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The serial killer in film: an archetype for our time

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Richard Blennerhassett
Richard Blennerhassett*
Affiliation:
Regional Drug & Alcohol Unit, Plummer Court, Carliol Place, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 6UR
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Abstract

The evolution of the serial killer in cinematic portrayal is described and examined in terms of its representation of the archetype of the shadow.

Keywords

Serial killerArchetypeShadow
Type
Perspectives
Information
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , June 1993 , pp. 101 - 104
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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