horror
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Sixteen minutes into “Obsession” — the massively popular, shoestring-budget horror film breaking box office records and bucking expectations left and right — writer-director Curry Barker gives it all away.
From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026
The one genre Blunt says she doesn’t like is horror, even though she’s about to shoot the fourth Quiet Place film.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
“Backrooms” is only the latest indie horror film made by a YouTube creator to make it big at the box office.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
The original 2015 butterfly-effect survival horror game, which featured Bohemian Rhapsody star Rami Malek, sold millions of copies and went on to be adapted for the big screen.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
The British philosopher Bertrand Russell “discovered to my horror that average men and women were delighted at the prospect of war.”
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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