The Past Is Still Walking Toward You
It Follows, the Echo Boomers, and What Happens When the 1980s Never Stop Reverberating
Andy Might
Associate Professor of Media Studies: specialist in film genre, horror, youth rebellion, adaptation, and reception studies.
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