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Examines, with historically informed nuance, the myriad routes of cultural influence that converged in the American ‘grindhouse’ phenomenon and its aftermat

This book signifies innovative developments in horror cinema research, as well as the current state of the genre within the film and media industries. It is an

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Between the late 1950s and mid-1970s, British cinema experienced an explosion of X-certificated films. In parallel with an era marked by social, political, and