The 1940s is a lost decade in horror cinema, undervalued and written out of most horror scholarship. This book deconstructs persistent scholarly discourse by re

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"[A] well-plotted survey." Total Film In 100 American Horror Films, Barry Keith Grant presents entries on 100 films from one of American cinema's longest-standi

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• This study is an exciting and new look at and expansion of our sense of horror films. • Re-envisaging the First Age of Cinematic Horror covers horror film