MONSTERS. Monsters in History Classical mythology boasts many monsters.

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MONSTERS

Monsters in History Classical mythology boasts many monsters

More monsters from Greek Mythology:

The Gothic Tradition Mary Shelley’s book Frankenstein (1818) A great horror classic from the early 19th century

Nineteenth Century Masters Writers who turned to the short story or novel to spook their readers: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (author of Sherlock Holmes) Holmes and Moriarty fighting over the Reichenbach Falls

Wilkie Collins A famous novel is The Woman in White

Robert Louis Stevenson A study of a split personality where a London lawyer investigates the strange occurrences of his friend; both good and evil lurk within the same person

A famous poem is “The Raven.” A man is trying to forget his lost love and a raven flies into his house; he talks to it and starts losing his sanity. Edgar Allan Poe

Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” One of the most widely read of Poe's stories. The narrator receives a desperate letter from a "boyhood friend" requesting that he come to see him. The friend, a mister Roderick Usher, lives in a very old mansion out near a swamp. Once inside, the narrator finds more than he expected. A classic story of a creepy guy living in a haunted house.

Bram Stoker’s Dracula Published in 1897, Dracula is a story of a mysterious Count in Transylvania who shows no signs of diminishing over a century later

Modern Horror Sub-genres Comic Horror Creepy Kids Gothic Hauntings Historical Psychological Quiet Horror

More horror sub-genres Religious horror Science-fiction horror Splatter Supernatural menace Technology Weird tales Zombie

Modern-Day Monsters: Humans Gone Bad Psychologically Mike Meyers, Halloween

Freddy Kreuger, Nightmare on Elm Street

Jigsaw, from the Saw Series

Jason, Friday the 13th

Hannibal Lecter, Silence of the Lambs

Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde

CREATURES Creature from the Black Lagoon

Werewolves

Zombies

Frankenstein’s monster

Alien

Chucky

Vampires -- Dracula

Godzilla

The Supernatural

Dead people

Demons

ARE THE MONSTERS OUTSIDE YOU OR INSIDE YOU?

IS THE DOOR OPEN OR CLOSED?

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