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This post was updated 6:08 p.m. As the old adage goes, the thing that separates horror fans from the squares is that the fans talk about the villains first.

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The Quad: ‘Ma’ satisfyingly subverts thriller conventions to deliver a truly macabre monster

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Aug. 26, 2019 4:47 p.m.