SAN DIEGO - Hollywood is hot for horror right now. Once written off as lowbrow, the genre has emerged as one of the most reliably bankable in recent years, often a bright spot at the box office and frequently winning over critics, too, as with the acclaimed films Get Out (2017) and A Quiet Place (2018).
This year, industry watchers believe the most lucrative scares may come from It Chapter Two - the sequel to 2017's It, the highest-grossing horror movie of all time with its worldwide takings of US$700 million (S$976 million).
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