The Science of Monsters

long filming of, 137

novel versus film, 137–138

Overlook Hotel (fic), 138, 139, 141

telepathy, 138–139

The Shining (King), 137–138

Shintoism, 91

shower scenes, 22, 173

Sierra Nevada Mountains, CA, 45–46

Sietas, Tom, 150

The Silence of the Lambs, 41–48

and Balli Trevino, 42

cannibalism, 45–48

and Ed Gein, 41–42

high IQ of serial killers, 43–44

Hopkins’ portrayal of Lecter, 43

Lecter’s appeal as villain, 43, 44–45

The Silence of the Lambs (Harris), 42–43

Silent Night, Deadly Night, 9–10

Silk, Joan, 153

Silver Linings Playbook, 28

Simmons, Dykes Askew, 42

simple phobias, 117, 118

Siodmak, Curt, 201–202

Skerritt, Tom, 158

skin suits, 31, 32, 33, 41

slasher movies

Child’s Play, 8–12

Halloween, 3–7

A Nightmare on Elm Street, 13–18

sleep paralysis, 17–18

Sleep Paralysis: Night-mares, Nocebos, and the Mind-Body Connection (Adler), 14

Slender Man, 6

slime mold, 205

Smith, Johnny (fic), 178

Smith, Octavia, 81

Snell, Sue (fic), 179

social phobias, 117, 118

Society for Psychical Research, 138–139

sociopathy, 6

Sokushinbutsu, 82

sooty shearwaters, 121

Sosalla, David, 116

Soudan Underground Lab, 161, 163, 164

space adaptation syndrome, 159

space travel, 159

Spacek, Sissy, 173

Spider-Man, 113, 115

spiders, 94, 95–96

Spielberg, Steven, 129, 154

Split, 24

split personalities, 23, 24

squid sperm, 95

St. Louis University, 88

Stanford, 195

The Stanley Hotel, CO, 138

Stanton, Harry Dean, 158

Star Trek, 165

Starling, Clarice (fic), 43

Stefano, Joseph, 21

Stevenson, Robert Louis, 23

Stiers, Stanley, 4

Stoker, Bram, 51, 52, 53, 55, 56, 57, 60

Stone, Philip, 139

Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Stevenson), 23

Stranger Things, 165, 173

Strick, Wesley, 113

Strode, Laurie (fic.), 4

strokes, 71, 72

study skin, 38

subliminal messages, 144–145

succubi legends, 60, 61, 63

Sudden Unexplained Nocturnal Death Syndrome (SUNDS), 14, 16–17

summer blockbusters, 154–155

The Sun, 42

Supreme Court of the United States, 5

Suspiria, 108

Suzuki, Koji, 143

Swayze, Patrick, 110

Sybil (Schreiber), 24

T

Tally, Ted, 41

Tangina (fic), 178

Taoism, 91

tapeworms, 94–95

taphephobia, 81

Tarantula, 113

taxidermy. see Ames, Lexi

Taylor, Rod, 120

Taylor-Joy, Anya, 169

Teague, Lewis, 107

Techar, Ty, 123

telekinesis, 173–174

telepathy, 138–139

temporary paralysis, 118–119

Tennyson, Alfred, 156

tentacled caterpillar, 205

terminal delirium, 70

tetrodotoxin, 68

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, 30–40

Gein as basis of Leatherface, 21, 31–33

protests of, 9, 32

success of, 32

and taxidermy. see Ames, Lexi

and “true monsters,” 32–33

Thailand, 15

theory of mind, 124, 125

They Live, 145

Thigpen, Corbett H., 24

The Thing from Another World, 158

Thompson, Brian, 101

The Three Faces of Eve (Cleckley/Thigpen), 24

ticks, 58

The Tingler, 93–97

centipede encounter as inspiration for, 93

humans ‘inhabited’ by living things

cockroach, 96

fetus in fetu, 95

sea snail, 95

spiders, 95–96

squid sperm, 95

tapeworms, 94–95

parasitic creatures

cookiecutter sharks, 94

Costa Rican wasp, 94

Cymothoa exigua, 94

perceived dangers

animatronic “devil baby” for Devil’s Due, 97

fake telekinetic event for Carrie, 96–97

“Percepto” chair-vibrating device, 93, 96

Tolkien, J.R.R., 145

The Tommyknockers (King), 190

tongue-eating louse, 94

Toppan, Jane, 62

Torrance, Danny (fic), 138

Torrance, Jack (fic), 137, 138, 139, 140

Torrance, Wendy (fic), 137, 139

Tourette’s syndrome, 89

Tracy, Spencer, 24

transient global amnesia, 204

transplants, 77–79

Transylvania, 51, 53

“Transylvanian Superstitions” (Gerard), 51

Travolta, John, 173

Tremors, 197–200

bacterial life, underground, 198–199

burrowing animals, 199–200

earthquakes, 199

plot of, 197–198

sandworms, 198

Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell, 199

Trenton, Donna (fic), 110

Trenton, Tad (fic), 110

trial by water, 170

troglodytes, 193, 194

trolls, 190–191

tropane alkaloids, 173

True Blood, 55

tuberculosis (TB), 54–55

Turistas, 78

Turner, Lana, 24

Tutankhamun, 80

Twilight, 55

Twin Cities Paranormal Society, 129

U

Under the Seas, 156

Underwood, Ron, 197

United States Department of Health, 16

United States Department of Justice, 61

Universal Studios, 52, 76, 77, 80, 202

University College, London, 57

University of Iowa, 124

University of Minnesota, 140

Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, 46–47

U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, 90

V

Vacation Guide to the Solar System: Science for the Savvy Space Traveler! (Grcevich/Koski), 141, 159

vampire disease, 53

vampire of San Francisco, 57

vampire squid, 157

vampire vine, 59

vampires

animals with blood as food source, 57–58, 59

and blood consumption, 57

and carnivorous plants, 58–59