“As a cultural index, the pre-Code horror film gave a freer rein to psychic turmoil and social disorientation because it possessed a unique freedom from censorship… the Hays Office admits that under the Code it is powerless to take a stand on the subject of ‘gruesomeness.‘(Thomas Doherty) “Scenes of excessive brutality and gruesomeness must be cut to an absolute minimum…” CODED CLASSIC HORROR THEORY “The Uncanny & The Other”
