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He also expressed his passion for fantasy and Lord of the Rings author J.R.R.

Lenart agreed, saying, “don’t think I didn’t pitch my ideas for one.”

Adar in The Rings of Power season 2 episode 7

The Lord of the Rings franchise is ripe with potential for horror.

Remember the scene in Fellowship of the Ring where Frodo and the hobbits are hiding from the Nazgul?

It’s legitimately terrifying!

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And that’s just one example.

The jump scare when Bilbo spazzes out after Frodo shows him the ring?

The flippin' birthing of the orcs?

Anya Taylor-Joy and Miles Teller as Drasa and Levi in The Gorge

Lord of the Rings is low-key a horror IP already!

A Hobbit man cooking in a cozy kitchen in Tales of the Shire

Cronos: The New Dawn key art featuring a mysterious building in the background and traveller in foreground

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Ella Rubin as Clover in Until Dawn

REPO blue robot manning a camera

Ritual Remnants appear in various rooms in The Horror at Highrook

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A player using a flashlight in horror game REPO.

Two players in horror game REPO.

The cover of Edge Magazine showing Cronos: The New Dawn spread across all the way to the back cover

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A screenshot shows three Elden Ring Nightreign characters wearing Dark Souls armor sets

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Lewis Pullman as "Bob" in Thunderbolts*

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The cast of Thunderbolts standing in an elevator during the trailer for the upcoming Marvel Phase 5 movie.

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