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Today's horror films leave audiences with nothing to scream about. (Originated from Orange County Register)
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From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
Date: 19941107
Author:Sheehan, Henry
Horror movies are so darned learned these days.
``Wolf'' wonders if the decencies of our civilization are crumbling. ``Bram Stoker's Dracula'' ponders the eternal perversions of love. ``Mary Shelley's Frankenstein'' opens with an account of the historical background to the tale.
``Interview With the Vampire'' will _ as every eager reader of the book can testify _ eliminate vampiric sexual attraction as a subtext and make it an overt theme.
So learned, but _ with the exception of the rambunctious ``Wes Craven's New Nightmare'' _ not scary. In fact many horror movies don't ...
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