The Cold War Horror Film: Taboo and Transgression in The Bad Seed, The Fly, and Psycho

Journal of Popular Film and Television

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 20-31

  Hendershot, Cyndy ^a  

^a ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84990892222     PISSN: 01956051     EISSN: 19306458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01956050109601006     Document Type: Article

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