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The horror genre exists to help viewers confront their darkest fears. Film can offer safe encounters with monsters, murderers, mutants, and other mostly fictional frighteners, but there is one real-life phobia fans cannot escape: going to the doctor. Fortunately, there are plenty of movies to help patients prepare for the dreaded annual check-up, and these ten horror comedies featuring doctors, nurses, surgeons and dentists are better than a dose of laughing gas.

The horror-comedy is a very difficult subgenre to pull off, but this list showcases the ways a well-placed gag can make confronting one's fears into a fun experience. These films about scalpel-wielding slashers, corrupt cosmetic surgeons, and evil orthodontists are as hysterical as they are horrific, and they are sure to make a real-life appointment seem like a walk in the park.

A Ride in This Ambulance Costs More Than an Arm and a Leg

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Stars: Zachary Le Vey, Alyson Gorske, Angel Prater, Caryn Richman, Michael Paré, Kio Cyr | Written by Brandon Christensen, Ryan Christensen, Matt Manjourides | Directed by Brandon Christensen

Closing out the first night of this year’s Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival, The Puppetman tossed me a nugget of nostalgia early in the film when the leads make a booze run and I recognized the upside-down sign of Buffalo’s On the Rox Liquors, where many an eventful weekend of my own started.

But that doesn’t come until after we see a man brutally murder his wife while his young daughter cowers, caged in a dark closet. He seems to be struggling with himself as he beats her with a frying pan and stabs her. And that is his defence in court, it wasn’t him, someone or something else was controlling his body. It doesn’t get him acquitted, but it does get him a nickname,...

Stalked By My Doctor.Recently I was flipping through the seasonal calendar at a Boston-area repertory cinema, and a program dedicated to the enterprising feminist filmmaker Joyce Chopra caught my eye. I wondered how Chopra’s six-decade career, spanning everything from short-form documentaries and TV movies to Sundance-winning features and stage plays televised for PBS, would be condensed into a curated selection of screenings. In fact it would only be two: Smooth Talk (1985), one of Chopra’s two theatrically-released features, and Joyce at 34 (1972), a short documentary that she co-directed with Claudia Weill early in her career.I’m not ignorant of the creative merits or historical importance of these films, nor the rights/access issues resolved by Criterion’s recent physical release of a 4K restoration of Smooth Talk, which includes Joyce at 34 as a special feature. But as I look at rep theater programs across the country and see...

Lifetime Movie Network (Lmn) has set 13 thrillers to debut in early 2021, including five new “The Wrong” franchise movies starring Vivica A. Fox, TheWrap has learned exclusively.

The new installments include “The Wrong Real Estate Agent,” “The Wrong Fiancé,” “The Wrong Mr. Right,” “The Wrong Prince Charming” and “The Wrong Valentine,” with the latter one marking the channel’s 25th “Wrong” movie, all of which have starred and been executive produced by Fox.

Below, see the full slate of new movies rolling out January-March on Friday nights on Lifetime’s sister network Lmn. The lineup includes Fox’s five “Wrong” movies, as well as projects starring Eric Roberts, Tracy Nelson, Samaire Armstrong, Anna Marie Dobson, Michael Pare, Tom Sandoval, Jessica Morris, Jason Shane Scott and Michael Madsen.

The Wrong Real Estate Agent

Starring Vivica A. Fox, Andres Londono, Dorian Gregory, Alaya Lee Walton, Tom Sandoval, Gina Hiraizumi

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If you’re looking for the perfect excuse to stay in this New Year’s Eve, or are looking for a way to get through your New Year’s Day hangover— we have you covered.

We’ve rounded up all the movie and TV show marathons to indulge in this holiday weekend.

As is tradition, The Twilight Zone marathon will be serving up frights continuously from Dec. 31-Jan. 2. Whether you want to catch your favorite installments in the Harry Potter series, entire seasons of Game of Thrones or episodes of Law & Order, there’s something for everyone to enjoy.

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