Creep-out' Versus 'Gross-out': Horror Movies at the Australian Box Office

When it comes to horror there's severed limbs and blood-splattered walls, and there's ghostly goosebumps and spine-tingling serial killers. Mark David Ryan investigates the trends in the genre that strongly influence a film's commercial success in Australia.

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