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If you’ve ever been turned off by the low ratings of horror classics on mainstream film sites, dragged down by the opinions of casual fans, then the Horror Codex is the place for you. Here, films are rated, sorted, and tagged by devotees who live for the scare. Explore films across 61 sub genres and dozens of countries or create an account to rate films, log and review your watches, contribute to community lists, revise genre and keyword tags, and help build the definitive database of horror cinema.
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The Witching Season
Thirty-one nights of horror, one for every night of October. Start a list from the themes and work through it with everyone else.
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Every Godzilla Is a Different Monster
The Godzilla franchise doesn't have a continuity problem. It has a continuity principle: the monster is reset whenever Japan has something new to process. The gaps are the story.

The Monster Renaissance, by the Numbers
In 1957, nearly half of all horror films released worldwide featured a classic monster. Three years later, that share had collapsed. What happened — and what did Basil Gogos have to do with it?
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