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It's October and what better than a little blood, screaming and slasher horror flicks to get you in the Halloween spirit. Here is a slideshow of some recent horror movies. Enjoy!

Atonement emerged victorious at London's Empire Awards on Sunday, taking home three prizes including Best British Film. The drama also netted its stars James McAvoy and Keira Knightley the trophies for Best Actor and Best Actress respectively at U.K. movie magazine Empire's annual awards ceremony.

Horror films. Ghoulish DVD collections. Spine-tingling posters. Starpulse is giving away these and other scary items in honor of Halloween. Check out the following prizes:

Paris Hilton was booed as she went onstage to present a preview a clip from her upcoming horror movie at the 2007 Scream Awards in Los Angeles on Friday night.

NEW YORK (AP) - All season on the FX legal thriller, ''Damages,'' Rose Byrne has had scenes in a prison interrogation room, or behind glass receiving a visitor. She wears a baggy inmate uniform and a haunted look on her face.

In Evan Almighty, television anchorman-turned-U.S. congressman Evan Baxter (Steve Carell) relocates his family from Buffalo to Northern Virginia, and God (Morgan Freeman) reveals to him that a devastating flood is coming and the planet is about to be cleansed once again. Also on DVD: Surf's Up, 28 Weeks Later, Reign Over Me, and You Kill Me.

CENTURY CITY, Calif. - Quarantine. Eradication. Sterilization. Repopulation. The terror and devastation unleashed in the groundbreaking horror masterpiece 28 Days Later picks up six months after the Rage virus has decimated London in 28 Weeks Later,

LOS ANGELES (AP) - ''Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End'' ruled the seven seas with a record $139.8 million domestically over the long Memorial Day weekend, lifting its worldwide total to $404 million.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - ''Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End'' hauled in $142.1 million to commandeer the record for best Memorial Day weekend debut, capping a huge month that puts Hollywood on track for record summer business.