The Science of Monsters

Chapter Twenty-Four: Alien

1. Ebert, Roger. (May 3, 2008) “Great Movies: Alien (1979).” Chicago Sun-Times.

2. Koski, Olivia and Grcevich, Jana. (2017) Vacation Guide to the Solar System: Science for the Savvy Space Traveler! Penguin.

Chapter Twenty-Five: The Witch

1. Anczyk, Adam, and Joanna Malita-Król. (July 1, 2017) “Women of Power: The Image of the Witch and Feminist Movements in Poland.” Pomegranate 19 (2), 205.

Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Blair Witch Project

1. Koester, Robert. (2008) Lost Person Behavior. dbS Productions LLC.

Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Descent

1. Redfern, Nick. (2015) The Bigfoot Book: The Encyclopedia of Sasquatch, Yeti and Cryptid Primates. Visible Ink Press.

2. Brooks, Cassandra. (July 16, 2009) “Adaptation Is Key in Human Evolution.” Stanford News.

3. Hlodan, Oksana. (June 1, 2010) “Evolution in Extreme Environments.” BioScience 60 (6), 414–418.

4. Wolford, Brooke. (November 28, 2014) “Humans Adapted to Life at Different Latitudes by Tuning Their Circadian Clocks.” National Human Genome Research Institute.

Chapter Twenty-Nine: Tremors

1. Berardinelli, James. Rotten Tomatoes. 2019.

2. Ravindran, Sandeep. (February 29, 2016) “Inner Earth Is Teeming with Exotic Forms of Life.” Smithsonian Magazine.

Chapter Thirty: The Wolf Man

1. Schneider, Steven. (2003) 1001 Movies You Must See before You Die. Quintessence Editions. Hauppauge, New York.

2. Keck, Paul E., et al. (February 1988) “Lycanthropy: Alive and Well in the Twentieth Century.” Psychol Med. 18 (1), 113–120.

3. Zimecki M. (2006) “The Lunar Cycle: Effects on Human and Animal Behavior and Physiology.” Postepy Hig Med Dosw.

4. Hanlon, Roger. (June 2011) “Shape-Shifting Cuttlefish Can Mimic Pictures.” National Geographic.

5. Simon, Matt. November 13, 2015) “Absurd Creature of the Week.” Wired.

6. MacPherson, Kitta. (January 21, 2010) “The ‘Sultan of Slime’: Biologist Continues to be Fascinated by Organisms after Nearly 70 Years of Study.” Princeton University.

OceanofPDF.com

INDEX

1 Samuel, 169

28 Days Later, 73

47 Meters Down, 157

101 Dalmatians, 107

1001 Movies You Must See before You Die, 201

1984 (Orwell), 145

A

The Abominable Dr. Phibes, 108

Academy Award, 24, 41, 43, 61, 98

acclimatization, 195–196

Adams, Julia, 149

Adaro, 151

Adler, Shelley, 14

Adomnan, 151

adrenaline rush, 7

African Sleeping Sickness, 81

agoraphobia, 118

Alcala, Rodney, 44, 102

Alcott, Louisa May, 80

Alien, 158–166

neutrino lab research

cosmic radiation, 163–164

dark matter, 162–163, 164–165

neutrinos, 159, 160–162

parallel universes, 165

space science, 159

success of, 158–159

alien hand syndrome, 139

Alive, 46

Alland, William, 149

Allen, Thomas B., 88

Almirante Brown Research Center, 140

Amazonian giant centipede, 93

American Council of Science and Health, 112

American Film Institute, 43

American Medical Association, 101

American Psychiatric Association, 5

An American Werewolf in London, 204

Ames, Lexi, 33–40

bird and small mammal collection, 38

curiosity in the natural world, 34, 39

deer specimens, 35–36

horror film and taxidermy, 39–40

misconceptions of taxidermy, 37

“scavenger” collection process, 34–35

scientific value of collecting, 35–36

and social opinions on death, 37, 38

wet specimens, 35

amnesic shellfish poisoning, 122

amphibious animals, 150

anatomy acts, 83

Andes Mountains, 46–47, 48

Angell, Tony, 125

Anglicanism, 90

Annabelle, 9

Antarctica, 140–141, 142, 199

anthropomorphism, 116–117, 123, 126

anxiety, 118–119

Aoyama, Tessan, 143

The Apple Tree (Du Maurier), 120–121

Arachnophobia, 113–119

anthropomorphism, 116–117

deadly spiders, 114–115

fear-inducing “otherness” of spiders, 113–114, 117

filming with spiders, 115–116

spoof-style of, 114

types of phobias, 117–119

Argosy magazine, 42

Aristotle, 144

Armitage, Missy (fic), 99

Armitage, Rose (fic), 98–99

Arnold, Jack, 149

arthropods, 157

The Atlantic, 4

Audubon, 123

Avondale spider, 115

B

Bacon, Kevin, 197

bacteria, 198–199

the Bajau, 196

Balderston, John L., 80

Balli Trevino, Alfredo, 42

banned films, 9, 32

Bannion, Suzy (fic), 108

Barger, Glenn E., 194

Barrett, Simon, 181–184

Barrons, Tangina (fic), 136

Bassett, Earl (fic), 197

Bates, Norman (fic), 21, 22–23, 24, 25, 26–28, 29, 30, 32–33, 39, 42, 108

bats, 57–58, 107, 108–109

The Beast in the Cave (Lovecraft), 190