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IN A GAME FILLED WITH HORROR CLICHÉS, THIS ONE NATURALLY BEGINS ON A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT, WHEN A COUPLE OF KIDS ENTER AN ABANDONED MANSION. JOIN US AS WE TOO STEP INSIDE THE SPLATTERHOUSE – AND IF YOU’RE FEELING FAINT, JUST KEEP REPEATING, “IT’S ONLY A VIDEOGAME… ONLY A VIDEOGAME…”

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FORTY YEARS ON FROM ITS RELEASE, WRITER-DIRECTOR TOM HOLLAND REVEALS HOW FRIGHT NIGHT HELPED REVIVE THE VAMPIRE FILM

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