The Science of Monsters

Dracula, 51–55

Gerard’s “Transylvanian Superstitions,” 51

horror tropes, 52–53, 54, 56

hypnosis-like mind control, 100

Jennifer’s Body, 60–64

medical ‘explanations’ for

and catalepsy, 55

porphyria, 53–54

tuberculosis (TB), 54–55

and nocturnalism, 57

Nosferatu, 56–59

in Romanian legends, 51–52, 53

and succubi legends, 60, 61, 63

vampire bats, 57–58, 108

“vampire killers,” 57

Vansant, Charles, 155

Variety, 98

Vatican, 90

Venus flytrap, 58

Verbinski, Gore, 143

VICE, 47

Video Recordings Act of 1984, 9

Vietnam War, 15, 16, 30, 173

violence, and the media, 9, 10, 30

Vlad III, Count Dracula, 53

Vlad the Impaler, 51–52, 57

Vodyanoy, 151

voodoo folklore, 9, 68

Voorhees, Jason (fic), 43

Vulture, 13

W

Waggner, George, 201

The Walking Dead, 68, 69

Wallace, Dee, 107, 110

wandering spider, 114

Ward, Fred, 197

Warren, Lorraine (fic), 178

Washington, Chris (fic), 98–99, 102

Washington, D.C., 88, 130–131

Washington State University, 125–126

Watkins, Breanna, 183, 184

Watts, Naomi, 143, 144

Wayne, Keith, 67

Weaver, Sigourney, 158

webbed hands, 149–150, 151, 152

Werewolf of London, 202

werewolves

and “black dog” folklore, 109

medical conditions for, 202–203

serial killers and, 203

sightings, 194, 195

The Wolf Man, 201–205

West, Lindy, 172

West Midlands Ghost Club, 194–195

Western culture, and cannibalism, 47, 48

Whale, James, 75

What We Do in the Shadows, 52

White, Carrie (fic), 173, 178, 179

White, E. B., 116–117

White, Robb, 93

white privilege, 98, 99, 103

Whitford, Bradley, 99

Wicca, 171

Wilbur (fic), 117

Williams, Allison, 98, 99

Williams, JoBeth, 129

Williams, John, 154

Williams, Michael C., 180

Wilson, Elizabeth, 138

Wilson, S. S., 197

Wisconsin, 6, 21, 31, 33, 79, 89, 161

Wisconsin DNR, 38

The Witch, 169–172

Biblical passages, 169

familiars, 177

feminist movements, 172

pagans/Wiccans, 171, 172

witch trials, 170–171

Witch of Endor, 169

The Witches, 176

witches

in the Bible, 170

The Blair Witch Project, 180–186

Carrie, 96–97, 173–179

modern, 171–172

powers, 173–178

Salem trials, 170

The Witch, 169–172

witch doctors, 170

witch trials, 170–171

The Wolf Man, 201–205

lunar cycle, effect on animals, 203–204

medical conditions, 202–203

shapeshifters, 204–205

werewolf legends, 202

Worden, Bernice, 31, 32–33, 41

Worden, Frank, 31

World Health Organization (WHO), 78, 110, 111, 112

World War II, 145, 201, 202

X

The X-Files, 7, 145

The X-Men, 173

Z

Zemeckis, Robert, 115

zombies. see reanimated corpses

Zouhri, Omar, 111

Zwicky, Fritz, 164

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