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Films: Ghost

Horror films, old and new: what each one is, who made it and how scary it gets.

Film · 2023

Five Nights at Freddy's

A troubled security guard takes the night shift at a derelict pizzeria and works out its mascots aren't just old wiring.

Film · 2013

The Conjuring

Paranormal investigators the Warrens help a family confront a haunting in their new farmhouse.

Film · 2016

The Conjuring 2

The Warrens go to England to help a family living with a poltergeist in their council house.

Film · 1999

The Sixth Sense

A child psychologist tries to help a boy who insists he can see spirits.

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The After Dark Top 40

Forty horror films counted down like the charts, from silent classics to new favourites, picked by Erin and sent the moment you join.