S2 E8: MONSTER MASH

Learn about the origins of our favorite movie monster icons and the horror movie business! Music by Siouxsie and the Banshees, Rosetta Stone, Bauhaus, Inkubus Sukkubus, and Ministry.

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Daniel Parris (Data Journalist). (2023, October 18). (Why Horror Films are Hollywood's Best Investment: A Statistical Analysis. Stat Significant. https://www.statsignificant.com/p/why-horror-films-are-hollywoods-best **

Eric D. Snider (Author). (2011, August 16) What’s the Big Deal?: Nosferatu (1922). https://web.archive.org/web/20111013085354/http://www.film.com/movies/whats-the-big-deal-nosferatu-1922#fbid=Mo8e-acRk7X

Emily Zarka, PhD. (Writer, Host). (2022, November 1). The Golden Age of Movie Monsters [Video]. PBS Storied. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08ASjs_qt70 

Samantha Stewart (Author). (2023, October 31) Hollywood Loves Halloween: Inside the Lucrative Business of Horror Movies. Bloomberg. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-10-31/hollywood-loves-halloween-inside-the-lucrative-business-of-horror-movies

The Numbers: Movie Budget and Financial Performance Records https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/budgets 

Dracula (1931) Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula_(1931_English-language_film) 

Frankenstein’s Monster Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein%27s_monster* 

Video 2 DVD Transfers. (2021, October 27). How the Invention of the VHS Tape Changed the Film Industry. https://www.video2dvdtransfers.co.uk/blog/2021/10/27/how-the-invention-of-the-vhs-tape-changed-the-film-industry/