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The chain saw and the shark: Cultural critic W. Scott Poole examines the twin poles of American horror in Dark Carnivals

Poole’s extended argument about the dominance of American empire and the ways horror filmmakers (and, to a lesser extent, novelists) have responded to it is potent and challenging.

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