A shape in the distance, a killer in suburbia, a psychiatrist pushed to his limits and an innocent girl in the firing line. Halloween is one of the acknowledged classics of horror, the patient zero of slasher movies. Now, we take a look behind the scenes, examining how it’s structured, what it says about the times and crucially what makes it tick. Welcome to the Pseudopod Autopsy. Now glove up…

 

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By Ben Thomas

Read by Alasdair Stuart

“There is a fossil bed here,” he declared, “that I could publish on for the rest of my life.”

  Thom's tendency was to become worked up about every dig he

  "Of course, we'll have to wait until tomorrow, but wait till you

see what I’ve found. You’ll feel like a boy in a toy shop!”

 

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