It’s been another frighteningly good year for horror fans .

Movie theaters — still, by far, the best place to enjoy a proper fright night — have been absolutely loaded with quality offerings essentially all year.

They’ve come in all sorts of chainsaw-sharp shapes and sizes , from straight-up gorefests and slow-brewing supernatural thrillers to silly-scary sci-fi and disturbingly romantic body horror (if, indeed, there is such a thing).

Some of these films were grand cinematic achievements, while others were breathtaking indie-success stories. Some were sequels — or prequels — which turned out to be as good as, or better, than expected.

All in all, it’s been another banner year for horror, which continues to shine — in terms of breadth of creativity and implementation of vision

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