Dracula

The term “modern monster” can mean several different things to different people. A “modern monster” can be something that scares us like a vampire. Monsters are an unnecessary part of our life, and the monsters let us open our mind to the world. A monster can be something the is hideous and scares us, but the word monster can also mean something that is in our head. Like movies we let the monsters in our head and believe they are real but there not In most of the stories in the book the…

Grahame-Smith’s most important factor of influence was his editor at Quirk Books, Jason Rekulak. Rekulak introduced to Grahame-Smith the idea of “a literary mash-up, combining the great Jane Austen classic Pride and Prejudice with zombies,” (“Seth Grahame-Smith Biography” par. 6). Enlightened by the notion of a “mash-up” for his next book, Grahame-Smith immediately wrote the book that came to be known as Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, which helped him achieve his first breakthrough in his…

Yamauba are generally endowed with supernatural powers. In the Medieval Noh text entitled Yamamba, the protagonist Yamauba makes use of her supernatural vigor to darken the sky in order that the courtesan who's reputed to be just right at yamamba dance would be compelled to spend a night at her lodging. In Spirited Away, Yubaba is an ancient lady with white hair who controls her staff via the vigor of language and magic. She’s freely able to turn humans into animals and consume them, which in a…

In Christianity, Lucifer is a fallen angel who was cast out of Heaven and condemned to Hell. Lucifer has been referred to by many names, including the Devil and Satan, which means adversary. Lucifer has appeared in many different texts in different forms. Recently, he has appeared on two modern television shows, the CW’s Supernatural and Fox’s Lucifer in different roles. Since it first appeared on air in 2005, Supernatural has established a rich mythology regarding monsters, demons, and angels…

The setting of “Hop-Frog”, written by Edgar Allan Poe, displays some qualities of a gothic setting but fails the criteria of others. An example where it does fit gothic literature is shown when the story says, “When the two little friends obeyed the summons of the king they found him sitting at his wine with the seven members of his cabinet council” (3). This passage implies to us based on the wine and the councilors that this section of the story is taking place in a dining room or another…

The Egyptian kings and queens were buried, in the Deir- el bahri located in the west bank of the Nile. Among the pharaohs were a few mummies, which could not be identified and was aside letter of the alphabets to them. The coffin in which unknown man E was buried into was examined once he was removed. The coffin appeared to have wood shaving inside, which in tells that coffin was enlarge to accommodate the body of unknown man E. This discovery clearly shows that this coffin was not intended…

The Similarities Between Vampires Diverge Vampires mirror the image of normal human beings, besides their unnatural abilities they choose to love or not to love, to hate or not to hate, and at last they choose who they wish to focus their energy on. Sheridan Le Fanu’s vampire Carmilla shows likeness too Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s vampire Geraldine at the same time having different personal motives of their own. Carmilla with all her likenesses to Geraldine shows more empathy to Laura than…

Night of the Living Dead, released in 1968, directed by Gorge A. Romero and Carnival of Souls, released in 1962, directed by Herk Harvey, are two popular movies in the horror genre. Both low budget and filmed in black and white, captivated audiences with their filming techniques and psychological impact. Night of the Living Dead better represents the horror genre than Carnival of Souls because of its use of characteristics, stereotypes and technical components throughout the film. A typical…

THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI’ FILM ANALYSIS ‘The Cabinet of Dr. Calgari’, directed by Robert Weine, is a widely regarded quintessential work of German Expressionist Cinema. The 1920 German silent horror film utilises a fragmented set, with unnerving and twisted visual style, unusual sharp- pointed forms, tilted sets, hand painted shadows and light and odd lines to create a film that was it’s own art form, when previously film had been more like filming a play. The oblique structures and hand…

From blockbuster Hollywood movies to parodies on the internet, the creature in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is commonly portrayed as a “monster”, but is this accusation really true? The creator of the creature, Victor Frankenstein may have more in common with the “monster” than previously thought. Through careful evaluation, we can see the many similarities and differences between the two main characters in the story. In Frankenstein, the similarities between the creature and its creator,…