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The Essentials: The Best Horror Movie Franchises Ranked

October 30, 2017 12:55 pm

Horror movie fans don’t have it easy and their love of horror franchises can be like being stuck in an abusive relationship. The first installment of any horror movie, the ones crystallized into the canon as cl...

David Lowery Shares His Adorable Childhood Remake Of ‘Poltergeist’

Kevin Jagernauth

September 25, 2017 10:17 am

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With the proliferation of affordable digital cameras, and the ability to shoot insanely high quality video on something as small as an iPhone, more than ever the advice given to budding filmmakers is: just star...

New Claim Asserts Steven Spielberg Directed ‘Poltergeist’

Kevin Jagernauth

July 17, 2017 10:18 am

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In the annals of cinematic conspiracy theories, the story that Steven Spielberg was the actual director of the 1982 horror classic "Poltergeist," is one that many people are willing to believe is true. At the t...

Essentials: 20 Of The Best Ghost Movies

The Playlist Staff

July 6, 2017 2:20 pm

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This weekend, eclectic indie filmmaker David Lowery's quirky “A Ghost Story” will start heading into cinemas. Starring Rooney Mara and Casey Affleck, “A Ghost Story,” shouldn’t work. A moving and existential mo...

The Pros & Cons Of Jump Scares

Will Ashton

October 27, 2016 4:56 pm

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Jump scares kinda suck, don’t they? Well, it depends on who you ask. For YouTube’s Now You See It, it’s like a magic trick: it’s all about the build-up, the 30 seconds before you reveal your hand. But in most h...

The 25 Best Horror Films Of The 1980s

Oliver Lyttelton, Jessica Kiang and Nikola Grozdanovic

October 18, 2016 1:26 pm

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With October being the spookiest month, we’ve been placing a particular focus on the horror genre in the weeks leading up to Halloween —we’ve already looked at the best Foreign Language Horror movies, and last ...