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9 | (2) |
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11 | (26) |
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21 | (5) |
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26 | (11) |
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2 Three Major Predecessors |
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37 | (28) |
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The Changeling (Peter Medak, Canada, 1979) |
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37 | (6) |
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The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, GB, 1980) |
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43 | (11) |
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Ghost Story (John Irvin, US, 1981) |
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54 | (11) |
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3 The Fallow Years: An Assortment of Ghosts |
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65 | (30) |
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Lady in White (Frank LaLoggia, US, 1988) and Ijintachi tono natsu/The Discarnates (Nobuhiko Obayashi, Japan, 1988) |
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65 | (1) |
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66 | (5) |
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71 | (7) |
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Ghost (Jerry Zucker, US, 1990) |
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78 | (3) |
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Always (Steven Spielberg, US, 1989) |
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81 | (3) |
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Haunted (Lewis Gilbert, UK/US, 1995) |
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84 | (11) |
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95 | (16) |
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The Sixth Sense (M. Night Shyamalan, US, 1999) |
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95 | (9) |
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Stir of Echoes (David Koepp, US, 1999) |
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104 | (7) |
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111 | (20) |
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Ringu/Ring (Hideo Nakata, Japan, 1998) and Ringu 2/Ring 2 (Nakata, Japan, 1999) |
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111 | (10) |
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121 | (10) |
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131 | (18) |
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Kokkuri-san/Kokkuri (Takahisa Zeze, Japan, 1997) |
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131 | (7) |
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Memento Mori (Kim Tae-yong & Min Kyu-dong, South Korea, 1999) |
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138 | (11) |
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149 | (20) |
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In Dreams (Neil Jordan, US, 1998) and The Dark (John Fawcett, UK/Germany, 2005) |
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149 | (15) |
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The Haunting (Jan de Bont, US, 1999) |
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164 | (5) |
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8 Generic Developments 1: Messages from the Dead |
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169 | (18) |
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What Lies Beneath (Robert Zemeckis, US, 2000) |
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169 | (8) |
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The Gift (Sam Raimi, US, 2000) |
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177 | (4) |
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Dragonfly (Tom Shadyac, US/Germany, 2002) |
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181 | (6) |
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9 Spain and History 1: Politics and War |
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187 | (16) |
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El espinazo del diablo/The Devil's Backbone (Guillermo del Toro, Spain/Mexico, 2001) |
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187 | (6) |
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The Others/Los otros (Alejandro Amenabar, Spain/US, 2001) |
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193 | (10) |
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10 Hollywood Reinflections |
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203 | (18) |
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The Ring (Gore Verbinski 2002) and The Ring Two (Hideo Nakata 2005) |
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203 | (10) |
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213 | (4) |
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Below (David Twohy, 2002) |
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217 | (4) |
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221 | (26) |
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Pon/Phone (Ahn Byung-ki, South Korea, 2002) |
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221 | (8) |
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Ju-on (Takashi Shimizu, Japan, 2002) and The Grudge (Takashi Shimizu, US, 2004) |
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229 | (3) |
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232 | (3) |
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Chakushin ari/One Missed Call (Takashi Miike, Japan, 2004) |
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235 | (12) |
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12 Generic Developments 2: Ghosts in the Woman's Film |
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247 | (14) |
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Honogurai mizu no soko kara/Dark Water (Hideo Nakata, Japan, 2002) |
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247 | (7) |
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Dark Water (Walter Salles, US, 2005) |
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254 | (1) |
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Half Light (Craig Rosenberg, Germany/US, 2006) |
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255 | (2) |
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The Marsh (Jordan Barker, Canada/US, 2006) |
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257 | (4) |
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13 Ghosts and Institutions 1: South Korea |
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261 | (26) |
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261 | (2) |
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Whispering Corridors (Park Ki-hyeong 1998) |
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263 | (5) |
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268 | (7) |
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A Blood Pledge (Lee Jong-yong 2009) |
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275 | (2) |
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Geoul sokeru/Into the Mirror (Kim Sung-ho 2003) |
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277 | (10) |
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14 Ghosts and Institutions 2: The West |
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287 | (22) |
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287 | (12) |
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Riget/The Kingdom (4-part TV series) (Lars von Trier & Morten Arnfred, Denmark, 1994) |
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288 | (4) |
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Fragile/Fragiles (Jaume Balaguero, Spain/UK, 2005) |
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292 | (7) |
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Gothika (Mathieu Kassovitz, US, 2003) |
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299 | (10) |
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309 | (28) |
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Inner Senses (Lo Chi-leung 2002) |
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309 | (7) |
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Bhoot/Ghost (Ram Gopal Varma, 2003) |
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316 | (6) |
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Histoire de Marie et Julien (Jacques Rivette 2003) |
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322 | (6) |
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Non ti muovere/Don't Move (Sergio Castellitto, Italy/Spain/UK, 2004) |
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328 | (1) |
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L'amore ritorna (Sergio Rubini 2004) |
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329 | (1) |
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Ovunque sei (Michele Placido 2004) |
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330 | (7) |
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16 Anatomy of the Ghost Melodrama |
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337 | (26) |
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Ryeong/The Ghost/Dead Friend (Kim Tae-kyoung, South Korea, 2004) |
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337 | (11) |
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Sakebi/Retribution (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Japan, 2006) |
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348 | (15) |
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17 Spain and History 2: The Franco Legacy and the Catholic Church |
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363 | (20) |
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El orfanato/The Orphanage (J.A. Bayona 2006) |
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363 | (12) |
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No-Do/The Haunting/The Beckoning (Elio Quiroga 2009) |
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375 | (8) |
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18 The Return of the British Ghost Film |
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383 | (32) |
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The Disappeared (Johnny Kevorkian, UK, 2008) |
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383 | (1) |
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Genova (Michael Winterbottom, UK/Cayman Islands, 2008) |
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384 | (2) |
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The Awakening (Nick Murphy, UK/France, 2011) |
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386 | (9) |
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395 | (1) |
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The Woman in Black (Herbert Wise, TVM, 1989) |
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396 | (2) |
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The Woman in Black (James Watkins, UK/US/Canada/Sweden, 2011) |
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398 | (7) |
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The Secret of Crickley Hall (Joe Ahearne 2012, 3-part BBC TV mini-series) |
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405 | (10) |
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19 Recent US developments and conclusion |
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415 | (24) |
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Return to Haunted-house Horror |
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415 | (3) |
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Broken Families and Mourning |
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418 | (7) |
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425 | (14) |
| Filmography |
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439 | (6) |
| Illustrations |
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445 | (2) |
| Bibliography |
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447 | (6) |
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