CAM 05 · Staff
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‘The Cat and the Hatchet’ Turns Dr. Seuss Into a Home-Invasion Slasher, and the Costume Alone Is Nightmare Fuel
Scratches turns a boring day at home into a fight for survival. The full practical suit makes the killer cat feel disturbingly real. A…
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Matthew Lillard Says He Still Has to Fight for Acting Jobs Because Hollywood Can’t Figure Out Where He Fits
Matthew Lillard, 56, says the audiences who turn up for him haven’t translated into Hollywood seeing him as a leading man. Asked by Tommy…
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Rob Zombie Says Bob Weinstein Called Him About His ‘Halloween’ and Said, “I Hate Every Single Fucking Frame of This Movie”
Rob Zombie’s fight with the studio lasted beyond the first movie. He said he returned for Halloween II only because the sequel would release…
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Aunt Zelda Seemed Ancient to ’90s Kids, but Beth Broderick Was 37 When ‘Sabrina the Teenage Witch’ Premiered
When Sabrina the Teenage Witch debuted on ABC on September 27, 1996, Beth Broderick was 37 years and seven months old. Born February 24,…
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If Jennifer’s Body Came Out Today, It Would Have Opened Like Obsession Instead of Waiting 17 Years to Become a Cult Classic
Jennifer’s Body flopped in 2009 because it was sold as a sexy teen slasher for boys, when it was really a story about two…
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There’s a New Horror Film Told Entirely Through Fake Local Commercials, and the Story Leaks Through the Seams
Buffet Infinity plays like a VHS recording from a small-town cable channel that was left running too long. Edmonton filmmaker Simon Glassman spent 5…
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A Real Witch Served as a Consultant on the Original ‘Practical Magic,’ Then Demanded $250,000 and Her Own Cookbook
A real witch who served as a consultant on the original “Practical Magic” demanded $250,000 and her own cookbook, then threatened to curse the…
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Sarah Paulson Ranked Her American Horror Story Characters, Then Put Roanoke Last: “Bite Me. Bite Me Hard.”
Asked on Entertainment Tonight to rank her American Horror Story characters, Sarah Paulson had a clear top of the list: Lana Winters, then Cordelia,…
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‘American Horror Story: 13’ Had the Franchise’s Biggest Streaming Premiere Yet
The reunion season landed. In the four days following its Sept. 24 premiere, the first three episodes of “American Horror Story: 13” pulled in…
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‘Christmas at the Kringles’ Pits a Suburban Dad and a Badass Santa Against a Family of Holiday-Obsessed Cultists
The teaser for “Christmas at the Kringles” dropped on September 16, and it turns the coziest holiday into a bloodbath. The Seversons move to…
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What Makes ‘Archive X’ More Than an Alien-Abduction Documentary? Its Episodes Also Explore Alleged Telepathy, Near-Death Experiences and Speaking With the Dead
Archive X: Unexplained Phenomena opens with 2 nonspeaking autistic girls who are presented as communicating telepathically with their mothers and describing a realm called…
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Japanese Chiller ‘Never After Dark’ Will Be on VOD October 27
Never After Dark is about Airi, a medium who ushers spirits into the next world. When she’s summoned to a remote house inhabited by…
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David Duchovny’s The Secret Puts a Dead Mother’s Consciousness in Her Teenage Daughter’s Body
Released in 2007, The Secret takes the familiar Freaky Friday setup into a family tragedy: Hannah dies after a car crash, and her consciousness…
