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Y2K Horror Comedy

Y2K Scares & Laughs: A Critical Look at Horror Comedy in the Millennium’s Shadow

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Introduction The turn of the millennium was a strange and unsettling time. As the clock ticked closer to the year 2000, anxieties about the “Y2K bug” – the potential for widespread computer malfunctions – mingled with the dawn of the digital age. This confluence of fear and fascination created a unique cultural landscape, one perfectly … Read more

Laughing in the Face of the Millennium Bug: A Critique of Y Two K Horror Comedy Films

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Introduction Imagine a world where dial-up modems scream their last breath, and the glow of cathode-ray tube monitors casts an eerie light upon impending technological doom. The year two thousand loomed large, not with promises of flying cars and utopian futures, but with whispers of catastrophic computer malfunctions. This was the breeding ground for a … Read more

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