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Screams and chills: the best scary movies

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

It’s our Halloween horror flick round-up. We asked Takeaway listeners and our contributors, Newsday film critic Rafer Guzman and Spout editor Karina Longworth, to compile a list of the best horror films ever.

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