Horror : a thematic history in fiction and film

Abstract

Hating other - religion, nationhood and identity mad science - Frankenstein and his monsters children of the night - vampires and the undead monsters from the id - horror, madness and the mind forbidden knowledge - textuality, metafiction and books them! - narratives of pestilence and invasion hail Satan! - diabolism, the occult and demonic possession transformations - body horror.