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Why Don’t Summer Camps Have Scary Stories Anymore?

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Why Children Have Loved Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark for 40 Years—and Why Parents Can’t Handle It

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Jennifer Kent’s Follow-Up to The Babadook Shows an Even Scarier Kind of Man in a Top Hat

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Franchise Fatigue? Crawl Has the Cure. (It’s a Giant Alligator.)

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Midsommar’s Real Villains Aren’t Murderous Pagans. They’re Grad Students.

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Can Midsommar Escape The Wicker Man’s Shadow?

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In Stranger Things’ Third Season, the Nostalgia Well Runs Dry

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Is It OK to Laugh at Midsommar’s Brutal, Unhinged Ending?

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Midsommar Director Ari Aster on Why He Hates Talking About His Movies

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How Scary Is Midsommar, Ari Aster’s Follow-Up to Hereditary? Explained.

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The Best Part of the New Child’s Play Is the Behind-the-Scenes Drama

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