Generated from local file. Cache size:400 (not visible in beta/prod)

Read complete books and articles on: Monster Movies

At Questia, we offer:

  • Exclusive access to more than 67,000 books and 1.5 million articles.
  • Trusted resources from leading publishers.
  • Time saving tools to do better, faster research!

16 of the Best Books and Articles on: Monster Movies

as selected by Questia librarians
  1. 1.


    Immortal Monster: The Mythological Evolution of the Fantastic Beast in Modern Fiction and Film » Read Now

    by Joseph D. Andriano, Donald Palumbo. 182 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    Monsters figure prominently in classic works of literature as well as in films and stories intended for a wide audience. Since Darwin's time, most of these imaginary beasts have taken the form of natural creatures, rather than supernatural ones. This volume explores both literary and cinematic texts...
  2. 2.


    Skin Shows: Gothic Horror and the Technology of Monsters » Read Now

    by Judith Halberstam. 222 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    ...different incarnations. If Frankensteins monster articulates the injustice of demonizing...may be found in contemporary slasher movies like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre...
  3. 3.


    Imps of the Perverse: Gay Monsters in Film » Read Now

    by Michael William Saunders. 154 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    Hollywood movies often portray gay people as being in some sense monstrous. This volume focuses on several filmmakers who have used the trope of the homosexual as monster in a way that subverts traditional cinema. Their movies reveal that the monster can be powerful and attractive, thereby showing...
  4. 4.


    Psychological Reflections on Cinematic Terror: Jungian Archetypes in Horror Films (Includes discussion of monster movies in multiple chapters) » Read Now

    by James F. Iaccino. 217 pgs.

    Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
    In this examination of the psychology of terror, Iaccino uses Jungian archetypes to analyze significant works in the horror film genre. In the past, Jungian archetypes have been used to interpret mythologies, to examine great works of literature, and to explain why sexual stereotypes persist in our...
  5. 5.


    Recreational Terror: Women and the Pleasures of Horror Film Viewing (Discussion of monster movies begins on p. 30) » Read Now

    by Isabel Cristina Pinedo. 177 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    In Recreational Terror, Isabel Cristina Pinedo analyzes how the contemporary horror film produces recreational terror as a pleasurable encounter with violence and danger for female spectators. She challenges the conventional wisdom that violent horror films can only degrade women and incite...
  6. 6.


    Celluloid Mushroom Clouds: Hollywood and the Atomic Bomb (Chap. 5 "Radiation-Produced Monsters: Them! (1954)") » Read Now

    by Joyce A. Evans. 212 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    Celluloid Mushroom Clouds is an historical account of how the movie industry responded to specific economic & political forces over the postwar years. Joyce Evans investigates the transformation of the imagery associated with atomic technology found in Hollywood film produced & distributed between...
  7. 7.


    Tracking the Sands of Time: Origin Stories in the Mummy Films, in Journal of Evolutionary Psychology » Read Now

    by J. Robert Craig, B. R. Smith. 9 pgs.

    Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
    ...inclusion of this so-called curse in the movies doubtless perpetrated the myth even further...clearly-established origin story telling us where the monster comes from while...
  8. 8.


    Green Scales and Hot Breath: Godzilla! Again!, in Journal of Evolutionary Psychology » Read Now

    by B. R. Smith. 8 pgs.

    Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
    ...their most popular monster films, including...Godzilla, as if the movies following it had...included five giant monsters battling with each...of all the heisei movies"...
  9. 9.


    Modernity and Subjectivity in the Terminator: The Machine as Monster in Contemporary American Culture, in Velvet Light Trap » Read Now

    by Mark Jancovich. 15 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    ...Subjectivity in The Terminator: The Machine as Monster in Contemporary American Culture MARK...utilizing the trope of the machine as monster (frame enlargement). Terminator...
  10. 10.


    The Horror Film in Neoconservative Culture, in Journal of Popular Film and Television » Read Now

    by Christopher Sharrett. 11 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    ...hyperbolic manifestation of the Other in the "monster" of the horror film suggested to Wood...a scapegoat and to refuse to see the monster as an aberration to be put down...
  11. 11.


    Screening the Sacred: Religion, Myth, and Ideology in Popular American Film (Chap. 8 "Evolution of 'The New Frontier' in Alien and Aliens: Patriarchal Co-aptation of the Feminine Archetype") » Read Now

    by Joel W. Martin, Conrad E. Ostwalt Jr. 194 pgs.

    ...that he reads. The cinema, that dream factory, takes over and employs countless mythical motifs--the fight between hero and monster, initiatory combats and ordeals...
  12. 12.


    Film, Horror, and the Body Fantastic (Includes discussion of monster movies in multiple chapters) » Read Now

    by Linda Badley. 199 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    This fascinating study relates horror film to recent interpretations of the body and the self, drawing from feminist film theory, psychoanalytic theory, cultural criticism and gender studies. Applying the term "horror" broadly, this work includes discussions of black comedy, thrillers, science...
  13. 13.


    The Naked and the Undead: Evil and the Appeal of Horror (Includes discussion of monster movies in multiple chapters) » Read Now

    by Cynthia A. Freeland. 320 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    This text examines philosophical aspects of horror films from a feminist perspective. It focuses on a select body of films, demonstrating how the genre is capable of deep philosophical reflection about the existence and the nature of evil.
  14. 14.


    Songs of Love and Death: The Classical American Horror Film of the 1930s (Includes discussion of monster movies in multiple chapters) » Read Now

    by Michael Sevastakis. 209 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    This book examines eleven horror films in-depth and their relationships to Romantic Gothic literary conventions--mainly, but not solely, found in works dating from the 18th and 19th centuries. To illustrate the use of these conventions in film, Sevastakis analyzes shots from scenes and sequences of...
  15. 15.


    Handbook of American Film Genres (Discussion of monster movies begins on p. 212) » Read Now

    by Wes D. Gehring. 412 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    "More genres, 19 in fact, are discussed than in other standard works. The 14 genres considered here by film scholar contributors other than Gehring include the adventure film, the western, the gangster film, film noir, the WW II combat film, the horror film, science fiction, fantasy, the musical...
  16. 16.


    The Complete H. P. Lovecraft Filmography » Read Now

    by Charles P. Mitchell. 261 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    The influence of science fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft is widely felt in modern literature; authors from Robert E. Howard to Stephen King can claim him as their ancestor. But cinema too has seen Lovecraft's impact, and author Charles Mitchell offers here a comprehensive guide to the dozens of films...

Customize your search: Monster Movies


Search in:
Books Journals Magazines
Newspapers Encyclopedia Research Topics
  • Type your specific word or phrase in the box above after the word and, then click Search.
  • Put exact phrases in double quotation marks. Do not put single words in quotation marks.

Sponsored Links
Read more than 5,000 classic books FREE!
Free Newsletter
Get helpful how-to's, writing tips, search strategies, quizzes & more!
Search the Library

Customize your search: Monster Movies


Search in:
Books Journals Magazines
Newspapers Encyclopedia Research Topics
  • Type your specific word or phrase in the box above after the word and, then click Search.
  • Put exact phrases in double quotation marks. Do not put single words in quotation marks.
Back to top