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Jun 2025
1h 50m

270 - The Dead Zone (1983)

Night Vale Presents
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Don't forget to vote! Approachability: 8/10 ( More Shawshank Stephen King than IT Stephen King ) Content Warnings: Sexual Assault/Murder; Blood; Suicide; Child endangerment; Mild jump scares Next Week’s Film  RandomHorror9 T-Shirts! Hosts: Jeffrey Cranor & Cecil Baldwin (Find more of our work on Welcome to Night Vale) Logo: David Baldwin Ra ... Show More
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