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The Southern gothic thriller is wrenching, funny—and not for the faint of heart.

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May 15, 2026 10:00 AM

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For die-hards, no horror movie can be too scary. But for you, a wimp, the wrong one can leave you miserable. Never fear, scaredies, because Slate’s Scaredy Scale is here to help. We’ve put together a highly scientific and mostly spoiler-free system for rating new horror movies, comparing them with classics along a 10-point scale.…