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Ghosts In The Machine

Nick Tangborn, Rosemary Pepper

Ghosts In The Machine is a genre-driven exploration of the movies, cult films, horror media, and streaming-era technologies that shape our culture—and the personal obsessions that keep us watching.

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  • Nick Tangborn

    Horror film, TV & intersection of tech and media. Loves Quatermass films, Hammer horror, Sam Raimi, John Carpenter, James Whale, movies about Bigfoot. Long history in media incl time at BitTorrent, Napster, Rhapsody and CNET.

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