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In The Blackening, Lisa (Antoinette Robertson) and her friends try to survive a weekend getaway turned deadly. Glen Wilson/Lionsgate hide caption
Jasmin Savoy Brown stars in Scream 6 and Yellowjackets. photo by Robb Klassen/design by NPR hide caption
Whose Nightmares Are We Telling? How Horror Has Evolved for People of Color
Hand-carved pumpkins are displayed at Van Cortlandt Manor on Oct. 8, 2022, in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y. Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A cosplayers dressed as Pennywise from "It" poses during the Comic Con festival in 2017 at the Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris. Bertrand Guay/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Nia DaCosta attends a screening of Little Woods during the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival at SVA Theatre on April 21, 2018 in New York City. Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Fe hide caption
A "Help Wanted" sign posted in Brooklyn New York. Gabriela Bhaskar/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
In A Quiet Place, John Krasinski plays Lee Abbott. The movie follows a family that lives in a post-apocalyptic world, where super-hearing creatures will kill them in they make a sound. Jonny Cournoyer © 2018 Paramount Pictures. hide caption
Yes, You Really Do Hear Each Crunch Of Popcorn While Watching 'A Quiet Place'
A Pennywise mask from the movie It. Josh Loock/NPR hide caption
A still image from Guillermo del Toro's new movie, Crimson Peak. Twenty-two percent of audiences on any given weekend are Latino. But when it comes to horror films, that proportion jumps to as much as half the box office. Universal Pictures hide caption