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Fritz Lang's first sound feature, M (1931), is one of the earliest serial killer films in cinema history and laid the foundation for future horror movies and thrillers, particularly those with a disturbed killer as protagonist. Peter Lorre's child killer, Hans Beckert, is presented as mons...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Deighan, Samm (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Leighton Buzzard : Auteur 2019.
Series:Devil's advocates.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv13841zs
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Fire, Voices and Torment; 1: A Murderer Among Us; 2: In the Hall of the Mountain King; 3: The Vampire of Düsseldorf and the Butcher of Hanover; 4: While the City Sleeps; 5: The Pleasure to End All Pleasures; Bibliography.