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No. 3 · November 2026Deadly Nights: two centuries of Christmas horror, from Dickens' ghosts to the killer SantaVictorian ghost stories by the fire, a 1954 comic, the Canadian film that invented the slasher, the Santa movie pulled from theaters and the monster that changed the ratings. The full history, sourced.
No. 2 · November 2026The Rules: how a three-day script called Scary Movie saved the slasher and kept Ghostface alive for 30 yearsA house-sitting writer, a director who said no twice, a star who asked to die in the first scene and a $6.4 million opening that kept growing. Scream turns 30 on December 20. The full story, sourced.
No. 1 · November 2026The Wish: how Obsession went from a coffee-shop script to a $525 million horror phenomenonA 26-year-old YouTube comedian, a $750,000 budget, 26 days in the San Fernando Valley and the first horror film in decades to grow at the box office three weekends running. The full story, sourced.- No. 4 · Friday, December 4, 2026Coming next monthA new deep-dive history lands for members on the first Friday of every month.
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- The Barker Path0 of 5
The films behind Obsession, ending with the film itself.
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December's challenge: three holiday-season shocks, from 1973 to 2024.
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The five films every modern horror director has studied.
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