By Cynthia J. Miller,A. Bowdoin Van Riper
This selection of new essays explores fifty years of style horror within which manifestations of the sacred or profane play a cloth position. The participants discover portrayals of the conflict among reliable and evil and their archetypes in such classics as The Omen (1976), The Exorcist (1973) and Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968), in addition to in renowned franchises like Hellraiser and Hellboy and cult movies reminiscent of God instructed Me To (1976), Thirst (2009) and Frailty (2001).
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