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Contents
Foreword | 9 |
A Silent Conspiracy of Terror | 53 |
Children of the Night | 77 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Horror movies: an illustrated survey |
| Author | Carlos Clarens |
| Publisher | Secker & Warburg, 1968 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Feb 26, 2008 |
| Length | 264 pages |
| Subjects | › › Horror films Performing Arts / Film & Video / General Performing Arts / Film & Video / History & Criticism |
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