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FIG. JL/01 — CONTROL ROOM · ISSUE 023 · APR 2026
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FIG. JL/F — FIELD CAPTURE · STUDIO 0451 · DETROIT
FEATURE · ESSAY2026.04.18 · 14 MIN READ

ON THE DESIGN OF DREAD.

K. Arenas, director of IRON LUNG REVENANT, on pacing horror without losing the player — what to telegraph, what to hide, what to never let recover.

— BY ED. C. MORI
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