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There are some freaky moments (a floating dead boy tap-tap-tapping on an upstairs window gives you the willies) and a fiery finale at a drive-in that’s pure popcorn fun.
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Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 3 Oct. 2024
The Merc With a Mouth is back in theaters this weekend, this time (finally) teaming up with an X-Man who gives manicurists the willies.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 26 July 2024
But Nemo isn’t creepy, Pikachu doesn’t give you the willies, and Big Bird is nowhere near the precipice of the uncanny valley.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024
But one of the emails Lucy wrote to Joyce contains something that gives even me the willies:
Bethany’s middle name is Allana.
—Benjamin Hale, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
The story behind a legendary Jeep’s name gives some fans the willies.
—USA TODAY, 12 July 2023
But those little black spiders that run like the wind give me the willies.
—Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Jan. 2023
The veg sandwich, in which a salty and steroidal oyster mushroom subs for the bird, just gives me the willies.
—Tim Carman, Washington Post, 5 July 2022
Memory is imperfect, as Forth explains in his book, and encounters with a modern-day hobbit can scare the willies out of anyone.
—Rebecca Coffey, Forbes, 16 May 2022
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Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 3 Oct. 2024
The Merc With a Mouth is back in theaters this weekend, this time (finally) teaming up with an X-Man who gives manicurists the willies.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 26 July 2024
But Nemo isn’t creepy, Pikachu doesn’t give you the willies, and Big Bird is nowhere near the precipice of the uncanny valley.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024
But one of the emails Lucy wrote to Joyce contains something that gives even me the willies:
Bethany’s middle name is Allana.
—Benjamin Hale, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
The story behind a legendary Jeep’s name gives some fans the willies.
—USA TODAY, 12 July 2023
But those little black spiders that run like the wind give me the willies.
—Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Jan. 2023
The veg sandwich, in which a salty and steroidal oyster mushroom subs for the bird, just gives me the willies.
—Tim Carman, Washington Post, 5 July 2022
Memory is imperfect, as Forth explains in his book, and encounters with a modern-day hobbit can scare the willies out of anyone.
—Rebecca Coffey, Forbes, 16 May 2022
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“The willies.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20willies. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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