil’s Backbone (El Espinazo del diablo) (2001, Directed by Guillermo del Toro)
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Eraserhead (1977, Directed by David Lynch)
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Attack the Block (2011, Directed by Joe Cornish)
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Theater of Blood/ Much Ado About Murder (1973, Directed by Douglas Hickox)
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Halloween (2018, Directed by David Gordon Green)
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Let Me In (2010, Directed by Matt Reeves)
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Color Out of Space (2020, Directed by Richard Stanley)
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Village of the Damned (1960, Directed by Wolf Rilla)
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Misery (1990, Directed by Rob Reiner)
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The Conjuring (2013, Directed by James Wan)
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974, Directed by Tobe Hooper)
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Nina Forever (2016, Directed by Ben Blaine, Chris Blaine)
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The Wicker Man (1973, Directed by Robin Hardy)
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Fright Night (1985, Directed by Tom Holland)
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Horror of Dracula (1958, Directed by Terence Fisher)
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Demon (2016, Directed by Marcin Wrona)
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Prevenge (2017, Directed by Alice Lowe)
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28 Days Later (2003, Directed by Danny Boyle)
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Gerald’s Game (2017, Directed by Mike Flanagan)
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The Devil’s Candy (2017, Directed by Sean Byrne)
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The Blair Witch Project (1999, Directed by Eduardo Sánchez, Daniel Myrick)
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The Fall of the House of Usher (1960, Directed by Roger Corman)
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Duel (1972, Directed by Steven Spielberg)
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Bone Tomahawk (2015, Directed by S. Craig Zahler)
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The Dead Zone (1983, Directed by David Cronenberg)
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The Orphanage (2007, Directed by J.A. Bayona)
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Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010, Directed by Jalmari Helander)
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Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986, Directed by John McNaughton)
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House (1977, Directed by Nobuhiko Ôbayashi)
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Martin (1977, Directed by George A. Romero)
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The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971, Directed by Robert Fuest)
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1922 (2017, Directed by Zak Hilditch)
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Hounds of Love (2017, Directed by Ben Young)
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The Invitation (2016, Directed by Karyn Kusama)
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The Exorcist (1973, Directed by William Friedkin)
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Crawl (2019, Directed by Alex Aja)
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Come to Daddy (2020, Directed by Ant Timpson)
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Creepy (Kuripi: Itsuwari no rinjin) (2016, Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
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The Omen (1976, Directed by Richard Donner)
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Doctor Sleep (2019, Directed by Mike Flanagan)
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An American Werewolf in London (1981, Directed by John Landis)
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Better Watch Out (2017, Directed by Chris Peckover)
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The Descent (2006, Directed by Neil Marshall)
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The Tenant (1976, Directed by Roman Polanski)
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Freaks (2019, Directed by Zach Lipovsky)
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Dead Alive (1993, Directed by Peter Jackson)
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Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986, Directed by John McNaughton)
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The Girl With All the Gifts (2017, Directed by Colm McCarthy)
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Poltergeist (1982, Directed by Tobe Hooper)
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House On Haunted Hill (1959, Directed by William Castle)
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Slither (2006, Directed by James Gunn (II))
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Cargo (2018, Directed by Yolanda Ramke, Ben Howling)
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Sisters (1973, Directed by Brian DePalma)
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Los ojos de Julia (Julia’s Eyes) (2010, Directed by Guillem Morales)
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Goodnight Mommy (Ich seh, Ich seh) (2015, Directed by Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala)
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Ginger Snaps (2001, Directed by John Fawcett)
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The Conjuring 2 (2016, Directed by James Wan)
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Paranormal Activity (2009, Directed by Oren Peli)
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[Rec] (2007, Directed by Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza)
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Carnival of Souls (1962, Directed by Herk Harvey)
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Creep (2015, Directed by Patrick Brice)
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Tremors (1990, Directed by Ron Underwood)
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Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954, Directed by Jack Arnold)
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The Others (2001, Directed by Alejandro Amenábar)
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Dracula: Pages From a Virgin’s Diary (2003, Directed by Guy Maddin)
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Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2011, Directed by Eli Craig)
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The House of the Devil (2009, Directed by Ti West)
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Shadow of the Vampire (2000, Directed by E. Elias Merhige)
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The Shallows (2016, Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra)
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Pontypool (2009, Directed by Bruce McDonald)
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Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016, Directed by Mike Flanagan)
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A Tale of Two Sisters (2003, Directed by Kim Jee-woon)
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1408 (2007, Directed by Mikael Håfström)
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Scream 2 (1997, Directed by Wes Craven)
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Dead Ringers (1988, Directed by David Cronenberg)
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Three…Extremes (Saam gaang yi) (2005, Directed by Takashi Miike, Fruit Chan, Park Chan-wook, Kim Jee-woon)
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Audition (Ôdishon) (1999, Directed by Takashi Miike)
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Bakjwi (Thirst) (2009, Directed by Park Chan-wook)
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Videodrome (1983, Directed by David Cronenberg)
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You’re Next (2013, Directed by Adam Wingard)
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Mute Witness (1995, Directed by Anthony Waller)
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The Cat o’ Nine Tails (Il gatto a nove code) (1971, Directed by Dario Argento)
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The Brood (1979, Directed by David Cronenberg)
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The Platform (El Hoyo) (2020, Directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia)
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Lights Out (2016, Directed by David F. Sandberg)
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Southbound (2016, Directed by David Bruckner, Patrick Horvath, Roxanne Benjamin)
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Scream (1996, Directed by Wes Craven)
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The Lodge (2020, Directed by Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz)
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The Lost Boys (1987, Directed by Joel Schumacher)
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Trick ‘r Treat (2007, Directed by Michael Dougherty)
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Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994, Directed by Wes Craven)
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Night of the Comet (1984, Directed by Thom Eberhardt)
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Land of the Dead (2005, Directed by George A. Romero)
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Oculus (2014, Directed by Mike Flanagan)
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Candyman (1992, Directed by Bernard Rose)
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Eden Lake (2008, Directed by James Watkins)
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Basket Case (1982, Directed by Frank Henenlotter)
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Dog Soldiers (2002, Directed by Neil Marshall)
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Frailty (2002, Directed by Bill Paxton)
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Phantasm (1979, Directed by Don Coscarelli)
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The Ring (2002, Directed by Gore Verbinski)
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The Mist (2007, Directed by Frank Darabont)
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Open Water (2004, Directed by Chris Kentis)
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Jacob’s Ladder (1990, Directed by Adrian Lyne)
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It’s Alive (1973, Directed by Larry Cohen)
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Hellraiser (1987, Directed by Clive Barker)
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Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992, Directed by Francis Ford Coppola)
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Black Sheep (2006, Directed by Jonathan King)
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987, Directed by Chuck Russell)
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Scanners (1981, Directed by David Cronenberg)
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Black Christmas (1974, Directed by Bob Clark)
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American Psycho (2000, Directed by Mary Harron)
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Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (1973, Directed by John Newland)
  • Novelty and Comedy Songs in Pop

    Novelty and Comedy Songs in Pop

    Novelty & Comedy Songs

    Novelty songs are different from most popular songs in that they usually have an invisible expiration date like 1999 or Pac-Man Fever with the exception of Christmas Songs and to a lesser extent, Halloween Songs. Pac-Man Fever really mattered in the early 1980s, but it has long since lost its purpose. Sometimes you can’t tell the difference between a novelty song and an odd pop song written on purpose. Songs like 1999 by Prince, Angie Baby by Helen Reddy, 1985 by Bowling For Soup and Who Let The Dogs Out by the Baha Men come to mind.

    Songs like Lindbergh (The Eagle of the U.S.A.) and Lucky Lindy (both 1927) celebrated Charles Lindbergh’s historic non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Even Lorne Green (TV’s Bonanza’s Ben Cartwright) tried to financially horn in on the Beatles’ coming, with his tribute to Ringo, in 1964. Of course, not all novelty tunes were about the world around them. Some were very experimental. Richard “Dickie” Goodman took short riffs (now called ‘samples’) from then-current pop songs to answer by his intrepid, fast-talking reporter/announcer. His Mr. Jaws was a hit in 1975 and The Flying Saucer soared in 1956. Some novelty tunes are new interpretations of the classics, like Richard Cheese’s Baby Got Back, and Jessica’s Simpson’s remake of These Boots Are Made For Walking.

    Youtube videos changed the game, and the most successful are targeted towards a younger audience.

    Top Novelty Songs Given To Us By Youtube

    1. Baby Shark – Pinkfong

    2. Crazy Frog – Axel F

    3. Gummy Bear

    4. Gangnam Style – Psy

    5. The Duck Song – Song by Bryant Oden and video by Forrest Whaley

    6. It’s Raining Tacos – Parry Gripp

    7. Hamster Dance – Hampton the Hamster

    8. The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?) – Ylvis

    9. Everything is Awesome – Tegan and Sara

    10. Chocolate Rain

    2000s Comedy & Novelty Songs

    1. White and Nerdy – Weird Al Yankovic
    2. She-Bang – William Hung
    3. The Hardest Part of Breaking Up (Is Getting Back Your Stuff) – 2ge+her
    4. Aaron’s Party – Aaron Carter
    5. Because I Got High – Afroman
    6. Tribute – Tenacious D 
    7. My Humps – Black-Eyed Peas
    8. Chicken Noodle Soup – Young B and Webstar 
    9. Baby Got Back – Richard Cheese
    10. Osama – Yo’ Mama – Ray Stevens

    90s Comedy/ Novelty Songs

    1. Amish Paradise – Weird Al Yankovic
    2. The Humpty Dance – Digital Underground
    3. The Thanksgiving Song – Adam Sandler
    4. Smells Like Nirvana – Weird Al Yankovic
    5. This Is Ponderous – 2nu
    6. Deep, Deep Trouble – The Simpsons
    7. Meet The Flintstones – The B.C. 52’s
    8. Three Little Pigs – Green Jelly
    9. Redneck Games – Jeff Foxworthy & Alan Jackson
    10.  Turtle Power – Partners In Kryme

    80s Comedy/ Novelty Songs

    Noone in the world of novelty has had the enormous success of Weird Al Yankovic. He has mocked many of the stars of the 1980s through today, including Michael Jackson, Nirvana, Eminem, Limp Biskit, Chamillionaire and others. His first breakout near-hit was Another One Rides the Bus, recorded in a bathroom for “just the right echo effect”.
    1. Fat – Weird Al Yankovic
    2. Curly Shuffle – The Jump In The Saddle Band
    3. Shaddap You Face – Joe Dolce
    4. Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life – Monty Python (Eric Idol)*
    * From 1979’s Life of Brian
    5. Because I’m a Blonde – Julie Brown
    6. Take Off – Bob & Doug McKenzie with Eddie Lee
    7. Eat It – Weird Al Yankovic
    8. You Look Marvelous – Billy Crystal
    9.Meet The Flintstones – Bruce Springstone
    10. Make My Day – T.G. Sheppard with Clint Eastwood

    70s Comedy/ Novelty Songs

    The Streak had its day in 1974, but by April of that year, the shortcomings of this fad, running naked through public events, were evident, as noted by film star David Niven. Practically everybody bought a C.B. radio when they heard Convoy in 1976. Of course, some Novelty tunes are timeless like Junk Food Junkie by Larry Groce and Take This Job and Shove It by Johnny Paycheck.
    1. Disco Duck – Rick Dees
    2. King Tut – Steve Martin
    3. My Balogna – Weird Al Yankovic
    4. Mr. Jaws – Dickie Goodman
    5. Earache My Eye – Cheech and Chong
    6. Shaving Cream – Benny Bell
    7. The Topical Song – The Barron Knights
    8. Junk Food Junkie – Larry Groce
    9. Do You Think I’m Disco – Steve Dahl
    10. Dead Skink – Loudon Wainwright III

    60s Weirdest/ un-P.C. Songs

    1. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer – The Beatles
    2. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida – Iron Butterfly
    3. A Boy Named Sue – Johnny Cash
    4. Star-Spangled Banner – Jimi Hendrix
    5. If You Wanna Be Happy – Jimmy Soul
    6. Surfin’ Bird – The Trashmen
    7. Fire – The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
    8. Tip-Toe Through the Tulips With Me – Tiny Tim
    9. I Want My Baby Back – Jimmy Cross
    10. My Pal Foot Foot – The Shaggs

    60s Comedy/ Novelty Songs

    1. They’re Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! – Napoleon XIV
    2. Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini – Brian Hyland
    3. On Top Of Spaghetti – Tom Glazer
    4. Short Shorts – Royal Teens
    5. Beep Beep – Playmates
    6. Tip Toe Through The Tulips – Tiny Tim
    7. Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor – Lonnie Donegan
    8. Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah – Allen Sherman
    9. Leader Of The Laundromat – the Detergents
    10. Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport – Rolf Harris

    50s Comedy/ Novelty Songs

    Ross Bagdasarian, better known as David Seville, used the process of speeding up his voice to create the Halloween hit, Witch Doctor. He further refined the technique to create Alvin, Simon and Theodore, the Chipmunks. With them, he created another holiday classic The Chipmonk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late). Mad with power, he built this one-trick novelty bit into a mini-empire with a prime-time animated TV show.
    1. Purple People Eater – Sheb Wolley
    2. Banana Boat (Day-O) – Stan Freberg
    3. Alvin’s Harmonica – The Chipmunks
    4. Stranded In The Jungle – The Cadets (or The Jayhawks)
    5. The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane – The Ames Brothers
    6. The Flying Saucer – Buchanan & Goodman
    7. The Thing – Phil Harris
    8. What It Was, Was Football – Andy Griffith
    9. Uh! Oh! – The Nutty Squirrels
    10. Nuttin For Christmas – cracked the top 40 in 1955 by Art Mooney & Barry Gordon, Joe Ward, Ricky Zahnd, The Fontane Sisters and Stan Freberg in 1955.

    Pre-50s Comedy/ Novelty Songs

    The earliest novelty song we could find was recorded in the days before CD, Cassette Tapes, even vinyl records. The Laughing Song followed up with The Whistling Coon ware recorded by ex-slave George Washington Johnson in 1891 on a cylinder. His Laughing Song was probably the highest-selling recording of the 19th century. The first-ever actually-recorded song that we have proof of was Thomas Edison singing Mary Had A Little Lamb.

    In Der Fuehrer’s Face and (There’ll Be A) Hot Time in the Town of Berlin (When the Yanks Go Marching In) meant a lot to freedom-loving American people in the 1940s.

    A Chicken Ain’t Nothin But a Bird – Cab Calloway
    Animal Crackers In My Soup – Shirley Temple
    Bake Dat Chicken Pie – Arthur Collins and Byron Harlan
    Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy – Andrews Sisters
    Brother, Can You Spare A Dime? – Bing Crosby
    Casey At The Bat – DeWolf Hopper
    Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women – Red Engle
    Come Take a Trip On My Air-ship – Billy Murray
    Daddy Won’t Buy Me A Bow-wow – Dan Quinn
    Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two) – various
    Dem Golden Slippers – Silas Leachman
    Der Fuehrer’s Face – Spike Jones
    Girlfriend of the Whirling Dervish – Johnny Payne
    Grandfather’s Clock – Burl Ives
    I Scream You Scream We All Scream For Ice Cream – Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians
    I’ll Lend You Everything I Got, Except My Wife – Bert Williams
    I’m Against It – Groucho Marx
    I’m Popeye, The Sailor Man – Billy Costello
    Indian Love Call – Slim Whitman
    Inka Dinka Doo – Jimmy Durante
    Courtroom Catastrophe – Amos and Andy
    Istanbul (Not Constantinople) – The Four Lads
    K-K-K-Katy (The Stammering Song) – Billy Murray
    Last Shot Got Him (Great Bloo-is Song) – Eddie Morton
    Let’s Misbehave – Ben Bernie
    Mairzy Doates – Merry Macs
    Makin’ Whoopee – Eddie Cantor
    Minnie The Moocher – Cab Calloway
    My Own Grandpa – Lonzo and Oscar
    Oh Death, Where Is Thy Sing? – Bert Williams
    Shaving Cream – Benny Bell
    Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowty – Dinah Shore
    Shortnin’ Bread – The Andrews Sisters
    Take Me Out To The Ball Game – Billy Murray and the Haydn Quartet
    The Alphabet Song – The Three Stooges
    The Laughing Sing – George Washington Johnson
    The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane – The Ames Brothers
    The Spaniard That Blighted My Life – Al Jolson
    Three Little Fishes – Kay Kyser
    Tubby the Tuba – Danny Kaye
    When You Ain’t Got No More Money, Well, You Needn’t Come Around – Billy Golden
    Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf – various
    Would You Rather Be a Colonel With an Eagle On Your Shoulder Or A Private With a Chicken On Your Knee? – Arthur Fields
    Yes! We Have No Bananas – Ben Selvin
    You Oughta Be in Pictures – Little Jack Little
  • Thriller Video By Michael Jackson Released on December 2, 1983

    Thriller Video By Michael Jackson Released on December 2, 1983

    Thriller By Michael Jackson

    Thriller is a music video by Michael Jackson that was released in 1983 as part of the album, Thriller. The video first aired on MTV on December 2, 1983. The video featured Jackson performing a dance routine with a group of zombies and was directed by John Landis.

    The “Thriller” music video was a turning point in music television and is widely considered one of the greatest music videos of all time. It was the first music video to incorporate a short film-like narrative and special effects, setting a new standard for music videos. The video’s popularity helped to popularize the music video format and cemented the role of music videos as a promotional tool for artists. “Thriller” has had a lasting impact on pop culture and remains one of Michael Jackson’s most memorable and recognizable works.

    • It was one of the first music videos to feature a narrative and significant use of special effects.
    • The video cost approximately $500,000, a significant amount at the time.
    • Michael Jackson co-wrote the story for the video with John Landis.
    • The movie theatre featured See You Next Wednesday, a non-existent film trope that John Landis often used in the background of his films.
    • The choreography was done by Michael Jackson and was inspired by the horror films of the 1930s and 1940s, and it was inspired by George A. Romero’s 1968 “Night of the Living Dead” film.
    • The Thriller video is widely regarded as one of the greatest music videos of all time.
    • It was one of the first music videos to receive heavy rotation on music video channels like MTV.
    • Michael Jackson’s red leather jacket worn in the video became iconic and is now considered one of the most famous pieces of pop culture clothing.
    • The video features appearances from actress Ola Ray and actor Vic Polizos.
    • The “Thriller” dance became widely imitated and is still popular today.
    • The video was nearly 14 minutes long, significantly longer than the average music video at the time.
    • Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” video helped popularize the music video as a legitimate art form.
    • The “Thriller” video has been parodied and referenced in numerous movies, TV shows, and commercials.
    • The “Thriller” video was one of the first music videos to receive multiple nominations and awards.

    Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” music video won several awards, including:

    Grammy Award for Best Long-Form Music Video (1984)
    American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Video (1984)
    Billboard Music Video Award for Best Overall Video (1984)
    Bambi Award for Best Video (1983)
    Soul Train Music Award for Best Music Video (1983)

  • David Niven Interrupted by Streaker at the 1974 Oscars

    David Niven Interrupted by Streaker at the 1974 Oscars

    David Niven was Interrupted by Streaker at the 1974 Oscars

    Robert Opel dashed naked from across from backstage during the 46th Academy Awards ceremony and flashed a peace sign with his fingers as he jogged offstage. David Niven was in the middle of an introduction for Elizabeth Taylor as this, the first televised streak occurred, on April 2, 1974, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles.

    Streaking was an epidemic in 1973/1974. However, there had been multiple situations where ‘non-crazy’ people ran off into the public without clothes, usually to make a point or win a bet. Often, drinking was involved.

    Robert, a part-time photographer for The Advocate, an LGBT publication, became a minor celebrity after the incident. Rumors persist that the event was planned, with Oscar producer Jack Haley, Jr. in on the plot.

    “Well, ladies and gentlemen, that was almost bound to happen… But isn’t it fascinating to think that the only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping off and showing his shortcomings?”

    The Sting, starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford, was the other big winner that night, earning seven Oscars, including best picture.

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