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“The Ring” made its debut in 2002 as a remake of the 1998 Japanese horror flick. The American version focuses on a cursed videotape of disturbing, random black and white images. When the tape is finished, the viewer receives a haunting phone call from a mysterious girl who promises death to the viewer in seven days. Thanks to the advancements of modern DVD technology, watching “The Ring” at home fortunately avoids the VHS curse.

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“The Blair Witch Project” was released in 1999 and follows three college students into the eerie woods of Burkittsville, Md., in pursuit of the local legend called the Blair Witch. Because the film is shown as a documentary, it presents an “as if you were there” feeling. The fate of the three students becomes unknown after a fearful encounter, yet their footage is discovered and serves up as an incredible spine-tingling, hair-raising October flick.

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“Halloween.” The Michael Meyers saga holds a special place in the hearts of many fiends of All Hallows Eve. “Halloween” is considered the master of slasher films. The brother-sister dichotomy combined with vicious murders and a police chase, surrounding one of cinemas most violent and well-known villains, is sure to get you jumping out of your seat.

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“The Shining” takes place in an evil hotel that is occupied by a family of a mother, father and son. The hotel drives the father absolutely crazy which sends the mother into mass hysteria. The son has psychic abilities and is able to see into murders of the past. After becoming drowned in alcohol, the father tries to murder his wife and son in the same way that a butler of the hotel had done in the past. “The Shining” is definitely an iconic horror movie of the 21st century.

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“Saw.” With the sixth installment coming our way today, the “Saw” franchise has taken the genre of horror to an entire new level. Gore has never been so prominent in films of the past. Sick-minded Jigsaw attempts to teach people the value of life by putting them into life-threatening puzzles that are almost impossible to escape. His legacy long ensues after he is dead, and hopefully offers some resolution after years of killing.