THE X-FILES AND BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: THE AMBIGUITY OF EVIL IN SUPERNATURAL REPRESENTATIONS.(Critical Essay)

From: Journal of Popular Film and Television | Date: June 22, 2000| Author: BRAUN, BETH | Copyright information

Recent years have seen a marked increase in the number of television shows with a supernatural bent. The Warner Bros. Network is at the forefront of this trend, combining inhuman characters such as witches, vampires, and aliens with teen angst in the shows Charmed, Roswell, Angel, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Although these shows taken together might represent a mini-trend in recent television programming, there is of course nothing new in using supernatural settings and character...

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