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As Halloween approaches, I’m celebrating the movies that are essential viewing for my spooky season. September isn’t too early to start the Halloween season, right? Whatever, people start putting up their Christmas decorations in November now. I’m going in. So in the lead-up to Halloween, I’m going to chat about the horror movies that, dare I say, are comfort watches. They capture the season, cultivate a mood, or perfect a sense of catharsis that makes them, dare I say, cozy.

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