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\newcommand*{\temphead}{Atypical vampire story}
\newcommand*{\tempon}{A mysterious stranger arrives in a small
town and both the mortality rate and the number of anaemia
cases goes up.}
\newcommand*{\tempdisc}{The heroine begins to suspect that
there is a vampire about, but no one believes her---not even
her fianc\'{e}.}
\newcommand*{\tempfirm}{The heroine's fianc\'{e} becomes anaemic
and the local doctor and priest see the characteristic puncture
marks of the nosferatu on his throat and believe.}
\newcommand*{\tempfront}{The priest, the heroine, her fianc\'{e}
and his doctor seek out the vampire's coffin, drive a stake
through her heart and cut off her head.}

\newcommand*{\TempHead}{{\itshape Invasion of the Body
Snatchers\/} (1956, Siegel)}
\newcommand*{\TempOn}{The doctor in a small community notices
that some of its members are behaving strangely.}
\newcommand*{\TempDisc}{He stumbles across a pod and realises
that people are being replaced by aliens, but he never manages
to get absolute proof.}
\newcommand*{\TempFirm}{A truck carrying pods out of the
community provides the required proof.}
\newcommand*{\TempFront}{Absent.}

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