Monster History

From Page to Screen:
History of Movie Monsters

Its Alive!
Day One
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What terror lies there?
The most common aspect of any story involving a
monster is the struggle between a human collective of
protagonists against one or more monsters, who serve
as the antagonistic force.

The monster is created by a folly of mankind - an experiment gone
wrong, the effects of radiation or the destruction of habitat.
The monster is usually a villain, but can be a metaphor of humankind's
continuous destruction

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Frankie, who started it all
Mary Shelley, 1818
Gothic Novel- focus on
supernatural
Themes of revenge,
industrialization, science
versus nature
Man and Monster as doubles
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Dracula
Bram Stoker, 1897
Based on 15
th
century Vlad
the Impaler
Historical Allusion
Gothic Horror

Themes of fear of scientific
advancement, changing
attitudes towards religion
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the Werewolf
Not one defining text
Really came into own with
movies
The Other Side, 1893
Wolf Stories
Themes of dual natures,
safety, alternative lifestyles
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Shifting Sands
Fantastic stories began to feature mummies as
early 1699, but it was during the late Victorian
period that author Bram Stoker created the first
novel featuring mummies in a role as
supernatural antagonists. Stokers The Jewel of
Seven Stars, featuring a mummified Egyptian
queen, was extremely controversial upon its
publication in 1903 due to a violent and bloody
concluding chapter. of the 1903 edition.
When he attempted to republish the novel in
1912, Stoker was told that he had to create a
less disturbing conclusion. This new ending
replaced the original in all further publications
of the novel except the 2008 Penguin Classics
edition, which restores the ending
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The zombie
Mainly found in folktales from
Africa and central America
The traditional zombi represented in voodoo
religion and African folklore is not a flesh-
eating, infective menace to the human
race. Rather, it is an entity created from the
body of a dead person by a sorcerer that has
no will of its own. This zombi is a slave of the
sorcerers will and follows only the commands
of the sorcerer that revived him, but he does
not hunt for food or attempt to infect victims
with a zombie virus.

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Transition to Screen
The first feature length films to include what are regarded as monsters were often classed
as horror or science fiction films. The 1915 the German silent film, The Golem, is one of
the earliest examples of film to include a creature. In the 1930s, American movie studios
began to produce more successful films of this type, usually based on Gothic tales such as
Dracula and Frankenstein in 1931, both heavily influenced by German Expressionism,
followed by The Mummy(1932) and The Invisible Man(1933). Classed as Horror films,
they included iconic monsters.
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The Icons
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1950s
During the 50s, monster movies began to focus on aliens and
other creatures such as Godzilla
concepts became very silly and movies began using special
effects, which to our eyes look incredibly ridiculous, but in some
ways still rather cool
Plan Nine from Outer Space
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Rise of the Zombies
Night of the Living Dead,
1968, George Romero
Established themes such as
social unrest and alienation-
much of what was happening
in society at the time
They were portrayed in his films and
most thereafter as ravenous creatures
that attacked in groups, tried to devour
human flesh, had no discernable
intelligence or memory, and could only
be killed with a blow to the brain.
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1980s
Traditional monsters back on the screen
Themes of fitting in, but not seen as scary
Very Teen Oriented, totally silly
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2014
Resurgence of monsters in all Media started in mid 2000s
Vampires: Twilight, Vampire Diaries
Zombies: Walking Dead Comic led to show
Werewolves: Teen Wolf reboot
TONS of YA fiction dealing with supernatural

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What monster will be next?
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Why am I never
in fashion?
What? Do I
smell or
something?
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