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Willem Dafoe on Why Horror Resonates With Audiences

"Horror is going through real appreciation now." Willem Dafoe talks about his appreciation for the horror genre, being a part of the Academy Museum's horror exhibit and reveals that Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" is the film that scared him the most as a kid.

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