Vogue's Summerween Guide: 10 Classic Summer Horror Films to Beat the Heat
By
Erik Morse
Summary
Vogue celebrates the emerging tradition of "Summerween" — enjoying horror movies during the summer season — by curating a list of 10 classic summer-set horror films. The article highlights how, like Eastern cultures that embrace ghostly traditions during hot months, Americans have adopted scary movies as a way to cool down in air-conditioned spaces. The list features offbeat, disturbing, and classic horror films that prove summer is an ideal backdrop for spine-chilling cinema.
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· 3 pulledLike other countries in the world, particularly those in the East, that celebrate the ghostly and the macabre during the hottest season, we Americans have discovered that scary movies and spooky rituals are a great way to cool down…especially if they happen in a dark room with copious amounts of air-conditioning.
And so, the tradition of Summerween was born.
These films prove that you don't need the temperatures to drop to get a chill down your spine.
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