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These chilling, low-budget flicks are right on fright

With all the buzz about "Paranormal Activity," you'd think it was the first low-budget horror film that ever managed to get a rise out of audiences. In fact, it's the latest in a long line of cheaply made chillers.

For decades, the horror genre has drawn talented, usually fledgling directors with limited means. Francis Ford Coppola made his mainstream debut with "Dementia 13," a Gothic-style...

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