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There’s a faint whiff of fright in the air in these wholesome classics.
By Emily Sears · @emily dawn · May 6, 2021, 1:10 PM EDT Cary Grant and Priscilla Lane in ARSENIC AND OLD LACE.
Beyond the gothic imagery of the Universal Monster and Hammer films burned into my memory, it’s the atmosphere of old horror I pine for most. Following the lady in white up a winding staircase, clutching her candelabra, visiting the local fortune teller for a little communing with the dead, creaky doors and shadowy figures triggering fear in the imagination – all those spooky details that conjure the spirit of Halloween night.