Influential Movies and Novels in Monster History

By camtwombly

  • Dracula by Bram Stoker

    Created the most famous vampire in history and gave a more precise explanation/ description of not only Dracula, but also all of vampires

  • Nosferatu(Movie)

    Nosferatu changed horror movies and were the true concrete standard of what horror movies were to become. It touched on many topics occuring at that time period and showed how related they can be to a scary film

  • Frankenstein(Movie)

    James Whale put Mary Shelley's words on the screen, and created a clear, image of what the create would ook and be like. This and the novel became the foundation of dozens of Frankenstein movies to come.

  • I Am Legend by Robert Matheson

    Created a different take of vampires, and deals with the fears of isolation and death.

  • The Haunting of HIll House by Shirley Jackson

    This novel truly invented the famous haunted house on the hill idea, and one of the first books to not only scare you with events, but let one's mind imagine.

  • Psycho(Movie)

    This film changed the way people looked at the word monster. Not necessarily as a creature or myth, but also as a human being.

  • Night of the Living Dead(Movie)

    Night of the Living Dead was the true beginning of zombie films. George A. Romero's slow, suspenseful undead set the "expectations" and truely influenced a booming genre.

  • The Exorcist(Movie)

    Considered the scariest movie of all time, created a new standard for horror movies and brought topics such as religion into place.

  • Texas Chainsaw Massacre(Movie)

    Although not very influential, it changed the genre of horror into a much bloodier, gruesome genre, and much or the bloody films today may be able to thank this film, as well as remakes of the Chainsaw Massacre.

  • Halloween(Movie)

    Halloween somewhat set a standard for horror movies and the thought isolation against a psychotic killer. Without the plot of Halloween, we wouldn't have films such as The NIghtmare of Elm Street, Friday the 13th, or Scream.

  • The Shining

    Created a unique film unlike any other that not only scared people, but also has influenced many movies following it.

  • The Woman in Black by Susan Hill

    This novel gave a different feelign to the horror genre, one very ghost-like, but also one seeming very realistic. One of the greatest horror novels in the world, now a film has identified the worst of the spirit world.

  • The Evil Dead

    The Evil Dead impacted a next generation of horror and compliated all of the most common fears into one movie, and directors and filmmakers took inspiration to use it as a baseline.

  • Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

    A different form of horror, not one soley on the purpose of a larger scarier monster in control.

  • World War Z by Max Brooks

    Touches on the fairly new zombie apocalypse idea, and imacts the world by making countries fight in a war, but against a common enemy.