Universal Monsters and Blumhouse Horror Reign in These Halloween Collections

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This roundup, which includes film/tv characters from major studios, was written during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Without the labor of actors currently on strike, the films and TV covered here wouldn’t exist.

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