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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anne-Marie Paquet-Deyris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association Française d'Etudes Américaines 2013-04-01
Series:Transatlantica : Revue d'Études Américaines
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/5988