From the supernatural to the slightly-too-realistic, it’s been a banner year for scary movies, many of which are available to stream from home this Halloween.
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A serial killer and a Broadway lyricist: two versions of Ethan Hawke in theaters now
Also in theaters this week are Aziz Ansari’s feature directorial debut and Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein.
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The demons in ‘The Conjuring’ movies may not be real — but the family tragedies are
The lucrative franchise is based on real stories — and the professional ghostbusters who saved the day. But critics say the real-life couple profited off of people’s pain.
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‘Weapons’ exposes the dark underbelly of American suburbia
Small-town life is upended when 17 schoolchildren suddenly vanish without explanation in the middle of the night. Weapons is a spooky thriller that invites deeper interpretation.
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17 children vanish into the night — ‘Weapons’ is terrific and terrifying
Weapons is a story about a community recovering from an inexplicable trauma that arrives like a natural disaster, wreaks havoc, and then cannot be reversed, only survived.
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‘M3GAN 2.0’ is more of an expansion pack than an upgrade
Filmmakers stuff the killer-robot sequel with extraneous plot threads, but preserve the B-movie appeal of the original.
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Horror, a documentary, or kids, there’s only good choices at the movies this weekend
This weekend at the movies, you can see films about a raging virus and another about a lesson in childhood friendships. What’s not to like?
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Final Destination still works — here’s why
The long-running franchise taps into a common fear: You’re going to die eventually, and there’s nothing you can do about it. Final Destination Bloodlines is the sixth installment.
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In this haunted house horror you see what the ghost sees — and it’s terrifying
In Steven Soderbergh’s supernatural thriller Presence, a family finds they aren’t alone in their new house. It’s a ghost story told masterfully from the ghost’s point of view.
