Nostalgia
The horror we grew up on: the hits, the cult favorites and the cast reunions.
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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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American Horror Story’s Murder House Appeared as a Frat House in a 1999 Buffy Episode
The Halloween party in Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s “Fear, Itself” takes place at a frat house whose exterior would later become American Horror Story’s…
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Before He Made ‘Practical Magic,’ Griffin Dunne Played a Backpacker Torn Apart by a Werewolf in the 1981 Cult Horror Classic
Griffin Dunne’s horror résumé started in front of the camera. In 1981’s An American Werewolf in London, he was Jack Goodman — the American…
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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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Every Member of the Murderous Brackett Family in This 1993 Tales From the Crypt Episode Is Tim Curry, Playing Pa, Ma, and Daughter Winona All at Once
Each relative had a distinct voice, physicality, and prosthetic transformation. The technical and comic feat earned him a 1994 Primetime Emmy nomination. And not…
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Skeet Ulrich on Returning to ‘Scream’: “Without Melissa Barrera and Sam Loomis, There’s No Billy Loomis”
Skeet Ulrich doesn’t expect to return to the “Scream” franchise anytime soon — but his lifelong bond with co-star Matthew Lillard is here to…
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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…
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Linda Cardellini Says She’d “Never Rule Out” a Scooby-Doo Cameo, but She Hasn’t Said a Return Is Planned
Linda Cardellini is open to returning to Scooby-Doo. Asked about a cameo in Netflix’s new live-action series, the original big-screen Velma answered, “Oh, I…
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Penny Marshall’s Curmudgeon Hocus Pocus Character Is the Perfect Fall Spirit Animal
Penny Marshall’s curmudgeon Hocus Pocus character drinking booze and smoking a cigarette in a robe and hair curlers is the perfect spirit animal for…
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Bong Joon Ho’s The Host Returns to Theaters for Its 20th Anniversary
The Host is the film that introduced filmmaker Bong Joon Ho to the world. Originally screening at Cannes and released in South Korea in…
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Buscemi Was Absolutely Dripping in Fargo
Steve Buscemi’s Fargo wardrobe helped him figure out Carl Showalter, the criminal he played in the Coen brothers’ 1996 film. At its 25th anniversary…
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Why Does Tyra Banks Still Have Beef With Halloween: Resurrection? She Says the Career Boost She Expected Never Came, and Her Full Death Scene Was Cut
Tyra Banks was promised a memorable death scene when she signed on for Halloween: Resurrection. The 2002 slasher ended up showing only a brief…
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On 9/11, Vince Gilligan Recognized a Chilling Similarity to the Plane Attack He’d Written for ‘The Lone Gunmen’ Months Earlier
Watching CNN’s coverage of the September 11, 2001, attacks, Vince Gilligan thought “Wait a minute. We wrote this.” Fox had aired his pilot on…
