Not a fanthis is the first time I feel like I've read a horror where I've been like it's too much. It's actually too much for me. Not necessarily in like levels of gore, although there is that.
Wake up and Open Your Eyes (2025)
Others: Mixed When Noah's aging parents stop returning his calls, he travels to their Virginia home and finds it in shambles. They have been violently possessed via the media they watch--and much of the country is succumbing, too. With his nephew--also unaffected--Noah tries to return home to safety
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