**A must-have for any fan of horror and fantasy movies -- *Night of the Living Dead, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Shining* (Stephen King), and so many more! ** If you love film that scares, and want to believe that zombies, vampires, and other deadly and terrifying creatures could be real, let Meg Hafdahl and Kelly Florence, the women behind the *Horror Rewind* podcast called "the best horror film podcast out there" by *Film Daddy* , take you to the world where horror and science meet. * How would a zombie really decompose in *Night of the Living Dead*? * Are there instances of shape shifting in nature like in *The Wolf Man*? * What is the science behind the night terrors that inspired the creation of *Freddy Krueger*? * Is there scientific data supporting ghost detection like the tools used in *Poltergeist*? * What is the psychological drive that compels cannibals like *Hannibal Lecter*? * How...
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Print ISBN: 978-1-5107-4715-9
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CONTENTS
SECTION ONE: SLASHERS
Chapter One: Halloween
Chapter Two: Child’s Play
Chapter Three: A Nightmare on Elm Street
SECTION TWO: SERIAL KILLERS
Chapter Four: Psycho
Chapter Five: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Chapter Six: The Silence of the Lambs
SECTION THREE: VAMPIRES
Chapter Seven: Dracula
Chapter Eight: Nosferatu
Chapter Nine: Jennifer’s Body
SECTION FOUR: REANIMATED CORPSES
Chapter Ten: Night of the Living Dead
Chapter Eleven: Frankenstein
Chapter Twelve: The Mummy
SECTION FIVE: THE POSSESSED
Chapter Thirteen: The Exorcist
Chapter Fourteen: The Tingler
Chapter Fifteen: Get Out
SECTION SIX: DEADLY ANIMALS
Chapter Sixteen: Cujo
Chapter Seventeen: Arachnophobia
Chapter Eighteen: The Birds
SECTION SEVEN: GHOSTS
Chapter Nineteen: Poltergeist
Chapter Twenty: The Shining
Chapter Twenty-One: The Ring
SECTION EIGHT: FROM THE DEPTHS
Chapter Twenty-Two: Creature from the Black Lagoon
Chapter Twenty-Three: Jaws
Chapter Twenty-Four: Alien
SECTION NINE: WITCHES
Chapter Twenty-Five: The Witch
Chapter Twenty-Six: Carrie
Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Blair Witch Project
SECTION TEN: CREATURES
Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Descent
Chapter Twenty-Nine: Tremors
Chapter Thirty: The Wolf Man
INTRODUCTION
It was nearly twenty years ago when we met because of a T-shirt. I (Meg) was working in a gift shop when Kelly strolled in,
