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Carnival of Souls1962 Charade1963 Dementia 131963 His Girl Friday1940 House on Haunted Hill1959 King Kong1933 McLintock!1963 Metropolis1927 Night of the Living Dead1968 Nosferatu1922 Plan 9 from Outer Space1957 Steamboat Willie1928 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari1920 The General1926 The Last Man on Earth1964 The Little Shop of Horrors1960 The Shadow Returns1946 The Terror1963

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