A particularly enjoyable ’80s pulp horror-espionage epic, a ’90s occult-horror motion flick, and extra

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For this week’s round-up, I’ve acquired:

• An extended, enjoyable, gonzo Eighties pulp horror novel about vampires and spirit mediums combating one another as spies in the course of the Cold War;

• a foolish, forgotten, actually-kinda-great ‘90s occult-horror action flick with some real spookiness at the core; and

• four tracks I’ve been listening to rather a lot.

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Now, the roundup: