The Science of Monsters

unconsenting, 102–103

plot, and cultural impact of, 98–99

race relations, and white privilege, 98–99, 103

the “sunken place,” 99, 103

Ghost Hunters, 130, 134

ghosts

Japanese Yūrei, 143–144

Poltergeist, 129–136

The Ring, 143–145

The Shining, 137–142

giant oarfish, 157

The Giant Spider Invasion, 113

giant squid, 156

Gifts of the Crow: How Perception, Emotion, and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans (Angell/Marzluff), 125

Gilgamesh, 68

Gill-man (fic), 152

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (King), 186

gnomes, 191

goblin shark, 157

Goldblum, Jeff, 76

Golden State Killer, 33

González, Pedro, 202

Goodman, John, 114

graboids (fic), 198, 199

Grady, Delbert (fic), 139

Grcevich, Jana, 141, 159

Greece, ancient, 82–83, 144, 203

Grey, Jean (fic), 173

Gunness, Belle, 62, 63–64

gytrash, 109–110

H

Haarman, Fritz, 57

Hafdahl, Luke, 69–74, 92

Hagen, Elizabeth, 108

Haitian zombie lore, 67–68

Hallorann, Dick (fic), 138

Halloween, 3–7

child murderers, 4–5, 6

impact of, 4

impact on slasher movie genre, 7

Jody Kujawa on, 3–4

plot of, 3

surviving gunshot wounds, 6–7

Halloween II, 9

Halloween: Nightdance (Hutchinson), 6

hallucinogenics, 173–174

Hammer of Witches, 170

Hammer Pictures, 67

Hansen, Gunnar, 30, 32

Hardesty, Sally (fic), 31

Harker, Jonathan and Mina (fic), 56

Harper, Jessica, 108

Harris, Marilyn, 77

Harris, Thomas, 42

haunted dolls, 8–9, 10

The Haunting of Hill House, 83

Hawkins, Sally, 152

Hayworth, Annie (fic), 123

hedonistic killers, 62

Hedren, Tippi, 120

heme, 53, 54i

Henderson, Martin, 143

Henkel, Kim, 30

Herodotus, 47

Hicks, Catherine, 8

Hill, Debra, 3, 4

Hinduism, 91, 191

Hinzman, Bill, 67

Hitchcock, 22, 30

Hitchcock, Alfred, 21–22, 120, 121, 123, 125

the Hmong, 14–17

Hocus Pocus, 170

Hogan, Mary, 31, 41

Holland, Tom, 8

Holmes, Ronald M. & Stephen T., 33, 41

“Home” (The X-Files), 7

Homer, 47

Hooper, Tobe, 30, 31, 32, 129

Hopkins, Anthony, 22, 41, 43

Horror Rewind podcast, 3

Hostage to the Devil (Malachi), 90

Houk, Kenzie, 6

The Hound of the Baskervilles (Doyle), 109

Hubble telescope, 165

Hugh-Kelly, Daniel, 107

Hunter, Evan, 120, 121

Hurt, 158

Hutchinson, Stefan, 6

hypertrichosis, 202–203

hyperventilation, 118–119

hypnosis, 99–103. see also Get Out

hypnotherapy, 100–101

hypothermia, 46

I

Identity, 24

ideomotor phenomenon, 173

Idle Hands, 139

Igor (fic), 77

I’m Not a Serial Killer, 83

Imhotep (fic), 81

incubus, 60

The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride (Brown), 46

Industrial Age, 76

Ineson, Ralph, 169

insects, 58

institutionalization, 27, 28

Integrated Behavioral Health, 24–25

intelligent haunting, 132, 133

International Association of Exorcists, 90

International Space Station (ISS), 141–142

Interview with the Vampire, 63

iPhone, 75

Irving, Amy, 179

Islam, 91

Ives, Vanessa (fic), 39

J

Jakoby, Don, 113

Jane Eyre (Brontë), 109–110

Japanese spider crab, 157

Jaws, 154–157

filming of, and success, 154–155

real-life basis of, 155–156

sea monsters, 156–157

Jaws (Benchley), 154, 155

Jeftichew, Fedor Adrianovich, 203

Jekyll, Dr. (fic), 24

Jennifer’s Body, 60–64

female killers, motives, 61–63

succubi legends, 60, 61, 63

Jennings, Molly (fic), 117

Jennings, Ross (fic), 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119

Ji Xiaolan, 68

Johann, Zita, 80

John Radcliffe Hospital, 111

Johnson, Diane, 137

Johnson, Kendrick, 78

Johnson, Tim (fic), 108–109

Jones, Duane, 67

Jones, Kate, 57

The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, 61, 62

Journal of Victorian Culture (McKechnie), 113

Judaism, 48, 91

Jurassic Park, 76

K

Kaluuya, Daniel, 98

Kand, Erick, 100

Kaplow, Josh, 139

Karloff, Boris, 75, 77, 80, 81

Karras, Father (fic), 91–92

Kaufman, Kenn, 123

Keener, Catherine, 99

Keller, Rachel (fic), 144

Kemper, Ed, 43–44

Kennedy, John F., 10

KII meter, 132

To Kill a Mockingbird (Lee), 108

Killing Fields, Cambodia, 13

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 10

King, Stephen, 107, 137, 138, 173, 186, 190

knockers, 190

Koester, Robert, 185

Koivunen, Timothy, 10–11, 12

Koski, Olivia, 141–142, 159, 176–177

Kotnala, Anuradha, 101

Kotto, Yaphet, 158

Kozak, Harley Jane, 117

Kraken, 156

Kreskin, 100

Krueger, Freddy (fic), 18, 32, 44

Kruger, Ehren, 143

Kubrick, Stanley, 137–138, 139

Kujawa, Jody, 3–4, 155

Kusama, Karyn, 60, 61

Kutcher, Steven, 115–116

L

L.A. Times, 13

Laemmle, Carl, Jr., 80

Langenkamp, Heather, 13

Laos, 14, 15

laser technology, 176–177

Lassie, 107

Laurie, Piper, 173

Lawrence University, 33, 34, 35, 38

Leasure, William, 24–28, 29

Leatherface (fic), 21, 31, 32–33

LeBeck, Rhonda (fic), 197–198

Lecter, Hannibal (fic), 22, 41, 42, 43, 44–45, 46, 48

Lee, Harper, 108