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... Murder by the Clock created quite an impact on its original release , perhaps because it drew atmos- phere from the just - beginning cycle of horror films to beef up the generally prosaic and talkative quality of the mystery films of ...
... Murder by the Clock created quite an impact on its original release , perhaps because it drew atmos- phere from the just - beginning cycle of horror films to beef up the generally prosaic and talkative quality of the mystery films of ...
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... Murders at the Zoo garnered little attention at the time mainly because , like Para- mount's other horror film of the period , Island of Lost Souls , it was considered rather tasteless and certainly lacked the genuine Gothic style of ...
... Murders at the Zoo garnered little attention at the time mainly because , like Para- mount's other horror film of the period , Island of Lost Souls , it was considered rather tasteless and certainly lacked the genuine Gothic style of ...
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... murder he was wrongly executed a murder of which he is innocent ; he returns periodically to cause the deaths ( usually by acci- dental hanging - entrapment by undergrowth vines , or the rope of the ferry itself ) of the men responsible ...
... murder he was wrongly executed a murder of which he is innocent ; he returns periodically to cause the deaths ( usually by acci- dental hanging - entrapment by undergrowth vines , or the rope of the ferry itself ) of the men responsible ...
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