horror
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“Obsession,” the indie horror movie written and directed by Curry Barker, has proved to be one of this year’s most successful films.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
In an attempt to parody the hit horror movie “Obsession” released earlier this year, the 60-second commercial showed Clark as someone so entranced by his new driver that he wouldn’t let anyone else touch it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
King Charles III has written to the families of the two police officers who were killed in the A66 horror crash, the Daily Mirror reports.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
To my horror and delight, I fear that it’s actually working this time.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
Churro barked and backed away, and Natalie watched in horror as the storm surge rose past the second floor and began to flood the hallway.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
A full accounting of the horrors of the war is likely years away.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
“The Wound Is Where the Light Enters” not only reveals the system’s horrors, but also celebrates the redemptive power of hope, intellect and community.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
Rahela Begum survived the horrors of war in Myanmar and life in the world's largest refugee camp in Bangladesh -- only to end up drifting at sea, clinging to a wooden plank.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
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 tell this tale in memory of Private Pompey Lewis, friend Pomp; who I still ardently dream shall sit beside my grandchildren and speak of kindly horrors.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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