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-The author reflects on **//horror//** films made in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. He argues that these films are not as good as the classic **//horror//** films made in earlier decades. He discusses **//horror//** films such as "Scream," "The Thing From Another World," and "The Exorcist." He also comments on books about the **//horror//** film **//genre//** such as "Men, Women and Chainsaws," by Carol Clover, "Projected Fears," by Kendall Phillips, and "Nightmares in Red, White and Blue," by Joseph Maddrey.

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-Opinion. Focuses on the author's examination of the Goosebumps series of books for young readers, written by R.L. Stein, in an effort to investigate the pleasure of the **//horror//** genre. Identification of various books by Stein, including `In the Graveyard,' `In a Dark, Dark Room' and `The Teeth'; Examination of the lure of the **//horror//** genre; Author's interest in children's fascination with **//horror//**; Carrol's (1990) definition of art-**//horror//**.

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