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Right about now, you probably want to scream when someone suggests another scary movie you can rent, buy or watch for the impending Halloween weekend.

We all know the standard horror classics don’t we? Let’s see: “The Exorcist,” “The Haunting” (1963 original), “Halloween” (1978 original), “Night of the Living Dead” (1968 original), “Psycho” (1960 original), “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” (1975 original), “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” (1956 original), “Alien,” “Rosemary’s Baby,” “Evil Dead,” “The Omen,” and on and on.

What about those not-so-classic scary movies? The ones that hover just below the mainstream popular radar?

They may not be regarded as on the same level as Tim Burton’s “Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” but the following alternative scary movies might just fit the bill for something different this weekend. (Read more…)

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