Most people know something about 𝐹𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑖𝑛 by Mary Shelley. They might not have read the book, but still they know at least one thing about the story: it’s about a monster made by a human, a mad scientist. But who is the real monster? Is it Frankenstein? Or is it the mad scientist?
Whether it be the 1910 horror film, Frankenstein, written and directed by J. Searle Dawley, or the 1974 comedy from Mel Brooks, Young Frankenstein, the image of the monster and his creator are forever etched into our minds. But with all the great adaptations to this fine story over nearly two centuries, we should not…
Like any writer of horror, I have a desire to create a monster that will have people trembling in their seats. I have been researching how to do that. Thinking up a monster should be easy, right? Well, in a way it is, but if the readers don’t think your monster is believable, you will…
“Why do you like vampires? What’s so special about them? Why read about them? What’s so appealing?” Thus do the philistines speak. What’s so appealing about literary vampires? Let me count the ways… …by doing a bit of history… The literary vampire didn’t begin to flourish until the mid-1880s. I’ve heard it said that before…
Have you ever dreamed that a liberty of mummies chased you through a museum? Has a prominence of dhampirs ever saved you from the a basement of vampires? Are you afraid your town will be invaded by a vexation of zombies? Mummies, golems, dhampirs, revenants, skeletons, vampires, wendigoes, and zombies are creatures of the night…
