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Somewhere between the nickelodeon’s last gasp and modernism’s first gulp of chlorophyll, Spooky Spooks materialises like a celluloid poltergeist that refuses to stay buried in the archive. Viewed today, its very title feels like an understatement: the picture doesn’t merely spook; it disembowels the concept of genre,...

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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

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" Somewhere between the nickelodeon’s last gasp and modernism’s first gulp of chlorophyll, Spooky Spooks materialises like a celluloid poltergeist that refuses to stay buried in the archive. Viewed today, its very title feels like an understatement: the picture doesn’t merely spook; it disembowels the concept of genre, stitching vaudeville pratfalls onto Gothic silhouettes until the seams squeal. A Plot That Tickles the Corpse of Coherence Bud Duncan and Marvin Loback—two tonsorial hobos who w..."

