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Recent Examples of zombiesThere’s something reassuring, if also terrible, about the inexhaustibility of zombies, and of content, and of zombie content.—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025
Their story lines are connected by the Talamasca, a secret society that keeps tabs on the world’s vampires, witches, ghosts, and demons, like archivists and librarians trained in combat and engaged in spycraft.
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Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
25 Oct. 2025
With good reason, as the history of this Louisiana city is filled with lore of witchcraft, voodoo, and even vampires.
Following psychic researchers in search of spirits in a New England house with a tragic past, The Haunting trades leering ghouls and jump scares for atmosphere and suggestion, cultivating a cloud of dread that hangs like a heavy blanket over audiences.
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Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Oct. 2025
Jack-o-lanterns, ghouls and goblins are around every corner, but the scariest creatures of all might be thousands of feet below the ocean’s surface.
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