Why horror kills at the box office

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🗓️ 14 September 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Hollywood has always made money from vampires and brain-eating zombies. But this year's a record-breaker thanks to sequels, hilariously unlikely creators, and pure thrills. This episode was produced by Denise Guerra and Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Miranda Kennedy, fact-checked by Melissa Hirsch, engineered by Adriene Lilly and hosted by Jonquilyn Hill. A detail from The Conjuring Museum Of The Occult based on "The Conjuring" films. Photo by David Benito/Getty Images. If you have a question, give us a call on 1-800-618-8545 or send us a note here. Listen to Explain It to Me ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:11.9	Anytime anyone goes into a darkened basement, people freak.
1:16.7	And yeah, I just think it's been by far the most innovative film genre of the past 15 years.
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1:34.8	Okay, you guys, I'm not big on truly scary stuff.
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1:46.0	why I did that. Um, Pennywise dancing cloud. And when I got home, I turned on all the lights in
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