horror
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His position is like that of the young babysitter in the 1979 horror film “When a Stranger Calls.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
But if you’re a fan of his brand of slightly unconvinced heroism, John Carpenter’s horror movie — about an insurance investigator on the hunt for a missing Stephen King-like author — is an enjoyable watch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
One of his main breakthrough roles was filmed in the UK in the early 1980s, when he appeared as Damien Thorn, son of the devil, in the supernatural horror Omen III: The Final Conflict.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice said he had spoken to Widdecombe on Monday and he "nearly fell over with shock and horror" when he heard of her death.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
He had returned to the places he had fled in horror.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
They transformed the unimaginable horrors that began with their theft from their homeland into constitutional principles expansive enough to protect people they would never know and generations they would never live to see.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026
I never forgot how lucky I am to be here considering the horrors she experienced during World War II and her ordeals trying to give us a good life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Maybe the current horrors will produce a massive national reaction.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
Rice’s readers might not have been quite so queasy about this; her antihero has a way of making many horrors palatable.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
I won't go into the horrors of that terrible afternoon.
From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl
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