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‘It still preys on my mind’: readers on their scariest non-horror movies

After Guardian writers picked their choices for Halloween, readers have responded with films that send chills down their spines – from Never Let Me Go to The Truman Show The murder of the taxi driver is utterly excruciating and the hanging at the end equally so.

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Both are shown in full, in close up and in real time.

The condemned man’s last cigarette is smoked in full.

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