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One of the staples of contemporary horror films is a scenario whereby intrepid archæologists uncover ancient artefacts only to unleash an antediluvian terror upon an unsuspecting world. Another, closely related, is one in which a modern building (a home, a leisure centre, or even a pub) turn out to have been built upon an ancient site… with terr­ible results. The latter scenario has become so ubiquitous within popular culture that even such a mainstay of the Jewish-American establishment as Krusty the Clown decided to build one of his most popular commercial ventures – a children’s summer camp – on “the site of an ancient Indian burial ground”.