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Remi Weekes’ feature debut, streaming on Netflix, is a crafty if derivative mix of migrant drama and haunted-house freakout.
Oct. 29, 2020
Humans do so many horrible things to each other in “House on Haunted Hill” that the ghosts don’t stand a chance of keeping up, which may explain why the script makes such nitwits of the characters--if the spooks are going to make an impression they need all the help they can get.
Nov. 1, 1999
Hall plays a woman literally haunted by her husband’s mysterious suicide in David Bruckner’s well-crafted supernatural thriller.
Aug. 19, 2021
L.A. at Home
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Oct. 31, 2011
In the upcoming movie ‘The Haunting,’ the mansion is more than a backdrop--it’s a scary character itself, so the filmmakers had to figure out how to make it terrorize its occupants.
July 21, 1999
Travel & Experiences
It’s gore galore at area’s spooky houses, whose thrills and chills are considered too intense for kids.
Oct. 31, 1996
California
A character named Pinhead, from the 1987 horror movie “Hellraisers,” sticks dozens of pencil-length pins into his skull--and likes it.
Oct. 10, 1992
The Haunt in Atascadero keeps extra pants on hand for visitors so frightened that they lose control of their bodily functions.
Oct. 27, 2021
Entertainment & Arts
Our curated list of Halloween events includes movies, musicals, pumpkin patches and so much more. Read on ... if you dare!
Oct. 18, 2022
The haunted-house genre has proved fruitful for Australian filmmaker James Wan, whose low-budget scarers “Insidious” and “The Conjuring” earned generally favorable reviews and combined to gross more than $350 million worldwide.
Sept. 13, 2013