The Mechanics of Fear: Organic Haunted Houses in American Cinema
Most haunted house narratives, whether literary or filmic, are based on the same basic principle of intrusion of some outside, usually unidentified force which sows the seeds of chaos and destruction within the boundaries of a home. What is particularly fascinating is precisely the way in which the...
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Main Author: | Anne-Marie Paquet-Deyris |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Association Française d'Etudes Américaines
2013-04-01
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Series: | Transatlantica |
Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/5988 |
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